Fantasy Super Rugby

@No-Quarter said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Yeah thanks @Canes4life for setting up the conference, should be fun. I remember doing a fantasy rugby many years ago, think I was still a teenager, and it was similar to this except the budget was much lower so you'd have to select cheaper players you thought would score well. And if they did, you'd see their value rise as more people picked them so your team became worth more. On the flipside, if your players did badly their value would drop. One gothca was that you had to act fast when teams were selected or if players got injured as their value would drop sharply if they were not playing the next round and you could lose quite a lot of money if you didn't sell them quick enough. Hoping this one will be similar to that.

No sweat, I’ll probs be down the bottom by the end of the season but it’s all a bit of fun.

I am officially dumber for having read Caleb Clarke's mealymouthed non-explanation for removing himself from Fantasy.

@Smudge You got me - I just had to go read it.
The first line of the "article" irritated me. And then indeed - mealymouthed non-explanation after nonsense say-nothing after vague bullshit. The ONLY conclusive thing he said was - not religion.
Is he aware that SuperBru has been doing a Fantasy Super Rugby thing for years - and he is very much available to be selected on that?

Imo he doesn't want the possible distraction of his fantasy value to distract him from the game. Just a guess

I'm absolutely fine with the other 3 opting out but Clarke was going to be the first name on my team sheet so that is annoying

I joined
Seems ok, but perhaps a little basic, and doesn't require a lot of thought, when you have the budget to basically add anyone.
But I'll give it a shot, till I forget to change it up and end up at the bottom.

Despite the apparent instructions about being able to change before every game I'm only making changes once a week before game 1 of that round.

Changing EVERY game makes no sense to me, and I can't make the time to watch them all live, or be on my phone at prescribed times.

Will make little difference to my finishing position I'm sure.

Yup I've got a reminder in my cal to do picks thursday night, for Fern comp too, and let it go from there

I'm keen

Do we want to post here, or in a weekly thread, our line ups for banter and ridicule?

@Machpants ...i'll probably post afterwards...if i do well...and then ghost if i do poorly....see you in June

@Machpants said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Do we want to post here, or in a weekly thread, our line ups for banter and ridicule?

If I have the worst round, I'll gladly point out the basis of my idiocy.

@Paj said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

I'm keen

and just where the hell have you been?

Player selections for this week are in. I’ve changed my team about ten times, wasting too much time so have locked in my team and ain’t going to look at it again. Injuries have made it pretty difficult.

Anyone using any boosters this week? Brave if you do.

@Canes4life just logged on to see half my fucking team weren't playing this week.

@mariner4life Coma, amnesia, found on a deserted island after a few years ship wreaked.....

Had a break posting for a few years, lurked a fair bit and typed out a few replies and lost confidence in replying....weird ah

@Paj Still played your part in keeping your HB Tipping team invariably winning KPs NPC Teams Tipping competition, so that's all good.

28 of us have lined up at the starting line for the 2025 Ferners Fantasy League. For those of you that want to join it's not too late, just sign up via the following link and get your team sorted before kick off on Friday - https://www.playfantasyrugby.com/leagues/join/6YUQWEMT

Not last! Saving that screenshot.

@Bones

The injuries for round 1 are ridiculous.
I don't ever remember seeing so many out before.
I bet you could put a winning team together just from the injury list.

@Darren said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Bones

The injuries for round 1 are ridiculous.
> I don't ever remember seeing so many out before.
I bet you could put a winning team together just from the injury list.

That could be cos they've always been shit with letting that info out before!

The fact so many first choice players are unavailable actually adds to the interest of this competition in the first round.

@Machpants said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Darren said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Bones

The injuries for round 1 are ridiculous.
> I don't ever remember seeing so many out before.
I bet you could put a winning team together just from the injury list.

That could be cos they've always been shit with letting that info out before!

that was first thought too

@antipodean said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

The fact so many first choice players are unavailable actually adds to the interest of this competition in the first round.

So many players in Fantasy have selected injured players. For example 17% of players still have Tom Wright in their team, 16.1% of players have Billy Proctor, 15.8% of players have Sotutu, 10% have Love etc.

Players have even selected Reds players even though they aren't playing this week.

Fair to say most of us will at least escape from being bottom of the log after round 1.

Over 50% of players have likely selected Roigard and McKenzie as their 9/10 combo even though McKenzie is playing 15 this week. 61% of players have picked Roigard and 51% of players have selected McKenzie.

It is good it shows if a player is starting or a bench player too...they have some parts set up well, others less so...

Who's willing to share their team?

I'm happy to post mine for this week once the season has kicked off.

Yeah it won't be perfect but it's great they have the flags on players whether they are selected and starting etc, makes it a bit easier to work out. I have Roigard as my captain, my thinking is he's going to be a machine racking up the points in Fantasy given how involved he is in each play.

@No-Quarter said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Yeah it won't be perfect but it's great they have the flags on players whether they are selected and starting etc, makes it a bit easier to work out. I have Roigard as my captain, my thinking is he's going to be a machine racking up the points in Fantasy given how involved he is in each play.

Yeah he's my captain as well. My thinking is he'll need to do the bulk of the decision making tomorrow which will mean he has plenty of involvements. Let's hope he brings that deadly sniping game.

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Over 50% of players have likely selected Roigard and McKenzie as their 9/10 combo even though McKenzie is playing 15 this week. 61% of players have picked Roigard and 51% of players have selected McKenzie.

I picked them as 9/10
I think McKenzie could be worth more points from 15. Especially if he is goal kicking. But I didn't spend too long looking at the point scoring system.

@Darren said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Over 50% of players have likely selected Roigard and McKenzie as their 9/10 combo even though McKenzie is playing 15 this week. 61% of players have picked Roigard and 51% of players have selected McKenzie.

I picked them as 9/10
I think McKenzie could be worth more points from 15. Especially if he is goal kicking. But I didn't spend too long looking at the point scoring system.

This is a good point, Jacomb might pick that up being at 10 but I expect DMac will do the kicking.

@Canes4life have to think with injuries and the supreme player knowledge on here, most of us will have many of the same players...

@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Canes4life have to think with injuries and the supreme player knowledge on here, most of us will have many of the same players...

Surely Ferners have the superior knowledge on players compared to most in the comp.

@Canes4life Shirley we do....

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Over 50% of players have likely selected Roigard and McKenzie as their 9/10 combo even though McKenzie is playing 15 this week. 61% of players have picked Roigard and 51% of players have selected McKenzie.

I'm hoping it doesn't matter which position they're actually playing in if they're on the field but not available in that specific position on the fantasy league.

@antipodean don't expect it will.

If they are playing they can earn points.

@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Despite the apparent instructions about being able to change before every game I'm only making changes once a week before game 1 of that round.

Changing EVERY game makes no sense to me, and I can't make the time to watch them all live, or be on my phone at prescribed times.

Will make little difference to my finishing position I'm sure.

Nah I went digging on this, and you can't change a player once their team starts their game for that round. So only useful if someone gets injured near gameday.

Presumably unused budget can be used next week?

I also don't see anything around player values going up or down throughout the season - anyone know whether that will be happening?

@delicatessen kinda defeats the purpose of they don't change value?

@delicatessen said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

you can't change a player once their team starts their game for that round

Yeah? Isn't that what I said?

Team should be locked at kick off in the first game of the round.

@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@delicatessen said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

you can't change a player once their team starts their game for that round

Yeah? Isn't that what I said?

Team should be locked at kick off in the first game of the round.

That would be a bit shit for game day replacements.