Fantasy WRC Review: Monte Carlo

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 01/23/2014 at 14:00 • Filed to: fantasywrc, rally

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The first rally of the 2014 season is in the books and boy was it a doozy. Monte Carlo is always a difficult rally, but this year unpredictable, constantly changing weather conditions made it an even tougher event than usual. Drivers lost minutes on stages due to the wrong tires or deteriorating roads (the gap from first to fifth at the end of the rally was six minutes, first to tenth was 25), and thanks to "super rally" rules not existing at Monte drivers like Sordo, Delecour, and Kubica found their rallies ending early. Our own FreddsterExprs broke it down for us with his !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on Saturday.

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It was an incredible start for the Oppo Fantasy league, with 29 people making picks for the opening round, more than we had in the entire 2012 and 2013 season combined, and more than twice as many competitors in the fantasy league as there were competing in the top tier of the WRC. Like the rally itself, scoring the fantasy win for Monte required both skill and luck.

The absence of super rally rules were not only merciless for the drivers, but for us Fantasy WRC competitors as well. Everyone playing lost at least two drivers during the rally, with most of us losing three. Suffice to say for most of us Monte won't go down as our highest scoring rally. For many that make at least ten picks this season Monte will probably be a dropped event, particularly for the ever-faithful Orlove, who only scored 15 points this weekend (though he was hindered in part by a 12 point "late start" penalty). Nick A probably won't want to drop this event, though. As the only person to pick Bryan Bouffier he managed to pick all three podium-finishing drivers, earning 61 points and giving him the win by eight points over our own rally legend, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Chronchameleon, Hoccy, and McNewbie tied for third, three points behind Chris.

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Here's the top 10 fantasy finishers. To see the full standings check the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

1) Nick A - 61
2) Chris Duplessis - 53
3) Chronchameleon - 50
3) Hoccy - 50
3) McNewbie - 50
6) Sliding-Sideways - 49
7) WorldRallyBlog - 47
8) AntMic - 46
8) G17 - 46
8) nestanj - 46
8) Tell A Finn - 46
8) willsy355 - 46

Don't get too relaxed, in just 11 days it will be time to make picks for Rally Sweden.

ddavidn > Dusty Ventures 01/23/2014 at 14:07

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Man, that was a brutal rally.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 01/23/2014 at 14:08

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Damn you Kubica and Sordo! But hey I beat Orlove! 25th on my first try!

Hoccy > Dusty Ventures 01/23/2014 at 14:09

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This went better than expected! If only Hirvonens alternator had lasted a bit longer...

See you in Sweden, expect a very Finnish-Norwegian pick from me there!

ddavidn > Hoccy 01/23/2014 at 14:14

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Seriously. I was very bummed about that alternator.

willkinton247 > Dusty Ventures 01/23/2014 at 14:16

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I missed it because of the flu. I couldn't think coherently enough to make picks.

I'll be ready for the next stage.

McNewbie1 > ddavidn 01/23/2014 at 14:35

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It really was, which kind of makes Ogier's win, while expected, impressive. Onto the snowy Swedish roads.

ddavidn > McNewbie1 01/23/2014 at 14:38

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He scared me a bit at first, but was a fantastic driver through the whole rally.

Raphael Orlove > Dusty Ventures 01/23/2014 at 14:57

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man, if only I'd known somebody was entering a 911 - totally would have put him at #1.

CampingElement > Dusty Ventures 01/27/2014 at 16:45

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3rd place. Not too shabby for my first go at it :D

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Dusty Ventures 01/27/2014 at 16:48

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26 out of 29. I picked terribly. But it was Monte Carlo, so a lottery anyway.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/27/2014 at 17:06

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and I beat you! Hah!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 17:21

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I'll get you next time!

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/27/2014 at 17:21

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We'll see

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 17:23

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Not unless I remove your sense of sight!
/throws pocket sand

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/27/2014 at 17:31

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Ah but what you didn't know is that I use echolocation

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 01/27/2014 at 17:34

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/cranks up some dubstep
TRY TO HEAR ME NOW!!1!1 HAHAHAHAGAHAH

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/27/2014 at 17:58

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You tit