Fantasy Congress Post #6

I ended up 18th out of 41, not a great result, but I really think that by delaying my setup even by a few days at the start of the game, I lost momentum. Others that got their teams underway more quickly clearly had an advantage. So, lesson learned: start this kind of thing IMMEDIATELY.

On a fundamental level, I learned how the whole "fantasy game" thing works. I've heard about fantasy football and baseball but never knew what it was, so it was interesting to learn about the idea. But more importantly, from this particular game I learned that what goes on in Congress is much more detailed than I imagined. I don't know what I thought those folks do everyday, but it's more than I thought. I also enjoyed seeing some of the faces I listen to on the radio so often.

The game needs better instructions, though. It seems like the site expects that only real poli sci nerds are going to be interested, and they already understand all this stuff anyhow, so instructions only need be minimal. Perhaps the materials are there and just badly organized, I don't know, but I'm sure I would have done better if I'd been 100% confident about what I was doing.