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sweetcell

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #465 on: August 19, 2011, 03:38:08 pm »
bookerT - i think that's a very good rule.  i believe this is the setting i need to tweek, previously it was set to "None":

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Weekly Waivers:
Use these settings to give everyone in the league a fair chance at picking up players. "Sunday - Tuesday" means all unowned players will be placed on waivers at 10:00am PT (1:00pm ET) each Sunday with the claim period ending at 11:59pm PT on Tuesday. "First game of the week - Tuesday" means all unowned players will be placed on waivers at the start of the first game for that week with the claim period ending at 11:59pm PT on Tuesday.

so is "Sunday - Tuesday" the way to go?  unfortunately yahoo doesn't seem to allow vansmack's preference of team's kick-off.

FYI, we're up to five teams including Brian W's "I Hate Pink Floyd" ;D
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #466 on: August 19, 2011, 04:03:36 pm »
yeah this is the best way to do it. it's not quite as perfect as vansmack's preferred system, but in a scenario like that you are still able to replace with someone on your own bench, so all is not lost.

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #467 on: August 21, 2011, 04:50:38 pm »
Are we doing this? Where's my invite?

are you doing this?  i sent you your invite ;)

I'd like to suggest a couple minor rules changes, like allowing percentage points.

fractional points have been implemented, as has the no-sunday-to-tuesday-waiver-claim rule.  any other suggestions/requests?

everyone still OK with draft on Monday, August 29 at 8:30 pm?  i'm happy to change to another date and/or time if folks have a preference, constraint, etc.
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #468 on: August 21, 2011, 07:15:07 pm »

I'm confused by the waiver thing.  I'm sorry.  I'm thick.

Suppose you have Ray Rice on your team.  1:00 game, 5 minutes in, he blows out his knee and is done for the season.  Ricky "Puff Puff Pass" Williams (who wasn't drafted by anyone) comes into the game and rushes for 200 yards and 3 TD before halftime.

How is it determined who gets Ricky Williams?  First come, first served?

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #469 on: August 22, 2011, 01:07:26 am »
am i too late to get in?  i'm getting a "league full" error message
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #470 on: August 22, 2011, 01:18:30 am »

I'm confused by the waiver thing.  I'm sorry.  I'm thick.

Suppose you have Ray Rice on your team.  1:00 game, 5 minutes in, he blows out his knee and is done for the season.  Ricky "Puff Puff Pass" Williams (who wasn't drafted by anyone) comes into the game and rushes for 200 yards and 3 TD before halftime.

How is it determined who gets Ricky Williams?  First come, first served?

Brian

in your scenario, you would not be able to pick up williams.  all players are put on waivers from sunday 1 pm until tuesday midnight, at which point all pending claims are processed according to the waiver priority list.  we use a continuing rolling list (see http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/details/waiver_type).  this allows everyone a fair crack at williams, not just the one or two who happened to be watching the game.

am i too late to get in?  i'm getting a "league full" error message

either last year's managers aren't declining their invites, or the system isn't making their spaces available to new joiners.  i added two spots and they're been taken, so i'll need to add more in the morning.
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #471 on: August 22, 2011, 11:39:32 am »
I signed up, guys.  Hope everyone is cool with a semi-newbie joining the fray!

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #472 on: August 22, 2011, 11:57:18 am »
I signed up, guys.  Hope everyone is cool with a semi-newbie joining the fray!

welcome! 

this is what the league currently looks like:
- New Jersey Barebacks (sweetcell)
- Pigskin&Pigtails6949
- BookerT-Bars
- Rock N Roll Outlaws (Shadrach)
- TBD (Yada)
- Hoya Paranoia
- I Hate Pink Floyd (Brian Wallace)
- We Are Both Carls (crevers)
- Crump's Brother (jeffml)
- Stillwater

we're at 10 teams, which i think is the perfect size: good competition while allowing for some low-level talent to remain in free agency. should we lock down the league at 10?  or allow for 12 teams?
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Cock Van Der Palm

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #473 on: August 22, 2011, 12:23:35 pm »
I know it is tough to schedule a draft time that is good for everyone, so if no one else has a problem with the current time, I'll work with it.  Otherwise I would be ok with changing it.

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #474 on: August 22, 2011, 12:24:49 pm »
Forgot to add that I would be good with 10 teams.  Makes it a little easier to maneuver especially if you can't make the live draft.

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #475 on: August 22, 2011, 12:32:06 pm »
I know it is tough to schedule a draft time that is good for everyone, so if no one else has a problem with the current time, I'll work with it.  Otherwise I would be ok with changing it.

if you had a choice, what would be your preference?

as mentioned before, i'm completely flexible - whatever works best for the group.
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HoyaSaxa03

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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #476 on: August 22, 2011, 12:36:12 pm »
I like the draft time.
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #477 on: August 22, 2011, 12:37:47 pm »
are we doing another survivor/knockout football pool?
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #478 on: August 22, 2011, 01:27:04 pm »
are we doing another survivor/knockout football pool?

i certainly hope so - hey smackie?
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Re: fantasy football: a league of our own
« Reply #479 on: August 22, 2011, 02:45:23 pm »
are we doing another survivor/knockout football pool?

i certainly hope so - hey smackie?

Survival pools have far surpassed fantasy football on my enjoyment scale.  I'll set it up later this week.
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