The A2K NFL Fantasy Football League Is Now Open - Sort Of

I am signed up in the league. Thanks to rjb and osso for the assist.

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Cool.
Just two spots left in our league.
Hurry, hurry if you want to play.

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Folks can reach me via the Help Desk. I will fend off the other hamsters and answer you if you need me.

2 more players! C'mon, The Neurotic Tough Puppies are getting anxious!

Wait, uh, we're always like that.

PS Tico, why is Conan using a football for a, er, fig leaf?

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@jespah,

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PS Tico, why is Conan using a football for a, er, fig leaf?

Regular fig leafs are, well, inadequate for Conan.

If we need any more players, let me know - I know some people.

Cycloptichorn

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I've never taken part in a live draft online. What is that like? What are the time limit settings?

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@thack45,

thack45 wrote:

I've never taken part in a live draft online. What is that like? What are the time limit settings?

A few minutes per pick. You set your order in advance, so you don't actually have to be there if you don't want to...

Cycloptichorn

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@thack45,

I've only done it once, quite fun, and there was j u s t a b o u t e n o u g h time, if my choices were taken, to look and pick the next preferred, given I already had my list made out. I forget the exact time, some minutes.
They do let you make an orderly 'immediate' list during the draft, so that while you are waiting for the clock's ticks for other Managers, you can plan ahead.

I've done as well or better by just listing my preferences in order and let the automatic thing do its job, but I'm not Ms. Football Smart. Also, you can stop in the middle of it and let the auto do the rest.

Tico knows all...

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@thack45,

thack45 wrote:

I've never taken part in a live draft online. What is that like? What are the time limit settings?

Imagine intense pressure ... the kind of pressure that makes you want to open a window and scream, "I can't take it anymore!"

A live online draft is nothing like that.

I don't know the time limits, but as I recall you get about 1 minute once it is your turn to pick, but it seems more like 10 seconds.

I recommend you edit your pre-draft rankings in case you are unable to participate -- for whatever reason, including technical difficulties -- in which case the computer will auto pick for you based on your rankings.

I also recommend you check the league settings to see how you can score points. (e.g., throwing TDs are worth 4 points for your QB, receiving TD are worth 6 points for your WR, TE or RB, etc.)

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I do the live draft and have found it to be intense. Typically, about a 4th or a 3rd of us go that route. The rest either pre-rank their player choices or let Yahoo make the picks. I believe, if you do the live thing, you have 90 seconds before a pick is made for you.
I might rank perhaps 60 players I am interested in. After that, though, I let Yahoo finish up for me.
As I recall, full participation in the live draft takes about an hour and a bit.

You should, of course, always draft a kicker in the 1st round.

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

I do the live draft and have found it to be intense. Typically, about a 4th or a 3rd of us go that route. The rest either pre-rank their player choices or let Yahoo make the picks. I believe, if you do the live thing, you have 90 seconds before a pick is made for you.
I might rank perhaps 60 players I am interested in. After that, though, I let Yahoo finish up for me.
As I recall, full participation in the live draft takes about an hour and a bit.

I imagine that it would be intense if I were to attempt to make a selection in every round with 90 seconds ticking away...

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You should, of course, always draft a kicker in the 1st round.

This would be foolish. The empirical data clearly indicates that the first string kicker should be selected in the third round, this being so only after the starting defense and its backup are selected.

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@thack45,

He is, of course, pulling your leg.

Now for the real question: who is going to choose a QB in R1 this year instead of an RB? Very few teams feature a single RB who justifies an automatic first round pick....

Cycloptichorn

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@Cycloptichorn,

Why is this the real question?

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@thack45,

Well, if you don't know, I'm sure not gonna clue you in - until after the draft.

Cycloptichorn

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As you can see or will soon find out, a bit of gentle trash talking here is common.

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@realjohnboy,

Gentle? I was scarred for days. George was trash talking in Latin! E pluribus unum this, pal!

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@thack45,

thack45 wrote:

realjohnboy wrote:
You should, of course, always draft a kicker in the 1st round.
This would be foolish. The empirical data clearly indicates that the first string kicker should be selected in the third round, this being so only after the starting defense and its backup are selected.

It appears you have this thing figured out, thack.

As I recall, I drafted a WR in R1 last year ... worked for me. But I'm still targeting RBs ...

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@Ticomaya,

... <ahem> ... I mean, of course, I'm targeting Defenses and Kickers.

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@Ticomaya,

Ticomaya wrote:

thack45 wrote:
realjohnboy wrote:
You should, of course, always draft a kicker in the 1st round.
This would be foolish. The empirical data clearly indicates that the first string kicker should be selected in the third round, this being so only after the starting defense and its backup are selected.

It appears you have this thing figured out, thack.

As I recall, I drafted a WR in R1 last year ... worked for me. But I'm still targeting RBs ...

Was that Andre Johnson?

Cycloptichorn

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@Cycloptichorn,

Cycloptichorn wrote:

Ticomaya wrote:
As I recall, I drafted a WR in R1 last year ... worked for me. But I'm still targeting RBs ...

Was that Andre Johnson?

Nope, Fitz with pick #6. Moss went #11. Johnson was RD2 at #19, after the first TE was off the board. Brees was the first QB at #2.

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So I have thus far ranked 20 players on my draft roster. More will be added over the weekend.

We are stuck on 12 players in the league, with room for 2 more. It is no big deal whether or not we get them.
But if anyone else would like to join the welcome mat is still out there and the porch light is on.

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