You may have noticed I've been a little quiet on the blog front recently. I've done something very, very stupid.
About 4 or 5 years ago, I bought a game for my computer called 'Championship Manager'. For those of you that don't know it, it's a football management game. Obviously I chose to be the manager of the mighty Tractor Boys, and I was rather successful. Not only did I get them promoted into the Premiership, I also won the Premiership in my 2nd season up. I did the Premiership and Champions League double the year after that. My team included Figo (back when he was good), Kluivert (ditto), van Nistelrooy, Zidane, Beckham, Nesta and various other world superstars, and we were pretty much unbeatable. Bearing in mind the real Ipswich Town were getting twatted week in, week out, it was a welcome relief from the 'real' world.
The problem was, though, it was just so fucking addictive it ended up taking over my life. I keep a record of how much business I do at work each month. If you were to put it in a graph, you could actually see on the date I bought the game that my work rate plummeted. In the end, in a moment of sanity, I actually had to force myself to throw the game away, and I'm ashamed to say that I also had to physically force myself to not buy it again.
So, recently I was in Tescos and I saw there's a new version out. And I thought hey, I'm mature now, I'm in control of my life. I can buy it, play it every now and then and it will all be ok. I won't let it take over my life again like it did last time. I can handle it.
WRONG. I've played it every night since I got it til 2am. Arse. Although I am top of the Championship and promotion is looking very likely. But it's just so fucking addictive, it's always just one more game...
If no one has heard from me by the middle of next week, can someone please come to Plymouth and prise the thing out of my fingers and smash it. Please. You'll be doing me a BIG favour.
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Men. Tch.
Chez, is this some sort of video game? I've never been into them myself, but I spend countless hours analyzing player statistics trying to win my fantasy hockey league. Is this gaming above and beyond your fantasy football?
Yes, it's a video game, but not in the shoot em up, it's a strategy type game.
Imagine a video game where you are the manager of a hockey team. The hockey team YOU support, with the actual players. And where you can buy the hockey players that YOU would like to see playing for your team...
If such a thing exists, don't buy it. Unless you never want to see your wife and kids again.
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