CaptainHaddock Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Good afternoon everyone, I'm the new 'Community Officer' at FM. Inbetween playing FM09 (it's a hard life!) im also starting to knock up some articles for the FM website. I got to thinking about all my superstitions I have while playing - my lucky slippers are looking a tad on the thin side these days - and wanted to throw it out to everyone else. What superstitions do you have when playing FM? No need to be embarrassed at all, im sure most have us have some daft ones! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolgasm Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If I get excited (e.g beating a big team) my hands goes up to my eyes in a bincular shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 The worst superstition of all time has to go to me, when I was 14 and playing CM97 I was playing one of my major title rivals (who I had never beaten) and it was 0-0 at half time, when my gran came round to see us. Obviously I had to go downstairs in the hope of money so I clicked play for the second half and switched the screen off, I returned about 2 hours later and switched the screen on to find I had won the match. For about 6 months of real life gaming time I always switched the screen off in the second half of a big match and sat there for about 10 minutes before switching it back on. I can't say for sure if it had a positive impact, but at the time I thought it did . This sort of thread has popped up a few times recently; http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=33670&highlight=superstitions http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=42715&highlight=superstitions http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=49535&highlight=superstitions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I tend to be inconsistent in my superstitions so they come and go, mostly because since they are superstitions there come times when they fail totally and then get abandoned in favour of a different one. One I have tended to come back to on numerous occasions though is that of leaving the room immediately after kicking off a match. On a few occasions (the ones I tend to remember most, I forget all those when it doesn't work) I find that I come back after making a drink to find myself 0-3 up away from home at half time in a match I expected to get beaten in. So then whenever I have a tough away game I find myself clicking Play and then rushing out of the room before the opposition score and "break the spell", hoping that when I return we will have managed to score loads of goals in my absence and conceded none Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolgasm Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 And by the way, welcome to the FM addicts community! Just kidding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 And by the way, welcome to the FM addicts community! Just kidding I don't get it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broonzy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Not really a superstition as such but whenever i'm watching a game and I think anything along the lines of "I'm all over them" "Its a masterclass" "they cant live with my pace and movement" basically, anything overconfident and cocky, then i ALWAYS lose without fail. Even if i'm 3-0 up when I think it, I swear the AI knows and cuts me back down to size for it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marconegri Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I must have my A4 refill pad opened and set in front of the laptop with my blue, black & red pens set in line to the side. Pens for writing down names of players to watch, find or buy at a later date or throughout the game. Also keep a list of any featured player names or rising stars that appear in articles on websites like Skysports & BBC & in magazines like World Soccer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broonzy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm also a fan of the lucky toilet break btw!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 At one point I went through a period of staring at my teams name and trying my best to completely ignore commentary or highlights, so i'd be staring intently at the name and every so often noticing that the commentary was flashing, so someone had scored, but if I looked to see who invariably it would be the opposition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_man Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 My all time best superstition (they come and go) started when i was playing at old trafford and getting beat 2-0 at half time on fm06 , when my dog decided to go into the kitchen, i then went on to win 3-2. So for about 6 months after when i was playing a big team away i would kick the dog into the living room before the match and then kick him into the kitchen at half time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankrzyz Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 1.) I always minimize the [+]'s on the game screen. 2.) Always have my notebook open. 3.) Never have all my coaching/scouting staff from the same nationality. 4.) Always have one American player somewhere in the organization (my nationality). 5.) Like Nomis07 and glamdring, I find I have better luck when I walk out of the room while the first and second halves are being played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekluse Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What in the world is with people not watching the match...don't you guys sit there and click back n forth between a 4-4-2 and a 4-2-4 formation every 10 seconds like your supposed to?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolgasm Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Obviously I had to go downstairs in the hope of money so I clicked play for the second half and switched the screen off, I returned about 2 hours later and switched the screen on to find I had won the match. How gutted would you be if one of your players got an injuries after 3 minutes of the second half? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What in the world is with people not watching the match...don't you guys sit there and click back n forth between a 4-4-2 and a 4-2-4 formation every 10 seconds like your supposed to?! Na I never alter tactics before, during or after a match, I just sit there watching the first half, make my subs at half time and sit back and watch the second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgreenio Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 never ever watch a penalty shootout, always leave the room instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonia Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I always have the mouse cursor over my team's tactics button. On one of the older games, my mate used to continuosly tap the space bar throughout the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What in the world is with people not watching the match...don't you guys sit there and click back n forth between a 4-4-2 and a 4-2-4 formation every 10 seconds like your supposed to?! I only rarely give in to that particular superstition and mostly it only comes to mind when I am already planning to go and get a coffee or something so I just time it to coincide with the first half. In general though I am a rational and intelligent human being I also only generally do that for the first half of a match so that I at least have some chance of reversing the mess if we actually go in 3-0 down at half time instead of 3-0 up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Middleton Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 At one point I went through a period of staring at my teams name and trying my best to completely ignore commentary or highlights, so i'd be staring intently at the name and every so often noticing that the commentary was flashing, so someone had scored, but if I looked to see who invariably it would be the opposition I used to do exactly the same thing! Dont move your eyes at all from your team name, so you cant whats happening (so nothing is happening!) never ever watch a penalty shootout, always leave the room instead I still do this. I cant watch them at all. If I dont minimise the game and do something else, then I always put it on commentry only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If I'm facing a big team or an important match I leave the room and make a cuppa tea or a drink...Don't like watching those games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domix Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I MUST listen to music while I'm playing. It calms me down. It is mostly due to the fact that I mostly play a lower league clubs so I get nervous alot... I just can't imagine playing FM without music in background... And it is usualy some bands like Portishead or Massive Attack or something...some kind of trip-hop and stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickooko Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Everytime my girlfriend give me a call i either lost or draw my match. I told her about this and she find this very funny. Well....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prank Emperor Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Have to keep player rating screen open always when I am playing match, unless there is any pitch action my screen will be player rating. And if I want to check any other screen I will pause and check them before getting back to player rating screen and then start the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticMonkey Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If i find a player whose name i don't like, no matter how good he is, i will never buy him. Also if i start a game and i don't like a name of someone already in my squad i will do my best to sell them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I do that too, although not through superstition, I just get irritated by names I don't like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHaddock Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Some good responses there as I expected! My old housemate used to insist on wearing his suit for cup finals, big games etc and would often celebrate a big win by getting in a crate of beers. How i miss living with him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickooko Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I do that too, although not through superstition, I just get irritated by names I don't like Names such as?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD nawrat Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Not too long ago, If I managed to get a one goal lead, I would not move. Eg/ I would finally grab a goal, and in fear of losing the lead, I would still perfectly still, and not change the tactics etc. I used to think that if I clicked the Tactics option to make a sub, or apply time-wasting, then I would conceede, even before I applied it. Therefore, I didn't change anything. I just sat still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Names such as?? I can't think off-hand. Some names I just find boring (including my own if it were a footballer, and in fact there is a footballer who shares my name and he was briefly sent to my Scunthorpe team in loan!). Most obviously I can't be doing with having a player in my team whose name I can't pronounce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankrzyz Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 ...and in fact there is a footballer who shares my name... I purchase all players with my unique last name. There are usually only 2 or 3, but in one save there were over 10! Didn't think about that until you mentioned it, Glamdring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 There are quite a few who share my last name, only one I'm aware of, an ex-Manchester United reject, who shares my full name though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Some good responses there as I expected!My old housemate used to insist on wearing his suit for cup finals, big games etc and would often celebrate a big win by getting in a crate of beers. How i miss living with him! LOL - quality!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Aja Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I refuse to look at/acknowledge who the key player is in the forthcoming match, he always seems to score against me if I do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Off topic, but isn't it funny how people react to duplicate threads re the demo, yet no-one has said anything to a guy from Sega starting a duplicate thread Anyways, i'm enjoying this thread some of us are quite clearly insane! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I point the mouse at which corner I want my keeper to dive or striker to shoot on a penalty, some of these make mine look like a normal thing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm verging on serious OCD I reckon. I like to have the mouse cursor in a certain direction when playing a game. If I am at home, I place the mouse cursor on the right-hand side by the corner of the penalty box. When away from home, I place it on the left side in the opposite position. I always then put the mouse cursor down as far as it will go so I can't see it on the screen. I firmly believe that if I do not do this, I will definitely lose! If playing a big game then I'm even worse about this mouse cursor thing. Sometimes I feel that I have to put it into my preferred position without touching any of the lines on the pitch apart from the touchline. So, for instance, if I touch the halfway line or something like that, I have to put the mouse cursor down, then bring it back up to start again and place it down again so that it hasn't touched any lines on the pitch. I know, I know, I'm a weirdo. Also, when watching a match, I fiddle endlessly and I have to put certain objects at certain angles and in certain positions. Like any books on my desk, for instance, must sit straight forward but slightly to one side so that the right side of the book is higher at the top than the left side. I'm probably mental or something. I couldn't play a game with a book in the wrong position. I think I'd explode! I'm just as bad when I go to an actual football match. For instance, I have to go through the turnstile furthest to the right when I get to any ground. To be fair to me though, whenever I have had to go through one of the left sided turnstiles, my team haved ended up losing or playing poorly, so I feel that there is evidence for that little quirk of mine! None of you lot sound quite as crazy as me! C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterhunter Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 probably a minor one but i feel i win more matches when i dont watch the pitch and just have text only. surely there must be more of my sort out there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm the opposite Ollie Hunter. I feel that I win more matches when I watch the pitch and have the highlights set to full match! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.e.t Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 in the old days of CM i used to hold the mouse cursor over the score of my team and if i was winning i would hold it over my team name, dont know why or how it started just used to do it. then all of a sudden i stopped doing it, hehe, might start again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpackant Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If I'm winning at half time, I always make a minor change to my tactics, sometimes as little as telling one of my forwards to run with the ball more often. I tell myself it's good tactical sense, but I can't say for sure. I'm just paranoid the AI has cracked my tactic first half. I win more than I lose so maybe there's something to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazib Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 are youreally from sega?? you dont have the sega logo next to your name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 are youreally from sega?? you dont have the sega logo next to your name Yes, it says so right underneath his username. Normal users can't put anything directly under there username! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0x0r Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 This sort of thread has popped up a few times recently; http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=33670&highlight=superstitions http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=42715&highlight=superstitions http://www.community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=49535&highlight=superstitions Be fair, the poor guy did get to post #3 before asking something he could have searched for! ;-) But seriously, to contribute, back in the old FM games when you positioned the cursor under the loading bars, the "bar" on top would disappear. You could time this to make the bar load quite jumpily, especially once you knew how it progressed. I never could stop doing that... I also used to hover the cursor in the other team's goal or on top of the number in my score. Now days? My only real noticeable one is that I always add a buy back and sell on clause to ANY young player i sell. The first I forget WILL turn into the next Pele, only better. He will then move from the team I sell him to to one of my rivals, after my bid is rejected, for 500million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolgasm Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I cant have my mouse on the pitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcormack Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I cant have my mouse on the pitch oh me neither that is awful. i moved the position that the mouse has to be a while back, but that place (there is a wee line) isnt there on 08 (i still play 07) so i am worried i will have to find a new place for 09 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamenaglar Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Well I've got one. When defending the lead late in the game, I usually start to play defensively and substitute a player or two in order to run down the clock. Surpisingly it works! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paris Hilton's Lover Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I always fidget with something on my desk during a game, such as a Keyring, Keys, Headphones etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyss616 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 ...writing's on the wall. Don't watch first half and if I'm up with 10 minutes to go, I put on my defend tactic and don't watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydfc4ever Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 prior to playing a major game (cup final/main rival) i always save the game a go to the toilet, where i tend to hold an imaginary press conference to get all my nerves out and describe what we are going to do to Chelski or Man Yoo or whomever it is. tends to get me focused. also, i often watch the scouted match to work out who to try to lock down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich2086 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 if i was winning by a tight margine i used to hold my breath so they wouldnt score lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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