Australian Rules Football - Fantasy League

[Fang-wa]

Hark! Springtime nears us, and with it the Aussie-Rules Footy season! For those of you who came into this topic saying "What the blimp is Australian Footy??" allow me to explain it to you in song.


...Actually the last few minutes of last year's Grand Final.




There. Now that you know what Australian football is (theoretically and in a general sense), I and several others would like to form a Town of Odyssey fantasy league on their website. I'm going to assume you know what a fantasy league and how it works, generally (if not you can ask and I'll explain it for you); this Aussie footy is no different (aside from, like, being a different sport and all..).

Would anyone be interested in joining such a ToO league? I think it's safe to say that very few, if any, of us know what we're doing (even if I sound really smart, I'm not ) so your "But I don't know anything about Aussie football. I'll be creamed!" excuse is invalid.
Also, pretty much all you have to do is pick your players (like 33 or something) and then you're good for the rest of the season. If you want you can substitute and trade players in-between Rounds, but that's only if you want to.

That's basically it. Pretty easy, a fun new sport, and a new way to compete with the ToOers that you know and love!


Does anyone think that sounds like a fun thing to do this summer? Also feel free to ask any questions you may have, I'll do my best to answerz them. (:


This is the AFL site: http://afl.com.au/
And this is the fantasy site/page: http://dreamteam.afl.com.au/


The league code for the ToO league is 843398.



Balloon #48

[bookworm]

Wow. That is really something.
I’ve never done a fantasy league (for any sport) but I’ve always wanted to, so count me in.

How will the players’ players be compared? (to see who picked better)
And how will the players pick their players? First come first serve, random lottery, or in a draft?

And should this be in Odyssey 105?

[Stop Wooton' Around]

I've been in American Football Fantasy leagues, Basketball fantasy leagues, and Baseball fantasy leagues. But with this I will not really know who is better only by last years stats.

[bookworm]

Invisible Ninja, I watched that clip twice, and this is now my favorite sport. I’m not kidding! This is the best sport ever! Thank you for introducing me to it! I wish I got the games on tv.

[American Eagle]

I watched the video too, and it was pretty good. It's not nearly as awesome as the NFL, but I would choose it over soccer anyday.

Oh, and this is called "the amazing conclusion to the 2010 AFL Grand Final"? It ended in a tie... maybe that says a lot about the rest of the season.

[Fang-wa]

Wow. That is really something.
I’ve never done a fantasy league (for any sport) but I’ve always wanted to, so count me in.

How will the players’ players be compared? (to see who picked better)
And how will the players pick their players? First come first serve, random lottery, or in a draft?

And should this be in Odyssey 105?

Points will be scored as follows (per player):

Kick - 3 Points
Handball - 2 Points
Mark - 3 Points
Tackle - 4 Points
Free Kick For - 1 Point
Free Kick Against - (-3) Points
Hitout - 1 Point
Goal - 6 Points

Players can be picked multiple times. Otherwise, to use baseball as an example, only one person out of a few thousand could pick Sammy Sosa or Randy Johnson, which gets a bit annoying. So you can pick any players you want, even an identical team to mine, it's just a matter of which players and combination of players do better.

I'm not sure, is Finneman's not good for it?

I've been in American Football Fantasy leagues, Basketball fantasy leagues, and Baseball fantasy leagues. But with this I will not really know who is better only by last years stats.

Yeah, that's what I mean by us not knowing what we're doing. Maybe after a few years we'll know enough players to have preferences. I've been watching some clips on YouTube from matches (like the Grand Final one above) and picking players I think will do well (in addition to previous stats)).

Invisible Ninja, I watched that clip twice, and this is now my favorite sport. I’m not kidding! This is the best sport ever! Thank you for introducing me to it! I wish I got the games on tv.

I'm glad you like it! I wish they were too. :/ Apparently they're sometimes put on ESPN International, or something, but you can also see them on ESPN3.com for up to like 30 days after the game...

I watched the video too, and it was pretty good. It's not nearly as awesome as the NFL, but I would choose it over soccer anyday.

Oh, and this is called "the amazing conclusion to the 2010 AFL Grand Final"? It ended in a tie... maybe that says a lot about the rest of the season.

lol Ikr? AFL, football, AFL, football...hmmmm...AFL!

lol Yeah but it was a fun game, no? And that's the first one I've seen that ended in a tie (ironically, it being the Grand Final..).

[American Eagle]

lol Yeah but it was a fun game, no? And that's the first one I've seen that ended in a tie (ironically, it being the Grand Final..).

Sure, it was fun. If this played on Saturday afternoons instead of college football, I'd tune in.

[Fang-wa]

lol Yeah but it was a fun game, no? And that's the first one I've seen that ended in a tie (ironically, it being the Grand Final..).

Sure, it was fun. If this played on Saturday afternoons instead of college football, I'd tune in.

Well the season starts in a few weeks! And wouldn't you rather watch it while cheering your players on, knowing that you are besting fellow ToOers at this sport?

[bookworm]

you can also see them on ESPN3.com for up to like 30 days after the game...

Yay!!

So when does the season start? We should probably get the teams decided pretty soon.

[Fang-wa]

you can also see them on ESPN3.com for up to like 30 days after the game...

Yay!!

So when does the season start? We should probably get the teams decided pretty soon.

I think you get locked out of choosing a team in like 17 or 18 days or something.. You can choose your team anytime until then, at dreamteam.afl.com.au.

Also, I'll create a ToO league and get that up here...


Edit: Okay here we go guys, the ToO league code is 843398. (I'll enter this in the first post of the topic as well.)

[aussie aio fan]

I joined

Oh, and this is called "the amazing conclusion to the 2010 AFL Grand Final"? It ended in a tie... maybe that says a lot about the rest of the season.

They played another match the next week and Collingwood won.

[Fang-wa]

I joined

Oh, and this is called "the amazing conclusion to the 2010 AFL Grand Final"? It ended in a tie... maybe that says a lot about the rest of the season.

They played another match the next week and Collingwood won.

Oh was there a tiebreaker? I don't know how these things work.


This image was on the @AFL Twitter, #ObamaHandball:

[bookworm]

Do we need to register with the dream team site then?

[Fang-wa]

Do we need to register with the dream team site then?

Yes we do. That is how we will keep track of our teams, points scored, rankings, et cetera for the entire season.

[American Eagle]

Oh, why not? I joined the ToO Fantasy Hockey season without knowing much about hockey, so there's no reason why I can't give this a shot.

WEST COAST EAGLES! I have officially found my favorite team.

[bookworm]

OKay, will do

Edit:

Done!
I had absolutely no idea how to work the thing so I just auto filled with random players.

[aussie aio fan]

WEST COAST EAGLES! I have officially found my favorite team.

They are my favourite team too.

[bookworm]

I’m a Collingwood Magpies fan. I liked them from the instant I started playing the clip IN posted. Don’t really know why.

[aussie aio fan]

Anyone else want to join there's only four of us at the moment.

[bookworm]

When does the season start?