Consumed by The Game

First and foremost, I apologize to all who were interested in The Consumption Of at its startup. I mentioned from the get-go that keeping up with a blog is hard work, as the excitement of having a new creation and a new idea slowly fades and transforms into a feeling of dreaded responsibility. I don’t know why that’s the case, but it always seems to happen.

Here is one thing I have been consumed with myself here lately. It’s called The Game 2009, and it’s a fantasy sports game straight out of my noggin, and with the help of a close friend (who’s also very fantasy-sports-savvy), we developed what we thought would be a good system for a first-year trial run.

The premise of this game is that it encompasses your knowledge/guessing ability of most major sports, and calls on each player to put together a stable of sports teams that will outperform the other owners’ stables. The tricky part of it all is that the stables are formed through a draft, so draft strategy is key. Once the draft is over, there is no roster activity for the rest of the entire year. I, being the “commissioner” will simply keep up with scoring as each of the seasons go on, and will send out email updates or update the game’s website as standings are updated.

Sound confusing enough? Here’s a link to the host site, where the draft is currently underway: The Game 2009.

It’s been quite an interesting draft so far, and I personally find it interesting that 4 of the first 5 overall draft picks were MLB teams. Let me know what you think of The Game 2009. If you were to play, what would be your draft strategy?