FIFA 14...Who wants a mustache ride?!?!?!

There is. Its called the TFL.

The other reason is obviously the lack of depth of league support in-game. I am sure if this is anywhere near the depth of American football titles people would be flooding back to the TFL. Once this happens on Xbox One I will be first in line!

Allow me to add that Rich did an amazing job running this and I do struggle to keep up with the standard he set. There is no denying that The Richuation was a key to this being as successful as it was.

But the amount of turnover and people who want more out of the game, and the level of talent from top to bottom being rather large sometimes has hurt the league as well.

I wish I could play, really do, just don't have the time with the TMFL and the club stuff. Good luck, I think making the move to semi will get a lot of people back into the fold and the league will do great. While I personally enjoy manual, I agree that the amount of people that hate it outweigh those who love it and will be better for the league as a whole.

niuhuskie224

I just feel like you shouldn't feel like its better to alienate your hardcore FiFa players in the name of league growth. Though

I guess this is the part where you step up and elect to run a manual league, right?

I have a manual league but no one seems to be interested around here about playing manual. So in that sense I think Huskie has a point in switching to semi. It will definitely pull more people. It's the same for the general FIFA crowd as well. Some people argue for FIFA to be only manual, and as great as that sounds, the game wouldn't sell as much, and there wouldn't be a game.

Semi is a fine line to pull an optimum number of people, so be it. I have given up on the "great manual league with a bunch of players and depth" idea. At this point, all I'd like to do is to keep the manual loving guys together so that at least we have each other to play. That would be me, elprez, ... I think that's it.

Never said it wasn't but dude, you are running a manual league you don't count.

I was in school and had a baby. I am going to have my second child in just over a year, but this time i know what to expect and better manage my time. It's just frustrating to come back and see that the TFL has lost it's competitive side because some people didn't feel like they are good enough to play. And instead of making lower levels semi and top levels manual, the league acquiesces to the lowest common denominator? It's like the moment you come home from college and they tore down your favorite hangout.

Oh well.

Nah. I'm going to just play friendlies on manual and play PES single player like last year.

It doesn't say "hedache" for no good reason... We miss you Rich. ;(

I really wish you would have used spell checker when creating your username.

It was way before spells and wizards and shit...

Are the semi controls set in stone via the pre-match control settings, or do i still have the option of using manual controls?

is this possible? I like manual now that I have been playing this game for a year in CM but as a noob the last two releases I must say that it was not fun. I see where niuhuskie224 is going with this it makes sense this game is FN awesome and needs more rep on the site. If we can charge up Clubs again I think you will hook quite a few guys into giving this a whirl.

I sure hope those guy's above weren't insinuating that I was a pressure junkie as I have always taken pride in playing the game the right way. Yes, I'm not going to let some guy using Werder Bremen think he's Barcelona and pass the ball around for 80% of the time but I have always felt I play the game fairly.

I know I don't play in these leagues anymore but I completely agree with elprez98 in thinking going back to Semi is a step backwards. This is a SIM site and FIFA should ONLY be played on manual if you're gunning for SIM gameplay. I do understand why guy's want Semi but if you're a diehard FIFA guy, you seriously have no excuse to still be playing on Semi.. It's just wrong

I wish the TFL nothing but the best as I have a ton of great memories here and hopefully I can still catch hedache, Blaza and the rest of the old school guy's online once in a while for some manual action but I'm with Clutch as I may go back to my roots and pick up Winning Eleven also for some nice offline gaming.

Nope. You're too skilled to have to do that. Noles on the other hand...

But really.. Epl for noobs would be successful for sure

Why the h**l do you have a Viking avatar?

I think my biggest issue is the number of people saying we should play manual and what not haven't played in these leagues in MONTHS. I mean zero disrespect but where are all the vets who demand manual with the content and leadership and what have you? If we go manual are you sticking around for 10 months? Are you going to find more guys to play manual?

I love the guys who play here and I like playing manual but we are by no means a hardcore website for FIFA. If the hardcore guys step in and say they will play manual for 10 months and support and help run the league then manual can be the choice around here. But at the rate we are losing quality members because they are more casual FIFA gamers, I have to consider the long term growth of FIFA here.

Honesty, research shows just how much people hate a winner.

I'm looking forward to getting few (un)friendlies in with your once the new title drops.

NIU, you've been a great leader during the previous FIFA cycle. While many people have an opinion on how the game should be played, you're of the select few who have stepped to the plate and done what it takes to lead the community.

Going forward, and certainly into the next cycle, I trust you have the mindset to continue the growth of soccer witnessed here at TSO.