vikeologist

Is anybody going to immediately try to carry on their Ultimate save on FM24. I plan to do a bit of light testing to see if there are problems carrying on a save from 40 or so years down the line, but if people do encounter problems with their ultimate saves, either starting afresh or continuing, please do report them or let me know. Immediate thing i notice is that with a transferred save, I cannot add Japan as a league, which is a pity. Quite fancied going there for one of my 3 remaining cups.

@Watson156 Close now, and I've realised that you've never achieved this before. I'd say you must be excited, but from my experience it's more a feeling of 'Please God, let this just be over."

Home WiFi is down because somebody has forgotten to pay the bill. Great timing.

Vikeologist's 2052/3 Dortmund Report One more go then, and this time we finally won the league. The table makes it look comfortable, but it never felt that way. That just left the cup. 8 seasons ago when I took over Leverkusen in the middle of the season, we reached the cup final where we lost to Bayern. I wasn’t that upset, because I thought there’d be plenty more chances, but this was the first German Cup final I’ve reached since then. A big match because losing would mean that I’d be short of 3 cups instead of 2 for the challenge and have to spend at least part of a season in an extra nation. (I don’t need any more leagues, so can leave after I’ve won the cups). And losing is exactly what happened. This might be the least enjoyable 3 seasons I’ve ever spent in FM, including this one. I just hate these players. I hate them. Apart from a midfielder I signed in the middle of last season called Noah Groot. He’s in Dutch national squad as well, and I do enjoy shouting, ‘He Is Groot’ whenever he scores, or has an assist. The assists are more common because he’s an attacking midfielder and set piece specialist. But there was never the slightest chance of my staying at Dortmund. And I think that’s probably it for my doing this challenge on FM23. I wanted to win the Bundesliga on this version, but I think I’ll continue this at some point on FM24. Top Goalscorer – Tuğrul Özcan – 44 Again injured a lot. I knew that he was injury prone and brought in backup. They were all injured at the same time. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) Noah Groot – 7.64 Man of The Match – Noah Groot - 9 MVP – He Is Groot. Domestic Season Team Division Position MVP Notes 22/23 Black Leopards S African L1 5th Took over with 8 matches to go.Edge of relegation to edge of promotion. 23/24 Black Leopards S African L1 1st Kiyaam Bull SA Cup Q/F 24/25 Kaizer Chiefs S African Prem 10th Took over with 6 matches to go. Won SA Cup. 25/26 Kaizer Chiefs S African Prem 2nd Sphesihle Maduna Won Confederations Cup. 26/27 Kaizer Chiefs S African Prem 1st Mduduzi Shabalala League, ACL, SA Cup, S8 Cup. 2027 Atlas Mex 1st Ap 12th Took over after 8 matches. Lost in Playoffs Prelim 2028 Atlas Mex 1st Cl 2nd Connor Buck Lost in final. 2028 Atlas Mex 1st Ap 2nd Lost in S/F 2029 Atlas Mex 1st Cl 2nd Kevin Castañeda Lost in final. 2029 Atlas Mex 1st Ap 3rd Left before playoffs 2029 Pumas Mex 1st Ap n/a Lost immediately in playoff plelim. 2030 Pumas Mex 1st Cl 2nd Won league. Lost Champions League on penalties 2030 Pumas Mex 1st Ap 1st League champs 2031 Pumas Mex 1st Cl 1st Hugo Moreno League / NACL double. 2032 Suwon Kor L1 2nd Johnny Took over in 8th with 21 matches to go. 2033 Suwon Kor L1 1st Johnny League, Cup, ACL 2035 Gremio Bra L1 11th Took over midseason. Won Copa Sudamerica to qualify for Copa Lib. 2036 Gremio Bra L1 1st Kluvert Ako Oru League, Copa Lib S/F 2037 Flamengo Bra L1 2nd Endrick Club World Cup, Brazilian Cup, Libertadores. Missed out on league by 1 point. 39/40 Man Utd Eng Prem 1st Diego Esedin League, Carabao Cup, Champions League 40/41 Inter It Ser A 1st Dániel Kis League and Cup double, plus Champions League. 41/42 Real Madrid Sp La Liga 1st José Antonio Palacios League / Cup double. 42/43 PSG Fr Ligue 1 1st Luis Ferro League 44/45 Leverkusen Ger Bund 9th Took over after 20 matches in 11th. Losing cup finalists. 45/46 Leverkusen Ger Bund 3rd Maximiliano Páez Cup Q/F. 46/47 Leverkusen Ger Bund 2nd César Tedeschi CL Q/F. Never close in the league. 47/48 Leverkusen Ger Bund 2nd Maximiliano Páez Cup S/F. Finished well behind Bayern. 48/49 Leverkusen Ger Bund 3rd Bart Hanssen Came up just short in the league, but because other teams were poor. 49/50 Celtic Sc Prem 1st Moussa Ndayishimiye League and 2 domestic cup treble & Champions League S/F. 50/51 Dortmund Ger Bund 2nd Tuğrul Özcan Plug, play, pathetic. 51/52 Dortmund Ger Bund 2nd Tuğrul Özcan 52/53 Dortmund Ger Bund 1st Noah Groot Finally won the league. Losing cup finalists. International Year Team Achievements 23-24 Fiji Oceania Cup S/F 24 Morocco U23 Olympics Losing Finalists 26-27 Iran Asian Nations Cup losing finalists 27-31 Morocco ACON S/F WC R2 ACON winners. 31-32 Belgium Euro S/F 32-34 Mexico Gold Cup, sacked after World Cup 35-36 Australia 36-40 Brazil WC S/F, Copa America 40-42 Spain WC S/F. Sacked. 42-48 France 2 Euros SF, 2 Nations League R/U 48-50 Italy WC Q/F 50-51 Australia Asian Cup 52- Netherlands Challenge Progress 27/32 Club 10/10 top domestic leagues (S Africa, Mexico, S Korea, Brazil, England, Italy, Spain, France, Scotland, Germany) 7/10 domestic cups (S Africa, S Korea, Brazil, England, Italy, Spain, Scotland) 5/5 club continental championships (Africa, N America, Asia, S America, Europe) 1/1 club world championship International 4/5 continental tournaments (Africa, N America, S America, Asia) 0/1 World Cup

Do your tactics work at other levels? I find that my tactics do work better in the top leagues, but not really at international level, and very much not in the Bundesliga.

Vikeologist's 2051/2 Dortmund Report Starting the season I was certain that we would storm the league. Yes, I’d been certain of that in the Bundesliga 5 times before, but surely this time my team was too good to fail. Quality, depth. How could it go wrong? It went wrong. In fact it never really went right. We finished a distant 2nd again. I just don’t know what else I can do, apart from sell all the underperforming players and start from scratch. European Football Championship (and Copa America since the World cup will be in 2 years) this summer. I am very close to just giving up this challenge. It’s just not fun, but the prospect of a decent international job is pulling me in for the moment, and of course maybe next season I’ll win the Bundesliga. After the Championship, Germany and Spain didn’t want me. I’m not sure why anybody from Germany would doubt my abilities. Anyway, I have a choice between Netherlands, Italy (to go back) and Argentina. I think Netherlands looks the best option, (and indeed that's the job I took). Have nearly played another season, so you won't have long to wait to find out if I can win the league at the 7th time of asking. Top Goalscorer – Tuğrul Özcan – 36 Again injured a lot. I knew that he was injury prone and brought in backup. They were all injured at the same time. Highest Average Rating (minimum 10 matches played) Tuğrul Özcan – 7.55 Man of The Match – 2 players – 6 MVP – Tuğrul Özcan

We're the cult, Miles is a fictional race of aliens.

Have SI confirmed whether the function to continue FM23 saves will be in the beta?

Well it is. I actually (for comedy purposes) copied in a quote at one point from the seminal Psychology book/experiment that produced the concept of 'cognitive dissonance'. From wikipedia

If anyone's played in India, are there 2 eligible domestic cups there? the federation cup and the Durand Cup. Don't want to load up the league, and then get a nasty surprise. I think Japan has 2 domestic cups, so it will be interesting to see if we can transfer our current saves to FM24 and then add the Japan league. If we can that might be my first stop. I need domestic cups, so will try to get them in nations with 2 eligible cups. Done Scotland already. Have Portugal loaded already. Malaysia has 2. Need one more.

Maybe that (the SirAlex challenge) is why I conflate you. That and the fact that I thought he was great. I'm sure you are too. I feel like i made some good friends on the thread over the years, and it does suck when they disappear.

Hi. Have you done this challenge before? I feel like you have, but maybe I've always assumed you were a new identity for the much missed jaysdailydose.

The problem Miles has is that (little known fact) Mads is a hardcore FMer, and if he releases it this afternoon, it's basically a certainty that she'll have one of her 'illnesses' tonight.

Sorry. forgot to get back to you on this. I'd recommend loading 2 or 3 leagues to start with. If you haven't added or removed leagues before, you'll have to do it with this challenge. Obviously you need to add leagues where you stand a chance of getting a job with no quals / exp. The most common ones are South Africa or China, but if you want to start in Europe, then load all the available divisions to your chosen league. i can't promise you'll get a first job in every nation even then, but the most common European league to start off in is England (non-league). Take note of the set up needs for Asia. There are other bits of advice in the first few posts of the thread, or you can look at other people's careers and see how they did it. there's different ways of doing the challenge though.

Nuff said.

There's only one way to force this. I'm sure SI aren't prepared for the page 69 gifs and will never let the thread reach that position.

I'm playing the beta. I probably should have downloaded the full version of FM23 sometime in the last 11 and a half months.

Also a decent chance if you holiday for a year in FM24, they'll appear as a promoted club, opening up your options to a lot of the CSE challenges.

@Ronaldo Beckham Congrats on completing the challenge again. 5 times now.

Me during Bundesliga pre-season. Me ten matches in.

Which nations have you managed so far? Most nations are reluctant to give you the job for the second time. it certainly can cook the challenge. I don't think club management makes any difference in that regard, but if your reputation has dropped too low, that does also stop you being offered international jobs. i can't really advise unless I know which top nations you haven't managed and what your current reputation is. I am facing a similar problem having managed pretty much every top european nation, and like you still needing 2 trophies, in my case the Euro and World Cup. It's worth pointing out that Australia did give me the job twice, and i believe that's because i quit the first time and wasn't sacked, so i'd also need to know how and why you left each nation. Unfortunately it is possible to end up in a situation where you simply cannot complete the challenge. it's not just a matter of time. I have failed the challenge before having just 2 international trophies left, but hopefully you're not in that position yet.