SI Forums Got Talent!

Welcome to the (what I think is) the first edition of SI Forums Got Talent! Based on the popular tv show Britain's Got Talent, which is in it's third series currently, you will either flop or be a success! Contestants on that show show off any ounce of talent they think they have. However, since we are only limited to use FM, this will be all about tactics.

What will happen:

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  10 users of this forum will sign up firstly

• I will be the England manager, and there will be seperate saves for each user.

• Each user will upload a different tactic for each match and will get to pick the squad for each match

After each match, users of the forum who are not in the competition will vote for who they think had the worse tactic after each match. The user with the most votes will be eliminated and this will carry on until we have a winner. Let the talent commence!

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Please add your name to this if you wish to sign-up.

isn't this more of a 'who is the best at tactics' 'Challenge'. I know your looking to start a sign up, but as canvey!! said in a thread yesterday I don't think there are that many people in CSE are that interested in tactics. Although I'm prepared to be corrected if this proves a success and lots of people sign up

I'll sign up

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Messing around with tactics is fun

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I was in something like this before and it was good before it failed because of lack of participation.

Good luck

10 users of this forum will sign up firstly

Then, why is there a sign-up list of 15

See, I was busy

Changed my mind mid-making pfirst post

And Paul, I see what you mean, but it's all a bit of fun. If anything, it can be reduced from 15 to 10.

Boo hiss! FMX-Factor rules!

Only kidding Cardio. Sounds a good idea - I think some will be interested but those who don't like or are no good with tactics will steer clear of participation, i.e. me! I will follow and vote though and maybe pick up a tip or two about tactics in FM.

I would join but I can't upload anything.

GCB, that's the fun of it. You have your talented kids, then the hopeless ones.

So could I do it even though I can't upload my team/tactic?

Not really, no.

OK mate. I will still follow it and take part in votes.

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Why not ayye? Different to most game show sign-up's around!!!

Sure. sign me up!

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why not i'll give it a go

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just to give you a word of warning i ran a tactic sign up back in november and everyone stopped taking part early on

I'll join in why not

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I was in something like this before and it was good before it failed because of lack of participation.

just to give you a word of warning i ran a tactic sign up back in november and everyone stopped taking part early on

I already mentioned it

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I suppose others are right. I'll leave this one out for now. Sorry guys.

I suppose others are right. I'll leave this one out for now. Sorry guys.

... when you are still getting subscribers.

i wasnt saying don't gp fpr it give it a go its a great idea and people who have signed up may stick around. Good luck

Yeah, I know, but people aren't that interested in tactics etc.

If others want, I'll give it a go, but lower the numbers down to 10 people (which leaves one space.)

Yeah, I know, but people aren't that interested in tactics etc.

If others want, I'll give it a go, but lower the numbers down to 10 people (which leaves one space.)

I would like to do it.

Just got to hope others do.

I would like to take part.

I say that peter, me, spartan, Almondo and Pluckaduck are reliable.

I don't know about the others. I don't mean to offend any of the other people who have signed up but I just haven't noticed you on the forums or know who you are, so I couldn't really put you on the list.

Give it a go Cardio. If anyone drops out, then you can carry on with the reliable ones. As pne says, you've got five reliable ones there and it would be interesting to watch. Even though I'm pants on tactics ( I think its the reason I can't win away on dafuges challenge) I'd like to follow it and as you say, thats the point. I can't commit to it as I can't upload (well, not at moment) and it might be a committment I can't make. I'd be good to see you give it a try.

I am in this for the long haul

What the others have said, I'm in here for the long-term!

Good to know guys, thanks for the support.

One for space left for anyone interested, if not, I suppose we can start with 9.

Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hang on, might sign up

Can you elaborate on how this works though please ?

What will happen:

10 users of this forum will sign up firstly

I will be the England manager, and there will be seperate saves for each user.

Each user will upload a different tactic for each match and will get to pick the squad for each match

After each match, users of the forum who are not in the competition will vote for who they think had the worse tactic after each match. The user with the most votes will be eliminated and this will carry on until we have a winner. Let the talent commence!

Does this help?

Join and you will learn soon enough. And, it means we can get started

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Major was in before me, but if he wants out then I am more than willing to have a go

I will stick in for the long term if this gets going!

LLR, this can be done with more than 10 people and with an odd number, so I would say that your definately in.

Right, so you keep all the saves, we all play the same matches on our saves with our tactics (but you emply it all for us) and votes go for best tactics right? And you put up screenshots?

LLR, sure you can play as well, but if OP only wants 10 saves, you can take my place.

Ok so we will got with it currently that I am in.

I think Major what will happen is that he has 11 saves, and we each upload a tactic for each game and he plays that game which then sends us onto the next game. Then we send a line-up and a tactic for the next one.

I was thinking about this and maybe it would be fairer to have one save, so save it before the game, play it with each tactic saving afterwards. Then as well as voting for the worst tactic they can also vote for which one you continue with, then using that save we each make a tactic for the next game and so on. I just think that might be a better way to do it as it will mean we each have the same base going into each round. (Really just a suggestion)

My second suggestion was that we aim at the World cup Final is the finale of the series, so maybe we just have some randomly decided non-elimination legs which result in extending it out so that the last game will be the WC Final

This does look fairly interesting.

And, what would happen if we didn't reach the WC Final?

Then it would be very anti climatic, though surely at that point we would be hoping one of the forumers is good enough with tactics to get through.

I say Peter, you say Evo, Peter-evo is the tactic master.

LLR, the only thing I can see wrong is that one tactic per match isn't very fair if peter-evo has to face Andorra and pnefc has to face Czech Republic.

And your second suggestion is a possibilty, maybe I could leave out smaller nation games, yes?

Anyway, with 11 people (if they're willing), we can get started.

The deadline for uploading tactics and choosing the squad is Thursday 30th April.

SOME KEY INFORMATION

Your first match is a friendly against the Czech Republic.

Paul Robinson and Stewart Downing are definitely out, while Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves are doubts.

If you choose someone who is injured, I will inform you.

No I think he meant you play the game 11 times on the one save, we vote on them, and then move along with the save that had the best tactic, so you don't have 11 different saves and we all have the same selections rather than 11 different saves where different people could be injured

And maybe a better way to do that would be to upload the save game, this way we can make our selections based on form and other stuff rather than just reputation? If not that's cool.

I don't understand the first part spartans but the second part is a plan, it's on its way

Squad:

GK: David James

RB: Micah Richards

LB: Ashley Cole

CB: Rio Ferdinand

CB: John Terry

LCM: Frank Lampard

CM: Michael Carrick

RCM: Steven Gerrard

RW: Aaron Lennon

LW: Theo Walcott

ST: Wayne Rooney

Subs: Joe Hart, Glen Johnson, Wes Brown, David Beckham, Gareth Barry, Tom Huddlestone, Peter Crouch, Michael Owen (if fit)

I will be using this 4-3-3/4-5-1 and will aim to attack.

Excellent stuff peter, a great example to follow. Of course, you're more than welcome to change after you view the save.

Basically, instead of running 11 separate games, you save just before the match, and play the match 11 times (saving after each time to a new file), then we vote on which tactic was the best and you pick one save (it could be the one that won, or any other) and go through with that one until the next game and repeat the process again

I see spartans, a good idea and again, I will play ball