NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 5 - Assemble the base price players

mickspicks wrote:1/ Cook - E.Katoa - Hopgood

or

2/ H. Grant - Hopgood - B. Smith

There is also a world where I could have option two + E. Katoa by not running with Sutton.

The Pascoe Fiasco wrote:
Why not just remove Hopgood if he is in both options?

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

I have one final factor, choosing players I like watching/want to cheer for

rhinoceroo wrote:
I find this important. We're supposed to enjoy this game. Would get more enjoyment (and frustration counts as enjoyment, right?) from picking a TPJ than a Tolman

sajjos wrote:Lost in translation is what I think when I see the response to Booze's post from the intended audience.

sajjos wrote:Lost in translation is what I think when I see the response to Booze's post from the intended audience.

Boozecluez wrote:I remember being part of the all the discussion and calculations of a 'price of a trade' back in the day so still laugh when told things in concrete or XYZ player isn't worth it. Maybe I have been playing this game too long or getting old but it's funny seeing it recycled.
Then somehow every year finish probably top 10 in overall team value (without blowing my own trumpet) something I am decent at ignoring this as it all balances out in the end.
The discussions with multiple people in my old trials and tribulations threads, using graphs and the data available recorded there along with multiple spreadsheets to see if it was all worth it was probably futile in the end.
Private message discussions with the godfather of fantasy stats Steve Nicholls (RIP) even discussing said thing who was a big sharer and wanted to look into this further and expand on it, but ultimately there were too many variables and a lot of luck involved to come to an exact conclusion.

Do you know what I learnt from all of this?

Wait until TLT, choose your cheapies, captain and must haves then have fun working out how to fill in the remaining 6 or 7 spots
It was fun breaking everything down, and so is not caring too for the more recent years
But the results end up the same regardless so just have fun and don't overthink things
When you have autopick teams/template teams/hooker experiment team/Half experiment team last year still going well then it's not that important who you choose to start the year
Or maybe its all just luck so disregard the above too

Boozecluez wrote:

Haha that was part of the reason for the initial large reply
99% of the game is watching it and having fun so focus on that

Just like the only limit to 230k players is 21, that is the rule that matters

TLDR you can min/max all you want but at least focus on the important stuff

Once you go down a rabbit hole well who knows where it ends
Next thing you know you turn up to team training wearing your old clubs gear after a bad acid trip in Europe and start talking astronomy
That’s fantasy for ya

ytsb wrote:Every single year I go the guns and cows and I either finish great from the get go because I have the right cows, or shite because I have the wrong cows. In order to learn from my mistakes it seems reasonable to go gun s and cows again for the 7th year in a row.

Rabbits21 wrote:

Not bad mate but personally for me running with 7 guys at 250k is far too risky for my liking especially in a year with all these byes now meaning squad depth is likely more important.

ytsb wrote:It's a shame that stuff on the forum is wiped from 2021 backwards. Booze left some great advice in my 2021 team tracker and I was keen to re-read it.

sajjos wrote:Lost in translation is what I think when I see the response to Booze's post from the intended audience.