Fml Released

[avlad]

We are very happy to announce that we'll be starting to take pre-orders for Football Manager Live in the coming days.

We know we've still got a couple of issues to sort with the opening day of gameworlds, but we're working on those now and once those are sorted, we are ready to roll.

As places are going to be in short supply at first, I wanted to take the time to explain to you the launch plan.

There is no set "release date" for the game as there would be for a standard retail release. This is because Football Manager Live (FML) is not a standard game release, but a subscription based service, and therefore, much like something like the launch of Sky HD, there will be a release period of a few months. This period is likely to start in October.

During this release period, gameworlds will be started, and therefore places will be available, as and when the hardware and service levels are able to be there for new customers. We want to ensure that everyone who plays FML has the best quality experience possible.

The timetable for release is thus.

Wednesday 20th August – beta testers invited to take up their spaces in the first gameworlds. The beta testers should wait until they have received an email which will give them access, so keep an eye on your inboxes!

Thursday 21st August at 6pm – people on the FML registered mailing list, and people reading these forums, invited to pre-order.

There will be 14 gameworlds available in this phase, or 14,000 places. We expect these to fill quickly, and do expect some people to be disappointed, but these are the optimum amount of gameworlds to be launching in the first few weeks of release. When these 14,000 spaces are full, we will have 1 gameworld at a time available, until another 6 are full. This means that during the "launch window" as it's called, there will be 20,000 spaces available.

Once these 20 gameworlds are sold out, people who haven't got into any of the gameworlds will be invited to join a "gameworld alert" mailing list. This will be the only way to find out when gameworlds after this initial phase are to be launched. We hope to be able to launch new gameworlds every few days, on a first come, first served basis. This phase will likely stay in place until January.

Please also note that FML will be English language only for the foreseeable future. When we have plans to release non-English language game worlds, we will, of course, announce this on these forums. This will definitely not be in 2008, and most likely not til the latter part of 2009.

Come January, we'll be telling the world about FML with a large marketing and PR campaign, and there will be lots of spaces available. In February, we will aim to launch a retail boxed version of FML in a few countries, still to be confirmed.

I should probably explain how subscribing to FML will work!

The FML client (as in the piece of software that will work on your computer that you'd normally buy on a CD or DVD) will be free. When you subscribe to the service, you will be given a link where you can download on PC and/or Mac. You can use this software on as many computers as you want to, and download it as often as you want to.

You subscribe to the service for a set period of time. Initially, these will be 3 monthly, 6 monthly, or annually, with a cheaper fee per month the longer you subscribe.

Unlike most MMO's that charge you for the client, and then for future expansion packs on top of the subscription, for FML we are using a development practise that we've dubbed "constant development". What this means that we'll be adding new features to the game every few months, and will keep subscribers in the loop on what we are working on through the FML forums which are available to subscribers to the game. The first of these updates is due in January 2009, and every few months after that.

We fully understand that some people are going to miss out on the initial places, and are going to be disappointed with that. However, we felt it was very important to release the service in this way to ensure that everyone has a great experience from the off – walking before you can run is very important. This is because we've seen too many MMO launches hitting issues in the first few days and weeks recently, which is something we want to avoid. There will be enough spaces for everyone in the coming months, and we ask those of you who don't get to play in the first few worlds to be patient – we know there is a lot of anticipation for the game despite us not doing any PR or marketing on it for a while, but we're hoping the plan we have in place will ensure that those most loyal to our games through these forums and who signed up to get information on the game are rewarded with the initial spaces.

Unfortunately, there will also be other disappointed people, as there are quite a few countries that we are not allowed to sell the game in at launch. This is for a variety of reasons - some legal, some because we aim to have local partners in countries when non-English language versions are available, and some because the payment system being used won't allow payments from those countries. The full list of these is - Brazil, Chile, Singapore, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Korea, Republic of Malaysia, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Serbia, Montenegro, Uruguay & Vietnam. If you have any questions or comments about this, please email restrictedcountry@fmlive.co.uk and someone will reply - please note that this is one of the rare cases where this is very much out of our (SI's) hands, so there's no point asking us questions about it, as we don't have answers

So, one thing left to talk about, and that's pricing of the service. As I mentioned above, this will come in various "plans" initially. The longer you subscribe for, the cheaper per month the game will cost.

The initial subscription pricing is

3 months - £22.99

6 months - £43.99

12 months - £72.99

Payment in most countries is available via credit/debit card or via PayPal, with Visa, Mastercard, Switch/Maestro and Electron all usable. In some countries, payment is only available via PayPal.

If you have any questions, this thread is the place to ask – but please make sure you've read the thread in full before asking questions to ensure that they haven't been asked already! We'll also add the best questions to the FAQ for FML, which you can find over at www.footballmanagerlive.com, which is also the place to find out more about the game. Remember, this is NOT Football Manager online, so do not expect the same experience that you get from the Football Manager series. FML is your club, your way, your management style!

Pt mai multe detalii : http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=39296

Cam scump !

[Mihai]

Partea naspa e ca plata se va face online cu card sau doar prin PayPal. Pretul mi se pare cam maricel totusi. Adica va trebui sa dai cam un pic mai mult de 1 milion ca sa poti sa joci la inceput.

[avlad]

Partea naspa e ca plata se va face online cu card sau doar prin PayPal. Pretul mi se pare cam maricel totusi. Adica va trebui sa dai cam un pic mai mult de 1 milion ca sa poti sa joci la inceput.

Tocmai am primit mail de la ei. Discountul pt testeri e urmatorul : la 3 luni - nimic, la 6 luni - 30 % si la 12 luni 50 %. Am facut pre-order pe 12 luni. Banii nu ti-i ia acum, ci cand incepe GW-ul, undeva in octombrie. Sper sa merite cei 160 RON.

In ceea ce priveste GW-ul, am ales Shearer, ca majoritatea beta testerilor din GW 2

[Mihai]

Ai primit mailul de la ei? Ca eu inca nu am primit nimic.

[avlad]

Da. Tocmai am scris inainte sa postezi tu.

P.S. Din Romania se poate plati doar cu PayPal sau vouchere. Nu ma intreba de unde se face rost de asa-zisele vouchere ca habar n-am

[ovidiu10]

dupa vreo 1-2 luni, romanii vor putea plati decat cu banii in mana, crede-ma! si sa fie personal cand suna la usa sa lase plasa cu lire sterline.

[mns]

Cu cardul nu se poate plati? Si eu am primit acum mailul, dar nu ma grabesc.

[avlad]

dupa vreo 1-2 luni, romanii vor putea plati decat cu banii in mana, crede-ma! si sa fie personal cand suna la usa sa lase plasa cu lire sterline.

Nu. Va trebui sa-ti faci cont PayPal

[Shearer]

adica trebuie card special pentru astia?

bollox.

[avlad]

Nu. Va trebui sa-ti faci cont PayPal

Cine a zis asta ?! Cont PayPal iti poti face cu orice card in afara de Maestro

[kellerman]

72 de lire pt un cacat? No thx...

[anahoret]

dupa vreo 1-2 luni, romanii vor putea plati decat cu banii in mana, crede-ma! si sa fie personal cand suna la usa sa lase plasa cu lire sterline.

"doar", maestre.

[adyvag]

bani de aruncat in vant, mai bine hattrick..

[Deck]

pentru beta testari vine 36.5 lire undeva in jurul a 1.6 mil pentru 12 luni deci nu e exagerat de mult, cel mai important e sa iti doresti sa joci si sa ai timp sa il joci

[avlad]

We are investigating issues raised in these forums concerning invalid voucher codes, declined payments and the message concerning invalid team names.

Whilst the issues get worked on, we have taken down the billing system meaning no one can currently pre-order.

If you have contacted FML support please be patient. We are dealing with a number of tickets and as soon as we have positive news we'll be in touch.

Don't panic, you're chance to pre-order will soon be available. More news as we have it.

[Sammy]

180 de lei pentru un an pe rahatu' asta de joc...

[avlad]

Stii cum e romanul ? Se pricepe doar la criticat.

Nu inteleg ce fel de forum e asta in care sunt permise genul asta de cuvinte. Faceti dom'le un topic cu injuraturi si vb acolo

[kellerman]

Zi-mi tu ceva bun la jocul asta, ceva de laudat.

[Sammy]

Stii cum e romanul ? Se pricepe doar la criticat.

Care-i problema ta daca mie nu-mi place jocu'? Daca mie mi se pare ciudat sa fie 50 de E pe an un joc care nu ma atrage deloc, care nici macar nu poate fi comparat cu jocul offline?

Si nu stiu ce injuratura vezi tu in "rahatu' asta de joc". Numai cei de la SI s-ar putea simti lezati de 'complimentul' meu, si tu nu cred ca te incadrezi acolo.

Now jog off.©

[avlad]

Cred ca a trecut de mult timp vremea argumentelor PRO si CONTRA FML. S-a zis de multe ori ca acest joc nu e un simulator precum FM ? E adevarat. Nici nu cautam asa ceva. FML e un MMORPG, unde aspectul social conteaza mult mai mult. E o chestiune de gust. Si gusturile nu se discuta.

Daca mie nu-mi place ciocolata si tu esti innebunit dupa ea, nu ma vezi strigand pe strada: "Ciocolata e de rahat"

Atat timp cat nu-ti place acest joc, nu inteleg de ce mai postezi.

[FC Parma]

Eu am incetat sa-l mai joc de aproape o luna. Nu ma pasioneaza, nu ma atrage cu nimic. Prefer FM-ul pe PC. Este mult mai captivant si mai realist.

[Sammy]

Cred ca a trecut de mult timp vremea argumentelor PRO si CONTRA FML. S-a zis de multe ori ca acest joc nu e un simulator precum FM ? E adevarat. Nici nu cautam asa ceva. FML e un MMORPG, unde aspectul social conteaza mult mai mult. E o chestiune de gust. Si gusturile nu se discuta.

Gata, m-am lamurit si de tine. Ia-te de gat cu Pauza, Deck, etc. Daca tu imi zici ca FML e MMORPG, probabil crezi ca CS e de strategie si WOW e FPS.

[mariuskl]

Astia de la SI pe asta se bazeaza. Modelul de online al celor de la WOW, servere platite, sa aiba profit.

Personal prefer sa iasa fm 2009. Apropo Mihai, nu a scapat nici un detaliu despre imbunatirile de anul asta ? ( adica din fm 2009)

[avlad]

Nu ma compara pe mine cu altii ca nu ma cunosti. Cred ca nu stii cu ce se mananca FML-ul si faci pe interesantul.

Nu zic doar eu ca e MMORPG :

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives..._an_mmorpg.html

http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2008/07/footba...nager-live.html

Eu ma iau de gat cu de'alde Marc Duffy sau Miles Jacobson care au fost primii ca au zis ca FML este si va ramane MMORPG

Eu zic sa te mai documentezi inainte sa-mi aplici o stampila.

[Guest ElNino]

Nici eu nu am primit nici un fel de mailde la ei,cat despre taxa care trebuie platita eu cred ca este putin cam mare.Ma asteptam sa fie mai mica.Incepe sa-mi cam piara entuziasmul.Sper sa nu ajung sa regret ca m-am apucat sa joc FM