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Fantasy Sports Newsletter 53 - 23 June 2002

Approaching the 2002 World Cup semi-finals, welcome to FISO's bi-monthly newsletter number 53. Over 1,500 subscribed fantasy sports fans have already subscribed to our newsletter.

Contents:

1. Fantasy World Cup Leaderboards

2. Simulated Football Management Games - New Reviews

3. FISO Forum

4. More new fantasy sports reviews including Fantasy Wimbledon

5. Fantasy Cricket Club - Triangular Series Game

6. Previous Newsletters, FISO & How to Unsubscribe

1.  Fantasy World Cup Leaderboards

With the World Cup about to enter the semi-final stage, we take a look at the leaderboards in the major fantasy world cup games:

The top 10 in The Telegraph's Fantasy Football World Cup (TFFWC) after the quarter-finals:

1 Mr Shipley Suicyco Mother 425
2 Mr Neviazsky NADAR THREE 422
3 Mr Luckhurst Oj9 406
4 Mr BUCKLEY MagMiffycent 11 395
5 Mr Clark Cpt Pugwash 2nd XI 390
6 Mr Shipley Avail 387
6 Mr Quigley Crackers9 387
8 Mr Smith TMS1 383
8 Mr Macilraith Whenthelionfeeds 383
10 Mr Pennington United Schnorbitz 382

Mike Shipley, Andy Luckhurst and Theo Smith are FISO members, so good luck to them and any other FISO members close to the top.

In the Sun's World Cup Dream Team competition, the top 10 is as follows:

The current make up of the top 2 teams tied on 415 points are respectively:  

 In Fantasy League's Classic World Cup game, the top 10 are:

Looks like FISO members, John Goody and Mark Hughes, are battling it out at the top and, with John's second placed team and Mark's team each having 2 transfers left, it looks an exciting tactical battle.

At the top of Sky's World Super Manager (and before the update for Saturday's games) these are the teams at the top:

Known FISO members include Aynsley Merritt (Treylon) and John Goody (Merlin02).  

And at the top of The Times' game (scores are before the quarter final results):

Andy Luckhurst carrying the FISO challenge but with only one player allowed from each country there could be big changes amongst the leaders.

Good luck to all FISO members including any that we've overlooked in the reviews above.

2. Simulated Football Management Games - New Reviews

Reality Game

Reality Game are a French based company offering a number of online interactive sports management games. Games include Y-Soccersim (their online football management game), World Cup Manager and Formula-Y (an online auto management game). Demos are free to try. Subscription for the pro games can be paid by premium rate phone call or credit card and are from 4.95 Euros per month.

Hattrick

Hattrick is a very popular Swedish-based free to play online soccer management game originally created in 1997. Matches are played a few times each week.

BlueMFC

Blue MFC (Blue Monkey Football Challenge) is an online simulated football management game whose next season (Season 2) kicks off on 12 September 2002. Games are played on Tuesday and Thursdays.

MEFL

MEFL (Marc's Email Football League) is a new simulated football management game using the @esms software and run by a soccer fanatic from the USA. The MEFL in Season 1 will consist of 2 equal divisions of 10 teams. The MEFL plays games twice a week, every week, on Tuesday and Friday.  In the first season, your team is guaranteed to play twice a week until the last week of the season. Currently looking for managers.

USSM

USSM is a free simulated fantasy football role-playing game based on the Championship Manager series. You get the opportunity to manage one of 16 English teams.  If you are unsure how to role-play but you wish to apply there is a section on the site which will help you with this.  This site is updated normally 4-5 times a week. Games are played at the weekend.  Match overviews give you a detailed report of what happened in the game.  There is a European competition as well as a domestic one. Managers of all ages are accepted as long as you are willing to role-play and submit tactics. Currently taking applications for new league starting at the end of July.

Liga Electrónica Argentina de Fútbol (LEAF)

LEAF is an online football management game using the @esms programme. For Spanish speakers only. (La Liga electrónica Argentina de Fútbol (LEAF) es jugada a través de mails y utilizando el programa @esms. Cualquiera puede anotarse y es gratuita. Si alguna vez soñastes en manejar un club de fútbol, entonces esta liga es tu oportunidad).

4. Other new fantasy sports reviews including Fantasy Wimbledon

Sporting Life's Slazenger Fantasy Wimbledon

Pick 8 players (including one wild card who scores double points) from the 64 seeds in this FREE to enter and easy to play competition and see if you can you can serve up some Slazenger tennis gear (including a racquet signed by Henman) as the overall winner. Entry deadline 1100 BST on Monday June 24 2002. Registration with Sporting Life required (username, password, email address and name).

AFFL  

AFFL (Australian Fantasy Football League) offers fantasy football Australian Rules style! Their free to play league offers 3 divisions offering different complexities and including a "solitaire " division for beginning fantasy footballers.

5. Fantasy Cricket Club - ODI Triangular Series Game

Fantasy Cricket Club are enforcing the 'follow on' with a new fantasy cricket game based on the One Day International Triangular Series between England, India and Sri Lanka. All online entries must be received by 23.45 GMT on Wednesday 26th June 2002. Postal entries are accepted. For comments on previous FCC games check out the FISO cricket forum.

New for this game is the opportunity to see if you can beat the best of 32 well-known members of the cricket media who will be competing against each other for charity in a parallel game (Media Challenge). Every entrant into the game who manages to beat the winning score of the winner of the Media Challenge will win a copy of the Spring 2002 edition of Cover Point Video.

The game runs from 27th June 2002 until 13th July 2002 and covers the following O.D.I. Matches:

27th June England v Sri Lanka (Nottingham)
29th June England v India (Lords)
30th June India v Sri Lanka (The Oval)
2nd July England v Sri Lanka (Leeds)
4th July England v India (Chester-le-Street)
6th July India v Sri Lanka (Birmingham)
7th July England v Sri Lanka (Manchester)
9th July England v India (The Oval)
11th July India v Sri Lanka (Bristol)
13th July Triangular Series Final (Lords)

Select a squad of 11 players with a maximum total ratings value of 75 and in the following format:

5 Batsmen
1 Wicketkeeper
1 All-Rounder
4 Bowlers

There are no restrictions on the number of players per country and no transfers are allowed.

Players score points based on the amount of runs scored, wickets, stumpings and catches taken. Bonus points or penalty points occur depending upon scoring rates as batsmen and economy rates as bowlers.

The Entry Fee is £3.00 per team. There is no limit on the number of teams which can be entered by any one person. The following cash prizes will be awarded for the top 3 highest-scoring entries:

1st Prize £1,000
2nd Prize £ 500
3rd Prize £ 250

In addition FCC intend to run the following fantasy games over the next few months:

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