In the football simulation “Football Manager” (Steam), players rack up enormous hours. A Polish coach, however, has completely overdone it: Since January 2018, he has been playing a game that has now reached 10,887 hours. The numbers are gigantic. The Guinness World Records reports: World record.
What do you do in Football Manager?
- In Football Manager, you live a career as a coach/manager, can take over teams, make transfers, determine training, set tactics, scout and develop talents, expand the stadium, and switch to other clubs when there’s nothing left to do at the old one.
- The special thing about the game is that you “play with the real stars.” But when Ronaldo, Messi, and Thomas Müller inevitably retire due to age, computer-generated young players come in.
- The appeal in Football Manager lies in proving that you could do the job better than the knucklehead who has it in the real world, and that you can lead “your team” to success with the right transfers and perfect training.
An old record by a German has been pulverized
What is now the record? As the Guinness World Records reports, the Polish player Pawel Siciński has set a new world record for the “longest single game”:
- He has been playing since January 2018
- He has invested 10,887 hours in his save file to date – that’s 453 days and 15 hours.
- He has carried the game into the virtual year 2564. The target date is May 21, 2545.
If you think: I can do that too and just simulate 600 years: There is the rule that you can only go “on vacation” for 5% of the game time, the other 95% you have to do yourself.
What was the previous record? The Guinness World Records reports that the German Sepp Hedel previously held the record: He played for 333 virtual years and invested 1,964 hours in the game.
The Pole has far surpassed him.
Pole builds stadium with more space than the capital has residents
What has the Pole achieved in the game? The Guinness World Records reports:
- He has played 25,084 matches and won 75% of them
- He was the manager of the Icelandic club Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for 310 years and won 301 championships there, along with numerous other national and international trophies.
- His stadium there in the Icelandic province has a capacity of 140,000 spectators. The capital of Iceland, “in real life,” has only 122,000 residents. But who knows how that will develop in 2500 (via twitter).
Alongside the Icelandic club, the Pole also managed big clubs like PSG, Manchester City, or Arsenal in his career.
He says:
“I love the lesser-known leagues and have been interested in them since I was a child; I also like having success with completely unknown clubs. It brings me friends and satisfaction.”
The next Football Manager will come with a change that will greatly please the record holder. Because there is no reason to start a new save file:
