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Cricket is back! Thought it was over did you?

Sorry for the short notice as I've been away, but in less than 24 hours the 2015 Cricket World Cup will begin!

There's a couple of Fantasy competitions to go, notably:

Official Competition - League 37104
Fox Competition - Classic League 5046-1081, H2H League 5046-1082



The Official Comp has some weird scoring and structures I'm going to have to try and wrap my head around today, the Fox is your bread and butter Fox competition.



I don't have too many tips at this stage, but again for some reason there's a bunch of BYEs and DGWs to take advantage of, starting with NZ DGW in Week 1.



Join up and let's have some fun!

Lets get straight into the reviews for Round 14.

Premier League

TS Heaver (10-4) 1454 defeated The Ticking Time Bomb (5-8) 1354



Games played 42-39 in favour of Heaver



This match was very tight until the 2nd to last day of the round where Heaver was able to gain a 100 pt lead. Leading scorers for Heaver were Griffin (191/4), Millsap (177/3) and DeRozan (158/4). Leading scorers for Time Bomb were Cousins (152/3), Jack (140/2) and Greek Freak (125/3).



King of Karlos (8-6) 1398 defeated Run TMC (4-10) 952



Games played were 40-31 in favour of King of Karlos



Karlos has timed his run to the finals nicely and Hassanity is leading the way for his team. This match was over from the very start and the best players for Karlos were Hassanity (154/3), Hayward (170/30) and CP3 (188/4). Run TMC only had 2 players break the 100 pt mark this round and they were Lawson (135/4) and Vucevic (135/3).



Ruddy's Cavaliers (10-4) 1424 defeated Straight Up Ballin (5-9) 1314


Games played were 43-42 in favour of Ruddy.



After a flat spot in the middle of the season, the Cavaliers have now bounced back to form and gearing up for their final's assault. This was a must win match for Straight Up Ballin to have any hope of making the finals and this loss sees them eliminated from finals contention. The best players for Ruddy this round were Z-Bo (209/4), Ellis (197/4) and Covington (140/4). While the leading scorers for Straight Up Ballin were Noel (168/4), LBJ (173/4) and Lowry (154/4).



Wade Machine (6-8) 1310 defeated Too Seriouseses (0-14) 1043



Games played were 38-29 in favour of Wade Machine



Wade Machine has been one of the form teams as of late and showed no mercy to the winless Too Seriouseses. The only way Walesy is going to avoid relegation is to win the minor grand final but his team needs to turn things around fast. Best players for Wade Machine were Jordan (193/4), Curry (189/3) and Lou Williams...

Looks like VirtualSports has cracked openThe Real DTfor another year.

Key points to note are the $30,000 prize for first place, and the $2700 prize for the highest league.

Kinda makes me want to get a league together.

Who's interested in filling a few TS Leagues?

Also- planning on rolling the site over to 2015 this weekend now that all the comps are open. So long as the heat doesn't get the better of me.

Round 13 has come and gone. There are only 3 rounds to go before the finals commence.

Please read over for the reviews.

Division One

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Biggest Losers - 1517 def Hinrich Manoeuvre - 1246
Top Scorers: BL - A Horford - 205, HRM - L James - 239
Games Played: BL - 50, HRM - 42
The Losers took victory in what was the week from hell for HRM, who suffered season-ending injuries to two of his star players in Kobe Bryant and Brandon Jennings. GM Woodford has conceded relegation this season but I am sure he will be back in Div 1 before too long. The Losers are still 1 game behind in the playoff race and are facing an uphill battle to see post-season action.

Crossy Crusaders - 1649 def Jasmine's Mob - 1623
Top Scorers: CC - J Butler - 159, JMOB - J Harden - 346
Games Played: CC - 50, JMOB - 47
In what will go down as one of the most epic battles of the season, Crossy came out on top by a mere 26 points. It all came down to the last day when Jasmine &amp;lsquo;didn't have time' to adjust her roster and left an open space on the court with 2 players sitting on the bench - Pekovic who scored 24 and KCP who scored 27. If she &amp;lsquo;had time' to put KCP in the line-up the Mob would have won by 1 point! What an epic fail by Jasmine and Crossy sure would be breathing a sigh of relief after stealing a victory during some very shaky form. Also interesting to note that Jasmine didn't use any matchup acquisitions in this game, whereas Crossy used all 5.

The Raptors - 1635 def Broady Broncos - 1271
Top Scorers: RAP - J Wall - 225, BB - D Cousins - 172
Games Played: RAP - 46, BB - 44
The Raptors absolutely dominated this game from start to finish, culminating in a massive victory over the Broncos. The Raptors had 4 games around the 400 mark - any time a team does that they are going to be hard to beat. Both teams now sit at 7-6 and are both in a fight for an elusive playoff spot.

Ant Hak - 1734 def...

And like a ship sailing in the night,Supercoachis open for business for 2015!

Did you go for an early pid last night? Or just happy to get on this morning and fiddle with your squad?

All I know however, is that office efficiency the nation over will be decreasing over the next few months!

Premier League



Team Stowie (11-1) 1616 defeated The Ticking Time Bomb (5-7) 1346

Games played were 44-38 in favour of Stowie

Stowie continued on their merry way with another convincing win the round over the Time Bomb. The Beard was the best for Stowie with (253/4), followed by Oladipo (214/4) and Monroe (189/4). The Time Bomb has now lost consecutive games and will be eager to turn things around to remain in finals contention. This round their best players were Payton (186/4), Butler (175/4) and M Barnes (142/3).
King of Karlos (6-6) 1518 defeated Wade Machine (4-8) 1507

Games played were 41-39 in favour of Karlos.

This was the closest match in the Premier League this round and went down to the wire on the last day. Karlos got the win and may have put the nail of Wade Machine's finals hopes. The leading scorers for Karlos were CP3 (166/3), Wiggins (151/3) and Sullinger (143/3). Curry was the best for Wade Machine with (261/4), next best were Mo Williams (164/3) and Jordan (139/3).

Straight UpBallin (5-7) 1420 defeated Too Seriouseses (0-12) 1100

Games played were 43-32 in favour of Straight UpBallin

Walesy is still searching for his first win of the season and Jet did not do him any favours this round. Lowry led the way with (161/4), followed by Noel (159/4) and Motiejunas (141/4). Durant is now back to his best and he was the leading scorer for Walesy this round with (206/3), followed by MCW (165/4) and Danny Green (149/4).

Ruddy's Cavaliers (8-4) 1348 defeated Run TMC (4-8) 663

Games played were 38-20 in favour of Ruddy

This match was over from the very beginning as Run TMC was dealing with a number of injuries (Wroten, Hill and Muhammad). Ruddy was able to get back on the winner's list this round and his best players were Westbrook (176/4), Gobert (164/3) and Z Bo (141/3). Hopefully Run TMC can bounce back over the next few rounds.

TS Heaver (8-4) 1605 defeated Hersey Hawkins Athletic Club (10-2) 1156...

In the competition to open first, AFL Fantasyhave cracked first, unveiling their offering for the 2015 season.
They had their teething problems last year, but for mine, ironed them out well as the season went on.
Obviously, I'll be giving it a shake, so I jumped in, stole the DTTalk boys team and set up a league.
All went pretty smoothly thus far, but of course, the main test will be come lockout.
Anyways, we've set up a TS league, so if you feel like giving AFLF a crack this year,Jump on in!

<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]As with most years, there are changes this year to the way that Champion Data calculate their SuperCoach scores.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]So lets kick off our first SC post for the year going over those changes and perhaps coming to terms with why a mid-priced ruck might be just what the doctor ordered in 2015.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]So, what are the changed? There are two main ones. One effects the scores of ruckman, the other effects the state of play weighting.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]RUCKMAN SCORE CHANGE
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]CD, as the master stats guys that they are, have decided to alter the ruck weightings to more reward quality over quantity.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]In reality however, the new ratings have kicked everyone in the nuts.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Specifically, the score changes reflected are as follows:
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Effective hitouts: From 3 to 5.
<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Ineffective hitouts: From 1 to 0
<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;](And I'm hearing that sharked hitouts are sitting at -1 from -2, though haven't had that confirmed)
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]Finally, gather from hitouts (The points awarded to the player who gets the ball from the ruckman), will be decreased from 3 to 2.
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<p class='western' style='margin-bottom: 0cm;]So...

[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]G'day Y'all, your favourite part-time, absentee, potty-mouthed, ill temperedcommissioner here. Given trade season is open and no-one aside from &amp;gt;this guy&amp;lt; and his various partners has made any moves, I figure now is as good a time as any to have a general discussion and review of the rules as they stand. Yanno, before things get too serious and we make list management decisions that we can't take back.
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[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]I bring this up because some 6 odd months ago&amp;hellip;.
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[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]BigGaryTurtleton Said
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]With so many teams not being able to field a full compliment of players, either through long term injuries or suspensions it is playing havoc with the standard of the competition. There is a big gulf between the top 5 or 6 teams and the bottom 5 or 6 with the middle rung of teams stuck in purgatory. Over the offseason i would like to see a discussion happen around reducing the number of onfield starters to something like :<br style='color: #444444;[/img]
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]3 X Defenders<br style='color: #444444;[/img]
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]4 X Mids<br style='color: #444444;[/img]
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]1 X Ruck<br style='color: #444444;[/img]
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]3 X Fwds<br style='color: #444444;[/img]
[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]1 X Interchange
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[span style='background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444;]&amp;hellip;and I thought fair play, this comp's being going on for 3 years without much change,...

With only 6 rounds to go before the finals, it is a good time to remind everyone about the promotion and relegation rules that are in place for this season.

For the 2014/'15 season, the set up is as follows:



Promotion:



The 5 that get promoted from Div 3 are the following:

2 grand final teams;

then excluding 2 gf teams, the two teams with best 'points for' during our regular season;

then excluding those 4 already promoted, the best ranked team at end of our regular season.



The 4 going up from Div 2 to Div 1 will be

the two grand final teams;

and (excluding the two GF teams) the team with the best 'points for';

and (excluding said Points For winner) the best ranked team at end of our regular season.



The 3 teams going up from Div 1 to Premier will be

the GF winning team;

the team with the best Reg season 'Points For' (excluding GF winner of course);

And (excluding 2 already promoted teams) the team with the best rank during regular season.





and for relegation:



The 3 teams being relegated from Premier will be:

the bottom team at the end of the regular season;

and (excluding the team with the worst reg season record) the two teams with the lowest 'Points For' at the end of our regular season.



The teams being relegated from Division 1 to 2 will be

the bottom two ranked teams at the end of our reg season;

and (excluding the two bottom ranked teams) the two teams with the lowest 'Points For' at the end of the reg season.



The 5 that get relegated from Div 2 are:

the bottom two ranked teams at the end of our reg season;

and (excluding the two bottom ranked teams) the three teams with the lowest 'Points For' at the end of the reg season.





Exemptions:



** Any teams that make the playoffs/finals are exempt from relegation.



** And the get-out wildcard clause if you do happen to find yourself in the relegation zone.

- Anyone who wins all 3 games...