PakPassion World Cup 2010 Fantasy League

[Geordie Ahmed]

Ok folks the greatest sporting event in the world starts in less than two weeks - we have a Fantasy Football League for PP'ers

Last time for Euro 2008 we used the Metro site BUT that was rubbish so this time we will go with McDonalds FIFA World Cup Fantasy League - links to the site and rules are below

HOMEPAGE

RULES AND HELP

If you go to the homepage you will have to register (e-mail, set up a username, password, usual malarkey) and then you can join the fantasy league

A PakPassion league has been set up - the pin number to join is 311305-73398

At the moment you can only register and join the PP league - you cannot pick your players yet since the squads are not officially selected - on June 4th you will be able to pick your team


If you have any questions then add them to this thread and I shall try to answer them

[kingusama92]

Now I can sense how close the world cup is.

I am bubbling with excitement. Can't wait.

This should be a fun competition.

[kingusama92]

Will we be using the classic scoring system or the head to head?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Will we be using the classic scoring system or the head to head?

Classic scoring system - its simple and straightforward

The head to head gets a bit complicated especially if we get an odd number of people joining the league

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed Classic scoring system - its simple and straightforward The head to head gets a bit complicated especially if we get an odd number of people joining the league

Nice - I agree about the complications surrounding head to head.

This will make the world cup even more exciting to follow.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by kingusama92 Nice - I agree about the complications surrounding head to head. This will make the world cup even more exciting to follow.

Well since I will obviously be taking 1st place, the rest of you guys will have a good battle for 2nd spot

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed Well since I will obviously be taking 1st place, the rest of you guys will have a good battle for 2nd spot

[Theo_14]

Geordie Ahmed - just watch out for me ;).

Glad we're going for the Mcdonalds one - guys just dont end up signing job applications!

When is the exact date we can select our team?

[Abdul Qadir 236]

June 4 when all the official squads will have been finalised. I take it you'll be picking Walcott?

[Geordie Ahmed]

As it stands we have 3 entries

Team 	   		Manager
Messi-Magic 		Messi-Magic
Kingusama92's champs 	kingusama92
Republik of Mancunia 	Le_R0i

[Geordie Ahmed]

For what its worth I am Messi-Magic BUT you will know that since Messi-Magic will occupy 1st place

[Boi]

Originally Posted by kingusama92

Lol. What the heck?!?

I'm in.

[Theo_14]

Originally Posted by Abdul Qadir 236 June 4 when all the official squads will have been finalised. I take it you'll be picking Walcott?

Nope, I can't see him producing the same kind of performance he did against croatia.

I'm not bias like that

[Afridi_Fan]

How one does this?

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Are you trying to pick your squad? You won't be able to until Friday.

If you want to get an idea of the players then just check out the Telegraph player lists.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan How one does this?

Click the homepage link in the OP

So far you can only register and join the league and read the rules

On June 4th you will be able to select your team, formation and what have you

[Afridi_Fan]

Redz_Glory is up.

[Dark-MC]

The Dark-Mc is in,,watch out
muahahahaha

[Iqbal'sh]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed Last time for Euro 2008 we used the Metro site BUT that was rubbish so this time we will go with McDonalds FIFA World Cup Fantasy League - links to the site and rules are below

I thought that the Euro2008 comp on Metro was really good, then again I might be basing this on the fact that yours truly came first

No pressure then.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Iqbal'sh I thought that the Euro2008 comp on Metro was really good, then again I might be basing this on the fact that yours truly came first No pressure then.

Exactly

The rules/set up was fine BUT the problem was that it was really slow - sometimes taking 30 mins to make a few basic changes

[Geordie Ahmed]

As it stands we have 9 teams

Team  	   		Manager
Messi-Magic 		Messi-Magic
Kingusama92's champs 	kingusama92
Republik of Mancunia 	Le_R0i
The Assassins 		BoitheMan
classic_xi 		youngunz01
Wii Not Fit 		Dark-Mc
Redz_Glory 		Red_For_Life
The Untouchables 	ozzy07
Zidane Headbutt 	Heitinga31

[Genghis]

Just joined up ... Looks a pretty good fantasy league competition.

[Gulf of Gold]

I am in

[Gulf of Gold]

Will be fun to play
My team name is burnin desire

[Gulf of Gold]

Is there any league prize

[kingusama92]

Geez this is tough.

They barely give enough "money".

[Afridi_Fan]

Yep, there is not enough money.

[Geordie Ahmed]

I like it that its tough - no good having loads of money and everyone picking superstars

[Boi]

Just selected my team. That was tough, man.

[The Godfather]

im in, just a quick question can we see each others teams or is that private?

[Boi]

Here's my pathetic team:

[MCMLXXXII]

Running Runners OmanFTW
Auto-completed team at the moment. Haven't selected my players.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by MCMLXXXII Running Runners OmanFTW Auto-completed team at the moment. Haven't selected my players.

Same here - gonna wait til thursday before picking my side

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Gulf of Gold Is there any league prize

Sorry for the late reply - at the moment there are no plans for a prize BUT that may change - if it does I will mention it in this thread

[Geordie Ahmed]

These are the entries so far

Team  	   		Manager
Messi-Magic 		Messi-Magic
Kingusama92's champs 	kingusama92
Republik of Mancunia 	Le_R0i
The Assassins 		BoitheMan
classic_xi 		youngunz01
Wii Not Fit 		Dark-Mc
Redz_Glory 		Red_For_Life
The Untouchables 	ozzy07
Zidane Headbutt 	Heitinga31
.45 			..Fz..
Genghis Warriors 	genghis81
Burnin Desire.... 	hhh111
Pak Tigers 		Pak_Tigers
Azmeel 			Azmeel
Bring it On 		MaxGuy11
ABCS Champs 		abcs1986
L-e-T 			L-e-T.
muneeb XI 		Muneebs
Sven & les Elephants 	FabFlops
All Eyes On Us 		OhNoAfrica
GOODFELLAS 		GOODFELLAS99
Running Runners 	OmanFTW

That is 22 entrants so far - not bad BUT still a few days left so hopefully we get a few more guys signed up

[Afridi_Fan]

How exactly does this work?

Can we substitute players from the bench after every game, but can't transfer outside the 23 that are selected, right?

[Boi]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan How exactly does this work? Can we substitute players from the bench after every game, but can't transfer outside the 23 that are selected, right?

Yeah. When Round 1 concludes then you can make a certain number of transfers and the window shuts again till the end of Round 2...and so on.

[Mohsin]

That was tricky but done in the end.

Forza Lions!

[imrank_88]

does anyone know of a site where you can have a fantasy draft, rather then everyone having the same players in their fantasy team you have to pick which player you get and then only you can play him, something similar to the nba,nhl,nfl fantasy games where you only compete agaisnt your friends.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by imrank_88 does anyone know of a site where you can have a fantasy draft, rather then everyone having the same players in their fantasy team you have to pick which player you get and then only you can play him, something similar to the nba,nhl,nfl fantasy games where you only compete agaisnt your friends.

Sorry, no idea of such sites

[Geordie Ahmed]

We have 25 entries so far - there will be a lot more following the world cup so join up

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan How exactly does this work? Can we substitute players from the bench after every game, but can't transfer outside the 23 that are selected, right?

GA mind elaborating this thing?

[OZGOD]

I'm in!!

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan How exactly does this work? Can we substitute players from the bench after every game, but can't transfer outside the 23 that are selected, right?

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan GA mind elaborating this thing?

Yes, sorry I missed it earlier

There are 2 approaches to substitutions

1) Automatic - you just let the computer do its stuff. With this method if your captain does not play then you miss out on points

2) Hands on approach - you can make susbtitutions 15 mins prior to each matchday - this way you can change your captain providing he wasnt sent off. Also you can change substitute players BUT they will lose points that they may have gained up til that point


There are more explanations here

http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com/M/help.mc?category=subs

[Afridi_Fan]

So, suppose I have a Mexican player in my team, and as mexico is going to play on the 1st day of the round 1. After the player has played the game (Mex Vs RSA) the computer will substitute him automatically and pick the next player who is on top in the substitution bench.

And if I do it manually before next day's game all the points scored by that player will be lost? Is it that way or how?

I am doing it for the 1st time and a bit confused.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan So, suppose I have a Mexican player in my team, and as mexico is going to play on the 1st day of the round 1. After the player has played the game (Mex Vs RSA) the computer will substitute him automatically and pick the next player who is on top in the substitution bench. And if I do it manually before next day's game all the points scored by that player will be lost? Is it that way or how? I am doing it for the 1st time and a bit confused.

The computer will only substitute him if he doesnt play, otherwise it will leave him and you get whatever points he gets

If you do have a player that plays and get some points (example, Messi) BUT you can substitute him for someone on the bench BUT then you will lose any points Messi gains

[Legal Eye]

All done and entered.

[Oxy]

So you select a squad - & then from there a starting XI?

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Oxy So you select a squad - & then from there a starting XI?

As soon as one completely selects the squad, the starting XI is selected automatically. And then you can change the playing XI according to your own choice.

[Oxy]

What format do they play? 4-4-2?

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Oxy What format do they play? 4-4-2?

Yeah thats the starting format.

But one can change it to 3-4-3

or even 3-5-2.

[OZGOD]

How do I pick a captain?

[OZGOD]

Hmm it picked a captain for me but I can't change it somehow.

[Genghis]

OZ ... in your team selection under "pitch view" for round 1. Here is where you select your team for the round. Just click the "C" next to the player you want to be your captain.

[OZGOD]

Originally Posted by genghis81 OZ ... in your team selection under "pitch view" for round 1. Here is where you select your team for the round. Just click the "C" next to the player you want to be your captain.

Yea I tried but it won't let me change it. Ah well f*k it.

[Mohsin]

Is there a penalty for changing captains or...

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by OZGOD Yea I tried but it won't let me change it. Ah well f*k it.

Then you have to "confirm change" too.

[Geordie Ahmed]

We have 30 entries so far

Those that havnt joined yet, try to join before the first match ( it starts at 3pm BST)

[Theo_14]

The amount of money given is great because you can pick real quality players, it's just it'll be even harder to make your mind up on the first xi.

Found plenty of bargains too, this is going to be brilliant.

[~Red Devil~]

Joined!!

Watch out for the All Stars United

[Afridi_Fan]

Absolutely crap performance from Ribery.

[The Godfather]

quick question how do you change formation?

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Haroon Yasin quick question how do you change formation?

Just drag one of the subs (Midfielder for defender or vice versa) but if your player has already played a game you will lose all his points.

you can have following formations.

4-4-2

3-4-3

3-5-2

4-3-3

[The Godfather]

ah okay
another question say for an example i have a player like Evra who has played today, i put him on the bench for someone else i dont then lose his points do i?

[Afridi_Fan]

If you drop a player to bench you will lose all the points he has gained.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Haroon Yasin ah okay another question say for an example i have a player like Evra who has played today, i put him on the bench for someone else i dont then lose his points do i?

As AT mentioned you will - it is only worth taking a player off if he hasn't played too well. Any idea jow many points Evra got?

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed As AF mentioned you will - it is only worth taking a player off if he hasn't played too well. Any idea jow many points Evra got?

Evra got 8 points.

Frank Ribery got 4.

And its AF not AT, so fixed too.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan Evra got 8 points. Frank Ribery got 4. And its AF not AT, so fixed too.

I need Rooney to score tomorrow

Apologies AF I am using my phone hence the mistake

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed I need Rooney to score tomorrow Apologies AF I am using my phone hence the mistake

No problem GA.

Rooney is not in my starting line up, so I want Messi to score.

Rooney for the next rounds.

[Afridi_Fan]

GA how many points you got after day 1, and everyone else?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Afridi_Fan GA how many points you got after day 1, and everyone else?

I got 0 BUT I don't think I had any players playing today

To check the points go to the site and select my leagues and then pakpassion, it should have the latest table (I won't be able to post it at the moment cos I'm at work)

[Afridi_Fan]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed I got 0 BUT I don't think I had any players playing today To check the points go to the site and select my leagues and then pakpassion, it should have the latest table (I won't be able to post it at the moment cos I'm at work)

Got that.

But then one won't know which PP member owns which team.

[OZGOD]

Well I got 14 pts but I'm subbing out one who scored 0 (useless Diarra) and another one who scored 1, hope Rooney doesn't let me down tomorrow

[OZGOD]

Woot I'm coming 6th!!

[OZGOD]

Why does it have a Seppo flag next to my team name??

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by OZGOD Why does it have a Seppo flag next to my team name??

You are based in the US I guess?

It has a St George's flag next to mine though I am most definately not supporting England

[OZGOD]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed You are based in the US I guess? It has a St George's flag next to mine though I am most definately not supporting England

Bugger.

[Gulf of Gold]

ooooh! I am in the first place.................

[Afridi_Fan]

I think I am going to play both Messi and Rooney today, and then see how things pan out.

[Energy]

im fourth..this game is really complicated but exciting!..all the best to everyone