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legendary
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Will there be a talking smack thread up and running 😀?

There doesn't need to be one with he way you pick them it would be like beating the blind dog! Cheesy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcxFUHcgqk

NSFW, lol
That escalated quickly. Smiley

About the creation of a thread for the league.

That could be a possibility but not right now, in fact the spark that brought the fantasy league to the minds of everyone was the post of DireWolfM14 after a long period of inactivity and nutildah's response, right now all the activity on the thread is dedicated to the fantasy league and that is fine but as we get closer to the start of the regular season we may interfere with other users which are not part of the league and which may not be interested on it, so at that point it may be better to create a thread for the league to improve the readability of the thread.



Live drafts are always fun, but I know we're scattered across the globe so it might not be practical.  If we were to take a vote I'll vote for a live draft.
I highly we suggest we do a live draft as its much more fun and competitive that way. If we can get a "quorum" of 5/8 players agreeing to a live draft, we should definitely do it.
+1

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live draft

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I'm ok with a live draft. Dibs on Tim Tebow.
Definitely like the live drafts.  I've never done an espn one always on the yahoo leagues.  Live drafting is half the fun and half the challenge of getting your team made up.
@nutildah. I thought the live draft is done every week before the games. Okay then I also vote in for the live draft hehehe. But can you not change your team once a week and can those changes then be done on your own time?

So I suppose we are +3 +4 +6+7 for a live draft, 0 +1+0 against it and 5 4 1 undecided so far.
legendary
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Will there be a talking smack thread up and running 😀?

There doesn't need to be one with he way you pick them it would be like beating the blind dog! Cheesy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcxFUHcgqk

NSFW, lol

Love that show!

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
legendary
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Will there be a talking smack thread up and running 😀?

There doesn't need to be one with he way you pick them it would be like beating the blind dog! Cheesy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcxFUHcgqk

NSFW, lol
legendary
Activity: 3836
Merit: 4969
Doomed to see the future and unable to prevent it
Will there be a talking smack thread up and running 😀?

There doesn't need to be one with he way you pick them it would be like beating the blind dog! Cheesy
legendary
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The league is almost full the only one left to register is wheelz1200, everyone else is already in and if I might add you have selected some very interesting names for your teams. Wink


Where are the user manuals and the instructions for this? I registered but I do not know how to play this game...
The first step is to learn how the draft works, here is the link to the mock draft lobby where you can see how this works and experience first hand how the whole thing will work in the case we do a snake live draft, right now the only difference is that you have less time to draft than the current settings so a whole mock draft could last between 30 to 40 minutes, and do not worry you are not the only one playing fantasy football for the first time, I am on the same boat.

https://fantasy.espn.com/football/mockdraftlobby?ex_cid=FFL2019_FantasyIndexNavMockLobby

I'm coming in! Love me some fantasy football who doesnt like getting to draft Justin tucker in the 1st and jets defense in the second.  Will sign up tomorrow afternoon.  Will there be a talking smack thread up and running 😀?
legendary
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The first step is to learn how the draft works, here is the link to the mock draft lobby where you can see how this works and experience first hand how the whole thing will work in the case we do a snake live draft, right now the only difference is that you have less time to draft than the current settings so a whole mock draft could last between 30 to 40 minutes, and do not worry you are not the only one playing fantasy football for the first time, I am on the same boat.

https://fantasy.espn.com/football/mockdraftlobby?ex_cid=FFL2019_FantasyIndexNavMockLobby

Yep, this is an excellent starting point for learning how it all works.

I highly we suggest we do a live draft as its much more fun and competitive that way. If we can get a "quorum" of 5/8 players agreeing to a live draft, we should definitely do it. If you miss the live draft, its not the end of the world so long as you set your autopick lineup (so the computer chooses your next-most desired player still available, according to your ranking list, in your absence).

If you really want Tom Brady on your team (LOL probably still true after playing a decade of FF) or whatever particular superstar, then you'll have to attend the draft to make sure you have a chance of getting em.

I did a draft in-flight once; its pretty easy-peasy but will take a couple of hours to complete. After we start getting into the teen rounds, or when you're done picking the most important players, you can always set the remainder of your draft on auto if you need to bug out early.
hero member
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I am terrible at Fantasy Football!!!
The league is almost full the only one left to register is wheelz1200, everyone else is already in and if I might add you have selected some very interesting names for your teams. Wink


Where are the user manuals and the instructions for this? I registered but I do not know how to play this game...
The first step is to learn how the draft works, here is the link to the mock draft lobby where you can see how this works and experience first hand how the whole thing will work in the case we do a snake live draft, right now the only difference is that you have less time to draft than the current settings so a whole mock draft could last between 30 to 40 minutes, and do not worry you are not the only one playing fantasy football for the first time, I am on the same boat.

https://fantasy.espn.com/football/mockdraftlobby?ex_cid=FFL2019_FantasyIndexNavMockLobby
legendary
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legendary
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Where are the user manuals and the instructions for this? I registered but I do not know how to play this game so prefer to pay the lower fee for this donation hehe.

News update on Aaron Rodgers. He did not go to the Packers’ training camp. It is becoming quite clear that he will leave. He is lucky he is not in Texas where tough owners might find rape cases to use against him hehehehe.
legendary
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Live drafts are always fun, but I know we're scattered across the globe so it might not be practical.  If we were to take a vote I'll vote for a live draft.

I'm not sure about ESPN but I remember setting up a list a few years ago so that if I missed the draft it would be used instead of the default so you guys might want to do that just in case something comes up.
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0.0015BTC is fine with me, that's reasonable amount to lose, lol.  I don't mind providing escrow if there are no objections, happy to help.

Live drafts are always fun, but I know we're scattered across the globe so it might not be practical.  If we were to take a vote I'll vote for a live draft.
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I think you inadvertently increased the buy-in by a factor ten.

Dang it, yes I did. Bitcoin is too damn expensive, can't keep up with the zeros. Anyway, I'm fine with the 0.0015 BTC.
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I also signed up with espn, played fantasy football last year with nfl.com and yahoo but i'm sure espn is just as good.

- 1.5mbtc entry fee is fine by me (or anything up to $100 in BTC)
- draft date/time, i have a pretty flexible schedule, i'll make sure to be at the draft. A snake live draft a week/few days before the start of the season is optimal.

@South Park, hit me up with that invite link, thanks!  Smiley
legendary
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I've signed up with ESPN and I believe I'm all caught up with this thread. Is everyone on board with the 0.015 BTC buy in? I'm fine with it and I would suggest DireWolfM14 as escrow, if he agrees of course.

I think you inadvertently increased the buy-in by a factor ten.

We're not all rockstar rich like you suchmoon.

I like the number 0.0015 because it lends to a round payout figure, and its also the maximum I'm willing to put down. There's still a loooong way to go between now and Week 1 so we have plenty of time to come up with a number.

The price of BTC may change a lot between now and then though... What does everyone else think?
legendary
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I've signed up with ESPN and I believe I'm all caught up with this thread. Is everyone on board with the 0.0015 BTC buy in? I'm fine with it and I would suggest DireWolfM14 as escrow, if he agrees of course.

Edit: added a zero.
legendary
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Looks good to me. I signed up, so we have 51 spots left.

Let's keep track of who has joined so far here:

1. South Park
2. Heuristic
3. nutildah
4. suchmoon
5. wheelz1200
6. morvillz7z
7. bbc.reporter

8.

[yet to officially register]
I sent DireWolfM14 the invite link and they have joined the league so we are half way there already.

Nice, I will update the list. Would have been a bonehead move to forget the thread creator. And I believe we are tentatively full.

Have those users on green color shown interest on joining the league? If so I could send them the invite link.

Yes, please do. I forgot to mention that part.
hero member
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Looks good to me. I signed up, so we have 51 spots left.

Let's keep track of who has joined so far here:

1. South Park
2. Heuristic
3. nutildah
4. suchmoon
5. wheelz1200
6. morvillz7z
7. bbc.reporter

8.

[yet to officially register]
I sent DireWolfM14 the invite link and they have joined the league so we are half way there already.

Have those users on green color shown interest on joining the league? If so I could send them the invite link.

As far as a buy-in goes, I think something between 0.001 ($32.75) and 0.0015 ($49.15) would be good. If we did 0.0015 then the winner could get 0.01 and the runner-up 0.002 (minus tx fees). I also don't want to exclude anyone so 0.001 is fine... If its zero then peeps might not care as much and give up, which makes it less fun for everyone else. But if it means we lose a lot of people then free it is.
That is fine to me.



How much to join ....
See the post of nutildah above.


...when will the league begin?
The league is already underway, we need to decide on several things but the most important are the buy in, if any, and when and how the draft will be performed, right now there is no date for the draft but there are two live draft options and autopick option and the possibility to do the draft outside the platform and just submit the results, the default option is a snake live draft in which the order of the draft is reversed each round and you have 90 seconds to make your pick, if this is the format we follow I will recommend people to use the mock draft lobby so they can familiarize themselves with the process.
legendary
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Looks good to me. I signed up, so we have 5 1 0 spots left.

Let's keep track of who has joined so far here:

1. South Park
2. Heuristic
3. nutildah
4. suchmoon
5. wheelz1200
6. morvillz7z
7. bbc.reporter
8. DireWolfM14

[yet to officially register]

As far as a buy-in goes, I think something between 0.001 ($32.75) and 0.0015 ($49.15) would be good. If we did 0.0015 then the winner could get 0.01 and the runner-up 0.002 (minus tx fees). I also don't want to exclude anyone so 0.001 is fine... If its zero then peeps might not care as much and give up, which makes it less fun for everyone else. But if it means we lose a lot of people then free it is.
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For those interested PM for the invite link.

Thanks for taking the initiative.  That saves at least half a page of us trying to out-polite each other.  Count me in, unless nutildah says otherwise.  Cheesy  Wink

I selected the Non-PPR scoring as that seemed to be a point of contention for some possible participants one year ago

I'm good either way.  As long as people understand the difference it all the same to me.

I'm also pretty open for what people want to do for a prize, or not.

I'm fine playing for fun, but a small pool would add a little bit of excitement.
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