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Time to get that ball rolling. I imagine it'll be just like it has been in years before. If you're interested, make it known here.

Oh yeah, I am interested.

People in: (* equates to registered in the league)

• TraderJake

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• St0rmTK421
• two_scoop_steve
• Bad Enough Dude
• UNFORGIVINGPAIN

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• Seamar

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• den68

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• MPHDeltaForce

i'm in

I was just thinking about starting a thread, count me in!

I'm there.

Count me in.

I'm in too. And Dave and Eddie, I'll catch up with you guys once I get back from Canada. Can't wait for football season!!

I'll catch up with you once I have internet in Annapolis. :P

I'm in and I'll set up the league again. I'll post the link once I do.

The league is set up. Same settings as last year.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/rfgfootball

League ID: 219185

Password: ihatemadden

I received an error message from your link.

"There was a problem   
* You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152)"

I had to log into yahoo, then click this link (http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?.scrumb=), and then enter League ID & Password.

What's this about? Can somebody please explain?

Fantasy (American) Football is huge in the US. This is our RFG league, as hosted on yahoo.

Simply put, each person drafts a team of players, several at each position.  Although they don't play on the same team in real life, each player scores individual points each week based on how well they performed.  Add the total points your players get each week and compare it against your opponent's team to figure out who won.  American Football fantasy teams are big in the US, but there's also baseball and other fantasy sports as well.

Am I a complete moron, but I think I still don't quite get it :(

Is this just an online football game or do you have to play football in real life?

Because if the second's the case, isn't it easy to fake your stats?

No, what happens is that there is an autodraft of NFL players / defenses, and you earn points based on how well they perform. Each week you play another team, and the person with the most points wins.

When you "draft" real football players, you basically get to add their name to your fantasy roster.  When they play their real games for their real NFL teams each week, they put up stats.  The fastasy leagues use these real stats to tally up the fastasy points that the player earned for that week.  So you're getting points for how the players perform in real games.  It makes it interesting to watch live NFL games, because you find yourself rooting for players you normally wouldn't root for because you have them on your fantasy roster.

Don't worry sirgin... I don't get it either, and I'm American. Figure that one out.  :P ::)

Aaaah, I get it now! Thanks, StormTK :)

I'm not going to enter in this though. I can't even watch those games, so it'd be silly making a fantasy roster of people I don't know.

Yeah, American Football is really only popular in the US.  The rest of the world watches regular football :)

That's true :) Although I'm not a big fan of regular football, either. I'd much rather watch basketball, but I can't see the NBA matches neither :( (unless I'd pay for special TV)

Never really understood American football...but this is how I interpret it:

The 2 teams stand in front of each other.
They yell a bunch of nonsense.
They crush into each other.
The ball gets thrown from the back of the field towards the front.
The ball gets caught by a guy who just runs it over a line, while avoiding crazy people trying to ram him.

That's it :P

that's it in a nutshell.

sorry about the mix up on the link. that's the url you can use to get to the league page once you've joined. we've got 8 teams so far so it seems people have figured it out.

and i was hoping it was ACTUAL football not that american rubbish :D have fun guys

Oops.... I accidentally joined, because I wanted to see who was playing this year. Unless we can get an even 10, please remove me from the league. I wouldn't want to cause the league to be uneven.

You better recurit another player then ;)

Ugh, you know Scott doesn't want to play :-\

Maybe Mezmoron will play?

Nine so far... well 8 if Cap is out.

anyone else?

*crickets*

If we can't get another to join, drop me out to make it even.

I'm game!

Alright, im in. I am the Ravenhalm Headcrabs.

Looks like I am in. That's a good thing since I've played every season so far. :D

Yeah, I wish Ken was in too. The more the merrier.

I think Hydrobond said he would join if we needed an extra person, so if another person wants to join, we'll still have an even number.

Too late for me to join?  The link doesn't seem to be working for me...  Otherwise I'm totally in suckas.

Oh and go Steelers.

The first link doesn't work. Scroll farther down for the link that works. Also, chat.

Ah screw it, I'll post the link because you're a chat regular, and well you have my respect for that.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?.scrumb=

Just joined as The Fighting Irish. ;)

and we now have a full 12 team league. woo hoo!

btw - that first link I posted does work... but only after you've registered a team.

there's still a few more preseason games so I won't set the draft just yet. now is the time to go into the draft ranking and pick your preferences. you can leave it alone but I like to go in and at least exclude the guys I hate or I know are holding out or are injured.

so who's who?

Akuma's Killers - unforgivingpain
Captain's Crushers -Captain Nintendo
Dom Meatball - Dom Meatball
Hexaphenylbenzene - MPHDeltaForce (St0rm's Brother)
Ravenhalm Headcrabs - shadowforte
Rusty Trombones - den68
Seamar's Snakes - Seamar
St0rm'sTroopers - st0rmtk421
The Fighting Irish - y2richie
Trader's Bombers - TraderJake
skeezy scoops -  two_scoop_steve
what's a gagortion? - BadEnoughDude

I hope my draft is as good as last seasons!

Speaking of which, are we doing an auto draft? (I forgot to check)

There you go den, I updated your list and filled in everyone's names.

I'm from the UK but I got into watching the NFL in 1988. Some friends from school went up the park and a friend rested the playing guide on the centre's back so he could read it easily LOL. He would shout at the wide receivers... "you run 10 yards then turn around" then at the cornerback "you follow him" LOL so funny to look back on. But hey, as Brits we made an effort to learn in our own time! And it was a rewarding experience. We got a junior team together, an amateur American coach and played a lot, lots of different positions (I loved playing running back the most). I rented tons and tons of those NFL archive films from my library to catch up on the history.

I was hooked for quite a few years then lost track of who's who in the league. So with the exception of a few players, I don't know many in the league or draft. BUT I have the luck of the (Fighting) Irish so expect some upsets before I sink to last place!! :D

Must keep check on when the draft is. This will be fun! :)

When exactly is the draft?

Also, maybe I missed it? But what sort of draft are we doing?

It will be an auto draft. I'll change our leagues draft status to "ready" after the final preseason games which are tomorrow. Our draft will most likely take place Saturday or Sunday.

First regular season game is Thursday September 4th.

Cool, sounds good Den.

I just changed the draft status to "ready".

The draft is complete. I see there have already been a few transactions. For those that haven't already, go see who you got!

And so it begins...  :beer:

That Tom Brady injury was eerily reminiscent of Carson Palmer's back in 2005......Just as much shock value too.

Yes, hopefully it isn't season ending.  But it worked out for me this week because I am playing against him.  Sorry rick, but captain's crushers got crushed this week ;)

Wow, what a start for the season.

Yep, looks as if Brady is done for the season. It also looks as if my fantasy team is done as well.

It's a shame. Brady getting hurt is bad for everyone, not just his fantasy owners.

Even thought I know it's not possible, I'm holding the slightest bit of hope that they'll announce that he's fine and that he'll be playing again in 2 weeks. Coincidentally, this is the same bit of hope I reserve for finding a sealed Valkyrie Profile in the wild :-/

Noob question here but if I drag a RB to a WR position, will they only get points for receiving or will I get points for his run gains too? Don't know how it works on Yahoo.

You shouldn't be able to drag a RB to a WR position.  There are two WR/RB positions where you can stick either type of player in.  I'm pretty sure both score the same way, which is 1pt for 10 yards rushing, 1 pt for 10 yards receiving, and 6 for TDs.

Brilliant! Thank you!

0-2! Carson Palmer is CURSED!

WTF?

Going into Sunday, I thought the Texans/Ravens game was getting moved to Monday night. Now, the game is in November???


I had 2 players on the Ravens, andended up with a tie this week since the Ravens game was PPD  ???
I hope the give me the points and the win for this week when the game is played. >:(

yeah you should get the win after the game is played.

Assuming those two players aren't injured in the meantime....

Your team is cursed :P

Your face is cursed. :P

I can't believe I won!?!

This upcoming week will be tough! I have half my team on a bye week, and another player is out (Willie Parker)

It's the battle of the unbeatens this week.  Luckily I have 3 players playing against the Bungles, so I'm sure to win :)

This is where I would tell you how many points my team will win by, but I failed to notice 3 of your players are playing against the Bengals. I will probably loose by 100+ points  :(

I lost by 1.... 1 freaking point.

Ugh... My patch-wrok team is battling, but they just can't win.  :hmm:

I might actually get my first win.

Sorry Captain (such a close game!!)... but after 4 losses I have to say... Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss! A WIN! *cries into his beer* Gratz to Den too! :)

I won this week....

 :)

I lost by 5 points  :(  , but I'm still in 4th  :)

ah, the good old days of RFG fantasy football.

Den, I see you are still the Rusty Trombones, excellent!

yeah, and my team still stinks.

what up man? been awhile.

Shady, why do you have that thug as your avitar?

I have no clue how I did this week. But with my number 1 pick out for the season, and my number 2 pick out for the past 3 weeks, I am pretty much done  :(

That's why you join multiple leagues like I do.  Chances are at least one of them are going to do well :)

Meh, I just like doing this with my RFG crew every year  :)
I really don't care if I win or lose. And even if my team isn't in it, I will keep making the changes to be competitive every week.

Humm...sounds like the Bengals....except the making changes to be competitive part :laugh:

Why must we have the worst team in the NFL?

Keep your chin up. At least you aren't the Lions.

my team wins 1 then lose's 1, i can't win 2 in a row.. hopefully it changes this week.

after a 0-4 start I've gone 4-0-1... I'm back in the hunt!

I'm happy with my team at 6-3.
I believe I'm headed for the post season again this year.

heh heh, I'm in 4 leagues. my records are:

8-1
6-3
4-4-1
1-8

I've got it all covered.

I can't believe I won this past week.

i can't believe i won two in a row.

I can't believe it's not butter.

Lost this week, and the season looks to be over.

I did the best I could with my #1 pick out for the season, and my #2 pick missing 5 games.

Each week is a struggle to find the right combo to at least have a chance.

Looks like I finished the season at .500

That's better then I expected considering my teams problems.

Good luck to the play-off bound teams.

Made the playoffs. That's something I've not done in this league for awhile.

Just wanted to note that the tie I had was utter bullshit. The game got moved back due to hurricane damage, and the points I lost would have given me the win. 

Other then that, I lost 2 games by a combined total of 3 points. Hopefully next year my team won't suffer horrible injuries, because I plan on being back 8)

I'm glad to make the playoffs again. It will be an uphill battle to the top, but I believe I have a chance.

Congrats to everyone who made the playoffs.  Tim and I had really good teams this year, lucky us :)  My brother barely missed out on the playoffs.  For those who's season is already over, hope you had fun and we hope you will be back next year.  For everyone who's still in the hunt good luck (unless you're playing me of course).

Seamar's Snakes won the 2008 RFG Fantasy Football, beating Akuma's Killers(my team) by 11 points in the final game.

Congrats Tim!

Thanks guys! It was a fun year and can't wait to do it again next year!

Congrats Tim!   I lost by one point in the semifinals, otherwise it would have been you and me for the championship.  I'm already looking forward to next year!

It was an interesting year for sure. Some fantasy studs missed all or most of the season with injuries (Tom Brady, Carson Palmer), several didn't deliver the kind of points you'd expect (Ladainian Tomlinson, Randy Moss, Joseph Addai, Larry Johnson, Terrell Owens) and some flat out disappeared (Chad Johnson).

There were some relative unknowns that had big fantasy numbers this year (Deangelo Williams, Michael Turner, Leron McClain)

Good Stuff!

Seamar should get an Award for winning. :D (like UNFORGIVINGPAIN)

I agree Seamar should get an Awards: 08 Fantasy Football Winner and also you should delete mine it's outdated now. I will return next year to reclaim my title.

Chortle, great award Seamar. :D

He still doesn't have it.

Yea he does, its right under his name.  It says:


RFG Football Ass Kicker

&

General Ass Kicker


SWEET!  ;D

Ah, he didn't have the "General Ass Kicker" Award when I posted that.

The "RFG Football Ass Kicker" is just a custom title; anyone can put up whatever they want there. ;)

Oh, I see.  Sorry about the confusion :)

Don't be sorry! :)

Dibs on a spot in the league next year..

Haha, thanks to whoever bestowed upon me that most prestigious award. I am very honored. Now watch me go 0-13 next year....

It's the new madden curse....