Most of us who are involved in the Anipal GeeGees Cup also played fantasy AFL and the basic concept behind both games is similar. There are, however, several differences.
GREEN DOTS
Like with the AFL, green dots indicate horses who will be racing at the next meeting. Green dots will usually appear on your screen the day before lockout. But unlike fantasy AFL, the number of green dots and red dots you have doesn't really matter. It is extremely unlikely that you will ever have 10 green dots. This is perfectly normal and you needn't worry even if you have more red dots than green dots. Theoretically, a stable with only one horse running at a particular meeting could score higher than a stable with multiple runners. The thing to remember is that a racehorse is not like a footballer who can back up week to week. Most horses will only start two or three times during the competition.
HORSE VALUES
Horse values only rise in Star Stable, they never go down. There are no breakevens and if a horse puts in a bad run it will not lose you any money from your budget.
NO HEAD TO HEAD MATCH-UPS
The Anipal GeeGees Cup is just a straight league and is ranked according to how much prizemoney you accumulate. There are no head to head match-ups in Star Stable. There is also no final series - every stable plays right to the end and has a chance of winning our league.
WILDCARD TRADES
Just like fantasy AFL, you can make two trades during each trade period. But Star Stable gives you the opportunity of making a third wildcard trade on two occasions. When you use your wildcard trades is entirely up to you.
NO EMERGENCIES/BENCH
In Star Stable there is no bench so you do not have to choose any emergencies. There is also no vice stable champion so I cannot emphasise strongly enough to MAKE SURE YOUR STABLE CHAMPION HAS A GREEN DOT. If your stable champion has a red dot, you will not have an opportunity to win double the prizemoney for that meeting.
NO LIVE UPDATES
I am not going to lie - this is a major flaw with Star Stable. The organisers claimed they were going to include this feature a while back but they didn't, and I do not foresee that they will include it this time. The major drawback of this is that you will not be able to see everyone else's stable (and what horses they had running) until several hours after the meeting has finished. This makes it hard to know how everyone else is faring while the race meeting is in progress. But the beauty of Twitter is that we can release any information when we want so feel free to announce what horses you have starting at each meeting if you like. I will be doing so (after lockout, anyway *fiercely protects his stable from prying eyes*)!
With only a week to go until the start of the Anipal GeeGees Cup, you should be close to finalising your stable. Remember you can always contact me on Twitter if you have any questions.
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