How long do you stay at a club, 6+ year version...

Just thought I'd make an extension on the other poll.

Personally, until I get bored... Which can be anywhere from 6-30 years.

I picked 32-64 years purely because i have never done any longer, i would stay at a club indefinitely, especially since i can keep the game interesting using FMRTE (not needed to so far this year but im sure the time will come).

But that is only with Aberdeen, any other team i get bored after 5/6 years and either go back to my dons game or try and get another job in the save im playing.

Voted 64-128 as the most I've done is 60-odd seasons before the next version is released.

I'm hoping to top that this year though, already bordering on 20 seasons.

It depends on various factors:

a) until I get sacked

b) until I get bored and start a new game

c) until the next version of FM comes out

Also, in case anyone is interested. For those who vote for the 'OVER 9000!' option, considering that a year has 8766 hours in it this would mean that you'd need to go at faster than a year an hour. Actually, it would be a year every 58:26.4 minutes. This seems unlikely.

My record is 13 but I'm planning to beat that.

over 9000!

Also, in case anyone is interested. For those who vote for the 'OVER 9000!' option, considering that a year has 8766 hours in it this would mean that you'd need to go at faster than a year an hour. Actually, it would be a year every 58:26.4 minutes. This seems unlikely.

What if people are still playing CM01/02?

The 10 to 15 year mark is where I normally start getting bored, but I do go longer quite often as well.

My general pattern is:

- Take English club to world domination - 10-15 years

- Move to another large European club and try to make a name for myself - 2-5 years

- Move back to England a take over a struggling giant in either the Championship or Premiership

I'm I do an LLM game I do tend to stay with one club.

I enjoy starting up a new club & getting them organised; giving them some sort of success, so much I get bored when I have managed them for more than 2/3 years.

I almost never turn down an approach for a job elsewhere, unless it's from Derby County of course!

What if people are still playing CM01/02?

Let's say that they were. Let's call our friendly CM01/02 player Herbert. If they were to muster say... a game every 10 minutes, so 6 games an hour, in a league with 50 games a season including cup games, then they could get a season in every 8:20 hours (hours:minutes). Say they had absolutely no life beyond football manager and played it for 18 hours a day with the remaining 6 for them to attain sustenance and rest their eyes, then they could manage 2.16 years per day.

With that in mind then we could then use the fact that CM01/02 was released on the 12th of October 2001 and today being the 2nd of December 2011 then our friend Herbert, if he has stayed on this schedule, would today be upto his 7999th year in charge. In fact, assuming he started his game on July the 1st 2001 (game date), then he'd be on the 23rd of December in the year 9,999 at the start of today. In fact, our friendly time traveller would reach his goal of 9000 on the 9th of March 2013. Good luck Herbert, we salute you!

hahahahaha no one posts like you some guy!

My records 15, so far i'm on 13 on FM12, hopefully!

Brilliant post Some Guy!

I vote 4-8 yrs. Usually pick a small hungarian team (second division) and try to climb to stardom, meanwhile always hoping Salgótarján will promote somehow to league 2, so I can take over. Once I have high enough reputation then off to R.Madrid.

Ask me how many times I've succeeded? Well. Not once. Yet. But in FM2012 I'll do it... I just have to (if I don't get relegated in the meantime)

Which was the first FM to come with the editor? I used it to create my own team to start in the lowest playable league, and I've been doing that ever since. Has to be getting on for ten years of real time; I leave you to estimate how many seasons I must have done in total.

8 - 16 because I've never gotten any further.

Only once have i made it into double figures in terms of seasons

Put 8 - 16, 15 years has been my max before the new game comes out!

Until the next FM comes out, once I have started a game that I like. I hope that my current Bradford game will be one of those. Saved some time by already having a working tactic. I hope to breach the 10-season barrier I have had since FM10.

My last one club game was with FM10, where I reached close to 80 seasons. I'm hoping to do more than that this year, although it all depends on how much time I have to play the game.

13 wanna be Herberts... I'm impressed!