NRL Fantasy online simulation game

Seriously considering building an online NRL Fantasy simulator.

Each season we would update all the stats and pricing. Each player would receive a rating for their potential, risk of injury, PPM, minutes, position, selection chances etc.

The game would then simulate each round, with some randomness, for injuries, random players getting dropped / added during the season, minutes, their scores each round (which would also influence the chance they get dropped the next round).

Is it something that you would love to see happen? Please comment below.

Please vote in the poll above so I can gauge if there is genuine interest in the concept.

A game based on a game thats based around another game I'd try it.

Krump wrote:A game based on a game thats based around another game I'd try it.

I think that there is likely to be a high level of crossover of those that love playing games for the sake of being a game and the NRL fantasy audience.

I love strategy games of all types, I think being able to simulate a season based on a common starting point that we are all so familiar with and spend so much time analyzing would be fun for many of us.

Probably not for me.

I might give an NRL equivalent of "Fifa Manager" a go, if it was against other real people (ie teams).

my tv broke wrote:Probably not for me.

I might give an NRL equivalent of "Fifa Manager" a go, if it was against other real people (ie teams).

Thanks for the feedback, would look to do a play vs computer version and a play vs other players version.

Anything with fantasy simulation in the title sounds good

my tv broke wrote:Probably not for me.

I might give an NRL equivalent of "Fifa Manager" a go, if it was against other real people (ie teams).

Asynchronous, simulated, player manager game?

It sounds like it should've been done already, but I'm dead keen!

mattnz wrote:Seriously considering building an online NRL Fantasy simulator.

Each season we would update all the stats and pricing. Each player would receive a rating for their potential, risk of injury, PPM, minutes, position, selection chances etc.

The game would then simulate each round, with some randomness, for injuries, random players getting dropped / added during the season, minutes, their scores each round (which would also influence the chance they get dropped the next round).

Is it something that you would love to see happen? Please comment below.

Please vote in the poll above so I can gauge if there is genuine interest in the concept.

Wut?

No Worries wrote:Anything with fantasy stimulation in the title sounds good

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For the, errrrrr, more stately of us on here, are you able to explain it a bit differently please mate? And by differently, I mean simpler . As a guide, you could use descriptors like:

broccoli
clothes pegs
gravel

In short, maybe a more intricate spiel would allow the concept to sink into my thick skull

SI wrote:For the, errrrrr, more stately of us on here, are you able to explain it a bit differently please mate?  And by differently, I mean simpler   .  As a guide, you could use descriptors like:

broccoli
clothes pegs
gravel

In short, maybe a more intricate spiel would allow the concept to sink into my thick skull  

Trying to think of a simple way to explain the concept.....

You would start the season by selecting a team. The basic elements of Fantasy would be there, and all the pricing etc would be the same as in the actual game.

Each player would have a set of assumed statistics that influence how they would score each week, likelihood of getting injured etc. i.e. Dugan and TPJ would be high risk of injury players.

Other factors that would have a rating for each player would be things like:
PPM
Consistency
Ceiling
Certainty of their place in the team

Each round fantasy points would be generated for what that player scored. You would be advised of minutes, any injuries, estimated time out with injury etc. Form slumps (low scores), would make a player's certainty of their place in the team lower and more likely to be dropped.

The above stats and if they were starting or on the bench would be used when randomizing the scoring each round. Players that are getting more minutes are more likely to continue to get higher minutes if they performed well.

TLT would be named each round and you trade players in and out, all the essential elements of the normal game.

There would be rumours, of which around half would be true, you dont know which half until they actually happen. There will of course be some random events like players that are doing great getting rumoured that they may be in line to play origin.

The game would progress round by round as you gradually upgrade your team and can see your rank against computer generated opponents, or other participants in the game. A game vs computer generated opponents would move as fast as you wanted to when you play each round. A game against other people would ideally have a version where each round would take about 5 minutes, so 25 rounds would take a couple of hours to play.

Sounds good.

What do you make the odds of a player getting caught sending dick pics to 17-year-olds on Twitter?

Seems interesting. It would provide some practice for new fantasy players to get a glimpse of how life is in the fantasy world.

rhinoceroo wrote:Sounds good.

What do you make the odds of a player getting caught sending dick pics to 17-year-olds on Twitter?

2 in 3 players seems like reasonable odds.

Do you get extra points for the players having a good time ?

rhinoceroo wrote:Sounds good.

What do you make the odds of a player getting caught sending dick pics to 17-year-olds on Twitter?

Thinking that any such incidents would need to be generic, rather than potentially starting unfounded rumours.

mattnz wrote:

Thinking that any such incidents would need to be generic, rather than potentially starting unfounded rumours.

Lol, yes. "Inappropriate behavior".

Big papi whipped out his big papi and spun it around in a circular motion as a try celebration. Try is disallowed and he is sent off deduct 20 points.

mattnz wrote:

rhinoceroo wrote:Sounds good.

What do you make the odds of a player getting caught sending dick pics to 17-year-olds on Twitter?

Thinking that any such incidents would need to be generic, rather than potentially starting unfounded rumours.

mattnz wrote:

SI wrote:For the, errrrrr, more stately of us on here, are you able to explain it a bit differently please mate?  And by differently, I mean simpler   .  As a guide, you could use descriptors like:

broccoli
clothes pegs
gravel

In short, maybe a more intricate spiel would allow the concept to sink into my thick skull  

Trying to think of a simple way to explain the concept.....

You would start the season by selecting a team. The basic elements of Fantasy would be there, and all the pricing etc would be the same as in the actual game.

Each player would have a set of assumed statistics that influence how they would score each week, likelihood of getting injured etc. i.e. Dugan and TPJ would be high risk of injury players.

Other factors that would have a rating for each player would be things like:
PPM
Consistency
Ceiling
Certainty of their place in the team

Each round fantasy points would be generated for what that player scored. You would be advised of minutes, any injuries, estimated time out with injury etc. Form slumps (low scores), would make a player's certainty of their place in the team lower and more likely to be dropped.

The above stats and if they were starting or on the bench would be used when randomizing the scoring each round. Players that are getting more minutes are more likely to continue to get higher minutes if they performed well.

TLT would be named each round and you trade players in and out, all the essential elements of the normal game.

There would be rumours, of which around half would be true, you dont know which half until they actually happen. There will of course be some random events like players that are doing great getting rumoured that they may be in line to play origin.

The game would progress round by round as you gradually upgrade your team and can see your rank against computer generated opponents, or other participants in the game. A game vs computer generated opponents would move as fast as you wanted to when you play each round. A game against other people would ideally have a version where each round would take about 5 minutes, so 25 rounds would take a couple of hours to play.

So every week it would be a thing that we played for a bit? Based on what happened in the 'real' Fantasy NRL world?