KevFlack Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Ive had a network game set up for the last 10 years since the closure of FMLive..however the last couple of years it near enough impossible to get people to play on a regular basis yet millions sit there playing single. Ok playing V other humans isn't for everyone but there must be more. Is it the Lag? I don't have any do we play too quick online for people? maybe or is it just a single player game. I don't really agree with this...there's 20 managers in the premier league...they don't play single player!! 5/6 in an online game is ideal...any more than that its just too slow, yes you have to have some rules. DO SI do enough to support online? IMHO when the servers went to STEAM that's when it went wrong (to stop the piracy) but it killed online. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatanera Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I think most of us see it as a single-player game, or something to be played online with a few of your mates where you can actually talk about it in person. Preventing piracy definitely killed it though from what I've heard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal585 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 How quickly do you go through the days? I play FMT online with a mate and even that gets frustrating at times if one of us is doing some heavy scouting or match preparation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 We do a season in 5 days.. There's 4/5 of us. 8-10.30pm most nights we've got different windows and some rules to stop it going to slowly.. Holiday from game to game but have a longer session for pre season but if your good you can scout on shortlist all through the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManchesterCentralFUN Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 FM Online is just too slow and its a hassle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Families, jobs, Life. Any number of reasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashidi Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Me and my mates do vs mode matches, so I guess its more towards creating a community of players who share the same likes I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Deisler26 said: Families, jobs, Life. Any number of reasons. Right that doesn't work for me I work full time have 3 kids and 11..so not sure what your argument is here.. Although I understand what your saying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotropolis Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I don't play online as this is a game I play to relax and I like to play at my own pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarroOxford Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Most of my gaming outside of Football Manager is online. For me, my time playing FM is often while I'm watching TV or something else and I enjoy getting quite in-depth in my saves which isn't conducive to faster paced online play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Never played online, never felt inclined to try.. FM is the purest single player game I know of, it's a game to play at any pace I choose, whenever I can.. I stick my headphones in, stick some loud tunes on, leave the mrs to watch celebrity big house island or whatever the newest garbage on tv is and relax with a beer. Will I then talk about it with some like minded friends? sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 If only we still had FMLive, still the best FM ever and my favourite ever game. Actually, since FML closed i've went from being a 1000+ hour player in all previous CM/FM games, to only getting over 100hrs clocked in one version since. FML was just so far ahead of the base game that it ruined my enjoyment of it. Also i just realised, is this the @KevFlack who played a bunch of FML back in the day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transk53 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 19 minutes ago, Welshace said: Never played online, never felt inclined to try.. FM is the purest single player game I know of, it's a game to play at any pace I choose, whenever I can.. I stick my headphones in, stick some loud tunes on, leave the mrs to watch celebrity big house island or whatever the newest garbage on tv is and relax with a beer. Will I then talk about it with some like minded friends? sure. Exactly the same for me but with coffee and then camomile tea. Tried it once but was laggy as hell. Down to a few things of course, but I don’t think it works other than a single player game. Agree with you’re assessment of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 My mate and i played couple of seasons online. It was laggy and buggy as hell. In matches between us, we couldn't use team talks as the game would elsewhere crash. Sometimes crash happens if any of us used some shout or clicked on random player in news feed. Online part of FM just isn't developed enough. Once we tried to play with few more friends, four of us. It was a nightmare. We couldn't go past first match, as game crashed multiple times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Bradley21 said: If only we still had FMLive, still the best FM ever and my favourite ever game. Actually, since FML closed i've went from being a 1000+ hour player in all previous CM/FM games, to only getting over 100hrs clocked in one version since. FML was just so far ahead of the base game that it ruined my enjoyment of it. indeed. it is.. Also i just realised, is this the @KevFlack who played a bunch of FML back in the day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Welshace said: Never played online, never felt inclined to try.. FM is the purest single player game I know of, it's a game to play at any pace I choose, whenever I can.. I stick my headphones in, stick some loud tunes on, leave the mrs to watch celebrity big house island or whatever the newest garbage on tv is and relax with a beer. Will I then talk about it with some like minded friends? sure. I think your wrong..i cant play single anymore..where`s the challenge?? the CPU is pre programmed humans make it more to think about. but each to there own Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 3 hours ago, KevFlack said: Right that doesn't work for me I work full time have 3 kids and 11..so not sure what your argument is here.. Although I understand what your saying. Ok. I work nights. No-one is free to play network games at 1pm on a Wednesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Welshace said: Never played online, never felt inclined to try.. FM is the purest single player game I know of, it's a game to play at any pace I choose, whenever I can.. I stick my headphones in, stick some loud tunes on, leave the mrs to watch celebrity big house island or whatever the newest garbage on tv is and relax with a beer. Will I then talk about it with some like minded friends? sure. This. The whole point of FM is scanning through player after player trying to find out which random in the Argentine league has the magic numbers for your weak position and a release clause, micromanaging your players' contract renewals because your club is broke and coming up with a mid-game tactical alteration because you're being overrun in midfield Having other human beings wanting you to get on with it doesn't add to that, it detracts from it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 FM has always been what you make of it. I've played online with an old Uni mate before and it was canny, but then marriage and kids got in the way (for both of us, though separately! ) I'd be interested in picking it up again, but I wouldn't fancy being shooed long all the time by impatient buggers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 On 02/06/2018 at 21:29, enigmatic said: This. The whole point of FM is scanning through player after player trying to find out which random in the Argentine league has the magic numbers for your weak position and a release clause, micromanaging your players' contract renewals because your club is broke and coming up with a mid-game tactical alteration because you're being overrun in midfield Having other human beings wanting you to get on with it doesn't add to that, it detracts from it not really you can still scout whilst others play...with sat wed games its easy to scout your little nuggets from the gambia or some kid off the streets in Brixton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadsheep2001 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I have no interest with playing with other people. I get into it when I want and leave it whenever I want. It's my time to get away from everything and everyone else and just immerse myself. It's why I love single player gaming as a whole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 32 minutes ago, themadsheep2001 said: I have no interest with playing with other people. I get into it when I want and leave it whenever I want. It's my time to get away from everything and everyone else and just immerse myself. It's why I love single player gaming as a whole. I feel exactly the same way. Multiplayer video games hold little interest to me. I didn't enjoy FML all that much (partly because I wasn't very good at it, to be fair) and have never wanted to play an FM network save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadicsmiles Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 On 02/06/2018 at 18:33, KevFlack said: Right that doesn't work for me I work full time have 3 kids and 11..so not sure what your argument is here.. Although I understand what your saying. It depends on the person, surely. I used to play online with guys on steam when I was a student. As I grew up, it became impossible to be sure I could set aside 2 hours a night, even once a week with a defined schedule. I like to schedule my gaming around my life, not the other way around. Others are not the same, it is very much a case of each to their own. I am with Welshace on this one however. FM is a game I want to play at my own pace, in my own time, spending the time to do what I want, when I want to do it. I like to be able to take a break to do something else without timeout. Or to be able to say "alright, I will leave it there and play something else". It is a game I use to relax, and to challenge myself to succeed against the AI. The only competition is against myself. Not true when playing online with others, for any of these things. As such, it does not appeal to me. The only time I play FM with others these days is when I have a couple of friends visiting and we spend an evening or two plodding through a LAN game together. Taking it slowly, a little bit of friendly competition, chilling out with beers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy8chimp Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Multiplayer is far more rewarding than single player... But if i can no longer find time to schedule a good save with my brother due to family and work then theres no chance im going to be able to do it with a stranger. Plus the risk you put in 50+ hours just for that person to quit when they get sacked. You are best off advertising your game to student groups... When i was at uni a few of us were putting in huge stints of Fm... At times playing over 24hrs solid... And thats when u had to connect through tools like Hamachi! Far easier and quicker now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted June 11, 2018 Administrators Share Posted June 11, 2018 Absolutely love playing online as it's a huge new challenge, but like a few people have mentioned above it's tough to schedule in time to play especially if you have a family/kids and that type of thing. Had an amazing two player Online game going when I was at Uni on FM05 when I was Milan and one of my flatmates was Inter. He ended up winning the league but I won the Champions League Likewise the OTF Network game is always a good laugh and takes place on Weds/Sunday nights, but I couldn't even find the time to commit to that - https://community.sigames.com/topic/417375-the-fm18-otffmo-network-game-xi-new-signups-always-welcome/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyinuk Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Personally, the only network game FM I still play now is at home with the missus, and even then our own single player game seem to take priority. All my other friends who used to play FM with before, they all have their own life commitment like jobs and kids so it's almost impossible to arrange the time to get more than two people together online. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawlore Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 I would, but there's no way I could commit to a regular schedule. This is where FML worked for me- drop in at any time, and there were people online to play with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federico Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 ora fa, Lawlore ha scritto: and there were people online to play with. Like me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 10/06/2018 at 10:51, themadsheep2001 said: I have no interest with playing with other people. I get into it when I want and leave it whenever I want. It's my time to get away from everything and everyone else and just immerse myself. It's why I love single player gaming as a whole. that's because you have no friends :-D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadsheep2001 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, KevFlack said: that's because you have no friends :-D Sterling wit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorks Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 2 hours ago, KevFlack said: that's because you have no friends :-D I DO have friends - Kieren Tierney lists me as favoured personnel, and Bonucci loves me and I am getting on quite well with Mourinho at the moment, he said nice things about me in the press. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I imagine most people's friends don't see struggling your way through an obtuse online game of Football Manager as a productive use of their time. Good people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baodan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I agree with the 90% here that time requirement, scheduling and convenience makes this game a single-player game. On a sidenote - I would never play a multiplayer game with random people if I had no clear and thorough understanding of the games rules and mechanics. Football Manager has a lot of things you won't know if you just play the game and never look things up on websites and forums. So why try and compete if its not a level playing field? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VSfallin Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 02/06/2018 at 11:25, KevFlack said: Ive had a network game set up for the last 10 years since the closure of FMLive..however the last couple of years it near enough impossible to get people to play on a regular basis yet millions sit there playing single. Ok playing V other humans isn't for everyone but there must be more. Is it the Lag? I don't have any do we play too quick online for people? maybe or is it just a single player game. I don't really agree with this...there's 20 managers in the premier league...they don't play single player!! 5/6 in an online game is ideal...any more than that its just too slow, yes you have to have some rules. DO SI do enough to support online? IMHO when the servers went to STEAM that's when it went wrong (to stop the piracy) but it killed online. I play it with a very good mate and its good for us and I enjoy it but with more than 2 people it gets slow and FM offline is just so wonderful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad71 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I have my own game and I also play online with 2 mates. And out of the two I prefer online adds something to the game when playing against other people. Bragging rights and plenty of banter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baodan Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 59 minutes ago, brad71 said: And out of the two I prefer online adds something to the game when playing against other people. Bragging rights and plenty of banter. I agree with that, it definitely adds enjoyment when you play with friends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I've tried online with 2 of my mates but it can be really slow and has crashed a few times. I don't do online with strangers as I think it would just be weird. Also, have too much life stuff to be able to commit any time to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Never been interested myself. For one thing, being in Cambodia there is the time zone problem. Secondly, with non-FM real life, I fire up the game as and when - I can't commit to regular hours. The main point is my FM satisfaction stems from customising the game with specific challenges and populating leagues with teams I personally relate to. That might be deemed 'cheating' if i played online. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucozade1 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Since playing online with a friend over 10 years ago, I literally can't play single player anymore as it just isn't the same. AI transfer activity is awful so 10 years down the line, with a friend, the competition is still there somewhat. The only frustrations I have right now with online play are these: 1. The lag for the person that isn't hosting the game. It may only be a second or so, but it's their and I have no idea how to fix it. We've all got gaming PCs, so that can't be the issue, and we all run on fibre, so internet speed also shouldn't be an issue, but that slight delay can be very off putting. 2. Only experienced it in this game, but it's an absolute game destroying bug. I've posted on numerous occasions on here but go no answers. Somebody above also mentioned it. When two humans play against each other. Don't bother making at tactical changes or subs. I have no idea why but bam, everything freezes. Now when I say freeze, what I mean is, everything works totally fine, but you just cannot continue the game. One person has to literally leave the game and rejoin for it to continue, and then they can't control their team anymore. I can't believe it hasn't been fixed, and I've brought it up a few times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmonit Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I loved FML as it really made you think about tactics a lot more. Especially when the opposition human player suddenly changes formation and starts dominating. The only problem I had is that 20% of my games were live against other managers and of those 20%, I encountered lots of impatient people. FM is in my opinion a single player game. As most of my games, I don't really like multiplayer games as there is always someone screwing it up for everyone. The only game I actually play online is Rocket League, which is somewhat football related. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal585 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 17 hours ago, Lucozade1 said: 2. Only experienced it in this game, but it's an absolute game destroying bug. I've posted on numerous occasions on here but go no answers. Somebody above also mentioned it. When two humans play against each other. Don't bother making at tactical changes or subs. I have no idea why but bam, everything freezes. Now when I say freeze, what I mean is, everything works totally fine, but you just cannot continue the game. One person has to literally leave the game and rejoin for it to continue, and then they can't control their team anymore. I can't believe it hasn't been fixed, and I've brought it up a few times It's happened to me a few times. Not every time or we'd just make the house rule of "no subs". But it really sucks and is fairly common Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucozade1 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Cal585 said: It's happened to me a few times. Not every time or we'd just make the house rule of "no subs". But it really sucks and is fairly common I'm glad I'm not the only one who experiences it. I've brought it up a few times in the bugs forum, but no fixes. One thing I am trying, and so far it's worked for me, (only played 2 matches though). Instead of pausing the game to make the subs, I just hit the tactics page while it's running so the game doesn't actually pause. It's annoying, but so far so good for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal585 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Lucozade1 said: I'm glad I'm not the only one who experiences it. I've brought it up a few times in the bugs forum, but no fixes. One thing I am trying, and so far it's worked for me, (only played 2 matches though). Instead of pausing the game to make the subs, I just hit the tactics page while it's running so the game doesn't actually pause. It's annoying, but so far so good for me Thanks. I'll give your suggestion a try next time I play with my mate. I normally make subs without pausing, while he always pauses first which might explain why it normally impacts him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevFlack Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 16:19, Cal585 said: Thanks. I'll give your suggestion a try next time I play with my mate. I normally make subs without pausing, while he always pauses first which might explain why it normally impacts him. never had this tbh... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeal Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 On 20/06/2018 at 18:38, Lucozade1 said: Since playing online with a friend over 10 years ago, I literally can't play single player anymore as it just isn't the same. AI transfer activity is awful so 10 years down the line, with a friend, the competition is still there somewhat. The only frustrations I have right now with online play are these: 1. The lag for the person that isn't hosting the game. It may only be a second or so, but it's their and I have no idea how to fix it. We've all got gaming PCs, so that can't be the issue, and we all run on fibre, so internet speed also shouldn't be an issue, but that slight delay can be very off putting. 2. Only experienced it in this game, but it's an absolute game destroying bug. I've posted on numerous occasions on here but go no answers. Somebody above also mentioned it. When two humans play against each other. Don't bother making at tactical changes or subs. I have no idea why but bam, everything freezes. Now when I say freeze, what I mean is, everything works totally fine, but you just cannot continue the game. One person has to literally leave the game and rejoin for it to continue, and then they can't control their team anymore. I can't believe it hasn't been fixed, and I've brought it up a few times Regarding the subs thing, it happened to me a lot at the start but my mate and I figured out that as long as we don't make subs at the same time it won't crash and hasn't since. Just gotta let him know I plan to make a sub and he won't and vice versa etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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