What is Fantasy FM, you ask? I'm glad you asked! (you probably didn't ask but I don't care)
At the beginning of each game, each Fantasy FM participant picks a player who they think is going to win. This pick must come in before the end of Night 1. At the end of Night 1, the players everyone has picked for the game will be posted on the Fantasy FM Thread. Throughout the game, players may decide to trade with each other. Acceptable items for trade as well as the procedure for trades are listed in the Acceptable Trading Items and Trading Procedure sections below.
At the end of the game, each Fantasy FM participant gets points based on how their player(s) did. If a participant has multiple players because of trades, he/she gets points based on all players. A player of the game itself gets points based on how he/she did as they cannot pick or trade (because of a conflict-of-interest situation). Participants of the game receive a bonus as well. All of these are described in further detail in the Points section below.
If you are participanting in a game, you will forfeit any and all picks you have at the end of Night 1. As such, it is in your best interest to trade these picks away for future picks or players in other games. If you replace into a game and already have a player(s) in said game, you have up to 48 hours or until the end of the game (whichever comes first) from the time you replace in to trade away said player(s) for future picks or players in other games or they are forfeited. You will automatically get yourself if you replace in, and you will earn credit for the previous player's actions.
If a player replaces out, any picks for that player will transition to the new player automatically.
Players blacklisted from Forum Mafia or banned from the forums are automatically blacklisted from Fantasy FM. Misconduct on the forums or in FM may result in penalties in Fantasy FM by joint decisions of the Fantasy FM moderator and the moderator involved in responding to the incident.
Any misconduct within Fantasy FM may be penalized, including but not limited to: gamethrowing for the purposes of increasing one's or one's friend's Fantasy FM standings, attempting to trade with other that items allowed in the Acceptable Trades section such as items, favors, or promises of a future pick or trade, or engaging in overly unbalanced trades in an attempt to make one account superior by having a "farm" account, or utilizing a second account in Fantasy FM. Penalties may include loss of picks or players, restrictions of trade rights, points penalties, or removal from Fantasy FM, as well as possible punishments from Forum Mafia and the forums themselves.
Moderators are allowed to pick within their own games. Moderators are expected to be neutral on their Fantasy FM lineups when making decisions on how the game is run.
Only FM games and episodes (no SFM, CFM, TFM, GFM, XFM, YFM, ZFM, et cetera)
The last game in the series will be annouced as such before it begins - once this occurs no player may trade for the next unnanounced game as there will be none. "Announcement" is defined as the initial posting in Forum Mafia Announcements declaring the moderator for each game, or the beginning of the signup thread if no such post is made.
No trading across series is allowed - each series is a fresh restart.
Please keep in mind that if you do not sign up, you will not receive points even if you are in the game
Points
At the end of the game, each participant recieves points for the following:
- 4 points for winning
- 1 point for each night survived - dying as part of your win condition (for example, bodyguard protecting, jester being lynched, phantom being killed) counts as surviving. Survivors do not get this bonus.
- 2 point bonus from playing in the game
Acceptable Trading Items
The following items are acceptable items for trade:
- Picks for the next unannounced FM game (unless the last FM game in the series has been announced)
- Picks for any upcoming announced FM games
- Picks for any FM game before Night 1 where the pick has not yet been made
- Players in any active FM game where the recieving player is not participating
Trading Procedure
The following is the procedure for trading:
- Private negotiation: The two or more parties in negotiation may negotiate in any private manner that they wish. This may be over any medium that would not allow players to see - you are still responsible for ensuring that you do not discuss the game in front of active players.
- Notifying moderator: The moderator should be informed by all parties involved in the trade that they consent to the trade. If any discrepancies in the trade are observed, the trade will be rejected and must be re-submitted.
- Moderator notifies public: The moderator will post in the Fantasy FM thread about the trade. The OP will also be updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is this an actual FM game? No.
- What if I'm in an FM game? You will simply pick yourself and earn a bonus for playing as compensation for not being able to trade.
- What if a survivor reveals? You won't get the bonus for each night played, so you will only get the 4 points for the win if they are survivor. Picking any player who wins or survives until at least Day 5 will automatically give a larger return.
- What is the player limit? Infinite - as many people sign up are eligible to play.
Player List
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