[FOOTBALL] When Pigs Fly VIII

[Mario LeMoose]

Draftime Home Page:
http://www.draftime.com/

[Mario LeMoose]

Draft order, as determined by blind draw:

01 … Swedish Fish (tony0017)
02 … Carolina Cowboys (Chip Ellis)
03 … Honey Badgers (obarry25)
04 … Its Spam not Bacon (Waipio.S)
05 … philflyboy (philflyboy)
06 … Curby's Club (Curby)
07 … Stuck60 (Stuck60)
08 … Vermonsters (kjkeelty)
09 … Fightin' Amish (Perm Dude)
10 … Titans (KPAJMK)
11 … Romo's Taxboys (Taxman)
12 … Warthogs (Uther44)
13 … Snausages (Mario LeMoose)
14 … Roxboro Red Phoenix (sjnocill)

[Mario LeMoose]

Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can't Cut List Provider: None
Max Acquisitions for Entire Season: No maximum
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Max Trades for Entire Season: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2 days
Trade End Date: November 29, 2013
Trade Review: League Votes
Waiver Time: 2 days
Waiver Type: Continual rolling list
Weekly Waivers: None
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Playoffs: Week 14, 15 and 16 (8 teams)
(Note: Week 16 runs the seven days from December 17 to December 23.)
Playoff Reseeding: No
Divisions: Yes (2 divisions)
Playoff Seeding Options: Division winners awarded top playoff seeds
Lock Eliminated Teams: No (can be done manually by commish)
Roster Positions: QB, WR (2), RB (2), TE, W/R/T, K, DEF, BN (6), IR
Fractional Points: Yes
Negative Points: Yes

Weekly stat categories (all values rolled over from last season):
Offense
Passing Yards ... 30 yards per point; bonus 5 points at 400 yards (bonus awarded once)
Passing Touchdowns ... 6
Interceptions ... -2
Rushing Yards ... 15 yards per point
Rushing Touchdowns ... 6
Reception Yards ... 15 yards per point
Reception Touchdowns ... 6
Return Touchdowns ... 6
2-Point Conversions ... 2
Fumbles Lost ... -2
Offensive Fumble Return TD ... 6
Kickers
Field Goals 0-19 Yards ... 3
Field Goals 20-29 Yards ... 3
Field Goals 30-39 Yards ... 3
Field Goals 40-49 Yards ... 4
Field Goals 50+ Yards ... 5
Point After Attempt Made ... 1
Defense/Special Teams
Sack ... 1
Interception ... 2
Fumble Recovery ... 2
Touchdown ... 6
Safety ... 2
Block Kick ... 2
Return Yards ... 50 yards per point; bonus 1 point at 50 yards (bonus awarded once)
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns ... 6
Points Allowed 0 points ... 10
Points Allowed 1-6 points ... 7
Points Allowed 7-13 points ... 4
Points Allowed 14-20 points ... 1
Points Allowed 21-27 points ... 0
Points Allowed 28-34 points ... -1
Points Allowed 35+ points ... -4

All draft picks are restricted to players in the current Yahoo! pool at the time your turn occurs. Please remember that the Draftime player list is not customized by league. If you have any questions regarding a player's eligibility, take a moment to search our league's player list at Yahoo! before you draft him.

Managers can use Draftime to trade picks, players, or both.

[Chip Ellis]

I'll do my best to keep the queue stocked. I leave for Vacation with the wife Satruday.

[Mario LeMoose]

I'll do my best to keep the queue stocked. I leave for Vacation with the wife Satruday.

Any WiFi access while you're away? This assumes that you even want to fuss with the draft while you're on vacation ... hah!

[sjnocill]

I am at the beach from Aug 18-24 but we are supposed to have internet there. I may not be online as often though. Does draftime work on a smartphone?

[Mario LeMoose]

I am at the beach from Aug 18-24 but we are supposed to have internet there. I may not be online as often though. Does draftime work on a smartphone?

I *believe* it does (see below) but hope that another one of our managers will be able to confirm.

Copied-and-pasted from this page: http://www.draftime.com/forums/viewtopi ... 6&start=25

"...I think I've made about 75% of my picks via smart phone since the 2011 draft. It's not like Drafttime.com has a confusing application or something? You just use the browser as if its your laptop? I'm seriously confused as to how a smart phone would hamper anyone from doing what they want on their phone."

[obarry25]

I am at the beach from Aug 18-24 but we are supposed to have internet there. I may not be online as often though. Does draftime work on a smartphone?

Yeah Ellis, it works on smartphone, I drafted that way last year

[Curby]

I am at the beach from Aug 18-24 but we are supposed to have internet there. I may not be online as often though. Does draftime work on a smartphone?

I *believe* it does (see below) but hope that another one of our managers will be able to confirm.

Copied-and-pasted from this page: http://www.draftime.com/forums/viewtopi ... 6&start=25

"...I think I've made about 75% of my picks via smart phone since the 2011 draft. It's not like Drafttime.com has a confusing application or something? You just use the browser as if its your laptop? I'm seriously confused as to how a smart phone would hamper anyone from doing what they want on their phone."

It does work on smartphones---made some last year on my me phone...

[Mario LeMoose]

I've finished editing the original league schedule at Yahoo!; we now have our familiar "balanced" schedule. No change was made to opening week match-ups.

[Chip Ellis]

Yeah I have my smart phone and we're going to get the wifi at the resort so I hope I'll be okay

[Chip Ellis]

So, when we starting? I have wifi and a queue set but the drinks are flowing not sure how long I can keep watching! LOL

[Mario LeMoose]

I have removed the following injured offensive players from the draft list; CBS.com and SI.com have reported that they will be out for the 2013 season:

Danario Alexander, WR, SD
Arrelious Benn, WR, Phi
Armon Binns, WR, Mia
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Phi
Joe Morgan, WR, NO
Adam Nissley, TE, Atl
Dennis Pitta, TE, Bal


Plaxico Burress, WR, Pit (shoulder surgery August 12)
Keller, Dustin, TE, Mia (knee injury August 17)

[Taxman]

QCE......When does draft start?

[Mario LeMoose]

QCE......When does draft start?

Yesterday.

[Chip Ellis]

Moose how dare you take my boy Dez!! so early, was hoping he'd be there for my second pick

[Mario LeMoose]

As much as I hate skipping someone's pick so early, I think we have to keep the draft moving. If anyone has an alternate way (other than e-mail) to reach Brian, please help. Taxman, are you one of his "text buddies"?

[Taxman]

[quote][/quote]Taxman, are you one of his "text buddies?

I have just sent a text (I've been gone all day). I'll report as soon as I've heard back @ 10ish EST if I nhaven't heard from him.

[Taxman]

I'm late...what else is new.

No response from Brian. I'm pretty sure the number I have is no longer good as the voice mail recording is not personalized (if PFB still has Herbal Life business, the greeting would personalized), but is canned male voice that says "the person you have called is unavailable, please call later"

[Mario LeMoose]

Sent via Yahoo! league mail:

Prepare for a four-hour time limit between draft picks beginning Friday, August 23. Target date for completion of the draft is Sunday, September 1, and we are not currently on pace to meet that goal.

The daily overnight pause (midnight to 9:00 a.m. Eastern) will remain in place.

[Mario LeMoose]

So that you will know who's to blame for the hideous seaweed-colored background on Yahoo! fantasy football league pages: http://yahoofantasy.tumblr.com/

If you want to leave feedback/suggestions:
http://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/169858-us-sports

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Dear fantasy players,

Things are looking a little different around Yahoo! Fantasy Football where we have introduced a number of design changes and game enhancements. The goal of these changes is to provide a game that is more fun, faster and easier to get to what you need. Sign up now and get in on the action.

Here are some of the highlights:

League Home Pages

• Match-Ups are much more prominent on League Home. Match-Ups are the lifeblood of fantasy – you want to see how you’re dropping the hammer on your rival – so we gave them more love in our design.

• Facebook Groups can now be used as a communication tool in your league. A lot of fantasy players use Facebook groups already, so, working with Facebook, we decided to bring groups inside the game. Messages posted in the league group will appear in the league home page and on Facebook.

• Expert Content (Weekly Ranks, the Big Board, Roto Arcade blog posts, etc.) is more prominent. Along with the No. 1 game comes (usually) great advice from our experts. Be nice to Brad Evans; he does try really hard – and the louder he says it the more likely he is to be partly right (or drown out the other parts).

My Team Page

• Drag and Drop is going the way of the dinosaur, replaced by a nimbler, smarter, more mammalian roster management tool (just tap and go, baby!). This will make life much easier for folks playing on tablets, too. Classic, like the coelacanth, is not going away. You can still access Classic Mode at the bottom of the page and your position drop downs will return.

• The new roster tool auto-saves. You won’t lose last-second roster moves on Sunday because you hit the submit button too late. Make a move and – bam – it’s saved.

• The page loads faster. Need meet speed.

More cool, new things will be rolling out in the next few weeks as well so keep an eye out. And don’t forget to check out the totally new mobile app (live drafts!) on iTunes and Android. If I may say so – it just rocks.

We hope you like the changes. We are sure you will have opinions. Share them in our forums and know that we’ll be reading and taking notes. Our goal is to make the best fantasy games in the world. This is just another step in that quest. Want more details? We got your OCD covered here. Thanks again for playing fantasy sports on Yahoo! and good luck this season.

- Ken Fuchs, Head of Yahoo! Sports & Games

- Brian Marshall, Head of Yahoo! Sports Product

[Mario LeMoose]

ESPN's 2013 football mini-games are open for registration. BBC Regs on a Raft is back as a public group; no password required to join. These are FREE games.

I've sent messages via Yahoo! mail to baseball and football league managers; if you received more than one message, you're not being spammed ... you're a "regular."

College Pick'em
Scoring begins with the games of Saturday, August 31.

Pigskin Pick'em
BBC Regs on a Raft I = straight pick
BBC Regs on a Raft II = pick against the spread
Scoring begins with the NFL games of Thursday, September 5.

Gridiron Challenge
BBC Regs on a Raft = floating salary cap
BBC Regs on a Raft II = player eliminator (once you use a player in a given week, you cannot use him the rest of the season)
Scoring begins with the NFL games of Thursday, September 5.

Eliminator Challenge
Survivor-type game; scoring begins with Week One of the NFL season.

Also available, but I am not participating and therefore have not formed a group:

College Football Challenge
Roster-type game featuring college football players. Up to eleven entries allowed per person (maximum one entry per conference).

[Mario LeMoose]

Teams are now available at Yahoo! and the waiver order has been set to the inverse of the draft order.

Now ... if only Yahoo! would launch Fantasy Hockey.

[Curby]

and how cool is it tat we don't have to sign up for draftime hockey!?!?

Logged in at it was there....