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June 19, 2017, 08:05:58 PM
#18
Auto-drafts are lame for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is the fact that if you default to the "next best pick" you can still end up having a full lineup, but you might have like 4QBs sitting on your bench or something stupid because the computer is picking what's ranked as the best out of a predetermined list.

That has never happened in my experience.  The auto-draft algorithm at Yahoo is smart enough to give you 2 QBs, 2 RBs, 4 WRs, 2 TE, 2 DEF, etc depending on how your league is setup.  It never loads up on one position, but is indeed assigning them based on a pre-season ranking.

Well I mean if you signed up to play, you can go on auto draft if you want... but I'm not making it a mandatory thing that everyone must do. That takes all the fun out of it.
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June 19, 2017, 07:22:52 PM
#17
You guys can make the final decision, but my budget is $25-$30 max for fantasy football.. count me in if you decide to drop the buy in to around that range.

want0sell, if it comes down to it I would be willing to spot you the 0.5 xmr, and then if you win I will keep half the pot, or if you lose you don't owe me anything. Not sure if that would be OK with everyone else, but I don't see why not...

Edit: Or who knows, maybe at deadline in a month or whatever monero will crash and only be worth $20 each Tongue

Out side of the scope of the league you can loan anyone anything you want but the commish can't really be expected to enforce anything on that. But since you will probally be the escrow I don't have an issue with it.

But whats up with your trust want0sell? I don't like scammers are you getting those tags removed?

He is not kidding that's me he hacked... I'm scared.. Robertt I actually didn't scam this user, that was the previous owner.. I will return half the funds to affilate user.. Please don't hack me any more...

Is this a bought account?



Some questions: Would this be an auto-draft?  Or are players responsible for their own picks (could be very time consuming)?  Is there a limit to free agency moves during the season?  What about trades between players (this can sometimes lead to suspicions of collusion)?  I also think Yahoo has a better FF user interface compared to ESPN, so that might be worth a look.

I think those are mostly all up for debate at this point. I don't have a very strong opinion on any except that auto draft seems kinda lame and boring (but don't know how much time is involved with actual drafting). I'll ping OP on IRC of he doesn't reply by tonight.


Drafting is most of the fun I'm not interested in an Auto Draft.

I think auto-draft is the way to go for everyone except the hardcore FF players.  Usually done in person with everyone at a kickoff party.  Completing a draft on the Internet could take an unwieldy amount of time.  The skill to FF -- if you can call it that -- comes with deciding who to start each week, anticipating player rotation for bye weeks, and the acquisition of free agents who have been undrafted or waived.

Auto-drafts are lame for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is the fact that if you default to the "next best pick" you can still end up having a full lineup, but you might have like 4QBs sitting on your bench or something stupid because the computer is picking what's ranked as the best out of a predetermined list.


Believe me in that you will do a much better job picking a team manually than letting it go on auto draft. You really don't have to know much about players though. You just don't want to pick an overwhelming amount of players that play, say, wide receiver because most of them will sit on the bench.

I understand people have lives and can adjust the draft accordingly.

Also-- people can trade or pick up/drop players throughout the season like normal. No limit that I know of.. it should be all the "normal" settings.

AFA trading, we have to decide on a method of accepting and rejecting. I would say a majority of players must accept a trade for it to be accepted and probably a larger amount to accept if a top 10 is being traded.


I played a league last year that I missed the draft and got auto'd and had a real shit team and lost the first four teams but made the playoffs so the draft is not the most important thing you can still do good if you cannot draft and get auto drafted. So many guys get injured that most of my team is replaced by the end of the year anyway. Smiley
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June 19, 2017, 07:18:03 PM
#16
Auto-drafts are lame for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is the fact that if you default to the "next best pick" you can still end up having a full lineup, but you might have like 4QBs sitting on your bench or something stupid because the computer is picking what's ranked as the best out of a predetermined list.

That has never happened in my experience.  The auto-draft algorithm at Yahoo is smart enough to give you 2 QBs, 2 RBs, 4 WRs, 2 TE, 2 DEF, etc depending on how your league is setup.  It never loads up on one position, but is indeed assigning them based on a pre-season ranking.
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June 19, 2017, 10:57:40 AM
#15
You guys can make the final decision, but my budget is $25-$30 max for fantasy football.. count me in if you decide to drop the buy in to around that range.

want0sell, if it comes down to it I would be willing to spot you the 0.5 xmr, and then if you win I will keep half the pot, or if you lose you don't owe me anything. Not sure if that would be OK with everyone else, but I don't see why not...

Edit: Or who knows, maybe at deadline in a month or whatever monero will crash and only be worth $20 each Tongue
Yeah I would be willing to do that. Book me down for a spot then Wink
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June 19, 2017, 06:41:47 PM
#15
I think auto-draft is the way to go for everyone except the hardcore FF players.  Usually done in person with everyone at a kickoff party.  Completing a draft on the Internet could take an unwieldy amount of time.  The skill to FF -- if you can call it that -- comes with deciding who to start each week, anticipating player rotation for bye weeks, and the acquisition of free agents who have been undrafted or waived.

Auto-drafts are lame for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is the fact that if you default to the "next best pick" you can still end up having a full lineup, but you might have like 4QBs sitting on your bench or something stupid because the computer is picking what's ranked as the best out of a predetermined list.


Believe me in that you will do a much better job picking a team manually than letting it go on auto draft. You really don't have to know much about players though. You just don't want to pick an overwhelming amount of players that play, say, wide receiver because most of them will sit on the bench.

I understand people have lives and can adjust the draft accordingly.

Also-- people can trade or pick up/drop players throughout the season like normal. No limit that I know of.. it should be all the "normal" settings.
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June 19, 2017, 04:52:35 PM
#14
I think auto-draft is the way to go for everyone except the hardcore FF players.  Usually done in person with everyone at a kickoff party.  Completing a draft on the Internet could take an unwieldy amount of time.  The skill to FF -- if you can call it that -- comes with deciding who to start each week, anticipating player rotation for bye weeks, and the acquisition of free agents who have been undrafted or waived.
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June 19, 2017, 04:30:32 PM
#13
Some questions: Would this be an auto-draft?  Or are players responsible for their own picks (could be very time consuming)?  Is there a limit to free agency moves during the season?  What about trades between players (this can sometimes lead to suspicions of collusion)?  I also think Yahoo has a better FF user interface compared to ESPN, so that might be worth a look.

I think those are mostly all up for debate at this point. I don't have a very strong opinion on any except that auto draft seems kinda lame and boring (but don't know how much time is involved with actual drafting). I'll ping OP on IRC of he doesn't reply by tonight.
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June 17, 2017, 06:37:41 PM
#12
You guys can make the final decision, but my budget is $25-$30 max for fantasy football.. count me in if you decide to drop the buy in to around that range.
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June 19, 2017, 02:55:09 PM
#12
Some questions: Would this be an auto-draft?  Or are players responsible for their own picks (could be very time consuming)?  Is there a limit to free agency moves during the season?  What about trades between players (this can sometimes lead to suspicions of collusion)?  I also think Yahoo has a better FF user interface compared to ESPN, so that might be worth a look.
legendary
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June 19, 2017, 08:56:45 AM
#11
You guys can make the final decision, but my budget is $25-$30 max for fantasy football.. count me in if you decide to drop the buy in to around that range.

want0sell, if it comes down to it I would be willing to spot you the 0.5 xmr, and then if you win I will keep half the pot, or if you lose you don't owe me anything. Not sure if that would be OK with everyone else, but I don't see why not...

Edit: Or who knows, maybe at deadline in a month or whatever monero will crash and only be worth $20 each Tongue
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June 17, 2017, 06:39:47 PM
#10
You guys can make the final decision, but my budget is $25-$30 max for fantasy football.. count me in if you decide to drop the buy in to around that range.

Ok, I will PM you if this is the case... as of right now it's too early to tell, sorry  Undecided
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June 17, 2017, 06:33:57 PM
#9
A $50 buy in is a bit too steep for me.. I would love to participate if you lowered the buy in to say .5 XMR?

I understand that might be a little pricey.  You will have to front the money first to get an invite... Lets just see if anyone else has any feedback on the price of buy-ins, and if not we can probably change it to 0.5 xmr.  Would that be alright?  Still have some time to decide since the draft won't probably happen until late August/early September.

If we get enough people, I will buy the XMR and front it a week or so before the draft. With a $50 buy in, you would probably fail to get 8-16 people.
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June 17, 2017, 06:36:12 PM
#9
I'm in! Lets do this, glad you did it as I was considering it but being dependable is not one of my strong suits these days. Smiley

1/4 of my XMR is up for wager. Cheesy

Considering you have been around the community ever since I can remember, I'm frightful of what "1/4 of your XMR" equals... lol.  But I think a $25-50 wager is pretty reasonable for a season long fantasy football league.

What are you thinking for buy-ins?

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1XMR is fine to me, and I only have 4! Cheesy


Well that works out perfectly! lol

LOL, was editing my post when you posted this so your ninja'd! Smiley

shit you Ninja'd me!
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June 17, 2017, 06:34:34 PM
#8
I'm in! Lets do this, glad you did it as I was considering it but being dependable is not one of my strong suits these days. Smiley

1/4 of my XMR is up for wager. Cheesy

Considering you have been around the community ever since I can remember, I'm frightful of what "1/4 of your XMR" equals... lol.  But I think a $25-50 wager is pretty reasonable for a season long fantasy football league.

What are you thinking for buy-ins?

EDIT:
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1XMR is fine to me, and I only have 4! Cheesy


Well that works out perfectly! lol
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June 17, 2017, 06:33:36 PM
#7
A $50 buy in is a bit too steep for me.. I would love to participate if you lowered the buy in to say .5 XMR?

I understand that might be a little pricey.  You will have to front the money first to get an invite... Lets just see if anyone else has any feedback on the price of buy-ins, and if not we can probably change it to 0.5 xmr.  Would that be alright?  Still have some time to decide since the draft won't probably happen until late August/early September.

1XMR is fine to me, and I only have 4! Cheesy
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June 17, 2017, 06:32:23 PM
#6
A $50 buy in is a bit too steep for me.. I would love to participate if you lowered the buy in to say .5 XMR?

I understand that might be a little pricey.  You will have to front the money first to get an invite... Lets just see if anyone else has any feedback on the price of buy-ins, and if not we can probably change it to 0.5 xmr.  Would that be alright?  Still have some time to decide since the draft won't probably happen until late August/early September.
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June 17, 2017, 02:55:00 PM
#5
A $50 buy in is a bit too steep for me.. I would love to participate if you lowered the buy in to say .5 XMR?
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June 17, 2017, 06:28:58 PM
#5
I'm in! Lets do this, glad you did it as I was considering it but being dependable is not one of my strong suits these days. Smiley

1/4 of my XMR is up for wager. Cheesy

1st annual Monero Fantasy Football League participants:

1. phishead (floam412)
2. Jwinterm
3. Hueristic

Current Jackpot is 3 XMR
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June 17, 2017, 02:07:52 PM
#4
Monero is a very good altcoin worth investing, and I believe there are a lot of monero user out there so starting a Monero Fantasy Football League might be workable, but to start off with 1 XMR buy in might not be very attractive, as players might want to familiarize themselves with a couple of games first before deciding to deposit higher amount.

I agree with you on this.
Monero is the best solution for casino operators looking for an alternative to use as opposed to using bitcoin due to the high fees to send out withdrawals and the wait times for the deposits they take to reach their players accounts

Their has been increases to the withdrawal fees for all casinos now. Lips sealed
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June 17, 2017, 01:43:06 PM
#3
Monero is a very good altcoin worth investing, and I believe there are a lot of monero user out there so starting a Monero Fantasy Football League might be workable, but to start off with 1 XMR buy in might not be very attractive, as players might want to familiarize themselves with a couple of games first before deciding to deposit higher amount.

I understand what you mean that now and days 1 XMR is a pretty steep price in terms of USD; but at the same time this isn't a daily fantasy football league nor am I running a daily fantasy website.  This is for the full NFL regular season and we are just having someone hold everyones buy-ins for the season and pay out to the winner at the very end.
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