Bundesliga Fantasy Game

olafgb · 24 Jul 2002, 10:23 AM

Kicker offers a free Bundesliga fantasy game. You all can take part and additionally form a community which makes it possible to play a) the whole game alone, b) a competition within the community and c) a competition of the community against other communities. I’ll open the community “BigSoccer.com” for us and if you want to join, please PM me and I’ll give you the password. For Aris, CJ and Eddie taking part is obligatory

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The steps and rules:

First of all you’ve got to register here: http://www.kicker.de/content/mitglie...older%3D100400

This should make little trouble, the fields marked with * are to enter. Little German help: Vorname = First name; Nachname = Name; Strasse/Hausnr. = Street/No; PLZ/Wohnort = ZIP code/city [don’t forget to enter state and nation if you’re from the USA]. They’ll send your password.

If you already registered before, choose this site: http://www.kicker.de/content/mitglie...?folder=100400 and enter your email address in the first free space. They want to make sure that you don’t take part with several different email addresses and so they’ll send a new password to you.

After demanding the password you’ll automatically be directed to the field where you’ve got to enter it.

CLASSIC GAME

You’ve got to enter a classic team first which doesn’t play in the community ranking. Have in mind that the players you’re picking here are taken over into the interactive version.

You need 2 goalies, 4 defender, 6 midfielders and 3 forwards. The formation is 3-5-2. Careful: in the classic game you can’t change the lineup. The last player of each category is substitute.

Rules for picking:
- max. 3 players of one Bundesliga team
- max. 5 non- Europeans
- budget is 30 mio Euro

Player and price list:
http://www.kicker.de/content/manager...00&help=235316
Picking them shouldn’t be a problem. My advice: stop the Internet connection and take your time for choosing – you’ll realise how difficult it is to create a good team within the budget limit. Unfortunately you only got this scroll bar in the Internet and not an overview on all players.
Another hint: think about your substitutes. You can save money for better players by choosing bad subs, or you can create an even team that compensates injuries. Remember that a not starting player brings 0 points, bad players cause minus points.

Evaluated are only those players who started in a game. If someone is missing, then the substitute takes his place. If not enough players are available for the positions, then you play with less. There also is no chance to replace a player after picking, regardless what happens with him. If a game is postponed, substitutes will play in the evaluation for the actual matchday. For the season evaluation the postponed game is being considered.

Aim:

Get as many points as possible. Points are won for:
- the kicker rating: 3.5 means 0 points, each 0.5 deviation means + 2 (3; 2.5;…)/– 2 (4; 4.5;…) points
- goals: +6 if scored by goalie; +5 if scored by defender; +4 if scored by midfielder; +3 of scored by forward – hint: penalty kicks count fully!
- Ejections: -6 for Red; -3 for Yellow/Red

Prices:

Small weekly prices for the matchday winner. After 17 games: 1st 600 Euro, 2nd 350 Euro, 3rd 250 Euro; Final standing: 1st 1.250 Euro, 2nd 750 Euro, 3rd 500 Euro. Not to discourage you, but the chances are extremely small as about 200.000 are taking part.

INTERACTIVE GAME

The interesting part. You take over your classic team and add seven players (1G, 2D, 2M, 2F) for 12.5 M. Here you are allowed to have 4 players of one team and 6 Non-Europeans. The key difference: you can vary the lineup before each matchday (deadline: kickoff of the first game), but no substitute replaces the ones who aren’t in your chosen starting formation. For the single matchdays the 3 players of one team plus 5 Non-European rules has to be taken care of. With this interactive team you are taking part in the community. Additional possibility to get points: the player of the game gets three.

When you finished picking your classic team (by clicking the button below the selection), you’ll automatically be directed to the Interactive page. The way of choosing stays the same and shouldn’t cause any difficulties.

COMMUNITY

First there is an internal ranking. It is not different to the general games, but only the ones who entered this special community are listed. All communities with at least five participants are in a community rating (max. no 18). Evaluated is the average number of points of all members.

Choose this link after asking me for the password:
http://www.kicker.de/content/manager...p?folder=60110

BrianCappellieri · 25 Jul 2002, 03:22 PM

Thanks for the invite, Olaf.

I've registered but I'm not sure how to join the division.

I'm at the "Los geht's - stellen Sie Ihr Team auf!" page where you can select your team.

More German help would be appreciated.

vflkirwan · 25 Jul 2002, 04:14 PM

If I'm not mistaken....

its saying "Whats wrong - Pick your team" or something to that effect.

Even if you know german, I didn't find that the most user-friendly

I forgot about Dolo and couldn't figure out how to get back and pick him.

olafgb · 25 Jul 2002, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BrianCappellieri
Thanks for the invite, Olaf.

I've registered but I'm not sure how to join the division.

I'm at the "Los geht's - stellen Sie Ihr Team auf!" page where you can select your team.

More German help would be appreciated.

Maybe post the link or PM me. The sentence says "Get started - pick your team". You've simply got to pick your players considering the 3 basic rules (budget, non EU limit, team limit) above.

But one thing is to consider - as VfLKirwan said: if you once picked your team you can't correct it as long as there aren't mistakes regarding the rules in your choice.