Geekiest thing I’ve done in a while

Tonight, I am preparing one to engage in one of the silliest, geekiest things I have done in a while.  You might find this unlikely, considering I write a daily blog about the minutia of my interests.  You see, everyday I continue this mockery should be the geekiest day of my life, using Office Space logic.  As a rabid player of games video and tabletop, a lover of science fiction, and person whom could have a long conversation only using Simpson quotes, what activity could I be talking about.  Well, let me tell you.  I and some of my associates are having are picking real-world millionaires from a prepared list to make an imaginary team whom will be squared off against other people’s teams using the results of the rich guy’s job peformances to determine an winner of the fictional conflict.  Yes, I am preparing to play some fantasy football.

I wrote about the subject of sports as a geek interest before in this post, but what I am engaging in takes it to a whole new level.  This is shit is huge right now and if I, the most marginal of sports fans, is involved, you know it’s pretty popular.  For those who don’t know, my draft consists of me picking NFL players over the internet along with the other people in my league.  I have the 6th pick, so I will be picking 6th, 15th, 26th, and so on.  When my team is finished, then the game begins.  During the weekend, all my individual players will play their games and will have statistics connected to their performances.  Those statistics have points assigned to them.  So, I add up the points, compare them to the other player I’m playing that week, and see who wins.  Pretty simple concept, really.

Oh, Adrian Peterson with your +5 speed and improved evasion, you are not destined to be mine this draft. I'll have to settle for some other elite RBs.

So, how is this different than a tactical RPG or a CCG (collectible card game, not sure we’ve talked much about them) like Magic: The Gathering.  Instead of preparing a party or a deck, I’m preparing a team of football players.  Instead of chance coming from dice or the luck of the draw, it’s coming from the real-life performances of the players on the field.  Like these types of games, it is a flawed simulation of the real thing.  It is tactical exercise requiring a ton of research and analysis to be successful.  As much as anything geekish, it is flight of fantasy; a creation of the imagination.

So, I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.  This is my first time at this.  Much like a newcomer cracking the PHB for the first time, I am overwhelmed and intimated but also excited about the prospect of a good time.