It was a long hard road and, indeed, it was a new experiance to many of us.

I personally had never paid attention to football or had Gaedan leave taunting messages on my cell phone before this.

Many tactics were used, as technical as searching the web for tips and hints on fantasy football leagues to just letting whatever the random draft selected for you ride the whole season:

Rank 10: Dedpool's "Bisbee Ballsmashers" - The commish of the league seemed to of based his team on the Denver Broncos. The loss of Micheal Vick in the preseason was a harsh one, but Ded still made his presence known by defeating a strong dr00d team and shattering their championship dreams.

Rank 9: Kindira's "Song of Nephilim" - Kindira and Kerussk had a plan. Their plan was one of such cunning, such ruthlessness, such CRUELTY! They decided to never change their lineup. Nope. Not at all. Whatever the random draft gave them, that's what played. Many laughed. Ok, I laughed. But it seemed to pay off. After all, it wasn't Kindi that was in last place.

Rank 8: Gaedan's "SF Sixty Niners" - Gaedan based his team after, shockingly enough, the 'niners and towards the end of the season was becoming quite the contender. Indeed he and Matz had an epic battle to see who would continue on to the championships and who would be left to languish in the consolation bracket.

Rank 7: Mantah's "Misfits" - Mantah had a dream. A dream that could shatter many team owner's nerves before the BIG night. A dream of Monday night glory! Many times did his Monday playmakers save the big W in his favor. Hmm.. Monday starts with M. Mantah starts with M. Coincidence?

Rank 6: Xaaz's "Need More T-P!" - Xaaz was the second to last team to be defeated in the regular season and when that day came he quietly disappeared into the cold, dark night. Many wondered what had happened. Was it a computer crash? Was he injured severely and unable to tell us? Was it a GIRLFRIEND!? But just as suddenly as he vanished, he returned with only one purpose: TO DESTROY GAEDAN'S DREAMS OF CONSOLATION VICTORY. And then he went out to grab a burger.

Rank 5: Dogmeat's "Defenestrators" - Oh Dog, you gave us a scare. Dogmeat was the person that took the longest to get a W under his belt. But when the pieces of his intricate puzzle started to come together, he had quite the fearsome team. Many of the top teams grew worried, fearing losing their hard won positions of power. Unfortunately for Dog, it came together just a little to late and he must be satisfied with the complete domination of the Consolation Bracket.

Rank 4: Scyllz's "Unkempt dr00ds" - I think my season can be summed up in this screenshot. Voted "Most Overrated" team, and rightfully so, the dr00ds were the last team to be defeated. They never won by huge scores, they always pulled it out by the skin of their teeth. Eventually, it was bound to catch up to them. They managed to stay within the Championship bracket and prove for once and for all that, indeed, Unkempt dr00ds > 5th place.

Rank 3: Barly's "Poptarts" - Oh you naughty naughty sailor you. Once the joke of the league, Barly brought it all together midseason and destroyed all that lay before him. Storming from out of the cellar and into the limelight and he did it HIS way! Many rumors persist though that he made this incredible rise by having an entire shipload of navy sailors give him football tips. Hell, it was an boatload of guys just floating around in the ocean. What ELSE did they have to do?

Rank 2: Kerussk's "Hooning Elks" - HOOOOOOOOON!! Keru had the same strategy as Kindi, let the chips fall where they may. And they fell into second place. Not bad for a guy that lives in Sweden, no? Keru and I had quite the rivalry in the regular season, which blew my mind as I had been scouring the web for hints and tips and Keru had been sitting at home, drinking tea and watching pr0n. HOW CAN YOU COUNTER THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP?!

Rank 1: Matzah's "Da Bearslayers" - He won first place. Big deal.

Heh, but seriously, Matz spent much time putting his team together and deciding who to play when. Many a time I got a cell phone call to hear the status of the week's games on a bright sunday afternoon. And for someone who had not one player on the league's "Can't Cut List" he did very well for himself.

A HUGE round of applause for the First Annual Fourth Wall Cyber Fantasies League!

Be ready for next football season so you too can stand upon the field of glory and proclaim loudly to one and all: "WHERE IS THE FREAKING BEER GUY!?"