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Hundred Percent Adoration Rating was renamed Universally Beloved Leader in TRS. If an example was removed, it likely isn't a good example as written


* HundredPercentAdorationRating: It's practically impossible to do it literally, but there is an achievement that requires having at least 90% of the board's confidence overall.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: If you want fans to strongly appreciate your success, said success must be very long-term. It does not matter if you took your team from the fourth (And lowest playable) tier in the country to top-flight (Where it had never been in the past) in less than 10 years, you will merely be Favoured Personnel. The fans' stubborness also happens with players, as they need several seasons at a very high performance to be Favoured Personnel, and even then it may not be enough. The manager's situation is {{averted}} with the board, however, as they are much more willing to appreciate what you have done. [[ObstructiveBureaucrat But they will still not expand or build a new stadium, or increase scouting range]], sorry.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: If you want fans to strongly appreciate your success, said success must be very long-term. It does not matter if you took your team from the fourth (And lowest playable) tier in the country to top-flight (Where it had never been in the past) in less than 10 years, you will merely be Favoured Personnel. The fans' stubborness stubbornness also happens with players, as they need several seasons at a very high performance to be Favoured Personnel, and even then it may not be enough. The manager's situation is {{averted}} with the board, however, as they are much more willing to appreciate what you have done. [[ObstructiveBureaucrat But they will still not expand or build a new stadium, or increase scouting range]], sorry.



* EndlessGame: Double Subverted. The player character manager ages, but will eventually stop ageing and is immortal.

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* EndlessGame: Double Subverted. DoubleSubverted. The player character manager ages, but will eventually stop ageing and is immortal.immortal.
** The ''Championship Manager''-era games did have a technical limit, as eventually the save file would grow too large for the game to load; this could take about 100-250 seasons, depending on your chosen settings. More recent games are genuinely endless.



*** Exaggerated in Football Manager 2015. The first six months feature the Primera División the way it has been known for years, but the Primera B Nacional involves two groups of 11 teams, in where five teams of each group gets promoted. Starting in 2015, the Primera División has '''thirty''' teams playing one time against each other, bar rival (Or close) teams, which are played twice. It will be very complicated '''again''' when the 2016 january transfer window patch is released. The thirty teams will be split in two groups of 15 (Rivals or close teams are not placed in the same group), playing once against each other, plus two derbies, and only one team is relegated. Then it goes back to the 2015 format, though starting in mid-year instead of spanning a single year.
** Belgium has a system so bizarre across the entire league pyramid that you're better off just trying to win every match than bother trying to understand it. (In short: Everyone plays each other twice, then the league cleaves into 3 groups of six (and the points obtained at that point are halved), deciding in order: The championship[1-6]; mid-table[7-12]; and who gets relegated[13-18].)

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*** Exaggerated in Football ''Football Manager 2015.2015''. The first six months feature the Primera División the way it has been known for years, but the Primera B Nacional involves two groups of 11 teams, in where five teams of each group gets promoted. Starting in 2015, the Primera División has '''thirty''' teams playing one time against each other, bar rival (Or close) teams, which are played twice. It will be very complicated '''again''' when the 2016 january January transfer window patch is released. The thirty teams will be split in two groups of 15 (Rivals (rivals or close teams are not placed in the same group), playing once against each other, plus two derbies, and only one team is relegated. Then it goes back to the 2015 format, though starting in mid-year instead of spanning a single year.
** Belgium has a system so bizarre across the entire league pyramid that you're better off just trying to win every match than bother trying to understand it. (In short: Everyone plays each other twice, then the league cleaves into 3 groups of six (and the points obtained at that point are halved), deciding in order: The championship[1-6]; mid-table[7-12]; championship [1-6]; mid-table [7-12]; and who gets relegated[13-18].relegated [13-18].)



** Brazil's league system has multiple league competitions running as national, state and local competitions. Some of these also have splits and playoff systems not determined solely by final position. The main useful difference compared to European & Asian leagues is that the season takes place via calendar year.

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** Brazil's league system has multiple league competitions running as national, state and local competitions. Some of these also have splits and playoff systems not determined solely by final position. The main useful difference compared to European & and Asian leagues is that the season takes place via calendar year.



** Championship Manager 4 and Championship Manager 03/04 suffer this really badly on modern computers, due to them being unable to work properly on multiple-core [=CPUs=]. The average modern [=CPU=] core is weaker than the average single-core [=CPUs=] from the times those games were released - as a result, they run '''much''' slower than both older and newer games of the series.

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** Championship ''Championship Manager 4 4'' and Championship ''Championship Manager 03/04 03/04'' suffer this really badly on modern computers, due to them being unable to work properly on multiple-core [=CPUs=]. The average modern [=CPU=] core is weaker than the average single-core [=CPUs=] from the times those games were released - as a result, they run '''much''' slower than both older and newer games of the series.



** Championship Manager 01/02 is still arguably the most popular installment of the game, following whichever one was recently released.
** Football Manager 2012 out of all the modern versions has a cult following and is considered the last full version before the game began to increase the amount of micro-management bloat. In particular, it is the last version to have the old training module.

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** Championship ''Championship Manager 01/02 01/02'' is still arguably the most popular installment of the game, following whichever one was recently released.
** Football ''Football Manager 2012 2012'' out of all the modern versions has a cult following and is considered the last full version before the game began to increase the amount of micro-management bloat. In particular, it is the last version to have the old training module.



*** Starting in Football Manager 2015, if you have a request refused by the board, you can leak that event to the press. It almost always ends with the player being sacked.

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*** Starting in Football ''Football Manager 2015, 2015'', if you have a request refused by the board, you can leak that event to the press. It almost always ends with the player being sacked.



** Newgens very rarely might get an injury from playing too much Football Manager.

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** Newgens very rarely might get an injury from playing too much Football Manager.''Football Manager''.



** Quite strangely, the way the AI sums up teams based on results and reputation can result in newly-promoted teams having a much easier time in their first season in the new league than in their second. In the first season, almost all the other teams in the league will see them as easy pickings and play too aggressively, leaving them open to being counter-attacked, but once the new team stays up for a season they are treated like other teams on that level, and the AI teams will play defensively, preferring to control the possession and be patient, which is harder to defend and counter-attack with the likely inferior players a recently promoted team will have.[[note]]This is, to an extent, TruthInTelevision: "second season syndrome", where newly-promoted teams do well in their first season but struggle in the second, is a well-documented phenomenon. A notorious example are Ipswich Town, who were prompoted to the Premier League in 1999-2000, finished 5th in 2000-01 and qualified for Europe, then finished ''19th'' in 2001-02 to plummet back down into Division One.[[/note]]

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** Quite strangely, the way the AI sums up teams based on results and reputation can result in newly-promoted teams having a much easier time in their first season in the new league than in their second. In the first season, almost all the other teams in the league will see them as easy pickings and play too aggressively, leaving them open to being counter-attacked, but once the new team stays up for a season they are treated like other teams on that level, and the AI teams will play defensively, preferring to control the possession and be patient, which is harder to defend and counter-attack with the likely inferior players a recently promoted team will have.[[note]]This is, to an extent, TruthInTelevision: "second season syndrome", where newly-promoted teams do well in their first season but struggle in the second, is a well-documented phenomenon. A notorious example are Ipswich Town, who were prompoted promoted to the Premier League in 1999-2000, finished 5th in 2000-01 and qualified for Europe, then finished ''19th'' in 2001-02 to plummet back down into Division One.[[/note]]
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** This can also happen with young players. Even with the best scouts and a great team to measure their potential, it's still inaccurate to an extent. It's only up to around the age of 24 where their potential can be more accurately determined.

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** This can also happen with young players. Even with the best scouts and a great team to measure their potential, it's still inaccurate to an extent. It's only up to around the age of 24 22 where their potential can be more accurately determined.determined (i.e. the "white" stars get removed).
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* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: If a player has played at a club for 10 years, you have the right to organize a Testimonial match for them, a special friendly all about recognizing them and their stalwart service to the club. Since it's about honoring a player, some former players will return for that match, putting on the kit one more time.
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** Promotion from the Dutch second division to the Eredivisie is rather convoluted. The top two of the second division get promoted immediately, taking the place of the Eredivisie bottom two. Then there's a playoff system for a possible third club to get promoted, however. 7 teams qualify for these playoffs: the no. 16 of last Eredivisie season, 4 period title winners (for "period titles" the second division season is split into 4 segments, with the best performing team of each period being awarded such a title) and the two highest ranking teams that did not win a period title. The 6 seeded second div. teams then play each other in a two-legged tie, followed by another round where the three winners are joined by the Eredivisie side. After said round a final round determines who gets to be the third promoted club (or keep their Eredivisie spot). Its gets more convoluted with the knowledge that performing well in just one quarter of the season can technically set you on a path towards promotion, meaning a club that starts the season very well, but then falls away completely can get promoted. What's more, the Dutch second division includes a number of second teams of generally big Eredivisie sides (Ajax, PSV, AZ, Utrecht at present), and these can't get promoted nor earn period titles (they will get awarded them, but their spot in the playoffs will be given to the next best eligible team). With all of these factors in play it is entirely possible for a team that finishes in the bottom half of the table to get promoted to the Eredivisie.

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** Promotion from the Dutch second division to the Eredivisie is rather convoluted. The top two of the second division get promoted immediately, taking the place of the Eredivisie bottom two. Then there's a playoff system for a possible third club to get promoted, however. 7 teams qualify for these playoffs: the no. 16 of last Eredivisie season, 4 period title winners (for "period titles" the second division season is split into 4 segments, with the best performing team of each period being awarded such a title) and the two highest ranking teams that did not win a period title. The 6 seeded second div. teams then play each other in a two-legged tie, followed by another round where the three winners are joined by the Eredivisie side. After said round a final round determines who gets to be the third promoted club (or keep their Eredivisie spot). Its It gets more convoluted with the knowledge that performing well in just one quarter of the season can technically set you on a path towards promotion, meaning a club that starts the season very well, but then falls away completely can get promoted. What's more, the Dutch second division includes a number of second teams of generally big Eredivisie sides (Ajax, PSV, AZ, Utrecht at present), and these can't get promoted nor earn period titles (they will get awarded them, but their spot in the playoffs will be given to the next best eligible team). With all of these factors in play it is entirely possible for a team that finishes in the bottom half of the table to get promoted to the Eredivisie.
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** Promotion from the Dutch second division to the Eredivisie is rather convoluted. The top two of the second division get promoted immediately, taking the place of the Eredivisie bottom two. Then there's a playoff system for a possible third club to get promoted, however. 7 teams qualify for these playoffs: the no. 16 of last Eredivisie season, 4 period title winners (for "period titles" the second division seasons is split into 4 segments, with the best performing team of each period being awarded such a title) and the two highest ranking teams that did not win a period title. The 6 seeded second div. teams then play each other in a two-legged tie, followed by another round where the three winners are joined by the Eredivisie side. After said round a final round determines who gets to be the third promoted club (or keep their Eredivisie spot). Its gets more convoluted with the knowledge that performing well in just one quarter of the season can technically set you on a path towards promotion, meaning a club that starts the season very well, but then falls away completely can get promoted. What's more, the Dutch second division includes a number of second teams of generally big Eredivisie sides (Ajax, PSV, AZ, Utrecht at present), and these can't get promoted nor earn period titles (they will get awarded them, but their spot in the playoffs will be given to the next best eligible team). With all of these factors in play it is entirely possible for a team that finishes in the bottom half of the table to get promoted to the Eredivisie.

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** Promotion from the Dutch second division to the Eredivisie is rather convoluted. The top two of the second division get promoted immediately, taking the place of the Eredivisie bottom two. Then there's a playoff system for a possible third club to get promoted, however. 7 teams qualify for these playoffs: the no. 16 of last Eredivisie season, 4 period title winners (for "period titles" the second division seasons season is split into 4 segments, with the best performing team of each period being awarded such a title) and the two highest ranking teams that did not win a period title. The 6 seeded second div. teams then play each other in a two-legged tie, followed by another round where the three winners are joined by the Eredivisie side. After said round a final round determines who gets to be the third promoted club (or keep their Eredivisie spot). Its gets more convoluted with the knowledge that performing well in just one quarter of the season can technically set you on a path towards promotion, meaning a club that starts the season very well, but then falls away completely can get promoted. What's more, the Dutch second division includes a number of second teams of generally big Eredivisie sides (Ajax, PSV, AZ, Utrecht at present), and these can't get promoted nor earn period titles (they will get awarded them, but their spot in the playoffs will be given to the next best eligible team). With all of these factors in play it is entirely possible for a team that finishes in the bottom half of the table to get promoted to the Eredivisie.

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