XaW Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 So, I've had this idea going for a while to run some sort of mini challenges with an overall score board. Most of the challenges in here are long term career type, so why not mix it up with some shorter ones that are a bit more competitive than usual. The idea is that this can be run for a shorter term if anyone needs a break from their usual save, or just wish to try something new. I know something like this has been done before, but I thought I'd try my hand at creating and keeping the score for it now. If no one wants to participate, then this will most likely die a slow death, but why not give it a shot to see if there are any takers. The idea is that I create a save with some sort of premiss and provide a save file that anyone can download and play from that point on. I will set some goals for each, and assign them points for how difficult they are. Anyone can try any challenge how many times they like, but only the best single run will count towards the score. I'll update the scoreboard in the next post regularly, but I'll also keep a google sheet with all the info for all challenges including the score as a place where all info can be viewed at a glance: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/138m7Kd3eBUVDW-K28SQdYez5E7aR4hyDGFE1Ho9N9kU/edit?usp=sharing Hopefully people will join up and give this a go! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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XaW Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Challenge 1 Save Leicester Can you save Leicester from relegation? As well as getting Jamie Vardy back to his scoring form? We are half way into the season and Leicester are bottom, 6 points off safety. Jamie Vardy has been a shadow of his former self, and has lost the starting spot to Patson Daka, even if neither has scored many goals. Vardy has 3 league goals, while Haaland, and Toney has 11 so Vardy still has a chance of becoming top scorer and keep Leicester up. Link to file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jU98EbUwnyPQod0bLYrB0rj-KIjyLbfQ/view?usp=sharing How to play: Download the save, and load it in FM23. Add yourself as manager for Leicester with whatever history and badges you want (I recommend the highest) Play the save until the season ends and all teams have played 38 games and the league table is complete as well as until you are out of the cup or win it. Complete as many objectives as possible and provide screenshots to gain points. Objectives Points Proof needed Completing the challenge 1 Implicit by the rest Avoid relegation 10 League table at end of season Make Jamie Vardy top scorer of the PL 30 Player stats from the PL Get Vardy to 15 league goals total 10 Player history screen Get Vardy to 20 league goals total 20 Player history screen Getting Leicester into Europe through the league 50 League table at end of season Win the FA Cup 30 Fixture list filtered on FA Cup only Beat Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, or Man City in the league 5 points for each win Match overview Sell Patson Daka for over £50m 5 Screenshot from when the transfer is completed Challenge 2 Beating Johor! Johor Darul Ta'zim has won the league every season since 2014. Can you be the one to break the dominance? Take over Kuala Lumpur City partway into the season, overtake Jahor and claim the title for The Garden City of Lights! Also complete some additional objective for the club and Malaysian football. Link to file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-8DGwyeQUW4Vpop_gB8gyXCmKjRrJ2KV/view?usp=sharing How to play: Download the save, and load it in FM23. Add yourself as manager for Kuala Lumpur City with whatever history and badges you want (I recommend the highest) Play the save until the season ends and all teams have played 22 games and the league table is complete as well as until you are out of the cup or win it. Complete as many objectives as possible and provide screenshots to gain points. Objectives Points Proof needed Completing the challenge 1 Implicit by the rest Winning the title 20 League table at end of season Beating Jahor, but not winning the title 10 League table at end of season Win a game with ONLY Malaysian players 5 Match Overview and a squad screenshot including all players in the match squad Make Mohd Fakhrul Aiman Sidid topscorer of the league 5 Player stats from the PL End with a positive bank balance 5 Finance screen Win the Cup 10 Fixture list filtered on the Cup only End the season with the fewest conceded goals in the league 5 League table at end of season More to come... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Template for submitting Challenge: 1 User: XaW Completing the challenge - 1 Avoid relegation - 10 Make Jamie Vardy top scorer of the PL - 30 Get Vardy to 15 league goals total - 10 Get Vardy to 20 league goals total - 20 Getting Leicester into Europe through the league - 50 Win the FA Cup - 30 Beat Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, or Man City in the league - 5 points for each win Sell Patson Daka for over £50m - 5 Total points: 176 points (max) <Remove the objectives that were not completed and subtract from the total> Screenshots proving the above point scoring. Usually league table or the like depending on the challenge: For other challenges, just add whatever objectives are completed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 I started myself to make sure at least someone plays, and I had a go in Challenge 1: Challenge: 1 User: XaW Completing the challenge - 1 Avoid relegation - 10 Beat Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, or Man City in the league - 5 points for each win - Won over Arsenal and Man City = 10 points Total points: 21 points Vardy was looking good to get at least 15 league goals, but he suffered a lot of injuries towards the end of the season, so he ended on 10 while missing the last 9 league matches. For the record, Haaland was top scorer with 29 goals, so quite far off. I were also unable to sell Daka at all. In the FA Cup I beat Millwall, but lost away to Brentford in the next round. Overall quite happy with my effort, but struggled to get the tactic working initially, and we picked up most of the points in the latter part of the season. Screenshots proving the above point scoring. Usually league table or the like depending on the challenge: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley84 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Sounds interesting enough, unfortunately for me I haven't bought FM23, but good luck to all of them choosing to play this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaytheGreat Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) Challenge: 1 User: JaytheGreat Completing the challenge - 1 Avoid relegation - 10 Beat Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, or Man City in the league - 5 points for each win x2 (arsenal, Manchester City) Total points: 21 Definitely a fun challenge, the beginning was a pretty rough start but our fortune turned around when James Maddison got healthy. Daka was terrible up front as a striker and Vardy got injured 4 or 5 times but getting Maddison back and plugging him in as an AMC really got our attack going, We scoped up Thiago Almada and a transfer listed Eric Garcia on deadline day. Almada had 6 goals and 2 assists playing in the AMC and AML roles and occasional a mezzala when playing in a 4-3-3. Really struggled finding a formation at home we played a 4-2-3-1, on the road it was a 4-3-3, and on the road against the big 6 it was 5-3-2. The hardest part was picking the lineup right, never settled on a true #1 GK, the Faes-Garcia pairing became solid late, and it was really throwing players at the wall for the fullbacks, but I think Luke Thomas and Thomas Castagne ended up being the most consistent. Barnes and Maddison were life savers up front and Iheanacho was at times very good before going out with a long-term injury right when he was starting to find some form. We finished strong on an 8-game unbeaten streak outscoring our opponents 21-8 over those 8 games. Vardy ended up with 12 league goals and we got knocked out in the 5th round of the FA Cup by Fulham and having after having 2 easy teams in rounds 3 and 4. Edited October 16, 2023 by JaytheGreat 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Great to see someone else also giving this a go, I was beginning to feel lonely! Not sure if this is viable based on the low participating, but I might give it another go around FM24, we'll see. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anners Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 3 hours ago, XaW said: Great to see someone else also giving this a go, I was beginning to feel lonely! Not sure if this is viable based on the low participating, but I might give it another go around FM24, we'll see. I am giving this a go until the beta comes out - I'd completely missed it the first time as FM23's been a bit of an up and down FM for me. I'll be able to pop up attempts on both over the next couple of days, but I really like the idea of the shorter challenges in this sense considering the rest in here are majority long term saves. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anners Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Challenge 1: Username: Anners92 Completing the challenge - 1 Winning the FA Cup - 30 Total Points: 31 I don't really know what happened here. Was literally a tale of 2 different teams - incredibly inconsistent in the league and we just couldn't finish to save our lives. Contrast that to the FA Cup where, to try put it politely, we dicked everyone. We got incredibly lucky and avoided any of the sides that finished in the top 6. I'm simultaneously quite happy and annoyed with how this attempt ended! Vardy only managed 8 - he was injured for about 75% of the challenge so really couldn't do anything with him. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Anners said: Challenge 1: Username: Anners92 Completing the challenge - 1 Winning the FA Cup - 30 Total Points: 31 I don't really know what happened here. Was literally a tale of 2 different teams - incredibly inconsistent in the league and we just couldn't finish to save our lives. Contrast that to the FA Cup where, to try put it politely, we dicked everyone. We got incredibly lucky and avoided any of the sides that finished in the top 6. I'm simultaneously quite happy and annoyed with how this attempt ended! Vardy only managed 8 - he was injured for about 75% of the challenge so really couldn't do anything with him. Well done! Even with a relegation you are still the highest scorer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anners Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, XaW said: Well done! Even with a relegation you are still the highest scorer! This was genuinely the first thing that came into my head when we won the Cup! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anners Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) @XaW Sorry to drag you away from the all encompassing beta thread... Bit of a question with the "Win with only Malaysian Players" objective. Sean Giannelli is Malaysian, but has declared for Italy. Is he able to be played? Edited October 17, 2023 by Anners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, Anners said: @XaW Sorry to drag you away from the all encompassing beta thread... Bit of a question with the "Win with only Malaysian Players" objective. Sean Giannelli is Malaysian, but has declared for Italy. Is he able to be played? Honestly hadn't really given it that much thought, but I guess as long as they actually have Malaysia as 1st or 2nd nationality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Think I'll download this and import to FM24 and give it a try 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Just seen this thread. A great idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneBramage Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Nice idea. I've just got a new laptop and didn't have a solid plan for starting a new game, so decided to give this a go. It didn't start well. We went five league games without a win, and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United. Jamie Vardy only scored once in this time, and also put in a transfer request. A change of approach was needed, so I switched up our formation from 4-5-1 to 4-4-2. And unexpectedly this paid off straight away with a win over Arsenal. From this point on our form improved, winning four and drawing three of the next nine games. Vardy was hitting the back of the net on a regular basis, and we dragged our way up to 17th place. But then the players took their feet off the gas, and three successive losses put us back in trouble. A 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on the penultimate day saw us pick up a much needed three points, and we rose back up to 17th. So it all came down to the final day. We hosted Manchester City, while Brentford travelled to Newcastle. We managed a very creditable 1-1 draw, but it didn't matter anyway as Brentford got battered. Jamie Vardy ended up as our top scorer with 12 goals, one ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho. Challenge: 1 User: DaneBramage Completing the challenge - 1 point Avoid relegation - 10 points Beat Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, or Man City in the league - 1 win x 5 points Total points: 16 points Worst result submitted so far, but I suppose someone has to come last! And I'll use the excuse that this is my first time on FM23 for a while, after mainly going back to FM20. Next stop - Malaysia 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pafnus Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 We need a fm 24 challange save :))) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsFCFan7498 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 28/10/2023 at 13:50, Pafnus said: We need a fm 24 challange save :))) You can do this until the next set of challenges. I've decided to do this now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 Well done on surviving, @DaneBramage! You are on the scoreboard! On 28/10/2023 at 14:50, Pafnus said: We need a fm 24 challange save :))) I'll whip something up some time after the full release. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Another idea for this thread which I may attempt at some point during the FM24 cycle. Schalke in Germany are back (for the second time in three years) in the 2. Bundesliga. So, get them up and get them back in the Champions League where they were perrenial entrants. Target: Three seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 A slightly easier challenge I feel though this one is one of the Do It Better challenges. Ajax have spent time at the foot of the Everidisie this season and lost 0-4 at home to Feyenoord and 5-3 at PSV. Challenge: Do better! Use “Real World” database and try to finish in the Champions League spots. Target: one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pafnus Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 05.11.2023 at 22:23, DazRTaylor said: A slightly easier challenge I feel though this one is one of the Do It Better challenges. Ajax have spent time at the foot of the Everidisie this season and lost 0-4 at home to Feyenoord and 5-3 at PSV. Challenge: Do better! Use “Real World” database and try to finish in the Champions League spots. Target: one season. But ajax is strong in fm 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 05/11/2023 at 20:23, DazRTaylor said: A slightly easier challenge I feel though this one is one of the Do It Better challenges. Ajax have spent time at the foot of the Everidisie this season and lost 0-4 at home to Feyenoord and 5-3 at PSV. Challenge: Do better! Use “Real World” database and try to finish in the Champions League spots. Target: one season. Problem is that Ajax suffer from the same issue as Man Utd the last few years, FM can't sim the chaos at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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