Football Manager Live News

What happened to my rank?

I sat just on the edge of the topm 100 over a week ago. With the busy close season kicking in, server log in issue and basically not being able to devote much time i expected my rank to sit reasonably steady.

How wrong could i be?

I recieved a logged in on Thursday to find myself languishing at 188th in the Rankings. Frankly I havent got a clue how i ended up this low. I did lose my last 4 NFA Super League games but i wouldnt i expect such a mssive fall from 4 defeats.

All was not lost though. Nine wins from 11 games yesterday has corrected the dip in rankings. I rose 77 places on the back of that and hopefully regained some momentum again.

I have also been actively looking for some good youth to replace the players that left at the end of the season. Although with all the new players it is an active transfer market at present.

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Yo-yo club

It seems the Spearmint Nightmares have got themselves stuck between 68th and 90th in the world rankings. A day of good performances is being followed by a mediocre days causing our ranking to yo-yo between those two markers.

Some excellent result earlier in the week against FC Coa FC and LDM FC sent the team to record high of 68th, but some less than impressive performances against the AI, including a dubious 10-man comeback by it from 3-1 down to win 4-3, have left us currently sat in 89th.

However, things good things are afoot at Nabootique. I have targeted a new striker to partner Gerson Holanda and hope to sign him next week. Then we have some contract expiries coming up which should free up wages for a centre back. I only hope the influx of players releases my transfer target into the game world.

Of course there will be lots of newbies to thrash soon too, which can only be a good thing.

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Release Date and Monthly Charge Rumours

Many websites are claiming that the release date of Football Manager Live will be in March. I can categorically state that this will not be the case. Beta Testing is still on-going and new builds are being released on a regular basis.

Marc Duffy recently stated that a tentative release date is pencilled in for early summer. You can read that as June at the earliest. This I think is fairly realistic, the game is definitely coming together and with a few more months of development and testing it will certainly be ready for retail.

Now for the price. There is still no monthly fee announced, but I would expect somewhere in the region of £5-£10. I can reveal that client will be available free, yes you heard me, free. This is excellent news as it allows people to subscribe without having to pay for the software as well.

Finally, you should expect to hear announcements on release date and price in the near future. I have it on good authority that the Sports Interactive marketing machine is being dusted down as we speak.

Visit Marc Duffy's Sega interview for more information

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Win a place on the beta!

Computer and Videogames website are giving away a massive 3,000 beta places.

To enter for your chance to win a coveted place on the beta simply head over to Computer and Videogames and follow the instructions.

With a bit of luck you will be soon trying out the game and helping to shape the future development.

If you get in Game World 4 you might even get the pleasure of losing to me on a regular basis.

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Spearmint Nightmares on the up

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New Feature - Football Manager Live Website

I am almost wetting myself in anticipation of the forthcoming web interface for Football Manager Live. No online multi-player game is complete without a lovely web interface. For those times when you don't have a minute to load the game up, or just to escape the grind of your job, there is nothing better.

Currently I use a program called logmein to access my home PC to check up on FML. Its the only way I can start new skills off regularly. With the advent of a web interface for the game this might become a thing of the past.

In Marc Duffy's recent Q&A he hinted at this forthcoming feature. Hopefully we can get the ability to do all the team administration from the comfort of our web browser. Quite clearly we aren't going to be able to play matches, but if there are plenty of other features it will add a real extra dimension to the FML experience. The only down-side I can see is that it may not be in real-time, although I'm sure updating will occur very quickly.

Early on in beta testing this was something I had suggested should be developed. Of course, I'm not trying to take credit for the whole idea, but it certainly illustrates that if you have a good idea you should post it on the beta testing forums. You never know it might one day be in the game.

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