BigFooty - AFL Dream Team Comp [Archive]

OldSchool

15th February 2006, 06:34

I thought it might be interesting to start a BF Bulldogs board AFL Dream Team competition here this season.

We would probably have enough interest to host at least two leagues here so if you are interested then please add your name to the thread.

Some of the features from last year were:

You have a salary cap that you cant exceed
You select 30 players to form your team
You are allowed 20 trades during the season but no more than 2 per week.

It's a lot of fun as you are basically the selector and coach of your own team. You score points based on how your nominated players perform each week from a stats perspective and your team plays against others each week for premiership points. There is also a finals series.

It's still a few weeks off from starting but just add your name here so that we can see how many people are interested in participating.

The_Flying_Egg

15th February 2006, 07:53

I'll be in that. And I don't wanna talk myself up but I was the number 1 ranked Dogs fan in the country last year so you people are all going down. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! :mad:

PS - I only said I don't wanna talk myself up to appear modest when in fact I clearly did wanna talk myself up. I hope u are all scared now!!! And u're all still going down!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

PS - Do people really write PS on forums or is it just letters? I don't really know. In fact can someone tell me what it stands for cos I don't have a clue

~PC~

15th February 2006, 07:54

PS = Post Script

The_Flying_Egg

15th February 2006, 08:00

PS = Post Script

Thankyou kindly young sir. You're help at this critical junction in my life will not soon be forgotten.

OldSchool

15th February 2006, 08:07

gridlocked

15th February 2006, 11:57

Im in and ready to dominate.

Pembleton

15th February 2006, 12:16

Thankyou kindly young sir. You're help at this critical junction in my life will not soon be forgotten.

After seeing how kindly you received the advice from Sporty, i feel enthusiastic about the opportunity you have presented me to further your post script education by informing you of the accepted convention for adding a second post script. Rather than simply using PS twice, it is proper to use PPS, as that part of your communique is post your post script.

PS- I have too many non bulldog supporters desperate to be in a league with me to join these leagues, but i will make myself Bulldogs Board Dream Team Champion by achieiving the highest overall rank of this board.

PPS- I will join a bulldog league if my other league doesn't end up happening.

Cyberdoggie

15th February 2006, 13:31

yeah i'll probably be in it.

p.s. did this one last year, was pretty good

http://www.fantasyfooty.net.au

doesn't look like it's up yet, not plugging it or anything but i thought it was well done, especially the draft at the start.

Bulldog1954

15th February 2006, 13:57

I will be in it and quite frankly my team, The Fat Chick Thrillers will win

The_Flying_Egg

15th February 2006, 14:24

After seeing how kindly you received the advice from Sporty, i feel enthusiastic about the opportunity you have presented me to further your post script education by informing you of the accepted convention for adding a second post script. Rather than simply using PS twice, it is proper to use PPS, as that part of your communique is post your post script.

Thanku Sir Pembleton. U have satisfied a yearning I had for post script knowledge that had left a gaping hole in my bosom and for that mere thankyou's seem insufficient

Perhaps the good looking well informed moderators of this board could open up a new board devoted entirely to post scripts and post script etiquette

bulldogrob

15th February 2006, 14:30

i will be in for sure. We also have our own work league aswell. It sure is fun. :)

firstdogonthemoon

15th February 2006, 14:34

I am happy to get involved although I have no idea how it works - it sounds like a hoot. Anything that broadens my understanding and enjoyment of the game is good. Also, someone has to lose horribly and make everyone else feel better about themselves. I am willing to make this sacrifice for the good of the team, big footy and sport in general.

Borgsta

15th February 2006, 18:21

Im in. As always like all my sporting teams I will hang around mid table.

ExMrBlonde

15th February 2006, 20:46

BigChiefManBoobs will be back in 2006 to retain his title !!!
Reminder:
---------------------------------
1ST QUALIFYING FINAL
1. Dogs In Space 2,023
4. The Muffins 1,846

2ND QUALIFYING FINAL
2. BigChiefManBoobs 1,853
3. K9-54 2,083

1ST ELIMINATION FINAL
5. Bulldog Pride 2,073
8. SHCP F.C 1,757

2ND ELIMINATION FINAL
6. Japan Bulldogs 1,681
7. Melton Bulldogs 1,722
---------------------------------
1ST SEMI FINAL
The Muffins 1,803
Bulldog Pride 1,867

2ND SEMI FINAL
BigChiefManBoobs 1,696
Melton Bulldogs 1,594
---------------------------------
1ST PRELIM. FINAL
Dogs In Space 1,983
BigChiefManBoobs 2,038

2ND PRELIM. FINAL
K9-54 1,888
Bulldog Pride 1,892
---------------------------------
GRAND FINAL
BigChiefManBoobs 1,763
Bulldog Pride 1,745
---------------------------------

Captain Sensible

15th February 2006, 21:33

I'm not joining until Egg promises not to talk about his bosoms any more.

Aquamarinejewel

15th February 2006, 21:59

I am interested, although I don't know the rules...is there an instruction sheet or rules available or could one of you nice people explain it to me? :o

OldSchool

15th February 2006, 22:05

I am interested, although I don't know the rules...is there an instruction sheet or rules available or could one of you nice people explain it to me? :o

Have a look on the AFL website. Click the NutriGrain symbol at the bottom of the page. I've pretty much covered it with the original post but they do expand on it a bit more on the site.
The key is to select players that get high stats. There is a scoring system detailed on the website.

Aquamarinejewel

15th February 2006, 22:09

Have a look on the AFL website. Click the NutriGrain symbol at the bottom of the page. I've pretty much covered it with the original post but they do expand on it a bit more on the site.
The key is to select players that get high stats. There is a scoring system detailed on the website.

Thanks OS, I will do that. :)

Cyberdoggie

16th February 2006, 10:28

I am interested, although I don't know the rules...is there an instruction sheet or rules available or could one of you nice people explain it to me? :o

pretty easy, you pick players, they score points depending on how good they are each week and if your total beats the total from another players team then you win. You play everyone twice or however the roster is organised and then you can have some finals as well.

Only trick is getting the right players that score well, and hope they don't get injured.

K9-54

16th February 2006, 13:29

2ND PRELIM. FINAL
K9-54 1,888
Bulldog Pride 1,892

The pain of "unfinished business" has driven my hard pre-season of statistical review and continual backtesting of new strategies against historical data.

Well, not quite. I'll probably desperately try to pick a few players in the last few hours before the first game while the server's struggling to cope with the other 100000 people doing the same thing.

I'm in again if there's still spots.

OldSchool

16th February 2006, 14:40

Xie is in as well.

X_box_X

18th February 2006, 07:20

Yeah, it will be great to try and go one step better this season. I couldn't get on the 'net for the final round last season to change my side (after work I went straight to my old man's and only had about 20 minutes to get ready to head off to the footy). I then called my mate and gave him my details so he could change my side and the changes I wanted. The only thing he forgot to change was my captain, which was stuck on Matthew Richardson. I wanted Brad Johnson, though. Richo has a shocker on Scarlett, while Johnno was huge against the Pies. I would have beaten BCMB by about 150 or so too.

Captain Sensible

18th February 2006, 08:00

Sure Xsie. The dog ate your homework and that's why you didnt win Dreamteam.:cool: :p

murphy2bedabest

19th February 2006, 13:36

im in
:D

BOOZA

19th February 2006, 20:27

Count Me In!

Coondog 17

27th February 2006, 18:24

Coondog is in :cool:

stmookeyj

2nd March 2006, 19:23

I think we may already have reached the limit, but if not then I'm certainly up for it.

OldSchool

2nd March 2006, 20:24

I think we may already have reached the limit, but if not then I'm certainly up for it.

We should be able to run two comps so if anyone else is interested then let us know.

lifelike_

5th March 2006, 20:18

We should be able to run two comps so if anyone else is interested then let us know.

I'll enter too, hopefully we can get enough people to be able to run 2 leagues.

OldSchool

12th March 2006, 06:10

AFL.com.au is just about to start the comp for the 2006 season. If you are interested, now is the time to lets us know so that Pembleton can organsie things.

Turtleman3

13th March 2006, 20:21

Let me know what to do and when and I'll give it a go.

Pembleton

16th March 2006, 15:14

The Competition is now open. Stand by for details of our leagues.

Note: I am making an attempt to somewhat seperate the leagues into players who have played in the DT before and those who have not. This is to help keep competition as even as possible. If you have played before and haven't received a pm about this, pm myself or rocco jones.

PS. Bear in mind that the bulldogs board winner of this comp will be the one who scores the best season total overall from one of our leagues. The leagues themselves primarily are to keep it interesting along the way.

Also, there has been some mention of people being worried about leagues being filled. There is enough room for everyone who wants to play in one of our leagues. We can basically create as many leagues as we need. and if we don't have a perfect multiple of 16 (almost inevitable), it just means that the remaining places will be filled randomly by the system. Only dogs board contributors will be eligible to take our "Dogs board championship".

OldSchool

16th March 2006, 15:21

Great stuff Pembleton. By the way BF will put up a couple of prizes for these comps. It won't be much but it is something never the less. Perhaps a couple of Bulldogs caps.

westernbulldog

16th March 2006, 17:54

I accept the challenge too

gridlocked

16th March 2006, 19:47

Come on lets go.

Im ready to pick my team.

Pembleton

16th March 2006, 22:14

Come on lets go.

Im ready to pick my team.

Anyone who wants to set their team up immediately doesn't have to wait for our leagues to be created. It will be possible to switch into one of our leagues after they have been created. We will have a league code posted here pretty shortly though.

Pembleton

19th March 2006, 19:54

The league code is: 458135

Enter this when you sign up (or if you have already signed up enter it in the join/change league box on your "league" page).

Pembleton

19th March 2006, 20:30

We have been requesting that competitors stick to a theme of naming their team after a no longer existing sporting team. Its not a requirement or anything, just a bit of fun. You will be able to see which names in your league are already being used, but here is a list of the teams from our second league that have already been named. For organisation purposes it would be good if we didn't have any doubling up across our leagues.

1. Footscray J.U.S.T.
2. Perth Heat
3. Newtown Jets
4. Western Reds
5. University
6. Sth Melb Hellas
7. Eastside Spectres
8. Nth Melb Giants
9. Rockford Peaches
10. Melbourne Monarchs

PS. I would like somebody who is in the "458135" league to provide and maintain a list of that leagues teams as well. More broadly i will need a "administrator" from that league (and any subsequent leagues we create) to assist me throughout the season. So, I need a volunteer please. :thumbsu:

X_box_X

20th March 2006, 17:58

The Charlotte Hornets have been reborn.

Bulldog1954

21st March 2006, 22:28

The Football Kingz are in.

And not getting ahead of myself but I will win :) I have also persuaded The Flying Egg not to join which is a positive as he was the top ranked Western Bulldogs fan in the country last season.

bresker

21st March 2006, 23:40

Thames Ironworks arises from the ashes

X_box_X

23rd March 2006, 09:46