News ReleaseFor Immediate Release First
Ever 3D Fantasy Football Game Challenges Consumers to Beat the Pros RapidDraft full season, weekly, and playoff games to be
featured on USATODAY.com Kenosha, Wis., June
15, 2009 –
World Fantasy Games (WFG), a global fantasy sports leader, has launched RapidDraft,
an innovative 3D draft style fantasy game targeting the 21 million fantasy
football players in North America. RapidDraft is a single user fantasy football
game that offers consumers the opportunity to draft and play against 11 real-life
fantasy football experts represented online by life-like avatars.
WFG
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Thomas says, “Our goal was to innovate and to
introduce a game that truly stands out as world class. In my 17 years in the
industry, fantasy has gone from spreadsheets to PC programs to the phone to the
Internet… now the world has RapidDraft! This is definitely the future of
fantasy football, combining the fun of a neighborhood draft with the technology and competition of a championship league. If a consumer tries it, they’ll be hooked for
life.” RapidDraft
will be the featured fantasy football game on USATODAY.com this fall, including
a co-branded weekly game named RapidDraft
Sports Weekly. Matt Pitzer, USA TODAY’s fantasy football guru and a RD
Fantasy Pro said, "I know I would have a difficult time
competing against this collection of talent so it should be a great challenge
for any fantasy fan. All I know is this… I look forward to finding out if
anyone can beat us." Tony Holm, a RD Fantasy Pro from
FantasySharks.com adds, "RapidDraft is drafting with skin in the game as
there's potential for an industry large $250K payday. The draft room
itself is a work of art, definitely worth checking out." Beyond
the user-interface and game design improvements, RapidDraft offers a compelling
practice or mock draft tool for consumers wishing to dominate their buddies in
a local league. The patent-pending technology features multiple, distinct online
Pros created using artificial intelligence, with unique cheat sheets that are
updated daily. A couple of quick drafts against the Pros and any fantasy
footballer will be ready to use Pro-like moves against mere mortals in their local
league. “We found a way to eliminate issues typically
encountered in a local league,” says Thomas. “First, RapidDraft allows you to pick
your own draft position. No longer will you show up at the draft and draw a
random draft position that you hate. Second, RD totally eliminates collusion
and quitting. Cheating and dead teams happen in traditional fantasy leagues,
but not in RapidDraft. And finally and most importantly, RD lets you draft
right now – any time of day or night, over and over again.” Similar
to Poker Professionals from ten years ago, many of the Fantasy Football Pros
are not household names… yet. They are,
however, very well known in the fantasy sports world. Experts like Matt Pitzer,
Scott Engel and Mike Harmon are well-known from past and current stints with USA
TODAY, ESPN, CBS, and Fox. And other experienced RapidDraft gurus come from
sites like SportsBuff.com, WCOFF.com, Footballguys.com,
FantasySharks.com, RotoExperts.com, FFToday.com, FantasyFootballStarters.com,
AthlonSports.com, and SwollenDome.com. Footballguys.com
fantasy expert David Dodds expects RapidDraft to be extremely successful. “Our
subscribers love to draft and draft and draft again. This is the best live
draft module I’ve ever seen. It’s pure fun and it’s addictive. I expect
thousands of our loyal Footballguys subscribers to play RapidDraft. My money is
on one of our guys to win the $250K.” Fantasy or reality? RapidDraft offers the first true reality
TV-like prize for fantasy footballers. The 2009 regular season champion not
only wins $250,000, they also become a RapidDraft Fantasy Pro for the 2010
football season. For all those fans that think they are experts, they now have
a chance to prove it and become a star in the process. Thomas
launched his first fantasy sports venture in 1993. Since then, research shows
the U.S. and Canadian fantasy industry has grown from three million to 30
million. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association and Ipsos, in the
past four years, the market has grown at a pace of 20 to 25 percent annually.
This new offering from WFG will do its part to keep the fantasy sports market
growing rapidly through 2010 and beyond. RapidDraft
is targeted to the core fantasy demographic, the 18 to 49 year old male, with
what research has shown is the most popular part of fantasy sports, the draft.
Fantasy sports consumers are extremely engaged, spending five to six hours per
week following their fantasy football teams. Recent research also finds the
fantasy sports consumer is voracious, consuming products like beer, wireless,
and electronics at a pace that eclipses the average sports fan. About
World Fantasy Games
WFG creates fantasy sports games and web sites for brands and corporations
worldwide. The company combines two experienced fantasy sports leaders, 17-year
industry pioneer Sports Buff, and 8-year fantasy news veterans, Pro Fantasy
Sports, with a new global strategic plan. WFG’s game expertise and its robust,
multi-language B2B Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) solution are a perfect
combination for businesses and brands looking to operate fantasy sports games
for profit or promotion. Check-out RapidDraft
today or for more information on WFG go to WorldFantasyGames.com. Contact: Caitlin
Morrall PR
Manager World
Fantasy Games 262-656-6700 Caitlin.Morrall@WorldFantasyGames.com
Jeff
Thomas Chief
Executive Officer World
Fantasy Games 262-656-6700 |
