Ike013 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 36 years and started with the first PC version of CM, bought it each year since. Started playing soccer management games on the C64 with world soccer & world soccer league. Still don't understand why the sliders were dropped. Guess I'm getting too old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iolodavanki Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I am 35 and have played since 1993(?) when Championship Manager Italia was introduced to me by a friend. My legendary Sampdoria side with David Platt and Alan Shearer will live long in my memory! Cantona was the best player in the game, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 23 and have played the last seven versions (though I only have FM10-FM14 installed on my computer). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca72 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 33, own every game that's been released. I don't play any other games and dread to think the amount of money I've spent in hardware upgrades in the last 20 odd years... Don't spend all my time on it anymore as I have a little boy but am looking forward to the day I introduce him to it and can fill my evenings (post homework, obviously) playing with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-zolla Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 29 been playing CM/FM since CM2 (i only had the ITA,FRA,GER version!) Which began my love for italian football and football manager all at the same time! still play it, on my laptop in the lounge when we are watching tv, and sad to admit but i do have release day off every year, and have it as a day just for me, playing FM all day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internomad Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 68, owned every version since '93, still love the game and have FM15 on pre-order, so hope to be playing it this Friday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nie jem frytek Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm really surprised that being 22 makes me one of the youngest players out there. I thought I'm in medium age group. Owns FM 07, FM 08, FM 10, FM 11, FM 12 and FM 13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luton Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 42 married(well separated due to FM addiction) with 2 kids. Been playing since the very first edition back in the 80s and have no plans to stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 93 and single! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazbowski Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 40 this year and still going. This year will be a struggle as we've got a 9 month old future FM'er in the house. My wife knew about FM before she married me and had him so i'm sure i'll get a good few hours in each week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 started playing FM06 so i was 15 when i started the series and currently 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexi Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 63 years old, started with cm2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraft Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 23, going on 24. Been playing since Championship Manager 01/02. I remember buying Mark Viduka a lot because I liked his name even though he didn't fit into my teams. (I also remember adding managers to opposing teams so I could buy players for free and win matches; I was only a kid :o) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erufaildon Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 25 and have been playing since whatever version had Cantona in it. Played 500 hours of every version since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conardo Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 52 - playing since FM 2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 39 years old, started playing the original Football Manager in an Spectrum computer in a tube TV, it was 1982 and I was 7 years old... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaSince86 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Actually come to think of it, I never played the Italia one, but i seem to recall one with Clive Tyldesley commentating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V3NBOND Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I recently turned 23. I've been playing management games since Premier Manager 97. I then moved on to the CM games - 00/01 to 03/04. And I've been playing every Football Manager since the 2005 edition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
le_crab Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 im 31 now and been playing since CM94/95 so its going on for 20 years and don't feel like stopping yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabioke Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 28, best friends when I was growing up: - Saviola - Källström - To Madeira (my imaginary friend) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflection22 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 28 and been playing since like 1995, when I was 9! Wow, makes me feel old...don't play it as much these days though unfortunately, things like life, women and a job kinda got in the way a bit :-( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkelse Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 51 and playing from CM 97/98 Tom Youngs , Bjørn Heidenstrøm and Tommy Svindal Larsen, great players http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Heidenstr%C3%B8m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawlore Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Actually, this is quite interesting reading. Although it's only a very rough poll, it seems most of us started playing at quite a young age (teen or younger), or when the first few came out, and are still here. At the same time, I think there's been only one person who is currently a teenager in the thread- that surprises me. I'm sure SI have access to more detailed stats than this about their userbase, but are younger people really not playing the game all that much? Or do they just have better things to do than post on the forums about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Really enjoying this thread, thanks so much for your support as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecockygeezer Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 28....This game has outlived many a girlfriend and occupation.........Not outlived in a weird way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosse Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 16, this is my first (of many) year(s) barring FM12 which my 14 year old brain found too confusing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmobande Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 wow I'm 19 lmao first FM was 08 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meter Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 42 , been playing since CM3..Born and raised in US, never liked “soccer” or cared about it. Saw a review in PC Gamer about CM3 and decided to try. It took me about a year to understand everything. Now many years later & 5 young children later the only sport I follow is “Football” and have bought every version of CM/FM since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMan Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 25. 15 will be the first FM were I can put 1989 as my year of birth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriss Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 25.15 will be the first FM were I can put 1989 as my year of birth! I have to lie, a lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 30, started playing when I was 15 or 16. I have played every version I think since then except maybe for FM06 or FM07, I think I missed one of those two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo_Millwall Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 24, started playing when it was first out on playstation in '97. I doubt id be stopping! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wlv Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Sorry for posting twice, but I do remember that when my birth year became available (86), I finally felt old..odd that we use a game to measure the transition from youth to adulthood, I had a daughter before then too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooner88 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 26 now, started when I was 12. Got married and had a little girl in last 2 years and probably play more now than ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalimyr Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm 27, been playing since CM2 and can still vividly remember rushing off to buy CM4 before school started (it was the first game I ever bought on release day) 25.15 will be the first FM were I can put 1989 as my year of birth! I used to holiday through the first few years of a game until it was up to the point where I could create a manager with my real birth date...then I was old enough that I could start with my real age immediately, and a little piece of me died inside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonko Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm turning 35 in couple of weeks and I've been playing every edition religiously since CM Italia 93 when it was on floppy disk. No kids, no wife = happy FM life:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagenham_Dave Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 44 here. Played them all since the first one, and my first footy management game was the original Football Manager on the Spectrum. I used to send away for all the mail order management sims for the Speccy and the Amiga before CM first came out. You'd think then with all that wealth of experience, I'd be quite good at the game. Unfortunately, you couldnae be more wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenFM Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm almost 23 but started very young; I remember playing CM3 round a friends house at the age of 9! I'm sure for our generation there will never be a time when we are too old to play as computer games are ingrained in our society now, whether that be PC games, console games or simple games on phones/ tablets (every age group plays these!), so I'm sure we will all be playing until we die (if this style of game is still around that is- who knows what the world will be like in 50 years time!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion_60 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Still 29. My first FM from Sega was the FM2010 and I play Manager since 1999. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greco Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 i´ve played from the very start and i´m 36. I havent bought every version, but i´ve played each and every one. That includes way back when the italian and english leagues were 2 seperate games. True story! Often elderly people look to be bored, i often ponder about ageing and what effects it might have on me. I love doing sports and keeping myself in shape, so losing that wouldn´t be a good thing. Elderly people are also more lonely, so i often ponder i i will be lonely when i´m old. You know what, then i think fm and the insane of leap in quality from now and til fm 2040, then i´m not so worried about being lonely or being bored. True story aswell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rynny Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This one is 34 and has been playing for about 14 years after being given a copy of CM by a friend (back when you could do that) I work shifts so end up with lots of time off in the week, perfect for a bit of 'Manager'. This version I have clocked up 730+ hours so far with one save, starting with Staines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaced33 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm 40 and from South Africa. My first one was cm 97. I saw it while over in Ireland on holiday. Bought it and have been hooked ever since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirajzl Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Actually, this is quite interesting reading. Although it's only a very rough poll, it seems most of us started playing at quite a young age (teen or younger), or when the first few came out, and are still here. At the same time, I think there's been only one person who is currently a teenager in the thread- that surprises me. I'm sure SI have access to more detailed stats than this about their userbase, but are younger people really not playing the game all that much? Or do they just have better things to do than post on the forums about it? Young people are on Facebook, Twitter and such. Seriously, forums of this traditional form are a bit outdated. Things like reddit and aforementioned social media took over. Judging by the rest of the posts here, I can say I'm only 27, married, and been playing since CM 96/97 (was it called CM2?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 About 64 (December 1950). I enjoy it since long and more and more. Good for little grey brain cells after a cetain age. Good for retired people who have more time to dedicate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Rowell Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 43, been playing since CM2 thanks to a friend who introduced me to the game way back in the day. Oh how many lost hours??? If I'd put as much effort into other things I'd be Prime Minister by now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stfc mason Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm 16 first FM was 09 owned every one since although I can't seem to find 10 so maybe I didn't own that one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giventofly77 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 33, been playing every single game since the very first Championship Manager on my Amiga 500. Not as much time now with kids, work and missus, but have had the same progression the last couple games: First a save with Liverpool until won "enough" Then a save with an English club trying to win all trophies using only british players Then a break Then a save or two where I try out specific styles or formations, like wingers&targetmen, libero, strikerless, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWERTYOP Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I think people will be interested in playing FM for as long as they're interested in football. Pretty much makes the game for all ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipan Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 53 Interesting seeing the age demographic of people who have replied. A lot old than I expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstoyle Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm 36 with 2 kids and get far, far too excited about each release of FM than a 36yo should. Literally cannot wait. Started with CM around 1993 ish I think and played every version since. Wife refers it to "That Pac-Man game" in reference to the 2D screen. She doesn't share my enthusiasm.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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