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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here For this week's Daily Telegraph Fantasy Football Password - Go to our Forum Fantasy Sports Newsletter 62 -
Friday 17th January 2003 Welcome to FISO's Fantasy Sports Newsletter
number 62. Over 3,000 fantasy sports fans have already subscribed to this
newsletter. Today we take a break from all that football action and concentrate
on Fantasy Horseracing, Fantasy World Cup Cricket and Fantasy Share Portfolio
games. Oh, and there is some fantasy football news too, in this bumper packed
Fantasy Sports Newsletter! Contents: 1. The Sun Dream Team King of the
Punters - Fantasy Horseracing! 2. The Fantasy Factory Games Portfolio 3. Fantasy World Cup Cricket games. 4. Fantasy Shares Game from The
Observer 5. Premiership Injury news courtesy of
PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre. 6. Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy
Sports Forum. 7. Background to the FISO Forum - the
place for the latest news and views on UK fantasy sports games. 8. New fantasy sports game reviews. 9. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Tipster
Corner. 10. Access to previous Newsletters including
a search facility, FISO contact details & How to Unsubscribe from this
newsletter. 1. The
Sun Dream Team King of the
Punters The Sun's simple to play horseracing tipping
competition, King of the Punters, has been web-enabled this year and starts this
Saturday 18th January - with a noon entry deadline. The Game is only open to those aged 18 years
or over at the time of registration and is open to any eligible person residing
in a country where the Game is not prohibited or otherwise unlawful. FISO have a whole host of tips for you on
the forum - just click here: http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2161 There is also a FISO mini-league which is
FREE to join. Once you have entered your team, on the "My Entry" page,
click on the 'Join Mini League' link. You will then be prompted to enter the
league name and password to the Mini League - these are: 2. Fantasy
Factory -
multiple sports enjoyment (review by Sam David) This
factory looks like the place to clock in to for a variety of sporting
competitions. Most games are free
to enter, but pay-to-play competitions are run to raise funds for worthy causes.
The main promise is plenty of fun for everyone. Participants
can: -
win prizes by forecasting the outcome of popular sports events -
choose from contests such as Football's Premiership, Champions League and
Worthington Cup, Cricket Tests, Formula 1, Rugby Union Premiership &
European Cup, Tennis and Golf, Horse Racing, the Superbowl and even the Music
charts -
view results and standings online soon after a day’s play is completed -
set up a mini-league to play against friends and colleagues -
enter one of the Free Games, or help raise cash for worthy causes by paying for a Big
Prize Challenge Free
Games These
usually span a weekend, but can range to a calendar month or more (the free to
play Cricket World Cup promises 54
fixtures over two months). As
an example, the next Free Weekly Football Game involves eight matches on Sat-Sun
18-19 January. Entrants need to predict which club will accumulate the
most fantasy points. A
team will earn 100 points for winning its match, and gain/lose points for
scoring/conceding goals. Every goal
is worth 25 points, plus one point for each minute into the match it is scored.
Each goal conceded costs a team one point.
The final total is based on the club's fantasy points multiplied by the
contestant’s predicted rating of the team. Points
can also be gained by correctly answering the bonus
question that is mailed to entrants during the action. The email also helps
entrants to gauge where they stand in the game.
Man Utd v
Real
Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo, Spanish Primera Liga, Sunday
Arsenal v West Ham, Premiership, Sunday
Fulham v Contestants
do not need to get the final positions exactly right to succeed.
The top three players will win FF prize credits which they can exchange
for gifts or save to collect bigger awards Big
Prize Challenge The
next Big Prize Challenge covers Rugby Union's Six Nations. This starts when Throughout
the 7-week competition, entrants will earn fantasy points based on: the result of each of the 15 fixtures tries, conversions, drop kicks or penalties
scored predictions to simple and topical rugby bonus
questions
league positions in the championship table. Final
totals are based on a country's fantasy points multiplied by the contestant’s
rating of the national team. Summary -
Games cover a variety of sports, with new events every week -
The free contests offer prize credits -
The pay-to-play events provide bigger prizes and benefit good causes -
Competitors can boost their viewing experience of live sport -
Results and standings are published efficiently and speedily
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The website appears to be sturdy and is easy to navigate -
The gamesmaster is extremely responsive to queries and feedback -
FF’s stated aim is to run games to entertain their players For
further details, and to register and play, log on to:
http://www.fantasyfactory.co.uk
3. Fantasy World Cup Cricket
games A. TELEGRAPH
FANTASY CRICKET WORLD CUP (reviewed
by Sam David) Look out for details in The
Daily Telegraph and online at www.fantasycricket.telegraph.co.uk
from Saturday 18 January. Subscribers to Wisden Monthly
(the February edition was published on 16 Jan) have been able to review the
rules and player lists beforehand. These are summarised as follows: Pick 11 players - 5 batsmen,
1 keeper, 1 all-rounder and 4 bowlers - from the list of 140 world cricketers.
Every player has a rating between 1 and 9 (1 is best). The total combined
rating of your team for the group stages should be 41 or more. You can
select a maximum of six from any one country, and make ten transfers during the
tournament. From the start of the Super
Six stage on Wednesday 5 March, and through to the final on Sunday 23 March, the
total combined rating of the team can be reduced from 41 to 25 or more. Players can earn or lose
points based on their runs, wickets, catches, stumpings and match appearances.
Each entry costs five pounds
(£5). Postal applications (e.g. the form in Wisden Monthly) must arrive
by first post on Saturday 8 February. For other entry options, please
check the Telegraph. You can also set up a Super
League of five or more teams with friends and colleagues - so look out for the
FISO Super League in due course. For full details of the
competition, see the newspaper or website this Saturday. B.
Sun DreamTeam Fantasy World Cup Cricket No
URL (website address) yet but what little we know is that registration starts on
Saturday 25th January and is open for two weeks . . .there is a massive £50,000
prize money on offer and there is the usual £5 entry fee .... what more do
you need to know? Well, if you do need to know more then look out for more
info in our next newsletter. (URL now - http://www.dreamteamfc.com/dtck/servlet/OpenFSELogin
) 4. Fantasy Shares: Observer
- £25,000 in prizes The Money Observer is
offering everybody one free online entry to their 'Investor of the Year'
contest. Further entries, if required, can be made via a Premium Rate
phone call. So if you've ever fancied being a top fund manager, wheeling
and dealing in the stock market,
now you can. All you have to do is pick
shares that you believe will be
2003's best
performers.
A tricky task, perhaps, but at least you
won't lose your job if you fail.
There are
lots of prizes to be won, including 10
sets of five
monthly prizes and
a grand end-of-year prize pot, worth a
combined £25,000. Select five shares from the
30 companies listed that you believe will show the greatest percentage rise in
share price in 2003 between 1 January and 31 December.
Your selection will qualify for the
monthly and premier prizes. Predict how many of the 30
shares will be showing a gain in value by the end of the year.
This will be used
as a tiebreaker. You can only make one entry
via the Money
Observer website: If you wish to enter again,
simply ring the
Registration Hotline on
0906 470 9239 and follow the prompts to
leave your entry details
& contact information. (60p per
minute, BT Premium Rate).
You can make as many telephone entries
as you like. Once the competition is in
progress, performance figures for the 30 shares
and winners' names
will be published in the Guardian,
Observer and
Money Observer every month. The first monthly prize will
be awarded for the shares showing the greatest percentage rise in the two-month
period of January and February. List of companies 1
Anglo-American
11 Cadbury Schweppes
21 Marks & Spencer 2
AstraZeneca
12 Capita
22 Persimmon 3
BAE Systems 13 Diageo
23 Prudential 4
BG Group 14
GUS
24 Reuters 5
BP
15 Hilton
25 Scottish & Southern 6
Bradford & Bingley 16 HSBC
26 Smith & Nephew 7
British Airways
17 IMI
27 Tesco 8
Brit-Amer. Tobacco 18 Inchcape 28
Unilever 9
BSkyB
19 Johnson Matthey
29 Vodafone 10 BT 20
Man Group
30 Wolseley Deadline for entries is 5pm
Friday 31 January 2003.
Visit www.moneyobserver.com
for further details. 5. Premiership Injury news courtesy
of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre. 17 January 2003 - Reported
Premiership injuries OMITTED FROM WEB COPY 6. Latest topics from the FISO
Forum Too busy to check the growing number of FISO
forum bulletins? Worried you may have overlooked an useful gem or two in recent
weeks? No worries - FISO member, Sam David, has selected a list of hot topics
that may be worth viewing: Horse
Racing –
Hints and tips for upcoming Sun Dream Team contest http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2161 Cricket -
FCC VB Series after five matches http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2050 Football http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2257 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2277 -
Transfer strategies http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2255 Some
perennial favourites: -
New FISO members – have you introduced yourself yet?
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2263 http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1761
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For those with just one team in the Telegraph http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1249 on
the Times FF & Golden Boot, Sun Dream Team, William Hill, TFF
& TFFO (league and cup), Sky & Weekend scores predictor http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=3 7. FISO Forum The FISO fantasy sports forum
was launched in August 2001 and with over 2,000 topics and 15,000
posts about fantasy sports so far and averaging approximately 5,000 page views
per day, the FISO forum is the place to talk to your fellow players and get
an opinion about a game. The latest Fantasy Sports news is posted here so check
it regularly. All posts since August 2001 are contained in an archive system
accessible from the forum index. To search the FISO forum click
here. Why not join in our forum?
You do NOT need to join to view the posts but if you choose yourself a password
and username, leaving your name and email address, then you're free to post as
well. The Forums include Fantasy Football,
Cricket, Golf, Formula One, Other Fantasy Sports and Horse Racing Tips
(Beat the Bookies!). To access the latest postings across all
the fantasy sports forums in one easy page click here. 8. New fantasy sports game reviews. Footballmatch is an online football
management simulation based on fantasy football rules. It is currently being
developed and tested live and its unique features include: ·
a player driven economy, ·
player driven transfers, ·
speculation via bets on real life games, ·
shorter seasons resulting in more intense environment, ·
promotions and relegations, ·
team income and wage bills. ·
a real time transfer market in the game (so when someone sells a
player from their squad, the player is on the transfer market for 3 days where
the highest bidder after 3 days gets the player. This should add to the
involvement of members and also create an in game economy where the players
govern how much the players are worth). The game is currently in testing phase with
Round 2 Team Selection deadline on Sat 18 January 13:00 and the developers would
welcome and appreciate any managers that come and help fine tune
Footballmatch.net. More discussion and feedback on this game can be found here: http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2238 The game allows you to predict the outcome
of matches from the English, Scottish or Italian leagues. The main game is free
to play but if you wish you can compete for cash in the weekly or monthly 'Prize
Leagues'. Here's an Australian based fantasy golf game
which is combined with a competition against an American based fantasy golf game
for the Fantasy Presidents Cup: A predictions league where there will be 10
teams in the league. A team consists of 8 PGA players drafted by the team
captain. Draft order is determined by "luck of the draw" and is
serpentined. The league will run from Jan. 16th (Bob Hope) through Aug. 25th
(NEC Invitational & the Reno-Tahoe Open). All players are returned to
the draft each year. THE SCORING. 1st place 20 points The 4 major tournaments will award double
points for all places (Masters, US Open, British Open & PGA Championship). THE MONEY. 1st place $225.00 TRANSACTIONS. The "Waiver Wire" - You may drop a
player from your roster, and pick up an available player who is not on a roster.
You must make a bid for the desired player, and the highest bidder will be
awarded that player. The minimum bid is $3.00. Trading - You may negotiate a trade with any
other team. The number of players or draft picks is not limited, but must
be player for player, draft pick for draft pick. Cost is $3.00 per
player/draft pick, per team. The deadline for trading is August 1st. THE PARTY. After the first round is complete, the
Captain of the team that is losing will assign the matches for the "2nd
round", or the last 16 weeks of the Fantasy season. A total of 10
points are available in this second round, making the total available points for
the competition 20. Team USA will need only 10 total points to retain the
cherished Cup, while Team Australia will need a minimum of 10 1/2 points to
bring the Cup down-under. While the Cup competition is played primarily for fun
and pride, the losing team is required to send a "Champion's Box" to
the winners. 9. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing
Corner. I'm pleased to provide the odd racing tip
for FISO members. I'll give a rating to the bet with 5/10 being average. You can
catch more of my tips on the Beat
The Bookies part of the FISO forum. Today's report: King of the Punters is upon us so besides a
tip or two I'll give a few mentions. Firstly two Cheltenham tips. Champion
Chase, Moscow Flyer 7/2 , I've taken 9/2 but this race rarely produces shocks
and he showed no ill effects of his previous fall when winning last time. He won
the Arkle last year and if he is right on the day must have a great chance in a
race that rarely produces shocks. Stayers Hurdle, Baracouda 3/1 won the race
last year, looks the one to beat, but a big price due to doubts over the jockey,
but they won last year - another race that doesn't produce too many shocks and
over a trip few genuinely get. I'll give a few mentions now for the Sun
comp. Fondmort will have a chance tomorrow and if he doesn't cut it I reckon
they'll find a few nice targets - maybe the Cathcart. Hussard Collonges is a
real stayer and may be capable of beating the best when the emphasis is on
jumping and stamina - runs tomorrow. I fancy Chauvanist to beat Puntal tomorrow
and he would be an interesting bet if they then decide to run him in the Tote
Gold Trophy. Tony Martin's David's Lad would be my idea of the National winner,
but there is no rush to back him just yet. Looking further ahead I see my
previous 2000 Guineas tip Statue of Liberty has been significantly nibbled at
and I strongly urge anyone who missed the 16/1 to take the 14/1 that is still on
offer. Good Luck. |
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