Fantasy games have become popular on the net. It ranges now through almost every sport. Least of which is rugby. This game is played online and participants are allowed to pick up actual players to fill their rooster. Based on the performance of these players in actual life points are awarded the teams. Participants compete with other players online with a limit on the trades in the team.
Value of players is very important in fantasy games. As there is a limit on how much you can spend this is very important. Player’s values are known to begin at how well their performance was the previous season. Their value may either increase or decrease throughout the year as more people recruit them.
Most rugby fantasy games don’t start their point system for a team until that team is complete. Reserves also don’t get any points for their team.
All sporting games have performance indicators. Rugby is no different. This makes it possible in a lot of ways for players on your rooster to earn points for the team as fantasy rugby uses these performance indicators to award points.
There are award systems that are special to players for different positions. A player can therefore earn points no matter where on the field he is placed.
Players earn points through running, passing and tackling. Lineout, rucks and scrums also affect the point system. Making mistakes in the game can cause a player to lose points affecting the team they are in. special points are give to match winners and game turners.
Examples of things that lose a player points are losing the ball. This can happen over the rucks or when going forward. Goals and kicking however increases the points of a player.
Each player’s accumulated points for the week are then added to the other players on the team and posted as the week total points gained or lost.