Oct. 30th, End of Days

By: aman | October 25th, 2009

crackhead As BillG so helpfully pointed out in the comments to Daryl’s last post, a person with no life has indeed been found to continue this blog. That would be me. I figured I’d be playing the damn game so much, I might as well write about it. Perhaps the general worthlessness felt at the end of a particularly lengthy session of football manager will now be replaced by a feeling of profound self fulfillment. Perhaps I can introduce myself as a “sports journalist” while I sleaze it up at a bar, and have better luck with the ladies. Pipe dreams. The truth is I will lose friends, come within inches of losing my job, and develop a signature stench due to the lack of showers. No better than your garden variety junkie, really. Football manager is my crack, and I thank Daryl for the opportunity to document my addiction. .

As I’m sure you’re all aware, the game comes out on Oct. 30th, and the demo has been out for a while now. I’ve downloaded the demo, with the view of getting a head start on identifying weaknesses and looking up potential transfer targets for my team. That brings us to the issue of picking a team. I don’t know how to make those fancy vote things, as I’m new to this, so this will have to be done the old fashioned way with comments. Personally, I’d like to manage Arsenal. Wenger and his red tie have been kicked to the curb, and I have been summoned to turn these boys into men. Except for Arshavin. Beards are grown and cups are won. That sort of thing. Let me know if this is acceptable to you guys, or if there is some other team you’d prefer I manage. I’d like to stay within the premier league, since my knowledge of others is abysmal.

I’ll be back midweek with comments on new features in the 2010 version, after I’ve spent some time with the demo. The interface seems to be quite different this time around, and I’m still fumbling around a little trying to find things. Hopefully a consensus on the team issue has been reached by then, and I can start laying out a tactical plan for season.