[Archived] BRFCS.COM Fantasy Football League

[iceman dave]

Buckshaw rovers are in bring it on

[walk down bolton road]

kfcvvenkys for me,bring it on boys !.

[Josh]

Knickerbocker Glory have joined

[Nate]

Scoregasm is in!

[OJRovers]

Venkys Chicken XI are in it to win it.

[Stevo]

'Steve's Keen' is in

[ThatRabbitsDynamite]

Of course This Rabbits Dynamite!!!

[American]

Anyone playing the free one that the Sun is doing this year? If there are a few, will create a league.

[ABBEY]

no ive done the mirror one.

[cn174]

Anyone playing the free one that the Sun is doing this year? If there are a few, will create a league.

I'm in the Sun one.

I'm trying to do the PL one, but the website is getting on my nerves!

[Glenn]

186 entries, not bad!

[True Blue & White]

Half my team were either injured or ineligible and couldn't get on the site Saturday morning to change it!!!

Luckily though, I did have Aguero as captain which made up for the lost points elsewhere.

[True Blue & White]

Because the site mucked up on Friday night/Saturday they'vwe given everyone unlimited free transfers until Gameweek 2!

Dear Darrell ,

As you may already be aware, many fans trying to access Fantasy Premier League on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning experienced problems logging in or registering teams prior to the Gameweek 1 deadline.

While the demand reached unprecedented levels on Saturday morning, we fell short of the standards you expect from the world’s biggest fantasy football game and make no excuses for what was both a frustrating and disappointing experience ahead of the new season. For this we apologise unreservedly.

Our technical teams worked throughout the weekend to ensure the technical issue that led to the problems experienced by users was dealt with. Work also continues to improve the quality of your experience with additional steps taken in the game itself that enable you to:

1. Receive unlimited transfers

No points will be deducted for any transfers you make up to the Gameweek 2 deadline (11:30 BST on Saturday 20th August 2011). If you made multiple transfers earlier this week, you will not be penalised. If you had opted to play your wildcard, this will be restored to your account once the Gameweek 2 deadline passes.

2. Opt to start mini-league scoring at Gameweek 2

The option is available to all mini-league administrators to start the scoring from Gameweek 2. Go to ‘Leagues’ > ‘League name’ > ‘Administer’ > Select ‘Gameweek 2’ in ‘Scoring Starts’ drop-down menu and click ‘Update league details’.

3. Win a VIP trip to watch Man Utd v Chelsea

The manager of the team that accumulates the most points in Gameweeks 2, 3 & 4 will win a VIP trip for two to watch Man Utd v Chelsea on Sunday 18th September 2011 . The prize includes all transport, two nights’ accommodation, match tickets, pre-match hospitality and £250 spending money. If there is a tie between teams, the team with the fewest transfers between Gameweeks 2-4 will win the trip. In the event of a further tie, the winner will be selected at random.

4. Win a new monthly prize - iPad2

Each monthly winner of Fantasy Premier League 2011/12 will be able to choose between receiving an iPad2 or the current monthly prize (replica shirt, iPod nano & digital camera). The runner-up will then receive whichever prize is not claimed by the monthly winner.

Having monitored many of the comments that have been posted on message boards, via blogs, in forums and on social networks, we hope the following additional points will also help clarify some of the queries raised:

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Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is still run by ISM Fantasy Games. The FPL site was redesigned in order to incorporate new features and in order to maintain consistency with the next version of the Premier League's official site. The problems experienced on Saturday are not related to the new look nor are they the fault of ISM Fantasy Games.

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EA SPORTS sponsor the official match statistics across the Premier League website and were not involved in the rebuild of this season's Fantasy Premier League game nor responsible in any way for the issues suffered by users over the weekend.

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The login/registration system had to be upgraded during the summer - this service is delivered by a new third party provider and is the most significant change from previous seasons.

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The live updates will be functioning for Gameweek 2.

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All league standings will be updated after each points update as per previous seasons. The single update for Gameweek 1 was an isolated case.

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If you have problems logging in, please try resetting your password by entering your email address on this page: https://users.premierleague.com/PremierUser/login/reset_password.html You’ll be emailed a new password to use that you can change to something more memorable once youve logged in by visiting ‘My Account’. If you are not receiving the password reminder, please check your Junk folder in your email inbox and add noreply@send.premierleague.com to your Mailing List to ensure that the email arrives in your inbox.

Regards,

Premier League Customer Services

[DanLad]

If people weren't able to get on the site to change their teams etc are we taking up the option to start the league in week 2?

[jones_rover]

If people weren't able to get on the site to change their teams etc are we taking up the option to start the league in week 2?

I'd be in support of starting in game-week 2 because I couldn't create my team on the Friday/Saturday when the website crashed :-(

[LeChuck]

Whilst it's a bit harsh, it's not really fair to start from week 2 as I guess the majority of people will have sorted their teams well in advance of the night before.

[American Rover12]

took full advantage of the free week and did a nice little One week overhaul.

[Glenn]

took full advantage of the free week and did a nice little One week overhaul.

ditto (as I was nearly bottom after the first week ).

Poll incoming !

[Tom]

I voted yes (because my team did awful but I still haven't bothered changing it)

[the swede]

5 votes

20% votes against

We keep the league as it is then?

[the swede]

One more thing. We still have the league I created last year (BRFCS 10/11). Renamed it for this season (11/12). Feels a little silly that we should have two leagues running.

Should I remove it? There are 102 teams in that one. Maybe not so nice for those who haven't joined the new league..

But how can we get everyone to join in the new?

[DanLad]

5 votes

20% votes against

We keep the league as it is then?

But you could also say that 40% were for it?

I'm not bothered either way. I had a bad week 1, but I've nothing to blame but myself!

Fingers crossed for week 2!

[Nelsta]

How many people dumped a player that did well this week in favour of Aguero......Me for one!

Also in the sun dream team how the hell do you make transfers?

[Hughesy]

I tried to do mine on the saturday but site was knackered.....so didnt manage one.

Then I got the email, but didnt have time before last saturday so still not done one.

Might enter one this week and start off 1 week behind

[Tom]

I tried to do mine on the saturday but site was knackered.....so didnt manage one.

Then I got the email, but didnt have time before last saturday so still not done one.

Might enter one this week and start off 1 week behind

You'll be ahead of me by next week, I am rubbish at these but I refuse to make any changes after I pick the team at the start of the season.