retired_londamail

I always feel cheated and want to throw my PC out the window 5 or 6 times a day, but the fact of the matter is game doesn't cheat.

If something isn't working it's down to the player to work out why and adjust his tactics/team accordingly, unfortunately I'm not good enough to do that yet.

retired_williams.vic68

Yeah I lost at FM and then my computer slept with my wife! I swear it's rigged.

fatcatbetsy2007

After being at St. Albans for just over two season's I got offered the Bristol Rovers job, who were 18th in League 2, which is really poor considering that they were predicted to finish 2nd in the league, and being outside the transfer window I could not buy any players so I had to make due with the players at my disposal.

Using the same tactic that I used at St. Albans I managed to get the club to 7th in the remaining 8 games of the season, 18 points from a possible 24, not bad at all.

So no, I don't feel cheated.

I also used the 4-2-4 against the opposition a few times and it worked, I must have scored at least 5 goals in the remaining 15 minutes with this tactic.

retired_mmmcdermott

These "computer cheats" threads are just silly. Saying that it is rigged implies conscious action on the part of SI to deny players success in the game. Surely that would be counter productive in that it would frustrate people and cause them not to play or buy the game in future. I accept that the match engine isn't perfect and I'm dead against the 4-2-4 formation which I believe would be murdered on a real football pitch but I don't believe the computer distinguishes between human managers and AI managers.

matty49

The AI doesn't always act naturally, ufortunately. Sometimes you have to think in an unlogically way to meet such problems as you describe.
A couple of days ago I met a club that played 4-2-4 from start to end in a single match. I wanted to take control of their only 2 midfield-players. I instructed my two central midfielders to man-mark these two specific opponents very tight. I also let ML and MR to man-mark these two specific midfield-players, but not with tight-marking.
I addition I went to 'Opponent instructions' and instructed my players to ALWAYS close them down, ALWAYS tight mark them, HARD tackles on them and really try to press them to use their WEAKER FOOT.
Nevertheless, even though I had my 4 midfield-players to REALLY take care of their only 2 midfield-players, the Action Zone showed 24% for the opponent team and only 22% for my team regarding the midfieldzone. Is this acceptable ?
I guess there's only two ways to consider this: 1) the two midfield-players of the opponent team was outstanding ( not likely...since it was an ordinary team with ordinary midfield-players ). 2) The Action Zone parameter is also taking moves from their defenders and/or their attackers, into the midfieldzone, into consideration.
But most of the time I had a lot of possession of the ball in the midfieldzone, without dominating this zone at any point of time, so I can't say that the latter is true. OR CAN IT ?

I would appreciate a reply on this one !

retired_lcjackson

i have to agree with the thread maker entirely. at first i didnt expect anything but recently i can swear ive heard my printer and my ipod making bets on games results and can only assume they are bribing the computer into changing the final outcomes of games.

matty49

I don't think the FM cheats, but the calculation of the AI may sometimes seems wrong. I must admit that it sometimes looks like that the AI gives the computercontrolled clubs some advantages in the gameplay, when you can't find any logical explanation to an outcome in certain matches.

retired_lcjackson

i dont think it cheats either i was being sarcastic.

retired_jonathannew1212

Just look how bad Valencia did this season in real life - sometimes good teams have bad seasons

deantibbetts

Surely that's exactly what a ref does IRL. We always think they are biased when it goes against us, but they probably aren't if we're honest.