Two of the most fun aspects of playing Draft Fantasy are the debauchery that comes along with choosing the draft order and worse the heinous punishments that come with losing the league. In honor of the World Cup Fantasy Football and Fantasy Football Day, we thought we would put together a list of some of the greatest traditions that we’ve seen leagues have established in the holy name of fantasy football. Look out for the punishments post to come.

It is very important to note that these games are best used to determine the order of who GETS TO CHOOSE WHAT PICK THEY WANT. Meaning if someone in your league comes in first place and is an idiot, they can choose to draft fifth, if they so please.

Simple

The quickest, easiest and most simple ways to determine a draft order are using the classic beer chug, beer pong, or any of the other classic drinking games. These are always fun, easy, and usually end with everyone having a good laugh and an interesting night.

Video Games

Video game tournaments usually take a bit more time and effort to set up, but they’re also usually much more competitive and reward important and valuable skills. Obviously the best game to play is FIFA (on Xbox), but other fun games that can get the competitive blood flowing are Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, or any first person shooters that have team modes. This requires a good amount of time and planning and a massive screen so that everyone can see who loses and make sure they know they deserve the last draft pick.

Feasting

You’re not playing in the World Cup, so to properly prepare to sit on your ass for the next couple months and eat pizza and drink beer this could be the best way to determine the draft order. Each manager picks a different pizza (or donut, hot dog, or any other easily measurable and devourable food group) shop out of a hat and then each manager orders the same size (small medium, large) or amount even though they will probably all be a bit different. Once the food arrives the contest begins. Eat your hearts out and understand that this is just as a prep for the weeks to come (especially if Kane can’t take the squad past the quarters).

Combo

Not to pick favorites, but this is definitely the best way to determine your league’s draft order, especially for the World Cup. First, you will need FIFA and each manager must have enough booze to ensure they can make it through to become the champion (of choosing the draft order). Next, each manager gets a country playing in the World Cup (or a character, which can either be decided based on ethnic connection (Beware: this can lead to a bit of racism depending on the league) or randomly assigned. Then set up a tournament that the computer will play. As the computer is playing the tournament, each manager must drink (an amount decided by the league) when they let in a goal or alternatively when they score.

The winning team of the tournament with a manager that is still standing gets to decide the pick they so choose. If the winning team’s manager can’t handle the process, they get last pick of what draft spot they want.

Also, similar ways of choosing a draft order can be played with other simulated video games like Super Smash Brothers.

Enjoy and let us know what your favorite way to play is on Twitter or Facebook.