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Each medieval fantasy player scores points according to a different formula. Depending upon a country's prospects in the World Cup tournament, it may be beneficial to assign a player that adds many points for many goals, or it may be better to assign a player that adds points when her country loses. Extensive testing using results from past World Cup tournaments indicates that a high score can be achieved with almost any roster of players if they are assigned to the right countries. Read the individual scoring rules carefully: some players can generate hundreds or even thousands of points, but they may also pose a risk of subtracting points under certain conditions.
For purposes of this contest, goals are scored only during regular or overtime play. Although a successful kick in a shootout may be referred to as a "goal" by the unwashed, it is not included in the goal count. For example, a match that is tied 3-3 at the end of overtime and then decided by a 5-4 shootout would satisfy the conditions both for equal number of goals (three each) and for victory (for the team that won the shootout). In match scores posted on this page, red digits indicate shootout results; i.e., 35 - 34. Only one of the fantasy players below awards points for "shootout goals," and her scoring rule clearly states how these points are calculated; all others fantasy players awarding points for goals count only goals scored during regular or overtime play.
If two or more teams are tied for high score at the end of the tournament, then the team whose tiebreaker prediction is closest to the total number of goals scored by all World Cup teams in all matches wins. It doesn't matter if the prediction is higher or lower than the actual total. If the tiebreaker predictions are equally accurate, then the team which collected the greatest number of points for any match wins; if the scores are equal, then the winner will be determined by comparing the second-highest scores, third-highest, etc.
Although the theme and structure of this contest are similar to the original Medieval Fantasy Women's Football League, players who participated in 2003 should take note of these important differences:
- You choose 16 players, one for each country. The old League only let you have 10.
- Nobody gets benched. Your fantasy players compete every time their countries do.
- The roster of fantasy players has changed. There are some new characters, and some old characters are back using different scoring rules.
Follow these simple steps to submit your team roster:
- Choose 16 players from the list below and assign each to one of the countries participating in the Women's World Cup.
- Don't use any player or any country more than once.
- Choose a name for your team. Make it no more than 32 characters, including spaces. I'll try to fit it into the scoring table if it's a bit longer, but I make no guarantees.
- For tiebreaking purposes, predict the number of goals that will be scored by all countries in all matches during the 2007 Women's World Cup tournament.
- Submit your team roster via e-mail in the format shown at right.
The "home town" of your team is the city, town, village, hamlet, oblast, or unincorporated area where you live, work, or study, the city where you were born, adopted, or cloned, or, if you prefer, it can the place that you want everyone to believe is the city, town, village, oblast, hamlet, or unincorporated area where you live, work, study, or were born, adopted, or cloned. When all entries have been received, teams and home towns will be posted on this page; no other identifying information will appear unless you choose to include it in your comments. In your comments you may write anything you like about your team, city, football, other medieval fantasy pursuits, or anything else you'd like to share with the other competitiors. There's no strict limit on the length of comments, but you are encouraged to keep them brief; Laughton.org may edit lengthy texts.
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Send your entry to contest@laughton.org in this format:
To: contest@laughton.org
From: you@your.mail
Subject: Team Name
Home town
country 1 player 1
country 2 player 2
country 3 player 3
country 4 player 4
country 5 player 5
country 6 player 6
country 7 player 7
country 8 player 8
country 9 player 9
country 10 player 10
country 11 player 11
country 12 player 12
country 13 player 13
country 14 player 14
country 15 player 15
country 16 player 16
tiebreaker
comments (optional)
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You may abbreviate country names; if you do, please use the official FIFA abbreviations. Here's an example of a properly formatted entry using the official abbreviations:
To: contest@laughton.org
From: you@your.mail
Subject: The Game Dames
Washington, DC, USA
ARG warrior
AUS princess
BRA queen
CAN fairy godmother
CHN angel
DEN soothsayer
ENG minstrel
GER skeleton
GHA champion
JPN druid
PRK spy
NGA witch
NOR creature
NZL gambler
SWE pirate
USA dragon
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I'm going to keep playing until I win one of these contests!
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