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Fantasy League Pro Euro 2012 is Live

21 May 2012 548 comments
Mark Mark
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Fantasy League’s Free Pro Version of the Euro 2012 game is now live. This is a great opportunity to try out a fully fledged auction game, with Fantasy managers plotting and battling for players over an offline or online auction, and then bidding for new players as the tournament progresses.

How Do I get involved?

Join a Scout League
Join our Scout Leagues as a manager. Myself and Sir Paulos have already formed leagues and we will look to form further leagues when full. We’ll keep you posted in future articles on this.

*Edit* We’ve now filled three Scout Leagues up and invites to those involved will be emailed very shortly. We will keep you posted on any new Scout Leagues that open up but, any community member wishing to open an FFS league can find details below.

Form your own league
The other option is to set up a league as a Chairman. This enables you to set your own auction date and custom rules. The Fantasy League are recommending that leagues include around eight players. You can, of course, use our comment boards to help set up leagues. Even better, if you set up a league and want us to cover it, then email me at mark@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk and we’ll help advertise your league if you’re still looking for new players. Community leagues should be set up with “FFS” proceeding their league name.

Chairmen are fully responsible for the leagues they set up: Fantasy Football Scout won’t be getting involved in ensuring that these run smoothly, so if you set up a league, ensure you’re committed to running it before recruiting managers.

Tell us more…

The Fantasy League has a pretty extensive Game Guide published here.

Here’s some key points you’ll want to know…

The Auction

In Fantasy League Pro, any one player can only play for one team. The auction date is set by the chairman of the league and can either be done face-to-face in your favoured boozer, or the game will run an online auction for your league, processing the bids and allocating the players.

The chairman can set up the league and assign teams and local rules in the League Lobby, before entering the auction and setting a deadline for all teams to input their first set of bids.

Each manager in the league will put in their secret bids using the Online Auction Engine, entering the maximum price they are willing to bid for each player.

Once the deadline passes, the chairman hits ‘Process Bids’ and the system reveals each manager’s bids, assigning each player to the team of highest bidding manager.

The league chairman will then set the bid deadline for Round Two of the auction, and the process continues in bidding rounds until all squads are complete.

Once the Chairman has set up the Auction Rules and the first bid deadline, managers can start bidding for players. Managers enter their players with bids alongside them via their own secure bidding page. Before being accepted, bids are checked to make sure they follow the rules of the game and the auction league rules (formations, country quotas etc) set by the chairman.

The Auction Status page includes Budget details, Free Agents list and a Bulletin board for up to date online banter. Basically it allows all league members to see how much money managers have left and whether they are yet to submit their bids for that round.

Scoring

Just like any Fantasy game, your players will score points based on their real-life performances in each match, with the classic Fantasy League scoring system that awards points for goals, assists and clean sheets in place. Double points are scored during the Knock Out stage, making players from nations that progress all the more precious.

Custom Rules

For those that want to make a quick start, there are some default league rules when you set up your auction to allow you to just get things moving. However, there are also an array of custom settings that the Chairman can tinker with. These included: setting your own team budgets and transfer window rules, select which formations will be available to managers, choose how many players each manager can select from any one real-life nation, a quota which you could increase as the tournament progresses and teams get knocked out.

Default Settings for Leagues are as follows:

  • Squad Size:15 players per team.
  • Country Quota:Two players maximum from any real-life country.
  • Auction Budget:£100 million.
  • Tournament Budget:£25 million, plus any budget left over from the auction.
  • Bid Increments:£0.5 million increments for all bids.
  • Transfers: Maximum of 20 transfers in the tournament; maximum of 10 transfers in Group Stage; maximum of 10 transfers in Knockout Stage.
  • Formations: All three formations (4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2) available.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Hmmmm, not for me this one.
    Might look at Metro though?.....

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Doing that myself ... 🙂

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Metro seems complicated though, just registered now

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          You can say that again! Figured out the captain thing? 🙂

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    2. Gigging Order
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      I am considering Metro myself, interested in setting up a league on there?

      I might set one up if there are a few of us playing from here

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    3. Shakermeister
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Yeh not for me either. I run a works league of about 20 players and have always used the Sun . It can be infuriating at times with the ratings , but a lot easier to get to grips with and isn't high maintenance . Some people aint got the time to look at stats every week .
      Auction for players ?
      God what a nightmare !
      Anyone else having a go at the Sun Euro Dreamteam ?

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    4. Shakermeister
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Just had a look at the metro game . May have a go myself . Any official fantasyscout leagues this year ?

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  2. Back to Back Ballacks
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    How true are the rumours Hazard wants a Man Utd move?, am I to beleive the news on Sky or does someone have some inside knowledge? , Demi, Bubblejet - I'm looking in your direction 🙂

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    1. Hate that rotation
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      What's sky sports saying?

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      1. Back to Back Ballacks
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        that the vibe, is that Hazard wants a United move.

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        1. Chazza
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          That's nice. I'd be more surprised if United were going for him though considering how much he'd cost. Although Fergie would love someone if they chose United over both big money City and Chelsea in the current state of football affairs.

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          1. Back to Back Ballacks
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 7 months ago

            Fergie already had a chat with him a few weeks back and apparently Hazard creamed himself in admiration.

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            1. Parm
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              Whipped or Double?

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        2. Hate that rotation
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          He must be so confused, before it was definetely the Manchester clubs and now Chelsea is making him turn.

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          1. Back to Back Ballacks
            • 15 Years
            13 years, 7 months ago

            The chelsea spin is only a price riser, he has no plans on going there imo. Would You?

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            1. Kostja
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              Im a United fan but would prefer Chelsea if I were him. Pretty much quaranteed playing time there. Whereas in uninted and CIty hes competing with many players just as good as him.

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              1. Back to Back Ballacks
                • 15 Years
                13 years, 7 months ago

                😯
                Name 1 United player that's better in his position.

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                1. Scholsey
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 7 months ago

                  He s a winger right???so we have valencia nani young who will be fighting for a place!!!
                  Young though might suffer the most!!

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            2. Hate that rotation
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              Living in London is more ideal than Manchester if your foreigner I guess. I'd imagine a £100k+ wage deal could make you turn.

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              1. Chazza
                • 16 Years
                13 years, 7 months ago

                It's going to have to be £150k+ I think. And yeah, Hazard would definitely be in the first XI if he joined. I reckon Fergie's going to change with the times and play him in the hole maybe in a 4-2-3-1 so he wouldn't be competing with the wingers.

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                1. Hate that rotation
                  • 14 Years
                  13 years, 7 months ago

                  That would be great. Rooney would have to improve his goalscoring tally since he wouldn't have a second striker. Hazard has a decent goalscoring record from midfield so it would be interesting.

                  Would be great against the top teams. 4-4-2 was slightly limiting.

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                  1. Chazza
                    • 16 Years
                    13 years, 7 months ago

                    Yeah, we can only hope for now but that final game against Sunderland may have been something of an experiment by Fergie with Hazard/Kagawa to take the place of Giggs. Hopefully we can stay in all competitions for long enough so Welbeck and Hernandez still get a decent number of games.

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  3. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    How do you change you team name in fantasy league.com?

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Click on your team name

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      1. Dynamic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Oops, thanks.

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          np, its not exactly intuitive

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  4. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    15 minutes left. Oooh this is exciting!

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    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      I'm done... no idea who I went for though 😉

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  5. Hazard267
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    On the euro 2012 metro game do you get 5 free transfers and a captain change at the start of match week 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      I think so, that's how i read it
      I think 1 free captain change after the Gw has started i presume?

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  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Bitter much? 🙄

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18143836

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    1. Gaz Downright
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      Worse than this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc0rJ3SaMvM

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  7. Corrigan
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    NEW POST, folks

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  8. Jairzinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    PREMIER LEAGUE 12/13 FIXTURE CONGESTION/DOUBLE GAMEWEEKS, ETC

    The Premier League fixtures haven't been announced yet but today I started thinking about next season fantasywise and thought I'd share my thoughts. It's mostly speculation and nonsense, but I felt like writing something kind of lengthy.

    1. Season start date

    The first matches will be played on Saturday, 18th August. This is the third Saturday in August. The last two seasons have kicked off on the second Saturday in August. Back in 2009/10, when the season kicked off on the third Saturday in August, most teams also played the following midweek to make up for it. Some teams such as Arsenal, however, had European qualification matches to play, which led to a blank Gameweek 2 for them (and a subsequent double gameweek later on - can't remember when). Perhaps we'll see another Gameweek 2 with blank patches this year?

    2. European/Inter-Continental Cups

    Chelsea, Man City, Man United and Arsenal have all qualified for the Champions League group stages. No Premier League teams have to go through a qualifying round this year.

    Tottenham have qualified for the Europa League group stages. Newcastle and Liverpool must qualify via the play-off round (1st leg: 23 August, 2nd leg: 30 August), and Liverpool must also play another qualifying round to reach this point (1st leg: 2 August, 2nd leg: 9 August). I'm therefore predicting a blank gameweek 2 for Newcastle, Liverpool, and their scheduled gameweek 2 opponents. These midweek fixtures aren't guaranteed by any means though - I'm just anticipating them due to the late start. I'd have thought that Liv and New will field weakened sides for these matches because the Europa League won't be high up the priority list, but with 4 teams potentially missing gameweek 2, it may be worth avoiding certain players so that you can field a starting 11. Back in 09/10, I think a lot of people avoided Arsenal players though, and they ended up thrashing Everton 6-0 in their opening match!

    The UEFA Super Cup will take place on Friday 31st August between Chelsea and Atlético Madrid. I'm therefore expecting Chelsea and their scheduled oppontents to have a blank gameweek on the gameweek commencing Saturday 1st September. The match won't be rescheduled for later that week because players will be travelling to their World Cup qualifiers for international duty. This will lead to an eventual Chelsea double gameweek.

    Chelsea will also be playing in the Club World Cup in Japan in December. They'll play matches on Thu/Fri 13/14th and Sun 16th December, so I'm anticipating 1 blank gameweek for Chelsea and their scheduled opponents.

    3. Olympic and Euro fatigue

    Football at the Olympics is on from 26th July-11th August, so a few of the younger players may feel a bit fatigued after playing 3-6 matches. Squads haven't been announced yet and I can't see there being too many Premier League players from certain competing countries, but Great Britain (which includes Northern Ireland as well) should have a few Premier League players, and maybe the odd Brazilian such as Rafael may be prone to rotation.

    Most players should have recovered from the Euros by the start of the season, but maybe worth favouring players who are completely fresh?

    Don't really have a conclusion as such - just wanted to speculate about any potential blank/double gameweeks as they always make the game a bit more exciting. The fixtures are announced on Monday 18th June, so we'll know a bit more then.

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  9. RVP fc
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    does anyone have a euros fantasy league that i can join?

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    1. Nevi
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      You can join mine if you wish

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      1. Nevi
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        If you mean the Pro betting one

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        1. who the Ozil r u
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 7 months ago

          are you still accepting people in your league? if so can i join?

          When will bidding start?

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          1. Nevi
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 7 months ago

            I am still taking people. 1st deadline will either be the 27th or the 1st. I am waiting to see if there is enough to be two divisions or just one to cap the first one, but bidding will probably start today or tomorrow.

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            1. pittamc
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              I'll join now if that's ok? Looking forward to it.

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            2. who the Ozil r u
              • 13 Years
              13 years, 7 months ago

              i have just submitted my request to join.
              thanks

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      2. jordanmw94
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        Bit late but I also am looking for a league and would like to join, under im12andwhatisthis, hope you don't mind

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  10. arjwiz
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Any more open leagues for Pro Euro?

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  11. arjwiz
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 7 months ago

    Ok, I just created a new league on Pro Euro (so that makes me Chairman of the League), and have a friend who's already joined the league. Where do I edit the League Rules and setup the Auction?

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    1. who the Ozil r u
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 7 months ago

      if you want people to join i suggest letting people know the league code.

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      1. arjwiz
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 7 months ago

        no it's not about people joining. I want to know how to edit the League Rules (budget, transfers, etc) and setup the auction dates.

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