World Cup - proper Fantasy Football League

[RP]

Anyone fancy it? Edited June 10, 2014 by RP

[RP]

Right, just the 2 places left. Come on, hurry up and sign up - just let me know in this thread that you want in and I'll get an email invitation sent out to you. First come, first served.

 

 

 

Runners and riders so far (I think! Let me know if you disagree!):

 

Myself

Cymrococh

Swan Red

Snakebite

Boca

Earl Hafler

Hassony

Will

Davvo

Molby

KBR

Tobes Rafa

Cobs

Cunny

Edited June 9, 2014 by RP

[Earl Hafler]

Any idea when the auction part will be or how you'll do it ? I'm assuming you'd like this done and dusted before Thursday's opener.

[RP]

In an ideal world, given that there will need to be a couple of rounds of auction, at least:

 

 

Registration will close at 10am (BST) Tuesday 10th June - or when the maximum permissible 16 people have been accepted into the League, whichever happens soonest.

 

The first round auction will then open - and remain open for a minimum of 24 hours for everyone to submit their bids. Precise timings will depend on my schedule! :-)

 

Second round auction will then open immediately for a further approx. 12 hours.

 

Final pre-tournament auction will then open and run up until some time a few hours prior to the Opening Ceremony - again (my) schedule dependent.

 

It's why I'd like to fill the last two spaces a.s.a.p., so I can get the auction up and running.

 

 

 

Please all note: I've never done this before, so anything could happen!!

[Sion]

yeah why not, i'll do it

[RP]

Good man - invitation sent.

[Earl Hafler]

What's our budget - £100m ?

[RP]

yeah why not, i'll do it

 

You're in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, £100mil.

 

Prob a squad of 15.

 

No more than 3 from any one country.

 

ONE PLACE LEFT!!!

 

Registration closed.

 

Final list:

 

Myself

Cymrococh

Swan Red

Snakebite

Boca

Earl Hafler

Hassony

Will

Davvo

Molby

KBR

Tobes Rafa

Cobs

Cunny

Sion

Nathan Explosion

 

 

 

The auction is now open - get your bids in by 8.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday) London time.

Edited June 9, 2014 by RP

[Sion]

am i being thick or is it not obvious how to make bids?

 

nevermind got it

Edited June 9, 2014 by Sion

[RP]

Looks quite straightforward to me - just choose your players and enter a max bid.

 

When the auction closes tomorrow night, I assume we'll all be told who has been successful with which bids. And then the second round will open.

 

nevermind got it

 

 

Cool.

[Nathan Explosion]

Looks quite straightforward to me - just choose your players and enter a max bid.

 

To get to this point, view the list of teams and click your own team name,

 

When the auction closes tomorrow night, I assume we'll all be told who has been successful with which bids. And then the second round will open.

 

Once you've clicked to process the bids, the players that have been 'won' will be assigned to their owner and will be unavailable for selection in round 2 - they'll probably spam the feck out of us when that is done.

[Sion]

That was interesting.

Wonder who's gonna bid the most for Messi

[RP]

I have a feeling I'm gonna be busy (buying sh*te) in the second round.

 

Must be how Ian Ayre feels during most transfer windows.

[Sion]

i admit i've bid 0 for a few players that could easily backfire

[Earl Hafler]

Just one keeper ?

[Tobes Rafa]

I can't even work out how to pick a team so this'll be a bit of a car crash.

[RP]

Just click on your team name in the list of teams

[cymrococh]

Looks quite straightforward to me - just choose your players and enter a max bid.

Really? This is the worst website I've used in years

[Swan Red]

Really? This is the worst website I've used in years

 

Yeah till Dave mentioned how I had no clue how to select a team, should I win my bids you all may think I still have no clue how to select a team

[RP]

Really? This is the worst website I've used in years

 

It is poorly designed, I agree. I guess I'd been playing around with it for an hour or two during the day, trying to understand it better, so it seemed a bit more straightforward than others were finding it. The rules of the auction don't appear to be prominently displayed, or indeed displayed at all. I'm sure it'll all become clear - or if not, we're all in the same boat.

 

 

 

I do like the idea of an auction for players though - transfers can be done during the competition as well. Not having played a game like this before, I'm not sure of the best tactics in the auction - I really do suspect I'll end up with only 1 or 2 players in this first round!!

[cymrococh]

Yeah till Dave mentioned how I had no clue how to select a team, should I win my bids you all may think I still have no clue how to select a team

I even read the help, it says "Each manager can now log and put in their secret bids using the Online Auction Engine."

 

Nowhere on the site is labelled 'Online Auction Engine'.

[Swan Red]

I even read the help, it says "Each manager can now log and put in their secret bids using the Online Auction Engine."

 

Nowhere on the site is labelled 'Online Auction Engine'.

 

Ah yeah I was hoping for a box that said it. Still we're there.

[Earl Hafler]

Yeah till Dave mentioned how I had no clue how to select a team, should I win my bids you all may think I still have no clue how to select a team

 

The player selection is easy though. Still not sure why it's so concerned with formations when it doesn't ask you to select one.

 

I wasn't sure whether to try and blag a few players like Sion did or bid reasonable amounts on a few and go full bore for the key players. I may have been caught between two stools. We'll see.

 

Anyone gone for Muller ?

[RP]

 

Anyone gone for Muller ?

 

 

Bloomin right I have - top target.

[cymrococh]

I do like the idea of an auction for players though - transfers can be done during the competition as well. Not having played a game like this before, I'm not sure of the best tactics in the auction - I really do suspect I'll end up with only 1 or 2 players in this first round!!

Yeah, I've always preferred this idea. Most fantasy leagues are just a race to sign the 'surprise' player before anyone else, most teams end up looking exactly the same. This way we'll all have a decent chance.

 

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