[FF]: Gauging Interest in Fantasy FiM

[Basel A]

I quit playing Fantasy FIRST a few years ago when the number of drafts started getting out of control. Even with the introduction of district-wide drafting, there's simply too many teams to keep up with. I'm curious whether there would be interest in Michigan-specific Fantasy FRC.

It would run like a traditional fantasy league. Each player drafts X teams. They're matched up against another player each week and must select some number of their teams to play. The performances of the teams they played gives some number of points, and the player who get more points from their teams wins. The players with the best win/loss records at the end of a regular season match up against each other to determine who is the overall champion.

Right now, I'm thinking a 6-player league where each player drafts 10 teams and plays 2 each week (or 15 & 3).* The draft would occur in late December (so that we know which teams are playing which weeks). The first 5 weeks of competition season would be a round robin, with the top two going up against each other in week 6.** We'd use the district point system, perhaps with extra points for the RAS, EI, and Chairman's Awards. Waivers and schedule would be like a regular fantasy league.***

Would you be interested in joining such a league? Any thoughts, questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, etc. on the ruleset?

*In a well-sized fantasy league, there are good teams that are free agents.
**Not sure how well this would play out. It would probably be better to do the playoff at MSC because then the winner is determined by overall quality of their teams, not the quality of the team who happen to play week 6. Open to suggestions on how to make the scheduling work fairly.
***Dropped teams go into waivers, all FAs that play go into waivers, waivers get processed probably Tuesday mornings, players must select teams to play by Thursday evening

[IKE]

Interested.

[TDav540]

Potentially interested. Will groups be able to enter instead of just individual people?

[Anthony Galea]

Very interested. I tried setting up a league for FFIM a few years ago, I could get you the ruleset I wrote up if you want something to base it off of.

[Brian Maher]

Interesting idea. Would anyone be interested in a similar FF setup for MAR?

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by TDav540

Potentially interested. Will groups be able to enter instead of just individual people?

Sure, why not.

Originally Posted by Anthony Galea

Very interested. I tried setting up a league for FFIM a few years ago, I could get you the ruleset I wrote up if you want something to base it off of.

Yeah, I'll take a look!

[JackN]

I am definitely interested. Are we drafting each event or just a group of teams?

[Roboshant]

I would also be interested

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by JackN

I am definitely interested. Are we drafting each event or just a group of teams?

It'd be a traditional fantasy league (more details in the OP), so a single draft with additional roster decisions throughout the season.

[Adisai1]

I would also be interested as well.

[Basel A]

Before Chief Delphi is inundated with posts about the main Fantasy FRC league, I wanted to open up Fantasy FiM for signups. Post below if you'd like to join. I'm expecting more interest than there are spots, so (a) preference will be given to those from FiM and (b) if somebody wants to run a second league, they're perfectly welcome to.

Rule updates:
It'll be 6 players, with 5 weeks of regular season (FRC weeks 1-5). Each player will play each other player once. The top two players will face off in week 7.

Each team will draft 15 teams and will play 3 each week. That means, on average, you'll be picking between 5 teams each week. I'll provide a database with which teams play which weeks in advance of the draft so you don't have to constantly look it up.

The scoring system will be as described above. The same as the district scoring system, plus 10 points for the Chairman's Award, with rookie points split between the team's first and second event equally.

The draft will take place as late as possible. Once we have our 6 players, we'll pick the date, but I'm thinking either mid-December or the week before Kickoff.

[P.J.]

Ooh oooh sign me up!

[michchinn]

Originally Posted by Brian Maher

Interesting idea. Would anyone be interested in a similar FF setup for MAR?

I am interested in this.

[Anthony Galea]

Sign me up!

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by Basel A

Before Chief Delphi is inundated with posts about the main Fantasy FRC league, I wanted to open up Fantasy FiM for signups. Post below if you'd like to join. I'm expecting more interest than there are spots, so (a) preference will be given to those from FiM and (b) if somebody wants to run a second league, they're perfectly welcome to.

Rule updates:
It'll be 6 players, with 5 weeks of regular season (FRC weeks 1-5). Each player will play each other player once. The top two players will face off in week 7.

Each team will draft 15 teams and will play 3 each week. That means, on average, you'll be picking between 5 teams each week. I'll provide a database with which teams play which weeks in advance of the draft so you don't have to constantly look it up.

The scoring system will be as described above. The same as the district scoring system, plus 10 points for the Chairman's Award, with rookie points split between the team's first and second event equally.

The draft will take place as late as possible. Once we have our 6 players, we'll pick the date, but I'm thinking either mid-December or the week before Kickoff.

Why only 6 players?