Fantasy JWOC: Rule change – startlist available!

The income calculation in Fantasy JWOC has now been changed based on a poll here at World of O over the weekend. Startlists for JWOC Sprint are now also available – and the list of runners to choose from has been updated according to the official list of runners.

Rule change

Now the original Fantasy World Cup rules are applied, except runners who are “outsiders” get twice the points – outsiders being defined by not being among the 15 most popular runners. Triple points for runners in two teams or less. The complete rules are given below – the changes written in bold text.

You should still put priority on having some outsiders in your team, but the element of luck is reduced by the rule change.

• Browse all the JWOC Teams here (Updated July 5th 20:00 CET)
• Set up your team here (List of runners updated July 5th 20:00 CET)
• Sprint Final – startlist
• JWOC 2009 webpage
• JWOC Training preview at Worldofo.com
• JWOC preview at Ultimate Orienteering

The Fantasy JWOC is a ‘for-fun’ competition set up quickly. In addition, the names for JWOC runners are not always written the same way, so except to see some errors in point calculations etc. Take it as it is – and enjoy!

Fantasy JWOC Rules

Choose a Team consisting of 10 runners (you can choose arbitrary number of men/women) by dragging runners from the left column to the right column. You may have more than 10 runners in the right column, but only the 10 first count as your team and will give you income.

Income is calculated in the following way:

• For each JWOC race, your income is calculated based on the income of the 10 runners in your team. The income a runner gives you is calculated using the following formulas (note! virtual money:) :
  1. The best runner in each race earns 1.000.000 Euros for his managers, second position gets 800.000 Euros, third position 600.000 Euros, 4. place -> 500.000 Euros, 5. place -> 450.000 Euros, 6. place -> 400.000 Euros, 7. place -> 370.000 Euros, 8. place -> 350.000 Euros, 9. place -> 330.000 Euros, 10. place -> 310.000 Euros, 11. place -> 300.000 Euros, 12. place -> 290.000 Euros, 13. place -> 280.000 Euros …, 40. place -> 10.000 Euros.
  2. If two runners share a position, both earn the same sum
  3. Runners who are ‘outsiders’ earns his managers twice the income – outsiders being defined by not being among the 15 most popular runners among the managers.
  4. Runners who are chosen by two managers or less, earn their managers three times the income.
  5. Example: Morten Jarvis Westergåd is chosen by only two managers, and gets a 13th place. Each manager will then earn 280.000 Euros x 3 = 840.000 Euros. Henrik Sulz is chosen by 5 managers, but is not among the 15 most popular. He gets 10th place, and thus each manager with Henrik in his team will earn 310.000 Euros x 2 = 620.000 Euros.
• Bonus: In each JWOC race, you get a bonus of 50% of the income for the runner who is on the top of your team-list. Another 25% bonus for the runner on second place on your team-list, and yet another 10% bonus for the runner who is number three on your team-list
• All JWOC races count in the total figure
• You may drag as many runners over to your team in the right column as you want, but only the 10 topmost runners count in your sum
• You can change which runners are in your team between each race
• Last chance to change your team ahead of each JWOC race is given in the overview table here.
• Note! This is a very experimental ‘for-fun’ service, and errors may (and will) occur.
• You may change your team ahead of each competition.
• Income calculation will be done as soon as possible after each competition (when official results are available) – but there might be delays