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Subject: Smallworld Fantasy Strategy
Posted by: Cool Canuck
- [55722915] Sun, Sep 16, 17:20
I've written a little guide to help new players, based on my strategy.
1. Schedule
A team's schedule is the single most important factor in selecting a player. I only realised this last year and the results speak for themselves. Incorporating this tool into my decision-making, I finished the season ranked around 200th, as opposed to the 2300th I had placed in 99-00. I suggest to look for a balance of quality (weak teams) and quantity (4 games/week, 7 games/2 weeks or 9 games/3 weeks).
2. Drafting your team
Centres & Wingers: my advice is to look for players who are part of a team's scoring trios (1st and 2nd), benefit from good linemates, enjoy PP time and whose price is reasonable (maybe even a bargain). Checkers, grinders and minor-league callups are an utter waste of a roster space. When drafting forwards, I would look for 2-week schedules which combine weak opponents (especially in goals & defence) & about 7 games.
Defencemen: I'd look for cheap d-men (~3M$ & less) who get lots of PP time. There are plenty of these so you should determine who has the best schedule. I usually look for 3 week - 9 game schedules. This position should require little maintainance (the difference in points between d-men is so small that it's not worth a trade) and financial ressources (I never allocate more than 10M$ to this position).
Goaltenders: starters, obviously. Watch out for pre-season injuries which will propel some cheap back-ups into the starting role. For schedules, regularity is very important. A team may play on Days 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 but chances are that their #1 goalie will only play 3 of those games since they rarely play two nights in a row. A schedule with games on Days 1, 3, 6 & 8 is much better since chances are the starter will play in all of them.
3. Trading
IMO, every trade should be oriented towards accumulating points and increasing roster value. As I stated earlier, schedule is very important. Usually, if you choose a player who has a good schedule, he'll get more points and thus his price will increase. You should never trade for a player simply for monetary gain based on short-term performance. These types of decisions will make you fall back in the rankings. Likewise, avoid trading for players who will play only a couple of games for you. This is a waste of 2 trades as you are much better off getting players whom you will hold for 2 weeks.
Every trade should strive for an equilibrium of point-garnering, thence reasonable potential for roster value growth. |
| 1 | Ira
ID: 47835120
Sun, Sep 16, 17:33
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whats IMO?
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| 2 | Samuli
ID: 28651116
Sun, Sep 16, 17:35
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IMO = In My Opinion
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| 3 | TLMathews
ID: 108381519
Sun, Sep 16, 19:10
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Sounds like pretty solid advice. I know you helped out this beginner quite a bit last year!
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| 4 | Rogue's Strikers
ID: 33732119
Sun, Sep 16, 20:33
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Hey, weclome back Canuck. Good sound advice all around.
For defense, I'd even go as far to say that anyone over 2 mil is too expensive.
I think its important to mention the 'price gainer trap' of d-men. So often, a D-man will go on a small tear of 5-6 games where he gets an assist or something each game. Alot of people will trade into him (thus causing a nice price gain), but we all know that a D-man can't mantain that kind of production. So he stops producing like he was and people look to trade him again. (Within a week usually.) So that one small money train usually takes two trades. More importantly though, is that most people will trade that D-man for another hot D-man who is rising in price. This 'trap' effectively wastes one of your trades each week. While you will be gaining some money, those trades could have gotten you more money or points if used on a forward or goalie who had a better schedule. (How many times did someone say last year that they 'couldn't afford to move into so-and-so', all because they were using trades on D-men.) If you have the trades to burn, trading in and out of D-men can gain you money, and as always there are the exceptions to the rule. (Leetch last year went up about 2 million over a couple months, but remember that he was producing like a forward.) I personally believe that trades are more valuable than the small cash gains to be made on D though.
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| 5 | Cool Canuck
ID: 55722915
Sun, Sep 16, 20:47
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I think that 2M$ is too low. You can practically get #1 defencemen when you go up to 3M$ (Zhitnik, Tanabe, Brewer) whereas when you dip down to 2M$ you're in Keith Carney, Lyle Odelein-types territory.
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| 6 | He Shoots He
ID: 38371815
Tue, Sep 18, 19:24
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Cool Canuck, great advice. I followed that advise last year and ended up 85th. It's nice to see some same names as last years chat room in Small World. All we need is Shindo in here to stir things up.
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| 7 | puckprophet
ID: 52712723
Wed, Sep 19, 12:04
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please! NO SHINDO!!!
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| 8 | Rogue's Strikers
ID: 33732119
Wed, Sep 19, 13:23
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lol, I remember Shindo. He wasn't that bad, was he?
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| 9 | tomegun
ID: 58715278
Wed, Sep 19, 13:49
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pp you should be nice to your little brother shindo.lol
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| 10 | Canadian Strikers
ID: 338411910
Wed, Sep 19, 19:49
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Shindo was so funny, because he was always giving his "expert" advice, yet he never did too well. I think I got on his nerves though, because I was always going against everything he said. But it was fun arguing with him...
COME BACK SHINDO!
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| 11 | MuffinTeam
ID: 478201820
Wed, Sep 19, 20:06
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hehe i see lots of familiar names from the keep your head up division.
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| 12 | He Shoots He
ID: 38371815
Wed, Sep 19, 22:36
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Hey, everyone..Welcome Back. Looks like I stirred up some memories. Too bad Smallworld doesn't have the chat room again. I checked and they said maybe next year. You're right Striker Shindo didn't fare as well as some of us. I guess this will have to be our chat room for this year. Good Luck Everyone!!!! Remember if problems come up like last year.....it's still free to play.
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| 13 | tommyd
ID: 15912231
Thu, Sep 20, 11:50
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Another thing to remember are players that are coming into their 3rd and 4th year and are ready to break out. This is ususally when they hit their stride. Some examples I like are Lecalvier, Marleau and even Hejduk and Drury. These guys are still improving and will increase their #'s. You still have to take into consideration schedule and price but I'm just purely talkin about guys that could have big breakout seasons.
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| 14 | tomegun
ID: 58715278
Thu, Sep 20, 13:17
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this is my second year in hockey. so, like next year or the year after my teams might be good?
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| 15 | Rick
ID: 30002522
Thu, Sep 20, 21:33
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Tomegun, exactly ;)
I remember Shindo. It was my first year playing smallworld and was looking for advices on the smallworlds board. This guy always had an answer to everything and not always the right one (in fact, most of the time). It was fun to see everyone arguing with him.
Are discussions going to be as animated without him?
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| 16 | Canadian Strikers
ID: 338411910
Fri, Sep 21, 11:09
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We'll have to find someone new, who can type pages and pages on a single topic. And who will also be on the boards 24/7.
If you think you fit this description, YOU could be the next Shindo. SHINDO2!
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| 17 | Code Cracker
Leader
ID: 360143115
Fri, Sep 21, 11:18
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There's already a guy who fits this description on these boards although he is hanging out on the baseball board most of the time now.
He will be here soon... :)
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| 18 | tomegun
ID: 58715278
Fri, Sep 21, 15:32
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Don't be so hard on shindo's older brother:
puckprophet.roflmao
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