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Fantasy Football (Season 14)
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Rules
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League Structure
The
league consists of four divisions of eight teams, the Premiership, division
1, division 2,
and division 3.
Each
team plays each other twice, home and away, gaining 3 points for a win and
1 point for a draw. If teams are level on points the league positions will
be decided on goal difference, and then number of goals scored.
At
the end of the season the top two teams in divs 1,2 and 3 will be promoted,
with the bottom two teams in the Prem, div 1 and div 2 relegated.
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Prize Money
At
the end of the season each team will be awarded £100,000 for every
league point they gain.
There
will also be prize money, which will be determined by each teams final
league position.
Champions
- £6,000,000
2nd
place - £5,500,000
3rd
place - £5,000,000
7th
place - £3,000,000
8th
place - £2,500,000
During
the season there will be two separate cup competitions, the Knockout Cup
and an Inter Wing competition also involving PBEMFF Brit and Euro Wing
teams
The
first round of the Inter Wing Cup will consist of 16 groups of 6 teams, 2
from the Euro wing, 2 from the ROTW wing and 2 from the Brit wing, each
team will play every other team in it's group once, at a neutral venue.
The top two of each group will then progress into a straight knockout
competition. Their will
be no replays in this competition so if the scores are level after 90
minutes, then extra time and
penalties (if needed) will take place.
The
prize money for the Inter Wing Cup will be as follows :-
Winners
- £10,000,000
Runners
Up - £7,000,000
Losing
Semi Finalists - £4,000,000
Losing
Quarter Finalists - £3,000,000
Teams
losing in the last 16 - £2,000,000
Teams losing in the last 32 - £1,000,000
Group
stages £250,000 per point
The
Knockout Cup will be a straight knockout competition, with matches on a one
off basis played at a neutral venue, so neither team has an advantage of a home
bonus. If the games are level at 90 minutes extra time will be played
followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.
The
prize money for the EFA Cup will be as follows: -
Winners
- £6,000,000
Runners
Up - £4,000,000
Losing
Semi Finalists - £3,000,000
Losing
Quarter Finalists - £2,000,000
Teams
losing in the last 16 - £1,000,000
Teams losing in the last 32 - £500,000
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Transfers
Once
during the season their will be a players auction, the players will be
displayed on the website for everyone to bid on. They will remain for sale
for seven days, and then sold to the highest bidder. I won’t be
sending out updates whilst the players are for sale regarding the leading
bids, so it is up to you to bid what you think will purchase the player
that you want.
WHAT YOU BID YOU PAY
If you have 50 mill and bid 40 for the player and the next highest bid is
£26 million
you pay £40 million not £26.1
No
team allowed to go into debt .
Any manager bidding on a player in the auction who fails to have the money
and wins the bid receives a £5 million fine and the player is sold to
the next highest bidder.
If this takes you into debt your BEST player in the Commish's opinion will
be auctioned off
to raise the cash to get you in the black.
No team may purchase more than 1 player.Although you can make a maximum of
two bids,
so if you bid on two players and would have been successful in buying both,
you would only get the firstlisted.
Therefore
when emailing your bids make sure you put the players in the order of
preference.
At
any point in the season in the run up to an auction the commish may decide
to take a player from ANY club within his wing to rerate and put on the
auction. This player will be over 25 years old and have a main stat rating
of 16 or less, you will receive a player in his place of the exact same
stats but of a different name. This is so any "well known"players
currently in the game suffering from poor stats may re-enter the game with
more deserving stats.
***no teams will lose any stat points or be worse off in any way.
You will be contacted closer to the time if one of your players is chosen.
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In
the case of private transfers between teams the transfer won’t be
processed until I receive confirmation from both managers (by email) that
the deal is to go through. Be aware though that once you have confirmed a
deal to me the transfer will be put through, so make sure you are certain
before emailing me.
Once
a player is traded for either cash or another player or a combination deal
he MUST stay at the club that has purchased him for a minimum of 2 weeks
any assets gained from the transfer must also remain at the club for this
period.
If within this two week period any manger from any team involved in the
transaction leaves PBEMFF then the commish "may" deem the
transfer void and return all players and monies back to their initial
clubs.
Also there are restrictions in place for players being transfered more than
once per season.
when a player is initially transfered he gets 1 disciplinary point (this is
purely so we can identify him and that he has already moved)
If he moves clubs again in a season he gets 10 disciplinary points and any
ban that this incurs thus leaving him suspended at his new club.
Then if he moves on again he gets another 10 points and so on and so on.
If
I receive details of a transfer between clubs that I consider to be unfair,
I reserve the right to block it.
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NEW
FOR SEASON 13
1. Transfer window opens IN FULL
to ALL wings one week before the first games of the season
2.
It stays open to ALL wings ALL season until the advertised transfer
deadline day.
3.
The 2 week rule will STILL be in place and it will now be relevent to
players going out on loan too. Therefore you can't buy a player and loan
him straight out the 2 week rule MUST be observed. (this is in place due to
window being open to all at all times the loan out was basically a loop
hole some used to move players on before the IW window closed.)
4.
NO DEALS will be allowed involving 3rd parties. Players must move from one club
to another for a fee/ player from that club. Basically deals only allowed
through 2 clubs.
5.
No deals AT all will be done on a buy now pay later scheme. If you purchase
a player and the player you are selling is in his two week rule period the
WHOLE deal will have to wait till the player is eligible to move. If cash
is involved you must have the cash and transfer it at the time of the
transfer not on future promised earnings.
6.
The only exception to the above rule is when dealing with YOUTH Numbered players.
You may get players/cash immediately with the undertaking that the youth
player will be played for you then transfered end of season. However these
transfers will still be policed purely by the parties involved.
7.
Still max of 3 loans in and 3 loans out.
8.
The disciplinary point system involving transfers remains as is.
9
AND VERY VERY IMPORTANT
Transfer deadline /movement day
There will be one set time per week that ALL transfers MUST be complete by
and at this time ALL moves will be done
(this is 9 pm on a Thursday Evening UK time).
This will be across ALL wings. NO other transfers will be done until the
folowing weeks deadline passes.
This will mean if there are mid week games you will have to make do with
the first team squad you have selected to get you through that week. Any
suspensions or injuries from Sundays games will not be able to have players
come in to take their place for the mid week game. If you have less than 16
available players in your first team your bench will be made up of 1 (one)
rated players.
For
the purpose of removing doubt. All transfers will be dated as the Thursday
of the week they were done. Even if both managers involved confirm on a
Sunday for instance the ACTUAL dtae of the deal will be listed as a
Thursday menaning that player may not officially move until the Thursday 2
weeks from this date.
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Loans
Any
number of players may be loaned during the season, although you may only
loan in or out a maximum of 3 at a time.
Loans
will last for a periods of 1 month, 2 months or 3 months, nothing in
between.
Players may not be returned before the end of the agreed loan period.
Inter
wing loans.
These
can now only be carried out during the inter wing window and MUST be for a
seasons
duration. This is purely for an ease of work basis and note is only for
Inter Wing Loans.
As of Season 13
The disciplinary points system for transfers now also applies to loan
players. Players purchased must now also observe the 2 week rule. Meaning
that you can't buy a player and loan him straight out he must stay at the
buying club for a minimum of two weeks.
Loan
Deadline Day
There
will be a Loan deadline day. This will be after league games 9. Loans
already active
may stay for the rest of the season or till whichever pre-specified date but
no new loans will be allowed. This is to stop "mates" loaning
players in a last gasp effort to secure
promotion/titles for other managers.
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Player Retirements
During
the end of season break, players reaching a certain age automatically retire.
The retirement ages for the different positions are: -
Goalkeepers
– 39
Defenders
– 37
Midfielder's–
35
Strikers
– 35
E.g.
Once S_Supersub 34 bra 1 4 5 14 turns 35 at the end of a season he will
automatically be retired.
At
the end of each season once all players have aged any players due to retire
have a "slim" chance to stay on for an extra season. To be
eligible the player MUST feature in your default
starting line up of 16.
Managers will be able to nominate one player only from their squad and a
draw will be made at random to determine which player stays on.
Obviously this privilege has an extra cost. If successful a fee for fitness
training of the player must be paid to the sum of £500k. The player
may continue into next years draw but as a matter of course
he will automatically retire at 40 years old.
At
any point during the season you may retire any players aged 33 or under.
You will receive payment for the retiring player dependant on his age and
stats. The amount you receive is worked out as follows,
£10,000
per year they are under 35 plus £10,000 per stat point (Goalkeepers
receive £20,000 per stat point)
E.g.
T_Tosspot 24 eng 1 8 4 4 = £280,000
K_Keeper
21 eng 9 1 1 1 = £380,000
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Reserve (Youth) League
Each
team has a reserve team that plays in the corresponding league as the first
team, the reserve fixtures will be the first team fixtures reversed. The
reserve league tables will be visible from the corresponding leagues page
on the website.
Each
reserve team is made up of 22 unnamed players and they will be numbered
from x01 to x22. These players will usually have lower ratings than your
first team, and exist only so each club can have a reserve team that any
number of your named players can actually play in.
At
the start of the season you may place any number of named players into your
reserve team to enable them to gain experience, and improve their playing
abilities, and with luck they will eventually become first team players.
Once
the season has started though you may only make two reserve changes a week,
that is promote two players and relegate two players.
For
the reserve matches teamsheet's don’t need to be submitted as each
team will play using the default 442T tactic, this is worth remembering
when you relegate players to the reserves as the team sheet creator
automatically picks the best players for the 11 positions, so if one of
your numbered players is better than one of your named players the TSC will
pick the unnamed player. Another thing to remember is that it is also probably
worthless having too many players in each position in your reserve squad,
if you had 4 strikers only 2 of them will actually play, so it is worth
keeping an eye on your reserve players and rotating them to ensure the
playing time is spread out as evenly as possible giving all your fringe
players the chance to improve.
Injuries
or suspensions picked up playing for the reserves will mean the players
will be ineligible for the first team, and players injured or suspended
whilst playing for the first team will be ineligible to play for the
reserves.
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Youth Players
At
the end of the season all players aged 21 or under automatically receive
300 points
on all their abilities.
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Potential Star Youth Players
At
the start of the season you will be asked to select one of the numbered
players from your reserve team that you wish to promote to your senior
squad, you will be asked to name the selected player and also have a say in
his nationality.
Once
a player has been promoted to your senior squad, as in real life it is
always a gamble as to how he is going to progress. You might uncover a
potential superstar such as Owen or Rooney, on the other hand you could end
up with a Carlton Palmer or Phil Neville.
Each
season I will randomly draw lots on the reserve players, before you send me
your selections. Out of the 22 players 7 will be classified as normal (2
star), 7 as good (3 star), 7 as star players (4 star) and only 1 will be a
superstar (5 star).
At
the end of the promoted players first season every minute he plays in the
first team will be converted into ability points, on the players main
ability only.
2
star players receive 2 points per minute played, 3 star 3 points per
minute, up to 5 star players who obviously receive 5 points per minute
played.
Although
this is basically the luck of the draw it could be in each managers
interest to give these players some playing time.
To
make things easier to keep a check on these players, the promoted player
may not be relegated to the reserve team for the duration of his first
season. Also he will not be allowed to be transferred to
a Brit Wing team during the first season. They may be sold to other Euro
Wing clubs
if you wish, but they will also not be allowed to go on loan either.
There
are strict rules in the trading of these youth players, firstly they may
not be loaned out under any circumstances. Any team within the same wing
may buy or sell their youth player but no team can have more than 3 in
their squad at any time.
As a word of warning from season 4 this again will be changing and you may
only have YOUR chosen player in your squad there will be no transfer of
these players allowed.
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Manager/Player of the month awards
At
the start of the season you will be asked to select between up to three of
the numbered players from your reserve team that you wish to promote to
your senior squad, you will be asked to name the selected players, give
them a unique number each between 1-22 and also have a say in his nationality.
Once
a player has been promoted to your senior squad, as in real life it is
always a gamble as to how he is going to progress. You might uncover a
potential superstar such as Owen or Rooney, on the other hand you could end
up with a Carlton Palmer or Phil Neville.
Each
season I will randomly draw lots on the reserve players, before you send me
your selections. Out of the 22 players 7 will be classified as normal (2
star), 7 as good (3 star), 7 as star players (4 star) and only 1 will be a superstar
(5 star).
At
the end of the promoted players first season every minute they play in the
first team will be converted into ability points, across ANY outfield stats
however you wish to spread them.
Keepers must have 100% on the shot stop ability.
2
star players receive 2 points per minute played, 3 star 3 points per
minute, up to 5 star players who obviously receive 5 points per minute
played.
Youth players will automatically be given 500 minutes to make up for less
games since season11.
Although
this is basically the luck of the draw it could be in each managers
interest to give these players some playing time.
To
assist in keeping a check on these players, the promoted players may not be
relegated to the reserve team for the duration of his first season.
There
are strict rules in the trading of these youth players, firstly they may
not be loaned or sold under any circumstances within their first season.
Scouting.
If
you wish to sacrifice any number of youth players as the risk is too high
you may now chose to scout for a player at any point in the season.
(maximum of 3 one for each youth you give up)
Basically
for a fee of £1.5 million you mail your scouting details to the
commish and where you want him to scout and what position you want either
GK. DF. DM. MF. AM or FW.
You also specify an age band Under 17. 17-20. 21-25. 26-30 or 31+ (up to
one season before retirement).
The scouting programme randomly seeks a player within those parameters and
generates his stats and his value in the world.
Now
obviously these are capped according to age and there are no players better
than the top tier in the game to be had.
Once
we mail you back the scouts findings (within 7 days)
you will be able to firstly see if you rate the player then you may
purchase him.
The
purpose of scouts is to find a player not known to all in the world and
snap him up at less than market value.
Therefore any price shown will automatically have 30% wapped off it and
this is the price you pay for him. You have 1 week to raise the cash.
Now all this is behind closed doors so if you need to sell players to raise
cash then nobody will rob you blind as they know you would be desperate.
If you don't wish to purchase him his stats are made public and an auction
will take place with the price you were offered him at being the minimum
price.
If you fail to get the cash the same applies however you may bid on him if
you manage to raise enough cash.
Bidding will be on the forum only and the winner of the player will be the
highest clear bid for 24 hours.
E-mail notification of such auctions will be sent before the player hits
the forum.
Now
at the start of the season it is up to you to chose what you want to do.
Either
1 youth and 2 scouts, 2 youths and 1 scout, 3 scouts no youths or 3 youths
no scouts
When you want to scout a player just mail your commish to use one of your
available scouting missions.
Manager/Player of the month awards
At
the end of each month each manager will be required to vote for both a
manager and player of the month.
For the manager of the month you need to select a manager from each
division that you believe has performed best during the month. Whether you
decide purely on results is up to you, you could also consider the
improvement over the month or the quality of opposition the teams faced.
The current form guide and how often a teamsheet is submitted will be
displayed on the website to assist you in your choice.
The
manager of the month in each division will receive 500 ability points to
distribute amongst his team, however there are certain rules regarding the
points distribution.
No
more than 100 ability points may go on any players’ main stat (200
points for keepers)
No
more than 200 points on any players’ secondary stat.
The
points must be used on more than one player.
The
points must be allocated in blocks of 100.
For
the player of the month you are only required to pick a player out of your
own
division that you believe has put in the best performances over that month.
The
players voted player of the month for their respective divisions will all
get 100
ability points to all three categories, or 200 points on stopping if the
winner is a
goalkeeper.
You
are expected to vote for these awards, and if I don’t receive your
vote a fine of £500,000 will be made against your team, also if you
did happen to win the award and didn't actually vote the award would then
go to the manager with the next highest number of votes.
The money raised by fines will be divided equally between the teams that
did actually cast a vote.
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Teamsheet's
Teamsheet's
must be sent in by the deadline, you will be given plenty of notice of the
deadline. If I don’t receive your teamsheet by the deadline, your
team will play using the default 442T tactic, which means you will be
playing at 80% strength and therefore very liable to lose.
There
are various tools on the downloads page of the website to enable you to
complete your teamsheet's correctly. I advise you to use either the
teamsheet maker or teamsheet creator for making your teamsheet's, this will
ensure there are no mistakes in them when you submit them to me. It is also
worthwhile downloading the checker in order to check they are correct.
If
I do receive any teamsheet's that have any mistakes, I will do the
following,
One
minor mistake £50,000 fine.
Two
minor mistakes £100,000 fine.
Three
minor mistakes £250,000 fine.
For
any of the above I will attempt to change the teamsheet manually and I will
advise you as to what your mistakes have been. Any more than 3 mistakes and
your team will play using the 442N tactic.
I
know you may think the above rule is a bit harsh, but from the experience
of the first season, it became apparent that certain managers were making
the same mistakes continuously throughout the season. Which made the
running of games a very time consuming process, and it shouldn't be!
The
main mistakes being;
Spelling
players names incorrectly – a sure sign that you have attempted to
make the teamsheet manually, the game won’t run if the names in your
teamsheet don’t correspond with the names in your squad list.
Attempting
to play players that are suspended or injured – again if you used the
teamsheet maker, you would be unable to do this as it disables the players
that are not available, therefore preventing you from picking them.
I
have even had managers attempt to pick players that they have sold or
loaned out weeks previously.
Also
the abbreviations of players must be correct,
GK
= Goalkeeper
DF
= Defender
DM
= Defensive Midfielder
MF
= Midfielder (not MD)
AM
= Attacking Midfielder
FW
= Forward
There
are also minimum and maximum numbers you can play in each position;
Minimum
DF = 3
Maximum
DF = 5
Maximum
DM = 5
Minimum
MF = 0
Maximum
MF = 7
Maximum
AM = 5
Minimum
FW = 0
Maximum
FW = 4
Teams
not having 16 eligible players in their first team will be fined
£250,000 and a reserve player promoted to fill the vacancies. If no
reserve player is available, then a made up player with the rating of 1 1 1
1 will fill the vacancy.
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Finances
At
no time are clubs allowed to go overdrawn, any deal agreed which will take
the club overdrawn will be cancelled.
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Predictions Competition
A
way for you to make money is to enter the weekly predictions competition,
where 8 games are chosen for you to make predictions on. The deadline for
entries will be the same as the weekly teamsheet deadline. The winner of
the competition receives £300,000 to their bank balance.
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Press Releases
Managers
are encouraged to submit articles for the leagues own newspaper, for every
article published your club will receive £250,000, up to a maximum of
two press releases a week.
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Manager Input
Managers
not submitting team sheets consistently will be sacked.
As a commish I put in a hell of a lot of my spare time into running this
game.
I expect managers to put in the effort to make it worthwhile for me to do
so.
The rule regarding teamsheet submissions is now that any manager missing
any
two teamsheet's out of five without a decent excuse will be sacked. If you
know
you are not going to get a teamsheet into me, let me know in advance, or
even
contact another manager and get them to do one for you.
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Additional
Please
let us know if we have forgotten anything or if you need anything
clarifying.
Also let us know your own ideas for the game and the site.
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