I am surprised by how little support this post has got. FM and it's previous incarnation has been running my life since i started when i was 14 (now 27). I somehow managed to get good GCSEs despite discovering this glorious game, but my 'A' levels went out of the window. Now in the Police and am having to re-take my CID exam in March because my revision for the first exam in December went out of the window with the new release coming in November. Two of my friends are the same and often on nights out or at parties we can have three hour conversations about it, ignoring anyone else.
To me this is the beauty of the game