I am Spartacus

Sunday, 12 January 2014

Blaming the wrong people

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I follow the local paper online, and add comments now and then when the urge arises. What annoys me is the misguided vilification of public ...
Thursday, 19 April 2012

Are you represented?

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It was suggested in PMQ's this week that there is "a creeping technocratic coup" in Whitehall. Having "relinquished poli...
Monday, 23 January 2012

Switching Tact

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It seems, looking back, all previous posts were based on a game that, whilst hugely interesting, is dead, gone & buried. It all seems a ...
Tuesday, 19 April 2011

The search.

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Jeez. unless you have fantasies about Orcs or want to fight a dragon, the MMO industry is a wasteland. I'm in search of an alternative...
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Sunday, 17 April 2011

Its the end of the world as we know it.... but I don't feel fine.

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You know... I was wrong. I'm ugly enough to admit that. The game died. I wanted to be positive & because I loved the game so intense...
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Thursday, 14 April 2011

Shit

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Thats it really.... just feel a numb feeling. Will miss people I never met (now I know how the feckers that 'knew' Diana felt). ...
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Monday, 11 April 2011

I might be completely wrong, but...

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Having a think recently and a chat with a couple of people over the withdrawal from public life of SI- even PaulC has advised he will duck o...
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Saturday, 9 April 2011

Speaking sense *shock* *horror*

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I have seen a few posts recently where sense is being spoken on the forums. Where the comments made are no vaccuous hyperbole or hysterical ...
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Thursday, 7 April 2011

Feed me with stats, pies and scotch!

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As is clear from previous posts, I have no particular issue with morale, just with the ability to know why my team is playing bad. Is it mor...
Thursday, 31 March 2011

My wife knows more about FML than FM2011 managers.

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.... and apart from knowing I have an unhealthy addiction to it (albeit it one that isn't ruining my liver), and the fact I am Spartacus...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011

1.7 Huzzaarr... *ponders*

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Obviously I have no inside information but the last time I remember SI being this quiet on the forums I seem to feel that it was just before...
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011

The TV Lounge is a couch potato

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The TV Lounge. Does anyone use it? It just seems to be a ‘chat’ room that shows clips of goals that you generally don't care to associ...
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Monday, 21 March 2011

Emoticon-fest... imagine...

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This was suggested again in a beta thread a short time ago, but originates as far back (to my knowledge) to several people when the ideas fo...
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Friday, 18 March 2011

Control, Control and CON-bloody-TROL

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I've been playing FML for over 2 years now. Zola for a year and Valderrama for a year (along with ongoing accounts Miller a year and Nun...
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Thursday, 3 March 2011

Lag Update

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Still there/here. Still a pain in the kecks. Jeez, I have a ZX Spectrum in the loft somewhere.... I might go retreive it to compare. 'Th...
Monday, 28 February 2011

Wage Auctions... sleeping is for wimps.

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You know that feeling.... within an hour (or few) of a Wage Auction to end, you have a bid in and just have to wait up. I could never, whi...
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Friday, 18 February 2011

Lag

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I absolutely hate it. It is the bain of the GW's and, frankly, the main thing that makes me log off. Post reset, seasons 1 to around 9...
Thursday, 17 February 2011

New Subbie in Nunez :-O

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After being able to source 4 x 4 month box sets, I decided to set up a new account elsewhere. After chatting with several people I decided...
Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Inter FA.... Yeeee... (and may I say)... Haaa

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IFA. 3 Letters. One success. Maybe a novel fad, maybe something that will whither and decline in time, but in the meantime a great idea th...
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Friday, 4 February 2011

Youth Academies.... whiney whiney

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YA managers + expectation that the youths they get will be good = disappointed managers. The above calculation is standard. YA's are a...
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Somalian Pirates

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Rapid blogging… Jeez…. I could almost be confused for regaining a little enthusiasm. And the confusion would be correct. As already posted ...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011

**Hold the Front Pages**

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We have an RFA that has increased to 34 teams for the 2nd run! The last 2 seasons have been dismal for any increase in numbers of new team...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011

The Continued black-out from SI on plans and lack of positivity on the future

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I have been trying to stay away from the forums more recently- particularly the Subbie one- but, when I need to look at them to keep up to d...
Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Stadiums- 9 seasons in and finished.

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We are now in Season 10 of Valderrama and it occurred to me a few weeks ago that I need never touch my stadium again. I remember mid last ...
Monday, 6 December 2010

SI Silence

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The rumours are that SI are more silent on the forums now than previously because of the abuse and negative feedback they got/get & the ...
Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Wages are high? Re-bid.

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There seem to be a lot of managers unhappy with the high demands of players in their teams & I wondered if it would be possible to have ...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

New users

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33 new teams in the RFA so far this season (2 weeks in). Over double more than we had at this stage last month. We have been advised that ...
Thursday, 11 November 2010

Player -v- Environment

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FML really needs it.... and soon..... ie: for 1.8 . Be it:   International teams (I like Jak's idea)   Making the CPU clubs more re...
Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Is Day-Trading more Dead than Mr Dead of Deadtown?

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Consternation on forums and Live, bemoaning the death of the game. RIP transfers, death to finances, burn all the wages witches at the stake...
Monday, 8 November 2010

Moans about transfers.... during wage auctions

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Several moans on Live and the forums about how the 'new' system is killing transfers (better performances = higher wage = paying for...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Morale update...

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1.6.5 hotfix is in. Am I pleased? Answer: Yes Why? Answer: Because I won 3 and drew 2 last night to drag me a small way out of a releg...
Monday, 25 October 2010

Morale is low...

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Morale is currently top of my FML annoyance agenda (along with lag which, fingers crossed, seems less painful over the last 2 nights) Mora...
Thursday, 21 October 2010

Grrrrr..... Lag... ffs

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Hopes were lifted.... '...a large fix has gone in and should aleviate a lot of the lag' they said. 'There was a problem over the...
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