Common FAQs
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What is Bach Bracket?
If fantasy football and The Bachelor franchise had a love child – its name would be Bach Bracket. You can join a league with fellow Bach lovers, and make choices each week about which contestants will get a rose. Throughout the season, leagues are automatically scored, and winners can earn prizes and/or bragging rights, depending on the league they choose.
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What are the different league types?
We have 3 different league types for you to choose from on the site.
- First Impression
- Rose to Rose
- Advanced
You can learn more about how each league type works here.
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How do I join a league?
You have a few choices: create your own league, browse public leagues, or join a private league through an email invitation.
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What is the difference between a public and private league?
A public league can be joined by anyone, while a private league requires a special invitation to join. If you’re creating the league, you get to choose, so decide how exclusive you’re feeling and go for it.
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When can I start making picks?
Picks will be available as soon as the current season’s contestants are officially announced by ABC.
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How do I make picks?
We’re glad you asked. This is the most important part of the game. Before each rose ceremony, you will be given a certain number of picks. This number may vary depending on your league type. Simply navigate to the My Picks page and select your favorites. Once you’ve chosen the right number of contestants, be sure to select Save.
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When do brackets lock each week?
Brackets will lock immediately when the episode begins on the East Coast to avoid spoilers for anyone. West Coast – this means you need to make sure your picks are made a few hours before each episode.
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For Advanced Leagues, do Commissioners create the rules or are they determined by Bach Bracket?
To allow for automated scoring, all rules for the Advanced league will be chosen by Bach Bracket. These rules will be solidified and announced prior to the beginning of new season. You can see the rules for the current season by navigating to your League Scoreboard and clicking on the Rules tab.
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Where can I see a breakdown of points awarded each week?
We post a scoring recap every week that lets you know what points were awarded & why for each league type. You can find it under the Extras section on the navigation menu.
Commissioner Questions
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What are my responsibilities as a league Commissioner?
The best part about Bach Bracket, is that you really don’t have any. Your biggest focus should be inviting people to join your league! Once the season has started, all leagues will be automatically scored for your members and scoreboards will be updated.
You can also help keep your league members up to date by following @bachbrack on Twitter, where we post the latest info and updates about scoring and site features.
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My friend is unable to join my (public or private) league. How can I add them?
There are four ways to add a person to your league. The first, and easiest, is by navigating to your league & copying the league’s unique link. You can send this link to the user. Your link should look something like:
https://bachelorette.bachbracket.com/leagues/2684/
You can also share your league via Facebook, Twitter or by email.
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Help! I've unlocked a ceremony's brackets, but my members still cannot make picks.
If no other ceremonies are active on the website & you’ve unlocked brackets, players can still make picks, but it will not be under the “My Picks” area in the main navigation.
Instead, users will need to navigate to the league itself, click on the Info tab, and click the “Make Picks” link next to the Rose Ceremony # that you’ve unlocked.
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Can I give players custom point awards?
At this time, we do not have this feature. We are working on adding in custom point awards in the future, though, so stay tuned and let us know if you have questions in the meantime.
As a workaround, you can unlock past ceremonies and have a player select correct/incorrect contestants accordingly.