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Time For A Testimonial

Time For A Testimonial

Play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro

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How to unlock the Time For A Testimonial achievement in FIFA 10 - Definitive Guide

Time For A Testimonial - 50G
-Play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro

I got this Achievement by playing a mixture of Exhibition and Be-A-Pro matches, as well as Manager Mode and Be-A-Pro season matches as well.

The quickest way to get to 500 matches, involving the least amount of effort, would be to play 4 minute half Be-A-Pro matches and just leave it to play itself. Doing it this way, you only need to hit 'Continue' at half-time and then 'Rematch' at the end, however, you will want to go back to the Arena every now and again to make sure the game auto-saves and updates your 'Games Played' statistics. You don't even have to play as your Virtual Pro, he just needs to be on the pitch at the end of the match to increase the 'Games Played' counter by 1.

Now, this Achievement didn't pop-up on the completion of my 500th match. To get it to unlock for me, I had to earn a Virtual Pro accomplishment. I got the "Make your online debut" accomplishment after my 503rd match and then the Achievement popped.

Hope this helps, and good luck in your quest for this time consuming Achievement.

ADB Freelancer
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25 Nov 2009 11:48

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i second mikes question ive played over 100 games in the pro club championship and i dont fancy having to play another 3+ seasons of manager mode/be a pro, just to make up for it.
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By GrahamScotsman on 18 Jan 2010 17:12
I can't be certain, but if you play a pro club championship game and your virtual pros 'Games Played' statistic goes up afterwards, then I'd guess it would count towards your target.

Sorry I can't be more definitive.
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By ADB Freelancer on 18 Jan 2010 20:21
When i sim a manager season with my be a pro in de starting 11, does this also count?
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By Sjalevaeger NL on 19 Jan 2010 07:45
^ No, you need to actually play the game. You can't sub your VP midgame either.
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By failboatz on 24 Jan 2010 03:25
Just got this achievement after 504 games, I've played online be a pro, offline be a pro, normal games etc, so seem they all count.

However like ADB said I didn't get this until I also obtained an acclompishment - so make sure you save an easy one to do once you past the 500 mark!
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By mikeylister66 on 05 Feb 2010 17:39
I can't be certain, but if you play a pro club championship game and your virtual pros 'Games Played' statistic goes up afterwards, then I'd guess it would count towards your target.

Sorry I can't be more definitive.
Posted by ADB Freelancer on 18 Jan 10 20:21:09

whereabouts can you check your games played statistics?
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By BigSalad87 on 30 Jun 2010 20:59
Main Menu > Virtual Pro > My Skills & Stats

Then press RT to move to your Career Stats page, where you will find your "Total Matches Played".
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By ADB Freelancer on 01 Jul 2010 17:18
I will go for this. I hope I have some easy accomplishments to do after I reach 500.
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By drabik on 05 Aug 2010 14:21
Im at 400 odd games with my pro but hes already 100% completed... so if I need to pop another accomplisment to get this cheevo Im not going to be happy! Has anyone got this achievment without doing another acomplishment after the 500th game.
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By The Eggman on 16 Aug 2010 12:15
I'm not 100% sure but I think the games need to be on atleast semi-pro difficulty otherwise they don't count. Don't quote me on that but I know in order for your games to go up towards accomplishments they do.
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By TheKidOD on 27 Aug 2010 15:35
currently going for his and nearly half way. but i dont think i have any easy accomplishments to get, i suppose i'll just have to find one.
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By AlonsoFive on 06 Sep 2010 17:29
for some reason when i do play a match it dont add up on my stats what should i do
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By Da Mitch Man 90 on 02 Jan 2011 00:57
I found that sometimes it does not add your games up properly. Just try to remember to save you game manually rather than relying on the auto save before you turn your 360 off I found that was the only sure fire way to make sure your games were saved
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By WerkGuy on 13 Jan 2011 20:29
My matches doesn't add up after playing Exhibition matches against another human! Does it need to be against CPU? Or what!
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By x Morgan Kane x on 18 Mar 2011 01:19
Verified, You must get an accomplishment after completing your 500th game. The 50g will pop upon unlocking the accompishment.
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By x Shady Phoenix on 25 Aug 2011 16:52
Still, can you get an accomplishment with a second controller and then get the achievement? I am going for score to free kicks in one match to get mye achievement after 500 matches!
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By x Morgan Kane x on 12 Sep 2011 18:22
Got my 500th game under my belt last night (phew, that was an effort!) like others have suggested Be a Pro, Manager Mode, Exhibition & Custom Tournements work well towards this (all played in semi pro or higher).

Playing with a 2nd controller doesnt add towards the games played.

As perADB Freelancer's suggestion I need to unlock an accomplishment to get the chieve after completing 500 games.

I will try to score my 20th volley tonight and hope for the best !!!
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By windofhorus616 on 06 May 2011 12:35
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NOTE: Before attempting this glitch make sure your game is not installed to your hard drive.

This is a guide to glitch the achievement aswell as others. As stated in other solutions this can be deemed cheating, I don't care whether you do or do not. The choice is yours.

Step 1: Start a manager mode with Real Madrid

Step 2: Select amateur for game and board difficulty

Step 3: Purchase all staff upgrades up to 10. NOTE: This is only possible if the board difficulty is on amateur. If it is not you will not be able to afford all of the upgrades. Make sure you have chose amateur before getting to this step.

Step 4: Play the first match with manual settings and win. Your console may or may not freeze. From my experience I have never had my Fifa 10 freeze using this method. The achievements unlocked at the end of the game for me. If you get lucky enough you should unlock various achievements.

NOTE: To try again you have to restart a whole new manager mode. You cannot continue and play another game.

You will not unlock all achievements at once. Sometimes you wont even unlock an achievement. It is a matter of starting from step 1 and retrying over and over until you get the achievements. Another rumor is that you cannot earn any more achievements once obtaining the Ton Up achievement. This however is 100% not true. Me and a friend have both recently unlocked Time for a Testimonial after having Ton Up. It took us a few games to unlock the achievements.

If I have missed any information don't hesitate to post and I will update this solution.


EDIT: It has come to my attention that the game may sometimes freeze and other times it may not. My solution is based around the game not freezing because I have never been able to make it freeze, therefore I have no guarantee that the achievements will unlock if it freezes. I guess again it will just be a matter of testing.

EDIT 2: It's been stated that the servers will close December 6th 2011. I shall test the glitch on another account after the servers have closed to try and determine whether the achievements are still obtainable through this glitch. I will post my findings here, let's hope they do!

EDIT 3: A few people have reported that they have been able to glitch online achievements still so it looks like this still works!!!
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@Skoobasaurus I don't think so.
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By Disturbed XBA on 18 Sep 2013 00:15
works 100% just tried n gt it on 6th try thanks a lot :D
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By kanechelsea on 24 Jul 2011 12:50
does this actually work?
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 27 Jul 2011 16:34
It does indeed work try it.
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By Disturbed XBA on 27 Jul 2011 16:45
do u hve to be signed in to xbox live or doesn't it matter
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By DANIEL SON IOW on 27 Jul 2011 16:47
I haven't tested the glitch offline because it works online. I have timestamps for all my Fifa 10 achievements.
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By Disturbed XBA on 27 Jul 2011 16:52
Worked like a charm; got both this and the 100 wins when I beat Racing (Santander). Not gotten my final UT yet but hopefully it will work for it as well.
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By Tatersoup19 on 02 Aug 2011 17:53
has anyone managed to get any of the UT achievements using this glitch? I got a few from the normal game with it though so thanks!
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By Joon79 on 10 Aug 2011 13:51
I can confirm that it works on some ultimate team achievements but cannot confirm for all.
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By Disturbed XBA on 10 Aug 2011 14:12
Is it the first championship match to play or friendly one ?
Because it doesn't work for me...
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By Massouddd on 17 Aug 2011 14:32
The very first match you play(friendly). Like I said it's not going to work every single try you have to be patient. Don't expect easy achievements like that. Keep trying and see what happens.
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By Disturbed XBA on 17 Aug 2011 15:52
Bad feedback for posting a glitch that is out of my control? Pathetic. If it's really not working perhaps you should go and do it legitimately...
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By Disturbed XBA on 21 Aug 2011 15:21
Very nice, I got lots of achievments with your thing ^^
I'm gonna try with UT, hope it works for the 500 packs !!
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By Josh la Brioche on 09 Sep 2011 10:35
Double post, just to add that this works for de 500 packs un UT.
But I'm still trying to get Time for a testimonial, it won't come up ..
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By Josh la Brioche on 11 Sep 2011 00:25
Having trouble with this. Been trying all night. With and without pro. And ideas why? This is the last cheevo i need. Plus i have made it freeze only when i put the ticket price to high. This is when i expermented with settings.
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By Mike United 007 on 15 Sep 2011 21:39
Just based on luck, can't do anything more sorry man. Double check that you follow the instructions correctly.
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By Disturbed XBA on 15 Sep 2011 21:48
Yer alls right. Never mind. Just gotta keep trying. Hope for the best! Do u have old style xbox, elite, or slim? Cheers n e ways mate. Keep trying. Lol.
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By Mike United 007 on 16 Sep 2011 14:28
Yer alls right. Never mind. Just gotta keep trying. Hope for the best! Do u have old style xbox, elite, or slim? Cheers n e ways mate. Keep trying. Lol.
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By Mike United 007 on 16 Sep 2011 15:15
....and did u put your virtual pro in the team?
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By Mike United 007 on 16 Sep 2011 15:16
A slim. What do you have? Plus no I did not have my pro in my team. I don't think that matters.
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By Disturbed XBA on 16 Sep 2011 16:23
Played 513 with my pro and no achievement... and only need 3 accomplishments, all of them involving diving headers. And i really suck in diving headers...

So tried this "glitch", played 8 games so far. Was able to get my "slim" to freeze on 4 of the played games.
But still no achievement unlocked, only need the "time for a testimonial" and the one for quiting 5 games.

I didn't put my pro on the squad, got everything on amateur and all assists turned off.
Well, i'll keep on trying for a few games more. Maybe put my pro on the squad and hope for a diving header...
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By MannieHunter on 16 Sep 2011 19:23
Yer i have the old style still with 120gb hdd on tho lol
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By Mike United 007 on 17 Sep 2011 08:27
I cannot confirm but I am starting to think that it is only possible with a slim console.
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By Disturbed XBA on 17 Sep 2011 11:10
I have an elite and have not been able to get past the arena loading screen when trying this glitch. Have even tried clearing my system cache and deleting all my gamesaves with no result other than sitting at the arena forever.
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By Uranium Deposit on 20 Sep 2011 01:06
Ok. Issue with my previous comment is directly tied to my gamertag as I loaded up FIFA10 on a profile which had not unlocked anything and everything went swimmingly - achievement unlocked and all. FYI, the stuck-in-the-arena screen occurs when the Time of Day says something along the lines of "Time of Day - 5 - Noon" or something
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By Uranium Deposit on 20 Sep 2011 01:25
Get in!! It finally worked for me mate. Thats was around 10 attempts. But it worked after i changed the currency to dollors!!! And not pounds! Not sure if thats the case! Thx man
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By Mike United 007 on 20 Sep 2011 20:24
Great guide. Working so far, going to try unlocking them all this way. Does this work for other Fifa games?
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By Wahzy on 21 Oct 2013 11:10
Finally GOT IT!!! :-) Had to use this glitch to get an achievement that didn't unlock for me after 500 matches.

After 10 matches i dicided to put my "personal settings 1" on to a memory stick and start with a new game.
On my first attemt with the new game, i got the "time for a testimonial" achievement right when the match ended.

Like to thank Disturbed x360a for this solution, on this very buggy, buggy game...

Got my slim to "freeze" on 4/11 attempts and it unlocked on a game without "freezing".
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By MannieHunter on 26 Sep 2011 09:28
Hey mate just tried it today, I think you were right about the December thing cause it wouldn't unlock for me, and the game didnt freeze so I dunno what
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By RhysesPeeses on 27 Dec 2011 01:43
I still haven't got round to testing it excessively, on the other solution one guy has stated that it has worked for him. Will need more confirmation and maybe my own confirmation though.
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By Disturbed XBA on 27 Dec 2011 02:08
Can anyone please tell me if this works now that the server is down ?? Could save me a lot of hassle
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By Ronan Ryan on 16 Feb 2012 01:02
If you read the guide it states that it still works.
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By Disturbed XBA on 24 Feb 2012 21:07
has any1 test this if it still works due 2 ea closed off the online because im goin try it 2day?
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 06 Apr 2012 11:18
I have numerous sources to prove that it still works so you are good to go!
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By Disturbed XBA on 06 Apr 2012 16:48
cheers im goin test it offline and online
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 06 Apr 2012 17:19
Goodluck.
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By Disturbed XBA on 06 Apr 2012 18:24
fuck yes!! i got 3 achievements real fan unlock 100 ea and globetrotter so theres proof still works goin try for the others :) btw this was online
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 06 Apr 2012 19:26
and the game didnt freeze or crash got them at end of the game
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By SinSTeRS DEVIL on 06 Apr 2012 19:27
This is still working, seems to still unlock the online cheevs as well
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By Pvt Keogh on 10 Aug 2012 22:23
tried this today and nohing popped...i WAS offline so would this have made a difference? also how do i go about deleting the system cache?
im using a Super Elite (Forza 3 250gb Version)
any help would be much appreciated
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By FWWCyrus on 25 Sep 2012 16:57
It may have made a difference but I cannot guarantee that.
To delete the system cache you have to go to system tab and then to memory.Hover over the hard drive and press Y. It will ask you whether you want to perform maintenance on it. Select yes and then you're done.
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By Disturbed XBA on 25 Sep 2012 17:29
Haven't had much luck. I got it to freeze every time, but nothing would come up. Tried this method, to the T, about 5 times. Same results each time. I'm playing on an Elite, 250gb model.

I found a method that involves 12 created players and I'm trying that method for a bit before trying this one anymore. I've tried with and without updates.
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By iAmTheTot on 13 Dec 2012 20:46
Unless they released an update since FIFA 13 came out (I doubt it), you shouldn't need to delete your cache.
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By Uranium Deposit on 20 Feb 2013 23:59
Ok here's my 2 pennies worth.
It STILL works but you MUST do the following:
Put you settings saved games etc onto the cloud and delete the system cache.
Then start the game making sure you then DECLINE the Xbox live update.
Then follow the steps as stated at top (real Madrid manager mode glitch) EXACTLY.
When the game finishes, wait for the commentators to say their lines and bid you farewell. Then press A to continue and "bliiickk" a cheevo should pop.
I even unlocked online cheevos not connected to Xbox live WTF?! Haha
I'm playin on an elite too Xbox didn't freeze up once I cleared the cache and effectively started a new game from scratch. You'll know if your doing right as the load screen detects previous editions of FIFA and asks you to select your difficulty.
Good luck on giving this one another go. :)
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By JohnnersCahonas on 21 Feb 2013 10:59
Ok that said, by deleting any save files and settings on the hard drive and then declining the update, the glitch worked well for me for around 4 cheevos. Then, I got none for the next 4 games and so repeated the process of removing data from the hard drive. Then, my box froze. It is a try and try again method to get it to work but it will do, eventually.
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By JohnnersCahonas on 21 Feb 2013 11:03
I tried it over 50 times on 2 diffrent slim consoles a 250gb and a gow jugdement special edition with 320gb.
I tried with ticket price normal and high, with and without titleupdate and follwed the steps 100%. It do freeze but not unlocking everything. I would sell my soul to the devil to complete this corpse in my game history.
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By iTiiDuS iNc on 22 Apr 2013 15:14
Anyone know if FUT DLC is needed to get the UT cheevs?
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By Skoobasaurus on 17 Sep 2013 11:56
Ok, so am working on figuring out how this actually works. we know what to do, but I am just trying to understand how it works, like what actually works and what doesn't. Right now I am attempting to do this without any of my saves on my HDD. I hope to update what works as I go.
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By Oceans 4 Ransom on 29 Apr 2014 03:49
Very late to the party, but I'd suggest people that try this, do it while online. It doesn't look good to the Xbox mods when you've unlocked online-only achievements with no timestamp.
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By Eggnogga on 20 Aug 2015 20:33
I gave up on doing this, not cause it doesn't work, but just cause I got tired of playing the games. Love FIFA but 12 is out this week and this needs to get done. Went back to the created player glitch and soon popped 1 of my 2 remaining cheeves (100 packs is all I've got left). I order to fix the Time of Day issue I had to delete absolutely all of the FIFA 10 saves. Pretty sure it was a corruption in my squads, but deleted everything else before I did squads and that made it work.
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By Uranium Deposit on 21 Sep 2011 03:15
Ok here's my 2 pennies worth.
It STILL works but you MUST do the following:
Put you settings saved games etc onto the cloud and delete the system cache.
Then start the game making sure you then DECLINE the Xbox live update.
Then follow the steps as stated at top (real Madrid manager mode glitch) EXACTLY.
When the game finishes, wait for the commentators to say their lines and bid you farewell. Then press A to continue and "bliiickk" a cheevo should pop.
I even unlocked online cheevos not connected to Xbox live WTF?! Haha
I'm playin on an elite too Xbox didn't freeze up once I cleared the cache and effectively started a new game from scratch. You'll know if your doing right as the load screen detects previous editions of FIFA and asks you to select your difficulty.
Good luck on giving this one another go. :)
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By JohnnersCahonas on 20 Feb 2013 23:58
@Wahzy I'm afraid this glitch only works for Fifa 10.
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By Disturbed XBA on 21 Oct 2013 13:12
Worked well yesterday. Did it offline though. Got a dozen achievements at first. Then one at the end of every match.

I had a break and ever since I can't get anymore to unlock. It just freezes now at the end of the match and I have to restart my console. Any suggestions?
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By Wahzy on 22 Oct 2013 16:09
Well, I have found that even though no achievements have popped in the past ten times of trying this correctly, it seems to freeze off and on as it states it should. ONE QUESTION: Should I continue trying this while Xbox Live is online and such with the update, or offline by not updating it? This is the last thing I can think of that may help with these achievements popping sometime soon.
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By Oceans 4 Ransom on 30 Apr 2014 04:20
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Play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro

Finally got it! Wow, this IS a long achievement. If you really are going for it, I think it will be worth spending some time reading the next paragraphs, as it may end up saving you more time =) let me know if there is something I can do to improve in this guide.

There are two ways of getting this achievement that I am aware of:

1.- The glitch way (which is polemic to the extent some people believe it is cheating, others do not, I will not get into ethic issues and I will not focus on this method). This is better explained on the url below; however, please note you will spend at least 3 to 4 hours to set it up, and chances you get this achievement are very low, since reportedly, the glitch gives out random achievements, doesn’t even work for most people at all, and will force you to uninstall your game.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20...

2.- The “normal” way, which is the path I followed. You need to play 500 games and earn one accomplishment with your pro afterwards (please note earning one accomplishment is necessary, it happened to me and I have seen it reported in lots of blogs, so it is a glitch of the game that is really common, be sure to leave an accomplishment you can easily get after your 500th game).

This should be your last achievement for the game, since getting the other achievements will reduce the games you will have left playing with your pro.

The fastest way I am aware without actually playing is to first edit a squad including your pro as a starting player, by going into >>edit teams>>team management>>, then choosing this team as your favorite team , and changing your rival to a weaker team >>my fifa 10>>fifa 10 profile>>profile manager>>choose your profile>>favorite team/rival (while at this menu, choose autosave on too…) , choosing 4 min halves, and semi pro difficulty (certain features of your pro do not work in amateur, and the lower the difficulty and the weaker the team, the least they will score and shoot, and so games will be faster), >>my fifa 10>>game settings>> (while at this menu, make sure “quick match” is set to “Favourite Team v Rival”), then go to quick match, and let the clock run out. I recommend changing your audio (you can do it from the in-game pause menu, under audio), only leaving music, this way you will know when you’ve reached half time and full time and can really do something else without hearing the crowd all the time. You need to press A at halftime a few times, and at the end of the match, you need to choose “rematch”. Note that if the game is drawn, you need to first choose end game as draw. If you hate this menu, you can always score an own goal at the start of every second half if you're not trailing yet, up to you.

This method is faster than playing on be a pro or other formats, since quick match is the fastest way of starting a game, your player will never be injured or tired, and most of the time, there will be a point where no one plays anymore, while at be a pro a lot of action takes place, more replays, more goals, etc., but you can always mix for variety. The only problem is that sometimes the game will get stuck and never finish, which is easily solved by clearing the ball with “B”, so look at your screen every now and then when you feel it has been a while no music is on, or when you find your controller is off, if you have a wireless one.

It is very easy to keep track of how many games you have played by looking at your counter. >> Virtual Pro>>My Skills & Stats>>press LT>> look at “Total Matches Played”
It is crucial you have autosave on, and even with this I recommend you save manually before shutting your xbox off or going to the dashboard , by going to>>my fifa 10>>fifa 10 profile>>save/load/delete>>save>>fifa 10 profiles, since the game screws up a lot of times and does not save your game automatically.

As far as I am aware, there is no way to combine ton up and time for a testimonial, so you will need to play 500+100 games if you want both achievements.
The following situations will NOT count for this achievement (I tried everything I could think of… you can try new methods you can think of and check at your counter):

-Getting a red card with your pro
-Getting 5 red cards therefore forfeiting the match (EITHER team)
-Simulating a game (even if your pro is on the starting 11)
-Substituting / benching your pro
-Injuring your pro

That being said, any match you play in which your pro stays for the whole match will count, either pro club championship, offline and online be a pro, exhibition / quick matches, tournaments, manager mode, etc… (remember, check you counter often!)
Good luck with this time consuming achievement, a match should take about 12 minutes, so 5 matches per hour, so if you need around 400 matches when you get to this achievement, you should expect about 80 hours to get this achievement.
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My games played never count for some reason.
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By SlayingADragon on 27 Jul 2011 04:18
Perfect guide
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By DeviSlator on 28 Jan 2014 10:11
The link you gave is for the ton up achievement, not the one where you have to play 500 games with your VP...
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By AjaxCaco on 21 Apr 2011 13:52
Actually, the link reads ton up, but will randomly give any achievement from FIFA 10, including Time for a Testimonial (but it is more liktly to give ton up)
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By kiomx on 22 Apr 2011 02:17
Glad to hear guide is still helpful 9 years after writing, thanks for the comments :)
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By kiomx on 02 May 2020 13:51
This is the perfect guide for anyone looking to just grind this out with minimal input. I started running the games this way yesterday (quick match) on a new save file, and my virtual pro has already managed around 64 games in the first 24 hours using this method.

I have the save on a separate Xbox which isn't connected to Live, and I'm grinding out the matches offline. This way I can still be connected to Live on my main Xbox and play as many great games as I like while this achievement is taken care of in the background. Once I get close to the 500 say 490 matches, I will move the save over to the main box and pop the cheevo while signed in to Live. Just wanted to say perfect guide, and also add my bit about 2 boxes in case anyone has a spare, this is a great use for it if its currently not doing anything.
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By ElBlaze2010 on 02 May 2020 12:48
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Pretty straightforward, although it will take a long time. You need to play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro. Be sure to use your Virtual Pro whenever it is possible to speed things up.

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As the description says just play 500 games with your Virtual Pro. Apparently, it has been reported that this can only be done in Manager mode, so obviously I'd advise to do it on there.

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