Rewriting the guide and wiki with real numbers

The player guide and the wiki are where we explain how ManageFC works. For months they were written the way most game guides are: helpful in tone, light on detail. "Rotate your squad to avoid fatigue." "Pressing works better with fit players." True enough — and not much use when you are deciding whether to rest your striker on Saturday.

In late September 2026 we rewrote them, chapter by chapter, with one aim: every piece of advice backed by the number the game actually uses.

What "real numbers" means

Here are a few of the things the guide and wiki now say precisely:

• A player's attributes are multiplied by his condition: at 70% condition he plays at 88% of his ability; at 50%, at 80%.
• A match costs every player who appears 8 to 15 condition, and recovery is 3 a day for anyone fit.
• Morale is worth 1.2% of every attribute per point away from neutral — a squad at morale 10 is 6% better than at 5.
• Formations are matched against each other, worth up to ±4% of a team's strength; the wiki lists every pairing.
• A loan of exactly 10 million costs 1.2 million in interest; borrowing 10.1 million costs over 1.8 million, because the rate steps up above ten million.
• Board confidence moves +3 for a win, +5 for a win by three goals, −4 for a defeat and −8 for a third defeat in a row — and nothing else moves it.

Removing what was not true

Rewriting with numbers has a useful side effect: it exposes sentences that cannot be backed up. Whenever we could not find the mechanism behind a claim, the claim went. Some of those were small exaggerations; a few described features that had been planned and never finished. The same rule applied as in our website audit: if we have not measured it, we do not say it.

Written for players, not for us

The other change was tone. The first drafts read a little like technical documentation — accurate, but written for someone who already knows how the game works inside. We rewrote them for a manager deciding what to do this week: the number first, then what it means for your squad, then a short routine you can follow.

Keeping it true

A guide that was true in September can be wrong by November if the game changes and the text does not. So every time we change a system, the matching guide and wiki pages are part of the same change — and the "More from the wiki" links on each article now point to related articles from different topics, so you can follow a thread across the game.

Next in the diary: a new front door, and a blog.