Magnus Carlsen on his rival in Fantasy Football
Posted Jul 3, 2020, 6:33 PM UTC
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How the hell is he in 8th place globally in FPL?
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Because he is a God gamer of course
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Who knew being proficient in chess actually made you skilful in other gaming fields. /sk
Curious to see how he's so in something like a move or statecraft with a bit of coaching. He'd probably figure out the meta no issue but reaction time might fuck him.
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Yes of course being good at chess makes you a good gamer /s. Have you seen hikaru play valorant? Or even a strategy game like poker he still isn’t competitive against pros.
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He's been #1 before, quite often actually
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r/FantasyPL has been fangirling over his rankings all season.
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He has been 1# twice this season, its insane
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That's incredible
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The sheer fact that the best chess player can predict performance ratings based on a game with millions of players is an indicator it is a highly skilled game and less luck is involved than people might have thought before.
Lots of People always said a consistent strategy will bring you to the top, but to belong to the best, you have to be luckiest, because you need to throw in some random players, who magically perform great at this weekend.
I refuse to believe that the best chess player is also the luckiest in FPL. That's why his story is so interesting.
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If season is long enough luck can't carry you that much.
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thats crazy
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this seems interesting, can everyone sign up and play this stuff for free? or is it like FIFA (the EA game) where you have to spend thousands irl $$$$ to draft good players from packs?
was always kinda interested in this just didnt know where to start lol
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Its free to play - sign in, buy players for a fixed budget and pray that they dont get injured
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Sounds like fantasy sports to me! I'm still kicking myself for falling for the Antonio Brown Gambit last year. Mister Big Chest killed me in 3 leagues.
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It's free to play
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You can make custom groups aka leagues and play against your friends. Some groups play for money. But otherwise is free.
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Magnum Dongsen monkaW
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🎦 MIRROR CLIP: Magnus Carlsen on his rival in Fantasy Football
Credit to reddit.com/u/Pieternel for the clip. [Archive.org Alternative (BETA)]
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Context: Magnus' fantasy premier league team is currently 8th place in the world. Thats 8th out of like 6 million. He was 1st for a while earlier in the season.
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I'm pretty sure magnum dong Carlsen is on Reddit too, or at least used to post on r/FantasyPL
Not very impressive considering we know that he can see the future