Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game

[SpecialFNK]

Impact Wrestling now has fantasy.
no you don't get to live out your fantasy with one of the Knockouts, this is similar to fantasy baseball/football/ect.

http://www.impactwrestling.com/news...CT-WRESTLING-Fantasy-Game-Join-A-League-Today

what do people think of this?
how will this help with TNA wrestling going forward?

 

[FutureChamp328]

I think that for most people who use this website or other spoiler sites it is pointless what fun is a fantasy league if you can plan every move knowing everything happening in TNA (excluding PPV's) for three weeks at a time. I'd do it but I just don't find it fair to people who may not know spoilers. Also like said where's the fun if you know exactly what moves to make with your roster a month in advance unlike football or baseball where everything that happens is spontaneous.

 

[Clem]

I was really eager to sign up and play, but by the looks of it I can't because I don't live in America. Thanks for getting my hopes up and dashing them TNA.

 

[biziorek]

i was pretty keen to play too but u have to pay for it so im out

 

[Azane]

Doesn't work for scripted content, and especially doesn't work when you can tell the future.

 

[Rasha]

They must have some way of accounting for the spoiler issue. They know their taped show results are on the net so there's no way they're doing this without having countered that somehow. I haven't read the rules yet but I can't fathom they'd be that stupid. Then again...

[Imagining Dixie Carter hearing about fantasy football from her husband and coming up with this idea on her own.]

Hmmm, maybe it will be stupid.

That said, I may still do it just for shits and giggles. I'm going to need something to fill the fantasy void in my life because of the NFL lockout. If nothing else, I'd love to participate in a live draft so I can use my last pick on Murphy and get a laugh from everyone.

 

[Whatsinaname696]

It seems as if they're only doing it for the PPVs so that should work out fine, although that jus means it'll take longer between "plays", also having a free and a pay is ridiculous, especially at this point, they really should have waited for a few things before they had a pay option. Also the thing isn't laid out too well, but I went ahead and joined free, maybe it'll actually be fun :: shrug ::

 

[MB1025]

The way it works is this.


It is a live ongoing fantasy game. They lock your roster moves, just like in fantasy baseball were you can't make roster changes. So there are roster looks on Monday and Tuesday right before the taping and you can move anyone in and out until both shows are complete.

You can read the rules when you visit the link and it explains this and a lot more.

 

[SpecialFNK]

the first thing I thought of when I heard they were going to be doing it was about the spoilers and those who read spoilers would know what happens before Impact Wrestling airs on TV, so it would be flawed. however as the last post said, the rosters are locked prior to tapings. so you will not be able to edit your rosters after Impact Wrestling has been taped.
you can play for free in a public league against all other users.

HOW IT WORKS
Welcome to the Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game, a first-of-its-kind Wrestling Experience that takes Fantasy Sports and Entertainment to a whole new level.

This is the official place to prove your knowledge of Impact Wrestling. Get started now to pin your competition.

What do I do first?
Subscribe. . Build a team in our Public League for FREE, to prove your worth against the competition. Upgrade to our premium commissioner package for only $5.95 per season, (less than $2 a month), to create and customize your own private leagues to compete against friends and family and hold live online drafts with your league mates.

Your Public League Team
Everyone who registers to play the Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game will build a team to compete against all other subscribers. This is referred to as your “public league team.” Tune in to Impact Wrestling on Spike TV – and Pay-Per-View events to view the Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game Leader board. Get good enough at predicting what will happen in Impact Wrestling, and earn recognition atop the Leader board.

Next: Create a League - Compete against Friends & Family
After upgrading to our premium commissioner package compete against your closest family, friends, co-workers and other acquaintances by creating and managing as many private leagues as you want. Invite your competitors and hold a live online draft to select your wrestling personalities.

Or: Join an existing League - Meet other Wrestling Fans
If you want to become involved but don’t know anyone else who plays, request to join an existing league and meet and compete against other wrestling fans like yourself. Prove you have more knowledge of Impact Wrestling than they do.

Build Your Roster
Once your league is set-up, you’ll be anxious to build your roster. Use our popular Live Draft feature to select with your league all at once, or hold an offline draft and Manually Load your Rosters.

Manage Your Roster
Throughout your experience playing the Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game, you can either re-draft a new team each season, or make trades and add/drops to improve your team. Make sure to get a starting line-up in on time – before the Impact Tapings – but know that you’ll have plenty of opportunities to improve your roster each season.

Watch The Points Pile Up
This isn’t your grandmother’s fantasy wrestling game, and it’s not just about who wins and loses the matches – it’s about what happens along the way. Why you watch Impact Wrestling is about to change.

Details on our genius fantasy wrestling scoring system.

Get Hooked
Seasons are three months long, but this game is built for you to continue playing. Impact Wrestling doesn’t stop, and neither should you. Continue your leagues throughout the year by selecting our “dynasty” option and stay with us to earn the distinction of being the Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game Lifetime Leader board champion. Quite simply – the owner with the MOST POINTS AT THE END OF A SEASON, from both private wrestler rosters + PPV Pick `Em WINS their league.

if this gets more interest for TNA and Impact Wrestling then it can only be a good thing. I don't know, but I don't think WWE does anything like this, right?
this is something different from WWE, putting it out there for wrestling fans.
I would love to see TNA get some really good praise for this.

 

[hunterXhunter21]

I might start but most of the time I lose interest in these things after a few months. Happens every year with football. Though I wish there was some kind of prize. I didn't see anything about winning. I know when WWE tried doing this the first place person at least got a replica belt or something.

 

[He's Phenomenal]

I read the article about this earlier but didn't quite get it. It sounds a bit like a prediction league but I thought it would be about booking your own fantasy TNA shows?

Judging by a couple of the other posts, I don't think I can even give it go anyway as I'm not in the States.

 

[shattered dreams]

The Impact Wrestling Fantasy Game does have a default scoring system, but commissioners are able to customize scoring for their individual private leagues.

The default scoring system is used for the Public League, and for Tag Team Tournaments.

Below is a general look at our scoring system. This is subject to change at any time, as new categories may be added throughout the course of the game calendar.

Scoring Categories(check the link for the default scoring):
Accompanying someone to the ring
An appearance on top 10 contenders list
Appearance in a scheduled street fight
Appearing in a match
Appearing in a show
Closeline
Completing a move from the top rope
Cut in a promo/interview
First person - or group of people - to enter the Impact Zone
Getting the pinfall
Getting the submission
Helping broadcast a match
Hitting a referee
In-Ring Mic Session
Interrupting/Disrupting a match
Involved in a non-scheduled fight (outside the ring)
Kicking out from a pinfall
Kidnapping an audience member
Last personality standing in the ring at the end of the show
PPV Pick Em Only - Disqualification
PPV Pick Em Only - Pinfall
PPV Pick Em Only - Submission
PPV Pick Em Only - Winner
Referee Getting Hit
Successful Title Defense (of any kind)
Turning on an ally
Using a chair in a match
Using a rare object in the ring
Winning a match
Winning a non-championship match against a belt holder
Winning Impact Wrestling Champ Belt
Winning Impact Wrestling Knockouts Belt
Winning Women's Tag Belt
Winning World Tag Belt
Winning X-Division Belt


Monthly PPV Pick `Em Game
One last way of earning points is by filling out predictions for our monthly PPV line-up card.

Additional points are earned by successfully selecting the following outcomes of PPV Pick `Em …

SINGLES MATCHES
A vs B

Winner: Select A or B (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50)
Winner + Ending: Select pinfall (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50), submission (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50), count-out/DQ (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50)


(Any other type of ending would result in no points awarded)

TAG MATCHES
A,B vs C,D

Winning team: Select winning team AB or CD (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50)
Winner + Ending: Select pinfall (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50), submission (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50), count-out/DQ (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50)
Winner: Select the person who gets the pinfall or submission A,B,C,or D (Commissioner can set point total from range 1-50)


Repeat a similar pattern for all types of matches.

Default scoring system will lean towards the high end of all above ranges, and DOUBLE all point totals for ALL TITLE MATCHES.

All owners will enter only ONE PPV Pick `Em each month that will be counted towards their Public League point total and their Private League point total.

Sounds interesting but I am not signing up for a recurring charge that you can "cancel" for something like this. I will sit out the trial and once they release the free game with no strings attached I will probably check it out. It would be fun to put together a wrestlezone league at that point though. It makes a good put your money where your mouth is for people that complain about predictability.

 

[Rayne]

TNA is finally starting to show strokes of innovation. This is a brilliant idea.

First, it's pretty much free money. You pay for web hosting (and the bandwidth imprint doesn't appear to be that large), and for your web division to keep it updated. There is no large scale investment going on for this that I can see.

Second, it's a great way to get people more invested in the product. Casual viewers who watch occasionally will be drawn to watch the show more often if they've got something (even if it isn't something real) on the line. This works exactly like fantasy baseball/football, except TNA's going to strongly support it instead of initially trying to squash it like the sports leagues did.

It's win all around here.

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

Too bad i live in Canada, i would love something like this. Anyways as stated by others, its a good idea to get people to watch the TNA product.

 

[SpecialFNK]

I never really looked at how deep the scoring was. it looks kind of complicated.
I wonder why they have it only available in the USA.