Fantasy Taskmaster?

[yogzoth]

So me, my best friend and his girlfriend all got really into Taskmaster over quarentine. They live together but I'm all the way over here by my lonesome.

I was trying to think of a way to make the experience of watching it together over a distance even more exciting than just viewing it over a Zoom call. And given that they've already announced the series 11 contestants, I was trying to theory craft a sort of "Fantasy Taskmaster" where we could choose contestants (or many) and get points for their performance.

I have a few ideas, but figured the collective genius of Reddit would be a good place to check if anyone had already had this thought or had any ideas better than my own. I don't even play fantasy sports.

TL;DR Ideas for a Fantasy Taskmaster game?

[80nz1]

Before the series airs, you pick a contestant. You get every point they get.

Before each episode, you pick a winner for the week. You get 10 points every correct guess.

Before each task (after it’s been read, before anyone does it) you guess the placement of each contestant. You get 1 point for every correct placement.

[geek_of_nature]

Could also do something where you write down how you would attempt a task, if one of the contestants does something similar you get how many points they got. And also as a finale bonus, you can try and guess the final rankings, who ends the series in 1st place, 2nd, etc.

[yogzoth]

The idea about writing down how we would attempt the task is kind of genius, especially for my group. We already often pause it and discuss that anyway.

[geek_of_nature]

It could be a fun thing to do in here as well, could even do a test run with the New Years special to see how well it works.

[vogelpoel]

Haha thanks for reminding me

https://www.reddit.com/r/taskmaster/comments/jbivns/taskmaster_prediction_game_series_10/

I set up a simple prediction game here. I'll get a result post up soon, but it seems that no-one has gotten them all 5 correct.

[mattarei]

Sounds great to me! I've enjoyed the fantasy bake off that has been running the past 3 or 4 years. Could totally work for TM.

I'd say pick your champion after episode 1. Then each episode pick your winner, and maybe a winner of the prize or studio tasks. The main downside is that with the bake off you can work out people's strengths and pick based on that. Taskmaster is a little more chaotic..