Fantasy Fridays-Signing off

Its officially 0010hrs here in Bukit Panjang, the headquarters of Fantasy 6-pack and its been surprisingly quiet in the last couple of hours before registration deadline. Contrary to the last minute mad rush that the organisers here expected, it seems that all the teams and their respective fantasy managers have acted early and orderly, which frees up space for this writer to settle down and bore myself to sleep while watching Super Rugby-an inferior competition, with less colourful managerial characters and over inflated player egos. It is with a breath of fresh air that we annouce the 6-pack Fantasy League officially open and that this league being amatuer is one that does not need to deal with the evils of prize money nor player/manager salaries. 

No, we do it because of bragging rights, and bragging rights my fellow managers enriches you. Whats more,  it enrages the hell out of your rivals. Booyah! Indeed, there is nothing like friendly banter between fans of rival teams.

Without further ado, 

Here are your 17 Teams and Fantasy 6-pack Managers
Badakadonk                                     Leander'The Oracle' Yohanes
chupaChups                                      Eunice'ChubbyChubsy'

KitKat                                              Marli 'HersheyBB'

Leanderthals                                     Jeslyn 'Jazz' Lim

Fancy Pants                                     'King' Kenny Chitty

LineBreakers                                   'Dive Glory' Chan

Sin Bin                                             CJW

SpyderPigs                                      Trigger Happy Bunny

MotherwithBaby                              Alex'TheLion' Lim

Touch Fantasies VI                         David 'wants a backrub' Teo

Sugarush                                         Juriani 'Juju'

Talentoe                                          Terence 'Camel' Toh

Spartans                                          Taufiq 'Silver Surfer' Asari
Sexytime                                          'Giddy' Loh

PutYourName                                  Akio'TheNewChoice' Lim

whywhy?                                         Yanyi'YY' Kang

WhatsAPlayerWithoutTheTeam       Caleb'Pride'Ong

Congratulations for making it this far, let me be the first to say that the journey will not be an easy one, and I predict that there are a few Managers in that list capable putting in some cheap shots. So be wary, take all information now with a pinch of salt, and let the battle of fantasy wits begin.

Fantasy Friday - Night Owl News Bulletin

Here at the Fantasy 6-pack Stats crew, we work hard to give you the latest and most relevant news in order for you to make the best pick.

Tip 1: Pick Terence 'Camel' Toh. As his moniker suggests, 'Camel' Toh is one hell of a sexy pick. Raring to go after being dropped from the line-up in Week 1, Terence has the potential to score high in terms of runs and touches made. Like the animal that he's named after, 'Camel' Toh has reserves of energy to last him the whole game and outlast most of his fellow teammates. He's definitely a safe pick for the most risk-averse of managers and will duly reward the loyalty of his Fantasy Managers with a decent score.


Tip 2: Pick Bobby 'Blurcock' Sumantri.

Although blur like cock with regards to Touch rules, this exciting new player recently signed by 6-pack is set to take STL by storm. His crisp passing and darting runs would definitely net his Managers some decent points from linebreak and linebreak creates. Although prone to errors, his effort in making down to training and friendlies would hopefully reduce his negative points scoring in future games. We look forward to the day when he would be promoted 1 grade up from 'Blurcock' to 'Blur-like-sotong'.

Tip 3: Pick David Teo.

It would be foolish not to pick the person behind "Fantasy 6-pack". He does the stats, awards the points, make the rules, etc. He WILL award himself every point he can. Seriously. Pick. David. Teo. Also, his opportunistic instincts tend to lead to positive outcomes for the team either in touchdowns or penalties awarded.

With just 12 hours to go before the kickoff, we at the Fantasy 6-Pack crew wish you all the best with your first picks and remember, team selection closes 2 hours before kickoff.

Fantasy Friday- What type of Manager are you?

Saturday is almost here, and its time for us to get serious about our choices we make in life. It is a tremendous task to ask our prospective managers to separate fantasy from reality.

Some managers rule with the heart, and choose the players closest to them in reality, sure they'd probably lose but least they stand by their principles.

A few potential gaffers have no heart to rule from, and will make cold and calculated decisions based on statistical analysis but fail to realise the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition. A couple of managers have utilised the stick method, threatening to axe/cut players from their respective teams. Who will be dropped is anybody's guess.

Then there are of course, the Geniuses who understand all aspects of the game, and know how to cajole and milk the best from her players. These managers would standby the side of field to squeeze water into players mouth, quenching their thirst, or even hold the umbrella while giving the said players a backrub-almost anything to provide comfort.

The choices that you make could affect where you stand at the end of the season. However, your follow-through support in reality will truly benefit your fantasy side. Your provision of logistical support(video cams), analysis of opponents, stats counting, back rubs, water running or just pure moral support for your friends, will be be treasured.

Here is the 6-pack Line-up for tomorrow


1.Leander Yohanes(c)
2.Gideon Loh
3.Lee Yum Hwa
4.Bobby Sumantri
5.Taufiq Asari
6.Caleb Ong
7.Terence Toh
8.Muhdy
9.Akio
10.Alex Lim
11.Suhaimi
12.David Teo

A Defensive Focus- The Know it All

Now that we've mentioned the Defensive Lynchpin, the Hatchet Man and his legitimate prodigy Baby Hatchet. Its appropriate that in the 3rd and final part of our defensive focus, we unveil the most self-important component of all teams. The little Know It All-the one we love to punch but seemingly can never muster the strength nor the heart to. Now 'Know-it-all' has the best theoretical knowledge base and he makes his views and opinions known all the time, during games, trainings and the other periods when he is with his teamates. Introducing 6-pack's Mr Know-It-All.....

 Gideon Knows..

History has it, that there the term Know It All has a negative connotation. However the team, unlike popular practice, deeply values the input from the World Cup representative especially in defence where Gideon is seen putting his money where is mouth is.
Name: Gideon Loh
Height: 162cm
Weight:61kg
Fave Quote: "Yum, you cock!", "I laike", "you got to corner hard",
Round 1 Stats: IT Team fill this up
Round 1 Fantasy Points: IT team fill this up

A taste for the Distasteful
Although his on field record is exemplary and cannot be questioned. There is a must to address his behaviour off the pitch where he engages in less than tasteful pleasures such as the countless exposures* that his teamates, their fans, friends and families face, not forgetting the theiving and sniffing of undergarments. There must come a time when the community just says no and put a stop to the vulgar tyranny of losing our underwear after training.

*Author note: We here at 6-pack know that Streaking is officially an on-pitch activity. We apologise for your sharpness and will try to write better. I would like to remind the other writer's not to post up any sensitive material regarding exposures as we probably do have young and highly impressionable kids reading and we do not want to taint or cause mental distraught.

Authorial fallacies

Most writing require the writer to make an argument—that is, to present reasons for a particular claim or interpretation the writer is putting forward. You may have wondered what it means for an argument to be strong. Each argument you make is composed of premises (this is a term for statements that express one's reasons or evidence) that are arranged in the right way to support your conclusion (the main claim or interpretation you are offering). One can make one's arguments stronger by

1. using good premises (ones you have good reason to believe are both true and relevant to the issue at hand),
2. making sure your premises provide good support for your conclusion (and not some other conclusion, or no conclusion at all),
3. checking that you have addressed the most important or relevant aspects of the issue (that is, that your premises and conclusion focus on what is really important to the issue), and
4. not making claims that are so strong or sweeping that you can't really support them.

Some examples below describe some ways in which arguments often fail to do the things listed above; these failings are called fallacies.
It is particularly easy to slip up and commit a fallacy when you have strong feelings about your topic—if a conclusion seems obvious to you, you're more likely to just assume that it is true and to be careless with your evidence. 
The purpose of this writing, though, is not to argue for any particular position on any of these issues; rather, it is to illustrate weak reasoning and writer's fallacies, which can happen in pretty much any kind of argument and be detrimental to one's reputation.

What are fallacies?

Fallacies are defects that weaken arguments.
It is important to realize two things about fallacies: first, fallacious arguments are very, very common and can be quite persuasive, at least to the casual reader or listener.
Second, it is sometimes hard to evaluate whether an argument is fallacious. An argument might be very weak, somewhat weak, somewhat strong, or very strong.

1) Appeal to pity

Definition: The appeal to pity takes place when an arguer tries to get people to accept a conclusion by making them feel sorry for someone.
Examples: "....the powers that be, came down hard on this poor and fragile writer, demanding that I use a hyphen-also called dash to those who aren't familiar-when using the term 6-pack. Now whether or not, the omission of a hyphen constitutes a telling off with numerous exclaimation marks and the word 'blardee' which one can safely interpret as 'bloody', its hard to say.".
The information the arguer has given might feel relevant and might even get the audience to consider the conclusion—but the information isn't logically relevant, and so the argument is fallacious.         
Objective: Make sure that you are simply trying to get your audience to agree with you by making them feel sorry.

2) Ad hominem and tu quoque

Definitions: The ad hominem ("against the person") and tu quoque ("you, too!") fallacies focus our attention on people rather than on arguments or evidence. In both of these arguments, the conclusion is usually "You shouldn't believe So-and-So's argument." The reason for not believing So-and-So is that So-and-So is either a bad person (ad hominem) or a tyrant. In an ad hominem argument, the arguer attacks his or her opponent instead of the opponent's point.
Examples: "Displaying the autocratic leadership, the powers that be immediately shut Lee Yum Hwa down when he jumped in to protect this author's creative independence." The arguer has characterized the 'merely concerned' member of the team so ungenerously, it has nothing to do with the 'correcting the wrong' act he so passionately displayed. While using a copious number of exclamation mark can be described as 'overzealous' but using them as evidence of autocracy is fallacious.
Objective: Attacking opponents' personal character instead of their reasoning.

While this writer agrees that it is all in the name of fun and what is life if we cannot accept self-effacing humor. This serves merely as a reminder the casual readers to take our articles here lightly, a caution to the writers that your words is your sword and/or a disclaimer that no Yum Wa is harmed in the process. Hwa!

The amount of facts Writer Teo injects in his articles.

Fantasy Fridays- The WaG Mention

Each week, on fantasy fridays, we bring to you a special mention on the people who keep the men of 6-pack straight and sane. Our wives and girlfriends. It is definitely not easy, giving up a Saturday afternoon to support us in the blistering heat. Therefore, it is only fitting that we mention the women in our lives.

This week's WaG mention goes to Nashima. This little pocket dynamite has been the most loyal supporter to date. Life really began for her in 2006, when the rad tad bunch of lads formed a team with asscociation to SRC, 6ppb or more commonly known as 6-pack. This association allowed for co-mingling of players from both 6-pack(a full male side) and SRC. This was where sheemah met adam and then converted into a lifelong groupie(noob rank).

Love soon blossomed between the star crossed lovers and Sheemah moved up the WaGs ranks(We have reliable information  she is earmarked to attain Wife status). None have gone on the same path, mostly due to players on hiatus or their girlfriends leaving them. Its no easy feat, to be out in the hot sun supporting your man every saturday, handling the camcorder and blasting instructions from the sidelines. We here at 6-pack most definitely appreciate the efforts of Sheemah and like to say a big thank you, for undertaking camera duties for the rest of the season.

WAG Stat
Name: Nashima
Height: 160cm
Weight: You don't ask a lady for her weight
Started: Early 2006. Pioneer WAG (Groupie-We're just hanging out-Dating-Girlfriend-Fiancee)
Favourite Quotes: 'D hard', 'Be Hard', 'Wooooooooooo'
WAG Rank: Number 1 WAG, Fiancee(Earmarked for Wife Status)

Fantasy Friday- Weekly Digest

Thank God for Fantasy Fridays!!! On fridays, we bring you the latest news about players, their girlfriends, their injuries, their girlfriend's injuries, availability and all the latest touch football celebrity gossip! We begin this day of all days with some troubling news. Are there cracks appearing at the apex of the 6-pack molehill?

 Source: www.facebook.com


About a day ago, the powers that be, came down hard on this poor and fragile writer, demanding that I use a hyphen-also called dash to those who aren't familiar-when using the term 6-pack. Now whether or not, the omission of a hyphen constitutes a telling off with numerous exclaimation marks and the word 'blardee' which one can safely interpret as 'bloody', its hard to say. Displaying the autocratic leadership, the powers that be immediately shut Lee Yum Hwa down when he jumped in to protect this author's creative independence. Now while everyone including myself enjoys watching an old school bollocking of Lee, I'm afraid to say that Yum's question is a fair one and that 6-pack will still be pronounced as 6-pack no matter the hyphen and that Yum Wa just doesn't sound right.

Cross your ts, dot your Is, and dash your hyphens!

Surely, we have matured and moved beyond the hyphen and isn't it true that the hyphen is just an elevated and poorer cousin to the Underscore which is the preferred choice of the present?

Now We here at Fantasy Fridays offer you, the reader, the chance to get creative with our name. Can you come up with a design/name that will still be pronounced as 6-pack and yet be suitable  for this day and age?
Please put your suggestions in the chatbox located at the right. The winner will be treated to a fine lunch @ Yum's house. I'm taking 6^pack, get your own.

Latest-Ong: I have too much pride

In a show of defiance to a recent comment made by an aussie-based fanboy, Tee Liang Sheng, in which he suggested the 6-pack star and round 1 top points scorer, Caleb Ong could make everyone else in Fantasy^6-pack lose if he comes up with a calf injury at the start of the game.

The Singapore International, had this to say to his misguided but enthusiastic, loyal fan and the rest of the Fantasy^6-pack Managers-

"Haha I guess is good for all of u then that I have too much pride in my own performance to do poorly just to win fantasy league :)"

Caleb Ong, rubbishing a suggestion that he gets injured at the start of the match, adding that he's happy that the other fantasy 6-pack managers benefit from choosing him.

We here at the fantasy^6-pack office applaud Caleb for his over the top pride and we expect all players to feel the same way.  Additionally, we'd like to mention that players are constantly being monitored on video to ensure fair play. 

Source: www.facebook.com