He is choosing 11 cardinals and the favorite to be a potato

He Death of a Pope It is more than a political and social event of international interest. It is also a key turning point for popular culture, as demonstrated by the renewed interest in the movie ‘Conclave’ or the birth of ‘Fantapapa‘, a simulation of the Pope’s choice in Fantasy style. That is, an online game in which participants create and manage virtual football teams formed by real players. Only here those who face are the candidates to become a pope.

How to be dad. Each player has at his disposal the complete list of cardinals who opt for the papacy, and has to form a team of 11 cardinals. Among them a captain is chosen, who is considered to be the most chance of being chosen. The goalkeeper position is left for those who are believed to have less possibilities. From there, the game gives extra points to the players who hit the name of the new Pope, his order, the number of rounds necessary for the election or the date on which we will see the white smoking.

I bet a Pope. From the moment of the death of the Pope, bets have happened around his possible successor. There are two great sides in this fight, traditionalists and progressive. And beyond that, a lot of names that sound in the pools: the Philippine Luis Antonio Taglethe Ghanaian Peter Turkssonthe Portuguese José Tolentino de Mendonçathe Italians Pietro Parolin and Matteo Zuppithe Hungarian Peter Erdothe Dutchman Willem Eijkthe American R. Leo Burkethe German Gerhard Müllerthe Maltese Mario Grech or the Canadian Marc Ouellet.

80,000 tifosi of the Pope. It is the number of people who are playing this title Free and onlinewhich assimilates one of the most eminently Italian passions, football, to give it a turn towards the event of the moment, removing all kinds of solemnity and transcendence. For example, A week ago The game of the game published a top of the candidates most voted by the players as if it were the classification of a football team. And by then, the game only added 30,000 users, before, according to its creators, it arrived A large number of Spanish subscribers.

Only fun. Although fantasy type games are often created to promote bets (and although the papal conclave has generated its own phenomenon linked to bets) There are no monetary awards for the winners of ‘Fantapapa’. The creators of the game, an AI expert and a video game developer, put the game standing as An idea for use of friends and familyand went viral thanks to the attention of the media. His inspiration were Italian fantasy games such as ‘Fantacalcio’, about the Soccer League, and ‘Fantasanremo’, on the popular melodic song festival.

Custom football. In a country as devout football as Spain, fantasy -like games have been living for years strong predicament. The first outbreak of the genre, and perhaps the eldest that has been lived in the history of these games, was in 2001 with the Fantastic Liga brand, where LaLiga players could be chosen to participate in private leagues. To this first advance of the genre came platforms such as Community or Biwenger (currently The most played fantasy), among otherswhich added elements that sophisticated the game. such as the participation of virtual communities or the inclusion of the transfers market (which granted economic value to players).

The controversy of bets. A few years ago We talked How in the United States, Fantasy type games, through platforms such as Draftkings either Fanduelthey were avoiding betting laws, partly perverting the merely playful origins of the fantasy sports in the sixties. That controversy has partially sent thanks to the hardening of online betting laws. Controversies that, in any case, are far from the proposal of ‘Fantapapa’, pure and innocent Rolera fantasy that allows users to experience, strategic code, the dynamics of the papal conclave.

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