My football manager 2008 story

this is my first time talking about FM 08 in this blog.. FM what u say? FM stands for Football manager 2008, which is the BEST FOOTBALL MANAGING GAME in the world!! every hardcore football knows about this game, n u r NOT officially a 'football fan' until u play this game.

to the uninitiated, FM is a pc game where r u a manager of a club, n well.. u manage the club. u control the tactics, training, players to buy, players to sell, etc. if i cud describe this game in one word, it is ADDICTIVE.. u cud practically sit on the chair in front of pc, playing the game from 8am until the midnite! seriously!! i remembered doing it 4 years ago while playing CM04 (the game then change its name to FM), then i become sick for a few days... u cud say, i had a CM dependent disorder. huhu..

back to present, i started playing FM08 again this year, after stopping last year. well, as expected, i become obsessed with it instantly! i began by selecting atletico madrid in the spanish La Liga. 1st season, i managed to steer my team into 4th place! an achievement indeed, given that the game developer had increased the difficulty level. i had aguero, who is arguably the best attacking midfielder in the world, n few others like reyes,maxi, n forlan to help me score! end of 1st season, i sell reyes,maxi n forlan. then, i bought Elano, who is at that time, one of the best playmaker in the game. i shud be elated but instead, i began to have problem. u see, Elano plays the same position as aguero. since i consider elano is better at playmaking, i decided to shift aguero to full-time striker. he scored handful of goals but not as much as in 1st season. Elano comes into prominence. but come midseason, my team began to crack. i think i lost like 5 league games in a row! n ive been using the same tactic since early season! thats when i realized that the game's AI has become smarter n they as if have analized my games for a while n konws my pattern of play. i finished the season at 4th place again but barely.

3rd season started convincingly, but come January, my team (again) began to crumble, like cheap Tesco cheese-flavored biscuits.. i juz dont understand it. now, im at 10th place. exactly in mid-table.

FM08 has really affected me this past 3 weeks. i kept thinking of FM,over n over again, confused n perplexed by how FM works. i become obsessed to the point where i dont think at all about psychiatry n began to abandon my daily responsibility!! (it is that serius!).

thus, on this day, 14th June 2008, i decided to hang my FM boots, n take a hiatus from the game for a while n start doing my responsibility n taking my psychiatry posting seriously... huhu...

** byk nye baju tak basuh lagi nih!!! dem.....