Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Sept 27, 2013 11:36:17 GMT -8
So, like....it's pretty dead around here. But is anyone else down?
I had a lot of fun doing the one last year.
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Post by davers on Sept 27, 2013 12:40:07 GMT -8
I'll do it again. I like the idea of head to head just because it leads to more trash talking.
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Post by emptyfox on Sept 27, 2013 14:55:34 GMT -8
I just finished organizing a work pool today. Interest will need to really pick up today/tomorrow to make it even worth it to go through that again. We need a minimum of 8 to make head to head (or any type of pool for that matter) interesting IMO.
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Post by nater on Sept 29, 2013 16:24:51 GMT -8
I'd play.
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Post by emptyfox on Sept 29, 2013 17:58:12 GMT -8
In total we have 5 including the zombie and I... 3 more and I'll set it up, though I can't draft tomorrow since I have my other draft.
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Post by wonk on Sept 30, 2013 14:50:15 GMT -8
So ya'll want to play head to head because you know you can't beat me in rotisserie? Bring it. I'm in.
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Post by emptyfox on Sept 30, 2013 15:24:43 GMT -8
We got 6... anyone else?
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Sept 30, 2013 16:17:22 GMT -8
So ya'll want to play head to head because you know you can't beat me in rotisserie? Bring it. I'm in. I don't want to play rotisserie because it doesn't work for hockey, it was kind of a joke last time. I think whatever format we play you'll do good though, you seem to have a pretty good knack for fantasy sports. How many more do we need? I'd really like to play, and I can't convince enough people at work to do a non-set it and forget type pool. |
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Peter Gibbons
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Post by Peter Gibbons on Sept 30, 2013 16:35:52 GMT -8
I'll play. I thought rotisserie worked out pretty well last year. Also, according to ESPN, rotisserie is the most common way to play fantasy hockey.
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Sept 30, 2013 16:52:38 GMT -8
Well I've played every year since I was probably 10 , and hadn't heard of it until fantasy baseball on this board. The most common I've seen is straight points based, followed by head to head.
Hockey just doesn't have enough important stats to fill out all the categories. But that's just my opinion. I have a question about rotisserie: does it have to include so many categories? Or can you limit the categories? My major beef with it is that normally I wouldn't care about ATOI and Shots on Goal etc.
Having said that I'll play regardless of format.
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Post by emptyfox on Sept 30, 2013 17:00:35 GMT -8
That's 7, one more makes head to head worth it.
Yes, you can change categories as needed/ Options for categories from yahoo (I have an open yahoo pool in front me right now) are -
Goals
Assists
Points
Plus/Minus
Penalty Minutes
Powerplay Goals
Powerplay Assists
Powerplay Points
Shorthanded Goals
Shorthanded Assists
Shorthanded Points
Game-Winning Goals
Shots on Goal
Shooting Percentage
Faceoffs Won
Faceoffs Lost
Hits
Blocks
Goaltenders
Games Started
Wins
Losses
Goals Against
Goals Against Average
Shots Against
Saves
Save Percentage
Shutouts
We are about to draft a head to head pool in about an hour that assigns points based on who wins each category every week. There is also the option to just do a point based system using categories in H2H but I don't really know a lot about how it works.
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Sept 30, 2013 17:03:45 GMT -8
But is there a minimum of categories? like do you need 10 categories?
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Post by emptyfox on Sept 30, 2013 17:15:31 GMT -8
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Peter Gibbons
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Post by Peter Gibbons on Oct 1, 2013 13:51:53 GMT -8
I didn't realize hockey stared tonight. I created a league with the same settings as last year if anyone is interested. The draft is 8:00 ET (2 hours). It's a public league, so I'm expecting it to fill up in the next hour or so. Go to the following website: games.espn.go.com/fhl/leaguedirectory and search for the league using the league name. League Name: League Name EDIT: I'll still play in a league with you guys, but I just wanted to get one started. |
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Post by emptyfox on Oct 1, 2013 15:43:47 GMT -8
Can't draft at that time... hopefully we find an eighth.
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Peter Gibbons
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Post by Peter Gibbons on Oct 1, 2013 15:55:23 GMT -8
I can ask my father-in-law. He's played in just about every other fantasy league that we have put together. He was also one of the folks that passed you in the last day of fantasy baseball. It was an epic battle for third place. I'm not sure anyone informed you or badchoices though.
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Oct 1, 2013 17:58:08 GMT -8
Hey fox can you just make the league, we will all join...and if we can't get the 8th we will just make it open to the public?
Gibbons pool filled up in like under 5 minutes today, so I don't think it will be to big of an issue getting an 8th player.
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Post by emptyfox on Oct 1, 2013 18:22:25 GMT -8
On it... do you guys mind doing it through Yahoo instead? ESPN doesn't work correctly for me at work anymore. That's why I fell off the baseball pool. I did most of my team managing form there...
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Post by nater on Oct 3, 2013 16:06:08 GMT -8
long hair, no care
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Oct 3, 2013 17:00:55 GMT -8
Yeah I don't care...I'm still down for this. Doesn't really matter that the season has started.
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