AcidBurn Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I've struggled to get into a save since ending my career thread, I've played 2-3 seasons as Spurs and Leeds but anything else I've tried I just haven't felt into it. I'm not sure if I'll do a career thread next year as I've started my own FM blog so might end up posting my career on there instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hursty2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I hope I'm able to get into FM14. I never really clicked with 13 at all, couldn't get things right tactically and just didn't have a save take my fancy. Same here, something just seemed off about it. Or maybe it's just that I had a good save in FM12 despite obviously using the quick solo striker tactic 'cheat', I couldn't get any success at all in FM13. Next year I'll have less time to play, in fact probably very little time but I'm hoping that will make it better for me as I've had way too much time to play this year, typically I haven't enjoyed it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucehum Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Maybe there is another forum better suited for this, but as it affects the beginning of a career, I think this is where one can find the most appropriate answer: I was fooling around with a downloaded Canadian & US league (concacaf) and joined a small amateur club. My team never improved tactics in the 18 games (including friendlies) it took the team to sack to me. I had brought in lots (14-15) of new players. So, do amateur teams improve tactical knowledge, even if very very slow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Any idea how to get a stuck disk out of a laptop with just a slot, rather than a tray? Apparently there's a release catch on the bottom, and I think I've found it (a small circle like a hole punch hole, but there is also another elsewhere so that might not be it). I've had the FM 13 disk stuck in it for a long time, I want it to be out by the FM 14 release (I don't want to buy a digital download for multiple reasons) but it would also be nice to watch DVD's without using my older laptop (which has a rather temperamental disk drive anyway), as well a finally put Civ V on and all manner of things it would be rather useful to have a usable disk slot for. It's ironic as in the pre-steam days every FM disk practically stayed in all year, now I'm back to that but not out of choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 stick a paper clip in the hole it will spit the disc out PC or Mac? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Haven't got one around, being trying to use other things that would have a similar effect. Is the point to use it to pull back the metal thing just inside? And it's PC, Sony Vaio SVS model to be precise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 silly question but you did try to right click in my computer on the disc drive to eject it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 silly question but you did try to right click in my computer on the disc drive to eject it? Yes, many times even after using the old (and surprisingly useful) trick of 'turning it off and on again'. Not to mention trying the 'eject' button just above the keyboard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucehum Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 You could try with a good quality tooth pick. Best wishes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 failing that, Take a screwdriver (flat ended) and jam that sucker in the drive youll get the disc out in no time, But i do suggest finding a paperclip for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Just get a hammer out and hit it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungoth Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 would be easier if you put actual photo showing your problem :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Hang on, I thought I was meant to try and trigger a catch on the bottom, not poke around in the disk slot itself, and I'd probably damage it if I did so anyway. Not sure a picture will do much use, it would just be of my laptop as the disk is completely inside as norma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hang on, I thought I was meant to try and trigger a catch on the bottom, not poke around in the disk slot itself, and I'd probably damage it if I did so anyway. Not sure a picture will do much use, it would just be of my laptop as the disk is completely inside as norma haha DONT poke in the slot your sure to kill the disc n drive get a paper clip and use the release catch (turn off laptop first) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Well, I feel a right nana now. When trying the paperclip unsuccessfully and ringing a friend, he said that it was odd that the laptop recognized the drive ok but not a disk, so I tried another, the FM 12 disk to be precise (just in case the it was the obvious explanation of there being nothing in there after all) which seemed to work fine. I thought that somehow the FM 13 disk had partly ejected but not actually come out (especially with a few odd noises when I put the disk in that suggested a partial obstruction, which was probably due to my attempts to activate the catch slightly shifting the drive or something), with enough room for another disk to enter and be identified. My friend told me it was impossible, and I'd just written a detailed post about it, but I've just found the FM 13 disk in it's case (having got it mixed up with one of the other boxes when explaining how it would have been in there had it come out). Given I've worried about this ever since the alleged incident, it turns out that I did get it out after all and forgot overnight, as unlikely as that seemed. Thankfully my forceful attempts to activate the release (given there was nothing to release) doesn't seem to have caused too much damage to the disk drive and while there's a bit of bent metal relating to the catch and a few things about when I put the 12 disk in that suggests it's not perfect, maybe there's a slight dent or misalightment), it should be perfectly fine and usable (again, as the FM 12 disk test showed, being accepted and identified immediately, though I didn't try running the game itself, mainly as it isn't installed, and ejecting quickly and smoothly). It doesn't make me feel any less of an idiot though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 ok heres what you need to do. - take your hand and hold it palm up and flat - forcefully raise your arm in an arcing motion - enabling your palm to hit you squarely on the forehead! DO'H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucehum Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 It just wouldn't have been right without having a Picard picture Anyway Deisler as you're on, I was wondering whether it was time to be thinking about this year's awards as you normally do them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucehum Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I was going to post that same Picard picture... then AcidMonkey's D'Oh reminded me of Homer's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nottingham Forest Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Would anyone be interested in a quick update every season with an upside down English Pyramid from BSN/BSS to PL? I know it's be attempted before but not sure whether it's be documented much in here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton321 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I am pretty sure someone did something similar in the challenge forum last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yeah, so I'd like to get a new computer to replace my laptop that's about four years old, so I think I'll hold off on getting FM.... What? You can save games to the cloud, and download them to a different machine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I'm planning a head-to-head with elbilly at some point, and given we never got to have a FMCU championship (planning times with more than a small number of people was always going to be pretty much impossible) it would be great if at least 1 or 2 other people might be up for it so we could turn it into a proper competition. Given the time difference he can probably only do late evenings early/mid mornings (UK time), but it would still be great to do something even with a tournament and the head-to-head ending up being different things. I was going to wait a couple more seasons for my Ipswich team to mature a bit more but there's a good time in the next week or two I think we should go for it. After all a lot of us were rather excited about playing against each other with our best sides so it would be great to finally get around to doing so while we still have the chance on FM13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I'm still up for versus matches or tournaments. I don't have much spare time at the moment but Saturdays are usually free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I'm rather busy this weekend, and actually unlike most people weekdays are better for me as usually no one else is around so I have complete freedom over what I do. I also noticed Lenzar and AK22 expressing interest in the latter's thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'm rather busy this weekend, and actually unlike most people weekdays are better for me as usually no one else is around so I have complete freedom over what I do. I also noticed Lenzar and AK22 expressing interest in the latter's thread. Just replied to your PM. Monday and Thursday evenings are good for me and/or most weekends (except this one coming). I hope Alex Fernando is still up to the task Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Cheers, just replied to that. Looks like the evening of Saturday 19th (from 8PM) is the best option so far. It's probably not that great for me but I'll see what I can sort out. Actually since it's right after the FM14 Beta launch it works out timing-wise as a farewell for FM13 with some of the strongest sides we've had this year (and mine, which is strong in its own right but probably lacking against a few others). Hopefully we can get at least a few people so anyone who thinks they might be able to do it is welcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Cheers, just replied to that. Looks like the evening of Saturday 19th (from 8PM) is the best option so far. It's probably not that great for me but I'll see what I can sort out. Actually since it's right after the FM14 Beta launch it works out timing-wise as a farewell for FM13 with some of the strongest sides we've had this year (and mine, which is strong in its own right but probably lacking against a few others). Hopefully we can get at least a few people so anyone who thinks they might be able to do it is welcome. Next Saturday night is good for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Well so far looks like myself, AK22 and elbilly. Lenzar's a maybe depending on whether waiting until 8:30 will be help, hopefully dafuge is also likely and we can get one or two more. Hopefully we can do it, enjoy ourselves, and people will be interested in potential future competitions as this is a feature worth using. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucehum Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Post something about how the net play went! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I'm already planning to do an update on my thread in my usual style, as I did when I did the head-to-head with b101 a while back and hopefully I'll be able to do a bit better than I did then. Ideally someone might be able to do a video but I'm not sure if that'll happen. I might say something about it on here as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Apparently the Beta is go, not that I ever intended to play (for me release day proper is a sacred occasion and only then do I dip into a new FM for the first time, this year I might even wait longer than that depending on how soon I can finish the current save off, as I want a CL first) but it should mean this place gets active again, as it started going quiet rather earlier in the summer than I expected. Hopefully that might mean a couple more people for Saturday evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Slight change of plans for Saturday, Lenzar is ok if it's something like 8:30 instead of 8, which I assumed doesn't make much difference to everyone else. That makes 4 people hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FWIW, I've compiled the starting reputations of all the "playable out of the box" top-flight leagues: ENG, ESP - 4-1/2 stars GER, ITA - 4 FRA, BRA, POR, RUS - 3-1/2 HOL, UKR, TUR, ARG, MEX, GRE, BEL - 3 USA, SCO, DEN, ROK, SUI, ROM, SUI, CZE, AUT, CHI, ISR, RSA, POL, CRO, SRB, COL, BUL, SLO, NOR, BLR, URU, SWE - 2-1/2 SLV, PER, HUN, ISL, CHN, AUS, FIN, ROI - 2 NIR, IDN - 1-1/2 WAL, IND, Hong Kong, Singapore, MAL - 1 The highest rated second divisions are: Championship, 2. Bundesliga, Brazilian Serie B - 3 stars Ligue 2, Italian Serie B, Liga adalente, Argentine second division - 2-1/2 League One is also rated as 2-1/2 stars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Ah the forum is alive with the sound of new threads in bloom! Hopefully this evening will be a success as the first attempt at an 'FMCU championship' on versus mode. We tried to do something earlier in the year with lots of people interested but simply trying to co-ordinate people from a few different time-zones to do a 'trial run' was impossible. However we do have 4 very strong sides. My Ipswich, AK22's Dortmund, elbilly's Man Utd and hopefully Lenzar's Chelsea as well so while we don't have the numbers we do have the quality and hopefully it will make for a very exciting and competitive evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I'd have had either my Red Star or Spartak Moscow sides if it wasn't for the fact the niece ruined my laptop At the moment I will be doing the big Euro challenge with Viktora Koln until the full version is released as I can't make my mind up on the direction I want a career thread to go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Well, tonight was a success while it lasted, and once we were finally underway. Something happened with Lenzar's connection just going into the 3rd round of games, so we were all disconnected and the 3rd round went on without us! We soon figured out how we could continue but by that point we were probably all happy to leave it as it was as we'd had a lot of fun in the games we could play and we'd all played each other once as far as the game was concerned so we felt that would do. Lenzar has screenshots of the fixtures and tables that hopefully he can post, but otherwise here is what happened Round 1 Man Utd (elbilly) 2-1 Ipswich (deltablue) Chelsea (Lenzar) 3-3 Dortmund (AK22) Round 2 Ipswich 5-2 Chelsea Dortmund 2-3 Man Utd Round 3 (under AI control) Dortmund 3-3 Ipswich Chelsea 0-4 Man Utd 1. Man Utd/elbilly (9pts) 2. Ipswich/deltablue (4pts) 3. Dortmund/AK22 (2pts) 4. Chelsea/Lenzar (1pt) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Anyone know how we can view competition rep per continent? When I click on it I can only find a screen that shows the top three. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Should be under your World menu, then scroll down to Competitions (toward the bottom of the menu), then click on which one you want. Has the top 3 listed across the top and underneath is all the leagues for that continent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 When I click world think view competition reps it just has the top three, the only thing underneath it is a filter button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Overview - Europe - Competitions - Leagues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 That's all I get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Have you tried deleting the cache? That often sorts out display issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Will give it a go now, cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 It worked! Cheers dafuge, I always forget about doing that when something like this crops up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 BTW, has anyone figured out how to get your assistant (or director of football if applicable) to recommend you players who are available for loan? I can't seem to find it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Apparently FM has now coded that managers age 35 and older can get a son through their club's youth system. http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/366115-I-m-a-Father!-FM-14-makes-it-perfectly-clear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Apparently FM has now coded that managers age 35 and older can get a son through their club's youth system. http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/366115-I-m-a-Father!-FM-14-makes-it-perfectly-clear Wasn't it always that way? It's still a 1 in 10,000 shot as far as I know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Yank Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 No. You could get player with your surname and nationality, which would imply a son, but now FM will specifically say if it's your son. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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