Pitch, toss and conditions before the lock
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Lock time, delays and late changes
When a Hero11 fantasy contest locks, what happens to the deadline when a match is delayed, and the checks worth running in the final minutes before a …
Reviewing a result without fooling yourself
How to review a finished Hero11 fantasy contest: separating a bad process from a bad result, what the point breakdown actually tells you, and the revi…
A first contest checklist
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Where to start
Read them in published order if you are new. Each guide assumes the one before it, and the first in the series is deliberately the most basic.
The other half of the site is selection guides, and the file details for the Android app are on the app page.
Matchday is a sequence, not a moment
The hours between the team sheet and the final rank contain three decisions and one long wait. The decisions are worth attention; the wait is not.
- Read the conditions — the surface and, where you can wait for it, the toss. This is the input that moves the captain choice.
- Work the lock — remove anyone not in the eleven, spend freed credits deliberately, confirm late rather than early.
- Review the result — separate a bad process from a bad outcome, and carry exactly one change forward.
The wait in between is where people lose afternoons to a live leaderboard that changes nothing. After the lock you are a spectator.
The delay rule almost nobody uses
If a match start is pushed back, the contest lock moves with it. Editing reopens, and it is the only genuinely free look at a squad you ever get.
Most entries miss it because they work from the schedule they remember rather than the countdown in the app. On a rain-affected day that single habit is worth more than any selection advice on this site, because it lets you fix a squad built on information that has since changed.
Rule of thumb: on any fixture with weather around it, open the contest screen once more before you assume the window has closed.