And so it ended at the turn of the year, on January 1st 2015. 8 Gameweeks over 34 days culminated in a super final. You had to be in it to win it every week. If you didn't make the cut it was more than tough luck. It didn't matter who you were, what you knew or where you were from. Ultimately, form was key. In the end @fantasypest romped home to victory in sensational fashion with a comfortable 7 points margin over his nearest rival. Such was his prowess that he also topped the leader board in Round 7 (semi-final) to put himself in good stead for the final. Congratulations to Sid, on winning Battle Royal II / Winter World Cup edition. He will win an Asliga membership for the remainder of this season. Also a special thanks to +FPL Daily for making it all possible with his special bits of code and time spent on the competition. Stay tuned for the next edition of Battle Royal, we are planning on having a Spring edition (like last year). Just don't forget...
Before we profile our finalists, let's get into the mood...
7 gameweeks have passed by. Over 200 entrants have fallen. You can be a king one week and a pauper the next - that's the beauty of #BattleRoyal2 (also known as #WinterWorldCup2014). You can't fluke it and win, you need to be consistent. The grand final takes places on Gameweek 20. There can only be ONE winner.
Folks, here are your finalists:
Red Dragons / @fantasypest
Affiliation: India
Form: 6 green arrows / 1 red arrow (107k to 16k)
Career best: 28,585 overall (12/13)
Team ID: 5653
Prospects for the Final: Viable Challenger
iLoveTheBeer
Affiliation: England
Form: 6 green arrows / 1 red arrow (281k to 36k)
Career best: 15,057 overall (12/13)
Team ID: 79656
Prospects for the Final: Viable Challenger
FC Copenbadly / @GoonerMV
Affiliation: England
Form: 7 green arrows / 0 red arrows (293k to 40k)
Career best: 1,0531,889 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 49260
Prospects for the Final: Improved after each round and a rising star.
my little bony / @FPLAvids
Affiliation: Scotland
Form: 5 green arrows / 2 red arrow (34k to 6k)
Career best: 193,316 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 351253
Prospects for the Final: Reasonable Contender.
Mercedes Baines / @basheri13
Affiliation: Sudan
Form: 5 green arrows / 2 red arrow (73k to 10k)
Career best: 949,348 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 2140978
Prospects for the Final: Outside chance, but has form on side.
Bocker / @Idenniz
Affiliation: Ireland
Form: 5 green arrows / 2 red arrow (75k to 20k)
Career best: 448,636 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 1238
Prospects for the Final: Outside chance, but has form on side.
Bryan Munich FC / @bry_cooper
Affiliation: Japan
Form: 6 green arrows / 1 red arrow (114k to 30k)
Career best: 17,648 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 48258
Prospects for the Final: Experienced FPL player & a favourite to win.
FC Boogax / @pmxmsg
Affiliation: USA
Form: 6 green arrows / 1 red arrow (162k to 53k)
Career best: 73,276 overall (11/12)
Team ID: 6856
Prospects for the Final: Viable Challenger
SWORDFISHTROMBONES / @uncletreebeard
Affiliation: England
Form: 5 green arrows / 2 red arrow (4k to 2k)
Career best: 74,715 overall (11/12)
Team ID: 284549
Prospects for the Final: Highest overall ranked player by far & a favourite to win.
soccer heads / @ameenkw
Affiliation: Saudi Arabia
Form: 5 green arrows / 2 red arrow (43k to 9k)
Career best: 159,780 overall (13/14)
Team ID: 175
Prospects for the Final: Dark horse and a potential favourite to win.
Remember...
FORM IS KEY.
CLASS DOESN'T MATTER!
A special thanks to @FPLDaily for making this competition work so well through his sheer effort, grit, time and top coding skills!
