Tyrion Lannister
11 years ago
4 years ago
1,536
Banned
anyway, i cant talk to you guys, ive got the players section to improve...
Cymro
17 years ago
5 days ago
6,379
Could the videos section be placed into another? Same as the FM 12 + 13, is it possible they could be placed into an archive forum?

Does the FM Achievement table work? My ranking doesn't seem to have changed at all.
Eric Portapotty
14 years ago
1 week ago
3,322
Speaking of the archives, seems like they can't be accessed at all now.
Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,258
Could the videos section be placed into another? Same as the FM 12 + 13, is it possible they could be placed into an archive forum?

Well at some points channels update multiple times a day and if we add more channels (which i'm looking to do) it would be a massive overkill in another forum such as fm discussion.

Does the FM Achievement table work? My ranking doesn't seem to have changed at all.

Not I disabled when trying to figure out why the server was crashing and haven't re-enabled it yet

Speaking of the archives, seems like they can't be accessed at all now.

What do you mean?
Eric Portapotty
14 years ago
1 week ago
3,322
What do you mean?

Scratch that, seems to have come back on.
Ninja
14 years ago
6 years ago
5,341
Were Clean and Caley really 8-9 years ago?

Fuck I've spent too much of my life on here.

I really, really, really would like to see XenForo on here. Its the nicest forum software I've ever used.
Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,258
I really, really, really would like to see XenForo on here. Its the nicest forum software I've ever used.

No way the site is custom coded and gives us alot more flexibility going forward that way.
Slashman X
17 years ago
4 months ago
6,000
Premium
What's the craic with new server(s)? Site is really slow and goes down a bit still
Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,258
Its been file for a while recently since I installed a patch concerning IPs not being allocated to new visitors properly.

The downtime in the past 24 hours was because I tried to silently launch a free filesharing alternative to rapidshare/uploaded etc but obviously I did something wrong. I've been out all day so could only do a quick temporary fix but will look into it more this evening.
Sheriff Skacel
9 years ago
1 month ago
940
Premium
Hey, yo.

I'm not gonna rock up and shit on Susie, used to do my tits in when I was staff and decrepit dinosaurs from the pre-HD era would come back to the site and go on about how shite the current crop of staff were and preach about everything that was going wrong. I'm here to back a brother up. Plus an old friend told me FMGod was back so I wanted to see that.

FM discussion ain't a hard thing in my opinion, I've looked at the Gen Disc forum (which should be the heartbeat of any FM site imo) and its far more active than I thought it would be. Ain't rocket science to get it ticking, staff have got to lead the way. Just five posts a day keeps former Susie staff away. If the current staff could make five posts in the Gen Disc every now and then it would make the world of difference. Simple shite, post in questions, reply to queries, make new members feel involved like VP was saying. Once you do that start making the generic threads that whip up talk; 'Post your best regen', 'What's the first thing you do at a new club?', 'How do you set your scouts up?', etc. You have to create artificial activity for it to become natural over time.

The Careers section is a pain, that needs one or two cornerstone careers to be updated on the regular. That keeps the section ticking and gets other people involved. Back when, that was usually the likes of me and Fanny screwing around with the Pentagon. We updated daily, people commented daily and people wanted to start their own careers off the back of it.

Challenges wise I've always thought that they need to be short and sweet. Half season, one season tops. Holiday save teams from relegation, teams in the title race, all that crap. Mix it up by splitting challenges into short and medium term, so keep the short term goals but also put in some longer term goals for people who get hooked on the saves. I like the Melbourne Heart challenge, good club, in a underplayed league, nice to see things away from the norm of England (WHO CAN REMEMBER APLA?, probably just me).

What wee Tyrion is doing in the Players section is commendable, good little work horse and he's taking the Player section back to what it should be; player recommendations. I think its best to keep Player discussion in Gen Disc just because it gets more exposure, the Player section really should be for people to nip in and out of when they are stuck for players or just want some youngsters to snap up.

So yeah. FMGod is back, I'm bored, GK4Lyf, Bian is the single most underrated entity in the history of the scene and Throw In was always shit.
Based Jorge
10 years ago
3 years ago
1,399
Skacel4Primeminister
Eric Portapotty
14 years ago
1 week ago
3,322
Will you bring Bian back?
Telegram Sam
15 years ago
5 months ago
5,082
Premium
Tyrion Lannister
11 years ago
4 years ago
1,536
Banned
Hey, yo.

I'm not gonna rock up and shit on Susie, used to do my tits in when I was staff and decrepit dinosaurs from the pre-HD era would come back to the site and go on about how shite the current crop of staff were and preach about everything that was going wrong. I'm here to back a brother up. Plus an old friend told me FMGod was back so I wanted to see that.

FM discussion ain't a hard thing in my opinion, I've looked at the Gen Disc forum (which should be the heartbeat of any FM site imo) and its far more active than I thought it would be. Ain't rocket science to get it ticking, staff have got to lead the way. Just five posts a day keeps former Susie staff away. If the current staff could make five posts in the Gen Disc every now and then it would make the world of difference. Simple shite, post in questions, reply to queries, make new members feel involved like VP was saying. Once you do that start making the generic threads that whip up talk; 'Post your best regen', 'What's the first thing you do at a new club?', 'How do you set your scouts up?', etc. You have to create artificial activity for it to become natural over time.

The Careers section is a pain, that needs one or two cornerstone careers to be updated on the regular. That keeps the section ticking and gets other people involved. Back when, that was usually the likes of me and Fanny screwing around with the Pentagon. We updated daily, people commented daily and people wanted to start their own careers off the back of it.

Challenges wise I've always thought that they need to be short and sweet. Half season, one season tops. Holiday save teams from relegation, teams in the title race, all that crap. Mix it up by splitting challenges into short and medium term, so keep the short term goals but also put in some longer term goals for people who get hooked on the saves. I like the Melbourne Heart challenge, good club, in a underplayed league, nice to see things away from the norm of England (WHO CAN REMEMBER APLA?, probably just me).

What wee Tyrion is doing in the Players section is commendable, good little work horse and he's taking the Player section back to what it should be; player recommendations. I think its best to keep Player discussion in Gen Disc just because it gets more exposure, the Player section really should be for people to nip in and out of when they are stuck for players or just want some youngsters to snap up.

So yeah. FMGod is back, I'm bored, GK4Lyf, Bian is the single most underrated entity in the history of the scene and Throw In was always shit.


i tell you what pal, you always said it how it is. i miss that. but, you were a wee bit cutting. sounds like you've grown up a bit! i think you should come back. albeit in a an 'toss-pot' capacity.
Bian
13 years ago
8 years ago
138
Will you bring Bian back?




He's back because I am a man of the people. I decided to come back for the long weekend and test out the waters.
Sheriff Skacel
9 years ago
1 month ago
940
Premium
10/10.

The gang's all back together.
Bian
13 years ago
8 years ago
138
I don't even know what you're talking about, but this better be worth it, lad.
Sheriff Skacel
9 years ago
1 month ago
940
Premium
Put it like this, I got the World Cup game today, I got the Neymar sticker for my Panini collection and you are back.

Great day.
Bian
13 years ago
8 years ago
138
Put it like this, I got the World Cup game today, I got the Neymar sticker for my Panini collection and you are back.

Great day.


You didn't mention a reunion of the old staff in the Facebook thread, but thank you regardless.
Poe
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
3,675
Facebook thread?

I was unaware to the forum aspect of Facebook?
Bian
13 years ago
8 years ago
138
Facebook thread?

I was unaware to the forum aspect of Facebook?


Facebook is always changing, you clearly missed the last update.
Eric Portapotty
14 years ago
1 week ago
3,322
He's back because I am a man of the people. I decided to come back for the long weekend and test out the waters.

Last I remembered you gave TS a warning when he insulted you.

Shit was gold back then.
VP.
13 years ago
1 week ago
25,271
Just wondering, or though its just a month since this thread was made do people feel the site is showing signs of improvement?
K3V0
15 years ago
1 year ago
5,966
I've not been as active lately because I'm working again but when I look on here it certainly appears people are posting more since this conversation was brought up. Even appears that a few older members are back around the place which is always good!!
DB
15 years ago
7 years ago
322
Seeing some newer faces around OT
SR67
12 years ago
2 months ago
1,491
Just stumbled upon this, I for one am glad VP started it.

Over the past few weeks things have gotten a lot better, and since I have found myself using more than just the story section. I'd like to see some tutorial things up. Get some discussions about pre-season, training, building tactics over the season etc.

The one thing I'm annoyed (at myself) I missed was the round the world challenges.

Keep up the good work guys!
Jubez
12 years ago
2 years ago
1,073
To get back to the topic for a bit, I find it extremely annoying that when you subscribe for comments in a thread it will mail you every time a new comment is posted so you end up having 10 mails a day from one thread. It would be so much better if it sent you just one email when something new is posted in a thread and then reset it after you have read the thread again. I don't really need 10 mails to tell me that there's 10 new posts in a thread when one would do just the same.
Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,258
It's one of those 6 of one, half a dozen of another things though.

If a topic doesn't get many replies, you might miss one email then never get another one because you haven't read that topic again.

I guess what I could do is only send one every 24 hours unless you've read it since the last one.
Jubez
12 years ago
2 years ago
1,073
It's one of those 6 of one, half a dozen of another things though.

If a topic doesn't get many replies, you might miss one email then never get another one because you haven't read that topic again.

I guess what I could do is only send one every 24 hours unless you've read it since the last one.


If a topic doesn't get many replies then you don't get many mails either do you? I thought you get an email each time a new message is posted in a thread you are following. In every other forum I'm in it works so that you only get en email for the first unread message and any further messages in the same thread will not trigger the email warning until you've opened the thread again and read the unread comments. I also don't need an email when I post in a thread myself.

I kinda like the 24 hours rule though so it would remind you once every 24 (or maybe 48?) hours that you have unread messages in a certain topic until you've read it. As long as it's not a new mail for each and every new post in a followed thread I'd be delighted.
Footygamer
17 years ago
2 days ago
75,258
You didn't really negate my example of why, but yeah i'll look to implement the once every 24 hour rule

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