FightCat
17 years ago
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SIgames is run by fools - at least their forum moderator tools are no better than their top management. Here is what got me suspended. The following post got deleted after getting 2 upvotes - in like 5 mins:
 

"UI so disgusting that it took days for me to work up the guts to make progress in my first save.

 

Nothing is where it is used to be. Innovation is not a clown - it is the twin of intuition. Whomever designed the whole concept has no idea of what FM is and what data visualization is about. Top management looks to have joined the mobile-ize bandwagon like KONAMI with PES (eFootball) series did and we all know where that road leads.

 

UI is designed so horrendously that you have to make erratic mouse movements (huge no-go in UI/UX language) to get to where you want - only to find out that what used to be there is not there anymore.

 

By the way, I just got softlocked while looking to replay the goals in my last match - "teams are warming up" for 20 minutes now. You used to be able to click goal minutes to watch a replay - guess what NO MORE. HURRAY! FOOTBALL CIRCUS 26 IS HERE TO ENTERTAIN!

 

I started my CM/FM journey when I was 10 - I am 41 now - and not one game skipped ever since. How you managed to screw up a working machine after DEVELOPING THIS FOR 2 *** YEARS is beyond my comprehension. You actually took away my annual festivity - an expectance, a mark on my calendar that brought me endless joy. Also now you have your corporate jerk-offs who find every other excuse to cover up for your incompetence now. There are actual people on this forum that I, like any other paying player, does not have a right in this. You could employ those to mop off your floors - they will happily agree to such degradation.

 

Hope every top brass who;

 

(1) strategized FM to go down this route from 2025 and on,
(2) greenlit the horrible user experience,
(3) did not stop this garbage to be released in this state,

gets chopped off of the payroll - don't care if it is Miles - this is blasphemy. No, fixes don't do anything, it only makes this abomination run without crashes. The whole concept is flawed.

 

You took away everything I loved about gaming in one fell swoop and do not seem to care about it. **** ***."



Then having read Miles Jacobson's GQ article here, I told people to give that man the hug he needs to cure his mental illness.

I got suspended for a day, got infractions blablah instantly.

Abandon all hope guys. Your lifelong joy is the object of self-reassurence for a guy who is going through his mid-life crisis.

Latrell yard man
7 years ago
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i hate fm26 with a passion and got a refund but mate you went to far Miles beat cancer recently and lost is mom, criticise all you want believe me i have over there on that forum but no need to get personal. 

FightCat
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By Latrell yard man 08 November 2025 - 20:04 PM UTC 

i hate fm26 with a passion and got a refund but mate you went to far Miles beat cancer recently and lost is mom, criticise all you want believe me i have over there on that forum but no need to get personal. 

 

Never knew what he went through - wouldn't have spoken the same way if I knew. I also think I do not have to know everything about somebody when I am talking about what he produced - but when it goes a tad personal, yeah, I get you, it does not sit right.

FightCat
17 years ago
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Oh I am rummaging through that GQ article and he mentions that he is fire-able in case FM bombs (which it did). I hope he gets fired. That will be good for both parties. He obviously needs to get his mind right before committing to anything else.

He goes as far to say this in the article:

“What we're polishing now is a diamond.”

That man is unwell. Or malevolent. I cannot decide which.
 

Latrell yard man
7 years ago
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By FightCat 08 November 2025 - 20:12 PM UTC 

Oh I am rummaging through that GQ article and he mentions that he is fire-able in case FM bombs (which it did). I hope he gets fired. That will be good for both parties. He obviously needs to get his mind right before committing to anything else.

He goes as far to say this in the article:

“What we're polishing now is a diamond.”

That man is unwell. Or malevolent. I cannot decide which.
 

 

i agree with you on every point mate but we have to go about things right and be constructive and not personal that's my thing otherwise our voices will not be heard they will just ban you, that interview you mentioned i read it and it is a utter joke and insulting imo.

Bielsa is a legend
12 years ago
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By FightCat 08 November 2025 - 19:53 PM UTC 

SIgames is run by fools - at least their forum moderator tools are no better than their top management. Here is what got me suspended. The following post got deleted after getting 2 upvotes - in like 5 mins:
 

"UI so disgusting that it took days for me to work up the guts to make progress in my first save.

 

Nothing is where it is used to be. Innovation is not a clown - it is the twin of intuition. Whomever designed the whole concept has no idea of what FM is and what data visualization is about. Top management looks to have joined the mobile-ize bandwagon like KONAMI with PES (eFootball) series did and we all know where that road leads.

 

UI is designed so horrendously that you have to make erratic mouse movements (huge no-go in UI/UX language) to get to where you want - only to find out that what used to be there is not there anymore.

 

By the way, I just got softlocked while looking to replay the goals in my last match - "teams are warming up" for 20 minutes now. You used to be able to click goal minutes to watch a replay - guess what NO MORE. HURRAY! FOOTBALL CIRCUS 26 IS HERE TO ENTERTAIN!

 

I started my CM/FM journey when I was 10 - I am 41 now - and not one game skipped ever since. How you managed to screw up a working machine after DEVELOPING THIS FOR 2 *** YEARS is beyond my comprehension. You actually took away my annual festivity - an expectance, a mark on my calendar that brought me endless joy. Also now you have your corporate jerk-offs who find every other excuse to cover up for your incompetence now. There are actual people on this forum that I, like any other paying player, does not have a right in this. You could employ those to mop off your floors - they will happily agree to such degradation.

 

Hope every top brass who;

 

(1) strategized FM to go down this route from 2025 and on,
(2) greenlit the horrible user experience,
(3) did not stop this garbage to be released in this state,

gets chopped off of the payroll - don't care if it is Miles - this is blasphemy. No, fixes don't do anything, it only makes this abomination run without crashes. The whole concept is flawed.

 

You took away everything I loved about gaming in one fell swoop and do not seem to care about it. **** ***."



Then having read Miles Jacobson's GQ article here, I told people to give that man the hug he needs to cure his mental illness.

I got suspended for a day, got infractions blablah instantly.

Abandon all hope guys. Your lifelong joy is the object of self-reassurence for a guy who is going through his mid-life crisis.

 

They don’t like criticism, I have several bans, but even more accounts so can still log on

 

FM26 is a dog, average user rating 2.5/10, 37%refund rate and 7th worst game ever on steam

 

jacobson should be sacked for this, give himself a break and get better, although I suspect Sega have a big say in all this

Samuel Espinoza
2 years ago
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You went way overboard. Couldve said everything you said without being an a**hole about it tbh

Gooner 87
13 years ago
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How do you go about getting a refund as the game is an absolute joke. Any help greatly appreciated please

 

Bielsa is a legend
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By Gooner 87 09 November 2025 - 06:13 AM UTC 

How do you go about getting a refund as the game is an absolute joke. Any help greatly appreciated please

 

Depends where you bought it, on steam I just clicked the ask for refund button in my account

robmoore_396 2
20 years ago
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Such a drama queen.

PikachuFC
15 years ago
1 month ago
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I got permabanned for saying Miles had a big ego…SI forums are basically only there for people who kiss arse at this point, anyone who doesn't gets silenced fast. 

 

 

Joe Avalon
9 years ago
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You figure I got a warning HERE for writing last year before FM 25 was supposed to came out, the women football was useless…it was deemed “discriminatory”! Well it was and it is my opinion, my freedom of thought. Woke people are inside this forum too.

BXL
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By FightCat 08 November 2025 - 20:09 PM UTC 

Never knew what he went through - wouldn't have spoken the same way if I knew. I also think I do not have to know everything about somebody when I am talking about what he produced - but when it goes a tad personal, yeah, I get you, it does not sit right.

 

You shouldn't talk about anyone in that way whatsoever. There is absolutely nothing constructive in you post, only bashing and framing.

lanadelgay
6 months ago
5 months ago
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“woke people are inside this forum too”

mate, this is a football manager forum. Take a spell, touch some grass, play FM24. Assuming you are an adult, conduct yourself in a manner becoming of one.

kingrobbo
16 years ago
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The game is terrible simply awful on many fronts

 

The feedback from independent reviewers with no axe to grind is scathing-

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The game also isnt in a fit state for release it is riddled with bugs over 16k reports in 3 weeks that is a disgrace

https://community.sports-interactive.com/bugtracker/ 

 

M.C
13 years ago
4 hours ago
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I'm going to close this thread to comments - not because I have a view either way on the topic, but because there's absolutely nothing valuable/appropriate that can come from such a thread.

 

Respectfully, posting on a second forum about your experience on another forum, specifically to draw attention to the fact you were banned, seems fairly pointless/self-important (certainly, it's not really been framed in a way to make a sensible discussion possible). What is probably even more inappropriate is the fact that a lot of your post seems directed at an individual.

 

Again, closing this thread primarily on the basis of there being no useful conversation that can stem from this - it's inciting responses to topics that are not very appropriate. Everyone is entitled to feel how they like about a computer game - but don't use this forum as a vehicle for an agenda against an individual. Let's keep things constructive and mature.

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