Posted on 07/08/2004 7:05:27 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
The only restriction is that I'd like the team names to be a place name (real or fictional) and a noun. Also, I can switch to live draft if there is an interest. BUT, if you still want to participate and can't make a live draft, the live draft for you would be done via autopick (with your pre-draft list or Yahoo!'s)-- which is the default anyway. If you need help in how to sign up for this, just let me know. And, it's free to play.
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| League ID#: | 33744 |
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| League Name: | Free Republicans |
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| Password: | jimrob |
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| Draft Type: | Autopick Draft |
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| Max Teams: | 16 |
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| Scoring Type: | Head-to-Head |
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| Max Moves: | No maximum |
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| Max Trades: | No maximum |
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| Trade Reject Time: | 2 |
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| Trade End Date: | November 19, 2004 |
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| Waiver Time: | 2 days |
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| Can't Cut List Provider: | Yahoo! Sports |
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| Trade Review: | League Votes |
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| Post Draft Players: | Follow Waiver Rules |
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| Start Scoring on: | Week 1 |
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| Roster Positions: | QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, K, DEF, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN |
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| Stat Categories: | Passing Yards (50 yards per point) Passing Touchdowns (6) Interceptions (-2) Rushing Yards (20 yards per point) Rushing Touchdowns (6) Reception Yards (20 yards per point) Reception Touchdowns (6) Return Touchdowns (6) 2-Point Conversions (2) Fumbles Lost (-2) Offensive Fumble Return TD (6) Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3) Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3) Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3) Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4) Field Goals 50+ Yards (5) Point After Attempt Made (1) Sack (1) Interception (2) Fumble Recovery (2) Touchdown (6) Safety (2) Block Kick (2) Points Allowed 0 points (10) Points Allowed 1-6 points (7) Points Allowed 7-13 points (4) Points Allowed 14-20 points (1) Points Allowed 21-27 points (0) Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1) Points Allowed 35+ points (-4) |
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| Fractional Points: | No |
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| Negative Points: | Yes |
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Yahoo! has a pre-draft ranking you can set up to make drafting easier. They already have all the players ranked according to their experts, but you can decide yourself how some players are ranked in your personal ranking for your team (you also might want to choose players just because they are on your favorite team or whatever). You can rank up to 150 players I think.The way Fantasy Football works is that you try to choose a team of offensive all-stars (to whatever extent you can) and then you choose one team to represent your defense. Then you cut players who suck as the season goes along and replace them with better players. You make trades to upgrade, too. And you take players off the bench if they have a more favorable matchup than your starter and thus send your starter to the bench (so if your starting RB is playing the best rushing defensive team and your bench RB is playing the worst, you might opt to move your starter to the bench). You set your match-ups before the games.
In the live draft, Yahoo! will set the draft order randomly. Then you draft one player each round as your turn comes up. It doubles back on itself each round-- so the first person to pick in Round 1, chooses last in Round 2 and first in Round 3. I think you have like 3-5 minutes or so to choose your player for that round, then you just wait until it's your turn again. The draft room has a chat feature so you can talk with the other owners about their picks. If you don't manually choose a player to draft, Yahoo! will auto-pick for you based on your pre-draft rankings and then based on its own rankings-- all confined by your needs (if you have all your RB spots, no other RBs will be chosen until you are populating your bench). The hard part is drafting the final few rounds where it's a crapshoot. There's no real strategy there. You might just pick guys you like personally because they are on your favorite team and you hope your team and they do well this season.
You'll draft 15 players. You have 9 required slots and 6 bench slots. The 9 required slots have to be of a certain position (QB, RB, WR, DEF, K, TE) and the bench slots can be anything you want. One thing to keep an eye on are the "By-week" displays for the players you draft. Of course, when your player (or team in the case of DEF) is on vacation for a week, you don't get fantasy points. You don't want to draft two TEs for example who have a by-week the same week because you are just forfeiting that stat for that week-- unless the players are both just so dominant and you think it's beneficial to have both on your team because you expect one to miss time due to an injury and you want the best possible back-up. If you look up, you'll see that you have 6 positions and 6 bench slots. You'll want to either draft one position for each slot (making sure the by-week is covered) or draft best available and trade for what you need when you need it-- so if you have a by week late in the season, maybe it makes sense to draft two great players with the same position and same by-week (as insurance and to give you more lineup options week to week) and then just cross that by-week bridge later after you've gotten benefit of your quality bench player.
Thanks!
I printed that and will refer to it often.
Oh, and it looks like each of us gets about a minute, 30 seconds for each pick, each round.
So, if we don't pick, the autopick will kick in? Or do we have to choose that beforehand?
Automatically if you don't pick-- based on your pre-draft rankings. You can also go to the live draft, add players to your queue and have them be live drafted that way-- as long as they aren't taken by someone else earlier.
Mars Anime Archers has asked that the live draft be held some other time. What times between now and Monday are bad for you?
| Team Name | FR Screen Name |
| Granite State Goons | granitestateconservative |
| Pegasus Asgards | kevindavis |
| STL AntiClintons | cardinal4 |
| Jersey Goodfellas | |
| Mars Anime Archers | baseballfanjm |
| Gig Harbor Harlots | forrestfire |
| Boone St. Chronics | skooz |
| Wisconsin Wildcats | dr snide |
| Carolina Cannons | looscnnn |
| MI VRW Conspirators | hokie bird |
| Gondor Dragons | granitestateconservative |
| Crafton Bushies | stremba |
| Charlotte Champions | |
| Ramstein Purplebash | demlosers |
| Hillcity Angels | loveitor.. |
| Spokane Shockers | conservateacher |
| Dearborn Pythons | wmichgrad |
| Gulch Shruggers | csm |
| S. Carolina Firewall | sc firewall |
| Rust Belt Red Bulls | |
| Atlantis Sea Horses | granitestateconservative |
| Louisville Truth | |
| ThnderinHerdOTurtles | hatteras |
| Palmetto State Bugs | palmetto |
| SC Swamp Foxes | sc swamp fox |
| Jacksonville Jammers | |
| Minnehaha Mites | |
| Stow Steelers | lightingguy |
| K9 Corps | e rocc |
| Wheeling Paradox | |
| MSU Spartans | |
| So Cal Rockets | so cal rocket |
| Dawg Pound | dubyaismypresident |
| Tarawa Jarheads | bkwells |
| New England Rattlers | granitestateconservative |
| LisaMalia'sBengals | lisamalia |
| beaureguards bandits | beaureguard |
| VRW Conspiracy | abg(anybody but gore) |
| Suffolk Steelers | |
| Fresno St. Bulldogs | diamond6 |
| Kenton Wildcats | conserve |
| Rockwall Cowboys | ladtx |
| Plano Pirates | normy |
| Waxahachie War Pigs | warhammer |
MSU Spartans is me.
thank you.
Do you know what the time limit is between drafts for each teams?
That's quick!
Yep, it actually seems shorter than that when you're drafting!
Anyone picking Quincy Carter with the first pick? :)
Just don't steal Ricky Williams from me, I'm picking him first...lol
My info is correct. See y'all tomorrow am!
I created League Five in case any of you wanted to join.
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinprivateleague
#331071
pw: jimrob
And I'd like to draft League V at Sun Aug 8 8:00pm EDT.
And anyone can join, not just those I pinged.
Thanks!The Huntington Quayles will be taking the field.
I am already in a league. One Freeper league and another league. I think I'm good.
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