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PostPosted:Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:03 pm
by krzykat
I think we need to do a live draft. if it can be after 7 p.m. it would be great

PostPosted:Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:44 pm
by weirimpressed
how does the email draft work? Im pretty set on a live draft if everyone can get together at the same time... Im usually near a computer or at least at home on weekdays after nine, so that works with me...

PostPosted:Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:35 pm
by krzykat
mttourpro wrote:can we do a live draft but allow say, one or two players to have their selections pre-picked?? That I do not know....anyone know??

BTW, the answer to my question is NO. It's either all live, pre-picked or put in afterwards .

Since I had the time today, I set up a league already. I went with what I considered pretty standard settings. They can be changed if need be later. Please check it out and lemme know if there's anything you want to see be different. I have it set up for us to do an email draft and then I'll put the teams in afterwards. I put in for 8 teams (can also be changed), so, WE NEED ONE MORE PLAYER....

Who's it gonna be?? Certainly someone else is willing to be slapped about on a weekly basis by the Steeleyerfacers....How's about one of you New England
fans? :twisted:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com ... 2/settings

Please send me your email addy if you didn't already so I can get a group mail-thing going.
Shakedown what do ya say bro? or are you too sore that the Giants STOMPED YOU OUT!

PostPosted:Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:48 pm
by mttourpro
I'd like to do a live draft too but I'm not sure we can all do that. If not, email will work.

An email draft means each person takes their pick one at a time and emails the group with their pick. We're set up for 15 rounds--that should be doable in a week or so.

Let's just see if we even get an eighth person for now. We need to have at least 8...and, actually, it would be best if we could somehow get 12 people--makes for much better competition amongst owners. If we only have 8, everyone will have a very good team regardless of knowledge. :roll:

In either case we'll do it but we HAVE to have eight people minimum or we'll have to play for overall points instead of head to head. That's fine too I guess, but I'd prefer to have a head to head schedule with playoffs.

In any event...WHO ELSE IS IN? Where's all those New England fans...IIRC, they were full of lip last year...have they suddenly run for it? :lol:

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:02 am
by Tennessee Jedi
If we only have 8, everyone will have a very good team regardless of knowledge. Rolling Eyes
Are you sure about that ??????
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Aw jeez E mail everyone with my picks - dude could you make it any harder ????
:drink:
Whatever TourPro wants to do is cool with me - lets get it on !
As we say in Eagles Country "G Lew !!!!!"
:cool:

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:10 am
by Django
weirimpressed wrote:how does the email draft work? Im pretty set on a live draft if everyone can get together at the same time... Im usually near a computer or at least at home on weekdays after nine, so that works with me...
You have the known draft order and you just continue to RE: one email to all addressees when your turn comes around. Smack talk is optional, but fun.
I guess you could forward an excel spreadsheet to enter in your cell as it comes around.

The only time anybody took two days was at work when sales reps would leave town on a client visit. And then wouldn't find a way to email their fellow league members. Wankers!

If we go live I'll find a way. I am signed up. Who will be next :shock:

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:39 am
by mttourpro
Tennessee Jedi wrote:
If we only have 8, everyone will have a very good team regardless of knowledge. Rolling Eyes
Are you sure about that ??????
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, assuming players don't draft like total homers, it's a fair assumption we'd all have very good teams.

Aw jeez E mail everyone with my picks - dude could you make it any harder ????
:drink:
Just trying to figure out what will work for all involved---as I said, I'd prefer a live draft---and, based on Django's last post, he seems to think he can do it--so, we'd simply need to find a time that'll work for everyone.

AND, WE STILL NEED ANOTHER PLAYER BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING

Whatever TourPro wants to do is cool with me - lets get it on !
As we say in Eagles Country "G Lew !!!!!"
:cool:

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:22 pm
by LazyLightnin
am i too late?

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:31 pm
by mttourpro
LL---DEFINITELY not too late. Glad to see your post. :cool:

All you need to do is go to the link I posted and set up your basic team info. Gimme an email addy on a pm as well. We're gonna try to do a live draft. So, the next steps will be to make sure EVERYONE is cool with the scoring/settings of the league (which you will see when you go to the link) and then to find a time when we can all be available online.

That should be fun. :roll:

Would others also be sure to go to yahoo and register their info and team name, etc

There's only 3 or four of us there so far.

Thanks, MT

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:29 pm
by LazyLightnin
hey man i need a password to get into the league, after that its all good, ill make time for the draft. i regretably missed out on this last year, but i had a great time with you guys when i was in it.

btw with the additions of Corey Williams and Shaun Rogers i think my BROWNS are a shoe-in for the AFC north.

I downright hate the Steelers, cant wait for the season sweep. around here everyone bleeds orange and brown, myself included. no disrespect to the good people in pitt, but i hate the steelers!

theyre gettin :x 'd this year for sure! Im pickin my Browns to win the Super Bowl this year, Pats and Giants will flop, itll be 1964 all over again! omg im jumping out of my seat! AAAARGHHHHHHH! i wish the season would start already.

ok, ok, im calming down...im sitting again , thats good, breathe...breathe....ahhh ok. the steelers make my blood boil. :roll:

PostPosted:Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:09 pm
by jjbankhead

PostPosted:Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:08 am
by krzykat
yo tourpro i clicked that link and it wouldn't let me in. it said i couldn't view it because i was not a member of the league

PostPosted:Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:46 am
by wisedyes
Ooooh, I'm in, or am I too late as well? Lazy, get a grip, buddy, they're still the Brownies - kind of like football's Chicago Cubs. Looking good on paper is one thing, but until they actually win something.....

PostPosted:Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:59 am
by LazyLightnin
me too, i got a yahoo account set up and found the log-in screen for leagues. we have the league id# but no password. if you could just hook us up with this small tidbit of information we'd glady oblige you by signing in.


Im excited about the Brownies. we havent had a challenging team since the late 80's. i was about 8 - 10 years old when that was happening. the Fumble and the Drive. boy was i upset, and then the move to Baltimore. all 4 of my high school years, 95-99, we had no football team. and now after a dismal decade back we finally have a chance.

Im hoping to draft better this time around. I did this with you guys in '06. i had the third pick i believe, and i took Brady. wish i had taken LT cause he broke the TD record that year. I remember the guy that had him was light years away from the rest of us. cept for the guy who had Manning - i think. My 2 RB's both got injured and there was nooone left to replace him at all. I think i picked up lamont jordan or someone - bah.

ok let me reiterate, all my eggs in 1 orange and brown basket. BROWNIES are superbowl bound :lol:


:x bad steelers, BAD! get back in that crack between the ravens and bungles. dont make me got get a rolled up t.v. guide to spank them with :x bad steelers, bad. is this annoying anyone from pitt yet? or is it just annoying everyone lol. :roll:

PostPosted:Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:59 am
by mttourpro
I don't understand why you can't see the password....I just went to the link and it was there----in any event it is jerrygarciarocks. The league name is named rukindffleague. I will copy and paste the whole thing below for anyone who is still somehow having trouble.


Also, if jjbankhead and wisedyes are in, we would be at ten players---that's better, but it would be even better if we could somehow get 2 more players. In either case, it'll be fun.

Please register asap so we can start working on a live draft time....there's only 3 people registered so far.

Maybe people can post a message on the Yahoo message board (or PM me) about when is best to do a live draft.---look around at the site---you'll see it. TJedi says weekends are not good. Django is a bit limited as well I believe. I'm thinking hopefully we can do a week night at 9 pm. We'll need about 2 hours I think.

Keep in mind that if I cannot find a good live draft time for all involved we'll be doing an email based draft. That means we'll need to get this thing going by next Monday. Please help me out and give me times that are absolutely good/bad for you.


And BTW LL, you might want to step away from the :D if you think the Clowns are gonna sweep the Steelers.

here's the copy of what you should see when you go to the link.

Scoring & Settings
Setting Value
League ID#: 389282
League Name: rukindffleague
Password: jerrygarciarocks
Custom League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com ... ndffleague
Draft Type: Offline Draft
Max Teams: 8
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: November 14, 2008
Trade Review: League Votes
Waiver Time: 2 days
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Playoffs: Week 15 and 16 (4 teams)
Roster Positions: QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, W/R, K, DEF, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Stat Categories: Passing Yards (25 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (4)
Interceptions (-1)
Rushing Yards (10 yards per point)
Rushing Touchdowns (6)
Reception Yards (10 yards per point)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
Return Touchdowns (6)
2-Point Conversions (2)
Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)
Point After Attempt Made (1)
Sack (1)
Interception (2)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (2)
Points Allowed 0 points (10)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)
Fractional Points: No
Negative Points: Yes


Obviously I'll change the 8 teams setting. PLEASE---look at the scoring and make any requests/complaints about the set up/scoring now.

FWIW, I set it to draft 15 players so it would be a quicker draft. That could also change if people want it to.
Regular waiver rules apply--though I'm not exactly sure what those rules are and am trying to find out.
I believe it means the waiver wire is open to all at a specific time on tuesdays.

Anyone know for sure??