Gundo

Welcome to ‘Gundo's Small club from a small nation European adventure challenge’. This is a challenge I have thought up, for gamers who like European management with small clubs. It consists of the following:

The Aim
To take a small club who were previously unplayable in the game from the lower leagues to their domestic league title and Champions League glory (doesn’t have to be the same season). I realize it’s not an easy challenge, but should be a lot of fun trying.

The Rules
Leagues you can’t use: England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Leagues you can use: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, N. Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, <STRIKE>Scotland</STRIKE>, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Wales.

Load a game with all the available divisions within that nation you selected only (only one nation is allowed). A large database should be ticked and attribute masking should be enabled. No additional players from any nation should be loaded.

The extra levels of detail that you can change while in the game are up to you, as they shouldn't make a difference.

Add yourself as an unemployed manager, the details are not important at all.

Then go on holiday until the new seasons teams are generated (each country will be different, if you usually play that country you should know the relevant dates). An example: Norway’s is, 20th January. (Hint - saving the day before on 19th January for Norway, may give you a better choice of teams by saving and reloading the game). This shouldn't take that long either.

Then retire your original manager profile.

Add a new manager, the options/details are up to you but 'past experience' must be set to 'automatic'. I understand that choosing your nationality may have an effect later on, but I trust people will be sensible with this, I would expect people to use their own nationalities/second nationalities.

Take over one of any of the new clubs promoted to the lowest playable division within your selected nation. If you are not sure about which clubs have been promoted simply check last seasons table and the new clubs will obviously be the clubs not on their. To make completely sure that the club is eligible, check the club's history of league positions, it should be blank.

It is completely up to you which club you choose, although please appreciate that some clubs may be easier to manage than others (eg. Some clubs will have a full squad of players and staff, while others won’t. Also some will have higher reputations than others making it easier to sign players). So chose carefully. Also the nation you chose to manage in will affect difficulty too.

It is now up to you to manage this club to the top division’s title domestically and to the UEFA Champions League crown.

You may not move clubs unless you are sacked.

If you get sacked, you can either take over a newly promoted club that meets the original criteria (check the club's league history), or just start again.

Any form of international management is not allowed, until you have completed the challenge.

There are no restrictions on assigning feeder/parent clubs, and you may sign any players you like (although I would expect people to be only signing the players for whom they could request a scout report).

You can only sign players that you are able to scout or trial at the club first, so in short the player must have the “Get scout report” button on his profile screen. The one exception to this is when you ask a current squad member to recommend a new signing, It is then ok to sign him as the player who recommended him knows of him anyway.

No external utilities such as FMScout should be used and the database should be unedited. Should SI release a data update, this would be allowed. It is advised that people should update using the latest patches as they are released.

Rules for this Thread
Player naming is allowed. (This is a warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)

Discussion on tactics is allowed. (This is another warning for those of you who do not wish to see this)

Screenshots for anything are encouraged.

When you join the challenge, could you post a screenshot of your manager's profile on the date you take control at your new club like this.

Progress of your club should be documented using this thread, we want to hear the story of your club all the way through (success and failure). So please keep us updated, even if you are doing really badly.

At the end of every season, could everyone post some kind of season review, including a screenshot of a league table. If you give this a title in bold it makes it a bit easier for me to find to update the list.

There is no winner or points system here, but I will try and keep an updated list of all people taking part in the challenge. Please do not update this list yourselves, I will take care of it and update it at least once a week.

The original rules of the thread still stand, so new people will still need
to submit a manager profile and every person taking part must write at least
a season review in this thread, containing the minimum of a final league
table pic.

How to Post a Screenshot

1. While in FM, press the 'Prt Sc' button (usually next to F12 on your keyboard).

2. Open an image editing program such as Paint and paste the image

3. Save the file as a JPEG

4. Upload the image to an image hosting website such as Photobucket or Imageshack

5. Post the direct Url to the image here.


Remember it’s not a competition against other users, as long as you’re enjoying this challenge that’s the main thing. Good Luck!

Let fun begin!


Thanks to da fuge for inspiring (and letting) me start this challenge and for letting me edit and use various details of his challenge guidelines and link to his challenge. I would also like to thank all the guys in da fuge's challenge forum, who have given me ideas and inspiration. :thup:

This challenge is sponsored by *da fuge's FM07 Challenge*.

jamster90

very very good idea im a bit obsessed with getting my sign up goin but this sounds like a great challenge

aaberdeenn

Sounds good! I'l have a go :thup: but one question, In Scotland there are no promotions/relegations at the bottom of the 3rd Division so you technically couldn't use Scotland to get a previously unplayable team and I don't know if there are any similar countries but just to let you know!
I will start though, just loading up then I'l let you know the details of my destination.

Good Luck to Everyone Else!

Gundo

Ah did'nt know that thanks. I new i'd overlook something.

Welcome and good luck. :thup:

Gundo

I will be picking the Norwegian leagues, it's just loading up as we speak. :cool:

aaberdeenn

I've gone for the Swedish leagues, I'm just on holiday as we speak!

JoseRR

Don't know how long i'll stick at it, as i may get bored, but ill give it a go! Gone for Scotland and on holiday now!

aaberdeenn

JoseRR, sorry to dissapoint you but if you read this Scotland cannot be used in the challenge.

Gundo

Think what I will do with regards to Scotland is if anyone wants to play their then that's fine, you'll just have to pick a club that is in the Scottish third division, as no teams are promoted to that league so I believe. Not sure if i'll be able to add those people on the list though? But still feel free to chart you progress in here though.

Jimbokav1971

Ah did'nt know that thanks. I new i'd overlook something.

Welcome and good luck. :thup: </BLOCKQUOTE>

Gundo. East Stirling are generally considered to be the carpest Scottish team. Perhaps you could allow participants to start as them. They really are that carp.

I'm not sure how many other Nations don't have relegations from their lowest playable nation.

Excellent challenge though. Well done :thup:.