Deck2Deck Fantasy Hydroplane Racing is based on the concept of boat selection and plays out over the course of a full H1 Unlimited hydroplane racing season. The player's ultimate goal is to accrue more points than the other players in his or her league at the conclusion of the final race of the 2010 H1 Unlimited season. The player with the most points in his or her league will be considered the winner of the league. The player with the most points of all fantasy players will be considered the Deck2Deck National Points Champion.
Prior to each race event, each fantasy player will select one boat from the H1 Unlimited hydroplane fleet as his or her pick. This pick may be modified at any point until 9 AM local time of the event city, on the first day of racing. Except for Doha, this will occur on a Saturday. After 9 AM, all picks will be frozen. Any players who have not made a selection will have no pick for that race and accumulate zero points. No late picks are allowed.
The scheduled races for 2010 and their respective selection deadlines are as follows:
NOTE: As of June, 2010, Evansille, Indiana is not hosting H1 Unlimited events. If the H1 schedule is officially modified, the Deck2Deck fantasy schedule and points accumulation will reflect those changes. Any such announcements will appear on the home page of www.deck2deck.us.
For each race, players may choose a boat from the menu of choices on the Deck2Deck web site. Because boat counts change from week to week, and damage or other difficulties may prevent the actual race teams from running on any given weekend, it is the responsibility of the fantasy player to understand the status of his or her selected boat. The Deck2Deck web site will be loaded with all active and participating H1 boats. Fantasy players should be aware that not all listed boats will necessarily run at all race sites.
Players may pre-select boats for the entire season; picks for all races are open until the start of the event.
Deck2Deck uses the U designation of each hull to calculate boat points and ignores driver points. The U designation (e.g. U-1 for the Miss Oh Boy! Oberto) is the unique identifier of a boat for the season, regardless of what physical hull wears the number. For example, if the current U-100 sustains damage at Detroit and owner Fred Leland elects to paint one of his backup hulls as the U-100 to campaign at Tri-Cities, this new entry will be considered the same U-100 for the purposes of Deck2Deck points calculation. Driver changes mid-race or mid-season will not affect point accumulation for each boat. Mid-season name changes for sponsorship or other purposes will also not affect Deck2Deck points.
Fantasy players may choose any boat in the fleet for any race, but they may choose that boat only ONCE PER SEASON. For example, if a player chooses the U-96 Spirit of Qatar for the Madison race, the U-96 will be unavailable to that player as a selection for the remainder of the 2010 races. Only boats not yet selected by a player will appear as available choices in his or her Deck2Deck selection menu.
Players within the same league may select the same boat as a competitor has chosen; in fact this is likely to happen at more than one race during the season. One player’s selection of a boat (e.g. U-96 Spirit of Qatar) does not preclude other players from also selecting the U-96, if the other players have not previously used their U-96 pick. All players who select the U-96 for that race will receive the same amount of points for the event.
Leading up to each race, the selections of individual players will be hidden from view on the site by competing players. Players must log in to see and modify their own selections that are still active; only their picks from previous (frozen) races will be visible to others.
When the deadline for a particular race passes (see section II A above), all selections will become frozen on the site and may no longer be altered. At this point, the picks of all players will become visible to all players within the league, and all may watch the actual race event, aware of their competition for fantasy points.
Anyone who wishes to participate in a Deck2Deck fantasy league must first register an account on www.deck2deck.us as an individual player. Click on Create an Account < http://www.deck2deck.us/users/new> and enter all requested. Please choose a unique password.
Once you are logged in, follow the instructions to create a new league to compete with your friends. If you have received an email invitation to join a league, enter the invitation code found in the body of the email.
Deck2Deck fantasy points mirror the National High Points awarded to individual boats by H1 Unlimited. Scoring will be conducted according to H1 scoring rules as set forth in the H1 rulebook for 2010. This means that points for qualifying, heat finishes, and penalties will be awarded to or deducted from your fantasy boat pick just as they are with the actual boat teams over the course of the race event. The fantasy player who has accumulated the most total points among his or her league competitors at the end of the season will be considered the winner of the league. The fantasy player who has accumulated the most total points among all Deck2Deck competitors across all leagues will be considered the Deck2Deck National Points Champion.
Fantasy points are based on points accumulated by the hull bearing the U designation that a player selects. In no way do drivers or driver assignment changes affect Deck2Deck fantasy scoring. There is no award for driver points in Deck2Deck fantasy hydroplane racing.
Heat racing points are awarded according to the order of finish in each race:
Zero points are awarded for DNS, DNF, and DSQ.
Qualifying points are awarded according to top lap speed:
Boats recording top speeds below the sixth fastest time will all receive 30 points.
Note that H1 officials may penalize boats by subtracting points. Because no rulebook has been published for the 2010 season, Deck2Deck can only attempt to account for these scoring adjustments. Whenever H1 publishes official points totals on H1Unlimited.com, these numbers will be considered true and correct. Deck2Deck will record these points as official for the purpose of determining fantasy points earned by each player.
Ties and tie-breakers for league play and overall standings
In the event that two or more players within the same league or in the overall Deck2Deck standings have accumulated the same number of fantasy points at the conclusion of the 2010 H1 season, the winner will be decided by referring to the tiebreaker value. This tiebreaker value can be entered before the first race begins on July 3.
When logged in, players will have the opportunity to enter their guess of the difference of points between the first place and second place boats at season's end. In 2009, the difference between the U-1 (first place) and U-16 (second place) was 235 points.
The player tied for first with a tiebreaker value closest to the actual point difference, without going over, will be considered the winner.
Deck2Deck.us was created and is maintained by passionate followers of unlimited hydroplane racing. The site creators aim to provide fellow fanatics with a fun way to compete with one another as they follow the H1 unlimited hydroplane racing series. Deck2Deck.us is not affiliated with the H1. The site creators are neither H1 officials nor members of any hydroplane race team. This site is a game created by fans and is open to participation by all who follow the sport of unlimited hydroplane racing.
The creators of Deck2Deck.us offers no cash prize, merchandise, or other awards for participation in this fantasy unlimited hydroplane racing game. This game is published for entertainment purposes only.
Deck2Deck.us and the fantasy unlimited hydroplane racing game represent a work in progress. Thank you for your patience as we develop the site. User feedback is encouraged and may be submitted to admin@deck2deck.us
