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My Little Nuts (MLN) is a brand spanking new way to play fantasy
football. MLN is the number 1 fantasy game in France with almost half a million
players on the other side of the channel. Now it’s invading the UK.
So how’s it different to FPL? well there are 3
key ways:
1. Unique teams (forget boring identical teams)
2. Head-to-head
leagues (no global rankings)
3. Goals win games.
MLN is all about challenging your mates, having
banter and facing each other in a weekly show down.
Ok now for the nitty gritty. How does it work?
The transfer window
MLN has a unique transfer system. At the
beginning of the game everyone in the league receives £500m to put together an
18 man squad (so far pretty standard). However the selection method is
completely unique. There is a blind bidding system in which each player submits
a bid for players without the others in the league knowing what that bid is. The
bids are then revealed and the highest bid takes the prize. There are 3 rounds
all in all to make sure everyone gets 18 men.
The Leagues
All leagues are head-to-head. No more
1,000,000th place ranking. You play against your mates (or random leagues if
you’re a billy no mates) in a league between 1-10 players. You face each
opponent twice per season and that’s the end of the league. To the winner go
the spoils (or pints). 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw just like real
football.
Scoring
So how do you win? well it’s simple: goals win
games. When a player scores in real life you get a goal and most goals win the
game. However to make it more exciting we have virtual MLN goals. These are
virtual goals scored based on good performances (and bad performances for the
opponent). There’s a full break down of how this is statistically assessed in
our rules section.
Extras
Just to spice things up a bit there’s a few
extra components worth knowing about. Bonuses. Each player has 3 bonuses per
season. These allow you to do things like boost a certain player’s performance
(they’ll never see it coming). Tactical subs: you to decide when a player comes
in from your bench. Expect mode: Make transfers during the season or trade
players with your friends, like a Wheeler Dealer!
If you’re looking for a new challenge and a
better way to play against your mates give MLN a go. What’s the worst that
could happen?
