New Version of Fantasy

[TecnoGenius]

Where's McCrae in fantasy for tonight's game? Argh, stupid new fantasy isn't keeping up with the roster changes.  McCrae should be a great cheap pick for tonight in a rainy MTL.

WPG bluebombers.com still does not have week 4 chart posted in the official location.  Does anyone have the actual final chart once all these changes to the tweeted chart are taken into account?

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023-position-charts/

[Foxhound]

I'm sick to death of their repeated bungling of both the stats and the Fantasy scoring in the fourth week now! The numbers from Saturday's Blue Bombers-Alouettes game are still badly bungled. It's not nuclear physics. All that's required is simple addition and subtraction. And yes, I have told them exactly that!

[TecnoGenius]

I'm sick to death of their repeated bungling of both the stats and the Fantasy scoring in the fourth week now! The numbers from Saturday's Blue Bombers-Alouettes game are still badly bungled. It's not nuclear physics. All that's required is simple addition and subtraction. And yes, I have told them exactly that!

Which player and stat in particular?  I like to dig into such things.

I noticed in week 1 they weren't crediting QBs with rushing TDs (Zach got one).  I think they got that resolved?  Once they release results for the week, are they "locked" or can they "fix" things and our weekly scores change?

[TecnoGenius]

Wow, I'm tied-8th country-wide in the gamezone "blitz picks"?  That's crazy.  Maybe that means I should be actually gambling? 

Blitz picks is kind of fun, and new this year.

On fantasy... I'm not doing so hot.    But I'll keep trying!

[TecnoGenius]

Does the new fantasy not give points for kick return yards??  Really?

https://gamezone.cfl.ca/fantasy/help/guidelines

That would make guys like Grant & McCrae, or Leake etc (who isn't even in the fantasy lineup haha), near-useless fantasy picks.  Unless they return for a TD that is.

Seems like a big oversight IMHO.

Also, passing yards are awarded less points, as are passing TDs (I think).

[TecnoGenius]

Wow, the new fantasy doesn't give extra points (i.e. 6) for a D getting a TD!  I thought for sure MTL would get massive fantasy D points tonight, and they only got 3!!  No +12 for the 2 D scores!  Wacky and kind of goofy.

And no, they don't give points for return yards.  I'm not even sure a kick return TD would get them points.

On a wacky note, I have somehow become #2 rank in the country on the Blitz Picks gamezone section!  I have no idea what I'll win should I be #1 come year end, nor if I can keep up the lucky picks.  BUT, I do wonder now whether I should be putting $10k down in bets every single week on prop bets they keep talking about on TSN...    If you regularly get 6-9 of 10 correct on "prop bet" style picks, can you come out ahead?  Or will the house still win??  Never sports-gambled at all in my life.

[TecnoGenius]

Kudos to our very own Balticfox for getting 5th in the whole country on Gamezone Blitz Picks!  I finished 27th but I missed that 1 week when I realized the 1st game had started 30 mins late.  If I had gotten my average I would have been right near Baltic.  Too bad we will never know if I could have beaten ya 

In any event, it's quite an accomplishment to rank that high.  I hope the guy who won that game plays the gambling prop bets each week, surely that would make him a fortune?

As for fantasy, both Baltic and I would say we did not so great this year.  The new fantasy took me several weeks to figure out the new points system and adjust.  Picking returners early on was a pointless move.  And then in the final weeks I got hosed by late scratches and injuries.  And who would have thought Mack would have 0 points in his final game?  Argh.  Better luck next year!

I sure wish fantasy kept going into the playoffs, or had a separate game, like the old fantasy used to do.