retired_redbutterfly

You might be right about that. I guess when it comes to "massively multiplayer online game" or whatever FM Live is, it also depends a lot on how the community will develop. About 25% does say "Don't know", so even if only 35% of the players of FM are interested it could be a huge success... Still I thought the interest would be a bit larger...

retired_faline50

I was actually quite happy that people seemed to be thinking with their own brains and aren't rushing to buy FML as they don't know that much yet about it. I was first a bit disappointed that so many were blindly planning to buy FM09 whatever it comes to be like. It's good to support SI and be hopeful but wise people really do some research first and make their judgements after they know what they are judging.

CorradoKid

I was actually quite happy that people seemed to be thinking with their own brains and aren't rushing to buy FML as they don't know that much yet about it. I was first a bit disappointed that so many were blindly planning to buy FM09 whatever it comes to be like. It's good to support SI and be hopeful but wise people really do some research first and make their judgements after they know what they are judging. </BLOCKQUOTE>

of course, but at the same time this has been the best football simulation for years so you can really only assume it will be the best next year as well until more details about the game and others are released. it wouldnt really be buying blindly after the great history of fm/cm.

Emm

dane0. I was a little critical of the survey itslef and the way that some of the qustions were worded and also the options, (or rather lack thereof), in some of the answers.

I must say though that I one again comment you on actually having the ability to cpompile and eun the survey, (rather than just discuss doing one as I did).

Furthermore, the presentation of your results is exceptional :thup:.

In terms of the results themselves, I must say I am pleasantly surprised. The results accross the board were significantly better than I had expected, (with the exception of the "interaction" module), in both the "unpatched version", the patched version, and even the individual modules.

As a regular poster on these forums, (and a pretty avid reader of many many many posts that probably slip by without too much notice by others, it's possible that my expectation had been heightened by some of the excellent threads that I have read over the last 2 or so years, that gave ideas to improve upon what I already thought was a pretty exceptional game.

Maybe that was a little naive on my part. I suppose I look at a subjecy being discussed in great detail and just assume that SI will incorporate it into one of the next couple of issues, (as I know just about diddlysquat about programming).

Anyway, I'm getting off the subject/

Good survey.
Flippin excellent presentation of compiled data :thup:.
Positive set of results overall I think too.

Well done dane0:thup:.

retired_plasal

Is this ")" yours Jimbo. I've just found it on the floor and I think it fell off your post

retired_faline50

Well I can't think of CM 01/02 and FM 2008 as the same series, what they actually aren't. History is great, but who should care about things in the past when they suck now? FM is going lower down in quality with each release. Features are added but playability and functionality are decreasing alarmingly. I wouldn't buy a new FM just because I liked CM 01/02 or even FM 2006.

retired_redbutterfly

Thank you very much Jimbo What is life without a bit of flashy presentation

Yes, I must say I was a bit surprised at just how positive the results were, when you take into consideration what is being bandied around in the forums. I was also very pleasantly surprised that something that is universally praised like the database, only got 3,29% negative responses and got over 90% positives. This actually implies that people aren't just answering negatively or positively, but are actually answering the questions...

CorradoKid

Well I can't think of CM 01/02 and FM 2008 as the same series, what they actually aren't. History is great, but who should care about things in the past when they suck now? FM is going lower down in quality with each release. Features are added but playability and functionality are decreasing alarmingly. I wouldn't buy a new FM just because I liked CM 01/02 or even FM 2006. </BLOCKQUOTE>

thats fine that you think that, because once you become disgruntled with something like this you are always going to be more cautious about any future incarnations. but my point is you aren't going into this blindly as you have the previous versions to look back on and some sort of sense on where things might be going.

retired_catj010

I think some people are confused with the definition of "Board Confidence" because that's the second most flawed aspect of this game.

People do seem to complain about it A LOT in the forums too.

I think the opinion of this was shown in "Media Interaction" because people probably thought Confidence was the same as Interaction. As you can see many people didn't like the Media Interaction.