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The Pieman returns again in 2014!
For those who weren’t in it in previous years you simply pick 5 players for the year who you think will kick a lot of goals. What makes it tricky is every player has a handicap value which acts as a multiplier for each goal he kicks. So for instance, Gia has a handicap of 3. If he kicks 3 goals you get 9 Pieman points. Hrovat, however has a handicap of 11 so if he kicks 2 goals you get 22 points. Your challenge is to pick the five who will give you the most possible Pieman points over the season. I will try to post the results of each round soon after the match along with the season leaderboard.
Changes in 2014
It’s going to be much the same as 2013 (despite some excellent suggestions which I’ve put on ice for this year, e.g. a joker round, and a draft). Some key features in 2014:
DUPLICATES: The "no identical teams" rule has been scrapped.
BANKER: Much the same as last year: you get to nominate one of your team as a “Banker” every week. The banker scores you double points. If you forget to nominate one or couldn’t be bothered or your player is out, there is a standard default every week (it will be your previous week’s banker or if not available, your lowest handicapped team member) so you won’t be disadvantaged.
TRADE PERIOD: There will be two 10-day trade periods corresponding to when the WB have their two-week breaks between games. During these trade periods you can offload any of your team and draft players to replace them. However new handicaps will be issued for the trades so don’t expect pre-season odds!
LTI/RETIREMENT: If your selection retires or goes on the long term injury list you will NOT be able to get a replacement this year. It’s just bad luck and you will have to wait until the next trade period.
Awards – no cash of course, just the BF glory (maybe a badge if Ant_ can swing it).
THE KELVINS: The weekly best team score gets the Kelvin Award.
The PIEMAN: The annual winner is crowned the Pieman for 2014. Past Pieman winners are:
How to enter:
Check out the 2014 handicaps first (see table below). Then just nominate your 2013 team by posting a list of 5 different WB players in this thread. Only one entry per person. You might also like to check out the official rules for more details (see separate post below).
Don’t worry about nominating your Banker for round 1 just yet. You can do that right up to match day.
You can enter after Round 1 but you won’t get any retrospective points for games already played so try to get your entry in by 4:40pm on 23rd March.
2014 Handicaps
For those who weren’t in it in previous years you simply pick 5 players for the year who you think will kick a lot of goals. What makes it tricky is every player has a handicap value which acts as a multiplier for each goal he kicks. So for instance, Gia has a handicap of 3. If he kicks 3 goals you get 9 Pieman points. Hrovat, however has a handicap of 11 so if he kicks 2 goals you get 22 points. Your challenge is to pick the five who will give you the most possible Pieman points over the season. I will try to post the results of each round soon after the match along with the season leaderboard.
Changes in 2014
It’s going to be much the same as 2013 (despite some excellent suggestions which I’ve put on ice for this year, e.g. a joker round, and a draft). Some key features in 2014:
DUPLICATES: The "no identical teams" rule has been scrapped.
BANKER: Much the same as last year: you get to nominate one of your team as a “Banker” every week. The banker scores you double points. If you forget to nominate one or couldn’t be bothered or your player is out, there is a standard default every week (it will be your previous week’s banker or if not available, your lowest handicapped team member) so you won’t be disadvantaged.
TRADE PERIOD: There will be two 10-day trade periods corresponding to when the WB have their two-week breaks between games. During these trade periods you can offload any of your team and draft players to replace them. However new handicaps will be issued for the trades so don’t expect pre-season odds!
LTI/RETIREMENT: If your selection retires or goes on the long term injury list you will NOT be able to get a replacement this year. It’s just bad luck and you will have to wait until the next trade period.
Awards – no cash of course, just the BF glory (maybe a badge if Ant_ can swing it).
THE KELVINS: The weekly best team score gets the Kelvin Award.
The PIEMAN: The annual winner is crowned the Pieman for 2014. Past Pieman winners are:
- 2012 josh the gent
- 2013 grassman75
How to enter:
Check out the 2014 handicaps first (see table below). Then just nominate your 2013 team by posting a list of 5 different WB players in this thread. Only one entry per person. You might also like to check out the official rules for more details (see separate post below).
Don’t worry about nominating your Banker for round 1 just yet. You can do that right up to match day.
You can enter after Round 1 but you won’t get any retrospective points for games already played so try to get your entry in by 4:40pm on 23rd March.
2014 Handicaps