This your weekly dose of news, notes and strategical insight into the universe of Football Manager Live. The show covers all the latest developments in FML, happenings in and around the gameworlds, how-to tips and the featured community blog of the week, answering listener submitted questions – strategy, tactics, opinions and issues on the minds of FM Live managers. On this installment of the podcast…

“Studio” Guest:
Rob Barns-Graham aka FullMetalRacket, Sega/Sports Interactive Community Officer

Topics of Discussion:
The role of the community officer for FM Live
Support tickets and gameworld launch night issues
Launch delays: has SI overestimated initial subscriber numbers?
The hands-on relationship between SI and independently run FML fansites
Basics of setting up a fansite/blog and aspects that will help it succeed
Playing FML as a Sega/SI employee and keeping up appearances
Communication issues concerning the 1.01 update
The effects of gameworld transfers on long term playability
Dealing with criticism and “moaners” on FML forums
The apparent age gap between FM and FML users in the community
Future of creating community-based content in FML

Featured Community Site: Left Foot Forward blog wildgeesefc.blogspot.com

Listen to the show right now: [podcast]http://www.fm-britain.co.uk/podcasts/05extra120208.mp3[/podcast]

If you would like to submit a listener question, have your FML blog/site featured or can suggest any topics you’d like to hear discussed on the show – don’t hesitate to e-mail Jordan at jordan@getsacked.net or post in the podcast section of the FM-Britain forums.

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About the Author // Jordan Cooper

Jordan is our resident Football Manager Live expert, the co-founder of Game World One and the force behind FM-B’s community building efforts. The long-standing host/producer of the Get Sacked! podcast, it’s quite hard for him to go unnoticed in the Football Manager scene – from helping out hundreds of FM/FML users on Twitter daily to writing thesis-length posts on every community forum. Through his former days as a professional poker player, he is an expert at game theory concepts, probability and optimal decision-based strategies.