Football Manager Live: The day after

[papi]

ΑΝΤΕ ΤΩΡΑ ΝΑ ΒΡΩ ΚΑΡΤΑ

[Tsakalaki]

FML is re-launching

A big welcome back to the developer blogs for Football Manager Live. Over the coming week or so I?m going to explain about what?s happened to FML and more importantly what?s happening going forward.


I?ll be telling you about some of the great features that we?ve been working on and hopefully giving you a little glimpse into the future. The first few blogs might be old hat to some of you who are currently playing the game but for those unaware or in need of a recap ? here goes.

Towards the end of last year, we spent a lot of time researching into the first year of Football Manager Live. We looked, in detail, into the things that worked, the things that didn?t, where mistakes have been made, where we can improve and, most importantly, what we need to do now to fulfil the massive potential that we all believe Football Manager Live has.

The bottom line is that, after months of meetings,we decided to re-launch the game and reset the gameworlds.

Resetting proved to be our best option. The much debated gameworld merge was something we looked at very closely and although it wasn?t impossible to do the single biggest problem was that FML players were unique. There is only ever one Wayne Rooney.

If we had a scenario where two teams that got merged into the same gameworld both had a particular player we?d get into big issues as much of our database design and architecture centres around this.


When we talked about a reset, we also talked in detail about adding a bunch of new features that we felt would dramatically improve the general gameplay and, more importantly, make the game even more fun for those playing it!



Different flavours of gameworlds

So many of you told us that you wanted different types of gameworld that we?ve worked hard to make this happen. After there-launch we will have two different types of gameworlds.Every single subscriber has had the chance to tell us where they want to play post reset.


Fantasy Players (newgen only)

This gameworld type will work essentially as they do now and is aimed at the hardcore FML gamer/ MMO fan. The aim of the game is to take your club from poor beginnings and compete with managers from all over the globe in a variety of leagues and cups.

There will be NO real players in this gameworld, so there?s no searching the internet for the list of latest wonderkids to help you find the best players. It?s about scouting for unknown youngsters and training them up into superstars. It?s about tactics, and outwitting the opposition on the pitch. And it?s about proving that you are the best at what you do.

We spent time looking at whether these gameworlds could accommodate more than 1000 managers at a time but in the end we kept it as you have it currently (at least in the first season) as this allows us to generate pre-selected squads for managers with similar abilities (more on preselected squads another time)



Returning Stars (Rolled out in 1.4 ? Jan 2010)

Whilst the Newgen gameworlds are great for the hardcore gamer, not everyone wants to play the long term, rags to riches game and, as such, we?re looking to provide another flavour of gameworld. This type of gameworld is more aimed at the football fan, rather than the football gamer and is based around real and famous players.

Whilst the underlying mechanic of the game will be very similar to what we have at the moment the emphasis on this type is more about playing long term with recognisable players

But, ?what when these famous players retire?? I hear you cry! Well that?s where the clever bit comes in.

In essence, the heart of the new feature is that any player that retires in the game will be able to be brought back in. In the interests of fairness and making older gameworlds more attractive, the top rated retired players will be reborn (at the age they are in real life not as a youth player) and allocated to teams in a seasonal draft based on how well a team is doing or how long they have been in the GW.

This means that the newest teams and the teams lowest ranked will be allocated the best players in the draft. This draft will allocate one player per club per season from the best players yet to return.

If you can imagine joining a GW in its 12th season where Wayne Rooney has just retired; as a new manager in this GW you are guaranteed to have one of the top draft allocations so there is a good chance you?ll get Rooney (or a similar equivalent).



You have a few options at this stage and around a season to decide what to do. You can:

• Keep the option on your player and he?ll sign for your club at the end of the season
• Trade the player for someone else?s pick (this can be for cash, players or a mixture of both).

As well as ensuring that new players have an immediate opportunity to sign a quality player, it will also help keep the transfer market alive by allowing a more radical flow of money from top teams to bottom teams. If a top team wants to buy Wayne Rooney from the new team then they can make an offer and, if accepted, the new team could have a budget of potentially millions to aid their assault on the gameworld. In turn, we hope that this will help revitalise the market for mid-range players due to the extra spending power that new teams in the gameworld may possess.

In addition to the draft system, any new manager or anyone restarting will have the option to include any player who retired prior to them joining an older gameworld. There is no limit on how many of these players you can bring back in (except for the normal financial constraints). The process is transparent ? to a new user, it?s not even apparent they have had a career and retired. This additional system further ensures that you can start your team with familiar players.

From tomorrow we?ll tell you about some of the features and changes we made to celebrate your success as a manager and then we?re into the nuts and bots of 1.5 (and I?m sure all the real juicy stuff) which will be released, all going well, next Monday 15th March 2010. These changes include the updated skills system, pre-selected squads, unlimited locks and economy changes.


Add all of that to the new 4.99 monthly price and I really hope you?ll all consider giving the new and improved FML a try.

Την ερχόμενη Δευτέρα λοιπόν θα αρχίσουμε να μαθαίνουμε όσα επίσημα πλέον θα γίνουν στο restar, όσα δηλαδή δοκιμάστηκαν στους beta gameworlds και πέρασαν το τεστ.

[WiseSif]

Ωραιος Τσακ.

Ε βάλε και 5-6 μέρες μπίρι μπίρι , και κανα 5-άρι μέρες πριν να το ανακοινώσουν .. πάμε με εθνική εορτή και FML

[g-max]

Πλησιάζει ο καιρός που οι τελευταίες μου σκέψεις πριν κοιμηθώ το βράδυ θα είναι η Veroia United και το FML. Άντε γιατί κράτησε πολύ η "αποτοξίνωση" των 4 και βάλε μηνών και υποφέρω από σύνδρομα στέρησης

[WiseSif]

Πλησιάζει ο καιρός που οι τελευταίες μου σκέψεις πριν κοιμηθώ το βράδυ θα είναι η Veroia United και το FML. Άντε γιατί κράτησε πολύ η "αποτοξίνωση" των 4 και βάλε μηνών και υποφέρω από σύνδρομα στέρησης

Ηρεμία μαν... Μας βλέπω για παρέλαση

[Tsakalaki]

Gameworld names and a chance to win a year?s free FML!

We?re getting closer and closer to the re-launch and we?ll soon have the date on which it will all kick off! In the meantime, however, we?re please to tell you the names of the new gameworlds.

These are:

Voller

Ramos

Valderrama

Butragueno

Sanchez

Wegerle

Turkyilmaz

Belanov

Nunez

Lemerre

Francescoli

Happel

We?ll be giving more information out later this week with info on how we?ll assign people to these gameworlds so sit tight till then!
Competition

What we do have is an amazing competition with 1 whole year?s FREE up for grabs!

If you?ve got a creative side, then this is the competition for you, as we?re looking for people to design the gameworld logos for each of the above gameworlds. You?ve all seen the ones we did for the existing gameworlds, well this time ? it?s up to you to say how it will look!

On top of that, we?re also looking for designs for the 10 FA badges that we use in game.

These are:

Open FAs (OFA) ? White text, Dark Green background
General FA (GFA) ? Dark Green text, White background
Classic FA (CFA) ? Red text, White background
Vintage FA (VFA) ? White text, Red background
Dugout FA (DFA) ? Black text, White background
Extra Time FA (ETFA) ? Silver text, Dark Blue background
Union of FML FA (UFFA) ? Blue text, White background
Computer Controlled Clubs FA (CPUFA) ? Black text, Red background
Xtra FA (XFA) ? Black text, Silver background
Ladder FA (LFA) ? Black text, Light Blue background

Within the colour schemes above (we need it to fit in with how in-game looks already) you?ve got full creative freedom to come up with your design!

In total then, there?s a maximum of 20 1 year subscriptions to be won!
How do I enter?

It couldn?t be easier, all you have to do is email your entry or entries in the format specified in the competition terms and conditions to: community@footballmanagerlive.com

You can keep up to date with the Competition if you become a fan of the official Football Manager Live facebook page,

Entries must be completely original and must not contain likenesses to either existing brands or people.

Entries must have dimensions of 400?400 and have a 72dpi resolution.

The deadline for entries is midnight on Thursday 18th March (so you have about 10 days!), we?ll then choose our favourites and email the winners with details of how to claim their prize!

More details are in the terms and conditions below. The competition is subject to these terms and conditions so please read them before entering.

Good Luck!







Terms and Conditions

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By entering the SEGA Logo Competition you will be deemed to have read these terms and conditions and the instructions detailing how to enter, and you agree to be bound by them when you submit your entry.

This is a skill competition and there is no purchase necessary to enter the competition or to win a prize.

1. This competition is administered by SEGA Europe Ltd of 27 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9BW and/or Sports Interactive Limited of 27 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9BW (?SEGA?).
2. You must comply with all rules provided to you to be eligible for the prize(s). Only entries made using SEGA?s specified formats/methods, which include a valid email address, will be accepted and other formats/methods of submission will not be accepted.
3. If you are under 18 years of age you must obtain permission of the telephone and/or internet account holder to enter. If you are under 18 years old, you must also show these terms and conditions to your parent or guardian and they must accept the terms and conditions on your behalf. By uploading a logo you are deemed to enter and to have parental or guardian agreement if applicable.
4. Only entries received by the specified competition closing date (which is United Kingdom date and time) and fulfilling requirements as detailed in the competition description will be eligible for entry into this competition. SEGA does not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries. SEGA cannot be held responsible for any network problems, phone line faults or other errors or faults of any kind. SEGA shall not be liable in any way whatsoever for any failure or breach by any third party whose services or networks you utilise in participating in this competition.
5. To enter the competition you must upload an original image of your FA logo (your ?Entry?). Your Entry must be created by you and CANNOT contain any third party copyrighted material or otherwise infringe on the intellectual property or other rights of a third party. Your Entry must be suitable for general audiences (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent, including but not limited to nudity, pornography, profanity or gratuitous violence); it must not contain defamatory statements (including, but not limited to, words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group), it must not include threats to any person, place, business, group or nation, it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity, and it must not in any other way violate any law or regulation.
6. You may enter as many Entries as you wish but you are only eligible for one prize of a free annual subscription even if more than one of your Entries is chosen by the judges and used by SEGA. Valid entries may be displayed (at SEGA?s discretion) on any website of SEGA before and after judging of the Entries takes place.
7. The format of your entry must be one of the following: .jpg; .bmp; .doc; .giff; .png; .pdf; or .tiff. If SEGA is unable to open or view your Entry for any reason then your Entry is not valid and SEGA will not be able to tell you this.
8. All Entries will be judged by a panel of graphic designers and marketers from SEGA and an independent judge from a Football Manager Live fan site. The decisions of the judging panel in all matters relating to this competition are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. The judges will judge the Entries on the basis of originality; how memorable the logo is; adherence to the brief and suitability for incorporation within FML. They may choose as many winning Entries as they deem fit depending upon the quality of the Entries and the number of FA logos required for use within FML.
10. The winner(s) will be notified by email after the closing date. Winner(s) must reply and provide a suitable delivery address within 7 days of the notification being sent. If no reply is received within 7 days SEGA may assign the prize to an alternative winner.
11. You agree that SEGA shall own your Entry and you irrevocably assign to SEGA, with full title guarantee, all right, title and interest in your Entry and any intellectual property rights associated. SEGA may use in any manner any and all ideas, concepts, material and expression, in whole or in part, submitted or contained in a Entry, or other material you submit. Such use may include any use associated with Football Manager Live. You agree to execute any documents required to vest full ownership of your Entry and associated intellectual property rights with SEGA.
12. Your Entry must be your own original work and not be a copy of anyone else?s design or any existing club logo unless you have written permission from that person and they agree to these terms and conditions.
13. If SEGA becomes aware that any element of an entrant?s Entry copies someone else?s work or in any way infringes upon the rights of another person and/or receives a legally valid request to remove the affected Entry because of such infringement, such Entry may be removed and disqualified from the competition, as SEGA may determine in its sole discretion.
14. By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant: (a) that your Entry is wholly original, and does not incorporate or include anything that is owned by any third party or would require the consent of any third party and your Entry does not violate any copyright, trademark, publicity right, privacy right or any other right of any third party; and (b) to release and waive and irrevocably release and waive all Intellectual Property Rights including moral rights (as described in Part I, Chapter IV of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988) and similar rights of authors anywhere in the world in the product of Services, Specification and Goods. The rights granted under this agreement shall extend to SEGA, its parent and affiliated companies with respect to all Entries and all other submitted materials related to the competition, including those submitted by non-winners and winners.
15. Entrants must be European Union residents. Please do not enter in countries/regions where it is contrary to current local legislation. SEGA reserves the right to refuse any entry.
16. Prizes must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred and if you have a current subscription, your subscription will be paused for the duration of your free annual subscription and then restarted at the end of the annual subscription. There will be no cash or alternative prizes offered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SEGA reserves the right, without obligation, to supply an alternative prize of equal or higher value. Any taxes incurred as a consequence of winning will be the responsibility of the winner.
17. SEGA does not take responsibility for any prizes (including login codes) that may be lost or damaged in transit to the winners. No additional/alternative prizes will be sent to winner(s) in the event of non-receipt of the original prize.
18. The competition is not open to employees or contractors of SEGA, or any person directly or indirectly involved in the organisation or running of the competition or their direct family members.
19. Winners may be required to take part in promotional activity and SEGA reserves the right to use the Entries, the names and addresses of winners, their photographs and audio and/or visual recordings of them (where appropriate) in any publicity or promotional activities. Any personal information you supply will be stored by SEGA in its contact database and certain information may be aggregated with other information to enable SEGA to understand more about the profiles of the users in order to help improve SEGA?s products.
20. SEGA reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition or these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.
21. The competition shall be governed in all respects by the laws of England and Wales and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The competition is void where restricted or prohibited by law.

[WiseSif]

dforlan9

ΒΑΛΕ ΤΑ ΔΥΝΑΤΑ ΣΟΥ and make us proud!

[g-max]

Ελπίζω να τους "κόψει" και να μην μας βάλουν στον Turkyilmaz.Δεν έχω πρόβλημα να είμαι στον ίδιο Gameworld με τους "γείτονες" αλλά τουλάχιστον αυτό να γίνεται σε ουδέτερο έδαφος.
Χωρίς πλάκα τώρα δεν μπορούσαν να βάλουν το Chatzipanagis:?:
Θα ήταν τιμητικό για το Greek Gang αλλά μετα λύπης μου διαπιστώνω ότι KAI αυτοί μας έχουν γραμμένους στα @@ τους

[Tsakalaki]

Εδω δεν έβαλαν όνομα Βραζιλιάνου παίκτη, τι να λέμε τώρα;

[g-max]

'Αλλο και αυτό πάλι. Ξεκινάμε λοιπόν με 12 Gameworlds.Άντε να δούμε τι θα δούμε....

[Sevek]

The re-launch is planned to happen in two stages with all the current gameworlds being closed down on Monday 22nd March and new gameworlds launched over a period of a few days starting from Wednesday 24th March (barring any last minute events that may require a delay).

CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS
We will be letting you know which gameworld you are in via e-mail before the re-launch.

As we mentioned in the last newsletter; to be in the same community as your friends after the re-launch, you need to make sure you are in the same gameworld before Monday 22nd March. You will be able to transfer your team to your preferred gameworld right up until this date. Please note, however, that after the re-launch you will need to contact support if you would like to transfer your team.

We will be going into further detail on exactly how the re-launch is going to work in the blogs after version 1.5 has been released.

Also, to guarantee that you are in a gameworld from the beginning after the re-launch, you will need to make sure you have chosen your gameworld type from either the website or in game. If you haven't done this already, now's the time!

[g-max]

Καλά λέει ο Wise . Μπακαλιάρος, σκορδολιά και FML

[dforlan9]

dforlan9

ΒΑΛΕ ΤΑ ΔΥΝΑΤΑ ΣΟΥ and make us proud!

Ξεκίνησα από χθες. Ε δε γίνεται, ένα σήμα μου τουλάχιστον θα το πάρουν

[WiseSif]

Τελικά ούτε στους SI TOWERS να ΔΟΥΛΕΥΑ!

Παρέλαση είπα... 24 ανακοινώσαν!

ΑΙΝΤΕ ΜΑΓΚΕΣ ..... 14 και σήμερα!!!!

The re-launch is planned to happen in two stages with all the current gameworlds being closed down on Monday 22nd March and new gameworlds launched over a period of a few days starting from Wednesday 24th March (barring any last minute events that may require a delay).

CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS
We will be letting you know which gameworld you are in via e-mail before the re-launch.

As we mentioned in the last newsletter; to be in the same community as your friends after the re-launch, you need to make sure you are in the same gameworld before Monday 22nd March. You will be able to transfer your team to your preferred gameworld right up until this date. Please note, however, that after the re-launch you will need to contact support if you would like to transfer your team.

We will be going into further detail on exactly how the re-launch is going to work in the blogs after version 1.5 has been released.

Also, to guarantee that you are in a gameworld from the beginning after the re-launch, you will need to make sure you have chosen your gameworld type from either the website or in game. If you haven't done this already, now's the time!

[Spiritraiser]

Γιατί δεν προτείνετε και ένα εεληνικό όνομα για server; Ειδικά εκεί που θα έχει τόσους πολλούς Έλληνες θα ήταν χρήσιμο (και ευκολότερο να καλέσεις περισσότερο κόσμο σίγουρα). Και όσο για το όνομα, επειδή παλιότερους παίχτες μπορεί και να μην τους ξέρουν, ας βάλουν Zagorakis που είχε βγει και μωπ στο Euro 2004...
Η σε τελική ας βάλλουν και του Herr Otto, να βολέψουν και έλληνες και γερμανούς...



Edit: Προσωπικά επιδή προτιμώ regen κόσμο μάλλον θα μείνω εδώ που είμαι και περιμένω να δω που θα με πάνε