Posted by steigs on May 12, 2008
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Posted by steigs on February 24, 2008
I’ve been playing a lot of Championship Manager lately. British soccer fans know all about the game, now titled “Worldwide Soccer Manager” in the US. In the UK, it’s a computer game phenomenon of the highest order, with new editions awaited with the longing we see here for new versions of Grand Theft Auto. Here in the US, it’s an underground thing, discussed with intensity on bigsoccer and word of mouth among friends. (”You’ve got to try this…”)
At the moment, I’m attempting to finally win promotion to the Premiership for little Carlisle, the team I’ve managed for several virtual seasons, having already moved them up a couple of tiers. Back-to-back third place seasons in the first division only earned me painful playoff promotion losses. (Three of the four play-off games I’ve lost a player to a red card. For a realistic game, that’s a little unfair…) I’ve got the boys in second halfway through this season but, seriously, if I can’t do it, it’ll be time to tackle another team.
Awhile back, I wrote up an appreciation of Championship Manager after going to see the team I had been managing play in person. An interesting comparison. Read on after the jump for more about the wonders of Championship Manager and a day out at Easter Road watching Hibs… Read the rest of this entry »
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