AN AVID GAMER has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest ever single game of Football Manager, running an astonishing 154 seasons.
Liverpool fan Darren Bland, also known as Wulfhammer, spent 173 days, 16 hours and 51 minutes over the course of nearly two years of real-life time from early 2013 to late 2014 managing Fiorentina in Football Manager 2010.
Bland eventually had to call it a day in the in-game year of 2163 after liquid damaged his laptop, having won Serie A a mere 151 times and, unsurprisingly, earning ‘Legendary’ status. His single biggest purchase was £105 million for Luis Tejedor on 1 July, 2040.
In the real world I’m an 80s glory-hunting Liverpool fan, fallen on less glorious times, I had a previous save with me managing them for 80 odd years,” Bland told Guinness World Records.
“But, variety is the spice and all that so, on this occasion, I plumped for Fiorentina. When I start a game with a club, I finish it with said club. Why abandon all the hard work just for some computer algorithm to muck it all up while I have to start the process all over?
I chose Fiorentina because a) My all time favourite player had a mediocre season with them — the genius, the doctor, the bearded lord of the nonchalant style, Socrates from the wonderful 1982 Brazil team. And b) They play in purple … Not a bad colour to look at for 154 years. If it’s good enough for Prince….”
According to Football Manager’s official Facebook page, Bland was required to pass a maximum number of ‘holiday’ days. So don’t get any ideas, folks.
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“‘Liquid damaged his laptop”Mmmmm
Paddy I think il have a hot whiskey tonight
Its cold enough for it!
football manager? completed it mate
Played it everyday and stayed up until about 3am for about 5 months before my leaving cert until my dad hid it on me a week before the lc . 5 months to late unfortunately
You might have had time to learn the difference between to, too and two.
Your dead right , if I were you I’d be in the gym not on this chubby chaser
“Your” and “you’re” giving you trouble too I see
That double chin is giving you more trouble ….
Have you even started shaving yet Ryan?
Alan look at my twitter photos iv a lovely beard ya gimp
B~m fluff Ryan
Going by the amount of red thumbs, you got totally rinsed Ryan. Just leave the chatting to the adults in future and go back to looking out the window waiting for your friends to call.
Just when Cathal was doing great he had to bring up his insecurities about thumbs.
Hdd is ok, typical excuses.
You sir, are a moron.
How so?