#points systems

[mywordstovictor]

So one of the best ways I’ve found to start unraveling your capitalist brainwashing is to replace the word ‘money’ with ‘points’ and just watch the absurdity of tying human wellbeing to points system unfold before you.

Warning: side effects may include existential crisis and anti-establishment rage

[smoliboops]

[naveenjangid1]

🔍 Decoding the Data: IPL 2025 Fantasy Points System Explained with Stats and Strategies

Fantasy cricket is no longer just about picking your favorite players. If you want to win consistently, you need to dive a little deeper into data, points systems, and smart strategies. Especially in IPL 2025, where small moves make a big difference in your fantasy ranking.

So today, let’s break down how the IPL 2025 fantasy points system works and how you can use it with simple stats and strategies to maximize your winnings.

To start, here's the full official guide from Vision11 that explains everything in detail: 👉 IPL 2025 Fantasy Points System Explained by Vision11

Now let’s make it easy to understand and apply!

📊 What Is the IPL 2025 Fantasy Points System?

In simple terms, fantasy points are awarded based on what players do during the real match. These points include:

Batting: Runs, boundaries, strike rate, milestones (30+, 50+, 100+)

Bowling: Wickets, dot balls, economy rate, 3 or 5-wicket hauls

Fielding: Catches, run-outs, stumpings

Captain/Vice-Captain: 2x or 1.5x points of the selected player

But it’s not just about picking players who score runs or take wickets. You need to pick the right players based on how the scoring system works.

📈 Stat-Based Example: Why Dot Balls Matter Now

Let’s say a bowler doesn’t take any wickets but bowls 12 dot balls (2 overs of no runs). ➡️ That’s 12 points! If he takes even 1 wicket, you’re looking at 37 points or more.

So, a bowler who bowls in the powerplay or death overs can get big points just by bowling tight.

🧠 Strategy 1: Pick Based on Roles, Not Just Names

Big names don’t always get you big points. For example:

A batter like MS Dhoni might come late in the innings and face only 5 balls.

A bowler like Kuldeep Yadav might not bowl full quota if the pitch doesn’t support spin.

Instead, pick based on roles:

Openers get more balls = higher run chances

Death bowlers = higher wicket and dot ball chances

Fielders at hotspots (point, slip, boundary) = higher catching potential

🔢 Strategy 2: Use Historical Stats

Let’s say Team A has a bad record chasing at a specific venue. Or Player X always performs well against Team Y.

Use match-up data to decide who to pick. There are tons of free cricket stat sites and apps you can use. Even social media previews can help.

Pro tip: Players with a good strike rate or economy rate are more consistent point earners than random “big-hitters.”

💡 Strategy 3: Use the Points System to Spot Hidden Gems

Here are a few types of players that are underrated but score well under the new points system:

All-rounders: They earn with both bat and ball. Even a 10-ball 20 + 1 wicket = 45+ points.

Wicketkeepers: Catch + stumping = 20 points even without scoring runs.

Economy bowlers: 4 overs, 16 runs, 1 wicket = around 45 points.

And remember, you don’t need a team full of superstars. You just need players who offer multiple ways to score points.

🛠️ Strategy 4: Captain and Vice-Captain Smartly

Picking the right Captain (2x points) and Vice-Captain (1.5x) is a game-changer.

Don’t blindly pick only famous players.

Pick someone who consistently performs and can contribute in multiple departments.

Example:

Ravindra Jadeja (bat, bowl, field) = triple scoring options

Hardik Pandya = batting + death bowling + fielding

Check if they’re in form, and if the pitch suits their skill set.

🧮 Real-Life Fantasy Outcome

Let’s say:

You picked Glenn Maxwell as Captain on a slow pitch.

He bowls 2 overs, takes a wicket (25 pts), hits 30 runs with 2 sixes (30 + 4 + 4), and takes a catch (8).

That’s nearly 71 points. As a captain = 142 points from one player. Now imagine if your Vice-Captain gets 90. That’s how top fantasy teams reach 800+ scores.

🧭 Final Thoughts: Play Smarter, Not Just Harder

The IPL 2025 fantasy points system is designed to reward smart decisions, not just popular choices. Use data, stats, and player roles to your advantage.

Instead of depending on luck:

Use pitch reports

Study team match-ups

Finalize teams after toss

Focus on consistent performers

And if you ever want to know exactly how points are calculated, the Vision11 official breakdown has it all: 👉 IPL 2025 Fantasy Points System Explained

With the right strategies and the updated points knowledge, you’re no longer guessing—you’re playing like a pro. Good luck and go win those Grand Leagues! 💪🏏

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

[seens]

going through the hades 2 stuff and im sorry but i just have to ramble a second because look at Hephaestus

he's not just a wheelchair user but also an amputee. an above knee amputee. wheelchair users are already next to nonexistant in video games but amputees exist in this really...disheartening? spot where they're pretty much just reduced to "person with a cybernetic limb" - it's always just somewhere from "just a cool visual design" to flat out "superpower". I can't think of a video game amputee that is actually disabled by their limb differences - I'm all for futuristic worlds where prosthetics and other disability aids are far advanced from what they are now, but that's not really what's implied by these designs. They're just... Cool designs that in no way reflect on the real-world experience of being an amputee.

Look at Hephaestus, though. Look at that prosthetic. Whilst stylised it very much looks like it functions like common mechanical knees - knee bends when thigh is lifted, knee straightens when thigh is lowered. He's a wheelchair user as well as a prosthetic user - every prosthetic user I know is also a wheelchair user as a prosthetic is not usable in every occasion and also cause exhaustion and pain if used constantly.

Whilst we can't see much of his wheelchair the position he's sat in and the wheels very much evoke active wheelchair to me - this carries on to very specifically the thickness of his arms. Whilst a lot of Hades designs are muscular Hephaestus has very noticeably thick arms - which makes sense, as active wheelchairs require a lot of arm strength.

Just overall this design is making me want to cry - he's not just an actual wheelchair user in a video game, he's a realistic depiction of an amputee, a disability usually brushed over in order to give a character a fun design quirk and nothing else. He's fat and he's hot and he's a realistic depiction of an above knee amputee. Oh my god. Oh my god?

[manzanamarim]

So I have been reading svsss here is my first contribution to this fandom

[fairsweetlonging]

something i wanna say on shen yuan taking over shen jiu's body is that i often see mentions that while everyone knew, nobody did anything because they liked shen yuan better, and i think it's important to say that they did do something about it, but just couldn't find the cause.

shen qingqiu went to wei qingwei's sword trials terrace three times to try to pull hong jing, yue qingyuan himself tested him on demonic qi and mu qingfang did ample research to try and find the reason behind the sudden change, but none of them could find anything. only after all that did they consider the option that it could be amnesia, and then they decided that it might be better not to actively reinstate his memories because they thought the new shen qingqiu was more pleasant. but, again, that was only after they couldn't find any evidence that this wasn't shen qingqiu. it's still pretty tragic that they decided they liked someone else better, but in their defense, they didn't know this was actually someone else.

i think it's not so much a case of "we like this version of shen qingqiu better so let's not look into it too deeply", it's more like "we tried every test we have and nothing came of it, so the only explanation left is that this is the real shen qingqiu, but with amnesia"

it reminds me of this meme:

[ID: An edit of a post by @/tockthewatchdog which says, "i mean they did also test sqq, that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you're coming from here but they very much did test shen qingqiu". End ID]

ID made by @nebulations thank you so much!!

[nouverx]

*proceeds to drink the whole bottle*

Yeah Alastor you're gonna be loved and appreciated wether you want it or not :)

[melonsharks]

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Non transmitigation au where Shen Yuan auditions for a part in PIDW on a lark when it gets a live action adaptation, not thinking he’ll actually get a part (he just wanted to be able to say he did it okay? He was dated okay??! He was not dared he just thought it’d be neat, but he’ll admit to nothing.) and, much to his horror, ends up cast as Shen Qingqiu.

He somehow accidentally makes Shen Qingqiu so likable that he’s the most popular character. The fandom goes feral over him. He becomes famous. New fans are joining the bandwagon in droves to watch him.

And all the while, Shen Yuan is frantically trying to pretend he isn’t the most notorious anti fan troll to clown on the internet. He has never heard of PIDW before what do you mean Peerless Cucumber whomst?

[disgracefulthings]

Luo Binghe: If you ever try to take my Shizun away from me then I will personally remove all of your limbs and hide you where no one will ever find your body

Shang Qinghua: Yo dude, chillax. Cucumber-bro isn't my type at all! His chest is wayyyy too flat for my tastes, and I can't place my face in between his pecs on a hot day to cool off

Luo Binghe: Your tastes are very specific

Shang Qinghua: And your's not?

Luo Binghe: ...

Luo Binghe: Fair enough

[fairgroundfreak]

shang qinghua is the most realistic character because he never published shen jiu's full backstory to avoid discourse and fandom beef, only for the svsss fandom to start shen jiu related discourse and fandom beef

[star-mail]

spreading the ningling agenda

[sunderwight]

Shen Qingqiu gets hit by a rare wife plot.

And it actually is a rare one because Airplane didn't even write this one down! He toyed with the idea before ultimately dismissing it as being too controversial for the tastes of his readers, and adapting only a few of the same elements for a subsequent chapter of PIDW.

But apparently the System can pull inspiration even from the author's thoughts, especially when there's nothing to contradict the concept and even a few threads of it still to be found in the original, and somehow Shen Qingqiu runs afoul of this previously-unwritten plot bunny.

The core concept was a cuck scenario, of all things. One of the Luo Binghe's wives gets afflicted by a poison that can only be cured by dual cultivation, but specifically can't be cured by by dual cultivation with anyone who has mastery over demonic qi. Something something conflicting energies, something bullshit something. Peerless Cucumber would have ripped the chapter to shreds if it had actually made it to publication, not just for the insult of implying that Luo Binghe should let one of his wives sleep with someone else, but also because why would Luo Binghe -- able to use both kinds of cultivation -- somehow not be able to keep his demonic energies from influencing the situation just in this one case?

Well it turns out that in his specific case it's because sex gets him too worked up to keep things strictly separate, and the degree of control required to treat the affliction whilst dual cultivating is extensive enough that even a little slip-up would be fatal.

Of course, in the actual chapter of PIDW, this same plot device was altered and used to create a harem orgy where Luo Binghe oversaw several of his wives "treating" one another's "afflictions", but Shen Qingqiu just had to go and get a fatal of dose of the more severe version (he didn't realize the risk, because again, this version didn't even make it into the novel).

Anyway, of course this ends up with Shen Qingqiu trying to figure out another way to cheat death, while Luo Binghe goes through the five stages of grief before accepting that he's just going to have to let someone else fuck his husband. This leads to an argument because of course Shen Qingqiu's not going to cheat on Luo Binghe, and he's especially not going to force one of his martial siblings to sleep with him, come on now, and Luo Binghe trying not to cry tears of blood while bringing himself to explain that a fair few of Shen Qingqiu's sect siblings would be happy volunteers for this task.

Shen Qingqiu's just like, well of course you think that, for some bizarre reason you think everyone wants to sleep with me. Bias is what it is. Really it's flattering Binghe but obviously every other person we know is straight, that's just statistics, and everyone in the entire cultivation world knows that Qi Qingqi would sooner chew glass than have sex with a man!

Luo Binghe, weeping now: Shizun please. This is serious. I need you speak words that make sense in the order you're saying them.

They argue, they reach an impasse, the clock is ticking. So Luo Binghe reluctantly turns to the most reliable source of information (outside of himself) on Manipulating Shen Qingqiu to Do Things That Are in His Own Best Interests -- Shang Qinghua.

At first Shang Qinghua is like, well I'm flattered Junshang but I don't think I could shoulder the baggage of fucking Cucumber-bro for you. But then Luo Binghe is like no I need someone who is way hotter and more capable than you, if Shizun is going to fuck someone else at my behest they're going to be TOP TIER so that when I fuck him better afterwards he's really impressed with me. Liu Qingge, obviously.

Not Yue Qingyuan, Shang Qinghua asks? (He'd take the insult a little more personally but honestly he's just relieved that he's not being asked to navigate this social minefield.)

No, Luo Binghe says. He's not 100% sure he could beat Yue Qingyuan in a fight even to this day, which in his mind also translates to not being 100% sure he could do sex better than him either, so Yue Qingyuan is an emergency last resort. He's way more likely to cry on Shizun too and Shen Qingqiu is into that shit, it's too risky.

Alright, says Shang Qinghua, and he thinks about it, and then he comes up with the beautifully simple solution:

Luo Binghe has to fuck Liu Qingge first.

Because of course the crux of the issue is that even with permission, Shen Qingqiu doesn't want to cheat on Luo Binghe. But in the twisted annals of his mind, Luo Binghe himself is still entitled to a harem, even if Luo Binghe is also happily monogamous in this life. So if he shacks up with Liu Qingge first then Liu Qingge essentially joins Luo Binghe's harem, at which point if Shen Qingqiu sleeps with him it's not an affair, it's the gay version of those fanservice-y 3P scenes that the wives in PIDW did. Shang Qinghua translates the concept as best as he can to Luo Binghe, who -- though slightly dubious -- must accept that so far Shang Qinghua's wisdom hasn't steered him wrong with regards to his shizun's eccentricities.

Luo Binghe's mission: seduce Liu Qingge, or at least convince him to have sex, or possibly to lie and (convincingly!) tell Shen Qingqiu that they had sex. That last one is the longest shot so he's probably going to have to just fuck him (Luo Binghe still underestimates how willing his husband is to believe that just about anyone would have sex with him).

Shang Qinghua's mission: convince Shen Qingqiu that he owes his husband steamy threeway gay sex or something so that this plan he pulled out of his ass doesn't backfire and get him killed.

[solshii]

i was gonna post this with my other (unrelated) animation but im really sleepy i might post that one tmr

[windcloudii]

A little bit of Qijiuyuan

Is SY too much aware? Nah, he still didn't realize his feelings towards YQY and that YQY isn't only interested in SQQ. SY is giggling inside and thinking whether he was too bold with "boyfriend", meanwhile, SQQ and YQQ are planning wedding arrangements.

F for YQY, he didn't want to be too pushing, unlike SQQ. So SQQ is gonna all job done, again.