retired_vtooker

So places didn't get clogged up you could have a circle on London saying "23" for the 23 London clubs, you could then double click and it could take you onto a list of London clubs.
To understand what I'm getting at and how this idea could work I'd strongly advise those who haven't to visit www.footiemap.com

retired_Kam_macca

Wow...nice site and pretty much how I pictured a similar implementation in FM, except for maybe the need to show roads but I still like the look of it. The filters that site has too for only showing clubs from certain leagues when you click on a country is how envisioned the same feature in FM to operate.

Having a map would give some context to clubs instead of just a list of names in some foreign location. The game needs more atmosphere instead of the clinical approach it currently suffers from. We don't even get crowd chanting anymore

retired_amyrnbsn

Hopefully they would then be able to take the next step in this, which would be to develop rivalries. If two teams are close to each other, and play in the same league, a rivalry might build up, and the map would be able to show local derbies. That's one thing I would like to see in FM2009 - when you get a non-league team to the Premiership, they never have any derby matches at all, whereas established teams have loads.

retired_OrangeOne

Superb idea Powermonger. :thup:

retired_sandra

It would help people who choose to manage in a land foreign to them, but if you're managing in your own country, you should (roughly if not exactly) know where all the teams are based.

retired_Mikey73

I wouldn't mind this if you took it a little further, two points in particular stand out:

1) Population of an area - if I'm taking a club from bottom of the heap to top dog, I'd love to be in an area with loads of potential fans.

2) A rough idea of city popularity. If I remember rightly, the editor has an option to edit a city's attractiveness. Surely it's going to be easier for a London team to sign someone than Wigan. We've seen it in real life after all.

retired_nora

I like this idea, in fact I suggested this long ago back in 2002 or so and got my head bit off by the anti-cosmetic changes snobs on these forums.

On the issue of clutter, that could be easily solved by a zoom feature. The map would orginally be zoomed out to show the entire world and then can be zoomed in to the city level. Of course there would be filters so you wouldn't see every club in the world on the map at once if you didn't want to.

retired_gkelley

Seconded :thup:

We don't need another Fifa Manager 2008 lookalike :thdn:

retired_tishsparr

This is a great idea FM needs more things like this in it as the main appearance of the game needs more eye candy as someone put it before. Top idea man.

runronnirun

pretty sure you have to specify a location when creating a side, so i don't think that'd be an issue. i don't see why anyone would bother creating a side without wanting to specify its location anyway.

really like the idea. in the grand FM scheme of things there are lots of other fixes or new features i'd like to see carried out/introduced first, but it would be good to see this in the game at some point.

threads like this re-emphasise the need for the return of the 'Suggestions for future versions' forum as well - hope this won't disappear down the page before the SI lads get the chance to see it.