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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;DEcHQnwzcCp7ImA9WhRVF0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203</id><updated>2012-01-16T23:20:33.288Z</updated><title>Lost Elephant</title><subtitle type="html" /><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/loselephants" /><feedburner:info uri="loselephants" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkYCR3w8cCp7ImA9WhRSEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-6726194689721883541</id><published>2011-11-13T23:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-13T23:49:26.278Z</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-13T23:49:26.278Z</app:edited><title>MW3- My own worst enemy</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/6726194689721883541/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/11/mw3-my-own-worst-enemy.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/6726194689721883541?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/6726194689721883541?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/iiK8WuaGrSg/mw3-my-own-worst-enemy.html" title="MW3- My own worst enemy" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">It has occurred to me that I'm rubbish at modern warfare 3 tonight. The truth is I have never been great at shooters but always loved them. If your on PSN my see ID is thom-forever add me and check my stats I really am the worst player ever.

I've realised this has come for 2 reasons. 1) I always play with music on and 2) I just like blowing shit up. I play it as a kind of stress relieving 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jZ9zQ8toV0zcxW0qsyEMjKGbi_A/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jZ9zQ8toV0zcxW0qsyEMjKGbi_A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/iiK8WuaGrSg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/11/mw3-my-own-worst-enemy.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkcMQ386fyp7ImA9WhRSEUU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-8435045409786933094</id><published>2011-11-13T12:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-13T12:41:22.117Z</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-13T12:41:22.117Z</app:edited><title>Making the press #UFlive</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/8435045409786933094/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/11/making-press-uflive.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/8435045409786933094?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/8435045409786933094?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/mgzW3cHCRbo/making-press-uflive.html" title="Making the press #UFlive" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">So I have made a headline:

Great article here from DIY gamer and for some reason I got a mention. Although I can't take credit for answering the questions this article is well worth a read:

http://www.diygamer.com/2011/11/footballmanagement-mmo-fans-fans-ultimate-football-live-interview/

PS I hope you like the Elephant's facelift.
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I set this blog up to talk about a game which was a mega part of my life but we are moving forwards now. To be fair it will now consist a lot of me talking about the PS3, the development of UFL (which there are some older posts about below) and general day to day stuff. I must plug UFL 
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The second of my behind the scenes UFL blogs is out now here.

Have a read I discuss what our aims for the game are and look at how we develop a feature to the game.

Look After Yourselves





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I have started writing another blog.... God help you. 


Its called the UFL BackStage Blog.
If you still follow this site or Los Elephants on twitter the burning writer inside of me has broken out and I will now be writing a bit of a journal about the behind the scenes growth of Ultimate Football Live. I am doing it through their site, so you can find the link HERE.


It will discuss the thing
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hWAfHfVILEYgRdIDhbyM1BuVyog/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hWAfHfVILEYgRdIDhbyM1BuVyog/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/bKRw25KJbQo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/08/blogging-again-uflive.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUMSXk9cCp7ImA9WhZbF0o.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-7599957325426181292</id><published>2011-06-22T20:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T20:51:28.768+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-22T20:51:28.768+01:00</app:edited><title>#UFlive</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/7599957325426181292/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/06/uflive.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/7599957325426181292?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/7599957325426181292?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/SfyvzXN15q4/uflive.html" title="#UFlive" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">If you haven't already heard there is a new football management game called Ultimate Football Live in development by the community who feel that a Football Management MMO is definitely high in demand. A cooperative of people working for nothing on a game that they care about, to share with other like minded gamers.

I've decided to break a bit of a silence on UFLive. Ultimate Football Live is a 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhtcW_UuO4cAS8TsOI2QDhZKqx4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhtcW_UuO4cAS8TsOI2QDhZKqx4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/SfyvzXN15q4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2011/06/uflive.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UARHk_cSp7ImA9Wx5XFU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-4184522234659664925</id><published>2010-09-15T00:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T00:00:45.749+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-15T00:00:45.749+01:00</app:edited><title>The Fabrice Bamba Story</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/4184522234659664925/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/09/fabrice-bamba-story.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/4184522234659664925?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/4184522234659664925?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/r-g6R2bQWoM/fabrice-bamba-story.html" title="The Fabrice Bamba Story" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/TI_9otZk1oI/AAAAAAAAANM/LpKxeyddl8Q/s72-c/F+Bamba.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">So I step out into season 7 with a massive sense of impending doom. I speak a lot about the ability of those around you, well in my league of 15 teams everyone other than 2 are much better than me. I have a 15.9* ability, and everyone in my league is above 16 other than 2. But with 3 getting relegated I’m in trouble.
My off season plan was to sign a striker and that never happened. The ‘two silly
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0LBh7eMmgsNq5xVU6ik6fz758n8/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0LBh7eMmgsNq5xVU6ik6fz758n8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/r-g6R2bQWoM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/09/fabrice-bamba-story.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0YASHg4eip7ImA9WxFbEUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-7242709950995911754</id><published>2010-07-03T21:50:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T22:05:49.632+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-03T22:05:49.632+01:00</app:edited><title>The Nike World Cup Advert Jinx???</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/7242709950995911754/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/7242709950995911754?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/7242709950995911754?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/MFqqQhqNpws/blog-post.html" title="The Nike World Cup Advert Jinx???" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>2</thr:total><content type="html">This is the best advert from the world of sport since the caged football games from years ago.
But is this advert jinxed- think about it???

Rooney - never scored

Ribery and Evra - France Crash Out

Ronaldinho and Walcott - Never got on a plane

Ronaldo - left isolated by his team mates, never even had a chance

Drogba - Injured, never got chance to maximise his position of Africa's most famous 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4FqHeQ6419SCqFntpQxa7cI7lD0/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4FqHeQ6419SCqFntpQxa7cI7lD0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/MFqqQhqNpws" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ck8MQXc8cSp7ImA9WxFRE00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-4682323772899708111</id><published>2010-04-26T17:54:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T17:54:40.979+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-04-26T17:54:40.979+01:00</app:edited><title>Single Nationality Management - The complete guide.</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/4682323772899708111/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/04/single-nationality-management-complete.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/4682323772899708111?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/4682323772899708111?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/DoZ7f5Z-UC8/single-nationality-management-complete.html" title="Single Nationality Management - The complete guide." /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/S9XFDlquTYI/AAAAAAAAAFI/Yq6l6ev-3Ok/s72-c/imagesCA0CM6GY.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">Hi, I’m writing this as a reference to single nationality management. I have posted it as normal but will be giving it its own section on the top tab for those reading it on Los Elephants, for everybody reading on Game World+ hello.

I am hoping this can be a reference to any one that isn’t too chicken to take the single nationality challenge. I hope a load of people go for this fantastic and 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sHpOqURHjHtElWGCvazuue26hQ/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0sHpOqURHjHtElWGCvazuue26hQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/DoZ7f5Z-UC8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/04/single-nationality-management-complete.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQDQ3szfip7ImA9WxBaGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-484763891643515009</id><published>2010-03-31T00:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T00:39:32.586+01:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-03-31T00:39:32.586+01:00</app:edited><title>Academies - Your Not Guna Like This</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/484763891643515009/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2010/03/academies-your-not-guna-like-this.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/484763891643515009?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/484763891643515009?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/AV3cZwL0vT8/academies-your-not-guna-like-this.html" title="Academies - Your Not Guna Like This" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">All these academies are in trouble, I’ve been doing the math based on an explanation by Ov Collier made on the FML forum, about how academies work. I havn’y found the exact post and it may be on Beta, so my wording may be wrong here but the theory is right.


THE THEORY

Academies get a random group of player equivalent to the size of the academy 1* gives less than 5* etc. The players are from 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2gZMCCyyEWQ7woSf-Bnpy14h0RI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2gZMCCyyEWQ7woSf-Bnpy14h0RI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/loselephants/~4/zGjXMY60KUQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-villa-gabby.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkEHSXw9cSp7ImA9WxNaEUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350624811934776203.post-943643393696985488</id><published>2009-11-25T13:38:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-11-25T14:17:18.269Z</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-25T14:17:18.269Z</app:edited><title>Welcome to Avondale</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/feeds/943643393696985488/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://loselephants.blogspot.com/2009/11/welcome-to-avondale.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/943643393696985488?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2350624811934776203/posts/default/943643393696985488?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/loselephants/~3/-CnA1ieHE54/welcome-to-avondale.html" title="Welcome to Avondale" /><author><name>Thom Morgan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12489489425997212208</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="24" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BqpBadumrMY/Sw0_3LttaqI/AAAAAAAAAAg/-JSmXuwrXfo/S220/Picture+004.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">Welcome to my blog.We are Avondale Villa and Play out of Hoddle gameworld. I joined on day 1 which is now 8 seasons ago and this is my first gameworld. I have rarely contributed in forums before and this is my first blog of any description. I don’t want to set it up to bang on about my class players or world ranking, that’s not why I play the game. I’m an FAO and enjoy the social side of FML. So 
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