Syndicate Fantasy Football League 2015

#51

I'll be gone on a camping trip all next weekend, so I can't make the draft no matter the time.

#52

Metalmarsh you can set up an auto draft. Turnip Head will know how to do it.

#53

juliets wrote:Metalmarsh you can set up an auto draft. Turnip Head will know how to do it.

Thanks. I'll do that. I just wanted to say no time works for me, so I don't care when it is.

#54

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
juliets wrote:Metalmarsh you can set up an auto draft. Turnip Head will know how to do it.
Thanks. I'll do that. I just wanted to say no time works for me, so I don't care when it is.

I'll draft a team for ya

#55

I want to talk about something that I feel may become relevant as the season goes on. The default setting for the waiver wire system is that it resets pick priority every week according to the inverse of the current standings. I typically play with rolling waivers where it doesn't reset weekly. Does anyone have an opinion on this?

(For those unfamiliar, the waiver wire is how you acquire players after the draft is over. Players who have been recently dropped by a fantasy team, or who just played a game, will go on "waivers" for a few days and anyone can try to claim the player. The team with the highest waiver priority will get the player, and then you drop to the lowest waiver priority.

After a few days, if nobody claims the player off waivers, he becomes a "Free Agent" and whoever wants to add him can do so without using a waiver priority.)

#56

TH I can't even tell you what system I've been playing under! I think it was the one where the rotation changes every week. But don't take my word on that. Since I never knew how it worked anyway I don't care if we go with the default or change it.

#57

I like the weekly reset based on standings more, but I'd go with whatever.

#58

I think the weekly reset is the one I've been accustomed too, but I'd go with the flow.

#59

I'm fine with the weekly reset....that's right peeps...I"M IN THIS BITCH!!! Y'ALL JUST BEEN PUT ON NOTICE!!!

#60

BigDamnHero wrote:I'm fine with the weekly reset....that's right peeps...I"M IN THIS BITCH!!! Y'ALL JUST BEEN PUT ON NOTICE!!!

!!

I'm so stoked that we were able to squeeze BDH in here. This is gonna be a hoot.

That means we're going to have 14 teams, so plan your draft strategy accordingly. I'll see if I can randomize the draft order soon so everyone knows what they're doing.

#61

BigDamnHero wrote:I'm fine with the weekly reset....that's right peeps...I"M IN THIS BITCH!!! Y'ALL JUST BEEN PUT ON NOTICE!!!

I don't think we've met. Do you have a mustache?

#62

Metalmarsh89 wrote:
BigDamnHero wrote:I'm fine with the weekly reset....that's right peeps...I"M IN THIS BITCH!!! Y'ALL JUST BEEN PUT ON NOTICE!!!
I don't think we've met. Do you have a mustache?

I do indeed sir!

#63

hang on everybody for a wild ride!

#64

Holy shit 14 teams.

#65

DharmaHelper wrote:Holy shit 14 teams.

I know, right! This is gonna be epic....I feel sorry for whoever ends up drafting #1 and #14

#66

BigDamnHero wrote:
DharmaHelper wrote:Holy shit 14 teams.
I know, right! This is gonna be epic....I feel sorry for whoever ends up drafting #1 and #14

Well then the draft order that I just randomized is especially hilarious.

#67

1. Mister Meeseeks Dirk Simpson
2. Team Brown Robert Brown
3. Team Smith Smee Smith
4. Team Turnip Joshua Marcum
5. Aerie's Assassins Jamie Lamb
6. Team Dillehay Michael Dillehay
7. Team Sock Alex Browne
8. Team JayJayJay Jay Wimsatt
9. Metal Marmots Holden Marsh
10. The Tornado Tim Chandler
11. Team Ricochet Rico Halloway
12. Team Coffee Juliet Coffee
13. Maryland Murder Bots Sebastian Schauer
14. Sinestro Corps Dharma Helper

#68

Im out!

#69

so ESPN doesn't have a SINGLE mock draft room for 14 teams...what. The. HELL!?!?!?

#70

BigDamnHero wrote:so ESPN doesn't have a SINGLE mock draft room for 14 teams...what. The. HELL!?!?!?

That is weird

I know there's some dedicated mock draft websites that will have them though.

Sidebar, Mister Meeseeks is an amazing team name.

#71

THE DRAFT IS OFFICIALLY SET FOR 9PM EST ON SEPTEMBER 5TH

#72

Off-topic:

Has anyone ever played any of those weekly fantasy games where you pay an entry fee, pick a team, and try to get like in the top 25%-50% of the players for a payout? Fan Duel is perhaps the most advertised, but Yahoo has rolled out their own version of this, and I think it might be something I would enjoy.

Any experience with this? How is it?

#73

epig - sorry no experience.

#74

Epignosis wrote:Off-topic:

Has anyone ever played any of those weekly fantasy games where you pay an entry fee, pick a team, and try to get like in the top 25%-50% of the players for a payout? Fan Duel is perhaps the most advertised, but Yahoo has rolled out their own version of this, and I think it might be something I would enjoy.

Any experience with this? How is it?

I've played on DraftKings before and had decent success. If it's something you're interested in, I'd start out with the 50/50's or Double Ups, where you beat half the field and double your money. It's tough to make money in the larger tournaments.

It's just like drafting in a season long league; you want to find the undervalued guys and then use the extra salary space on more studs, and then pray those studs perform.

#75

I should say that in 50-50's you want to try and draft the players that you think everyone else will have too. In the bigger tournaments you try and go against the grain more.

#76

Obviously you're more likely to win in the DUs and 50/50s, but I find the bigger tournaments more appealing. I like the thrill of getting lucky that one time.

That's contrary to my approach to casinos, where I like the games with the lowest house edges and I tend to stay far away from slot machines.

#77

Epignosis wrote:Obviously you're more likely to win in the DUs and 50/50s, but I find the bigger tournaments more appealing. I like the thrill of getting lucky that one time.

I agree

In that case the 50-50s are a good way to sustain your bankroll so that you can afford to keep enterting the ones with bigger prize pools.

#78

Turnip Head wrote:1. Mister Meeseeks Dirk Simpson
2. Team Brown Robert Brown
3. Team Smith Smee Smith
4. Team Turnip Joshua Marcum
5. Aerie's Assassins Jamie Lamb
6. Team Dillehay Michael Dillehay
7. Team Sock Alex Browne
8. Team JayJayJay Jay Wimsatt
9. Metal Marmots Holden Marsh
10. The Tornado Tim Chandler
11. Team Ricochet Rico Halloway
12. Team Coffee Juliet Coffee
13. Maryland Murder Bots Sebastian Schauer
14. Sinestro Corps Dharma Helper

Christ.

#79

I suppose I favor the approach I do in casinos because I actually like sitting down and playing cards, and you can't do that if you run out of money really quickly (true story: I have never once lost money to a casino

), but these fantasy deals are one-shot affairs- no sitting at the table drinking cocktails and bantering with the other players.

#80

Diggs is here!!! :yay:

Awesome.

#81

Turnip Head wrote:1. Mister Meeseeks Dirk Simpson
2. Team Brown Robert Brown
3. Team Smith Smee Smith
4. Team Turnip Joshua Marcum
5. Aerie's Assassins Jamie Lamb
6. Team Dillehay Michael Dillehay
7. Team Sock Alex Browne
8. Team JayJayJay Jay Wimsatt
9. Metal Marmots Holden Marsh
10. The Tornado Tim Chandler
11. Team Ricochet Rico Halloway
12. Team Coffee Juliet Coffee
13. Maryland Murder Bots Sebastian Schauer
14. Sinestro Corps Dharma Helper

Right in the middle.

I'm going to assume that's not too shabby.

#82

that's usually where I prefer to be...now you just need to make the most of it...

#83

BigDamnHero wrote:that's usually where I prefer to be...now you just need to make the most of it...

#84

The team logo choices from ESPN are simply awful.

#85

they do indeed! Custom iz wher itz @ yo!!!

#86

wow i just tried a mock draft and it was depressing. And since there are no 14 team mock drafts i did a 12 and took position 10 and still it was depressing. Anybody else been playing with the mock draft? It's good even to just see what the draft board is going to look like on draft day and practice using the features.

#87

I haven't prepared at all for tomorrow.

#88

Rico, I have done very little prep because I'm also getting ready to go out of town. I think there are several of us in that boat.

#89

Hope you fools are ready

#90

I'm not!!!! But I figure I'm 12th so won't be in contention for anything anyway so why tie my stomach into knots - I say that but my stomach is in knots anyway.

#91

I've done some preparation. So I'm going to finish in last place.

#92

I've done absolutely no preparation, and I still know next to nothing about football.

#93

Well, I for one

#94

I have exhausted Preparations A through G, and now I must apply Preparation H.

#95

Epignosis wrote:I have exhausted Preparations A through G, and now I must apply Preparation H.

Funnier when it was done on Austin Powers: Goldmember, but still funny. :P

#96

MovingPictures07 wrote:
Epignosis wrote:I have exhausted Preparations A through G, and now I must apply Preparation H.
Funnier when it was done on Austin Powers: Goldmember, but still funny. :P

Shmoke and a Pancake?

#97

MovingPictures07 wrote:I've done absolutely no preparation, and I still know next to nothing about football.

You're the clear favorite to win the league.

#98

Epignosis wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:
Epignosis wrote:I have exhausted Preparations A through G, and now I must apply Preparation H.
Funnier when it was done on Austin Powers: Goldmember, but still funny. :P
Shmoke and a Pancake?

Flapjack and a shigarette?

#99

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:
MovingPictures07 wrote:I've done absolutely no preparation, and I still know next to nothing about football.
You're the clear favorite to win the league.

Now watch I'll come in last. :P

#100

MP I won my first year when I had no idea what I was doing.

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