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Last updated : 3 March 2001 (Australian Time)
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Magus' Championship Manager 3 Guide v0.3
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Version History

v0.1-First edition.
v0.2-Thanks to JArtanto, I added a little notice down the bottom.
Thanks again for telling me!
v0.3-New email addy!

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Contents
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1)Introduction
2)Game Basics
3)Matchday
4)Finer Details
5)Formations
6)Acknowledgements

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1)Introduction
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Championship Manager 3 is the pinnacle of soccer management sims.
Sure, the graphics are extremely plain and boring, everything is
text, but there's something about this game that keeps you hooked,
and going back for more. In fact, the reason why I only typed this
up now is because I've been too busy playing it!

The concept is simple, pick a team to manage, and try to fulfill the
club's wishes, which are usually to end up as champions! CM3 is a
highly detailed game, where you can pick almost any club (GO LEEDS)
and find almost any player.

Once you've picked a club (I'll use Leeds in this case), your job
is to check out your squad, see their strengths and weaknesses, and
look for players that could be useful to your team, on the transfer
market. Finding players is a bore most of the time, and don't you
even think about buying all the best ones straight away. Each player
has his own value, and of top of that you've got to pay the wages,
the club, etc... It's a thinking game, this one. If you can't be
bothered finding players yourself, leave it up to your scouts!

Then comes game time. Select players from your squad, a couple of
subsititutes, select formation and tactics, and it's off to the
match! There'll be a few pre-season matches, and they are mainly
for practice. In the game, CM3 gives you stats like no other game has
given you before. Ditching graphics for text commentary has worked
unbelievably well, detailing exactly what's going on the pitch, and
who's affected.

Half time comes, and you can check out how tired your players are,
their effectiveness, passes they've made, succesful challenges,
headers, etc. CM3 is astounding in the way it reports all of this
information to you.

Come home, start the season, qualify for the tournaments, get more
money, and so the game goes on. Like I've said many times before,
this game is amazing in how much information it provides you with.
Each attribute a player has is covered, their form, their history,
their value, and the injuries they've recieved, who's interested
in buying them, your financial status, the transfer market, there's
nothing the game hasn't covered.

Championship Manager 3 is one of the most addictive games around,
it's just got that something extra that none of the other pathetic
attempts as soccer managements sims have. So, what are it's bad
points? Shoddy graphics. Well, they're extremely basic. No players
kicking balls around, just colorful backgrounds and lots of boxes
to click on. Also, it's quite slow, even on a monster of a PC.

However, these factors shouldn't affect your decision in buying
the best soccer management sim around!!!

For: Addictive, extremely informative, fun gameplay. Every little
detail is represented.
Against: Basic graphics, slow, and the fact that I can't even buy
Viduka with 20 million pounds. I'll nab him one day.

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2)Game Basics (or Before you hit that Continue Game button for the
first time)
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*Like the title implies, you'll want to do most of this before
clicking "Continue" for the first time.*

After you've clicked on the new game button, you'll get a screen that
shows all of the leagues available to manage in. Selected is/are the
leagues that you want to participate in, and background leagues are
the ones that you'll get all the results for, but won't be able to
particpate in. I recommend only selecting one league to participate
in, and up to four background leagues, otherwise the game will run
really slowly.

After you've chosen your leagues, CM3 will load up. This takes a
while, don't say I didn't warn you. So go outside, mow the lawn, feed
the fish, walk the dog, and when you come back, it should have loaded.

Enter your name, and a password if you wish. Then pick a nationality.
Then you'll be able to pick your club from the selected league.
Yes, I know all of you will be rushing off and clicking on "MANCHESTER
UNITED" but people, that's not much of a challenge. Try starting
in the Third Division and working your way up to the Premier League
in three years. That is truly satisfying. However, I'll just pick
Leeds for the moment. To pick a club, click on their name, head up
to the top right hand corner, and press "Take Control".

You can also take control of a national team this way. Click on a
player that plays for the country you want to control, and you'll
get their stats. Next to their name should be their nationality,
click on that, then take control of the national squad.

After you've picked your club, the "(Your Name here) News" screen
pops up, and the two/three messages you'll get are that you've been
appointed as manager (and subsequently, the previous manager has
been sacked, sorry Davo), the board will list their expectations of
your management (for Leeds, it's to qualify for Europe, for Arsenal/
Chelsea/Manchester, it's to mount a serious title challenge, and
for teams like Charlton and Nottingham Forest, it's to battle bravely
against relegation), and then you'll get your fixtures.

Expectation Plain English
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Mount a serious challenge Finish on top
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European Qualification Get into European competition, they
don't care how
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Promotion Finish on top, or get to the playoffs
and win. This is for the lower
divisions
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Play-offs Make the playoffs, and hopefully
get promoted
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Respectable position Top half of the table
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Stay clear of relegation Middle of the table
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Battle against relegation Bottom half of the table
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Improve the club Relegation, or close to it

Click on your name (in the sidebar), and then click on the squad
to browse through your squad. Your whole team will come up, and you
can click on each player to see their stats, age, nationality, value,
etc. Don't forget to take a look at your reserves as well. The
reserves are for your under-20s, but there may be a few exceptions
(players just coming off injury should play in reserves for a week,
and there are some excellent under-20 players in the Leeds squad,
which are Kewell, Smith and Woodgate).

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Player Stats
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If you click on a player, you'll bring their stats screen up. You'll
have five blue buttons, stats, injuries/bans, contract, transfer,
and history.