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Originally Posted by Peterk
A few people have mentioned having but not playing Football Manager in here.
Go for it. I got it back in 2007 and didn't know anything about soccer when I started playing...wasn't able to watch a full match without getting bored. After a couple of FM seasons, I became quite knowledgeable about the real sport (use Wikipedia to check up league rules when you're stumped), could discuss it intelligently, and absolutely love it now. It makes you realize that European soccer is just in a different league altogether from what we have in North America. Multiple tournaments and regular seasons all taking place together at the same time. It's quite dynamic.
England alone has over 520 pro soccer teams and in theory any two of those can meet for the English championship (FA Cup) in a given year.
I think the need for a break in OOTP becomes necessary simply because the regular season is so long. I'm actually physically tired after an OOTP season where I'm not with other games or other sports sims. I've been playing my seasons in about 3-4 weeks....40-50 games a week at 15 mins each...about 10-12 hours playing time.
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My suggestion ... I'm copying a soccer league model of 26 games, one game home and away against each team in a 14 team subleague, then a championship 3-game series against the champ of a rival 2nd subleague. I play two games per OOTP-week. I've gotten thru 4 seasons and LOVE it!! First time I've gone with such a short season.
EVERY game is important. With 3 or 4 games left in the season there is usually a logjam of 5-6 teams still in the hunt for the subleague title.
Added benefit -- even if you build a superteam (as humans usually do in OOTP, even with house rules) you can go into a 3 or 4 game slump or suffer injuries and it can kill your season. So you are always stressed out, no matter how talented your team is.
You will NOT get bored with such a setup, trust me.
