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I guess I'll have a better reason than normal for sucking this year. But I get it. Can't please all the people all the time.
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Now just have to hope the two open spots in the league fill up
All Proofs on
February 14, 2024 6:58 PM
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The least unpopular date for the draft is Thurs 2/29 at 9p ET— so that’s the one we’ll roll with. Sincerely sorry for the 2 people that doesn’t work for; there were at least 2 people that couldn’t make every option so I just went with the one that was more preferred for the most people.
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Thanks I think I’m good now lol
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Yes— Bobby Cox team— it’s a bit of a long story (thread below if you’re interested) but we extended PF cuts until tonight at 8p. However, if you don’t do it all at once, I need to go in and manually reset them for you— so if you have more cuts to do it will be easiest if you do them all at once. I’m resetting yours now, assuming you’re asking cus you want to do more
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I almost certainly can't do the March 3rd option. If we go with that date I can probably find someone who will draft for me.
Purple Cactus on
February 11, 2024 11:52 AM
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Bonus time? So if I cut anyone else today it’s still penalty free?
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Reminder that tomorrow is the last day for the bonus time for cuts! Planning to turn them off for everyone at about 8p ET so be sure to finish up before then
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Awesome, thanks-- yeah I'm definitely the same way and would prefer evenings. I'm surprised that the noon slot is what's looking better for people but if that's what works best for the most people, I'll roll with it.
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I would definitely prefer the evening option if possible, just doesn't interfere with family time, but I'll make sure to make it work obviously either way
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Update on draft scheduling: I put out 8 options, but so far at least 2 people have said they can't make each date offered (it's different people for each date). Right now Sunday March 3rd at noon ET seems to be the least-bad option, Feb 29 at 9p was close. If you said "no" on one of those dates and have any way to move things around, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome! Let me know if any questions or anything. We have a poll open for draft date so please fill that out when you get a chance
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QWJY6D3
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Thanks for joining and welcome.
All Proofs on
February 6, 2024 12:26 PM
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Claimed a team from the open claim team forums. I play in another league and have been enjoying Ottoneu more than traditional fantasy I've played. Been playing fantasy baseball since about 1999-2000 in the infant Yahoo days.
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Got it. Thanks.
Purple Cactus on
February 3, 2024 10:24 PM
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@Purple Cactus, I saw you only cut one player, so might not have noticed that the workaround is to turn on the PF cuts the same way that you do for a new owner, where they get “one round.” So I hit the checkbox again for you so that you can make another round. @everyone It will be easiest if you can do them all at once so that I don’t have to keep going in and checking boxes all week, but do lmk if you miss someone and need me to turn it on again for you
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Just realized my roster is still locked (although I was able to drop Kirk for some reason). Is it showing up differently on your end commish? Or if you are planning on opening it back up later nbd.
Purple Cactus on
February 3, 2024 6:24 PM
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Thanks for the flexibility on the cuts date. Sounds good as far as hard deadlines going forward. Excited for another season!
Purple Cactus on
February 3, 2024 6:20 PM
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Completed the survey, and remembered that I'm flying back from Houston on the evening of 2/28, and will be out of town from 3/6-3/12. But other than that, pretty open in the evenings.
Onett O-fers on
February 3, 2024 2:50 PM
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Yeah, I just threw 3/1 out there as a placeholder as my last unofficial act as assistant vice-commissioner :-D
I'm pretty flexible, as long as the date doesn't confilct with any of my home leagues, but they usually don't start planning until after the Super Bowl, so whatever our consensus is should work.
It would also be nice to fill the abandoned teams before then.
Onett O-fers on
February 3, 2024 2:46 PM
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Draft Date/Time Poll: Please be as flexible as you can... coordinating schedules for 12 strangers across 4 time zones is pretty difficult so most of us will inevitably have to move things around to make it work. The sooner you can take the survey, the faster we can lock in a date to make that process easier for everyone--- thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QWJY6D3
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Sounds good, I’m CT and also a dad so later is better for me too. I’ll make a poll
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My only issue is the time that would be 5pm pst and I have young children, that would be dinner time. Am times or later pm times would be easier for me. Maybe a poll would be best
Bohm's Away on
February 3, 2024 10:22 AM
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Yeah it was pre-set as that 3/1 date , which actually works ok for me—- but are there certain days of the week that people absolutely can’t do? I’d love to target 8p ET on 2/29, 3/1, 3/7 or 3/8 if one of those work for everyone. Thoughts ? I can make a poll if needed
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Thanks Commish, great call. Even if we all do not make additional drops I think that’s the fairest outcome. Also I see the draft is Fri 3/1? Will we agree on a time soon?
Bohm's Away on
February 3, 2024 10:04 AM
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That sounds good to me.
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Thanks everyone for the civil input; really my only concern is setting a bad precedent, so here's what we'll do:
-I will re-open PF cuts for all, with a firm deadline of Sunday, 2/11, at ~8pm ET.
-Moving forward, I will send out courtesy reminders leading up to the deadlines. With reminders, the already-published schedule, and several weeks of flexibility already built in to get it done, we'll treat all system deadlines as hard cutoffs-- no extensions.
LMK if any concerns
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That makes sense to me.
Purple Cactus on
February 2, 2024 2:29 PM
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If we were playing for money, I wouldn't make an exception. But since we're not, I'm grudgingly OK with it. I agree with Foggy Bottom that rules should be rules. And also that if we open it to one team, then it should be open to all for a predetermined amount of time. How's that for a complicated answer?
Uptown Nine on
February 2, 2024 12:51 PM
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This is definitely a biased opinion since I'm the one impacted right now, but I think I prefer to relax the rules in situations where it was an honest mistake and it doesn't hurt the gameplay. It's more fun when more teams are more competitive. I would be fine taking over the commish job but that seems a bit corrupt in this instance. Also I may be traveling and not available in the later half of the summer so probably doesn't make sense anyway.
Purple Cactus on
February 2, 2024 11:59 AM
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I have no question about the intent and totally get that the extension is in and of itself pretty innocuous. We all agree this game is about fun; it gets less fun when we have to debate rather than just lettting the rules decide. If everyone else believes the deadlines are meant to be flexible and we should debate exceptions on a case by case basis on the message board, just let me know and I’ll un-volunteer the comish role, with no hard feelings. Guess I jinxed it when I said it would be easy
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I have no problem giving a little extra time to drop players.
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If it reopens for 1 should it not reopen the window for all? Just to keep it fair for everyone.
Bohm's Away on
February 2, 2024 10:02 AM
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Yeah I totally agree that deadlines are super important for the game to run smoothly. And workarounds just mean another thing for commissioners to do which is not exactly fair for you. For this particular instance, being able to drop players is essential for participating in the auction (which is the highlight of the season) and getting two extra days doesn't really give any advantage. I apologize for the error and I'll definitely be more on top of deadlines in the future.
Purple Cactus on
February 2, 2024 9:58 AM
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I think fantasy leagues work best when we stick to deadlines and rules the same for everyone, and only do exceptions and workarounds for system errors, true emergencies, or commissioner errors (e.g., miscommunicated a deadline). We’ve also had one-off misunderstandings like a brand new owner that didn’t understand the one-time round of PF cuts, which made sense to accommodate. I get it, I’ve forgotten before too, but the deadlines need to be true deadlines to keep things simple, fair and fun.
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Hey y'all. Been a busy week and the keeper deadline totally slipped my mind. Would it be possible to allow me to drop some players? Hope that isn't too big of an issue.
Purple Cactus on
February 1, 2024 11:37 PM
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Done!
Onett O-fers on
February 1, 2024 11:01 PM
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Thanks Carlos—-Aviary or Tulsa if you can go ahead and give me commissioner rights now so that we can mark the 2 teams abandoned as soon as we can, that will hopefully help give us time to fill out the league before the draft
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I'm ok with taking the commish spot to keep the league going, but if anyone else wants to, please do. I think the most complicated part will probably be finding a time for the draft so as long as everyone can help me out by being as flexible as you can with that, we should be in good shape. -Andrew
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I was only co-commissioner to help Aviary with starting and stopping the draft. I enjoy playing, but don't really have time to do much other commissioner-y stuff. I can mark the 2 guys that are leaving as abandoned though.
Onett O-fers on
January 30, 2024 2:51 PM
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The bell tolls for me as well. After 13 seasons, it is time for me to retire. I've enjoyed my time in the league & my brief stint as commissioner. If anyone wants to take over as co-commissioner or has an owner that wants to take over my team let me know.
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Sorry to hear this, Providence. I'll let the commish know. Take care of yourself, man.
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Unfortunately I won’t be able to continue playing fantasy next season, it’s been so fun playing with you all! It says I need to reach out to the commissioner to abandon. Could one of you do that for me?
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Reminder that arbitration ends on Tuesday!
Purple Cactus on
November 11, 2023 9:47 AM
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Devastating… in July I’d have bet the family farm on finally winning one. But that was an amazing comeback. At least I have the Brewers in the playoffs to cling onto. Fun season, thanks everyone
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Fun season that went down to the wire Metro. Crazy how close some of the categories were after 6 months of games. Now I’m ready for the real life mlb playoffs!
Thunder Road on
October 2, 2023 11:49 AM
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Yeah, for sure, I'll share a summary-- I didn't get anyone's permission to share results more broadly so I wouldn't be comfortable giving the raw data but I will synthesize and share with anyone that's interested. Feel free to DM me and I'll send you the output when I'm done (it's due Oct 9 so will be right around then)
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Are you going to post the results of the survey, only if everyone is ok with it. Just be interesting to see some demographics and thoughts about our league mates
Bohm's Away on
October 1, 2023 12:27 PM
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Hey thanks all of you that took the survey-- your answers are super helpful for my project and it was also just pretty fun to read
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I submitted a survey as well.
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