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Hmmm. Just logged in to do my transfers and found in one team I had a budget of minus 35m! Took out Hazard for 40 and had about 5 to spend on his replacement :?

I don't really understand what happened but something's gone weird somewhere. First time this has happened, it's always been exactly on 200m total before in all my teams.

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Values have also been breached in the World Cup game. Two teams in the top 20 with Messi were 20 million over budget. I could have done the same because of an error but resisted because it is clear that this was unfair. The only fair way is a points reduction for the player/s which brought the team over budget, which in most cases will be Messi (with captain points) or disqualification.

This game is so frustrating.

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tm248 wrote:Values have also been breached in the World Cup game. Two teams in the top 20 with Messi were 20 million over budget. I could have done the same because of an error but resisted because it is clear that this was unfair. The only fair way is a points reduction for the player/s which brought the team over budget, which in most cases will be Messi (with captain points) or disqualification.

This game is so frustrating.
Yup - was hoping my WC teams budgets would be resolved this morning when I awoke, but it's still way out.

The whole concept is good, the site relatively attractive & OK to use, the customer service great, but yet again they seem to be let down by poor execution and limited safeguards. Like many I really want this to work, but I do feel we're the guinea pigs here on a wheel that is forever changing direction!

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The costumer service is a big plus for sure. Unfortunately the errors are letting things down. I also have a real issue with the aforementioned confusion regarding the rules. I lost 5 points for Von Bergen against France, even though he was substituted before any goals were scored. This was not made clear in the rules, and I feel that it is unfair. It seems that any player coming on, even for 10 seconds, will assume the team points of others related to their position and their win bonus. So Schar could have come on for 1 point, and lost 5 points, despite not being involved in any of the play to that point. He could also similarly come on for 1 minute and receive a clean sheet and win bonus under a different set of circumstances.

It's frustrating when an ostensibly good fantasy football game is ruined because of either some absurd rules, or just general errors. I like the format of three transfers a day, as it requires a deeper football knowledge and rewards players who plan ahead. Unfortunately that has been ruined by issues re. over-budget teams, formation errors, transfer limit errors and a lack of clarity concerning the rules. This is all the more problematic when large sums of money are involved, and when payment is required for captain changes.

It's frustrating because this should not happen. The Mcdonald's game in particular, and Football Fanager to a lesser extent, has been let down because of sloppy programming, and some rule confusion which consultation with a fantasy football environment like Fiso could have resolved prior to release.

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Not prepared to bet on this, but my instinct is that team values go bonkers when you change formation.

I suspect that things go haywire if you do a different sub out than the one it suggests.

Also has anyone else tried going from 352 to 433. It suggests taking the same player out twice, which i'm fairly certain isn't healthy.

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CptPugwash wrote:Not prepared to bet on this, but my instinct is that team values go bonkers when you change formation.

I suspect that things go haywire if you do a different sub out than the one it suggests.

Also has anyone else tried going from 352 to 433. It suggests taking the same player out twice, which i'm fairly certain isn't healthy.
Yup - been there too! I've found when changing from 352 to 433 its best to go 352 to 442, then back in and change from 442 to 433, else I end up going round in circles. You really would think they would have tested all this though to the nth degree before going to the market with over £21k worth of prizes that they're stumping up. I am guessing some of these issues could be caused by issuing solutions to earlier ones, but still....

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markcollard wrote:It's really unfair because that player was able to get messi in yesterday without any trouble where as the rest of us gambled on either messi and not much else or having a balanced team. They were able to put in everyone and as a result went top of the league. If it is not sorted, we will have a job to catch as he can just look at our teams and put in everyone as a collective where as we have to decide on a limited combination
Why have you suddenly shot up the table when you were well behind and haven`t scored anywhere near the points the leader has?

Binky was 11 points ahead before today and scored more than you yet you`ve closed the gap?

Are you something to do with the game?

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Also Leon has made a huge leap?????

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Just found this in my email:

"You are receiving this email because one or more of you've teams is over budget.

The team budget at this stage of the game is �200m as stipulated by the rules, and due to a technical fault when changing formation you were receiving double the value of the player being transferred out.

Now that this issue has been resolved we are asking that you reduce your team value by transferring out players that put you over this threshold today, over wise we may have to disqualify your team from its league. You will notice that your budget has been updated to reflect how far you have went over budget.

If you have already made changes today, or you are having trouble reducing your team value please contact us via the contact us on our website, and we will assist you tomorrow when the transfer window will be open.

Again, from all of us here at FootballFanager.com, we're sorry for the errors and hope that you continue to play and enjoy our game.

Best wishes,

Football Fanager."

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Giggs11 wrote:
markcollard wrote:It's really unfair because that player was able to get messi in yesterday without any trouble where as the rest of us gambled on either messi and not much else or having a balanced team. They were able to put in everyone and as a result went top of the league. If it is not sorted, we will have a job to catch as he can just look at our teams and put in everyone as a collective where as we have to decide on a limited combination
Why have you suddenly shot up the table when you were well behind and haven`t scored anywhere near the points the leader has?

Binky was 11 points ahead before today and scored more than you yet you`ve closed the gap?

Are you something to do with the game?
oh no he didn't. You need to go back to school add take some 6yo maths lessons. They teach adding up in them.

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CptPugwash wrote:
Giggs11 wrote:
markcollard wrote:It's really unfair because that player was able to get messi in yesterday without any trouble where as the rest of us gambled on either messi and not much else or having a balanced team. They were able to put in everyone and as a result went top of the league. If it is not sorted, we will have a job to catch as he can just look at our teams and put in everyone as a collective where as we have to decide on a limited combination
Why have you suddenly shot up the table when you were well behind and haven`t scored anywhere near the points the leader has?

Binky was 11 points ahead before today and scored more than you yet you`ve closed the gap?

Are you something to do with the game?
oh no he didn't. You need to go back to school add take some 6yo maths lessons. They teach adding up in them.

How many did he score then Einstein as Binky scored 80 so by your reckoning your man scored about a 100 with two Croatian defenders.

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Giggs11 wrote:
CptPugwash wrote:
Giggs11 wrote:
markcollard wrote:It's really unfair because that player was able to get messi in yesterday without any trouble where as the rest of us gambled on either messi and not much else or having a balanced team. They were able to put in everyone and as a result went top of the league. If it is not sorted, we will have a job to catch as he can just look at our teams and put in everyone as a collective where as we have to decide on a limited combination
Why have you suddenly shot up the table when you were well behind and haven`t scored anywhere near the points the leader has?

Binky was 11 points ahead before today and scored more than you yet you`ve closed the gap?

Are you something to do with the game?
oh no he didn't. You need to go back to school add take some 6yo maths lessons. They teach adding up in them.

How many did he score then Einstein as Binky scored 80 so by your reckoning your man scored about a 100 with two Croatian defenders.

It`s interesting just speaking to Binky that his team scored 80 and Collard scored 71.
Here`s the teams just for you Einstein.
Binky
Reina 11 Juanfran 11 Alba 9 Luiz 5 Oscar 6 Herrera 6 Perisic 5 Rakitic 0 Valdivia -1 Neymar 28 Vargas 0 Total 80

Collard
Cesar 3 Juanfran 11 Ramos 7 Alves 3 Pranjic -4 Sneider 6 Sammir -1 Robben 9 Neymar 28 Villa 9 Mandzukic 0 Total 71.

It`s interesting that Binky also did a screenshot last night and Collards team had Srna and not Mandzukic.

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Also Einstein how is it that the fourth placed team scored 48 compared to Binkys 80 yet is only 15 points behind even though Binky was leading by 11 before yesterdays games.

Even your 6yo maths lessons would work out that something is wrong.

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It seems I scored 102 points
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Hi all, hope you're well.

The budget issue was sorted ASAP however some users who changed formations where receiving double value for the player that was being taken out of their squad (mainly Messi)

Again, as it was a Football Fanager error which didn't occur when testing offline before the World Cup, we couldn't look to punish people for our mistake. Although this is a free league, we still informed the Gambling Commission of the technical errors to maintain transparency throughout.

An email was sent out to the teams which went over their budget, advising them of the necessary action - I'm pretty sure someone copy and pasted the exact email up above somewhere.

I can see lots of comments regarding testing and how frustrating it is - Yes, we agree as we play the game ourselves so, we can only apologies for the glitches and hope that you continue to battle through it.

The 'contact us' button on the website will take you through to the tech and customer service team so please don't hesitate to use it if you've any concerns or questions regarding points scored or rules.

Please also note that all of our stats are provided by Opta so, some concerns which are raised to us via the 'contact us' button need to be referred back to them occasionally for verifications and a second opinion.

We'll be looking to get some beta testers on-board for next seasons game so, it would be great to have a few of you come join us up at HQ for a few days and let us know what you think before we release.

Apologies again for any hiccups.

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chandler wrote:I seem to have shot up the table with just a decent team yesterday. Was 14th now 5th.

Scrap that - I scored 102 points. Guess I did better that I had thought

Especially as your team really scored 79 as Binky has told me.
It seems a lot of teams have had extra points for no reason.

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I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?

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chandler wrote:I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?
He used to be but is now on the rival site.
He says he was owed those points but many of you have had extra points which should be deducted.
Like he said on the other forum you got 102 points when it should really only have been 79.

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I'd like to be able to tell you where you could find him, but I'm on the verge of a months ban if I do so...

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Given all the confusion / scoring debates, thought this may be worth posting...

TOP 3 TEAMS TODAY

binky loves leon : 270pts

Karnezis, O £1.32m
Aurier, S £5.72m
Boka, A £1.76m
Holebas, J £2.20m
Cuadrado, J £21.12m
Rodriguez, J £31.00m
Yaya Toure £26.40m
Pirlo, A £6.60m
Lallana, A £6.60m
(C) Suarez, L £52.00m
Gutierrez, T £1.58m


The Unthouchables : 254pts

Barry, B £1.32m
Godin, D £20.00m
Aurier, S £5.72m
De Sciglio, M £10.56m
Zapata, C £4.40m
Yaya Toure £26.40m
Honda, K £14.96m
Rodriguez, J £31.00m
Sturridge, D £17.60m
(C) Suarez, L £52.00m
Campbell, J £4.40m


Slow Boat Refurbished : 250pts

Ospina, D £4.40m
Boka, A £1.76m
Armero, P £6.20m
Zapata, C £4.40m
Aurier, S £5.72m
Barkley, R £9.70m
Lodeiro, N £2.00m
Marchisio, C £24.65m
(C) Suarez, L £52.00m
Sturridge, D £17.60m
Gervinho £14.10m

For what its worth, all these teams look nicely within the £200m budget - could be worth double checking their scores tomorrow morning with those that we work out ourselves - presume all will be fine, but better to be safe than sorry! 8-)

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chandler wrote:I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?
Chandler, this user contacted us via the correct channels to report an allocation of points error to his team yesterday.

Our tech team investigated this and double checked the Opta XML files and found his claims to be true, so, he was therefore credited with the correct points which where missing. This was then updated around 4:45pm today.

I appreciate it's competitive in that league but, please use the 'contact us' button if you've any concerns over such things and our customer service team will answer any questions you might have, as you won't always find the answers in here.

Game on!

Good luck to all.

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Righty ho

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So why didn't he have the correct score to begin with? And what about the guy/s who got more point than they should have? have they had their scores corrected also? because I doubt they'll be bothering with the 'contact us'!

The whole thing seems pretty farcical to be honest. I'd just been assuming the scores were right but who knows who's been given extra points or less than they should have :? I really can't be bothered to check through every team's score every night to make sure everyone's been given the right points :lol:

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FootballFanager wrote:
chandler wrote:I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?
Chandler, this user contacted us via the correct channels to report an allocation of points error to his team yesterday.

Our tech team investigated this and double checked the Opta XML files and found his claims to be true, so, he was therefore credited with the correct points which where missing. This was then updated around 4:45pm today.
That is rather depressing information. It suggests that those fantasy managers who follow their teams in great detail have an advantage over those who simply trust the game organiser. I like many others, would usually not be aware of any points errors unless it involved a game which I had actually watched. I spend enough time on things like considering transfers to be a points auditor. So games where I can't leave the scoring to the game organiser and where some managers are sending off e-mails isn't for me. And I consider myself to be a keen rather than totally casual fantasy manager.

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Striker wrote:
FootballFanager wrote:
chandler wrote:I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?
Chandler, this user contacted us via the correct channels to report an allocation of points error to his team yesterday.

Our tech team investigated this and double checked the Opta XML files and found his claims to be true, so, he was therefore credited with the correct points which where missing. This was then updated around 4:45pm today.
That is rather depressing information. It suggests that those fantasy managers who follow their teams in great detail have an advantage over those who simply trust the game organiser. I like many others, would usually not be aware of any points errors unless it involved a game which I had actually watched. I spend enough time on things like considering transfers to be a points auditor. So games where I can't leave the scoring to the game organiser and where some managers are sending off e-mails isn't for me. And I consider myself to be a keen rather than totally casual fantasy manager.
It`s also rather depressing that Chandler admitted he was attributed 102 points when really it was actually 79 points.

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Why is that depressing? Is my honesty not uplifting? :lol:

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chandler wrote:I think Binky has just been given an extra 12 or so points since the start of the England match. I am so confused.

Who is Binky anyway? A FISOer?
Used to be on FISO, but was chucked off for some reason I can't recall right now - now posting mainly on a forum whose name seems to be banned if you try to type it into FISO!

Never really realised there was so much rivalry/dislike between fantasy forums till now - shame really as we're all interested in the same thing. :roll:

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There's no rivalry in our eyes...

The dislike is pretty much one way too, as the filtering suggests, we think it's mildly amusing that the might of fiso is seemingly afraid of the challenge.

We've moved on, shame it seems some haven't ...

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Must admit I've never really followed the whole thing Giggsy, just had a little look about now - can't really be bothered with it all if truth's told!

That said, they are a little more scathing towards Leon & Fanager - makes us all look tame in comparison! :-)

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We don't really do moderation.

Schlocky, the biggest wind up merchant going, is our Mod ffs ... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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