The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: DáinIronfoot on August 07, 2008, 05:13:06 PM
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Hey, any of you play fantasy (American :P) football? If so, great! And if not, anyone interested in trying?
Let me know. If there's enough interest, I'll start up a league and we can compete against each other this fall. :up:
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Sign me up bro.
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Cool. Anyone else?
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OK I know the basics of how it works...but fill me in on the details please.
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Typically, you "draft" a bunch of players, either live (meaning you handpick one player each round) or automated (in which you organize players in a list, and each round the computer picks the highest-ranked player left on your list while making sure your needs are filled so you don't end up with, like, half your team as quarterbacks :P); with automated, there's usually a pre-made list that you can customize and slide players up and down rather than having to build the whole list from scratch. ;) Then you plug in who you think are the best players on your team each week and try to get the most points, with those points coming from things like touchdowns, yardage, number of catches, etc.
You can change your team throughout the year by picking up players no one else has on their team, or by trading (if people are nice enough to accomodate). With football, unlike other sports, there is only one game for each NFL team any given week, so you have several days in between to plan, make changes, and get your team locked in before the next set of games.
Each week, you would go head to head with one of your fellow TLHH member's teams, and whoever gets the most points that week wins.
It's a little complicated, but LOTS of fun and easy to pick up quickly. You don't even have to know much about the sport, since most good systems will make recommendations on who to play each week and tell you about all their stats to date and such.
Hope that helps.
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Ok I assume we are going with offensive for individual players. Are we picking the same for defense or are we just selecting a team for defensive? Are we even doing defensive at all?
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Probably have an entire DST (Defense + Special Teams) rather than individual defensive players.
The standard sort of format I'm thinking it one quarterback, two running backs, two or three wide recievers, one tight end, one kicker, and one defensive unit (DST).
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ok sounds good to me I like defense and all but that would take forever to pick and entire team. I have done a few very deep fanatasy leagues that do this it was fun but we are running out of time here LOL. Let me know when you decide to get this started and what site I need to join and all whether it be yahoo nfl.com or whatnot :up:.
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Maybe Sportsline. I've used them for other fantasy stuff before and know them pretty well, but we'll see.
Used Yahoo as well, so probably one of those. *shrug* Depends partly on if we get more interest.
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I would love to join.
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Only four so far. :-\ Anybody else? I'll have to either set this up or scrap the idea pretty soon....
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Um, I could try.
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Cool, well there's one more.
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Yea, me 2, but I'm not exactly sure how it works, is there another site that we can draft on or something? Or do we do it all on TLHH?
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No no no...this would ALL be done on another site, like sportsline.com or yahoo.com or something. It's just that the members of the league would come from here.
Okay, that's an even six, which is good. Anyone else? If we could get to 10, that would be fantastic. :up:
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I'm not sure...I wouldn't count on me though.
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That makes it like six and half. :P Anyone else? SOMEONE else out there must be into this, or has thought about doing it before...now's your big chance! Gain TLHH bragging rights for months! \:D/
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Alright, for anyone interested, I have actually created the league now:
The Last Homely Hogs (http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/?lid=513023) :lol:
Seemed a good enough name. :P Just click the link and it will take you straight there (if you already have a Yahoo ID and are logged in) or, if you do NOT have a Yahoo ID, I think it requires you to make one. Don't fret...it's a very quick and easy process. Then create your team and you should be in. If it prompts you for a league password, I did one very easy to remember: "kralik". :)
Let me know if you any problems registering or getting in for any reason. I'll be providing details on our draft and all soon...meaning as soon as I completely figure them out myself. :whistle:
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sweet no yahoo ID for me but I will have one ASAP for this league of your Mr. Ironfoot :up:. Can you guess what I will use (or at least try to use)?
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sweet no yahoo ID for me but I will have one ASAP for this league of your Mr. Ironfoot :up:. Can you guess what I will use (or at least try to use)?
The Korn Huskers? :lol:
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Mr. Ironfoot I clicked the link signed up for a yahoo account now how do I find your league? I clicked join a league but then it asks for an ID# not name. PM me the info if you rather.
No was thinking since I'm orginally from Miami and like NCAA footbal a bit more than NFL I was going to go with the Miami Hurrikorns :up:.
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I believe it is ID #513023. Try that and see if it works for you.
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It worked there is a opponent now Beltville Bombers, The Miami HurriKorns are ready. How is the draft going to work by chance automatic or are we going to hold a draft ourselves?
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I THINK I have it set up to go automatically, though I can change that if need be. As long as we have it done by September 1st we'll still be good to go for Week 1.
So that gives everyone a little over a week to sign up. Please do so...we can fit up to eight more teams. :up:
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yeah if you want to change the draft I'd be done, but like you said it is getting close so I guess it depends on where or not we get the other spots filled in time. If they all get here I can be available this weekend for a draft or Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday next week :up:. If nothing comes up and automatic draft is fine with me as well, but more fun IMHO if we can choose for ourselves :up:.
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I agree that drafting live would be ideal, but with time zones and varied schedules I don't know if it will be viable or fair. We'll see...we need more teams first. ;)
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You're all going down.
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Hey guys, It'll take a few days for me to get started cuz of school and all so if you want me off the league that's perfectly fine.
(I'm typing this in school, this is soo awesome!)
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Hey guys, It'll take a few days for me to get started cuz of school and all so if you want me off the league that's perfectly fine.
(I'm typing this in school, this is soo awesome!)
Just sign up the worse that could happen is you get an auto draft of players and you peek in from time to time to see how you are doing. Propose trades when you can and whatnot :up:. You have to start sometime why not try now with a group of friendlies and see how it goes.
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Ok, thanks Nk.
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Whats the Password to the I.D.
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Dain posted it he said it was kralik
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G2G bye
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lets not forget about this guys, we need 6 more teams!
DI - is this going to be a live draft or auto?
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I currently have the draft set to auto, but if we can get folks signed up and agree on a time, it would be nice to change it to live for those available to be there.
Sign up, anyone who is interested! :up:
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Correction: I just changed the draft to "live" for Sunday, August 31st, at 6:00PM EST. I can always change it back or change the time if we want. :up:
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Roger that, I am go flight for 6pm EST Sunday August 31. If a change is needed, I am available anytime Sat-Sun, or after 6pm EST Tuesdays or Fridays.
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Yikes unless my job goes down for labor day I will be living for work roughly at that time. Anyway we can go for earlier that day say 4:00pmish (eastern time) or any time saturday, the 30th of August :up:.
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I'm signed up as the Cobras.
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Under a week now until the LIVE DRAFT!!
C'mon SM, Lurtzy, EL, CBB, join up! We still need 5 more teams!
Whose team is the Cobras?
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Whose team is the Cobras?
BullroarerIoG. He posted right above you. :P
The league can run with any even number of teams, so we only NEED one more, but it would be great to get up to 10. C'mon, folks. Anybody out there interested?
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D'oh! Sorry Bullroarer, I don't know how I missed that.
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Oh, and Saturday the 30th will no longer work for me, but anytime Sunday the 31st is great.
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well if Saturday is out for Hawkeyespf and Sunday late is out for me then we need to change it to around 2pm-4pm eastern time. I have to work Sunday night and have to leave the house no later than 7:20pm eastern time :up:. Please change the time you have set for the draft Sunday Dain and let me know when the new time will be.
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Changed to Sunday at 4:00 EST, at least for now. We can slide it forwards or backwards if needed.
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Awesome thanks bro :gp: for the effort hopefully we get at least 1 more to join maybe we get the remaining 5 slots filled :up:.
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Still just the five teams. Anyone else? Bueller? Bueller?
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I just convience Leokul to join though he want be particpating in the draft as he will be gone this weekend :up:.
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My wife wants to join, but we currently have an even number, so we need at least one more, folks! Anyone who's even remotely interested, sign up! :up:
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My wife is also interested, but didn't want to make an odd number, so let's get them signed up Dain. See you all at the draft tomorrow!
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Sounds good. Sign her up and I'll have my wife sign up as well. ;D
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Looks like we have our eight signed up, which is great! Twice as many as we had last year. :up:
Don't forget...the draft is at 4:00 EST today, which is a little less than two hours for now. Hope to see The Kula Shakers, Blondzilla, the Red Squad Hawks, the Cobras, the Ninja Kitty Warriors, the Miami HurriKorns, and the ChiTown Hawkeyes there. The Beltsville Bombers will be waiting. :mrgreen:
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Dang! Am I too late to sign in? I know it'll have to be auto draft for me, cuz of school and possibly work on saturdays (hopefully). But I'm gonna sign in anyway and see how my team does.
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It won't let me get on. Am i doing something wrong?
I typed in
I.D: 513023@yahoo.com
Pass: kralik
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I locked the league down about 3:00 EST yesterday. Nothing personal, but once we had an even number of teams, I was really worried about someone coming in last minute and making it an odd number again...and a league with an odd number of teams at draft time is automatially disbanded by the system. It was incredibly unlikely we'd get TWO more teams in that last hour, so I made a judgement call to protect the teams that were already in by locking it down.
Sorry, dude. :-\
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No, that's fine, I don't even really like football anyway. Plus I have other stuff that I have to do on the weekends and stuff, thanks anyway though.
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Yeah I won in week 1, but only thanks to the untimely fall of Mr. Tom Brady. I hope my receivers step up and my starting running backs are healthy and ready to play in week 2. Had to bump this as well as this is the way I get to the league :up:.
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BREAKING NEWS (for real):
Due to damage from Hurricane Ike, the Ravens-Texans game has been tenatively cancelled for this week. If you own any Ravens or Texans players, you'll probably have to end up benching them this week, as it looks like they won't be playing unless the NFL steps in with a last-minute plan to move the game somewhere else.
Just want things to be fair and nobody hosed because they didn't know.
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Woohoo, looks like I will be 1 of the 2 remaining undefeaed teams after this week :up:. That wont last much longer, even though some of my recievers are stepping up now. How about Santana Moss for the Redskins, Dain? Isn't that your team? I can't wait until Colston gets back from injury than I might have a better chance with my recievers. Sry for all the babble just needed to bump this thread back to page one.
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Why don't you just add the yahoo fantasy page as a favorite?
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if i did that you wouldn't ask questions now would you LOL.
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well we need a football thread, and this one is close enough SOOOO
i. hate. football.
why?
1. I've always been an AFC man./..the AFC SUCKS this year.
2. I hate the giants. nuff said.
3. lets go over my 3 favorite teams
1. patriots. brady's injured.
2. Chiefs sucks, and they injured brady so I hate them till next season.
3. The chargers have lost 2 games last second, and might not win their third.
thats enough reasons for me...the good news? the colts aren't doing to hot, and the stealers lost.
right now the team i'm hoping to win the superbowl would have to be the seahawks...as I don't see any of my likes doing it.
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My team seems like its stacked, but who knows right? I already lost one so definitely not perfect. :wuh?: I may be willing to part with one of my 4 stellar RB's if someone has a kick butt WR to swap. All 4 of my RB's were 20+ points this week. Unfortunately only get to play 2. lol.
Oh, I'm the Ninja Kittens if anyone was wondering.
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The standings though the first six weeks:
1. Miami HurriKorns (NappyKorn): 5-1-0
2. Ninja Kitty Warriors (Fingolfinfinwe): 5-1-0
3. Blondzilla (Mrs. Ironfoot): 4-2-0 - TOLD you she's good at this! :P
4. Beltsville Bombers (Dáin Ironfoot): 4-2-0
5. Cobras (BullroarerIoG): 4-2-0
6. ChiTown Hawkeyes (HawkeyeSPF): 1-5-0
7. Red Squad Hawks (Mrs. Hawkeye): 1-5-0
8. The Kula Shakers (leokula): 0-6-0
Poor Hawkeye is like the Rodney Dangerfield of the league. No respect even though he has a solid team. Just bad, bad luck. :-S
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lets go over my 3 favorite teams
1. patriots. brady's injured.
2. Chiefs sucks, and they injured brady so I hate them till next season.
3. The chargers have lost 2 games last second, and might not win their third.
Bah. Redskins pwn all.
My two favorite teams:
1. Redskins
2. Giants
2. I hate the giants. nuff said.
And what's wrong with the Giants? Patriots got what was coming to them what with Bellachick's cheating last year.
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My Two favorite teama:
1. Miami Dolphins, the are still pretty bad.
2. Miami Hurrikorns, They will probably fall to the Blondzilla this week.
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2. Miami Hurrikorns, They will probably fall to the Blondzilla this week.
And she keeps telling me she is convinved she will fall to YOU. :P
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Don't you EVER compare me to Rodney Dangerfield again. :evil:
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And she keeps telling me she is convinved she will fall to YOU. :P
Well, only one of our feelings can be right, unless we end in a tie which would be funny :up:. Tell your wife to sub out Willie Parker. I was going back over my roster and checked the match-up again and it says Willie Parker will not be playing this week. Trying to make it as fair as possible. You were kind enough to let me know when the Baltimore/Houston game was postponed so just returning the favor and keeping the league fair :up:.
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If it's going to be fair, then somebody with control needs to sub out some of LeoKula's starters so each team gets their "free" win against him since he's not really playing.
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Man, why do you even play yourself? You cam into the thing after you picked up LT talking crap about how you were going to run the table. Since then you have done nothing but cry and and post that this is 'Fing ridiculous' and other unneeded garbage. It's not like we win anything if we finish first so stop the crying and play the game. I will await more posts by you cause I'm sure you have something else to complain about.
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First of all, everybody who drafted LT was talkin crap after draft day, in every league, everywhere, so you can't bust on me for that. Second of all, I'm 1 and 5 with a team loaded with stars, which, you have to admit, is a little unbelievable - you'd think that just by the law of averages I'd have at least 2 wins by now if not 3 or more. If you were in my place, you'd have been JUST as frustrated after every single game, believe me. Your comment about not winning anything isn't worth two-bits either, as it's still a matter of pride, and it seriously is a hard hit when you lose game after game after game.
Bottom line: I've got every right to complain, just as you would, so STFU.
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Whoa whoa whoa! Easy there, fellas.
Hawkeye DOES have a good team, but like I said, has had some terrible luck. I fully understand the frustration...had a very similiar team last year in a different league: stacked on paper, but seriously underperformed most of the year. It's aggravating to say the least, especially when you lose week after week and just can't understand why or how it keeps happening. "Why me?" and several choice words escaped my lips several times with that team.
That all being said, it IS just a game. I lose perspective on that time and again. But it IS just a game, and one ultimately of luck and very little "skill"...it's not like we can control the players and make them perform up to our standards.
There's still time to make things up. I was in first place all throughout the season in the CC league last year, then lost to the guy that barely eeked into the playoffs and was out in the first round. It happens, and it sucks, but there's nothing that we can really do about it but look forward to the next game, the next chance, or the next year if all goes REALLY poorly. Hang in there and just keep plugging away...you never know what might happen next time you throw those same guys out there.