Transitioning from NRLCEO to DFS
We’ve partnered with PlayON for the last half of the season to help you win your share of thousands in guaranteed cash prizes playing daily fantasy NRL.
PlayON’s NRL offerings are highlighted by a $25,000 guaranteed game. The contest is limited to 125 entries, with the Top 30 finishers getting paid and 1st place taking home a cool $6,000.
If you haven’t already, sign up here to create your PlayON account. For those of you aren’t familiar with daily fantasy NRL, we wanted to offer a few tips and tricks to help you make a successful jump between NRLCEO and DFS.
Lineup Construction
NRLCEO allows rugby league tragics to pick large teams of either 9, 13 or 17 players, allowing the experts to really rise to the top with their knowledge of lesser known players. PlayON is a smaller game, requiring only 7 players be chosen.
Enhanced scoring means you need to be on top of your statistics if you are to separate yourself from the pack.
Scoring
The basic scoring between NRLCEO and PlayON is the same, so jumping between the two formats would be a comfortable transition for most players. Players are rewarded for tries, try assists and line breaks, and are punished for sin bins and send offs.
Both systems give out points for these stats, but they are scored in polar opposite manners.
A try at PlayON is worth a mammoth 200 points, but in NRLCEO it’s worth just four. The outcome means PlayON gamers feel justified by monster scores their players bring home, while CEOs are very happy if any of their players can hit double digits.
The main differences lie in ‘base stats’, which refers to anything that isn’t derived from attacking plays, tackles and hit ups. PlayON rewards each individual tackle and run with points, meaning players regularly score in the 1000s and in some cases even top 2,000.
On the other hand, NRLCEO groups large portions of tackles and hit ups into two statistics: Metre Eater and Workhorse. These see players rewarded points if they top a certain amount of the two base statistics combined.
The results of these differences are interesting, and aren’t directly correlated. For example, Damien Cook is the highest scoring player in PlayON with an absurd average of 1,586. That’s similarly reflected in NRLCEO, as the South Sydney hooker is the top ranked player overall with an average of 9.1
However, as I mentioned earlier, this does also vary. Jai Arrow is an absolute gun in PlayON, averaging 1,408 and putting himself well into the top 20. In NRLCEO, he averages 4.4, very much a middle of the pack type option in the forwards.
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Strategy
One thing that can easily get lost in building a daily fantasy lineup is that the game is against other players, and not just making the most accurate predictions.
Obviously you want to be very good at selecting top performing athletes each match – especially when playing a salary-capped game where you need to balance the literal cost of each pick. But you not only need to build the best team of seven possible, but also find ways to differentiate your lineup from your opponent’s.
This is where ownership % comes into play. Proven quality is very important in any fantasy game, but straying from the pack with some of your selections could be the difference between winning that big pot and finishing mid-table. Using your knowledge of NRL to find players who you believe to be a good bargain and aren’t being rostered by many of your opponents can give your team an edge.
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Playing NRLCEO and PlayON
The differences and similarities of NRLCEO and PlayON allow fans to comfortably co-exist on each to get the most out of their weekend of footy – and win some cash prizes along the way.
Create your PlayON account now and try your hand at daily fantasy NRL.
JB
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