Fun Idea, Virtual Fantasy NRL

[Dan]

Right, so I think given we don't have NRL for a while, likely at least 3 months, I was going to see if there was a good game simulator out there to try and simulate the games, given current stats, might be a bit hard, so instead I think I might just start writing fantasy game reviews.

I.e. a break down of each game of the round and who won, and then tally everyone into tables. If we do that each week we could end up with quite a fun little game that we can play.

If anyone wants to get involved that would be great if we could break the games up to ease the load that would be great. The aim won't be for Manly to win all of them as well, lets try based on the first two rounds to make a few predictions.
Some mid-season trades may even occur

Anyone interested let me know and we can start this round.

 

[Dan]

Or if anyone else has this or wants to get it as well, might be a good way to source outcomes rather than random musings of me

Rugby League Team Manager 3 on Steam

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[SeaEagleRock8]

Ah, nice idea! We have a big game against the Raiders tomorrow! I've got time at present
so happy to 'attend' that game and write a report?
Or I might let someone else do Manly, I wouldn't be able to remain dispassionate, I might have a go at tonites big game of Storm v Souths instead

 

[MuzztheEagle]

Ah, nice idea! We have a big game against the Raiders tomorrow! I've got time at present
so happy to 'attend' that game and write a report?
Or I might let someone else do Manly, I wouldn't be able to remain dispassionate, I might have a go at tonites big game of Storm v Souths instead

Can we just say that Latrell has done a hammy and won't be back for the rest of the year? I have a pretty good idea of what will be said and I'm a bit over it.

 

[Dan]

Ah, nice idea! We have a big game against the Raiders tomorrow! I've got time at present
so happy to 'attend' that game and write a report?
Or I might let someone else do Manly, I wouldn't be able to remain dispassionate, I might have a go at tonites big game of Storm v Souths instead

Happy for you to take either. In the mean time I am seeing if there is a basic simulator we can use, and anyone who wants to tally the score and ladder

 

[MuzztheEagle]

Happy for you to take either. In the mean time I am seeing if there is a basic simulator we can use, and anyone who wants to tally the score and ladder

The original RL team manager was free and came with an editor. I think I still have a copy somewhere and could put on a cloud drive. But someone would need to update the team lists and player abilities for 2020.

 

[Dan]

The original RL team manager was free and came with an editor. I think I still have a copy somewhere and could put on a cloud drive. But someone would need to update the team lists and player abilities for 2020.

Might be worth it seeing if we could build that out, could be a fun group project. I can probably host it if we need to

 

[Dan]

we could also do something like

NRL Round Forecast: 2020 Round 3 Tips & Predictions

Computer predictions, tips, picks and ratings for the Australian Football League, National Football League (USA), National Rugby League (AUS) and Super Rugby (AUS, NZ, RSA, ARG, JAP).

footyforecaster.com

and just use their predictions, however I think it would be more fun to set some parameters and simulate say 50 games between each team and then use the average

 

[MuzztheEagle]

we could also do something like

NRL Round Forecast: 2020 Round 3 Tips & Predictions

Computer predictions, tips, picks and ratings for the Australian Football League, National Football League (USA), National Rugby League (AUS) and Super Rugby (AUS, NZ, RSA, ARG, JAP).

footyforecaster.com

and just use their predictions, however I think it would be more fun to set some parameters and simulate say 50 games between each team and then use the average

Might be a bit ambitious (would also need exactly 16 players or teams), but could do a fantasy draft with all available players and then play out a simulated season (maybe with a couple of trade periods thrown in).

 

[Dan]

Might be a bit ambitious (would also need exactly 16 players or teams), but could do a fantasy draft with all available players and then play out a simulated season (maybe with a couple of trade periods thrown in).

I mean that's fine too, I am seeing if I could leverage a rugby simulator and tweak the scores a little there is a rugby league one I found it lets you define the teams in the comp but not specific games so your season doesn't match up

 

[Dan]

So who @SeaEagleRock8 do you want to do tonights game? or Manly?

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Hmm happy to do except I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do! I don't have steam, I can look at the forecaster and basically do a report of the match as I see it (!) not sure if that's what you have in mind?

 

[Dan]

Hmm happy to do except I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do! I don't have steam, I can look at the forecaster and basically do a report of the match as I see it (!) not sure if that's what you have in mind?

Basically just write a match report with and give it a score happy for you to make it up with the outcome you want or thought of.

From there if anyone who would be good at stats say an accountant.... @Clint or someone else good with numbers like @Ryan maybe they could look at this

Australia Sports Tipping - Sports - NRL - Elo Ratings

Australia Sports Tipping is an online tipping community for sports betting enthusiasts. We provide data, tips and resources for upcoming sporting fixtures.

www.aussportstipping.com

and give an updated ELO rating for season 2020, if they do that I can start to calculate most likely outcomes of games

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Basically just write a match report with and give it a score happy for you to make it up with the outcome you want or thought of.

Got it, the match is nearly finished I'll post the report shortly

 

[Clint]

Would love to help out @Dan but I just have not got the time at the moment. Sorry mate.

 

[rifraff]

Can't we all just play ET's Rugby League in KB cup style.