I skipped week forty-seven, as I warned folks I might, each as a result of there have been no releases slated for that week and since it was additionally the final day of the month so I had a month in assessment put up already lined up.
Fantasy Critic League – Like Fantasy Soccer, however for Video Video games
Additionally, I used to be out of city for many of that week, so it was straightforward to skip it.
All of which nonetheless doesn’t imply nothing occurred throughout week forty-seven. However I’ll get to that when we set the rating baseline the place we final left off.
Week 46 Scores
That’s the place we left it.
For week forty-seven, the primary change I must carry up first was Arhanta getting in a closing choose, this time not thwarted by the sport getting early evaluations and ending up with a rating earlier than the bidding interval resolved.
- Bids
- Routine
- Received by Rodent Leisure (Arhanta) with a bid of $70
- Dropped sport ‘Darwin’s Paradox!’ conditionally
- Routine
That used up their whole funds, however you don’t get factors on the finish for leftover money.
Routine
Routine was slated to launch throughout week forty-eight, in order that added a fourth title to the week, making it an huge week for scoring.
First out of the sport was Marvel Cosmic Invasion, which went reside on Monday.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
It had no pre-launch assessment present up, so there was no instant rating. That modified earlier than the day was out.
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- [Picked by Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)]
- Now has a rating of 82.2
That was sufficient to carry Cyanbane up into third place.
- Writer Rating Updates
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
- Rating has gone UP from 97.8 to 109.9
- Moved from 4th place to third place
- Crash and Burn Video games (Shawn)
- Moved from third place to 4th place
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
The hole between them wasn’t that huge, and Marvel Cosmic Invasion wavered in rating by a pair factors up and down. Nonetheless, that was not sufficient to dislodge Cyanbane from his lead over Shawn, and each have been executed with their lineup, so their relative positions appear unlikely to vary with out some drastic change in assessment scores.
The early evaluations began to pop for the opposite titles slated to launch through the week, all of them pegged to go reside on Thursday.
- Metroid Prime 4: Past
- [Picked by Rusty Shackleford (Shilgrod)]
- Now has a rating of 81.5
- Routine
- [Picked by Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta)]
- Now has a rating of 77
- Octopath Traveler 0
- [Picked by Play Forever Mwahahaha (Shintar)]
- Now has a rating of 81.9
So as soon as the releases hit on Thursday morning, there was a shake up within the scoring.
- Writer Rating Updates
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
- Rating has gone UP from 96.5 to 108.6
- Moved from fifth place to 4th place
- Crash and Burn Video games (Shawn)
- Moved from 4th place to fifth place
- Rusty Shackleford (Shilgrod)
- Rating has gone UP from 85.6 to 97.6
- Rodent Leisure (Arhanta)
- Rating has gone UP from 47.0 to 55.4
- Moved from tenth place to ninth place
- Barely Scuffed Studios (Kluwes)
- Moved from ninth place to tenth place
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
Shintar’s choose of Octopath Traveler 0 boosted her sufficient to go Shawn and land a few level behind Cyanbane in third place. The hole between third and fifth was simply two factors, and the hole between fourth and third was lower than a degree after the scores rolled in.
Octopath Traveler 0
In the meantime, on the different finish of factor, Arhanta’s increase from Routine was sufficient to leap forward of Kluwes, pushing then down into final place.
In the meantime, although Metroid Prime 4 was a good choose, Shilgrod was nonetheless hampered by the counter choose that locked him into WoW Midnight, a title that gained’t be transport till March. One thing for subsequent season.
Metroid Prime 4: Past
That’s how issues rolled out of the gate. However then there have been some small rating adjustments… nothing sufficiently big to justify a rating change replace… and third place swapped arms, with Shintar edging forward.
- Writer Rating Updates
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
- Moved from 4th place to third place
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
- Moved from third place to 4th place
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
Nonetheless the hole between them remained at lower than half a degree, so when there was a transfer… like Octopath Traveler 0 dropping about two factors, issues modified up once more.
- Writer Rating Updates
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
- Moved from 4th place to third place
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
- Rating has gone DOWN from 108.6 to 106.3
- Moved from third place to 4th place
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
After which the see-saw moved the opposite means, with Octopath Traveler 0 regaining misplaced floor after which some, and Shintar was again up in third place as soon as extra!
- Writer Rating Updates
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
- Rating has gone UP from 106.3 to 109.7
- Moved from 4th place to third place
- Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane)
- Moved from third place to 4th place
- Play Perpetually Mwahahaha (Shintar)
That introduced us to the next scores because the week closed out at 17:00 native on Saturday.
Week 48 Scores
The battle for third place stays tight.
In the meantime, although there have been no picks this week, yet one more title has lastly acquired a launch date. Sure, Final Sheep Raccoon has lastly come to the fore.
- Final Sheep Raccoon
- [Picked by TAGN HQ (Wilhelm)],
- [Counter Picked by Frabjous Day Enterprises (Archey)]
- Launch date modified from ‘Winter 2025’ to ‘Tuesday, December 09, 2025’.
- Observe eliminated: ‘Sequel to Final Hen Horse’.
- Observe added: ‘Sequel to Final Hen Horse. Launch date comes from Nintendo EShop
That signifies that not solely are we in a decent race to see who will find yourself in third whereas eagerly awaiting Potshot’s closing choose to see if he can threaten Bhagpuss, however now Archey is not secure in eighth place.
With Arhanta’s closing rating in, there may be only a 9 level hole between eighth and ninth place. And whereas neither Arhanta nor Archey have any extra picks ready to reach, Archey counter picked Final Sheep Raccoon, which implies if it scores an 80 or above, he’ll could very properly find yourself in ninth place, dropping behind Arhanta.
That leaves two titles on faucet for subsequent week.
Arising for Week 49
As well as, whereas Kluwes seems to have dropped out of the operating, they might put in three bids subsequent week. However it must be some wildcard guesses, as a result of each remaining title with an onerous ship date in 2025 seems to be launching subsequent week.
There are nonetheless some titles listed as simply “2025” that might occur, however nothing that looks like a secure name.
So it just about comes all the way down to what occurs subsequent week… Until Gabe Newell provides us a Christmas week shock and launches Half Life 3.
In the meantime, I’ve began placing collectively the TAGN 2026 league. I’ll have a hyperlink for it in subsequent week’s put up.
The present deliberate guidelines are:
- 9 picks and 1 counter choose
- 4 drafted in the beginning of the league
- 5 picks and 1 counter choose to be executed over the remainder of the 12 months
- Counter picks will NOT lock you right into a choose
- Limitless drops for titles that haven’t but shipped or acquired a rating
Your suggestions on these proposed guidelines is appreciated.
I hope that final merchandise will spur some extra adjustments in lineups, although it’d simply be me who’s indecisive. It can additionally make your funds extra related, as that can now be the limiting issue on bids.
In the meantime, letting counter picks lock you right into a choose is an fascinating mechanic, nevertheless it precipitated issues thrice this 12 months when titles have been cancelled, so I’m eradicating it so I don’t must manually make adjustments to folks’s picks. It’s best, to my thoughts, if the league supervisor doesn’t must manually intervene frequently.
The tentative date for the draft is Saturday, January 4. Time to be decided, however most likely 11:00 Pacific, 14:00 Jap, 19:00 UTC. Attending the draft is non-compulsory… in actual fact this 12 months I feel there have been three folks and the entire thing took only a few minutes. Detailed directions will observe as to setup your queue to auto-pick for you when you can not attend.
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