Hello all,
This post is a little different than our previous posts when we were known as FM Tweak. In this post we aim to explain why we are changing name, website and why we are presenting a new brand.
Since the beginning our goal was to share our love for FM with the community via releasing mods that could enhance your experience with the game. We were not concerned about a name or a brand or a logo. We just wanted to share something exciting with the community. Our motivation was driven by our own frustration after the cancellation of FM25. We studied the changes that the first mods did, the Chinese one and Korean one, and we decided that we could go further. Much further and so it began our journey.
But, unfortunately, in a project like this there are differences of opinion. Different approaches and interpretations of what “teamwork” means. Different ways to interpret what open and honest communication is. Different approaches of which means for each member of the team. Those differences are normal and when a project like this grows then some pain comes with it. But it was worth it, it is worth it because what we want, our motto, our ethos, our purpose is to serve you – the community and not one person above all else.
Therefore, due to differences in vision and approach, we decided to cut our losses and move on from the name and brand FM Tweak. Our former website admin decided to leave the project and keep the IP and domain to him even after we approached him to buy it but he declined. We saw this opportunity to steer our project towards is original roots and only focus on what matters: modding the game for your own pleasure and enjoyment.
After a long internal process that involved all our community – through Discord – we decided to present this new image and name to the world and to all of you that follow us and support us.
FM Match Lab is born and it will be the name that will accompany us and you for this next stage of our project. The project has morphed. It is not only about the match engine, now it is about the whole game. Or what we have public access to, since the huge majority of the game is hardcoded and therefore only SI can change.
FM Match Lab is the appropriate name for this stage of this adventure because we are modding more areas of the game. As you know, we previously published – still under our old name – our first version of the AI file where we changed the AI to make it more realistic in the areas of squad management, selection of the first XI and game time for young players. But after that we decided to go full bonkers and mod every facet of the game where SI decided to have that code open to public access.
And lo and behold FM Match Lab is born. The same team, the same passion, the same mission, the same goal, the same ethos, the same love for the game, the same ambition but under a different name, a better name.
I will finish this post by saying something very clear.
We do no endorse the FM Tweak website. They do not represent us. They do not have our authorisation to publish our work or have it in that website to download. And even more important, we do not receive or ever received any donation made through that website. If you donate there you are not supporting us.
The FM Match Lab, this website, our Discord, our YouTube Channel and X account are the only official place that represent us and our work. And the only official voice and announcements are written by the Chairman of the project, username on Discord and SI forums Count Vronsky and Head_Championship917 on Reddit.
Thank you for reading and welcome to our new home.
The FM Match Lab team