A twenty-buck stake to win a gee…
In the middle of last year, and shortly before the hellfires of 2020, we announced a terrifically exciting version of fantasy surfer.
Easy to play, limited numbers, a thousand bucks to the champ.
Its creator, Costa Mesa’s Taylor Lobdell, a recent migrant to the tech industry in San Francisco, was a fan of the WSL tour but not its clunky fantasy surfer league, and its absence of any sort of incentive to play.
So he created what he calls The Surfival League.
Four rules.
1. Pick one surfer each event.
2. Surfer must advance past round of 32.
3. You can’t pick same surfer twice.
4. Winner takes all.
Then came the pandemic, tour cancelled etc.
Anyway, tour is back, maybe, although Pipe is looking shaky (story coming shortly) but next year, maybe we got a tour.
Earlier today, Taylor asked if he might address BeachGrit readers re: The Surfival League’s reopening.
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That’s only if multiple people are tied at the last event.
Interesting, but there’s only 1 winner. And you can’t join after the first event (at the moment). This could change in the future, but we are keeping it simple Season 1.
Also, this is technically a Fantasy Sports game. The prize money must be announced upfront and not be dependent on number of players. If we have excess money, we can announce more mid-season games for the players who already signed up and have a bigger pot for next year.
Will you refund the money when the tour gets canceled?
Yep.
Good stuff, I agree. I like the idea of more payouts instead of the one in whatever chance of winning. I just signed up and at the moment we’re looking at 52 entries.
A Seattle Seahawks vs. Baltimore Ravens super bowl is at +4200…. (a 40 dollar bet pays you 1600) from FanDuel….. some would argue, btw, that each team could be the best in their league
…so, work with me because from the rules it’s not that clear;
The prize is awarded at the end of the season and there is a one off entry free of 20 [or 25 for a late entry] presumably USD?
If more than 50 [x20USD = 1000USD] players sign up the excess money “will be held for future games” meaning….?
Have sent mail to Mr Lobdell. Response, soon.
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And, “The excess money will be held for future seasons prize money and other mid-season games. So if we have lots of sign ups this year, there will be money for us to do one off games later in season or just make next years pot bigger.”
Other mid season/ one off games meaning the inaugural BG Palm Springs Classic featuring a Hyndesque spirit of the event style judging between commentariat, wild cards and the principals/contributors?
Spend the excess on stab comp subscriptions for a BG judging/explain your scores and insult each other live thread.
Excess money will be held for mid-season games and future seasons pot.
Hmmm….why?
Why not just win the whole pot?
Because this is technically a Fantasy Surf Game. In order for it to be a fantasy game, the value of prizes can not be dependent on the number of players. Otherwise it falls into the world of gambling, which is more tightly regulated.
“Excess money will be held for mid-season games and future seasons pot”
But how? And how is this not a business to make money [which is fine, if that’s how it’s marketed]. It’s not impossible that 1000 people enter, in which case your pot is 20K . I wouldn’t trust myself with 20K ferretted away in an acount, so why should I trust you?
So – if it’s just for shits and giggles rather than a money maker, how about you get a sponsor to stump up 1K prizemoney plus expenses and forget the whole murky scheme?
Don’t get me wrong, good idea, well done, but the lack of transperancy makes it look swindley.
PS – just joined up, BTW, so I suppose I either do trust you are 20USD isn’t too much of a risk.
Oh wow. What format will the BG write up be in? Profile? Q&A? Getting hammered on Dirty Water with Chas?
Lazy phone call from bed, light banter, some Blackspeak, a few hundred words on page.
Degenerates betting on pro surfing is fine and dandy but what about Maine shark attacks?
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