Certain changes have been made to the format which you will quickly spot as you read through the rules below. One thing that has not changed is that Fantasy Snooker is still FREE for ANYONE to enter.
One thing that I have picked out at the start of this season is that the Shanghai Masters is the start of the heavy period of snooker in this season and picking out the tournaments that are most important is the inspiration for this year's Fantasy Snooker.
These are the season's Featured Fantasy Snooker Events:
Featured Tournaments:
Shanghai Masters
European Championship
English Open
International Championship
Champion of Champions
Irish Open
UK Championship (DOUBLE POINTS)
Scottish Open
Masters (DOUBLE POINTS)
German Masters
World Grand Prix
Welsh Open
Players Championship
China Open
World Championship (DOUBLE POINTS)
Next up is the change of rules for this year which will no longer see the "save your money" system which I felt meant very little last year so instead, spotting the main trend of people picking their favourite player continuously in major tournaments, the amount of times you can pick an individual player is being limited as is explained below.
Rules:
1) Participants pick two players for each event, before the specified deadline.
2) Participants can only pick the same player a MAXIMUM OF THREE TIMES over the course of the season. (Encouraging much more strategic play).
Points Scoring:
Points scoring on the whole is the same except for a "Round Winner" bonus which encourages picking the strongest team for each event.
Match Win = 5 points
Match Win a margin of three frames or more = 2 bonus points
Player Century = 2 points
147 break by Player = 5 bonus points
Player reaching semi-final = 2 points
Player reaching final = 5 points
Player winning tournament = 10 points
Participant with the highest score in a tournament = 3 bonus points (unless there is a joint winner)
I hope this new system is clear to understand, but if you have any of you out there have any queries feel free to comment on the post or tweet me @CueActionBlog
The first event, the Shanghai Masters starts on Monday September 19th and the deadline for all picks will be on this day at 7.30am UK time before the first matches begin. Again to enter you can either comment below or tweet me, and if you are on Twitter you will also become a part of a Twitter Group Chat which will provide updates and reminders to make picks in addition to what is posted on the blog.
You might not want to make your selections yet though as I have three more new look features in the coming days which will analyse the tournament, which include my usual tournament preview, the return of the "Stat Attack" which debuted at this time last year, and a new "Tournament Top Ten" analysis which looks at who the leading players of the week should be based on previous tournament finishes, recent form and certain season statistics which I am collating and tracking.
Featured Tournaments:
Shanghai Masters
European Championship
English Open
International Championship
Champion of Champions
Irish Open
UK Championship (DOUBLE POINTS)
Scottish Open
Masters (DOUBLE POINTS)
German Masters
World Grand Prix
Welsh Open
Players Championship
China Open
World Championship (DOUBLE POINTS)
Next up is the change of rules for this year which will no longer see the "save your money" system which I felt meant very little last year so instead, spotting the main trend of people picking their favourite player continuously in major tournaments, the amount of times you can pick an individual player is being limited as is explained below.
Rules:
1) Participants pick two players for each event, before the specified deadline.
2) Participants can only pick the same player a MAXIMUM OF THREE TIMES over the course of the season. (Encouraging much more strategic play).
Points Scoring:
Points scoring on the whole is the same except for a "Round Winner" bonus which encourages picking the strongest team for each event.
Match Win = 5 points
Match Win a margin of three frames or more = 2 bonus points
Player Century = 2 points
147 break by Player = 5 bonus points
Player reaching semi-final = 2 points
Player reaching final = 5 points
Player winning tournament = 10 points
Participant with the highest score in a tournament = 3 bonus points (unless there is a joint winner)
I hope this new system is clear to understand, but if you have any of you out there have any queries feel free to comment on the post or tweet me @CueActionBlog
The first event, the Shanghai Masters starts on Monday September 19th and the deadline for all picks will be on this day at 7.30am UK time before the first matches begin. Again to enter you can either comment below or tweet me, and if you are on Twitter you will also become a part of a Twitter Group Chat which will provide updates and reminders to make picks in addition to what is posted on the blog.
You might not want to make your selections yet though as I have three more new look features in the coming days which will analyse the tournament, which include my usual tournament preview, the return of the "Stat Attack" which debuted at this time last year, and a new "Tournament Top Ten" analysis which looks at who the leading players of the week should be based on previous tournament finishes, recent form and certain season statistics which I am collating and tracking.
I liked the money system but a limit to choose players? oh that's cruel #loveit haha Shaun Murphy and Ali Carter for me. Thanks ;-)
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