pan6467

Thought I'd start a thread on bargain games you have found that you became addicted to or just loved to play and got more than you money's worth.

I've spent some bucks on big named games I never really played because once I got them, they didn't hold my interest. Yet my latest find was 99 cents .....

Here's my experience.

I was in a CVS recently and they had a box of CD-ROMs for 99 cents. So I looked to see what they had and found a game called "Football Manager" and now am addicted to the game.

It's very basic and easily beatable.

The object is to manager your football team with salary cap to win the World Championship. And you can go for years upon years. The game starts in 2003 and I have managed to take it up to 2048, so far.

I have won many championships and AFC 's (I'm playing as Cincy), I have had a few "bad" seasons and came across an 0-16 season. However I have more often won than lost.

There are some flaws, the drafts suck one year you can have all 7 picks be great potential and then for 5 years after each guy you drafted sucks.

The season I just played is going to be a horrid offseason, in that all my key players are F/A now and I am over the cap by $5000 and on minimum roster (53) so I can't cut or trade anyone to lower my cap to sign the players I need..... so I'll lose them all.

It's also very easy to sell your draft picks then go and "signing bonus" F/A to the minimum........ but again, even at minimum this last season, I am over cap and cannot sign anyone....... so the problem exists and I have to find a way to rebuild...... just fun and addictive.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"