Ice Ice, Baby: Can you clinch the MFL Curling Championship?

If you watched the Winter Olympics in Milan this February, you know what we're talking about. The intensity. The strategy. The sweeping. Curling captured the hearts of millions... and apparently, the heart of our CEO.

What many of you don't know is that Mathurin has been a passionate curler for years. While most founders unwind with a round of golf or a jog, Mathurin has been perfecting his slide delivery at his local curling club in Paris. So when the Olympic curling finals had the entire office glued to a screen for three hours on a Tuesday afternoon, something clicked.

What if MFL wasn't just about football?

A New Chapter for MFL

We've been quietly exploring what a multi-sport MFL universe could look like. Football will always be at the core of what we do, that's non-negotiable. But the principles that make MFL special: true ownership, real competition against real humans, strategic depth -- aren't limited to one sport.

Curling, as it turns out, is the perfect candidate for expansion. Think about it:

Deep tactical layer — reading the ice, weight control, shot selection. It's chess on ice.
Team dynamics — a skip calling the shots, sweepers executing under pressure. Sound familiar?
Momentum swings — one stolen end can flip an entire match, just like a 90th-minute goal.

The parallels with football management are honestly uncanny once you start looking.

The MFL Curling Championship - Alpha Preview

Today, we're giving loyal MFL club owners an exclusive first look at what we've been working on. This is very early. We're talking prototype territory. But we wanted our community to be the first to experience it and help shape what this becomes.

Head over to app.playmfl.com/curling to try it out.

You'll get to play a curling match and experience the core mechanics we've been developing. The physics engine alone -- getting the curl on granite to feel right is surprisingly complex (Mathurin insisted on "realistic pebble texture," which led to a rabbit hole none of us expected).

What's Next

This is just the beginning. We're exploring a full competitive structure -- leagues, seasons, player scouting (yes, curling scouts are a real thing), and of course, a transfer market. Imagine bidding on a world-class skip to anchor your rink.

We have a lot of questions to answer and a lot of ice to sweep before this becomes a full product. But we believe in building with our community, not in a vacuum.

Try the championship. Tell us what you think. Break things. That's what alphas are for.

See you on the ice.

— The MFL Team

P.S. Mathurin wanted us to mention that his personal best in competition is a triple takeout from the hack. We have not been able to independently verify this claim.