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I've been playing Supercoach for about 14 years (~ 2007) and I've made it through a whole season I'd guess no more than four times. More often than not it becomes a ghost ship.
I create my Supercoach account within days of the new season's platform opening, and am on every day studying, researching and tweaking teams. I don't have friends that do Supercoach, so I play for overall rank and I think that's where I come undone as soon as I realise I don't have a top ranking team (dumb, I know). I'm a good coach, but I'm not a great coach compared to others - although I don't think it always takes a great coach to win this game.
I get involved with cash leagues to try keep me alive all season, but even that doesn't always prevent the ghost ship.
I think that I enjoy the creating of a team where you can make endless changes etc but following week to week is a commitment, especially if you are playing seriously where you need to check late outs, manoeuvre loopholes etc.
I'm probably speaking to the wrong crowd right now as my fellow ghosties may have already left, but I guess my question is how do you keep yourself engaged for an entire season where there isn't much light at the end of your 2021 Supercoach tunnel?
I create my Supercoach account within days of the new season's platform opening, and am on every day studying, researching and tweaking teams. I don't have friends that do Supercoach, so I play for overall rank and I think that's where I come undone as soon as I realise I don't have a top ranking team (dumb, I know). I'm a good coach, but I'm not a great coach compared to others - although I don't think it always takes a great coach to win this game.
I get involved with cash leagues to try keep me alive all season, but even that doesn't always prevent the ghost ship.
I think that I enjoy the creating of a team where you can make endless changes etc but following week to week is a commitment, especially if you are playing seriously where you need to check late outs, manoeuvre loopholes etc.
I'm probably speaking to the wrong crowd right now as my fellow ghosties may have already left, but I guess my question is how do you keep yourself engaged for an entire season where there isn't much light at the end of your 2021 Supercoach tunnel?
Sounds like you need to join a draft league mate! Playing for overall rank is a hard game, and ends in dissapointment for 300,000 people every year. Unless you enjoy stroking your ego by talking about your top 100/1000 finishes 
It's a pipe dream that I will continue to chase but my real enjoyment in fantasy comes in draft leagues. Finding sleepers, trading, captain choices become unique again. And a genuine chance to win some money.
It's a pipe dream that I will continue to chase but my real enjoyment in fantasy comes in draft leagues. Finding sleepers, trading, captain choices become unique again. And a genuine chance to win some money.
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Sounds like you need to join a draft league mate! Playing for overall rank is a hard game, and ends in dissapointment for 300,000 people every year. Unless you enjoy stroking your ego by talking about your top 100/1000 finishes
It's a pipe dream that I will continue to chase but my real enjoyment in fantasy comes in draft leagues. Finding sleepers, trading, captain choices become unique again. And a genuine chance to win some money.
It's a pipe dream that I will continue to chase but my real enjoyment in fantasy comes in draft leagues. Finding sleepers, trading, captain choices become unique again. And a genuine chance to win some money.
Daily Fantasy is my way of keeping things interesting, basically get to do the picking a team thing every week but by staying relevant in that you're doing all the kind of research and work and the SC becomes a quick adjustment to make your trades and set the loops.
The reality is that SC is a pretty passive game after the teams are picked, two trades, most of which are forced in some way (rookie downgrades/injuries/etc) per week just isn't that engaging. Especially given that for most the season is over by week 10 anyway.
The reality is that SC is a pretty passive game after the teams are picked, two trades, most of which are forced in some way (rookie downgrades/injuries/etc) per week just isn't that engaging. Especially given that for most the season is over by week 10 anyway.
Daily Fantasy is a fun until you realise you're up against blokes running advanced data modelling programs spitting out best possible lineups with unlimited bankrolls virtually killing any real chance you have in the multiple entry competitions. I mean you might get lucky from time to time, but in the long run some of these guys are making a living from this and win out most of the time.
Either that or guys are paying for subscriptions for similar programs that do the same thing.
I'm all for the single lineup entry DFS comps. If you see the 25 or 50 entry comps you're literally plankton swimming with sharks.
Either that or guys are paying for subscriptions for similar programs that do the same thing.
I'm all for the single lineup entry DFS comps. If you see the 25 or 50 entry comps you're literally plankton swimming with sharks.
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