Neil Roberts Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Everton FC has become the first Premier League club to not only admit using the Football Manager database to learn about prospective players, but to sign an exclusive deal for access to it. Full article: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/everton-fc-signs-up-computer-game-as-scout-486358 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Theres already been a couple threads about this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanricouk Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 It never tipped Rooney at all. Rooney was always crap in the games before famous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheer Class Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 He wouldnt have been in the game as a 15 year old if he wasnt half decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordenadam Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 tom huddlestone and aaron lennon were always amazing talents in the old one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANNY1000000 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is that fair on the contributers to the database (ordinary people) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanricouk Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 He wouldnt have been in the game as a 15 year old if he wasnt half decent. You're wrong of course because the first two years he was completely crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marinho Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 What´s the "big deal" on it btw ? I mean, any team or coach/assistant can just buy a copy of the game, maybe load a 3rd party editor and "scout" that way, so what´s the "exclusive" part of it ? Getting the contributors´s suggestions before the release ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMX Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 What´s the "big deal" on it btw ? I mean, any team or coach/assistant can just buy a copy of the game, maybe load a 3rd party editor and "scout" that way, so what´s the "exclusive" part of it ? Getting the contributors´s suggestions before the release ? Yeah I was wondering the same since I read about this long ago. What are they exactly paying for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRWS Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 To do that before anyone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheer Class Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I would suggest one of the biggest is contract expiries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Yeah I was wondering the same since I read about this long ago.What are they exactly paying for? I believe they are paying for the exclusive right to use the 1000 or so researchers that SI employ to create the attributes for the players in the game. This is larger than probably any club in the world has access to and pays for. By paying exclusive rights then no other club can gain access to those researchers info apart from in the same manner as we can, ie by buying the game. Everton will be able to potentially find out about young players before anyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Edwards Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 For the next version I am going to make all Liverpool's crap players godlike, put Everton down as their fave club and hope Moyes buys them off us in real life! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
solstar Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 They need all the help they can get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeytwigge Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 does this mean if you manage everton in the next game you will see every attribute without having to scout them even if you have attribute masking on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenham2k7 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Didnt they pay for a MASSIVE database? so they get to see every player basically Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisQ Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 That's a very interesting point, mikeytwigge! How very meta. I'm sure SI always reserved the right to do this in the small print, but I wonder how the thousands of volunteer researchers will feel about sub-contracting for Everton. If my club had a young protegé I'd be tempted to mark him down to prevent Everton getting wind of him... I'm sure the Liverpool researcher will love this too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 The full database is not the same as what you see in the game. That is what Everton now have access to. This has been said in all the other threads about it. >_> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunner Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 LOL I'd laugh if Everton tried signing a bunch of Regens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indi75 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Let's face it tho, the database isn't gonna tell Everton anything that the worlds scouts don't already know. There's are thousands of them too, and they are professional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM1000 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 LOL I'd laugh if Everton tried signing a bunch of Regens. Good one:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Generate Scout report > 1 week > 2 weeks > 3 weeks > Boot up FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socdk Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Let's face it tho, the database isn't gonna tell Everton anything that the worlds scouts don't already know. There's are thousands of them too, and they are professional. Perhaps, but this way they get actually numbers on abilities. And it's an actual database. They can search for numerous criterias for players all over the world. Off course it would be silly to rely only on FM's database but it should prove a nice little index to have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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