blowcrapup Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have thought of a silly challenge. Superflops Basically you would have to spend a portion of your transfer budget on a player who could never play at your current level e.g. a Prem side signing a league 2 quality player. This player would have to start in all games (maybe with a few exceptions) and see who can "make" the worst flop. A points system would be used to decide who had the best (worst) flop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walcott\'s Wonderkids Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Developed a slight issue with my sign up for FM09, what with the Serie C bug - means San Marino can't be placed in Italy. Ummm, anyone have any inkling as to when a patch may be coming out? Overwise San Marino may be off to Ireland if my plan of starting before xmas goes to schedule!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 A patch may well be released this month to fix the important issues such as that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 How about this as an Idea (I actually thought about this for FM08 - but never mentioned it) I'm not sure how league and nation reputation works now, but how about taking a team from a poor league (N. Ireland for example) - building up a team from scratch, (Taking them from the NI2) - and making them so financially able, that you can buy players from the other N. Irish clubs and inject stupid amounts of cash into them, to raise the reputation of the league / nation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 The league and nation reps are static IIRC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepentheZ Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I knew they were for FM08 - but wasn't that changed in FM09 - due to things like Gundo's Challenge causing so many issues? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have no idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermybhoy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I knew they were for FM08 - but wasn't that changed in FM09 - due to things like Gundo's Challenge causing so many issues? No, definitely unchanged. There was quite an interesting GQ thread about it. Someone from SI posted in it to say it was a good idea, but very hard to implement. Sounded like it would be some way off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walcott\'s Wonderkids Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 A patch may well be released this month to fix the important issues such as that one. Miles has stated today that the patch will be out before xmas, which is good news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Yes, a patch! Finally, the San Marino double challenge can get underway. Ter should be happy that he can start his challenge again. I wish the league reps did change. It would make an interesting game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Gott admit I'd love the chance to make the Welsh leagues a powerhouse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Seeing as WW has already asked for people to be online for the final results of his sign up on Sunday evening, that is when I am to put up my sign up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Does anyone think a redditch challenge would be any good? You would have to take them to the Premiership in say under 15 years. On 08, I got them to the Championship in 6 seasons and they were media predicted 22nd, first season. Plus, who is the BSN/S media predicted 22nd teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Is there a particular reason for using Redditch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartans5 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I think it had to do with them maybe being Media Predicted to finish 22nd in last years version which is why he asked for who was predicted 22nd in the BSN/S. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 surely thats the same as dafuges challenge without the choice of clubs and the years challenge then. Personally i don't like all these specific club challenges that seem to be appearing i thnk if its just marking your progress with a sngle team then it should be in the careers thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartans5 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I think the Leeds one makes some sense, b/c a lot of players like to use Leeds so it keeps them all together and it doesn't get lost in the shuffle of a careers thread. The Luton one makes sense because of the special circumstances although that should only be the first season and then after that it should be moved to the career thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I agree with what you are saying. It was just a small idea because I was just throwing up ideas for challenges And, yeah it was for the media predicted 22nd team. I have a new idea, which I will go in to later, in a bit more detail. It's called The Casual FM Gamer's Challenge It would be to do with me setting a bunch of challenges which you would choose one of them to do, say each month or with no time period and all challenges would be scored the same, I think. Then, I would compile a scoreboard. As you can tell, this is another random idea I've spouted up and I'm not sure on the specifics yet. Tell me what you think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Could be quite good, casual FM-ers don't really exist on these boards though except for OTF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yeah, but with My Caual FM-ers challenge, I'll make them come on here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Most of the casualish Fm-ers are in PC/Mac General Discusiion(GD) so if I put something there about the challenge I should be able to rake some in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 That wouldn't be allowed IIRC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 isnt that similar to the 20-20 challenge run by ssestig though, correct me if i'm wrong though cause i might have mis-understood you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 It is if you slip it in, in a very casual way No, I would start another poll about whether people are doing a challenge this year and mention it in there. Thats what I did when all the challenges came out and I mentioned everyones with links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Its along similar lines but you have an unlimited timescale and the will be various challenges posted up every few weeks.(Around 10 every 3 weeks) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walcott\'s Wonderkids Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Its along similar lines but you have an unlimited timescale and the will be various challenges posted up every few weeks.(Around 10 every 3 weeks) Whilst in theory its a good idea, I can't see it getting much activity in this forum tbh. The 20/20 challenges cover the regulars who want short challenges, all the small --> big club challenges cover the people wanting long term challenges and there aren't enough casual gamers to sustain the thread in the long term atm. Imo, this is just a general view - there are way too many challenges at the moment, which is understandable as everyone wants to put their own challenge up asap. However, because everyone has put them up at the same time, half of the threads don't get the attention they deserve as people can only play a certain number of games at a time. So whilst in theory its a good idea what you suggest, I just think in the long run it wouldn't get sufficient attention from enough people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Which is why I'm waiting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I thought he was talking to robertlangman :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yeah he is but I was just saying that the reasons he stated are why I'm waiting to release mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I agree that there are way too many challenges atm. I think the best bet to gain some interest would be to hold sign-ups. At least they won't be neglected. And in regards to the small to big club challenges, I've learned that there are always some regulars who would come to the same small to big club challenge every year, with the exception of Dafuge's challenge, which is basically the general CSE population. The main 'regulars' of the small club to big club challenge (I might be wrong as I've only been a CSE-er for about a year...): Gundo - cookie15, Fitzaay, DodgeeD, spotg, Icelander83 JoseRR - Lower League Rules, iacovone, rlipscombe, Benjaminoo, max1994, ?Flashman\'s School Day's? (unless you don't want to add him to the club ) rancer890 (aka me ) - Quackje, Earendil, rinso, Sazchu, blowcrapup, VeniVidiVicious Razer82 (it's been neglected:() - JSalter, corinthiano Just an observation I've noticed. I'm bored ya know. If there are any disagreements with this, feel free to disagree with me lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 You should do a Dafuge list, could take a while though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Nah, it's only 46 pages and counting. The list won't be too long. I can just give a link to the Dafuge's challenge website. And roberto, you haven't sold your soul to any of the other small club to big club challenges yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Nope, the only other one I've got past a season in is yours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Was a bit tempted to add your name onto my challenge list:p. Hm, maybe I should. And where's the short term challenges that daf said he would make? It's nowhere in sight... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Probably waiting for everything to calm down a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Are FM saves even playable on WWSM (and vice versa...)? Cuz I think they have different file extensions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I think they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartans5 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yea they definitely are because I used one of Scab's saves to get Hendon in Daf's challenge and I have WWSM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpippo1990 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I've seen this idea in some forms around the forums (namely johanos barca challenge) my idea is to have a chellenge where a team (any team) reaches the pinnacle of the game with an entirely homegrown squad at the moment thats all i have but im sure ill have some more information if people are willing to give it a shot any takers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walcott\'s Wonderkids Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I've seen this idea in some forms around the forums (namely johanos barca challenge)my idea is to have a chellenge where a team (any team) reaches the pinnacle of the game with an entirely homegrown squad at the moment thats all i have but im sure ill have some more information if people are willing to give it a shot any takers? I think someone called Stephanie McMahon's Secret Lover did a challenge very similar to this for FM08 (and poss FM07), which followed your prinicipal, but for a club right at the bottom of the English football pyramid. I think it's a good challenge... just blooming impossible for teams lower down the league pyramid!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHartman71 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 what's everyones views on a challenge where i'd replace Stoke with a created team with the same resources as the majority of Premiership teams, but had no players. They'd have around a £100M balance, and a £40M transfer budget. The aim is to win the Premiership and Champions League in as little time as possible. Oh and one other thing. They can only bring players in that are Free Agents, Listed for Loan or Transfer Listed (Bosman's not allowed, however you can sign them if they become free agents). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm thinking of implementing an idea I had for FM08 for a player-based thread but before I get to that I have a question, especially for those of you doing dafuge's challenge but it may be noticeable in any game: are the 'Islanders' still popping up in the new game? (i.e. regens from obscure nations usually Caribbean Islands who are often quite good or even world class) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Whilst in theory its a good idea' date=' I can't see it getting much activity in this forum tbh.The 20/20 challenges cover the regulars who want short challenges, all the small --> big club challenges cover the people wanting long term challenges and there aren't enough casual gamers to sustain the thread in the long term atm. Imo, this is just a general view - there are way too many challenges at the moment, which is understandable as everyone wants to put their own challenge up asap. However, because everyone has put them up at the same time, half of the threads don't get the attention they deserve as people can only play a certain number of games at a time. So whilst in theory its a good idea what you suggest, I just think in the long run it wouldn't get sufficient attention from enough people. [/quote'] Thanks for the feedback. I totally agree with there being way too many challenges at the moment. I would run a sign-up at the moment but I can't get on to the editor because I get an error message. I know I have to download something to fix it but I don't have the internet on that computer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Anyone got any ideas of where people should send their bids to? As I may get accused of cheating if I sign all the best players and all the bids get sent to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm thinking about creating a challenge (yes another one ) that involves MLS... (patiently waiting for the negative response from CSE). Will hopefully be up soon when I think of the specifics... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roberto922 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Oh good god. Any chance of it being enjoyable for me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen! Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm thinking about creating a challenge (yes another one ) that involves MLS... (patiently waiting for the negative response from CSE). Will hopefully be up soon when I think of the specifics... MLS? You can't be serious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_296 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Anyone got any ideas of where people should send their bids to? As I may get accused of cheating if I sign all the best players and all the bids get sent to me Anyone? I know I may seem as though I'm coming accross impatient but I want to get this up soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yes you will be allowed to leave America eventually and go home:D -- but after you've made a mark in MLS. And even when you do get into Europe, you most do things the American (or Canadian) way. I am such a rebel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Anyone? I know I may seem as though I'm coming accross impatient but I want to get this up soon Robert, is this about your signup? What is it about again? :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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