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Stromson: Well that’s no good…

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Stromson
22 октября, 2011

Firstly, I promise I’m not trying to spam by posting twice in one day (within 2 hours actually). That said, I just discovered a crushingly disappointing change, and it had to be shared (by video of course):

LLM Disappointment

For those who can’t watch, the crux of that video is thus: You’re no longer able to schedule exotic friendlies to earn cash in the lower leagues. While this decision is 100% realistic (it was little silly that we could go on world tours and make truck loads of cash as a lowly Welsh team), it presents a crippling problem. The Lido are already 70,000 pounds in the hole, and with so few fans attending our games, it’s going to get worse before it get’s better.

As far as I can tell, the only way to make any semblance of money in the Welsh league is to find your way into Europe. Unfortunately that’s going to be tough to pull off if you’re too broke to bring in enough players to improve. While this isn’t a flat out admission of defeat, it IS going to make our task much, much more difficult.

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Mrdiord

22 октября, 2011 at 19:50

Keep going with the story, it is really interesting to follow your stories with the rather shitty teams and if you keep going im sure you will make it. cheer up mate=)

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:15
  
  Don’t worry, I’m not quitting!
  
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David Wiggins

22 октября, 2011 at 20:25

I would give it a couple of seasons to see if you can at least get into Europe and get the money rolling in that way. Hopefully then, that will encourage better players to join you and dominate the league and thus, getting into Europe on a regular basis.

If this doesn’t happen soon-ish then it might be worth looking into moving on…

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:16
  
  I agree, I’m going to stick it out for the long haul.
  
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Dan

22 октября, 2011 at 20:38

Ouch, realism hurts! I have total faith in you being able to reach Europe in a few seasons so stick at it :)

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:19
  
  Yes, yes it does. :-P
  
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Excessive

22 октября, 2011 at 21:12

Short and sweet but ill say it anyway…

Get a grip! You have to earn the right to propose exotic friendlies by slogging through the awful stuff first.

We’ll have a serious talk when I get back on Monday mister! ;)

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:21
  
  Don’t worry mate, I’ve got a secret weapon up my sleeve (to be revealed in the next post!).
  
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Johnny Karp

22 октября, 2011 at 21:14

Realism is good, well done SI! :)

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:24
  
  No arguments here, it’s an excellent decision on their part, just a depressing one. :-P
  
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Kevin

22 октября, 2011 at 21:36

Hi Stromson

I found that out with Plymouth too. No big pay days with pre season friendlies :(

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:24
  
  It’s a bummer, it really is, but champions prevail! We can do it!
  
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  - Kevin
    
    23 октября, 2011 at 09:58
    
    Yeah!!
    
    USA! USA! and Canada too :)
    
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Darren Smith

22 октября, 2011 at 22:45

Have to say I’m with Johnny, well done SI. Making the game more realistic is a definitely a good thing although the added realism will mean that what is impossible in real life may be very, very tough in the game (taking Welsh football to the elite.) I’d keep going though mate.

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- Stromson
  
  23 октября, 2011 at 01:25
  
  I’ve already decided this quest will have one of these outcomes:
  
  1) I keep on until we win the CL
  2) I get sacked (through relegation or mediocrity)
  3) We get wound up for going broke
  
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Jack

23 октября, 2011 at 01:56

Keep going Stromson! You can get there, getting into Champions League group stage alone would be an enormous achievement so just set that as your main goal for now. Good luck!

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Calin

23 октября, 2011 at 08:26

Hey, Stromson! I found out that arranging friendlies at home with some teams will give you some extra money, while some specific friendlies are accepted by the board — just keep trying and you’ll find them. Even though we are not talking about friendlies that make as much money as in FM 2011, it’s some extra income that shouldn’t be ignored.

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CsAtlantis

23 октября, 2011 at 09:39

There is always the «pray that you get a sugar daddy chairman» option, but what are the chances? What teams can you schedule friendlies with? Or maybe you can hope for a gem from your youth academy who can be sold for a good sum………

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taylorb1007

23 октября, 2011 at 15:13

looking forward to seeing how your earn your money i am trying to do the same story am 7th after 11 games but cant score for love nor money, only conceded 6 in 13 tho so alot of 0-0 draws.

good luck ben

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Sears

23 октября, 2011 at 21:18

Whatta bummer, but as others said it adds to the realism of the game. Twas to easy flying to obscure nations such as North Korea (it’s where I always ended up since I’m obsessed with the county :P :D ) and receiving a substantial amount of cash to play one friendly. Anyhow, looking forward to this ‘secret weapon’of yours. :D

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vaibhavc

24 октября, 2011 at 04:32

It is realistic, so you can’t complain. It will suck for you, though.

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Marin

24 октября, 2011 at 23:36

Is anyone getting crash dumps on there game, or know what they are please help i cann’t play, Thanks.

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Denson

24 октября, 2011 at 23:49

Can someone please help me with crash dumps ? please reply, Thanks

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- Johnny Karp
  
  25 октября, 2011 at 07:15
  
  I haven’t experienced this problem so I don’t really know much about it. My advice would be to deselect «compress save games» in the game preferences.
  
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Denson

25 октября, 2011 at 19:41

Ok Thanks, Much appreciated

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