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Subject: World Cup fantasy?
Posted by: Warriors
- [2511311715] Tue, Mar 05, 2002, 14:15
I wonder if sportingnews is gonna have one for the World Cup this summer. |
| 1 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 11:06
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It's not a bad question. We're looking into it. Just out of curiosity how many people on this forum would be interested in a world cup game that was free to enter but where each trade cost $1? Basically you'd draft 11 players and get points for goals and assists and shutouts.
-ESB
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| 2 | tduncan
ID: 47616279
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 11:15
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I will play a pay game... but not a "buy trades" game.
there is just no strategy other then "buy as many trades as you can".
I'm wondering, will this kind of game will be eligible to send prizes overseas?
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| 3 | El Tel
ID: 361281615
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 12:18
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td,I second those emotions.
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| 4 | quik_ag
ID: 368423022
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 12:45
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i'd be interested
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| 5 | Mighty Cod
ID: 01021713
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 19:29
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I agree with Tduncan. I like the pay games but not the pay for trades games.
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| 6 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Thu, Mar 14, 2002, 19:33
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erik if you need help we're here.....yes to a pay game, but no to a buy trades one, because in the first all entrants have the same chances to win, while in the second the one who spends more wins....
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| 7 | smallwhirled
Donor
ID: 29232811
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 16:23
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I'd play a pay game, but I'll never like the pay for trade format.....and I'd definitely be interested.
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| 8 | rage_22
Donor
ID: 23115622
Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 21:02
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I agree with the abovementioned ideas (pay to play, but no pay for trades).
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| 9 | Gio
ID: 462371412
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 13:41
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I would definately play a free game
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| 10 | Motley Crue
Donor
ID: 101010298
Tue, Mar 19, 2002, 15:18
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I might pay to play. I would play for free.
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| 11 | loki
Sustainer
ID: 12253422
Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 22:46
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Would play a free or pay game, but not a pay for trade game.
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| 12 | Strike One
ID: 356372421
Fri, Apr 05, 2002, 17:56
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I'd play, wouldn't buy trades though.
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| 13 | Erik B.
ID: 44811314
Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 15:01
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We are, in fact, doing this game as a PFT game with plenty of extra trades for NET (No Extra Trade) divisions. There will be no salary cap for this game and all players in the WC will be available.
-ESB
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| 14 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 17:56
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erik i assure you that pft soccer games are pretty bad....i don't know why this way of build fantasy games is so "lovely" for you, but as everyone of us is telling you, it's really what your clients DON'T WANT......so, do you listen to us or do you just need us to take our money to tsn??
pft is a game that gives the opportunity to win to the only persons who can afford to buy the higher number of trades, leaving all others with the only opportunity to win a net division.
i think it's really not worth the money, and with all the others FREE fantasy opportunities i just will pass this one.
For all of you interested in free games, there surely be great ones on the following sites:
www.uefa.com
www.fantacalcio.it
www.fantafoot.com
....i'll soon add new sites, stay tuned.....bye.
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| 15 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 18:27
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p.s.: as you've seen i'm with you if you make a pay for play game, in which who has the ability (not the possibility) to choose the right strategy wins......money it's not a problem, the real problem is to play with the same chances of everyone. I don't even care about the fact of not been allowed to receive prizes, so i play for pure fun, but pft reduces the fun to a percentage near a fat 0.
And i pray you to note that this pft stuff really makes the winner's situation unclear and even if we all trust in you, as you deserved to be in all this years, someone should argue with that.....
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| 16 | mIST
ID: 3944918
Wed, May 01, 2002, 08:55
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I agree with my laziale friend (fatecelo vincere sto scudo, eddai ;)), pft is a horrible way of playing. Who's got the money wins, who doesn't (or doesn't want to use it for a trade) have it doesn't win.
You could try this kind of game with basket, hockey etc., but not with soccer. In Europe, we are masters of fantasy soccer games, and we don't need to pay for playing, because we have other choices (the sites listed by IRRI). So think about it...
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| 17 | rage_22@work
ID: 121441918
Wed, May 01, 2002, 17:21
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I understand the motives behind PFT games Erik, and I do not fault you for wanting more profits. Nonetheless, I will not play a World Cup game if it is in the PFT format.
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| 18 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Wed, May 01, 2002, 19:04
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For all you soccer's maniacs: if you want to play fantasy soccer world cup, wait until the next 15 days because in europe fantasy sports are for free, even if they have, sometimes, not great prizes.....i'll tell you of every site i find, i promise.....for fantasy basket, bball, football and hockey we don't have alternatives to tsn, but with soccer we have really a lot......trust me....
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| 19 | mIST
ID: 3944918
Thu, May 02, 2002, 01:59
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Well, it's may the 2nd, and still no World Cup game...whazzup?
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| 20 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Thu, May 02, 2002, 13:17
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Mist:
The game is going up today. Within the next hour.
Laziale:
We've had many, many disagreements over this and other strategies that TSN has pursued. My goal has and will be to balance the interests of TSN with those of our community. And I'll tell you straight out -- a PFT format was the only way we could build a WC game. Period. We didn't think we'd get enough paying customers to make it an Ultimate game, and we couldn't release the game as a free game (we're simply not in a position financially to do something like that). What we've done, then, is built a game where you could play in a NET (no extra trades) division and compete with your friends or PFT and compete for prizes. As a business manager, creating a situation where a game is free to enter was simply NOT POSSIBLE.
At any rate, you should take a look at the game. It's entirely possible to play it without spending any money. And we think it'll be the best World Cup game out there because it focuses on the players and not the teams. And by the way, all the games that you've listed, Laziale, are pay games with restrictions on prizes.
-ESB
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| 21 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Thu, May 02, 2002, 20:55
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wait, i repeat, i didn't ask for a free game.
and all the sites i listed are FREE and will not charge anything to play (we play there all year long games about serie a, premier league, champions league etc....).
i can assure you that i would have played, and enjoyed, a pay4play game, and that i wouldn't play a p4t one, and so will do any other european with at least a nut of brain. It's not that you build your game badly, but it's because there are a lot of free alternatives, with games of all kinds about the world cup, and with no restrictions for prizes.
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| 22 | Samuli
ID: 3104968
Thu, May 09, 2002, 19:46
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What? Pay for a trade? I've been away only a couple of months and already SW, sorry, TSN is coming up with that kind of a retarded idea! Geesh, I guess I should be watching you guys more closly!
BTW, I'm not going to play a game with that kind of an idiotic system. Period.
PS. Italy will take it all, while France will face the elimination in the first round. Remember, you heard it here first.
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| 23 | mIST
ID: 36022116
Fri, May 10, 2002, 03:35
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Samuli, you have 11 trades for all the tournament, if you want more you pay for them...I know it's such a stupid way of playing, but we can live without it.
About the World Cup...I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Italy we use to *touch our balls* to avoid bad fortune...and so do I! :)
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| 24 | Mighty Cod
ID: 38326109
Fri, May 10, 2002, 10:36
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Hey Mist, I hear that the only way you "score" is when you "touch your balls." LOL....sorry about the low-brow humor.
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| 25 | JCS
ID: 364501015
Mon, May 20, 2002, 14:47
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Samuli, don't even think about France facing elimination in the first round. Geez, it seems like one of these asian fevers caught on you!
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| 26 | Boxscore Nation
ID: 3749210
Tue, May 21, 2002, 00:15
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Hey IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO... We are 10 days away from the World Cup and we are all still waiting for this goldmine of free World Cup games you have. How about listing them before the first game kicks off?
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| 27 | mIST
ID: 36022116
Tue, May 21, 2002, 03:17
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fantafoot.com has 2 games about to start, fantacalcio.it has one, fantacalcio2000.com has one but you pay for it, you can find games also at fantasticalcio.it, http://guide.supereva.it/fantasport/interventi/2001/10/70967.shtml and...well, isn't it enough? :)
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| 28 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Tue, May 21, 2002, 10:49
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Good luck to everyone! We're less than ten days away ...
-ESB
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| 29 | s R
ID: 2823160
Wed, May 29, 2002, 04:46
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Playerboss World Cup has launched at www.playerboss.com
The game is FREE to enter, with 1st prize of £500.
Second receives a signed international shirt of their choice
Third receives a signed football from the Playerboss Pro of their
choice
Form a mini-league with your friends, family or workmates and compete
against current and former international players
Peter Beardsley
Stuart Pearce
Nolberto Solano
Marian Pahars
Les Ferdinand
Barry Venison etc
Simply pick 16 players with your £80m budget. If you have the most
points at the end of the World Cup the £500 is yours!!
Teams to be in before 12:15pm on Friday 31st May
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| 30 | mIST
ID: 36022116
Wed, May 29, 2002, 05:06
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That sounds nice.
I'm in.
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| 31 | s R
ID: 2823160
Thu, May 30, 2002, 06:06
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another free game on the horizon:
Can You Kit It's Fantasy World Cup game is as usual free to play but no prizes and is likely to be a very popular game (with one entry per person). One cool thing to check out is that thanks to their partnership with Sportingstatz they'll be offering live updates and including attacking passes, tackles and saves in the data. A direct link to CYKI's rules is here .
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| 32 | s R
ID: 2823160
Thu, May 30, 2002, 07:10
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and an "other":
World Cup Fantasy Flop
Select 11 players destined to have a woeful tournament in the Far East, i.e. to win, you should have the shakiest goalkeeper, the clumsiest defenders, most ineffective midfielders and wasteful strikers. It's all because you accumulate points for keepers and defenders conceding goals, strikers missing the target and everyone getting red and yellow cards. And if your team proves to be the most inept by the end of the tournament by topping the points table, you can win the star prize, an "Oasis" La-z-boy chair worth £1,100.
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