Afternoon to you story tellers out there,
After reading a thread constructed by Sean, many of you out there agree that the 'Stories' section of this site is nothing but boring challenges. In this thread, the many people that agreed with Sean's statements did not provide help for the many story tellers out there on FM-base. So, i've constructed a thread with many tips, hints and links to help you get the best out of your story and to keep people interested.
Fake Articles
An example used by Sean to encourage members to use the various editing sites and to create a more realistic story for us readers. As mentioned, this can be used at many times of your career, and is very easy to construct and add to your thread.
Links to fake article sites:
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
(The site used in my example, very easy to use)
http://www.inthepaper.co.uk/
(Another good sight, but with less freedom of story choice)
http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/
(A good site for a selection of teams that you make new signings with, check it out)
Highlights/Goals of each match
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An idea first used by Redders, it is time consuming but is VERY helpful to keep people interested in your story. It takes a few steps to do, but creates a much better storyline.
First step - Go into your match, click match controls, save highlight.
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Second step - Name your video, and save in the already chosen document and press 'save'.
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Third step - Minimize your game, and open my documents.
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Fourth step - Search the name of your video and wait.
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Fifth step - Find your video in the results, to make sure you have saved it.
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Sixth step - Create a youtube account, or sign in to your current one.
Seventh step - Go into 'My Vidoes'.
Eighth step - Click 'Upload video'.
Ninth step - Find your file in my documents. If you are struggling to find it, it should be in here:
Documents>SportsInteractive>FootballManager2010>matches
Tenth step - Confirm the video you want to upload, and continue.
Eleventh step - Keep following the route until you have finally uploaded your video.
Twelth step - Your video should now be on youtube, now you can just post the link onto your thread, and BAM. Your match highlights.
:WARNING:
-If you are unable to view your video due to the video output or something along the lines of that, you will need to change the video file type. Use this website to do this..
http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
Download this, and find your file then select the right file save type.
Hope this helped, there may be flaws in my instructions, if so, point them out. I've never tried this before, but i think this should work.
10 ways to keep people reading your story:
This gives a really neat look to the thread, creating your own kit is something that makes your story unique to all the others. I would recommend trying it out
Here is the link for the templates of kits:
http://www.fmstyle.co.uk/forums/fm09-templates/2496-kit-templates.html
You will need to download a photoshop editor to make your kits look better
Also.. Another thead about the fake articles..
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f81/basic-story-templates-t29283.html
Other things to try in your story:
Thanks,
FourFourTwo.
After reading a thread constructed by Sean, many of you out there agree that the 'Stories' section of this site is nothing but boring challenges. In this thread, the many people that agreed with Sean's statements did not provide help for the many story tellers out there on FM-base. So, i've constructed a thread with many tips, hints and links to help you get the best out of your story and to keep people interested.
Fake Articles
An example used by Sean to encourage members to use the various editing sites and to create a more realistic story for us readers. As mentioned, this can be used at many times of your career, and is very easy to construct and add to your thread.
Links to fake article sites:
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
(The site used in my example, very easy to use)
http://www.inthepaper.co.uk/
(Another good sight, but with less freedom of story choice)
http://www.makingthenews.co.uk/
(A good site for a selection of teams that you make new signings with, check it out)
Highlights/Goals of each match
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-55fVyF1Z-w&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-55fVyF1Z-w&feature=related[/ame]
An idea first used by Redders, it is time consuming but is VERY helpful to keep people interested in your story. It takes a few steps to do, but creates a much better storyline.
First step - Go into your match, click match controls, save highlight.
View attachment 32635
Second step - Name your video, and save in the already chosen document and press 'save'.
View attachment 32636
Third step - Minimize your game, and open my documents.
View attachment 32637
Fourth step - Search the name of your video and wait.
View attachment 32638
View attachment 32639
Fifth step - Find your video in the results, to make sure you have saved it.
View attachment 32640
Sixth step - Create a youtube account, or sign in to your current one.
Seventh step - Go into 'My Vidoes'.
Eighth step - Click 'Upload video'.
Ninth step - Find your file in my documents. If you are struggling to find it, it should be in here:
Documents>SportsInteractive>FootballManager2010>matches
Tenth step - Confirm the video you want to upload, and continue.
Eleventh step - Keep following the route until you have finally uploaded your video.
Twelth step - Your video should now be on youtube, now you can just post the link onto your thread, and BAM. Your match highlights.
:WARNING:
-If you are unable to view your video due to the video output or something along the lines of that, you will need to change the video file type. Use this website to do this..
http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
Download this, and find your file then select the right file save type.
Hope this helped, there may be flaws in my instructions, if so, point them out. I've never tried this before, but i think this should work.
10 ways to keep people reading your story:
- Add a link in your signature about your thread.
- Sign big name playersm such as Beckham signing for a Championship side.
- Add details about other things happening in your save, such as managers being sacked and high fee transfers.
- Update with each MONTH in the game, not per game or per sequence of games.
- When in the transfer market, only update with a high fee transfer.
- Add details about the match, giving the reader a good idea of what happened.
- Make the thread look tidy, it will encourage people to stay, just like a house.
- Add pictures, since the age of 5, we've all loved them.
- Interact with your readers, ask them for occasional advice, but do not overload them with qeustions or let them run the story.
- Secretly advertise your story, as mentioned above, adding a link in your signature is sneaky, but if your on another story and they talk about a transfer which you also recently made, then mention about your story, but don't spam or advertise blaintently. (A)
This gives a really neat look to the thread, creating your own kit is something that makes your story unique to all the others. I would recommend trying it out
Here is the link for the templates of kits:
http://www.fmstyle.co.uk/forums/fm09-templates/2496-kit-templates.html
You will need to download a photoshop editor to make your kits look better
Also.. Another thead about the fake articles..
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f81/basic-story-templates-t29283.html
Other things to try in your story:
- Doing what we call "A joint story" with another member, it gains more interest.
- Have a catchy name of the thread, but nothing stupid or off-topic.
- If you have close friends on the site, ask them to take a look and comment, it will gain more attention and won't count as spam if your asking them.
- If your thread is not gaining enough attention, try to be more impulsive.
- Make sure your introduction is formal and good, nothing shabby.
- If you get fired, let us know, we won't be hanging onto your story for a long time. If you cannot update for whatever reason, also let us know.
- Share your tactics and player stats with the readers, get them involved. 8-|
Thanks,
FourFourTwo.
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