THE FISO LEAGUE FPL KNOCKOUT CUP 2010

Brought to you by Knulpuk and RomynPG with graphics assistance from Jonathan Inc



CURRENT HOLDER: Chinsu
RUNNER UP: GREENIE

A few days ago there were roughly 550 known FISOers in the Main League and about 220 unknowns. In order for the game not to implode with complexity we need to start the game proper with 512 teams!

There will be a 2 GW qualifying round and only those teams where the manager is known to FISO or has taken the effort to make themselves known on the main sign up thread (which can be found below) will be included in this qualification.

The deadline for sign up is the end of the forthcoming international break ie the start of Gameweek 4.

In short if you want to guarantee your spot in the cup - sign up to main FISO thread - if you moan later but you never signed up then you will be moaning in a vacuum

Main FISO league sign up

Once the deadline has passed we will take the known FISOers at that point and run a qualifying round over 2 GWs - highest 512 aggregate scores going through to first round proper.

Timetable

Sign up to main FISO thread start of Gameweek 4 - Saturday 11th September 11.30am.

Qualifying Round circa 600 teams Gameweeks 4 & 5
Round 1 512 teams Gameweeks 6 & 7
Round 2 256 teams Gameweeks 8 & 9
Round 3 128 teams Gameweeks 10 & 11
Round 4 64 teams Gameweeks 12 & 13
Round 5 32 teams Gameweeks 14 & 15
Last 16 Gameweeks 16 & 17
Quarter Finals Gameweeks 18 & 19
Winter break Gameweeks 20 & 21
Semi-Finals Gameweeks 22 & 23
Final Gameweeks 24 & 25

COMPETITION RULES

This is a Gameweek score competition, therefore the team with the most points scored over the two legs progresses to the next round. Under normal circumstances, points lost through multiple transfers WILL NOT be taken into account, so carry out as many transfers as you wish. However, for tiebreak purposes, transfers will be taken into account. Use of the Wildcard counts as a single transfer for that purpose.

TIEBREAK RULES

If scores are level after the round then the following criteria will be used to determine the winner of the tie:
1. Transfers: A team with the LEAST number of total transfers made across both GWs of the tie, will progress to the next round. PLEASE NOTE: A Gameweek where the Wildcard is played will count as a single transfer.

2. Goals: If transfers can’t separate the two, then the team that scores the most number of GOALS across both GWs of the tie, will proceed to the next round.

3. Bench: If by some horrible quirk of fate the teams are still level then the team whose BENCH scores the most number of points across both GWs, will progress to the next round.

4. Toss: If scores are still level at this point, I will toss a virtual coin email the results to a trusted FISOer and ask the first replying participant to call.

Nice one Knulpuk

For reference purposes here is a complete listing of all squads in the FISO Main League as at now (on EditGrid)

http://www.editgrid.com/user/nymor/FISO_010910

As stated above by our gamesmaster you have to be in the Main League and also be "known" to take part.

The list above starts with the "unknown" (to me) squads. If your squad is listed with no FISOName then declare yourself on the Main League Sticky if you want to be elligible for the qualifying rounds.

If I missed you somehow sorry ... I try my best

Nice to see this back again, Knulpuk. I know it takes a lot of effort (and help from Romyn), so hope everybody declares themselves properly.

I am not on that list as I removed myself from the league a week ago so my real life mates couldnt see that I was part of FISO if they looked at my list of leagues. However, I would like to take part in the cup again this year so have re-applied to join the league. Is that going to cause problems?

But I am on the main Fiso Sign Up List

+1

As it was through my original unwitting participation in this sidegame due to the automatic entry into it for Fiso league members, even though I wasn't aware of it until by chance I noticed I'd reached the semi-final, that I discovered this forum's treasure trove of sidegames, it's great to see it continuing.

Hopefully,this will lead to many more new members discovering these Fiso FPL sidegames,who might otherwise miss them.

So,a big thank you from me to Knulpuk for taking the reins again and to RomynPG and Jonathan for their support and the encouragement they've provided which must help to make it all seem worthwhile making the effort.

(is that enough to ensure that I get an easy draw ?)

It won't cause a problem - but to be doubly safe just repost again on the Main League thread.

(The way my updating works is that each time I update my main spreadsheet newly added squads are highlighted and then I check new posts on that thread to marry them up - I don't re-read previous posting so post afresh rather than edit an old one)

... and it goes without saying that you need to stay in the League while you are still in the Cup

Got to get through the qualifiers first grob

This is the first year that "unknowns" are being excluded - purely because there are so many "known" squads now and even then this number will be cut to 512 by 2 weeks worth of pre-qualification.

Ive signed up to the main fiso league. Does that guarantee me a place in the qualification round or not. It sounds like fun

Done and thanks

DanDave - I have not checked whether you have posted on the main sign up page yet - why not spend 2 mins doing that if you have not already and thereby guarantee your starting slot

Last year from memory we had to top up the FISO knowns with randoms to get a 512 starting point this year we are probably 250+ up - a large increase in the size of the FISO superleague.

Would be great even to get a small number of the unknowns, known and signed up.

Just signed up for the league in-game, posted my info in the league thread and I'm looking forward to yet another nail-biting 2 week qualifier to see if I get into the competition proper.... (being a Spurs fan is never dull...)

Thanks for organising this - looks like good fun (as long as I don't go out too early)

Looking forward to this to myself - league and cup double yeah!!!

Just a bump to say this kicks off this weekend

Good luck all

its started :S

Is it Qualifying this week. If so how does it work.

Scores for GW4&5 added together - top 512 squads (who are known FISOers) get through to the first round proper.

... I see you added your details to the FISO League thread Dandave09 ... but you have to join the league as well - I'm doing a snapshot now-ish to get the numbers so get yourself joined up if you want in ... hurry hurry....

how do i join league?
help

Code in the League Main Thread - go to FPL and Manage Leagues bit - as you did for the other leagues you are in.

Done it. Sorry its late.

No worries

FPL Cup now closed to new entries

Ahh... missed it. Sorry, did not at all pay attention to this one. Any chance of an entry now? No, I am sure

You're already in baganboy.

(Everyone is the Main League and who is "known", one way or another - be that from posting in the main league thread or being matched from previous years etc - is in)

So im in

thank heavens....Reached the last 8 last time iirc

Thanks for all those that have taken the time to make themselves known.

Looking at at the numbers it is highly likely that there will be a tie for 512th, so, just a note to clarify that the tiebreak rules that are set out in the first post above will apply for qualification just as they do for the main game.

Good luck in the 2nd qualifying week!

yay 281st in GW4 hopefully i remain in top 512 after next GW

This is going to be tough. If I'm reading it right I'm 100 points away from where I need to be! Might as well have not played my wildcard afterall.

I suspect you may have got something confused somewhere along the line DrB - 100 points is not a margin that comes into play for qualification - unless there's something I've missed along the line.

A little birdy tells me that there were 560 squads going into the qualifying 2 weeks (for 512 places) and after the first week those on 34 or less need to get a good score next week and those on 38 (DrB ) are not out of trouble yet