How Fafarazzi Scoring Works
Overview
Scores are posted every hour, on the hour between 8am and 8pm (EST). 7 days a week.
Fafarazzi uses a wide variety of gossip and entertainment sources to track celebrity scoring and publicity. See the full list
Details
By awarding one point for each time a post contains the celebrity's name the scoring will mimick current publicity. Events which trigger more coverage in the blogs will mean higher points for that celebrity.
Learn More - Walkthrough...
Check out this step by step walkthrough of how scoring works. This quick tutorial will help you understand how scoring works, and therefore improve your chances of drafting a great team and winning your league!
Join a League and help decide which scoring sources to use.
After you join a league you and the other team managers in your league can help decide which blogs and sources you want to use for scoring. Perhaps you like the real gossipy sites like Perez Hilton, DListed, and Hollywood Rag. Or maybe the more photo-paparazzi based ones like Egotastic and X17? Maybe you like 'legit' sources like CNN, USWeekly and Access Hollywood. There are even sources with a great mix of all of these, like Celebitchy, A Socialites Life and POPSUGAR. (full list)
The league commissioner has the ability to change which sources will be used - during the preseason. After the season begins you cannot change the sources. We recommend starting a conversation in the league discussion board about which sources to use. Even if you never change your sources - Fafa has started your league off with a great set of 10 default blogs.
Help choose the Maximum Point cap per day.
You can also help set a per day maximum point cap. The cap is applied to each celebrity, each day. For instance - if your max cap is set at 8 points and Paris Hilton gets posted about 13 times -- she will only get the first 8 points that day. The next day she is eligible to score again.
The max point cap helps curb celebrities who are constantly in the news and helps even the playing field. We recommend you set your max cap at 80% of the number of sources you are using. For example, a league using 10 scoring sources should set the cap at 8 points. This can also be changed by the commissioner during the preseason. Once the season starts the cap is set.
Once your season begins - the points start rolling in!
Points will be logged each hour from 8am to 8pm Eastern Time each day during your season. Here are some things to consider while you check out the gossip each day.
Overview
A celebrity scores one point for each post from a gossip or entertainment blog that contains their full name.
Scores are posted every hour, on the hour between 8am and 8pm (EST). 7 days a week.
Fafarazzi uses a wide variety of gossip and entertainment sources to track celebrity scoring and publicity. See the full list Details
By awarding one point for each time a post contains the celebrity's name the scoring will mimick current publicity. Events which trigger more coverage in the blogs will mean higher points for that celebrity.
Learn More - Walkthrough...
Check out this step by step walkthrough of how scoring works. This quick tutorial will help you understand how scoring works, and therefore improve your chances of drafting a great team and winning your league!
Join a League and help decide which scoring sources to use.
After you join a league you and the other team managers in your league can help decide which blogs and sources you want to use for scoring. Perhaps you like the real gossipy sites like Perez Hilton, DListed, and Hollywood Rag. Or maybe the more photo-paparazzi based ones like Egotastic and X17? Maybe you like 'legit' sources like CNN, USWeekly and Access Hollywood. There are even sources with a great mix of all of these, like Celebitchy, A Socialites Life and POPSUGAR. (full list) The league commissioner has the ability to change which sources will be used - during the preseason. After the season begins you cannot change the sources. We recommend starting a conversation in the league discussion board about which sources to use. Even if you never change your sources - Fafa has started your league off with a great set of 10 default blogs. Help choose the Maximum Point cap per day.
You can also help set a per day maximum point cap. The cap is applied to each celebrity, each day. For instance - if your max cap is set at 8 points and Paris Hilton gets posted about 13 times -- she will only get the first 8 points that day. The next day she is eligible to score again.
The max point cap helps curb celebrities who are constantly in the news and helps even the playing field. We recommend you set your max cap at 80% of the number of sources you are using. For example, a league using 10 scoring sources should set the cap at 8 points. This can also be changed by the commissioner during the preseason. Once the season starts the cap is set.
Once your season begins - the points start rolling in!
Points will be logged each hour from 8am to 8pm Eastern Time each day during your season. Here are some things to consider while you check out the gossip each day.
The Celeb's full name must be in the title or the body of the post
Fafarazzi uses the celebrity's full name for scoring. Nicknames and first names are not unique enough to allow for accurate scoring. Some common mispellings (like Courteney and Courtney) have been added, but purposely mispelled names will not be scored (like Parasite Hilton and Lindsay Blohan)
Fafarazzi uses the blog's RSS feed for scoring.
In order to enable timely and accurate scoring we use the RSS feeds of the scoring blogs. The RSS feed is a syndicated view of new posts on the blog. Some blogs use full feeds while others use partial feeds. Partial feeds often contain enough information to be accurately scored - however you may find a celeb's name mention on their site that is not in the feed. It's your choice as to which blogs to use for scoring - so you can choose whether or not to use partial feeds. You can get a good idea for what kind of feed the source uses by browsing around and reading some of their past scoring posts.
Delayed Scores
Celebs with common english words as their name may be flagged and therefore delayed. Some examples are Prince, Seal and Pink. Scores for these celebs will be tallied the same day, but you may find they are slightly delayed. This is to ensure accurate scoring for these celebs.
Fafarazzi uses the celebrity's full name for scoring. Nicknames and first names are not unique enough to allow for accurate scoring. Some common mispellings (like Courteney and Courtney) have been added, but purposely mispelled names will not be scored (like Parasite Hilton and Lindsay Blohan)
Fafarazzi uses the blog's RSS feed for scoring.
In order to enable timely and accurate scoring we use the RSS feeds of the scoring blogs. The RSS feed is a syndicated view of new posts on the blog. Some blogs use full feeds while others use partial feeds. Partial feeds often contain enough information to be accurately scored - however you may find a celeb's name mention on their site that is not in the feed. It's your choice as to which blogs to use for scoring - so you can choose whether or not to use partial feeds. You can get a good idea for what kind of feed the source uses by browsing around and reading some of their past scoring posts.
Delayed Scores
Celebs with common english words as their name may be flagged and therefore delayed. Some examples are Prince, Seal and Pink. Scores for these celebs will be tallied the same day, but you may find they are slightly delayed. This is to ensure accurate scoring for these celebs.
