Do you fantasise about money?
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Over the last couple of years I've heard a lot of people mentioning various "fantasy leagues". I remember hearing about some football fantasy league competition sometime last year. I had no idea what it was about and I didn't stop to find out - but I know one thing, the people talking about it were pretty excited about it. "Losers", I decided. Pretending to be team managers. Shame on them. The only fantasy leagues I like playing in are the ones with two blondes, two brunettes and a tub of haagen dazs.
But then I got an email in my outbox (I love it when people say they received an email in their 'inbox', where the fuck else will it be? What if Outlook was hung over that morning?). Sorry about that. I received an email from a guy in the UK, telling me about Fantasy Rugby. I realised that all of the ignoring and blocking out of fantasy leagues over the past couple of years had finally come to this - I would now have to find out what this is all about - particularly since it came from a 2oceansvibe reader who, as you know, are the most treasured form of God's people. I started from the top and went to the dictionary to look up the exact definition of the word 'fantasy'. I got the following:
An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need
and
A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
That second definition is completely genuine and I think we have all learnt something new today. Interesting. So I kept reading and investigating, even though I don't like coin games. It turns out Fantasy Rugby has NOTHING to do with coins whatsoever!
After closer inspection I understand COMPLETELY why people get so excited about sport fantasy leagues. Well, I have only looked at this one, www.rugbyfantasy15.com, and it's brilliant. They have made it to work beautifully with the Tri-Nations rugby tournament which starts 8 July, 2006.
So this is what I have found out......ok..............before the tournament starts, you must pick 5 players from each side. For those living inside a vacuum, that is 5 players from South Africa, 5 from New Zealand and 5 from Australia. The players you select for your team will be scored depending on their performance in the tournament taken from post-match stats. Varying points are scored depending on things that your players do in their respective games. eg. points for tries, tackles made, line breaks, turnovers won, lineout takes etc. Negative points for bad things like knock ons, missed tackles, missed penalties, missed lineouts etc.
The people who created the website have commissioned 'Optasports Data' to put together the various stats for your players after each game. I'm sure you've looked at the game stats on TV after a game and wondered "Who the fuck counts all of that?" - I'll tell you right now, it's these guys! They're the leading supplier of sports data and stats in the UK and you can leave it to them to watch your players.
You get a budget to start with and you can move players around when there are injuries (maximum 3 a week), so be careful.
Anyway, there's more to it so go and check it out at www.rugbyfantasy15.com - I've already started choosing my side. It costs only £5 to play - (free until the 14th) which pales in comparison to the prizes these guys have put together. Enjoy a quiet £5,000 for the winner - in cold hard cash. Mmmm. Think of all the shallow little coke whores you could lure with that kind of loot! There are also radical prizes if you don't manage to get the top spot. Trips to London and Cape Town and cash worth thousands of Pounds. No, look, it's a good package these kids have put together.
Enough, I'm just here to point you in the right direction - check it out at www.rugbyfantasy15.com
Good luck, my sweets.
Seth Rotherham
Editor
2oceansvibe.com
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