Fantasy Rangers is a “fantasy football” type game based around Queens Park Rangers football club. Your job as manager is to pick the best QPR side you can within an allowed budget.

You must pick a team of eleven QPR players to represent your team and their real life performances will generate their fantasy scores. The person at the end of the season with the highest points total will be deemed the winner.
 

You must pick a team of eleven QPR players, broken down as follows:

1 Goalkeeper and 4 Defenders and either 4 Midfielders and 2 Strikers or 3 Midfielders and 3 Strikers

Please note that the players positions are for the purpose of the game only, therefore, for example, if Chris Barker somehow plays a game in midfield he will still score points as a defender (see “how to score points”).

Bear in mind you don't have to pick players to fill exact positions, for example you do not need a right back, left back and two centre backs to complete your defence, just any four players specified as defenders.

Each squad member has been assigned a rating from 1 – 5. Your eleven players total ratings must not exceed your allocated “spending” budget of 35 fantasy points. The players fantasy value is specified in the "value" column therefore Martin Rowlands will cost 5 of your 35 fantasy points to buy. The full squad listing, including the applicable positions and fantasy value is as follows:

You earn or lose points based on what actually happens to the players through QPR’s season. All competitions count (Coca Cola Championship, FA Cup, and League Cup) and all players can score in the following ways:
 

As you have probably gathered by now it is impossible to select a full QPR first team with the budget you have been allocated, this is quite deliberate! This game is intended to test your knowledge of our entire squad and that is why your players will also earn points for any QPR reserve team matches that they feature in as follows:

Be aware that if a player makes an appearance at any point of the game he scores as if he had played the full game. Therefore if your defender is taken off he will still lose points for any goals conceded after he leaves the pitch, conversely he will earn points for clean sheets as if he was still playing. This rule also works the same if a player comes onto the pitch, they will accrue all relevant points as if they had played the whole match.

Points awarded for goals scored or points lost for red and yellow cards will not be adjusted if these decisions are overturned at a later date.

Players continue to gain or lose points as appropriate throughout any periods of extra time that QPR may play during cup competitions. Penalty shoot outs however do not count for point scoring.

It goes without saying, but a player who does not feature in a match scores zero points.
 

The player voted player of the month each month on this site will receive 10 bonus fantasy points.
 

Just like real life there will be one transfer window in the season, giving you the chance to dump your duds and bring in some new blood. The transfer window will open for one week in January and give you opportunity to change three of your squad for new faces. The exact dates of the window will be announced nearer the time to fit in with fixture gaps.
 

The winner will be the person who at the end of the season (determined by the last competitive game QPR play in) who has accumulated the highest total of fantasy points, if for any reason this score is drawn with one or more players the winner will then be decided by the player whose team has the better goal difference (the total goals scored by his squad over the season minus the total goals conceded). If it is still drawn after that the winner will then be decided by the team that has scored the most goals, then the team that has conceded the fewer goals, then the least red cards awarded, then the least yellow cards awarded. In the event of a draw after this the winner will be decided by the drawing of lots. If it's good enough for FIFA it's good enough for us!
 

There will be a QPR related prize for the winner of the competition.
 

The Fantasy Rangers section on the site will be updated once a month to include current league standings. Updates will be announced on the site and the message board.
 

Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Only one team per person will be permitted.

Rules subject to amendment prior to 23:59 on August 8th 2008.

Entrants agree to having their names used for articles and stories about the competition.

Players “fantasy value” are for the purpose of the game only and bear no reflection on their abilities as professional footballers.

The game "Fantasy Rangers", and the website "QPRnet.com" are in no way connected with Queens Park Rangers football club.
 

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