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LT Titans's trade block has been updated!
LT Titans ⚂ on
January 30, 2019 11:15 AM
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I will accept any trade proposed to me within reason. I'd like to turn this roster over.
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Napalm Bombs's trade block has been updated!
Napalm Bombs on
January 29, 2019 11:31 AM
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The Makers of the Sexy's trade block has been updated!
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TOOTBLANs's trade block has been updated!
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Joe Buck Yourself's trade block has been updated!
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Hello all! With just under five days left to trade, looking to make some moves with guys on my trade block. Please let me know if you have any interest by sending over an offer or sending a message. I have to work a bit today, but will probably send out offers later today or on Monday. Thanks!
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The Makers of the Sexy's trade block has been updated!
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TOOTBLANs's trade block has been updated!
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Welcome Toot, love the team name.
LT Titans ⚂ on
January 24, 2019 2:20 PM
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Welcome TOOT! Makers has the payouts correct.
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Welcome to the league! I believe the payouts are going to be the standard Ottoneu $50 payouts of $200/$100/$50.
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The Makers of the Sexy's trade block has been updated!
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Hey all... inherited a roster so i'm willing to deal. Hit me up.
What are the payouts in this league?
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TOOTBLANs's trade block has been updated!
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I know it may not matter if the league doesn't survive, but I am open to make some trades before the deadline. However, I am optimistic and hopeful we can get people after the keeper deadline. If anyone wants to make some moves, my trade block is all updated, so please feel free to get in touch with me or send over an offer and we can go from there. Thanks.
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The Makers of the Sexy's trade block has been updated!
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We found the owners on Slack/community and used the dispersal draft as a way to entice owners.
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Here's the league: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/791/
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How long did it take to fill the four slots after they decided to disperse?
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Can you guys link me to the league so I can hit up the commish to discuss the logistics of this? This feels like a last-ditch effort, but there are a few bloated contracts on these teams that might be deterring new owners.
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Thanks for the clarification. Sounds good to me then.
Napalm Bombs on
January 15, 2019 10:26 AM
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Once that dispersal draft is done, they’re then able to trade and required to get down to the legal roster requirements before 1/31 ( or later if it takes us a bit to find owners) before the league then holds its normal auction draft for FAs.
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So a dispersal draft would look like this - we take all the players on the available teams and put them into the draf pool at their current salaries. We then recruit four new owners who will effectively hold a slow (can be done in Google Sheets over a week or so) snake draft from that player pool. During that draft, the new owners can draft their team up to a 40 man roster, but are not required to fill the roster. Any undrafted players go into the FA pool.
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I'm a bit confused by what exactly a 'dispersal' draft means. Are you saying putting all players in the four empty teams up for draft and essentially taking our league down to an eight team league? If so, I'd say this could be a last resort and we should still leave the teams open to claim for a bit longer. If I'm misunderstanding, then my apologies, but would appreciate further clarification.
Napalm Bombs on
January 15, 2019 4:09 AM
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I'm just surprised that no one has claimed even one team yet. I don't get that. Especially because there are limited money league teams available and the teams do have some interesting pieces.
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So, the owner of Syndergaarden Cops and I were talking about a league he is in that needed four members like ours. They decided to do a dispersal draft. I would presume all of the salaries stay the same no matter what team the player goes. What does everyone think of this idea? Maybe if everyone wants to do it, we can put it in the league settings page under "Description", so hopefully, the teams will draw more interest.
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Much appreciated, Sexy!
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I posted on Slack last night asking if anyone wanted to join the league with links to the teams. Hopefully, that drums up some interest, but nothing yet.
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That is a valid point, Sexy. Our biggest hurdle is probably the number of open teams rather than the league buy-in.
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Syndergaarden Cops's trade block has been updated!
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I totally think it was a good idea, but I don't know if it will make a difference. There are so many more $20 teams to claim out there than money leagues. We would probably have better luck being 4 of like 15 teams for money than 4 of like 65 teams.
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I was just throwing it out there as an idea. If people feel changing the buy-in won't make a difference, then I'm all for keeping as is. I'll see if I can recruit any new owners on my part in order to keep this league going and with fully engaged owners.
Napalm Bombs on
January 7, 2019 8:30 AM
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I have a $50 league that also lost four owners and we filled those spots, so I am not sure that changing the buy-in really guarantees results.
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I'm a bit conflicted on this as I don't play in any $20 league and not sure that I want to start. However, I like my team in this league. But, I think my main concern is that I am not sure changing it to $20 will really guarantee that people join the league too. I check that "Claim a Team" page daily and there are $20 teams that have been on there for months.
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To add on to what Clash stated, we can entertain reducing it only for this year in order to attract owners, with the expectation that we go back to prize league for the 2020 season. (provided everyone is on-board with that plan).
Napalm Bombs on
January 7, 2019 3:32 AM
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I'm fine with whatever others want.
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Hey guys - Napalm and I were talking about the state of the league (one-third of the teams ownerless) and he floated the idea of reducing the buy-in to $20 in an effort to attract new owners. I know we recently discussed increasing the buy-in, and that the $20 leagues offer no prizes, but that's better than having to end the league due to lack of owners. What say you all?
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Four owners, unfortunately.
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Are we still missing 3 owners?
LT Titans ⚂ on
December 29, 2018 2:15 PM
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MARTA_Bus_'s trade block has been updated!
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Hello all, I may be bored enough to be really willing to make a trade. Please send over an offer or a message if you are interested in anyone on my trade block. Thanks!
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The Makers of the Sexy's trade block has been updated!
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Clash City Rockers's trade block has been updated!
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I’d simply prefer we find owners who can commit to staying with the league.
LT Titans ⚂ on
December 8, 2018 6:38 PM
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I agree focusing on filling the vacant owners first. Although once filled I’m not opposed to a proposal to move to 100
Napalm Bombs on
December 8, 2018 5:37 AM
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I agree with Makers that we should try to fill the four ownerless teams. Upping the tier amount might reduce the number of interested players.
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There was an addendum to the original post: There are important changes to the prize tiers as well. We are redistributing the prize pool in the $50 tier to ensure a third place prize. We are also introducing a $75 tier with a larger prize pool. $50 Tier: 1st place - $200, 2nd place - $100, 3rd place - $50
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I don't think the FAQ has been changed in awhile as the price changes like at the top shows Niv saying that it would be $200-$100-$50 for the $50 tier in July after he made his first announcement of changes. I'm good for changing the amount if everyone else wants, but I think we should focus more on filling the teams that are missing first before we worry about that.
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Are we going to change to $100 a year with the new prices changes? At $50, 3rd place doesn't even win back their buy-in.
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