Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
Why is the forum so dead. Like there is basically no posters??
Footygamer
18 years ago
4 hours ago
472,532
Its been like this for a while, I blame social media, people tend to ask questions/share their game there
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
yeah fair enough. It's a shame that not more people are on here and posting tactics talk, careers and guides like on the SI forum
Tyrion Lannister
12 years ago
5 years ago
1,536
Banned
yeah its been a problem for a while on here. I keep trying to keep the players thread dream alive but I think people want quick fix 'steam' downloads these days.
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
well we need to do something about this lol
Tyrion Lannister
12 years ago
5 years ago
1,536
Banned
i totally agree!

we used to have some very active forums here but it has just become predominately a graphics site now unfortunately. what you will tend to find is that the most chat will be on a graphical level which is a real shame.

what i was thinking as a new sales perk for 'General FM discussion' wise, anyone banned from the 'football manager' site, this is a safe haven!

Tyrion Lannister
12 years ago
5 years ago
1,536
Banned
should liven things up!
i also think that there is far too many sub-forums on this site for people to vent their spleen, staff forums, off topic, etc. but yeah, it is bad that THE best Football Manager website has zero general forum chat compared to the main SI football manager threads...
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
haha indeed we just need something where people talk about fm itself not just graphics. Because all people are doing is coming here, grabbbing the kits and logos and buggering off. Its not fair.
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
haha indeed we just need something where people talk about fm itself not just graphics. Because all people are doing is coming here, grabbbing the kits and logos and buggering off. Its not fair.
Tyrion Lannister
12 years ago
5 years ago
1,536
Banned
your right pal. lets start a few debates over the next few weeks...
Tyrion Lannister
12 years ago
5 years ago
1,536
Banned
be great to do an advertising campaign for the football manager website that starts with...

"so banned from the FM website? your opinions deemed too shite? Then join us on sortitousi! no rubbish comment is disregarded or warned unless racist or otherwise-ist."

....yeah im gunna have to work on the slogan...
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
hahah yes u will

yeah we will have to feck it lets start posting tactics and discussing teams and careers and the like. maybe some people will join in
Shedender
18 years ago
1 month ago
13,751
Why is the forum so dead. Like there is basically no posters??

We're probably not the only forum (Football Manager related or not) that's pretty much dead due to the influx of social media, I used to be on another forum that had nothing to do with Football Manager which ended up getting closed due to lack of activity.

It's not just social media, people move on with their lives unfortunately. People have families, people end up having full time jobs with awkward shifts that they can't 'dedicate' time to the forum anymore.
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
yeah true / I think im the only aussie on here ahaha and no one is on when im on hahaha. Which is not good cause its already quite as it is. Somehow we need to get people back
gaz12321
15 years ago
1 month ago
502
Forums are largely going out of fashion which is a shame for sites like this. I used to be a regular on the 'CM/FM Scene' back in the day and it was buzzing with at least 10 busy forums dedicated to FM, in fact I just looked at The Dugout which was probably the biggest of the lot and it's now dead which is a shame.

As mentioned above social media has taken over, forums just don't appeal to people any more.
Ipswich Knights
10 years ago
5 years ago
1,392
I totally get that but from time to time its great to actually have topics and sort through info and have a laugh no just social media
Shedender
18 years ago
1 month ago
13,751
in fact I just looked at The Dugout which was probably the biggest of the lot and it's now dead which is a shame.

The first Championship Manager/Football Manager site I decided to register too back in the day, it's an absolute travesty it's always dead nowadays and would be better just getting shut down.
Dan
13 years ago
1 week ago
16,964
FM Base and the official SI website seem to be the busiest
Franck
18 years ago
4 days ago
4,255
FM Base is really only tactics discussion though, isn't it?

Anyway, our site is basically the prime resource for Football Manager graphics, it's just that most of the people who come here merely hit and run, at the very most they might make an angry post about how some graphics pack they have downloaded doesn't work.
Duffy
18 years ago
7 months ago
19
I can't believe how dead this place is when the game has only been out for a couple of weeks. What a difference in a couple of years

I've just bought it so you might get some of my top chat, although t's more likely that I'll snap the disc in half after getting sacked a couple of months into my first save. Some things never change.
lemmiwinksrm
14 years ago
2 weeks ago
263
Premium
Yeah agreed, I had a gap year a few years back and this place was always absolutely buzzing. The FM specific forums, Night Thread, club-specific threads were brilliant. There are some stoic folk who have really tried to keep conversation, but I think more people (I include myself in this) should up the contribution.

I think the Stories section is an area which has maintained a steady flow, to be fair.

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