Still alive..

Still alive. Well. Sort of.

I just cancelled two of my three active subscriptions today. And the reasons? Same as I've been complaining about the last couple of years. Give me something fun to do in the game.

One subscription should be enough anyway. I guess many people take on several subscriptions just because managing one team simply gets boring in the long run as things are now. Maybe the PvE post in the forums can bring some playability back to the game if it is implemented.

I'm really not that concerned about the faults of the ME as many other bloggers/forum posters. I'll just adapt to whatever it takes and play the game for the current ME. After all, this is a numbers game, so if pace 20 is what I need, then pace 20 is what I'll buy. If 433 is the winning formation, then 433 is what I'll play. But I'm really disappointed by the lack of clarity shown by the developers when forum users raise genuine concerns. There are countless examples. My biggest gripes being lack of transfer taxes, uncontrolled flow of money in and out of the Gameworlds, way to much money floating up to the top (trading) teams and generally the fact that the game is quite linear and uninspiring most of the time.

I don't know what it takes to truly fix the game, I'm not a games developer. But I know what it takes to fix the game for me. I know why I was addicted to CM in it's early days. Make it interesting. Make it something I want to play. Make it an alternative to watching movies. Make it into a talking point with my friends. Make it keep me constantly checking my email to see if anything interesting has happened in the game. And ultimately. Make me play FML hour after hour. Just one more match. Just one more win. Just five more minutes. Until I force myself to go to bed only to be totally excited about getting up in the morning to check for any changes that might have occurred while I was asleep.