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Arena JCC EPL Fantasy Football (Soccer) League 2015/16 win colours

Discussion in 'Community' started by Darth Punk , Jul 22, 2015.

  1. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I've set up a JCC fantasy football league on FPL.

    Football as in soccer, not football as in egg chasing in kevlar.

    http://fantasy.premierleague.com

    The join league pin is 529028-132260

    Open to all.

    Free to play.

    A week of VIP status and colours for the winner (thank you Heelsy).

    Get involved.
     
  2. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I'll post rules, regs, and add some links to some useful sites over the next few days. If anyone who's new to this variation of fantasy league has any Q's, post them here, and I will endeavour to provide the A's.

    Not tonight though, I'm off to bed.
     
  3. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    The game kicks off on August 8th. You can still register and play after that date, but you'll be missing points.

    This game is based on a budget system, not a draft system. You compile a team of 15 players (11 first team, and four subs).

    Don't worry that as you don't follow this type of football as avidly as you do other sports, it's not as difficult to get into as you might think. You get a free transfer every gameweek to tweak your team as you go, and a couple of chances to completely overhaul your team (with what's called a wildcard) at certain stages during the season.

    The registration process, is relatively quick, and once that's done, there is an option for you to auto select a team. If you're a complete noob to the sport, this isn't the worst way to get the ball rolling. You won't be stuck with this randomly generated team, as you have unlimited transfers before the first gameweek starts (a week and a bit from today).

    So register: http://fantasy.premierleague.com
    Auto select a team
    Join the JCC league with this pin: 529028-132260
    And then you have just over a week to fine tune your team
    Simples

    I use a couple of sites online.

    ESPN soccernet (UK version)
    http://www.espnfc.co.uk/

    For injury news, I use physioroom
    http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

    Fantasy Football Scout
    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/

    There's a fantasy football forum called FISO. They have all sorts of pointers. Board members there do something called RMT (rate my team). They post their team for other board members to give feedback. You can get a lot of good pointers from that. Also, if you have a nose around on FISO, there are stickies that have good basic strategy tips. You don't have to register there, you can just lurk, and read.
    http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=18
    and
    http://www.fiso.co.uk/categories/74/FPL.html

    There are a bunch of other places people go for news for things like transfers, pre season form, and reports. I'll link a few folk from the EPL thread. They're not all into fantasy football, but they might be kind enough to post a few links as to where they go for their football news?
    heels1785 halibut DarthIntegral epic Diggy DanielUK Everton yankee8255 SithLordDarthRichie Mustafar_66 FatBurt
     
  4. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Nope. If you can't even get the acronym for the league name correct...
     
  5. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Like I said, they might be kind.
     
  6. DarthIntegral

    DarthIntegral JCC Baseball Draft/SWC Draft Commish star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    Maybe if it was MLS. I have a reputation as an Amerisnob to protect after all.
     
  7. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Fine, I'll be kind. Next season Wet Sham won't be relegated...hahahaha, no cant do it!
     
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  8. heels1785

    heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    I listen to talksport a lot during the season, and when I need to burn dig with a gif I go to WhoAteAllThePies.
     
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  9. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    On the other hand, I like to use words that make sense.
     
  10. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    So remember people, we must get our words and acronyms spot on or else diggy makes these high pitched screaming noises and smacks himself around the head. On the other hand he's an excellent driver, and awesome at blackjack.
     
  11. DANNASUK

    DANNASUK Force Ghost star 7

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    Frontpage Scandal X is joining the FFL.

    Please, best auto select ever!
     
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  12. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    That was surprisingly easy.
     
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  13. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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  14. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I've just had a look at the new scoring features. This season, there will be an option to strategically use what they've called "Chips" to boost your points.

    There are three types of chips, each can only be used once a season, to boost points for the duration of one Gameweek

    Chip 1: The All Out Attack

    Chip 2: Bench Boost

    Chip 3: Triple Captain

    The game has always had a wildcard feature. For anyone new to the game, I'll put together a post on wildcard strategy (best times to use them etc.)
    sometime in the next few days.

    Here's a cut and paste from their website:

    Chips can be used to potentially enhance your team's performance during the season.
    Only one chip can be played in a single Gameweek. The chips available are as follows:
    NameEffect
    All Out Attack Allows you to play a 2-5-3 formation in the next Gameweek.
    Bench Boost The points scored by your bench players in the next Gameweek are included in your total.
    Triple Captain Your captain points are tripled instead of doubled in the next Gameweek.
    Wildcard All transfers (including those already made) in the Gameweek are free of charge.

    The All Out Attack, Bench Boost and Triple Captain chips can each be used once a season and are played when saving your team on the my team page. They can be cancelled at anytime before the Gameweek deadline.
    The Wildcard chip can be used twice a season, once in the first half of the season (before 28 Dec 14:00) and once in the second half of the season. The Wildcard chip is played when confirming transfers that cost points and can't be cancelled once played.
     
  15. astropaz

    astropaz Jedi Padawan

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    I'm in as is my wife.
     
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  16. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    You married well
     
  17. dp4m

    dp4m Chosen One star 10

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    I was invited to chew bubblegum and kick heels1785 's ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum...
     
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  18. heels1785

    heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    welcome sir
     
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  19. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Now it's a party
     
  20. dp4m

    dp4m Chosen One star 10

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    [​IMG]
     
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  21. TiniTinyTony

    TiniTinyTony JCC Super Bowl Pick 'Em Winner star 7 VIP - Game Winner

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    I'd be interested in playing a fantasy American football draft.
     
  22. dp4m

    dp4m Chosen One star 10

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    There's one going; one spot left, I think. JCF Fantasy Football thread.
     
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  23. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Last call for sign up, as the season kicks off tomorrow. Free to play, all welcome.

    See OP for links and join pin

    Best of luck
     
  24. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Gameweek 1 results are in:

    astropaz which team are you? Also, if the two others can add a username to their team

    1 Frontpage Scandal X DanielUK 46
    2 Spikey Twig Mrs. astropaz 44
    3 the farthammer Darth Punk 43
    4 Immortan José ? 33
    5 Team Bulborb ? 30
    6 dp4m's Heel Kickers dp4m 29
    7 The Frumps heels1785 25
    8 Fat FF:UKer's ? 24
    8 The Philoshophy epic 24

    lol epic
     
  25. DANNASUK

    DANNASUK Force Ghost star 7

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    Somehow, I managed to finish the first week top