Right here we’re in what may be the ultimate week that decides who lands the place within the lineup.
Fantasy Critic League – Like Fantasy Soccer, however for Video Video games
Final week noticed 4 titles land, which set nearly everyone of their place for positions 3 by 10 within the league. There might nonetheless be a third place / 4th place swap if there’s a sufficiently big rating swing, however issues appeared to have settled down by the point the weekend rolled round, leaving us with this because the scoreboard.
Week 48 Scores
For week forty-nine there have been the 2 remaining picks on the schedule.
The primary up was Skate, Potshot’s remaining title, and the one which may raise him into first place if it was reviewed favorably sufficient.
I noticed the ping from the league Discord bot pop on Sunday evening as soon as the day turned to Monday on the east coast.
- Skate Story has launched!
Nevertheless, it had no evaluations as but. Was this going to be one other sluggish starter?
Skate Story – the actual splash display screen
Shortly after 21:00 Pacific the following day I had my reply. Sufficient evaluations had landed that it acquired a rating within the league.
- Skate Story
- [Picked by Hare Brained Schemes (p0tsh0t)]
- Now has a rating of 84.8
That was a good rating, given what we’ve got seen this 12 months, and sufficient to raise Potshot’s rating to 131.5.
Nevertheless, Bhagpuss stood at 134.88, so it was not sufficient to place the highest place into play. However the week was younger and extra evaluations appeared more likely to are available.
That night, once more after 21:00 Pacific, the following title was set to launch. This was my hope, my final title with a ship date, and one that would shake up the decrease half of the rankings if it got here in robust sufficient.
- Final Sheep Raccoon has launched!
Once more, no rating was introduced, so there weren’t sufficient evaluations but. However I might test once more within the morning.
Final Sheep Raccoon
The morning got here and wound its method in the direction of midday and the league bot had no additional updates. I went to test the league web site and it stated there was no hyperlink to Open Critic for that title. This was, actually, appropriate. I went and checked.
I checked once more… perhaps just a few instances… within the afternoon. Metacritic had an entry for it. No evaluations but, however an entry that indicated it was out there on XBox, PlayStation, Change and Change 2, together with the PC.
Steam despatched me an e-mail to inform me it was out there as a result of I had put it on my wishlist simply to control it again earlier than it had a ship date. So it was there.
Because the day went on certainly one of my checks to Open Critic confirmed that it now had a assessment web page. Progress! I despatched an replace to Fantasy Critic League with the hyperlink, and shortly sufficient the sport confirmed it had a sound hyperlink to the supply of the leagues scores.
However not sufficient evaluations but. Properly, no evaluations but. And over on Steam the participant responses have been combined. Perhaps not the league altering titanic end I hoped for. So I waited.
In the meantime, Skate Story went down.
- Skate Story
- [Picked by Hare Brained Schemes (p0tsh0t)]
- Rating has gone DOWN from 84.6 to 83.5
Time glided by, no evaluations, and Skate Story went down some extra.
- Skate Story
- [Picked by Hare Brained Schemes (p0tsh0t)]
- Rating has gone DOWN from 83.5 to 81.6
One other day of watching and no evaluations for Final Sheep Raccoon. However Skate Story modified instructions not less than.
- Skate Story
- [Picked by Hare Brained Schemes (p0tsh0t)]
- Rating has gone UP from 81.6 to 84.3
That made up many of the floor misplaced over the week, however nonetheless left Bhagpuss securely within the lead.
And so it was as we got here to Saturday afternoon when the rating board appeared like this.
Week 49 Scores
There’s nonetheless a while for evaluations to come back in… particularly for Final Sheep Raccoon… however I believe that’s going to be the ultimate lineup.
There have been no bids this week and there aren’t any titles left to launch. If nothing else modifications, subsequent week’s put up shall be who received and different tidbits concerning the 2025 league.
It’s a bit fascinating to see that the league’s projections don’t line up with the present lineup.
For Kluwes that is smart. With three empty picks there may be the potential for rating, however none if they continue to be empty. However the league appears to suppose the battle between Shintar and Cyanbane just isn’t over, predicting that Cyanbane will ultimately prevail. We will see. If
Which brings us to 2026.
After fumbling round and creating an entire NEW league for 2026, I realized which you can simply add a brand new 12 months to the outdated league. So I did that.
Including a brand new 12 months carries ahead all individuals.
Nevertheless, you need to go in and setup your writer as soon as once more. To try this, go to the present league and, within the higher proper hand nook there’s a spinner that lets you choose the 12 months. Choose 2026.
It appears to be like like this within the higher proper
I assume when 2026 turns into the present 12 months the league will default to displaying 2026. We will see.
If you do not need to play once more let me know. I’ll drop you from the roster. I dropped Kluwes already as they appeared to have dropped off half method by the 12 months, leaving three empty picks.
If you weren’t within the 2025 league and need to play in 2026, go create an account at Fantasy Critic League (hyperlink down under) then click on on this hyperlink as soon as you might be logged in.
There’s a cap of 20 gamers for the league, and for no matter motive the crew that runs the league feels that going past 14 is much less enjoyable and recommends lowering the variety of picks. However we’ll see how many individuals we get. I for one noticed loads of good titles not get picked in 2025, so I don’t suppose we’ll lack for alternative.
One benefit of conserving the identical league is that I don’t have to replace the Discord bot. There’s a channel for league updates from the bot on the TAGN Discord server, however you may pipe it into your individual server if you happen to like by following the directions on the FCL web site.
The modifications for 2026, as introduced by the bot:
- Variety of ‘any unreleased’ droppable video games per writer modified from 4 to Limitless.
- Variety of ‘will launch’ droppable video games per writer modified from 4 to Limitless.
- ‘Counter Picks Block Drops’ from ‘Sure’ to ‘No’.
I believe that’s what I stated I used to be going to do beforehand.
I’m to see if being profitable the gating issue on drops will make folks extra cautious about their funds. A pair folks simply threw their remaining funds at a remaining choose. We will see if conduct modifications.
The goal date for the draft stays Saturday, January 4, 2026. The draft order shall be randomized earlier than it kicks off. No person can be part of the league as soon as the draft is completed, so be part of and setup your writer.
You can begin working in your watch listing now. There aren’t plenty of onerous dates for 2026, save for titles that acquired pushed out of 2025. Do you belief them?
However the primary homework is to go arrange your writer if you happen to’re in for 2026.
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