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Don't know how many of you are aware that I am writing Fantasy column for Sportsbet this season and keeping chat sessions weekly on ClubTalk. Anyway during the Wold Cup when club leagues are on the break I will switch to Wold Cup fantasy which brings us to this topic. Together with Steve from Sportsbet.io we decided to include bitcointalk members as much as possible in this league so this will be the main discussion topic for all things „World Cup Fantasy“.

Prizes:
Sportsbet has been kind enough to sponsor this league with 5000$ for the end of league rewards. This time prizes will be paid out directly from Sportsbet so funds will not be escrowed by me. I see no problem with this since Sporsbet has a name on this forum and league will be free to enter anyway.

1st place: 1500 USDT
2nd place: 750 USDT
3rd place: 600 USDT
4th place: 500 USDT
5th place: 450 USDT
6th place: 400 USDT
7th place: 320 USDT
8th place: 240 USDT
9th place: 160 USDT
10th place: 80 USDT


How to join:
Visit official World Cup Fantasy promo (https://sportsbet.io/promotions/2022-world-championship-fantasy-offer) page on Sportsbet site and join the league


Step 1: Go to official World Cup Fantasy page and create your account.
https://play.fifa.com/fantasy-classic/
Step 2: Now you have to create your team, you can use auto pick at this moment, you have unlimited transfers until first game starts anyway, and save your team.
Step 3: Visit above promo page and join

This is discussion thread so please ask away about anything Fantasy related that comes to your mind. Good mind banter is also very welcome.
 

Sportsbet and you are making good competitions here :), will be an interesting World cup to play in multiple competitions

just to clarify, are these rules meant all three have to be fulfilled, or just one?

did not know that you are writing Fantasy column for Sportsbet, will goint to read one anyway

What? It says right there in OP, you have to fulfill at least one of the following. Just kidding added it now for clarity, you have 2/3 so I am waiting for that PM.

You can find my articles on Sporsbet under news section. I would recommend reading GW previews if you are fantasy player while GW review is mostly geared towards those that do not watch PL games.

I created my fifa+ account and send you a pm with my details.

And just when i thought i'd get a much-needed break from the headache called FPL, here comes another fantasy game.  ;D

I skimmed through the rules and scoring real quick, it's a touch different than FPL. It'll be a nightmare to pick a team with so many good options across every position...

@Trofo, thanks for creating this, and props to Sportsbet for sponsoring yet another competition! This should be fun! 👍

I did not check the rules this season but if they are like in past few seasons it is much easier then Premier League Fantasy. You can make manual substitutions every day after the matches finish and even change your captain. For instance you give captain band to Neymar on day 1, he gets one point you throw him to the bench and give a captain band to someone playing on day 2.

Much more forgiving then giving Cancelo captain band this week in PL, like I did :)

Going to be an active World Cup courtesy of Sportsbet!
Thanks so much for doing this, Trofo.

Sportsbet are really making their mark in this world cup which is commendable , and for that am certainly getting a jersey of one of its club partners sponsored teams... maybe an Arsenal  Jersey ::).

Will be on the lookout for those fantasy football articles and probably catch you on SB clubtalk to get ahead of the competition   :P

^{I'm going to do this before we have  "20N" with only hours to start.}

For now I use the auto pick button as my "recruiter"   8)

https://i.imgur.com/WnKejqN.jpg

I have to deal with the star MBaPPE, I hope I will go with the management of this World Cup Fantasy to 1st place...

So, I hope to have the opportunity to appear on the OP's list, in any case thanks for the possible opportunity to connect to this event organized(OP) by Sportsbet.io

Hey guys please don't share the link I sent you over PM with other persons, I already had to remove somebody from our league and there is only 5 of us in for now. No point in doing it anyway since I am manually adding each of you in my spreadsheet when sending the link. If you aren't in spreadsheet you will not get the reward as simple as that.

Small change regarding rewards. I will be getting funds from sportsbet, probably tomorrow, so they will be escrowed. Prizes will be in BTC so I will recalculate and post exact numbers after I get the money and see how much BTC we will get for 2K. Crazy day on markets today so who knows where the price will be tomorrow.

Is this fantasy league different than the one posted last night on Sportsbet's website?

https://sportsbet.io/promotions/2022-world-championship-fantasy-offer

The prize pool, paid places, and rewards seem different, but the league id is the same.

By the way, the registration form on the site is missing, meaning you can't link your FIFA account and Sportsbet's username.

I know, honestly still trying to soak in all the implications. There has been some misunderstandings so I will clear up everything with Sportsbet and then update the OP. As it looks now, that league on Sportbet will be official one and open for everybody with Sportsbet account. We may still have 2 leagues maybe, or I will just return the funds to Sportsbet or use them on some other promo. Hopefully I'll let you all know before the end of the day.

In the meantime i have a Fantasy chat session on Sportsbet in couple of hours (6PM GMT) so drop by guys if you have the time.

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It is final now. There will be one world cup fantasy league Sponsored by Sportsbet. You can join it trough promo page on site. If I already sent you the link you are already in. No point in sending me PMs anymore, just go to promo page and join.

I talked to them and they will set up some sort of form to link your fantasy and sportsbet account. Be sure to do that step before cutoff date as well.

And now for the best news, this league is sponsored with 5k$ and has rewards in USDT, which is much better than initial 2k in BTC that I was promised, especially with all the blood in the streets.

This will serve as discussuion thread for wold cup fantasy and there could be some extra prizes or free bets for forum people as well. I will change the OP later today when I get home.

Eh, sorry my man, I might have joined this already through the SB website itself (me see, me click, me join). Funny enough, I remembered my FIFA account so I had to update some info and joined the league right away.

Still, I'll send you a PM, you'll let me know if I screwed up. I'll try not to abandon this one like I have EPL one...

Oh, and I just realised Firmino is not in Brazil team, it was always going to be tough and I know he's not samba, but I'd have put him in eyes closed for his price/value.

The interface of the FIFA website hurts me a lot, but today I will try to do everything. Thanks for another great competition!
I have never played fantasy football until now, so where is it better to read about its algorithms and in general what should I do there and what are the criteria for winning?

I will write some columns for Sportsbet on this topic but they will be geared towards players that are already familiar with Premier League Fantasy. I will link or share them here and you just ask if something is not clear to you. I can talk hours about Fantasy so don't hesitate.

If you never played Fantasy before just remember if some player is good in real life that does not mean he is good in Fantasy. Read trough the scoring but gist of it is to pick attacking minded defenders like Trent or players that have penalties. Defensive midfielders are usually a big no, so prime Kante is terrible fantasy player even though he is great player in real life.

I gotta agree that it's probably the worse fantasy platform or interface I've ever seen so far and I had to download the FIFA+ with the hope it will be somewhat better on mobile, but there is no fantasy section in the app and it only redirects to the website upon clicking on fantasy, but I think I'll get acquainted to it over the next few days after all the teams have been finalized.

 

I really find it hard to understand why he didn't make the squad, but Richarlison who hasn't been getting much playing time and is probably in a worse match fitness state was able to get a place within the squad.

Richarlison is always part of Brazil squad while Firminho has been on the verge for long time. It is usually quite difficult to get yourself into national squad once you are on the fringe. Lots of players from Brazil left behind and disappointed with selection, that is just how it must be in country blessed with so many great players. That being said I like Firmihno way more than Richarlison but I am not the manager :)

If you guys want a real shocker, Moutihno has been left out from Portugal selection. That one baffles me much more than Firminho.

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Game has just been pushed up to the net, it isn't even finished yet. Lots of players missing, understandably so since we are still getting line ups from different countries. There was always accompanying app and I expect one to be this season as well. Will probably go live in a day or two.

entered my squad with a link, but I do not see any participants there
although captain is Trofo, so I presume I am on a right spot

do not look at my team, it was an autocomplete, and Neymar is captain (would certainly not be when I finished clean-up at later stage)

there is also World Cup fantasy on Sorare, if anyone like, you get eight players, and compete with others, Limited cards are rewards for best in each round

Well if you used your real nick, by real I mean casperBGD, I would have been able to tell you that you are in :) You guys can't see who is in until first round scores are in but I can.

That fantasy on Sorare is same story as before? You have to own the cards? I would play gladly if I could have my choice of players like here but that is unfortunately not the idea behind Sorare.

That looks really really exciting, need to study the promo page, so I just sign up from inside there and no need to register on forum right? Sorry feel a bit confused.

For main World cup, I'll get it up for SPAIN. I know nobody rates them too much but this is Pedri and Gavi's first World Cup and I bet you they will do everything they can to impress, and this will be a tournament of young stars, to say goodbye to old ones (or are we still gonna see Messi and Ronaldo in 2026 lol).

But for Fantasy, I will pick South American teams, I think maybe Mexico for Fantasy, at the moment.

I guess this means the Radio/TV guys are gonna be studying a lot of half of the teams to be able to commentate :)

It is very exciting to be in these beautiful competitions, both the excitement of the world cup and the focus on success in the Fantasy league are very pleasing.

usually, you have to own it, but for this special, you get to choose 8 cards, with 100 points budget (those are not cards that are for sale and you get it for free)

for each round, two per week, best managers are getting limited cards, and almost all (first 100k) are getting new common card

there are separate competitions for people that own cards, per rarity levels as well

Im in! I did use the link from sportsbet… Can you see my name Slissy? I did use the auto pick first then later change my team😄

Yeah, you are in. I don't know how the game orders participants, it isn't alphabetically or chronologically. PITA to search trough when our league grows.

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Sounds great, I'll give it a try of course now when I can chose whomever I like and not just some poor bastards that I actually own in Sorare. I know you are taking Sorare quite seriously and playing it regularly so feel free to share some tips on the road to world cup.

I'm in as well, many thanks for organizing this contest @Trofo and @sportsbet.io!
I hope, I signed up corrently, if not please let me know because I don't see any overview of participants...

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Yes, some injured players are still included and final nominations + all countries should come soon.

Looking forward to it, good luck and much fun @everyone!

How could I know that if you did not tell me your in game nick :) If you used 1miau then you are not in.

Doesn't really matter since I believe that you can sign for the league until 02.12.2022. check the promo page. And you will all be able to see yourselves in the league when scoring starts.

Bear in mind, I have already asked Sportsbet to provide some sort of typeform on promo page which will be used to link Fantasy accounts with Sportsbet accounts. Same as they had for Premier League Fantasy. You will all need to fill that up when available. Will let you know here don't worry.

If "1miau" doesn't show up in your list, I've obviously used the wrong link to sign up.  :D
Probably it's because I've used the link from your OP not from my Sportsbet.io account.

I've tried to register again but it doesn't show anything different than from yesterday:

https://i.imgur.com/ABgLmBk.png

https://i.imgur.com/MBtyPic.png

https://i.imgur.com/omiyj9G.png

Maybe it just needs time to display because from my side, FIFA website seems to be extremely buggy...
If it doesn't work, no problem, I don't want to cause any trouble and would try to register in some days again.  :)

Yeah you are in, I missed button show more on the bottom of the list, my bad. It is sort of some stupid light grey on white and not really visible.

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For anybody else who is concerned, just make sure to make the team and participate in the game. You can always join the league at later moment and have all your points auto transferred.

No idea why I didn't join this Sorare thing you guys talked about even from before, seems more people are serious about it, more than ever (I guess it has something to do with actually paying for cards which I can't wrap my head around to ever doing).

Waiting for someone to share tips: I'll do my best to at least justify my selections.


Nice to see you again, think you went off forum for a while! It's Sojourner here.

oh i almost missed this please trofo if there is still available slot please can you PM me the league code? thanks.

This is free to enter and you didn't miss anything. Unlimited slots here and basically only requirement is that you have Sportsbet account.

Just go to promotions page on Sportsbet site and sign trough there. You have the link to exact promo in the OP as well but check other promos while you there. Lots of great ones for this WC.

Okay, I just did that. Would you kindly check your master sheet to make sure I'm completely on the pool? I can't see any members, and when I joined, it was blank. Does FIFA not allow for username changes? I registered using my forum surname, but I'd like to change it now, but I can't seem to find an edit button anywhere. this is going to be large and competitive  ;D

yeah, it is kind a different to have to own the cards you are playing, but also gives you ownership over your decisions

back to topic, WC is coming over in a week, and teams are scripting, smelling some surprises due to teams having few days to play around before start, and some teams will not be at their best

is there a team with several (more than 5) players from same time, thought about it, but did not checked all and found it, it could make difference to have more players playing together because there is no time

Heads up guys, that type form we were talking about is now live on official promotion page. So go visit Sportsbet.io and take care of this last step. This is necessary so that Sportsbet can pay out the rewards.

Nothing much to do, just enter your Fantasy Club name, SB name and mail connected with SB. After that you are all set.
Here is also part of my article (https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/news/epl-fantasy-league-gw-16-recap) that has gone live on Sportsbet this morning. Maybe some of you can use this info as well and are too lazy to go check it.

Did you guys enter your teams? Any players that are sure to be included in your draft? I know I am having Messi in my team for sure as one of the premium picks since everything in Argentina goes trough him. Same goes for De Bruyne and he will probably be my premium in midfield while I will look to save some money in defense. For instance we have Borna Sosa, just 3.5M, really attacking left back for solid Croatia side and he should be first team starter.

There is a lot of rumors going around that Quatar bought 1:0 win in the first match so be careful when betting on this one. Not really interesting teams from Fantasy perspective so I will just skip those two teams.

while on topic, not sure that it is confirmed, but Sadio Mane will not play for Senegal (not sure if ot is injury, but saw on twitter)
maybe that could be important for your squad

regarding mine squad, I think that some prices on Fifa are fan base adjusted, not sure why some France team obvious bench picks are valued more than starters in some other teams

It is confirmed, he was supposed to come with them and maybe play after the groups but now it has been confirmed that he needs surgery and he will not play a single minute on this WC. Argetnina also lost two players trough injury but nobody really high profile that would make our teams anyway.

While we are on Argetnina topic, they choose student housing for their base instead of hotel. Reason being they brought 900kg of meet for barbecue from Argentina and that is only place they can freely barbecue apparently. Team spirit and cohesion will be high for them  ;D

It looks like I did everything that was required: made a team, joined the league, filled out the form for sportsbet. If it's possible, Trofo, then check please if you see that I joined?

By the way, how did you fit into the budget? Can I assume that everyone saves money on defenders?  :D

As I understand it, further manipulations with the team will be required after the first round, that is, on November 24th?

This Fantasy is a bit different and it allows you much more tinkering with your club. You can manually substitute players from first 11 with your bench options each day. It is quite complicated for somebody who never played Fantasy before. To make things worst, FIFA is still making changes to the rules and players. It is difficult for me to stay on top and I am playing Fantasy every year for last 7 years. People that are making Fantasy videos on youtube as their only job can't agree on some of the rules. They are really poorly written and FIFA screwed this World Cup and all accompanying features properly. We are going into off topic here but I just read that there will be no beers served inside stadiums. Really curios how one of the bigger sponsors Budweiser feels about this newest decision by Qatar officials.

My best advice is that you drop by Sportsbet clubhouse chat in one hour (7PM GMT). I have my weekly Fantasy session there and this time topic is World Cup Fantasy. There is usually a mixed bunch of veterans and newbies present and I am sure you would get a lot of great info.

FIFA updating its fantasy game rules two days before the start ain't perfect, to say the least. We did get some clarification on the wildcard and captaincy rules, which were needed given how badly worded they were, still are.

I think i'm almost there with my team for MD1, just a few close calls to decide tomorrow, bear no further rule changes/surprises.  :D

is that for alcocholic beer, or for non-alcocholic as well (Budweiser 0,0 should be allowed, not that I am a fan of that)

regarding rules, yeah, there is a lot of difficulties with rules, and it is just one-week gap from usual club competitions, so that could be expected
and players are priced pretty different to Sorare for example, some top premiums there, are low ranked in Fifa

smh, how many World Cup pools are there? I already joined 2 and think I am missing some still.

I'm so glad I didn't miss this guys! I've joined , did my team , found the link towards the League and I'm good for first game tomorrow.

A quick look at my team : https://i.imgur.com/HDuSmcf.png

They are not the best but they are a very fast team. ;D

When I clicked on the "Wild Card" option and selected a player, the "Boost" option disappeared. Can anyone explain if it is considered applied now or should I activate it somehow? Now I do not have access to this menu, in the upper left corner where this choice was, the player whom I selected as a wild card now hangs.

I'm not sure if you're referring to the wildcard or the 12th man boost. You can't use the wildcard in MD1 since you (everyone) already have unlimited transfers, which is essentially the same thing as a wildcard.

If you meant the 12th man boost, once you pick a player and click confirm, you can't make any further changes.

Are you aware that per current rules it should be possible to activate wildcard as soon as MD2 begins and use it for all the transfers, then use it again before MD2 finishes to remove all the players that played and keep their points while actually taking your pick of players for GW3. So with one wildcard we actually have free transfers all the way to quarter finals. Stupid, right?

Only for alcoholic of course, but if you ask me and probably vast majority of football fans, non alcoholic beer isn't actually a beer, isn't it?

That is probably because you can only use one booster per MD and once you activate it you can't cancel it. At least that is the stuff that is written about, haven't tried it by myself yet.

Tried using booster then confirming, then resetting, booster came back. I guess this is okay to do as long as MD1 hasn't started yet.

I didn't want to be too fancy and try to be too smart, so I made sure I got points from Kane (vs Iran should be pretty good right?) and I even put Trent in, bonus because he's a def but he'll probably be played in midfield ;)

I went for 4-3-3 wanted to even go 3 defenders but then budget doesn't allow for a good squad anyway.

All done, not gonna tinker!

You really think Trent is gonna play? Southgate only called him cause James got injured, he doesn't like him at all for defense and usually plays with two defensive midfielders as well. Would really like him to take a bit of risk and to try and attack weaker opponents but don't think we will se that. It will again be 5 defenders, 2 def midfielders and hoping Kane score a goal so they can win 1:0.

I really don't know this until I just read your post, some of the rules a very terribly worded or explained, I really want to be very sure about this and it's not just another mistake from their end because, If there are some pretty cheap games towards the end of MD2 and worthy for MD3, I will definitely go that route of Wild Carding in MD2 with that approach, because that's having an advantage of 11 additional players points for that game day, but I'd like to be sure if it's that how FIFA actually meant about it, what about the captaincy too ? will the captaincy double points remain too ? and I don't even know if more than one chip can be used in a single MD.

Does anyone have better interpretation of these rules or some other website with better explanations, please ? And we are actually just less than 15 hours away  >:(

Yeah kane is supposed to get points against Iran but TAA is one person i doubt will start. I feel Southgate trust Trippier more and he his also on setpiece duties. I think both him and Shaw will be Southgate starting fullbacks but we will have to wait to see his team


Eh Trofo I didn't see the list of other participants like the FPL own can you please confirm if I have already join the league, ZAGURU12 is the nick.

No, I don't actually heh. I put the Fantasy in World Cup fantasy =p

None of the predicted lineups I've seen even has him, Trippier's for sure ahead of him but my genius shadow brain says, if he does play, Southgate's gonna slot him in when it's still 0-0 to gamble in 2nd half and, maybe he gets a freekick goal and an assist.

In other words, I'm taking a big risk for MD1 (Kane's not even in my team, but my 12th man boost in case he makes a hattrick haha), and relying on some subs to make up for it if I don't get it right.


Yeah I know ;) I'm gambling here, hoping to be the supreme leader when TAA scores and assists (dream on, right?).

It is not that difficult, you just click on the link on promotion page and then fill typeform afterwards. I can't check typeform for you since don't have access to it. You will be able to check fantasy league by yourself when scoring starts. Applications are accepted until 02.12. so if you are not just apply again. Not gonna check manually any more since there is way too many participants and i don't feel like scrolling trough several not sorted pages every time.

Just make sure your team is set up for the first game and points will transfer.

Hey guys, is there a way to confirm I joined the league?  I can see I'm part of Trofo's Fantasy league, is this the correct one for Sportsbet? I can't remember actually what I did or how I clicked to join the fantasy league but I can't see anything about any league I'm in, FIFA says only once match starts then I can see but that's stupid because it's too late to join by then right?

Anyway, I had to reset my team because Benzema is out :(

Yeah that is the correct one. But I really just answered pretty much all you asked in post just before yours. Applications are open until 02.12. and you have to fill in the form on official promo page over on Sportsbet.

Benzema out is actually quite unexpected and maybe it already screwed with somebody 12th man chip. Not much time left until the first game, just about 3 hours.

Unbelievable first half of the game, Valencia of Ecuador gets 3 goals but VAR was at it again to disallow the first goal which leaves the captain with 2 goals to his name what a start...with this performance we are looking at a minimum of 12points for his fantasy score, possible hattrick is on the card's. I wonder if we have players that have picked any of these lads for their fantasy team ::)

Not really but I guess the confirmation is seeing that very message of you being part of Trofo's Fantasy league but with the first game kicking off the table should populate with all participants :) 

Of course, there's always that odd manager that selects underdogs for his team, so I won't be shocked if Valnecia was selected and given the captaincy. He already took a knock in the first half and was fortunate to still be on his feet, thus I believe he should be taken off to prevent more injury. His role in this game is already done; it's up to his teammate to maintain the outcome or do additional harm. In regards to the first goal, VAR was accurate.

The league participants is officially open for anyone to access.

Well I have a Ecuador goal keeper in my team so there are those points at least if this stay as it is. I wanted a cheap playing keeper and there isn't any cheaper than Galindes at 4M. Don't know why since Ecuador kept a clean sheet in last 6 games. And they play on a first day so plenty of time to sub him for anybody else.

You can all see participants now in the league page.

Well yeah some people would probably pick Valencia but I doubt that anyone would give him the captain band. How much does Valencia cost though? probably not as high as the other top striker so if any player actually put him on the draft then it would be alongside some other expensive striker like Kane so low chances that Valencia is taking that captain band


Wasnt Pope at 4M as well? Im not sure if it was 4M or 4.5M but he was cheap though

great

saw that many had players from Ecuador, I didn't even thought about them :)
expected goalless draw in this one, and boring football, but Ecuador obviously wanted to prove that their players are honest, and do not want to take bribes, as most press published

let's go to second day, my favorites play tomorrow

Great performance from Valencia and I left him out!  It's fine if I hadn't thought about it, but the budget :)

 My first exact result ( superbru, FIFA 1x2), very good team Ecuador, breaking the statistics, the organizer loses the opening game for the first time.

But Pope is not playing, he is third choice behind xxx and Ramsdale. There is very we playing 4M keepers, one is Galindes and the other one could be Rochet from Uruguay. But I had a guy from Ecuador on my Fantasy chat and he said he is sure Galindes will be first choice so I trusted him and always had backup in case it doesn't work.

Damn, people behind this game are slow, they have updated points for just 2 players so far.

I almost thought no one, at least in this contest would get points off this game as they aren't any projected winners for the cup based on transfers that won't come frequently if it comes at all, won't be a good idea to have players from teams that could be eliminated early in the cup but E. Valencia is surely something else. Especially when playing against an inexperienced Qatar side, he was definitely some good choice for the few who picked him. His the only player on that pitch to have previously played in the world cup, the captain of his side and goal scorer for his country side.
Tomorrow, we start the cup proper. This was just a test fantasy test match.

This fantasy game could turn out to be a complete flop in the end, if it is not already.

People were talking about a working glitch/hack on Twitter earlier today that allows you to have players above the allowed budget, like wtf? lol


They could be busy fixing the glitches before they add/update player points. It's a mess already and it's just day 1.

They could have asked EPL how they have been able to run a smooth fantasy league for so long without any hack story and how they award points while the game is still in progress instead of waiting 2 hours after each game to update the score. The interface looked terrible to me.


what is going on here? point to Portugal and Uruguay players already, is this some kind of joke or what
https://i.imgur.com/U0PB0Jj.png



i told you so... you have to be weired to win fantasy  ;D
https://i.imgur.com/csccN0g.png

Those are not their fantasy points but rather their order of auto substitutions to be applied to your team in case any of your players don't play on that matchday(week).

**cough** cough** you had Valencia woooow ::)

Points still not updated, makes for fun decisions in game where you can already make bench substitutions.

I did not hear about that budget exploit but I plan to use wildcard in GW2 and see if it will really be possible to make free transfers for GW3 with it as well.

What is absolutely worst is the fact that Wold Cup fantasy from FIFA worked perfectly 4 years ago. I guess someone wanted to be smart and hired new team to work on it.

Not bad start for me to get 3 points on exact score in the pool, but terrible start in Fantasy because I had one Qatar defender in my Fantasy team lol

Imagine if Valencia got his hattrick we would have 2 guys happily in our Fantasy getting far ahead. I hope it doesn't crash when I try to make subs tomorrow...


Sorry for asking, yeah I think a few of us are getting confused for many different competitions, what a nice problem to have however ;)

Benzema really screwed with me, now I'm worried about my 12th man chip as he's also a guy who likes getting injured (Neymar). But that's why he wasn't in my squad even though I have a feeling he's going to be one of the tournament favs.

Man, you guys with Ecuador, and then slam with Qatar in his defence HAHAHA (sorry man). I know you have to be weird to win Fantasy but you went too weird, my friend ;)

Pickford my sub and I wanted to test that if it worked and it does, as he's automatically gone in now and shows 0 points (live). Kane is my 12th man boost, also showing 0 points so it seems like the live is working for FIFA.

Sterling started also, so I got that part right in my Quiz (but I can't imagine anyone else not picking him to do so)... just need Southgate to sub him off and get Trent on late when they're still nil-nil like this as I expect will happen when 2nd half resumes. 25 minutes and not one attempt on target, typical England.

Useless trivia: They're playing at the same stadium I was at in 2019 =D

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I think that without a doubt the different ideas are mixed (pool) :) a start in 4th place that could undoubtedly change today, since I only have one player to "fight" points.

As for the user registry of this WCF we are 169... and from what I understand it is still open.

The match that interested me at the level of this WC-Fantasy: nice game England; MaGuire on my payroll, he almost scored a goal as I expected but the stick took away those additional points... so today I reach 17 pts.

The points are updated, I have dropped to 16th place and Woodie is the leader with 39. (until now...)

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I understand you, in any case in 8vos one could renew his entire team.

0 points for me because I tried to be funny with Qatar and Iran (unfortunately not Mehdi Taremi) on my roster but I hope this can change a lot with Argentina as I have the main man there, but I guess a lot of you also have the same, so let's see.

By the way are any of you playing daily fantasy? There are prizes and I just discovered it now but picked random :)

Looking at how players get points I think Fifa didn't give much opportunity for the defenders to score extra points with fantasy football... how is it that strikers get points for shoots on target, midfielders for tackles and key passes, keepers for saves  and defenders just nothing if not a goal or an assist of which  all players get ??? Considering the substitution glitch that was earlier reported and seeing this, could Fifa have rushed this game ::)

Well, that did not go as planned for Messi captains like me heh heh -- 7 offsides and 3 disallowed goals in first half could have meant so much in points. Oh well.

And to cap my FML off? I subbed Saka out of my team... and I lost all 15 points from him. Did NOT realise you would lose points after benching people in the same Matchday. I know the rules say players on the bench don't earn points, but I thought this was only if you kept them benched. Made such a good choice to have him in my team, and then of course fantasy inexperience gets in the way. Normally don't even bother with subs but thought I'd be smart in this FIFA format.

Fantasy experts: so subs should just stay on the bench and let auto do the job unless you know players don't play, right?

at least Messi scored from penalty spot
really goes beyond me that Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia, have you played on Saudis, it is your thing to chase these

Denmark is also still goalles with Tunisia, after half an hour, will we see more surprises today, Australia maybe?

Absolutely not, subs are there to let you get more points. But the idea is not to sub off players that did well for you, rather try it with players that did poorly. For instance Trippier got 1 point for me and he will go out for DeBruyne tonight, while I will also sub someone else, maybe Eriksen when I see how many points he got for Batsuyashi. Then I have Neymar on final day to twist one more player.

I have Fantasy chat on Clubtalk tomorrow at 6PM GMT between last 2 games so feel free to drop by and ask stuff like that.

I am also changing my captain from Messi to Neymar or DeBruyne. It is a bit of gamble since I will loose his double points but I believe it is worth it.

I see that many are actively involved in the management of their team, so I would like to clarify whether these are necessary actions to win the tournament (exactly necessary and not optional) or there is an option when someone makes a good choice at the beginning of the tournament and then either makes changes between match days or does not make at all?

Woodie has been breaking the Top, it leading again today, I think it's Arab!  ;)

I have this message today in the Fantasy league:

https://i.ibb.co/WthhFVT/Screenshot-20221122-115410.jpg

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Didnt even realise this is what was happening but for now I will take the W inpite having a long way to go... Hope Fifa corrections don't affect our scores so much to cause big position variances.

It is always possible but I would say that chances are way lower for inactive managers. Inactive managers are playing with 11 players while active are playing with 15. Not exactly but we can exchange those 4 extra players after our first choices failed. That option should get you at least 10 more points every match day and probably even 15. This time there is also an option of actual transfers during match day but that is not needed if your first selection was on point. That is only for those situations when you see that your choice have been left on the bench. For instance very handy if you took Benzema for your team.

I honestly didnt see that coming. That player had Kane and Messi on his team but then decided to put the captain band on Valencia, there was probably still some other options to put that band on his midfielders though but oh well I guess people needs to think out of the box to get decent amount of points rather than selecting only favourites

From what i can tell points for tackles, key passes and shots on target have not been added yet. Not to mention they've changed the rules once again, midfielders now get 7 points for goals (instead of 5), two days after the competition has begun and people have locked in their transfers.  :o

I've seen teams with up to $-9.5m budgets using the transfer glitch, i've also seen at least one team with six midfielders, which according to the rules and allowed formations is not possible. It's just crazy how many bugs and glitches this game has, unnecessarily complicated rules, a totally unfinished product.


I think i'm staying put with Messi's points at this point, it feels kinda early to take risks, though De Bruyne is tempting with mids now getting 7 for a goal.

Has anyone else played their 12th man chip in MD1? I've got 9pts from Mbappe, though it should have been more, not sure how he missed that tap-in late in the 1H...

I have a question... what if I use the "Power Captain" token right now when Saka has already played? Will the captain's armband go from Messi to Saka?

At least I know I'll never make that mistake again. I stupidly thought subs were there to maximise player rosters, using early games for main 11 and subs for latter games. They should have put a warning though when I subbed Saka or at least say that you'll lose all points collected.

This single mistake has made me feel like giving up, tbh!

I'll not really be free but I'll try find you guys on Clubtalk today. Enjoying Japan, even though none of them are on my Fantasy.


Used it on Kane, not a bad return. Mbappe should have had a hattrick, but then again so did a lot of others (Giroud, Valencia, Saka).

He wasn't being a genius, It's because the FIFA fantasy rules is significantly different from that of FPL, If Valencia had not given him worthy return he would have had the chance to replace him with Harry Kane or Messi, unlike in the FPL where you only get one shot at the captain, and you can't even know if he's going to start or not in the FPL.

Used it on Mbappe as well, 9 points is not bad all these points look weak to me. I keep expecting scores like in FPL and it is impossible to get without bonus points. I think they aren't properly adding all those extra points for key passes and shots on goal as well. Have a feeling they will just disappear from the rules one day.

Has anybody tried to change their captain more then once? According to the rules it should be possible to twist captaincy just once but you never know if that one is implemented properly. I have points from Messi and now thinking on twisting it to De Bruyne or Neymar.

I've not done so with my captain, I also have mine on Messi and I don't think I want to take the risk of switching it to Neymar or De Bruyne either, but the substitutions have worked pretty well for me, and I don't think the captaincy should be any different.

If you use Boosters (Power Captain*), you don't have to worry about assigning the band, since the captain band automatically goes to the player who scores the most points, I think that's what happened in this case, that way you guarantee double points with your best player.

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Needless to say not switching the armband from Messi to De Bruyne has paid off. Though that high press and attacking style of play by the Canadians gave me anxiety throughout the entire match, there was so much space for De Bruyne and the Belgium squad on counter-attacks. It's a miracle he did not end up with multiple attacking returns.


source: https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1595386540603363329

If you intend to include Danish players in your MD2 team, proceed with caution...i'm not saying they will withdraw from the tournament, but i do expect some kind of protest/controversy to happen in the following days.

Yeah but they are taking a stance together with England, Germany and Belgium, so it is sort of not possible to avoid all those teams. I still think it is just posturing and I don't see a way how FIFA can actually make problems for them when they are fighting for human rights. Yes they can posture but if they really gave them some sort of significant punishment, that would probably spell end for the FIFA in near future. All those corruption charges not helping as well so i am thinking there will be big changes in FIFA and/or national football soon.

I have a feeling you're right, Mbappe 9 points feels like they were watching a different game, cause that guy was such a standout even my partner who doesn't normally comment asked me who the hell is that guy? She's convinced France has the classiest style so far that we've watched.

I'm actually leaving my fantasy alone now until MD 1 final game is over, feel like I'm already losing points for experimenting features and Messi's my captain. Definitely tempted to twist it to Neymar. KdB was pissed last night, didn't watch everything but any time I looked, Canada were the ones looking strong.

Also forgot to tune in last night to Clubtalk... was actually very busy ensuring I stayed on leaderboard for the casino tourney heh.


Agree. I do think some players are genuine but it always seems to be cherry-picking to me. Not dismissing the issues at all, but I do feel like the hosts are getting more than their fair share. No team will pull out, but FIFA will not survive this.

I have no idea what I'm doing on FIFA Fantasy because I'm using the same FPL rules; I didn't realize it was possible to auto captain to the highest point gainer in the team or manually change your captain while the game round is still running; I left my captaincy on Pickford by mistake and didn't realize it was still possible to change captain after the deadline. I'm still perplexed as to how I received zero points from Pickford despite England's 5-2 victory.

changed it to Neymar.... hattrick incoming

Points for tackles, key passes, and shots on target are still not added, but devs have decided to put player pictures today...because that's super important, man what a joke.  :D

If you plan to use a booster, you need to activate it before MD2 starts, which is in less than 12 hours...just a reminder. I'm not sure whether i should use the wildcard or only the free transfers available. I'll see how i feel about it tomorrow morning. It's a decent start for me after MD1, but it could have been better i guess. Both De Bruyne and Neymar did not get any attacking returns, which makes me stick with Messi's captaincy points....a success.

Gl everyone with your MD2 selections!

I'm very glad to not have made to have opted for a change to, and now, you can't be sure with what's expected ahead MD2 for Neymar, neither is there a guarantee for Kane either, I think I'll just stick with the free transfer, what would suck more that a waste chip right now, the whole game is already a mess, so much for the most expensive world cup ever, zero fucking preparation.

I think the free transfers will work fine just with my plans and choice for captain as well, I have that locked in already.

I went for the wildcard but you won't believe what i had to go through...

The latest bug/glitch or simply bad game design is that you can see everyone's teams/transfers for MD2, therefore i decide to activate my wildcard and do my transfers as late as possible (around 15 min before the deadline). I activate my wildcard just fine, then click on the player's profile pictures to begin transferring them out, only to find that i can sub on/off or captain my players but not transfer them (while my wildcard is active and the deadline is minutes away).  :o ;D

In the next ten minutes, i scramble between different browsers trying to fix this but to no avail. All of a sudden, 3 minutes before the deadline that little turquoise icon for transfers shows up and i can finally change my team, 15 transfers in two minutes...mental.

This game is a gift that keeps on giving...infuriating mess is what it is!

I had a similar problem. Game is not capable of tracking multiple transfers in one go, so I lost a lot of time before trying making just one transfer. Then it worked and then I just did it one by one.

Good thing in this screwed format is that we can continue to make transfers, so if you did not want a Wales/Iran player you had 3 hours until next deadline :)

Just don't overthink it and enjoy the World Cup, they are changing the rules all the time anyway so there really isn't a point in taking it seriously.

Yeah, I. Definitely going to enjoy this one as betting and fantasy have gone out the window early. I might rebuyin during KO but for now, might just look at pure total fantasy with entire team decked out attack. And super cheap midfield to compensate.

FIFA. Fixing things that ain't broke.

It would have been a nightmare, If I had dedicated more time into research before picking my team and making substitutions, I was already pessimistic with the manner players update about 2 days to the world cup and there are still popular players missing from the game, and right up till now there are no indications for players injured, suspended, even Karim Benzema remains with no indication of not being available in the world cup.

I want to believe there will an update in the KO after half of the teams are eliminated already, but if there are no changes by then, then I don't think there would any at a latter stage in the tournament.

But all that can be overcome by research or simply if you watch the games and news. For instance Neymar is probably not playing in the group stage again and we can act on that. Problem is points from MD1 are still not final, rules are still being changed and we are halfway trough the group stage. That is simply incredible and unthinkable for serious players.

I'm not sure if they are final or not but my team's MD1 points were updated earlier today, i've got the correct number of points for key passes and shots on target, can't say anything about tackles though...a small step in the right direction, i guess.

How's everyone MD2 shaping up so far? I'm on 40 points with seven players available, i had the armband back on Messi, a goal and assist would do just fine, i've no plans to change it.

By the way, the website's Help section (HOW TO PLAY, FAQ'S, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PRIZES) is completely empty (as of writing this post). What are these guys up to now? :D

Well you can't actually write a help/FAQ section if the rules are always changing :) What are they going to write? Just have fun and don't take it seriously since we screwed badly and don't know how to make it right. What is worse, World Cup Fantasy was perfectly good game 4 years ago. I guess they decided to let go of that team and outsource this one to save the budget or some similar bs.

My game week is poor since I had not time to pick my players, literary squeezed it in last 10 minutes before the deadline without any research. I guess it could have been even worse. At least I have Perišić who is sort of differential.

my game week is pure shit, but I almost gave up on this fantasy
did not had proper time to check the rules, and left team from previous round, without any change, Messi brought most points after all

looking at table, topping the list are most users that I do not recognize, have almost double points compared to me, and situation looks grim only :)

Actually tried doing some things today, but realised most of my team were already locked in so just subbed out Neymar and put in Richarlison, no time for anything else and a bit too unbothered to look into it.

So the boosts, anyone enjoy anything other than 12th man?

More than anything else, just surprised I got as many points as I did without changing anything.

Didn't do too badly after all in this round, even if my MD1 scores would have put me above 100 points, but can't complain with Fernandes and Messi, even Mbappe throwing their weight around, finally. Probably just going to stick with more or less the same team, and hope Saka gets a better outing vs Wales.

Clean sheets are a premium, it seems, so leaving Alisson in (though suspect coach might give Ederson an outing now they've qualified).

MD3 started as expected, with both the Netherlands and England keeping clean sheets and finishing first in their respective groups.

I decided to use my last available booster, "Power Captain," i could see potential hauls to be had from players with low % effective ownership. I'd love that to be one of the Danish wingbacks or perhaps the Moroccan right-hand side duo of Ziyech/Hakimi, whom i really fancy against the very open at-the-back Canada.

Triple up on Germany is a must, we just have to nail the correct assets, i currently have Musiala and Sane but Füllkrug, if he gets the nod to start, could be a real differential.

England even managed to rest some of their most important players, but Kane had to play from first minute as usual. That was a kick in the balls for my fantasy team. I have seen the lineup but did not want to pay points for extra transfers. Even if I did I would have taken Foden rather than Rashford so it wouldn't be that big of a difference.

My Netherlands players came trough so it will be ok if Germay performs as expected and I managed to read their line up

Yeah, I completely forgot to see if Saka would start and left him in my fantasy so didn't really do much with England, but Dutch players came through, at least I'm 81st position now and still have Pedri, Fernandes, Richarlison to make sure I keep up (hopefully).

Purely for fun at this point, of course.

Too many bugs in the system, I'm sure my points are affected as well, I know I'm shit at fantasy but if the system was working properly, I should be in the top 20 by now, ;) I used wildcard in only MD2 and I was told that we can use wildcard more than once, I haven't used any other chips but I can't find them available on my dashboard. How can a player play and get a 0? Please, I need justice.


I also fell to Saka's first-game performance and have kept him on my team since MD2.

Players don't get points for appearance in this fantasy so it is 0 points instead of 1 point as in FPL. Regarding that wildcard, who told you you can use it more then once? The rules allowed for "free" wildcard in MD 3 if you used in MD2 but you had to make all your transfers during MD2. I wrote about that here as well. Basically you used a wildcard and then removed players after they already played for free.

same here, Frenkie de Jong brought points as captain, and Cody Gakpo is scoring every match (not sure, but I think he is the only one scoring on all three so far)
but, I am not changing anything, too much activities at the moment, and I do not think that winter time (especially end of the year) is really good time for WC (not just weather, it is probably busiest time of the year in any business, and hard to find time for football)

The only ones that were constant in my team were the Dutch, the rest 0 and 1, Messi 4 pts for being the captain...


 Costa Rica....making history...(!)
Ger  :-\

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finally not! but she was for a few minutes  :)

I actually thought it would be great time for World Cup, short days, long nights, cold outside - perfect weather to spend it indoors watching top football. But then world cup started and it is all a bit too much for me. No time for anything and I can't wait for a time when we will have only 2 matches per day. That seems like something I could be able to handle :)

Free transfers now, so make some and refresh your teams. When I say now I mean after this match day ends tomorrow of course.

He probably read it wrongly, I didn't settle for MD2 wildcard, I don't think it would have made difference though, I still have all my chips active and used, but I'm still quite clueless as to how to navigate using properly, but my MD3 is still quite a mess, I took about 9 point hit but that paid of a bit except for the fact that I chose to bank Denmark players against Australia, I literally anticipated a clean for them in that game, I went with Gakpo as my captain since he scored I didn't find the need to change it. I think I might just my round of 16 free wildcard to suite just that match day, the use my wildcard for the next matchday.

A Question: has anyone been able to use more than one chip for a single MD ?
I wouldn't like any to go to waste especially the 12th man, I'm thinking of using in the next MD because there are some fixture/players I have in mind for it.

I'm crossing my fingers for a Mitrovic masterclass tomorrow, have him and Tadic left to play for my team both around 3% owned (low ownership is always great).

Mitro is currently top 5 in npxG after the first two matches, but i won't mind a pen to Serbia, lol anything would do.

Slightly annoyed the German assets that i had did not return much, was high on Füllkrug but wasn't sure if he would start.


You can't play two boosters on the same matchday, you are only allowed to use one.

When most of us used the 12th man chip in MD1, you couldn't change the player once it was confirmed (not sure if it was intended or just a bug). So be careful when you pick your guy and hit confirm as you might not be able to change it again.

I wouldn't hold my breath, Serbia is in total disarray from what we are getting in Croatia. It seems that several players slept with reserve keeper wife and now they are not talking to each other. There were even some fights breaking out so not good for sure.

Maybe @casperBGD can add few more words on the topic. I know he is following the eagles closely  ;D

The timings of early games were a bit tough to watch yeah, although it did seem like the better matches were played in the evening and I guess they tried to play Asian teams earlier (can't say as didn't really pay attention) but the KO rounds should, theoretically, give me better viewing rates. Shorter days seems like more household chores though for some reason, or maybe I'm just slower in the cold.

Packing my new squad with more Brazil, more Spain, more Argentina, and Aussie defence maybe haha. See how the budget goes.


And I feel he's gonna go right back in now for Senegal -- Southgate will revert to exact template of MD1/2. His tinkering got found out. I might give England a complete miss.

other teams having conferences about tactics and lineups, we have one where our top attacker explains he did not have sex with another player wife, you can't make this one up

not sure what to think, Swiss is a good team, hard to beat when they are happy with a draw, but Mitrovic should be in, Vlahovic probably not due to whatever happened

I have Tadic and SMS in my fantasy team (would add that I think we will pass through, but @2.6 is not a value bet on a win)

Vlahović in the first team as well, I am really curious to see how this Serbia will play. Have a feeling they pulled their heads together and decided to play football. Problem is if the game get though they could break apart easy and Swiss are one of the toughest opponents to break. I have a lot of money riding on Switzerland so we are in the opposing camps tonight.

What could be worse than paying 3 points deficit to ship in de Arrascaeta who has been nothing but a bench warmer for Kudus of Ghana, only for the former who has zero point until today to end up 18 whooping points  :(, What a waste  :-X

So many tweaks and turns in this MD, hopefully it will get better in the coming MDs

So, in summary, there will be no more wildcards in the future? If so, what happened to the eliminated players on my team?  ;D I'm not sure how a player earns a point in FIFA fantasy, I have three players who played full time with zero points and it's very frustrating, so a player must either score, assist, or win MOTM to be awarded a point.

I have no idea when or how I used up those red paint chips. I know I've switched players after kick-off, but I've yet to use power captain or 12th man. Poor me, I didn't pay attention to the rules, I went into the game with an FPL mindset, and now I have no idea what I'm doing.
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I guess it makes two of us then. I mean, was there ever a wild card? I didn't see and I know i did look at the few keys they noted, understood a few but the others were left for later now, am confused haven't seen what you've said.

About the points, I just dont get it how a player would come on even as a substitute player, plays for at least 20-30minutea and not get a point. Yeah, it's the same for everyone but, doesn't make a lot of sense.

This has got to be one frustrating game week for my team. Like, most of my players were tested in there team, others came up with zero and my goalkeeper scored same point as my entire team combined. WTF!

Everybody had one wildcard to be used whenever we saw fit. You will not get another one but we all have free transfers now, before the knockout stages. Use those free transfers well since later on you will have to pay -3 points for each extra transfers. So if you pick a lot of players from teams that get eliminated you will be in trouble. Best to play safe and load up on France & Brazil :)

I genuinely hope there are fewer surprises in the direct elimination stages, as i intend to quadruple on at least two teams to start. In R16, we get an extra $5 million to spend (105 in total).

I finished MD3 on 67 points, which is a decent result given the circumstances, i wish the Germans hadn't wasted that many good chances, especially Musiala. I'm also not sure why they gave Tadic second assist points (i thought the defender had a touch on the ball before Vlahovic scored???), not that i'm complaining, it's more points for me...lol

The game itself seems to be almost bug-free, i believe they have yet to add points for won penalties, and Livakovic's profile pic is still messed up.  ;D

Only just got home so made my picks. I was up til about 2 am last night (12 hours ago) and still couldn't make my changes on FIFA, so ended up doing it all in a bit of a rush.

Also doing like morvillz7z, majority of my squad is from 2 teams I hope will shake off group stage nonsense and make it big.

This time, Ritsu Doan has to start vs Spain, right?

Alright guys I've finished setting up my line-up, I hope my midfield can get me more points. There is not much left until the start of the match Holland vs USA, I think I will get some points from De Jong.



This means that the next periods will be more difficult if your players are out of the game. This means focusing on players from strong teams

I had at least 4 players who were eliminated for this second phase, but finally I was able to make my changes as well.

Against Germany, Ritsu Doan scored 75' and it only took him 4 minutes to score a goal after 71' replaced Ao Tanaka.
He start against CRC  and it was replaced
Against Spain, he enters for the second half replacing Takefusa Kubo.

So given the above if I had to bet I would say no, but if I had him in my Fantasy I would like him to start.  :)
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Congratulations to the first one (for now) I may not be a regular on the forum, but from those I can recognize (forum) I wishs you at least one point :D
11- Woodie 19- Trofo 30- Ulvenn 34- svirus 39- fmibfeat

Then other nicknames that I could recognize:
53- cryptofrka 57- carperBGD 58- Harkorede 66- darbit 123- ktchampions 102- sojourner 111- Slissy 117- 1miau 140- igehhhbot 142- icopress 154 - arallmuus 161- Slaman29 176- jayce

Sorry to those who forgot or I did not recognize, but in the same way good luck to everyone in this new phase of this World Cup Fantasy.

You forgot only the best one of us, he was even in first position for some time and hovering in the money every time I look at it. Will not name him here since he uses different nick so it is his to tell if he wants to. I don't think it is a secret since most of us that play this pools for a long time know who he is.

One of the luckiest bastards I had the pleasure to meet on forum, you know who you are :)

I went for the win or burst for this round by banking on four defender from Netherlands, too bad I overlooked Daley Blind and Netherlands also had to concede, it would have made absolutely f**king sense if they kept the clean shit...

And Berghuis not coming on made lost a point in the other competition, Damn, Lose Van Gaal  ???

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Vamos Argentina! let's run riot tonight  :D

Thanks for the wishes, but I already realized that I can’t even get close to the top here and I give up  :D
In general, I started to learn the rules of Fantasy Football only when registering for this competition, so it is not surprising that I did not do well here. Therefore, I wish all the participants good luck and I myself stop managing my team. Hopefully next time I'll be more prepared.

Hats off to those who kept Dumfries in their R16 teams! A goal and two assists is the near-perfect haul that everyone hoped for. It was painful to watch him get all those points knowing he's no longer on your team (and i've had him since day 1). :'(  ;D   The Socceroos scoring after a ricochet to wipe Argentina's clean sheet capped what was a very disappointing fantasy day.

Anyways, looking forward for the next matches...my differentials for this round are Perisic and Gvardiol. I fancy the Croats to score from a set piece, and both Gvardiol and Lovren, with their massive frames, should pose a threat to Japan's undersized defenders/players....Perisic is simply due a goal.

Is anyone switching their armband from Messi to Mbappe, or are you content with those 14 points?

I'm going to stick with Messi as my captain, I initially didn't even have Mbappe on my team after the first draft, but I switched to him by replacing Lautaro Martinez some minutes before the deadline, my biggest flaw is the Netherlands concede, it would have been a big haul for me, or If I had went with Daley Blind, instead of Ake or Van Djik, It would have been complement, but since Argentina also conceded a goal, I felt it no team defense is actually safe right now or stands a better chances of keeping a clean sheet, perhaps just Brazil.

Dumfries in my team is I believe my first decision that got me net win over you and I finally managed to get a bit closer to the top positions in the league. Was about time for him to get something back. He is by far the most attacking defender in this WC.

Perišić is a great pick, he is our only nailed attacking player and he will play every minute for as long as he can stand on the pitch. Not so sure about Gvardiol, he is our best player in this WC but I don't see him getting many fantasy points. When it comes to set pieces, Lovren is usually the target. When it comes to open play our full backs are more attacking. While we are on topic of full backs, I have Borna Sosa (3.5M) in my team but there are rumors that he is tired and due for a rest.

I am probably ok with sticking on Messi, I got nice boost with that Dumfries pick so I feel like switching would temp my usually very sparse luck a bit too far. It is knockout stage and I am not expecting high scoring games. My pick for the pool is 2:0 France and I don't see Mbappe getting more than one attacking return here.

I've so far been very worried or rather curious about how I fallen so bad down the pecking order of the table without getting points significantly lower than others for the game week, but It's solely due to the fact that I never understood how the transfer and substitutions actually really works, but I think I've gotten a better understanding of the game play now, I only just hope it's not too late yet to catch up.

I would love to have Perisic in my squad too, but I'm not just sure if it will be worth it, I'd definitely have jumped on the bandwagon if he was classified as a defender, because of the potential short at a clean sheet too, but without that advantage, I'd stick with natural forwards classified as midfielders or actually attacking minded midfields

I just used my 12th man booster, and I splashed it on Ronaldo, I think he's due for a brace or even an hattrick right ?!

Perišić never played anything else for Croatia than left wing. He was winger whole his career and just in the last few years started to play as very offensive wing back for his clubs. It would be outright stupid to classify him as defender. He is classified as midfielder but he should probably even be a forward. Mbappe, Messi and Neymar are all forwards and he plays that same position. Actually think of him as budget Mbappe, Messi and Neymar are both getting back much deeper for ball then Perišić for Croatia.

Yes, I totally agree with you, I understand his position very clearly but don't get me wrong. I only said that because I've watched him well and over again, over the years and I'm well aware that Perisic plays on the left flank for Croatia, but while at Inter and Bayern he played more down that left midfield and often dropping further back sometimes, that seemed to have affected he's goal scoring form/zeal, so he's been more of a provider than an actual goal scoring personnel, hence my sentiment of actually preferring outright midfielders with more goal intentions rather than being just a provider, Perisic is likely to have more assists to goals ratio, of something like 10:1 if not bigger, than getting goals for himself, so that's why I felt him being classified as defender who could be getting clean sheets as that would complement the deeper role he plays and he could still be providing those assists regardless, in FPL for instance I think he's racked up more points from Clean sheet than in goals and assist combined.

It's good to be recognised though, I don't feel so great at my current positioning in the FWC tournament. Round 3 games really got me good and it felt sick evn till now. Like, my entire team couldn't give me half the point I got from captaining K. Mbappe today!

Anyway, we've got a  few rounds, good enough i had the chance to revamp my team and some increased transfer chances by the day. I really really have a taste for that top 10 and am going for it. This won't be just about winning but, making a mark that would stay for the next 4years!

It's been interesting so far, just dont know why I left Saka on my bench only to miss 10points and played Rabiot that have been 1point. Rabiot wasn't fair to me today but, we good still. Good day today!

Given that we have manual substitutions available, you should always set (start) your lineup with the players who play first. If they blank or you are unhappy with their points total, you can then replace them with those on your bench (who are yet to play). I took a quick look at your lineup, and you're very likely to miss out on Acuna's six points unless Spain and Brazil both keep clean sheets. That's 16 points wasted for no good reason.


Those who switched the captaincy to Mbappe can enjoy their 8 points extra...not a bad outcome.

Congrats to those who quadrupled on England, the first team to keep a clean sheet in this round, and attacking returns for multiple players. I'm happy to have both Saka and Foden on my team.

Japan! and Ritsu Doan... why do it differently against Croatia... in fact he ended up taking him out in the second half, well! anyway, a great coach without a doubt and he is the architect of this great World Cup in Japan...

Congratulations to the Croats were in my accounts for the Quarter Finals. Please! Coach, Modric!, You should never replaced him! :)

⚽ World Cup Fantasy ⚽ : Peresic^Perišić 8 PTS, eight points given by Fifa but I would give him 20 pts.  8)

This world cup, Modrić was playing ok but he was nowhere near his usual levels and today he was among our worst players. I would have subbed him off even sooner. He did not have a good game and made a lot of uncharacteristic errors while we know we will need him in the next game. It is not easy for a guy of his age to play every minute of every game in world cup.

Brazil looks dangerous as hell, will be a though game against them but odds should be good. @buwaytress I expect some money on Croatia at least from you :) But not regular time, after penalties, Croatian way.

Count me in as another Saka on the bench (first MD I subbed him out, dumb, now he's left on the bench, what a waste of points!). Mbappe took me my haul but only because I used Boost (otherwise would have captained Messi).

Also, Pickford on my sub and Alisson conceded. I don't know what I'm doing...


My exact thoughts seeing him start the game... why start a guy who knows how to blaze down tired wings? Still, if he hadn't started, Japan might not have played as bravely as they did. I actually still thought my ticket had a great chance but once they took him out it was clear penalties were on everyone's mind.



You can count on it, immediately after Croatia went through, p2p markets on my p2p book gave 65/10 odds on Croatia (full game outcome) but some guy matched the entire market (only 0.1 BTC haha) immediately so odds wiped out to 56/10, which is still pretty good, so I already took it with winnings from Brazil last night.

Of course, FT result of 94/10 which is on Sportsbet now is my normal bet, but knowing the Vatreni way, I'm avoiding that haha.

Brazil are definitely going to have tough game vs Croatia, because of Croatia chemistry and style of play, disciplined decisive and very compactly organized as a team, but If any team has what it takes to oust Croatia, that'd be Brazil, they've got every assets that they can use to hurt just almost any team.

I've just successfully wasted my 12th man chip  >:(

My FIFA fantasy career was over after the MD2 when I had only 25 points. I'm just playing for fun now to pass the time because it's already impossible to make top 10, we only have a few games left, and the further we go, the fewer goals will be scored, so it would take a miracle to blow up 80+ from QF matches, is still possible but the chances are very slim. Has anyone ever gotten 25 points in a pool before?, or am I making history here? What happened to Woodie? did he run out of luck after MD1? I don't see him.

Trofo is making us proud because no one from the forum has won an outside competition for sometime now.

I actually like my chances in this one. I already made a couple of transfers in the last MD as the players I wanted to get rid of finished their games and now I am in very comfortable situation of having more or less 15 players I want and 5 free transfers to use them before the games if some of my choices get benched.

I still have that power captain booster so hopefully that one will come handy in the last MD of the competition. Main prize is going to someone from this forum I just feel it :)

So we have unlimited transfers now before the QF begin, which is great, but no more chips for those who have already used them, correct? Looking at the current table, no one has a chance if you don't win. Oh, smartvirus is nearby.

I've already used my captain's boast, and because I had Messi and Mbappe on my team, it went to Mpabbe and gave me 30 points in return.

You don't have unlimited transfers, you have 5 free transfers for QF games and anything more you have to pay for. But I don't think anybody needs even 5 transfers in this MD since most favorites passed and we should have my teams set up already.

You are presuming that everybody here uses the same nick in Fifa Fantasy game, I know at least 2 more forum members that are playing it under different nick and doing quite well. Don't think it is a secret but if they opted for different name it is their thing to share.

I'm glad Spain is out of the tournament. A lot of players around me in the standings had triple (even quadruple Spain) and now they have to burn some of their transfers to get those players out. The second reason is, i hate how the Spanish team plays...i can't stand that meaningless, high-possession no-threat football. Lol, 800 side/backward passes just to get one shot on target?  All that scheming to eliminate Germany and avoid Brazil in QFs, wasted... :D 

In any case, it'll be interesting to see how everyone approaches MD5. I could see a number of ways to gain rank, ranging from extremely risky to a more balanced path to points. Having a few differentials is always a good thing, and i've already got my eye on a couple of players with low ownership...glad we get more than a day to set our lineups this time, as i didn't like the rushing in the previous rounds.


Who did you have and don't tell me it was Ronaldo?  ;D :P

He was, I was expecting him to turn up for the grand stage as usual, but I didn't want him on my team, and I literally kept the 12th man out of play in the group stages simply because I wasn't certain about who would start or not, and everyone I was sure that I wanted were already on my team. If only I had read about his antics with the coach I might have second thought.

I guess the chip was just meant to never yield a result for me, because I was seconds away from having it on Lautaro Martinez, before I muttered "f**k it! I might not be the biggest fan of Ronaldo, but I believed this are stages he live(d) and showed up for... It would probably have all worked out well for me with a Ronaldo hattrick, if only Fernando Santos was just big enough to swallow his pride and play his biggest player, what an utter disrespect for CR7  ::)



I'm still all in, in for a penny,.... ? you all know the rest.

I went with an all out for Netherlands defenders in MD5, it didn't pan out too well because I didn't manage to have Daley Blind too, but I've got my Wild Card intact and I don't think I'll have a better chance than right now to use it to take a gamble, while still having my 5 transfers to put things in places should things decides to go south, again.

I don't know what to do with my squad either. I might as well just reset everything and try and autopick might do better than if I picked.

I believe for people who need to catch up you need to gamble big on one team so maybe my heart says Argentina? Everyone expects a tough game against Netherlands, but you never know like Portugal getting 2 early goals, then the other team has to chase, and then open themselves up to even more.

Keeper has to be Croatia or Morocco, unless it's a trap performance in last 16 lol

My thoughts ran away as I could no longer guess who would win the quarter-finals so I went with England and Holland to form my squad for this round. But I'm having a hard time choosing the captain for this tour. Maybe I'll pick Mbappe or Saka

Argentina is a potential team so it is natural that most people will gamble on Argentina.  But there is no guarantee that Argentina will win the quarter-finals . Because the Netherlands is a very good team.  They have also huge of experience in playing football. Argentina is offering 2.20 and Netherlands 3.60.  As an Argentina supporter I will gamble for Argentina

I have the utmost respect for Cristiano Ronaldo because of his accomplishments in the past and what he has contributed to the beautiful game, but we can all agree that he is at the end of his game. His biggest asset was pace, but right now he can't even sprint for 30 seconds, and he isn't a good passer or dribbler. I don't know what kind of conflict he had with the coach, but benching him pays off handsomely. Since the squad has been performing well lately without him, every coach would want to keep doing what is helping the team.

It might have been a different tale. They could have lost or scored fewer goals with him if he had started ahead of Ramos.

When it comes to matches like this you indeeed just might never know, who/who not to back due to the grand effect a little margin of error of a split second can cause, who knows if Switzerland would have been more sensitive defensively knowing that they are playing against Ronaldo, arguably one of the most efficient finishers of all time, but paid a little attention to a maiden Ramos striker paid dearly for it.

I really can't draw a conclusion between Argentina and Netherland, because my biases and flawed perception in this situation might be tilted towards Argentina, so I'm likely not being very objective enough, but I'll fancy Argentina's chances here because apart from the round of 16 fixture against USA in which the Netherlands still got somewhat dominated statistically, they've pretty much struggled against every other team, even when those teams are playing highly defensively.

would call it Messi vs Netherlands, since latter is a team, and former I cannot call a them, if Messi is not playing, they are a bunch of picked players

and that will be a main issue for Argentina, how to pass through Netherlands organized defense if Messi does not play his best (and it is hard to expect best from him in every match)
while Dumfries and Gakpo are obviously good choice to score one goal somehow

I don't rate Netherlands defense that high. They conceeded goals in 2 matches and let quite a lot of scoring opportunities. Even Qatar, one of the worst teams in this WC had a couple of clean chances. Team like Argentina will know how to use those opportunities.

Don't like pre match talks from Croatian players, it is all about how best 8 is great, we already did what we had to do...Seems like prepearing the public for defeat. Would like to see a bit more of fighting spirit.

I agree that the Netherlands' defense is not as strong as their offense, but they have the most balanced team in this tournament; it's difficult to play against a team whose wingbacks are quick and dangerous. Argentina's only strength is Messi, so it will be a difficult test. If Argentina wins this game, I doubt Croatia will be able to stop them from reaching the final. The most dangerous team has already been eliminated (Brazil), and another will be eliminated tonight (Argentina and the Netherlands). Things are beginning to soften at the front.

I guess they changed their minds and decided to go for the 4 ; it was a mind game talk to put less pressure on themselves because they entered the game as the underdog. Congratulations, man.

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Just when I was having a good day FIFA decided to act funny... Got 8 points from the Craotia - Brazil game and I'm seeing -1 wtf.

The Croatian players literally seemed to have brought their fighting spirit to the pitch, rather than let their mouth do the job for them, I was already curios about what their composure would be after that goal from Neymar, but they didn't give their hopes up and kept fighting even without having an attempt on goal until that very moment of getting the equalizer, it couldn't have come at much better time!

2(1)x2 I don't believe it...90' + 11...extra time... Penalties  :-[

For a moment I thought that we were left without a representative for our confederation, what a great game from the Netherlands.(great coach Louis van Gaal)

Great Argentina... Messi that  beautiful assist!

WCF:
Wout Weghorst 0.1% Selected . 10 points...
Messi 100...

This result will create chaos in most fantasy squads, I am sure there is quite a lot of managers with x5 Brazilian players. Serves them right for dismissing team that places 2nd in last world cup that easily :) I knew we are winning the match as soon as we equalized.

Great game from Netherlands? I did not watch the whole thing but from what I have seen Argentina was much better and Van Gaal come back tactic was to sub in tallest players he has and just send long balls to the box. It worked, but they haven't actually played anything impressive.

Congrats to our forum members from Croatia and their team for making it to the semis!

I thought Brazil beat itself more or less, they had a fair amount of good chances to put this match to bed earlier. I can't say i agree with some of Tite's decisions throughout the game. Vini Jr. and Raphinha subbed off too soon, making a late change to your defense for no apparent reason, not to mention Danilo and Sandro had to change positions on the pitch, and that's deep into extra time, you are asking for trouble. The icing on the cake was getting counter-attacked 4 on 4 in the 115 min, having so many players committed upfront with your central midfielder (Fred) pressing at the goal line...like wtf?

If Portugal is to lose the 1/4 final tomorrow, i'm in the realm of taking multiple hits to field 11/15 for the semi-finals, fun...:D (advantage to those who have their wildcard available, i guess).

WCF: +Saiss 0pts. + Bounou: 7. +Fernandes: 2 pts. So, =33 Matchday pts.

It is good for the illusions of any national team to see Morocco among the 4 best in the world...

... Spain and now Portugal (Switzerland was a mirage... definitely), next! no problem... 8)

Yes!
I made a forecast timid 3-1 in favor of Argentina, now, I was very surprised by the poor game in the attack the Netherlands, but! I don't think it was a coincidence it was raised like that, even how they attacked at the end, and the second goal, It was not that he was born organic among the players, the free kick. That all script could be a surprise for everyone but not for the coaching staff or players.

The results make great teams, above that footballing excellence, which today is opaque or gray before the effectiveness of winning, the Netherlands arrived with 19 games without losing with Louis Van Gaal as DT, and did not lose... Full Time(2x2). (what a fact that can be useful to who? hahahaha)...

Holland did the homework with Argentina, not with luck or an individual play... So yes, Holland great team against Argentina...

Same here and to make things worse I was out of the house and did not manage to use all the transfers from previous MD. I wanted to make them late and take 2 France/England players depending on who passes and then the game crashed for me.

With 5 free transfers I will have 10 players, so I will either field that or make one minus transfer to field full 11. I don't think hits are needed. Not so many players I really want for these 2 games. At the moment only Giroud is a certain transfer in for me.

I'm as good as dead in this one, with 4 Portugal players, 3 Brazil players, and 2 England players on my team and only 5 free transfers to make hahahah I guess I'll take another -9, just when I thought things were getting better, I left Richarlison as captain.

Can someone from the FIFA fantasy office explain why my points keep being calculated incorrectly? I had 37 points based on a simple calculation, but now I only have 14 instead of 28? Now I know why I'm not at the top of the fucking leaderboard; I've been getting half points the whole time. ;D please someone should take me back to PFL
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Portugal was an easy pick in QF, but did not delivered
not that I am that into this fantasy, but will use my wildcard to improve chances in Semi-final matches

Brasil out is also a nightmare for many teams, but wildcard will do for that as well

who to score, expecting two goalless draws in SF

Never expected this many surprises in quarter finals. Should have kept my wildcard, but it is easy to be smart in retrospective. What were the odds of both Brazil and Portugal dropping out. I have seen a screen shot from one guy in a private league I am also playing that has 0 players in his team that are still left in the tournament.

There is also talk about some penalty for Martinez/Messi cause of throwing insults to the dutch players but I somehow doubt that FIFA would have guts to suspend Messi in semi final of his last world cup. If there is a penalty it will probably be under revision until the WC finishes.

On second thought, i might not take any hits at all, but that depends on the outcome of the first semi-final. What worries me the most is how much rotation will occur in the two teams that will not advance to the final (3rd/4th place match).

As for the third striker spot, it's a toss-up between Alvarez and Giroud. However, Croatia's high xGC is concerning and currently tips the scales in favor of Alvarez.

It really goes down to 2 last matchdays to make the real difference. At this point, it ain't just about picking the players that could get you the points but, predicting what team that would advance so you dont have to get negative points on transfers just to be able to reset your team. I can tell you, its not a time for me to get any unproductive players if I need to make it to the 10 at all. Wih it was more of a maintaining of stance but, it goes down to making up some lost match days.
You guys have been pretty competitive I give you that. It ain't over yet though.

It all comes down to Croatia and Argentina. Sort of make a huge error in picking from these guys but, I hope it counts in favour though. Hope we get a fill tea reset in the finals. That would be nice.

I have put my players for SF, almost all team changed, and it could be called France with Messi and Modric now

missed changes before R16 and that basically ruined my chances to compete, but never give up
looking at odds on Argentina and France, it seems that many expect some more surprises in SF

Guess who didn't include Alvarez in their team after previously advocating for him?  ;D  ...those 14 points would have been highly appreciated. Croatia overperforming their high xGC finally caught up with them, such poor defending on Alvarez's 1st goal....it was no coming back after that.

At least i finally got a clean sheet, no own goals, deflections, or injury-time surprises...such a fucking relief.

Still haven't decided on my third striker, kinda want to pivot from Giroud to Griezmann, but if Saiss is not passed fit, it would be dumb not to play Giroud. Yeah, it's a lineup check before i commit to either of them.

Giroud all the way for me, I wanted him from the day Benzema was confirmed out but couldn't justify it while Brazil was still in the tournament. I also wanted Alvarez but that 3 forward slots are way to precious and I never got a chance to even seriously consider him.

Still contemplating if taking any extra transfers for minus three points is worth it. As it stands now I will probably take one extra transfer to field full 11.

This round was better than the last one, despite the fact that I had a few players with zero points who ruined the party for me; I took -3 and it paid off, but it would have been much better if Mbappe had scored. After all, I may be aiming for a top-20 finish.

I have a quick question; I can't explain what's going on here, and maybe I'm wrong. Isn't this Theo Fernandez? Who was France's first goal scorer today? I double-checked the line and he is the only Fernandez in the France team, so why was my point ignored?

it show that he did not play the match is this another bug? is there a place i can complain? I got -15 points last MD unfairly.


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I am sorry my friend but that is his brother Lucas Hernandez..

I am out from top 10 long time ago but i was happy i come on first place for most point for Semi final😁
Good luck guys! 😁

If you had the Power Captain stashed for this final matchday...happy days, no need to worry about who scores the most points, even better if you had Gvardiol in there as a differential.

Looking ahead to tomorrow's match, i'll be surprised if people who have Ziyech/Perisic as captains don't switch to Messi or Mbappe. Argentina has a high pen potential with 4 pens given (zero against them), while France has the most pens against with 3 (zero in their favor). A VAR penalty for a Messi winner would be a fairy tale ending to this World Cup. Lol Jokes aside, pen or no pen, i don't see France keeping a clean sheet, they've been leaky at the back and have nearly three times the xGC of Argentina.

Anyways, gl to those who have a shot at making the top 10, top 3, hell even win this competition!  ;)  ;D

Power captain was reserved for 3rd place play off match from the moment I read what it does. My initial plan was to go for Juranović but when I sow the line ups, Gvardiol was the best choice for Croatian defender. What a beautiful action for his goal as well :) That shot me trough the rankings mainly because of captain points but everybody will have one of the Messi/Mbappe today and there is high chance I will lose a lot of the advantage power captain has given me so far.

That big boss from Qatar said that it would be their dream that Messi (GOAT) lifts the trophy in his last World Cup and that it all happens in Qatar. After seeing VAR in action yesterday I think I am putting a hefty bet on penalty for Argentina today. If there isn't a real one or Argetnina is not leading at least 2:0 they will produce one. FIFA=MAFIA at this point and everything is for sale, maybe they even have Christmas discounts :)

Congratulations to Hoody Hoo 456, those who made ITM... I enjoyed this competition until the last game making line-ups even without having any chance... but having Messi in your team is priceless, you had to keep playing.  8)

Exciting ending and surely unforgettable in our thoughts for a long time...

Thanks to sponsor and organizers (cro2) also to those who compete throughout the tournament.

I used mine in Matchday 3 and got 18 points from Tadic, with very low ownership. That's the trick with this specific booster, to not have any of the popular names score, otherwise, it just goes to waste, negated. If Messi and Mbappe stayed quiet you should have at least kept the 4th place.


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Easy money! Never doubted the refs... ;D

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Has anyone else from the forum made the top 10 except for me and Trofo? I see that Harkorede was very close 12th...with Gvardion and his 8 pts on the bench.  :o

The only reason why I feel bad is literally because I didn't understand how the transfers and substitution works way sooner, I had all my chip planned out for specific stages perfectly, and almost all worked out pretty well for me except the 12th Man on Ronaldo, I also had one nap to early and didn't bring on Gvardiol to my starting lineup right on time.

But it was still all a very decent experience, and congratulations mate!

Well deserved, perhaps you should take up managing a football team as a professional, that's if you've not already thought about it!

Congrats man, really well played, you were up there all the time.

I got screwed with final match, never thought it will have more than 2 goals in it. Plan was also to bring in DiMaria for final if he plays but in last minute I decided he isn't worth going -3 since there will not be goals anyway.

I agree about power captain boost and that is why I decided to target 3rd place play off game with it. I brought a couple of differentials like Gvardiol and Majer and hoped for the best. Again I expected very low scoring final.

Cashed out Argenitna nice though, there was that penalty ticket and I had them to win outright from beginning.

congrats to winners and morvillz7z on winning entire competition

you can see who was following the rules, I missed on that, and deadline for R16, and eventually end up low, but wasn't to better even with changed team for that round


it is third final in a row for Argentina, where Di Maria scored a goal (wasn't aware of that before the match)

^^ Thanks!  ;)

Coming into the game, i had very low expectations since it had largely different rules and structure than what im used to with FPL, more casual-oriented if you will. Knowing when to use your boosters was crucial, as was getting lucky on a few differentials in each round.

Anyway, it appears that those who made the top10 have been paid out, and i can confirm that i received my winnings....also, from what i could pick from the clubtalk chat, there were 1 or 2 players disqualified within the top10 (probably multi-accounting), so perhaps someone just outside the prize spots from the forum got in last minute? Check your accounts!

Damn you work fast. I just finished sorting trough all that and wanted to come here and tell you to go check your balance :) Funny thing there was even one attempt to impersonate you. Sou you can count yourself famous now :)
Mind sharing your nick in chat or you just lurk? Did you ever attend one of my Fantasy chat sessions there?

@Harkorede since there were two cheaters in top 10 that means I got kicked up all the way to 7th position and you got the last paying spot. Check your balance

Yaay! I got the winnings as well, I literally wouldn't have even noticed for a while because as I'm in BTC mode for now, It feels good now to say I finished within the top 10  :D :D

Thanks guys! and Congratulations once again!!

I'm flattered but damn, do i even want to know how...probably not. lol

Unironically it's not the first time someone has tried to impersonate me on the Sb site. Back when they had poker tables, i had a doppelganger...but that's a long story and also off-topic.

The truth of the matter is, when there are decent prizes/something nice going on, bad actors will always try to take advantage of/ruin the fun for everyone else.


I've very limited free time, so basically, no time at all to follow what's going on over there.



Congrats! The forum has placed 3 players in the top 10 out of around 200 entrants....not too shabby. 👍

Nothing big or sofisticated, just tried to connect his spottsbet account with your fantasy username through that form we all had to enter to join. Of course there is timestamp for entries and we know you so it wouldn't be a problem even if there isn't.

But one more argument in favor of using the same nick for leagues like these.

I'll like to say tbank you to Sportsbet.io for sponsorship, Trofo for making it happen and congratulations to the winners of the fantasy world Cup tournament competition. You guys are amazing and very much teaching the rest of us how we compete good and play the game as well. Despite being new to this although, not to the world of football, I did managed it to some 20 positions behind the required. So not where i had hoped myself to be but, that's what my strategies towards the game got me. Perhaps would have lived to go again with the experiences have gotten thus far but, that would be in another 4years, lol...

Congrats once again to the winners, you guys are definitely making the rest of us better.

You will probably be able to experience something similar way sooner than 4 years. There is also Champions League Fantasy which I will consider doing next year now that we some basic number of users here on forum. There is also EURO 2024 Fantasy which I will be playing for sure. As things stand I am quite confident we will be able to get sponsors for those.

Champions League is maybe overkill since it is going in parallel with Premier League and there is nothing that can even hold a candle to Premier League Fantasy :)

I have officially got a Premier League Fantasy so I decided to create not one but 2 second chance leagues for us to compete in. Both are second chance leagues, meaning scoring starts from GW17. Clean slate.

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First one is free of charge and made in collaboration with Sportsbet. There aren't big rewards for this one, just fame and 10$ free bet for winner of every game week. They are already sponsoring main Fantasy league for over 12k$ so this one is just to keep it more fun for those of us that has done a bad job so far.
All you have to do to join is be around on my Fantasy chat on clubtalk or send me a PM here with following info:
Sportsbet username / Clubtalk username if you have one / Fantasy username.

I am accepting new participants until GW 22. Hit me up and you will get the code to join.

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Second one is where fun starts. No sponsors but I will take donations if somebody is willing, 2 mBTC fee to join. Winner takes all that gets collected. Meaning this one is for real men's only. I am accepting players only until GW 17 deadline.

Escrow address: 1KLhKJPADVdZMhwgc942HdjqaT7BUbPsmY

To join send me tx id and your fantasy username over PM.

Deadline is very short and if you don't have the money to pay on time there is very good chance that I will allow you to pay up later on. This depends a little on your forum level and trust or my personal opinion of you. Hope there will be at least few of you willing to take this "bet" with me. I am participating of course.