the unmagnificent man Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hi all, does anyone else on here join in with the fantasyleague formula 1? Its open now and my teams in. I'm aiming to win this year. I got as high as 7th last season before my transfers ran out. I finished 110th. Not bad for over 7700 entrants (even though I say it myself). UMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I am in a league on another Forum. Badger GP is the one we use there. Cant remember where I finished last year though. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Now there's a coincidence... I'm in a league on another forum too! And they used BadgerGP as well! Oh, and by the way Kev, you were 9th, 5 places behind me... UMM, 110th is not at all bad. I was somewhere in the "several-hundreds" overall, but did mange something like 6 th or something in one round. If I'd made just one different prediction I'd have won that round too, and with the second highest points score of the season, But I didn't! C'est la vie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Ooo, how does fantasy F1 work then? I'd be interested in having a go, but I've never taken part in any of the fantasy team style games before. r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Never tried the fantasy league but bring on the season - we've waited long enough! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Right, that looks like a bit of a laugh. I'm in, my team is Roo's Racers, what are your team names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 OK, sounds like Robin has sussed it, but for anyone else, in a nutshell here's how it works... You have a budget of 75 million and pick 3 cars and 3 drivers totalling 75 million or less. The prices are on the badger site the best ones costing more of course, and obviously 3 top drivers plus 3 top cars will come to a lot more than 75 million - so it's up to you how you spend your money. You can change your "team" three times without penalty, any subsequent changes will cost you some points. This year they're allowing unlimited team changes for the first couple of races. Points are awarded for the actual finishing positions of your cars and drivers. for drivers you also get points for positions the driver finishes above their start position. Additionally for each race you make predictions - for pole position, 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the race and also fastest lap. Predictions have to be in place before qualifying starts and - new this year - they've added one more thing to predict - the number of safety car periods! Mini-leagues; As well as the main league which will have several thousand teams in it, anybody can set up a "friends" mini-league and invite others to join it. We have done this for the past couple of years on another forum with about 15 or so taking part. More detailed info on the badgergp site. And to answer Robin's question, my team is JohnPs plodders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 My money is on Button this year--hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I have Button on my team to Stephen, I'm TeamTyphoon !! British is best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 OK folks, I've created a friends mini-league for us on badgergp.com. So get yourselves signed-up and we can pit our wits/luck(!) against each other. The more the merrier, and it doesn't matter if you're already in another (or several other) leagues. Details are; League name: Modelflying forumites Passcode: j4SFxG I'll post the results on this thread as the season goes on and hopefully we'll get lots of discussion on this thread too! So Tony, Stephen, Robin, Pete, Kev, UMM, and anybody else, get yourselves signed-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Couldnt log in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I have heard of others having difficulty registering as a new user on badger - not sure what's going on exactly, I hoped they'd sorted it out by now... Is it possible that the email they send you to confirm your details has got caught in a spam trap? I logged-on using my login from previous years with no problem. You can also logon to badgergp using your existing facebook, twitter or google login - if you have any of those. Edited By John Privett on 23/02/2013 15:02:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Daft question- do we sig nup in our own right and then join the team once we're in, John? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Yep - just register yourself as a "team" and then (optionally) join as many (or few) mini-leagues as you want! So sign-up, then click on Friends Leagues and then click the Join a Friends League button. Select 'Modelflying forumites' from the list and when prompted enter the passcode j4SFxG The mini-league bit just gives a bit more interest for people - friends, work-colleagues, forum-members or whatever - to compete against each other and compare scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks John, I'm in your league now TeamTyphoon. Good luck cos you're gonna need it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hey - welcome aboard Tony and TeamTyphoon! I think it's you that's going to need the luck... (hmmm, maybe not!) I think it's three weeks until Melbourne, so plenty time to get a few more of us "on the starting grid!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I'm in! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Yep - just seen your team in the list Pete. Welcome aboard, Revers Racing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Will join tomorrow John. Completly differnt teams and drivers. Could prove interesting. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hedging your bets, eh, Kev! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Oh no. It seems I have to keep my other team and driver selections. Was planing a valid experiment there John. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Cheers for creating the league John, I've just added my team in - Roo's Racers. Should be a bit of fun! Now if only they'd stop messing around down in Spain and get on with the start of the season... r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Welcome aboard Robin and Roo's Racers! Five of us in the league now, and plenty of room for more! Roll on Melbourne... Has anyone seen if Force India have announced who their second driver is yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Looks like di Resta and either Sutil or Bianchi , depending on how the test went... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I'm sure di Resta is already confirmed and as you say it was looking very much like a "shoot out" for the 2nd seat between Sutil and Bianchi, despite the team's claims - "It's not a shoot-out," said a team spokesman. "It's two drivers helping the team with this week's test." (Yeah, right... of course it's not!) But nothing heard yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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