I figure everyone is out enjoying their FM2012 saves right now, I know I am, but I figure it wouldn't be a bad idea to start throwing ideas around for the next succession game since the last one was a lot of fun and was very successful.
I'll let Shifty or someone else come up with the rules for it, but I don't think they'll be much different from last year.
I can't remember what the suggestions were in the last thread, so what would you guys like to do? I think there's a few broad categories to consider:
1. English Dominance - Take over a club in the bottom-most division in England (which has the deepeest league structure in the database as well as the deepest expandable league structure available for download) and take it to then top and look to dominate world football and become a dynasty (which is what we did last time with Chelmsford).
2. Alter the Balance of Power - Take over a club in a low-ranking league and attempt to make that league the best in the world, thanks to DLR. There's the possibility of reaching a dead-end since the overall league quality might stifle one club's advancement, but we could stipulate that once certains criteria are met (win the CL, good finances and youngsters coming through, etc), we switch (assuming there's an opening) to another club and repeat. I saw someone (Juventino posted the link) do this in Poland in FM11 and he managed to make Poland one of the better leagues this way, so it's definitely possible.
3. Journeyman - This is a very popular type of game but I'm not sure it's a good idea for a succession game. Basically, you load a bunch of leagues (or not, since you can add and remove them) and start unemployed and work your way up going wherever the save takes you.
4. Win it All - Start a save in a continent, and win every competition possible with one club (domestic league, cup, Europa, CL, Club World Championship and Supercup) and then move to another continent and repeat.
We also need to decide on how challenging we want this save to be. Last time we started with a top club (for the division it was in) and excellent finances. Do we do the same again? I'm keener on using an unaltered database, and having more difficulties in climbing the ladder. Last time everyone got consecutive promotions and we didn't take long to dominate Europe. I'd rather take over a bottom club at a bottom division and work our way up.
Also, post in this thread if you'd like to participate so we can make a list of people.
So, discuss.
Interested:
- Mandieta6
- Zlatan
- Alex
- Horatiu
- ShiftyPowers
- Filipower
- Juventino
- Daz
I'll let Shifty or someone else come up with the rules for it, but I don't think they'll be much different from last year.
I can't remember what the suggestions were in the last thread, so what would you guys like to do? I think there's a few broad categories to consider:
1. English Dominance - Take over a club in the bottom-most division in England (which has the deepeest league structure in the database as well as the deepest expandable league structure available for download) and take it to then top and look to dominate world football and become a dynasty (which is what we did last time with Chelmsford).
2. Alter the Balance of Power - Take over a club in a low-ranking league and attempt to make that league the best in the world, thanks to DLR. There's the possibility of reaching a dead-end since the overall league quality might stifle one club's advancement, but we could stipulate that once certains criteria are met (win the CL, good finances and youngsters coming through, etc), we switch (assuming there's an opening) to another club and repeat. I saw someone (Juventino posted the link) do this in Poland in FM11 and he managed to make Poland one of the better leagues this way, so it's definitely possible.
3. Journeyman - This is a very popular type of game but I'm not sure it's a good idea for a succession game. Basically, you load a bunch of leagues (or not, since you can add and remove them) and start unemployed and work your way up going wherever the save takes you.
4. Win it All - Start a save in a continent, and win every competition possible with one club (domestic league, cup, Europa, CL, Club World Championship and Supercup) and then move to another continent and repeat.
We also need to decide on how challenging we want this save to be. Last time we started with a top club (for the division it was in) and excellent finances. Do we do the same again? I'm keener on using an unaltered database, and having more difficulties in climbing the ladder. Last time everyone got consecutive promotions and we didn't take long to dominate Europe. I'd rather take over a bottom club at a bottom division and work our way up.
Also, post in this thread if you'd like to participate so we can make a list of people.
So, discuss.
Interested:
- Mandieta6
- Zlatan
- Alex
- Horatiu
- ShiftyPowers
- Filipower
- Juventino
- Daz