Yes. There are an assortment of substitution hacks this season created simply by lazy design. I generally avoid them because they are so ridiculous it’s not even fun or rewarding exploiting edges in this case. Though I don’t fault anyone for doing so and may occasionally for shits and giggles.I was thinking about the bench the other day and how stupid it is since we have unlimited subsitions and rolling lockouts. Why would the game create a money sink like that. Just get rid of the bench and increase player price (or reduce the budget). So I went to check the rules on the bench just in case and it is explained in the rules that there are autosubs for Did-Not-Play players.......... What the actual fuck. This is so exploitable.
I was wondering why people high in the rankings took giovinco and put him on the bench this week. And why so many high ranking guys started bye week players. Like if they were looking for cash bumps there is easier way to go about it like putting cheap guys on last weeks dream team. Why would they have a 10+ cost guy on the bench for a maybe .5 increase (no garuntee, he’s was in a downslide). And how could a top ranked player screw up so badly to start someone on a bye.
They are leaving high rank players on the bench so that if he had a monster game then they start a for sure cheap DNP player and he will autosub in after the week finishes (or if the bench player is good enough to win a H2H match you take the garunteed points). And if he doesn’t play well then they rejigger their lineups to take a second crack at a higher score (albeit with a deminished budget).
This season is seriously the worst.
I enjoy the ingenuity of people (it is a clever little tactic), but seriously what is the point of fantasy anymore if you intentionally put starters on the bench only to not use them if say they get you a pedestrian 2pts. Of course if a 10+ guy only get you a 2, you put in almost anyone at any price for the chance at 2+. And since you get to look at ever lineup before the game I’m sure you could find a 4.0 guy starting.
Like for example if you really thought rusnak was gonna have a monster game this week so you pick him and put him on your bench. He ended up with a 2pts. So now you are in a pinch cause you can’t afford much and you play Ashley cole not cause you want to play him, but for the smaaaaaaal chance at clean sheet and/or a goal/assist. Lo and behold, he gets you an 8 this week. That sucks for your opponent. You should have been punished for a bad rusnak pick but luckled into 6 extra points worth from Cole.
I don’t fault the players for using it. Good on them for thinking critically. I blame the game designers for making a game a little less about soccer and a little more about black-scholes option pricing.