Monero Fantasy Football League 2018

[Hueristic]

PPR reduces the amount of bias towards running backs due to a larger majority of possessions going towards running backs, plus the fact that the amount of attempted throws towards WRs usually are split 50/50 if there are two dominant WRs or even 1 dominant one and 3 "OK" WRs.... but the QB usually spreads around the love in regards to WR... that's why PPR is sort of a good idea.

As of right now it's 3 votes to 1... anyone else object towards doing PPR?

It makes running backs that catch worth more than any other player and there are not enough of them that are not on committees to feed an entire 10 team league so the first few players that pick are at a big advantage but anyway I'm not going to argue about it all day.

I'll just hope I get an early pick.

I totally get your point... It's all wrapped up in a debate I'm not prepared or capable to argue because I don't necessarily understand the statistics of it all.  I just feel like PPR is popular due to a specific reason and why it is a default value... it might be skewed a little towards certain people, but so is not having PPR... and so is all the other ways.  You could argue against any certain type of scoring given data trends.

OK, I was just checking out the teams and have seen this team "TY 4 your donation".

WE ARE NOt AMUSED!!!


OK, The yahoo league says the draft is at.

Live League Draft in 2 days 21:07:47
Sun Aug 26 5:00pm PDT
Draft room will open 15 min before your draft time.

Can you recheck as the OP says 5PM EST

[Hhampuz]

Count me in

[phishead]

Count me in

You got it!

Just for future reference to everyone else, I will be spotting Hhampuz so I will give a tx tomorrow to spot his buy in.

[Hueristic]

Count me in

Great! Nice to see you.

[lt8877]

So with that being said, how should we go about vetting people in the future leagues from now on to make sure two teams don't collude together to get better players on one team to ensure winning?

In the spirit of this being the Monero Fantasy Football League (and as a participant with a pseudonymous single-use identity), I don't think vetting participants should be required, but I would also be OK with requiring a refundable security deposit for non-vetted participants (including myself).  

It might be a good idea to establish some league rules / bylaws to maintain fairness and establish dispute resolution procedures in advance of the start of the league. You can google fantasy football league bylaws / constitutions for some examples.  

Edit: Also, is everyone ok with 5 PM on Sunday for the draft?? 

I'm good with any time on Sunday, but we should clarify the time zone.

Don't know what ppr is.

LOL - dude, our league was *full point* PPR last year - and you won it!

Edit: We've got some people who have voted (only 3 so far including myself), so be sure to vote on the new poll so I can adjust accordingly... thanks

I can't vote, probably because this account I'm using is still a Newbie, but I'm good with either full or half point PPR.

Edit #2: I looked in the settings for Yahoo and it doesn't look like I have the option to change the playoffs to include a 2 week championship/play off sort of system...  It only allows me to pick the weeks (Weeks 15 and 16, or Weeks 16 and 17) between 4 people; OR can do a 6 person play off in weeks 14, 15, 16; etc.

Ah, bummer. Depending on how many players we end up with I would vote for a four player playoff in weeks 15 and 16.

 

[jwinterm]

How long does the whole draft process usually take? Hour? The hours?

[lt8877]

How long does the whole draft process usually take? Hour? The hours?

With 8-10 people we're probably looking at 1-2 hours.

[Hueristic]

excellent post

 

I would merit this but I think this an alt account just for this league and I don't have much left.

Can you link to a bylaw that you find credible?

I have never searched for them before but I think that is a great idea.

Especially looking forward if we keep this thing going and everything goes the way we hope and we keep it at 1 XMR every year.


JW "I don't know what PPR is",

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[ahncddp]

ahncddp, hey so I'm not sure what username you messaged on reddit because I still didn't get one at all.  Mine is [floam412] minus the brackets.  Again, not trying to doubt you... just doing my due diligence now to avoid confusion about it in other future leagues. Thanks again.

not sure if I did something wrong in reddit but I actually clicked on your username in the reddit thread about the league. I then chose messages.  The message to you is in my message history.

Here is a link to a screenshot of what I see in my messages section

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yx49b7awpudnn80/reddit_pm.png?dl=0

[lt8877]

Can you link to a bylaw that you find credible?

Here are a couple sample league constitutions that could be adapted:

https://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=13grant_commish4
https://www.thefantasyhut.com/football-constitution

There are elements from both of these that I like, but I think either one would need to be modified to fit this league.  I'm willing to take a crack at drafting something if that's something the league is interested in.

[Hueristic]

Can you link to a bylaw that you find credible?

Here are a couple sample league constitutions that could be adapted:

https://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=13grant_commish4
https://www.thefantasyhut.com/football-constitution

There are elements from both of these that I like, but I think either one would need to be modified to fit this league.  I'm willing to take a crack at drafting something if that's something the league is interested in.

Sounds good to me, what do you guys think?

[phishead]

ahncddp, hey so I'm not sure what username you messaged on reddit because I still didn't get one at all.  Mine is [floam412] minus the brackets.  Again, not trying to doubt you... just doing my due diligence now to avoid confusion about it in other future leagues. Thanks again.

not sure if I did something wrong in reddit but I actually clicked on your username in the reddit thread about the league. I then chose messages.  The message to you is in my message history.

Here is a link to a screenshot of what I see in my messages section

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yx49b7awpudnn80/reddit_pm.png?dl=0

Yeah, no problem... I mean I get confused with Reddit sometimes myself, so I understand.

Ok, so I have received one PM and sent them an email invite, and as of now I got 5 people signed up... I will walk my SO through it later tonight, but anyone else who needs an invite link just let me know.

[Hueristic]

ahncddp, hey so I'm not sure what username you messaged on reddit because I still didn't get one at all.  Mine is [floam412] minus the brackets.  Again, not trying to doubt you... just doing my due diligence now to avoid confusion about it in other future leagues. Thanks again.

not sure if I did something wrong in reddit but I actually clicked on your username in the reddit thread about the league. I then chose messages.  The message to you is in my message history.

Here is a link to a screenshot of what I see in my messages section

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yx49b7awpudnn80/reddit_pm.png?dl=0

Yeah, no problem... I mean I get confused with Reddit sometimes myself, so I understand.

Ok, so I have received one PM and sent them an email invite, and as of now I got 5 people signed up... I will walk my SO through it later tonight, but anyone else who needs an invite link just let me know.

So 8 paid and only 5 signed up?

Nice donators!!!

So is it cool by you for Techmobowl to throw together a draft bylaw?
I think this is important as we get bigger as one person quitting half way through because they don't have a chance can ruin all the fun so we need rules already set ahead of time for if that happens. Trying to set a rule up on the spot when it affects the rest of the season can suck and doing it ahead of time takes out any bias.

Here are a couple sample league constitutions that could be adapted:
There are elements from both of these that I like, but I think either one would need to be modified to fit this league.  I'm willing to take a crack at drafting something if that's something the league is interested in.

I recommend anyone that has never done a yahoo draft to do a mock one just to make sure your browser works with their software.

Last year half my team got autodrafted because of a bug in ESPN and my browser so doing a mock draft test would be a good idea. It only takes a few minutes and then you can quit and let it autodraft the rest. And you will get emailed the results.

I tried another one and got a C !!!! Last two I did I got an F and a D !!!
Funny thing is I was first pick and only got a C, I don't think Yahoo agrees with the guys I like.

Also Phishead can you add to the OP what the team names are for each person, I already have You and JW figured out, but I don't think everyone can figure out who is who.

[ahncddp]

I got my invite .. I'm the Donkeypunch

[Hueristic]

I got my invite .. I'm the Donkeypunch

Nice.


Whats up with ChiBitCTy?                   

BTW Phishead, we need to have an even number of teams before draft or the draft launch will fail if you were not aware.

[phishead]

I got my invite .. I'm the Donkeypunch

Nice.


Whats up with ChiBitCTy?                    

BTW Phishead, we need to have an even number of teams before draft or the draft launch will fail if you were not aware.

Hopefully he will respond some time soon, I have a feeling he will... and if need be I can always just spot him too, but we just need to have him sign up.  I've messaged him a couple times through here and other places... so I think he just hasn't seen any of his notifications...

As for the draft and making sure everyone is signed up, do we want to push back the draft date?  I know it's last minute type of changes, but figured in order to make sure everything will go right during draft time we might want to consider changing the time.

I added a new poll above.

[jwinterm]

I'm not gonna vote in poll, but I'm ready to go tomorrow. I see there are only eight teams still but 9 xmr in wallet. Pretty sure next sunday at same time works for me too.

[Hueristic]

Voted, I would like to go to casino tonight knowing whether I have to be available tomorrow or not.

I just read about the even team thing earlier when I was doing a mock draft.

[anonymousminer]

I got my invite .. I'm the Donkeypunch

Nice.


Whats up with ChiBitCTy?                   

BTW Phishead, we need to have an even number of teams before draft or the draft launch will fail if you were not aware.

Hopefully he will respond some time soon, I have a feeling he will... and if need be I can always just spot him too, but we just need to have him sign up.  I've messaged him a couple times through here and other places... so I think he just hasn't seen any of his notifications...

As for the draft and making sure everyone is signed up, do we want to push back the draft date?  I know it's last minute type of changes, but figured in order to make sure everything will go right during draft time we might want to consider changing the time.

I added a new poll above.

I made plans for this and gave up a Sunday with my boat.  We don’t get many in the Midwest.  If the draft is not tomorrow at 5pm as stated in the OP, I’ll just take a refund.  I sorry, I don’t have time for ifs, possiblies  or maybes.  Not trying to be a d**k but people had plenty of time to plan.  Just my 2 Satoshis.

[Hhampuz]

I got my invite .. I'm the Donkeypunch

Nice.


Whats up with ChiBitCTy?                   

BTW Phishead, we need to have an even number of teams before draft or the draft launch will fail if you were not aware.

Hopefully he will respond some time soon, I have a feeling he will... and if need be I can always just spot him too, but we just need to have him sign up.  I've messaged him a couple times through here and other places... so I think he just hasn't seen any of his notifications...

As for the draft and making sure everyone is signed up, do we want to push back the draft date?  I know it's last minute type of changes, but figured in order to make sure everything will go right during draft time we might want to consider changing the time.

I added a new poll above.

I made plans for this and gave up a Sunday with my boat.  We don’t get many in the Midwest.  If the draft is not tomorrow at 5pm as stated in the OP, I’ll just take a refund.  I sorry, I don’t have time for ifs, possiblies  or maybes.  Not trying to be a d**k but people had plenty of time to plan.  Just my 2 Satoshis.

I'm inclined to agree with am on this one. I remember seeing this thread a long time ago and the same people have been signed up ever since, so they've known the draft date for a while as well.