Rules of the Game

 
Please note: DO NOT create multiple profiles. Anyone caught playing the game with multiple profiles will be disqualified and deactivated, no exceptions.

How The Game Is Played

There are a few terms you should be familiar with in order to fully understand the rules.

Season: A "season" here on MMAPlayground.com consists of 10 major "events". This should equate to roughly 3 seasons per year.

Event: An "event" is either a Pride FC or UFC event, including Pride Grand Prix and UFC Fight Night. Please read our FAQ's if you have any questions about why only UFC or Pride FC events are considered.

MMA Playground features 2 main games: a fantasy pick 'em game and a fantasy odds-based betting system.

Fantasy Pick 'Em Game: Players score points when he/she successfully picks the winner of an event's fight. To make your picks for any currently scheduled upcoming events click the "My Fantasy Picks" link under the "My Playground" tab after logging in to your account.

5 points are awarded for a correct pick. An additional 2 points are awarded for correctly predicting the fight's outcome (TKO, submission, etc) and/or picking the fight's ending round. Correctly selecting the fight's outcome and the ending round will result in an addition 2 point reward for your flawless predictive abilities.

5 points earns a bonus $10 to your fantasy bankroll, 7 points $20, and 11 points (winner, outcome, and round) $35.

The fight which has the closest number of people picking each combatant as the winner is named the "hot bout", thus you are rewarded for "seeing through the hype" to accurately know who will win a contested matchup. The "hot bout" for an event will have its point totals doubled. Note: In the event that the "hot bout" is on the undercard of an event, another fight that is running close in picks from the main card may be selected as the "hot bout" by the administration.

When a fighter is picked by less than 20% of site members he is considered to be the "heavy underdog". In the event you select a heavy underdog to win a fight, and they do in fact win their bout, your bold pick will be rewarded with an additional 2 points scored.


Fantasy MMA Betting Game: All players start out each new season with $1,000 in their fantasy bankroll. After logging in, click the "My Fantasy Wagers" link under the "My Playground" tab to access the wagering interface. If you are not familiar with an odds-based wagering system then click here for a very simple explanation of the basics. You can see what your potential winnings or loss might be simply by typing an amount into the box next to a fighter in the "Your Wager" column.

Simply type in your desired wagers for any fight you feel like betting on, then click the "Update My Event Wagers" button at the bottom of the page to place your bets. Event bets may be changed up to the time an event is locked out as the odds are set once a fight becomes available for wagering.

Players may only place wagers on the next upcoming event on MMA Playground. Fighter odds are based on an algorithm which factors in variety of criteria from our users via the pick 'em game, fighter rankings, and more.


Winning the Game:
The player with the highest "point" total at the end of each season is declared the winner of the fantasy pick 'em game. The player with the highest bankroll total at the end of the season is declared the winner of the fantasy wagering game. In the event of a tie in either game, the player with the higher score in the other game will be pronounced the winner (this applies to the per-event prizes as well; in the event of a tie on both games, preceding event performance will be used as the tie-breaker).


A few hours before an event starts it will be "locked" so that you will no longer be able to make or alter any fighter selections. At this point you best go get ready to watch the fight :-) Please note that events often start before they are available on TV, thus events will often be locked well before you can view them. Event point totals will be updated anywhere from an 10 minutes to a day after the event has taken place, depending on the time and location of the event. (Sorry, the administrators like to watch the events and are MMA fans too.)


If you need further help understanding some of the site features please read the FAQ's, then if you still have a question, contact us.


Forum Code of Conduct

Failure to adhere to the below behavior guidelines will result in having your forum posting and mailbox privileges taken away, either temporarily or permanently (depending on the severity of the situation as decided by moderators and/or administrators), or even having your account completely deleted. You may or may not receive a warning depending on the moderators judgement of the situation. Deleted/deactivated accounts are not elligible for any prizes.

PLEASE NOTE: These rules may sound a little strict, but are in place for the purpose of keeping the MMAPlayground.com community atmosphere a friendly, respectful, mature place for MMA fans to enjoy their fighting passion.

1. Do not engage in name-calling, threats, exchanges of insults, or intentionally rude behavior towards fellow members. It's 100% fine and normal that you don't agree with another member's comments, and it's completely fine to state that when done without insults. People may post things that are common knowledge, are answered in a pinned topic, or have already been posted many times before. If you care to reply, do so without the use of profanity or a condescending tone. It's old-fashioned, but remember your parents saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". The purpose of having an online community is to have a place for a close-knit group of fans to talk about the things they love (in this case, MMA).

2. Blatant performer bashing (fighters, refs, etc) will not be tolerated. Stating your opinion in a factual, non-profane manner is acceptable. Example: "I don't really like [fighter name]", "I don't agree with the that [referee name] made", etc. Flaming/libel is not acceptable. Example: "[Fighter name] is an utter piece of crap", "F*** [fight promoter]! He/She is a walking turd!", etc.

3. Posting content: Do not post copyright protected pictures or video clips of events, or even share them via the mailbox system. Do not post anything pornographic or indecent in nature that could be found offensive by any of our members, including avatars.

4. Spoilers: Do not post event spoilers under any circumstances (except for any forum marked as a "spoiler" forum). Be considerate of other members that may not have access to view an event in their country until after you do.

5. Do not engage in any commercial activities on this website without permission from the site owners. This is not the place to buy and sell MMA paraphernalia, gear, DVD's, or anything else. If you're a company interested in advertising your products to your users please contact us.

6. Do not do any "postwhoring": posting numerous one word replies, posting useless small pieces of text, or participating in things like word association games in an effort to drive up the number of posts you've made.

7. Do not be a forum troll. No one likes forum trolls. Forum trolls are users who post things that are either absurd or insanely stupid for the purpose of annoying / riling up other members. Do not troll. Trolls are bad.

8. If you have a question about something please do a search first to see if the topic has been touched upon recently before starting another topic.

9. Do not post in all capital letters, all bold, or in l33tspeak. This annoys people. Don't annoy people.

10. Please check the first 5 pages of the UFC/Pride forum, and the first 3 of any other forum for a related topic, before starting a new thread.We only have so much space ,and would like to keep the discussion going, without people having to constantly repeat themselves. If you add your thoughts to the existing thread it will refresh to the top of the front page.

11. Please respect the rules of other websites in regards to posting content on public forums. Refrain from sharing links to pictures, videos, etc, that are not supposed to be shared publicly, are not legal, and/or violate the terms of use of the source website.


Important

By being a member of the MMAPlayground.com community and using the website in any fashion you must comply with our terms of use.