Greasy Chip Butty Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 WORLD CUP 2014 Can you lead one of the 32 World Cup Finalists to victory in the greatest football tournament in the world? Hi there. I'm GCB, a one time regular contributor to the CSE forum but less so in the past few years. However, with a bit of spare time on my hands over the coming weeks, I wanted to launch this sign-up in time for the World Cup. Simply, I am going to holiday through to a few weeks before the 2014 World Cup on FM14. I need 30 members of the CSE Universe to sign up to manage one of the 32 qualifiers; I did consider trying to make sure it was the actual 32 but that would have taken a lot of time so I will trust that the majority of the 32 in question will make it. Once 30 have signed up - less if there is a lack of demand - I will randomly assign you a country to manage. Unfortunately, Germany and Japan are unplayable in FM so they will not be available. EDIT: Looking at altering this and making it 32 with Germany and Japan playable. You will initially need to pick your 23 man squad so access to the latest updated database on FM14 would be useful for you. After that, you will need to pick your team and the tactics. I will be keeping the tactics simple; you'll be able to choose one of the pre-set tactics in FM14 and identify your style of play, i.e. counter/balanced/control, and the freedom. I will also allow you to issue me instructions of any tactical changes / substitutions to make in situations of your choice, i.e. If we're losing with 15 minutes to go, change to attacking. You will also be able to identify players who will replace others in case of injuries etc ... Right now, all I need is for you to identify if you wish to take part. Only sign up if you will be able to keep up to date and meet the deadlines for submitting your team etc ... GCB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Participants: 1. toonbalmy87 2. Lower Leagues Rule 3. William Hall 4. larxus 5. brettney1980 6. letissierandhenryaregreat 7. krillon007 8. podunkboy 9. 5ergio 10. simbion 11. ri916 12. Liverbird93 13. grianaig 14. mattstoff7 15. HamoudiLFC 16. arkitekt 17. eusebio1 18. DaveMUFC 19. rlipscombe 20. corinthiano 21. kris0710 22. Shadaza 23. abirdc 24. spartans5 25. bergtaur 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah am up for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 In! (8 Chars) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hall Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yeah, I'm in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larxus Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Count me in. Btw, are we allowed to select team instructions, or just fluidity and mentality? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettney1980 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'd like in on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Count me in. Btw, are we allowed to select team instructions, or just fluidity and mentality? I'm going to keep things simple but I might allow team instructions - maybe set a limit of three or four though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letissierandhenryaregreat Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'm in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krillon007 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'm in for this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'm up for this, count me in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ergio Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 What a coincidence! After a few years return, I get to catch GCB's sign up. I'm in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbion Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm defiantly up for this, here's hoping for Ghana! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 33% full. Keep signing up peeps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri916 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yeah go on then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hall Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Do you want to make Germany and Japan playable for at very least realism purposes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverbird93 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm in!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Do you want to make Germany and Japan playable for at very least realism purposes? Is it possible once the game is started? Let me know how and I'll do it. More the merrier! EDIT: Found it. Done it I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grianaig Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yeah count me in for the wooden spoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstoff7 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Id like to be involved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamoudiLFC Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Count me in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Little update: Best I can do with the 32 qualifiers is to get 30 of the actual qualifiers. France and Nigeria won't be there; Egypt and Denmark will be there instead. Nearly halfway there. I'm planning to start next weekend. Keep signing up, people Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkitekt Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 im in please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eusebio1 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Count me in please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMUFC Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Definitely up for this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Come on folks, anybody else wanting to sign up for this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 count me in too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corinthiano Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I am in too! Ghana, Germany or Brazil would be nice if I am lucky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris0710 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm in, get me signed up!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm going to start sending some PM's over the next couple of days - I'll inform you of your teams and you can start picking your 23-man squad as well as 7 reserves (1 keeper, 2 defenders, 2 midfielders and 2 strikers) in case of injury. Sign up is still open - 11 spaces left and I'd love to fill them all with different people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Looking forward to investigating my team and getting into this. Hoping for a middle quality nation, chance to get out of the group and then beat a big team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopy D Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Perhaps not the best place to post it but I didn't want to start a new thread because I'm not sure whether or not I'll end up running it, but I thought I'd post in here to try and gauge the level of interest. Basically I was thinking of running an FM sign-up OOTP Style, to run alongside the World Cup. It's something that's been done before over in the CSE Forum but with that forum virtually dead I thought it would be better to run it in OTF. I'll quickly explain how the game would work for anyone who hasn't heard of the format. I load up a game of FM and add 32 OTF users as the managers of the 32 teams in the World Cup, each manager sends me their squad, starting 11 and tactics and I play out the games until we have a winner. It's basically the same as playing an Online game of FM but you don't need everyone online at the same time to play. Here are two examples of how it worked over in CSE: One that I ran myself And one that I took over half way through and finished off. I'm hoping that I can smash through it while the World Cup is on and not have it drag on like those ones ended up doing, I'm off uni from 16th of June-8th July so I think I can work out a way to get it done within the time frame. So yeah, good idea or not? That's what I posted over on OTF on May 18th I was going to put a thread up for it later today but looks like you've beaten me too it GCB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopy D Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Also if you download the game from this thread it already has the correct teams qualified and in the right groups etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri916 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 We still need an OTF version Whoopy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadaza Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I would like to enter. I love international Football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abirdc Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I am in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartans5 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'm in, if there are spots still available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Chip Butty Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'm in, if there are spots still available. Nice one mate. Eight spots left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergtaur Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 GCB, A Blast from the past! I'm in dude! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 If you're still accepting entries, I'm definitely in. Enjoyed your old sign ups GCB! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villescrubs Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Me too please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven. Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Count me in. I don't have many posts, but I log in multiple times a day to check the newest posts of others. You can be sure that I will be active and on time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiganlover11 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I'm in mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larxus Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hahah let's hope we can start this before the World Cup ends.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 as dead as a dodo bird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 we were just 3 teams from a go...not that half the people who said they were in would have come back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 this sure would have been fun, had it happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 i can see this starting in the 6 week hols tbh (English summer hols) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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