igduff Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Every time I get the new game each year, I have wanted to manage a tiny nation like the British Virgin Islands and try to take them to the world cup. However, the makers of the game dont include any of their players into the database so I cant do this. My question is why are there plenty of players for countries such as american samoa, but none for nations like the virgin islands or tuvalu? It cant be too difficult to find out the names of some of these players. This question is really directed at sports interactive but feel free to comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndebergerac Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm guessing because it's near impossible to get researchers for such nations. Plus, you're probably in the minority, 99.99% of FM players probably don't care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
igduff Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Haha yeah im definitely in the minority, but im sure you could find some on wikipedia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndebergerac Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Well, yes, you'd probably be able to get enough real life names to fill a squad and just give them all really low CA/PA with random attributes. Maybe you could create your own player db? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Your best bet would be to load all players from Oceania and manage someone like Papua New Guinea who are ranked 206th in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalem Lyco Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I quite often manage the Cook Islands and I enjoy being such a low level nation and trying to get them to a World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
igduff Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Have you ever managed it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalem Lyco Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Only the once out of complete luck. I was ragged in the world cup but then I'm sure the players and the nation were just happy to be there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
igduff Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I almost did it with Fiji but got beaten in the playoff by Qatar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocuous Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Of all the criticisms ever aimed at SI and the Football Manager Series, I never thought that 'the database is too small' would be one of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
igduff Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Of all the criticisms ever aimed at SI and the Football Manager Series, I never thought that 'the database is too small' would be one of them haha well i had to think outside the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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