retired_jessieb

Editors...

Thats the only explaination needed. Notice I said if you use the LL guidelines, something you obviously haven't done.

You used an editor, proberly signed in known cheap players, and don't have an existing debt. Your overheads are small because you only have a few and most likley super players. You had 30K to spend. :eek: I dream of having 30K to spend.

A blind drovers dog could take a side out of the Conference using all the short cut unethical methods like you have done.

retired_jessieb

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Greyed-out players are usually better than the common conference playing staff.

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Good point K. I dread the game when you come up against 11 of those guys.

retired_corzawoodja

i didnt say in that particular game that i used the LL rules

i could tell you how i took Barnet to CPL glory in 6 years following the "rules" but that would be bragging

so instead i used that as an example...

in other words if you can do well with a team of players with most sttributes set to 1, you can do well with any team in the conference

retired_kswansonwoolf

Barnet

If i hear another word on them i'll go crazy.

:lightswich:

retired_corzawoodja

there are at least 10 conference clubs you can take up in the first season

it just seems to me that people who post here have to pretend that the game is challenging. ok, some people may find it a struggle but most of us mastered it over the course of CM3 and lets be honest the dynamics of the game are not very different today.

the mian struggle is having no money but you may chance upon a couple of decent frees. each season you see great players falling out of favour with AI managers, they are transfer listed and you can get them for free, then there is the problem of the AI not renewing contracts.

in a couple of years, you can build a decent-ish side regardless of who you have started with. at the end of the day, its you versus the AI managers, even if the AI's numurous falws were fixed im still not convinced CM would be a challenge

retired_xbabiitoriix

Money problems are why i dont LLM much, If it gets too tight e.g no transfer money and i need to make 1.5k odd wage money dissapear then i tend to be tempted in by editors, i dont want to be but its just too tempting!

retired_kswansonwoolf

Personally, i've never managed to master CM3. That's why CM03-04 is a bit disappointing for me.

Pretend? I pretend it's real. I pretend it's not about beating the AI, but real teams and managers. I pretend i have the same restrictions a real life manager has. Yes, i'm pretending. It's a role-playing game sometimes. If it's not hard to me, i don't pretend it is though. As i said above, i envy people who're having a struggle.

retired_corzawoodja

it too pretend its real, thats how i enjoy the game but i cant help boiling it down to the basic gameplay mechanics once in a while

retired_jessieb

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there are at least 10 conference clubs you can take up in the first season
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That still leaves ten that an't so easy even using your methods of play.

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but most of us mastered it over the course of CM3 and lets be honest the dynamics of the game are not very different today.
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Agree, and that is why we enjoy playing the game by the ethics of LLM. It does make the game that much more difficult, but it your game and you can do what you please, but don't come in here and expect us to agree with you when you use dodgy (by our standard) game ethics.

You are saying the Conference is easy (in most cases) using your method of play. You are correct. We are saying the Conference is difficult (in most cases) using our method of play. We are also correct.

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each season you see great players falling out of favour with AI managers,
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How? By scanning the transfer screen? How did you become aware of the "freebies"? By signing known players? Did you scout them? How did your scouts find them?

Again it goes down to your method of play. By using the methods you discribe, it is easy to gain promotion in most cases. Use the LL Guidelines and the game takes on a new twist.

Try them. You might just find that you will enjoy the game even more than you do now.

retired_insjat

Boo, Taips, you've gone way easy on this guy!

Seriously he has no clue as to what LLM is about...