News
Here we list our news articles. We usually reserve news articles for bigger happenings, while we post more frequently on social media like X.
End-of-year summary and rankings for 2024
3 months ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder It's the last day of 2024 and it's time to wrap up the year! 🎁
But first a reminder that the next Fantasy Snooker event is the Masters (A-tier) starting in less than 2 weeks on the 12th of January 2025. Don't forget to assemble your dream team before this triple crown event as it can be a lucrative event point-wise! 🌟...
New features: leagues and notifications
5 months ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We recently dropped a couple of new features: leagues and notifications! 🎉
Welcome to the 2024/2025 season
8 months ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We at the Fantasy Snooker team welcome you to the 2024/2025 season (a bit late)! Technically the season has already started, and we've already seen the first ranking movements after the Shanghai Masters. Last season's runner-up Glen Mathews and his team Snooker 365 has taken an early lead with 571 points...
First full season winner 2023/2024
11 months ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Just a few days ago (6th of May) another first-time World Champion was crowned. Massive congratulations to Kyren Wilson 👏! He beat qualifier Jak Jones 18-14 in the final who himself had an incredible run taking down Jamie Clarke (Q), Zhou Yuelong (Q), Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui, Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham on his way to the final!...
World Championship 2023/2024 - deciding first proper season
11 months ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder In just 5 days the World Championship 🏆 (20th April) of the 2023/2024 season starts! Come 6th/7th of May the winner of the first proper season of Fantasy Snooker will be decided! His or hers name (and the others in the top 3) will be cemented in the Hall of Fame...
Public teams!!
about 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder It's finally here, public teams are live in production 🎉! You can now look at other user's teams and lineups by clicking on them via the rankings page.
In addition to this we have made several improvements in the infrastructure ⚙️ which should improve performance and a more stable experience. You can read the full change log at the bottom of the article (can't fathom why you would want to do that unless you're a true geek like me!)...
End-of-year summary and rankings for 2023
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Hi everyone, about time for a new update! 👋
In just a few days Christmas will be celebrated by many of our players 🎄🎅. Our team sincerely hope all of our players have a joyous Christmas and end-of-year celebrations with relatives and friends. New year, new opportunities and new points to be collected as the saying goes!...
Wuhan Open concludes 3 weeks of non-stop-snooker
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder ... and breathe! With Wuhan Open in the books we have time to catch our collective breaths before the Northern Ireland Open kicks off on Monday the 22nd of October. We hope to see many new players of Fantasy Snooker participate and build a team in that tournament. Note that a few top players (Mark Selby, John Higgins, Un-Nooh, Ali Carter and Luca Brecel) have not entered the tournament due to the Macau 5 incident...
Triple threat - 3 consecutive tournaments and technical improvements
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Fellow snooker fans, we are in for a treat! On Monday (25th September) starting with the British Open we have 3 consecutive weeks of snooker! After the British Open we got the English Open and then, to round up the triple threat, we go overseas to China with the Wuhan Open. There's a lot of points up for grabs so don't forget to set up your team! ⭐...
Live rankings and first tournament of the season in the books!
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder It's two days since the BetVictor European Masters 2023 ended with Barry Hawkins taking home the trophy. He beat Judd Trump 9-6 in the final with a steady and relentless performance, I lost count of how many frames he won he had no business of winning!
The tournament started off the Fantasy Snooker season 2023/2024 with a blast, and we also managed to sneak in a new feature in the closing minutes of the tournament: live rankings🥳 (you might not see it now, wait until a tournament starts)!...
Tournament page and live points
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We have just launched two features: tournament pages (accessible via calendar) and live points during tournaments 🥳.
This is part of an effort to make the points system more transparent and make the game more entertaining while tournaments are on-going. In time we would like to take this one step further and compare live points between users...
2023/2024 season of Fantasy Snooker is starting soon
over 1 year ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder The summer break has been nice but it's time to get predicting. The 2023/2024 season of Fantasy Snooker is just around the corner, kicking off with the BetVictor European Masters on the 22nd of August (featuring top guns like Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, first seed and defending champion Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy, and current World Champion Luca Brecel)...
Players points and values feature
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Today we are announcing our newest feature: player points and values 🎉. This feature gives further insight and transparency into the backbone of Fantasy Snooker and illustrates how the points and player value system is intertwined.
Note that this feature/tool is not just for the audience, but it also helps us in identifying anomalies by presenting our data in a more presentable and human-readable manner. It assisted us in solving a bug, originally reported by @lesPuzz, where certain tour players (in the 2022/2023 season this affected Stephen Hendry and Bai Langning) were not purchasable. Please note however, we will need to re-generate values for these players and at time of writing this is not yet done...
First season of Fantasy Snooker is history
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Brecel beat Mark Selby in a thrilling final to round up the first season of Fantasy Snooker! I hope you enjoyed the World Championship, I certainly did.
Fun fact, only two of you had Luca Brecel in their team: Hermund and his Nostradamus 12 and The Screwdriver and his The Tool Box 👏...
Team history
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Along with our other preparations for the end of season we're introducing the feature Team history (which can be viewed on the team page). This feature enables you to look at/re-live your previous seasons by viewing a snapshot of the last lineup. You'll also have access to the points and player history just like you'd normally would in an active team...
Preparations for the end of season and editable team names
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We are preparing for the end of the first (very short) season of Fantasy Snooker and with that we are rolling out new features, some which will be more apparent after the World Championship ends. We intentionally won't include full screenshots of the Hall of fame feature in this blog post so that you can see it fresh when the season ends and data is shown there (the winner of the first Fantasy Snooker season will be revealed!)...
Player status in the on-going tournament
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We want to make the game more interactive when a tournament is being played, so today we're rolling out player statuses in on-going tournaments! 🎉🎉
Click or hover over the small icons near a player in your team to see more detailed information about how they're doing in the current tournament....
Thank you for playing in Early Access
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder I’d like to personally thank everyone who’s trying the game in this early stage. It’s lovely to see interest in something I built with passion ❤️. Note that this is just the beginning and we have many cool ideas for the future.
I hope you stick around for next season (2023/2024) which will be the first proper season. To prevail in an entire season is a whole different ball-game which requires consistency, strategy and grit. I hope you are ready for it 💪. Or if you just want to enjoy the ride, then you are most welcome to do so. Play like how you want to play...
Insight page, suggestions and increase in team budget to £120M
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Insight feature
Decided to hack out a new feature Insight 🥳 in the late hours! It gives some cool insight in what players are popular and which players are in-form. Go ahead, check it out!...
Reminder to create a team before the World Championship
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder The Judgement Day(s) are underway and the final 16 for the Crucible will soon be decided. Do you think any of the 16 qualifiers can pick up the crown come May the 1st? Will the winner be one of the favorites or could it be a player nobody would've guessed - except perhaps you? Are you a shrewdie waiting for the full draw to see...
Quality of life improvements before the Worlds!
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder The Easter is coming to an end and the World Championship qualifiers are also coming to an end, meaning we're closing in on the World Championship!
We are releasing a quality of life update before the World Championship so that the experience of creating your own team is hopefully even better now...
Rankings page and catch-up of recent features
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We are pleased to announce our newest feature, the rankings page! 🎉⭐
You can now compare your point-gathering skills against other players. Keep track of your competition whether you are leading the way or trying to catch up. Or if you are just enjoying the ride, then that's completely fine too!...
Preparation for The Worlds in season 2022
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder The last tournament of the 2022 season is coming up, The World Championship!
Last tournament we opened up for transfers during the tournament because the launch was announced so close to the Tour Championship. This will not be possible for The Worlds, so get your transfers in before the transfer window closes (should be right before the tournament starts)!...
Mobile support
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Mobile support has been added. The design may not be fully on-point yet but the game be a lot more functional on mobile devices than before.
Give it a try and don't hesitate to drop us a feedback on whether you like it or not.
Extended trading window
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We have extended the trading window during the Tour Championship because we launched (in Early Access) so close to tournament start.
As this is an experimental and early phase, we consider keeping it open through-out the tournament so everyone can try the game and create a team...
Upcoming features
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder We have many ideas and features in store, among them are:
- Ranking list (compare yourself against other players - this will be prioritized)
- Calendar of upcoming events...
Fantasy Snooker is launched in Early Access!
almost 2 years ago Kjetil Hårtveit - Founder Fantasy Snooker is now available in Early Access. This means you can enjoy the game like you normally would, but we're emphasising that it's in early development and it's more subject to minor/major changes. Before the full release (or next stage) we might delete data in order to keep the development speed high in this early phase. We will, of course, try to keep the friction to a minimum and try to give you the best experience as possible. We appreciate all feedback (positive and negative) and reporting of bugs/problems so we can keep improving the game...