fm_freak Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 How long does it take for you to finish your season? Do you take care for a details or you just play, play and play matches? How long does it take for you to play a match? How long does it take for you to prepare for next match? Do you spend time on something or you just going straight forward into next match? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocuous Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 About 20-24 hours per season. I'm a fairly slow player though. I don't like to rush through matches, and I like to manage every area of the club in intricate detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!.m.! Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 On my Current game I have done 5 seasons in 11 days gameplay. I'm slow but successful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigy Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Usually takes about 2-3 days 5 or so hours a day, so around 15-20 hours for 1 season. I can usually get through 2 or 3 over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomit Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I would say approx. 15 hours for a season. I skip most of the media nonsense, but play all matches on key highlights. This is what takes the longest time, usually. My matches tend to create a lot of key highlights ... Once I have my tactics and players "set", it's mostly about tending to matches, and keeping an eye out for new talents or available established players. I also spend some time once a month adjusting the training for all players. (Individual training focus; my schedules are set). I am running all European top leagues + second tier of France, Germany; Spain and Italy + second, third and fourth tier of England. All playable. All other top leagues viewable. Large database + all players from top leagues everywhere. Oh, I leave press conferences and team talks to my ass. man. He's good at it, I'm not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 My seasons are usually in the region of 36 hours, but that will include some idle time and I also surf the internet while I play, so the 'actual' number is probably around 30. Edit: All matches are on key highlights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar2010 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Well according to my FM11 save 20 seasons has taken me 77 days which is 92 hours per season. In reality given that FM runs a lot in the background while I do other jobs I would say at least half that is idle time, maybe 2/3rds is closer so that makes it about 30 hours per season which seems about right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 I'm prob around the same, 30 hours. I just find it really hard to find the time so I tend to play an hour or so and there, so completing a season takes me ages in real time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Averaging 36 hours per season at the moment. And that's picking the same formation every time, same team talk every time and skipping press conferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTYOP Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 If I play it solid, about a week. I like to have a good look around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I take a couple of weeks to finish a season...I like to read through every e-mail in detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdab55 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 For me it is usually between 15-20 hours to finish the season although my pc is kinda slow and I play every game in the league and in cup and I go to conferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythen Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 for me take 2days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm_freak Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 I take a couple of weeks to finish a season...I like to read through every e-mail in detail. Yeah, I also like to play that way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 around 40 hours real time. which is way too long Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkjellander Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 From the sounds of it, I probably shouldn't say... My Saints save is at some 30-odd days, and I am in the pre-season for season 3. I do leave the game running a lot while doing other things, so that skews it wildly. I'd say that I play one or two match rounds in a night, which is 2-3 hours' worth. I tend to spend a lot of time on checking training progress, shopping for team improvements, etc. My transfer windows often take forever. I do watch a large chunk of each game on Full, switching to Key Highlights when I am satisfied with what's going on, or resigned to not being able to change things. I also do manage my youth team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXistenZ Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 My seasons also take quite long. i like to load a lot of leagues, and i play in a window, so while the game is processing i do other things, which offcours add tothe time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolulu Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 A season takes me about 7/8 hours game time. I go on holiday to miss the the match (I watch the goal highlights after) day and the team talks. I have played the game so long, this part is no longer the fun it used to be (for me). Spend most of my time personally scouting for players, team building, handling problems, team selection, tactics, etc. etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themer Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 About 38 a season. But I think the real figure is going to be around 28ish, I often leave the game running even when I'm not on the computer and browse the internet in the background. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Quite glad reading this thread that I'm not the only one who takes a good few hours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbiley Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Am I the only person here who watches every match in full...? One match takes me over an hour! I'll even watch full matches I'm not involved in at times, for scouting purposes - probably a ridiculous waste of time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Am I the only person here who watches every match in full...? One match takes me over an hour! I'll even watch full matches I'm not involved in at times, for scouting purposes - probably a ridiculous waste of time! I watch key matches in full, but otherwise in extended. I used to watch every match in full but it's just too much, it'd take me months to get through a season and valuable life-span. And yes, i do watch other matches. CL finals, exciting games in the league on TV mode, and if i'm scouting a player and want to run the rule over him myself, i'll often go and watch his team play, time permitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMOZZA Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I'm in October of season 2 and it currently stands at 42 hours. I'd say about 8ish hours is probably idle...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilCuoreDiRoma Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 as a working man, it takes me a month to finish a season of FM i can only afford to play 1-2 matches of FM per day, that is, if i decide to play FM that day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worrall23 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I played for 9 hours the other day and played 30 games in my league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion 123 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 It takes me about 2-3 days to complete a season. Though i spent about 5 hours per session. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Whippy Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Depends if my laptop wants to play ball. Usually 3-4 days if i'm in a hurry or a week if i'm not in the mood or have a social life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazTheDoood Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I can do a season, as in from first match to last in about 8 hours. But if you include the summer transfer window, then its more like 14-16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Billy-Jay Jones Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Weeks, because I tend to only play a handful of matches at a time, then i'll leave FM for a few days or so, then go back and do another handful and so on and so forth. While it makes for slow progress, it does mean I don't burn out or get bored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avine Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Yep, i think i have answered this before in an other similar thread but nevermind:). In my sphere of using fm it generally takes a lot of time, a day while going on holiday through the games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alekq Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 At least 30 hours of game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katone0 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 It takes me 40 hours to finish a season and I'm getting annoyed with it. I would like to fasten up my game so the season takes half of that amount or less. I don't want to go on holiday though. Any tips? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haunted1234 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 dunno maybe an hour or two, i hopped on the -go on holiday on matchday- train, tired of watching the games or the repeated comments below Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_barnes Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 about 20 hours prob. 1st season is usually longer than others due to setting up my staff, training, tactics, signing lots of players etc. I watch games on text commentary with the goal action replayed. Media wise I do not often interact with my players or with other managers unless to boost morale or sort unhappy players. I do all the pre and post match interviews but pretty much say the same things every game so does not take long to do them. I have about 40'000 players loaded into the database and I play on a laptop so the processing speed is not the quickest either. I usually play around 3 seasons with a team before I get bored of winning everything and start again with a new challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fm_freak Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 They should make a new feature so you can skip game or make it even faster a than this. At this moment you can holiday it but your tactic doesnt work as it should when you are watching matches. So I think this is feature that SI should create! It would really help us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Because I'm playing the Youth Challenge game I don't need spend hours looking for new players I can do a season in 8-10 hours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobBRFC Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Weeks, because I tend to only play a handful of matches at a time, then i'll leave FM for a few days or so, then go back and do another handful and so on and so forth.While it makes for slow progress, it does mean I don't burn out or get bored. Im same, play really slowly. Can take me up to like a month to play a season, although if I have a quiet weekend I could get one done over Friday Night, Saturady and Sunday but that is a very rare occurence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers1991 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Don't have a clue in hours but around 2 - 3 days, sometimes 1 if I Don't mess about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Depends, what team i am and what league i am in, and how much spam ends up in maiblox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyer Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 My current save is 14 days...... Each season is getting longer in time to complete and don't holiday any of it. The year is 2028.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotsmannetje Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 In the holidays like now about 2 to 3 days a season. Usually about 15 to 20 hours that is I guess per season. But I've noticed that over the years it's taking me longer and longer to finish a season. For which are two reasons. The games become more complicated (more detail), but I put more effort into it every year as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I'm averaging about 17.5 hours a season for my current save. I watch the matches on commentary only so I really speed through the seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage94 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I take a very very long time. I have probably 75% of my FM time as Idle time, probably more. And even then I still watch most matches on Extended/Full Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avine Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I take a very very long time. I have probably 75% of my FM time as Idle time, probably more. And even then I still watch most matches on Extended/Full It is so nice to watch on Full and in 2d classic matches. Nowadays, i would like to play fm with watching all matches on Full length, but i actually play the 'presidential' way because it would take more than a week to finish a season and now i, understandably, finish a season in two days(not real times). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicha_14 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Any where from 10-24 hours, depends on how much I'm into a save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnage94 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 It is so nice to watch on Full and in 2d classic matches. Nowadays, i would like to play fm with watching all matches on Full length, but i actually play the 'presidential' way because it would take more than a week to finish a season and now i, understandably, finish a season in two days(not real times). In terms of how long it takes me to get through a season I am in November 2018 in my main save which is Tenerife. I am not burdened with much real life stuff yet I started this save in mid January. Maybe because my laptop is shocking slow contributes but I play at about a season a month which compared to what I see and hear is very slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias333 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 LOL I think im the slowest player in the world! Really do believe that. Im waaaay to OCD when it comes to scouting and transfers etc....for example I have not had much time to play recently with birth of my first child and ill missus but i still manage to squeeze a quick hour in before bed and in my MLS save I have only progressed 1 game day in the last 5 real days. I dont even watch highlights or full game. Watch goal replays only. I take forever just to do a season. I do all press conference etc and never leave anything to an assistant simply because In my experience even with the best assistant they are not you at the end of the day and always seem to have a different (and wrong) opinion or way of doing things. So with the weekly repeated boring press conference it takes a while. Even when unsubscribing I seem to have so much rubbish on my news feed and that adds to the time scale. Like I said I am very OCD. I remember one save I didnt (couldn't) continue 1 game day for about 2 real life days simply as I couldn't decide whether to take a job that was offered lol! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
209vaughn Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Wow some poeple really fly through the seasons! How can you enjoy the game that way? To each his own... I play a season in about 60-70 days. I pretty much play a match per day and I watch the entire match in real time. I manage every aspect of the club and read hundreds of scounting reports, every email, all tactics and my reserves squad. I spend time focusing on training, finances, scouting other clubs and I also enjoy looking at all the histories and stats from past years for the fun of it. I'm suprised so many people dont watch there matches, thats the best part of the game IMO. edit; lots of youngsters with plenty of ADD and time on there hands I see lol. FULL MATCHES FTW!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIBURROWS Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 8 hours for me, I know what players I want from the off (played it far too much) so whatever league or whatever division I know what I likes. I don't watch any matches as it looks awful and all the goals are so repetitive it is only commentary for me which I would turn off now if I could! updates for commentary would be nice in FM13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMerlin Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Too long. 3 days game time.... about 2 months real time ( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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