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Should be fine. Welcome to the league!
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Just claimed yaz, saw it was available. Is that okay? Do y'all have any rules outside of ottoneu, like prospects or anything?
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Free Yaz said in early January that he probably wasn’t coming back. The last activity time is for logging into Ottoneu as a whole. He probably wasn’t looking at this team. The proliferation of teams with wolf based names was the same guy, who was named Wolf.
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When I claimed this team, there were several Wolf Packs on the 'claim teams' page.
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Not sure what is going on with Free Yaz and Wolfpack... both managers were logged in several times this week but seem to have forgotten to renew.
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Update from the ottoneu commish: Given the small but meaningful amount of progress towards the end of a lockout and a new CBA, as of today I do not plan on moving this year’s keeper deadline from February 15, 2022. While I am not certain that Spring Training will be entirely spared, there is still a decent chance that Opening Day happens as scheduled. If that is the case, 6 weeks is a good pre-season draft window and any less time than that might make it hard for leagues to find time to draft.
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Hi All - please visit this doodle to select which dates/times you are available for a draft. I've focused on weekends in March given the range of time zones. I'd like to pencil a date in soon as a base from which to make decisions should the season be delayed. If there is no clear consensus, a slow draft may be a viable option to try for this league, though we'd need to start that a few weeks before season start. Link: https://doodle.com/poll/ix93hgtkvckx6hpy?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=l
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I’d love to go with a slow auction this year
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I like slow auctions but will do whatever. What's a doodle?
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Hi All, just a reminder that while the cut/keeper deadline has been pushed to 2/15, the ottoneu deadline to pay the $20 to renew your team is still tomorrow. There’s normally a grace period, but if not done the team will automatically be marked as abandoned. I’ll send out a doodle this week for scheduling a draft. Also looking at slow auction platforms as a potential option to get 100% participation and would be interested in thoughts if anyone has done one.
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Okay, but I’m very pessimistic about the season starting on time.
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ok
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I'm fine with that
Pudge Pirates on
January 22, 2022 12:42 AM
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Sounds good
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Sounds good to me
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Hi All, now that we're full up for this season, I wanted to take a temperature check on scheduling a draft. With so many time zones represented, this is always a challenge in this league so I'd like to lock something in before calendars get too crowded. That said, the CBA is a wrinkle. Would you all be open to scheduling a draft now under the assumption this season starts successfully on time and pushing back in the event that it does not? First game this year is supposed to be March 31.
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Carlos Correa, verdugo, on the block. Others too. Hit me up!
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Welcome.
I'm one of the leftovers from when the league was created. I'm from the Netherlands but living in Belgium.
Pudge Pirates on
January 13, 2022 9:07 AM
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Welcome! I'm in the Washington DC area. This is a pretty standard 5x5 league that began as an international Ottoneu 101 league about 5 or 6 seasons ago. I think most of us are now in North America with one or two managers on other continents. We're glad to have you on board!
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Welcome Smashers! Spokane, Washington here.
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Haha yeah I can't imagine. I'm currently in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Hello and welcome Smashers. We’re glad to have you. The league’s been going for 5 years. I’ve been here for three. We have players from around the world. I hail from Brandon, Manitoba, where January is ####ing cold.
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Hello commish and everyone. I just saw Smashers under "claim team" and claimed it. Is that ok? Any weird twists to the league or anything? If not, how long has it been going? Any tips?
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Haven't heard back from Wolf Pack and he hasn't signed on in six months so I'm abandoning his team as well. Thank you all for the prodding on this - hope to get some active coaches before the keeper deadline.
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Also, passing along this from Niv on the community forum: "The baseball keeper deadline may be modified if the lockout isn’t resolved in the next 3 weeks. It still seems unlikely to me that the 2022 MLB season will entirely not happen, but we may be looking at a shortened season. If that is the case, the 2020 pandemic-shortened season is a good guide of what to expect."
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Smashers let me know he won't be continuing this season, so I'm making the team available today. It has some really interesting pieces, so let me know if anyone knows of someone who may be interested. Otherwise I'll post it to the community forum once we know the status of Wolf Pack.
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Ok, emailed both Smashers and Wolf Pack. If I don't hear back from them in a week I'll mark them as abandoned. I definitely understand the disappointment that a large portion of the league wasn't active this past season but hope those of us who want this to be an active league can make it one. Thanks to Brandon for highlighting this is an issue and I'll do my best to be more vigilant against managers that go dark for a month or more.
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Hi All, been traveling over the holidays and was offline for a bit. I'll send Smashers and Wolf Pack an email - both were pretty active at the beginning of the season so I don't know why they haven't been around. Drew has logged in during the past month and made allocations. I believe time zone is the biggest issue for the draft but he's told me he wants to continue in the league.
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Yeah, I'm probably not going to renew to be honest. A lot of people are inactive or unresponsive, and it wasn't too different during last season. Sorry guys.
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Yeah I agree anyone not active at this point should probably abandon. If we have 3 or more inactive teams leading up to keeper deadline I don’t know if I would renew for the year
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Are we doing something about Smashers and Wolf Pack. It's fairly obvious they have abandoned their teams. And is Drewville serious about continuing or not?
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Anyone looking to talk trade? I’m looking for a 2b and outfield help. This league has been a lot of fun and it would be great if it stayed active year round.
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Understood - its my fault. But sorry to the whole league for dropping the ball there.
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I took a look at settings and I can't roll back the clock on arbitration - the dates are a site-wide setting across all leagues. I definitely understand that things get busy, but I'm not sure there's a readily available fix in this case.
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Sorry to miss allocations, everyone. Was travelling this weekend and it didn't get done. If anyone can spare a feeling or two for an exhausted father of three kinds under the age of 6, I'd be happy to get it done tonight.
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Smashers, Wolf Pack, and Seismic - today is your last day to allocate!
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Thanks to the 8 teams who have allocated. 4 more teams to go!
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I believe rosters are locked until after allocations are completed (Nov 15). Then you're able to drop players up until January 31 at no penalty to your team's salary budget. You won't be able to add free agents to your team until the draft (date TBD) but you can trade players on your team beginning at the end of arbitration and up through the draft.
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Thanks, excited to join! New to the site and look forward to trying it. Are rosters locked until the draft?
SB Kooks 2025 on
October 25, 2021 3:36 PM
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Welcome to the new owner of Dead Money! Glad to have you on board!
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I think we should have competitive teams. I would ask the two teams that didn't sign in if they are interested in continuing. I would find a replacement for Drewville who has been a ghost since I've been in this league.
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Second, as a beginner league we haven't had any rules in place outside the normal ottoneu rulebook, which is a solid framework. However, there were a few teams whose managers did not sign on for a month or two toward the end of the season and one team that didn't have a complete roster. Those both impact the competitiveness of a roto league, and I think we should consider a rule to encourage or require active management. Any thoughts? This is not a prize league, but I want it to be fun for all.
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Hi All, two items of business I wanted to raise: first, Dead Money let me know they don't plan to renew for next season. I posted that the team is available on the Commnunity forum, but if anyone knows of someone interested in joining an ottoneu league but not wanting to invest 8 hours in a start-up draft, keep that team in mind.
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Hi All, hope everyone has been enjoying the playoffs. Arbitration begins tomorrow and I'm hoping we can get 100% participation for allocations. If you're not planning on continuing next season let me know and we can make a plan for allocations or finding a new manager who can make them. Thanks!
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Thanks, all! I really thought the Hardheads were going to defend their title until the very last day of the season. It was fun to be in such a competitive race down the stretch! Hope everyone enjoys the MLB playoffs and good luck to anyone fortunate enough to have a team to cheer for this postseason. Hopefully everyone will return for next season but let me know if you plan to drop out so we can start searching for new managers if necessary.
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Congratulations to Jose Can You See. Regards to the Hardheads who lived up to their name and didn't give an inch.
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Congrats Jose! Really enjoyed the run in! On to next season
The Maddogs on
October 5, 2021 2:00 PM
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Congrats Jose CYS! So much more fun when its close at the end, win or lose.
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So no trades this season?
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Looking to acquire a closer or speedy player with an everyday role.
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