PPR Fantasy Football

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm in.

 

[TallDan]

Yep. I’m in.

 

[Spundit]

I'm in.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

So with preseason football, it's now time to start getting ready for fantasy drafts.

Which for me is still in the "Wait, THIS guy is now on THAT team??? When the heck did that happen?!" stage...

 

[lupulinaddict]

how about you...
@troglodytes
@Thorrak
@TBC
@VirginiaHops1
@gromitdj
@_BullDog_

I didn't make any changes to rosters or points. Draft is set for beginning of last preseason game. Check into your accounts to verify and set your schedules accordingly.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Ugh. Will have a house full of in-laws that day. Depending on timing/availability, that could put me into autodraft territory.

I do agree it should be set in stone, and soon. But wondering what some of you might think about doing it Monday Aug 26 in the evening instead? Not sure if that works better or worse for folks to make it not during the weekend where family stuff might interfere?

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

@TallDan looks like you're still waiting for beer from @gromitdj and @_BullDog_ , yes?

 

[Chorgey]

Ugh. Will have a house full of in-laws that day. Depending on timing/availability, that could put me into autodraft territory.

I do agree it should be set in stone, and soon. But wondering what some of you might think about doing it Monday Aug 26 in the evening instead? Not sure if that works better or worse for folks to make it not during the weekend where family stuff might interfere?

A full house of in-laws? Sounds like a good time to draft a team

According to the NFL.COM website...

• Live Draft: Your draft is on Sunday, Aug 25, 2024 at 8:00pm EDT.

I am okay with this.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

A full house of in-laws? Sounds like a good time to draft a team

I actually like my in-laws. More than my own blood family, most of the time

Either way, we had not set the time of that event and so we set it early in the day, and we're hoping to have them all out of the house by 5 PT but either way I'm going to be on the draft live.

A few questions:

• Do we have 12 confirmed teams yet?
• Are we going to preset the randomized draft order in advance like we did last year? I *hate* going into a draft not knowing until 30 or 60 minutes before the draft what my slot is.
• Are we looking at any changes to the format? I think one of the big ones I asked for (additional WR) was added last year, so I don't think I've got any requests. But if there are any, we should hammer them out before draft day of course.

 

[lupulinaddict]

I actually like my in-laws. More than my own blood family, most of the time

Either way, we had not set the time of that event and so we set it early in the day, and we're hoping to have them all out of the house by 5 PT but either way I'm going to be on the draft live.

A few questions:

• Do we have 12 confirmed teams yet?
  
  Still waiting for confirmations. I’ll send some messages, I’d rather have everything here for transparency but the season is sneaking up on us.

• Are we going to preset the randomized draft order in advance like we did last year? I *hate* going into a draft not knowing until 30 or 60 minutes before the draft what my slot is.
  
  I believe it only randomizes prior to the draft start. I would have to create and submit an order manually. If we have enough interest that can be done. It does help those of us who aren’t prepared be able to somewhat compete. Lol. You posted that you started to plan and realize which players changed teams. I don’t get that feeling until draft day!

• Are we looking at any changes to the format? I think one of the big ones I asked for (additional WR) was added last year, so I don't think I've got any requests. But if there are any, we should hammer them out before draft day of course.
  
  The only lingering request every so often is for a new platform. NFL.com isn’t perfect, but is improving, and is simple to keep this league together each year.

 

[lupulinaddict]

duplicate post

 

[VirginiaHops1]

I’ll run it back. My only request is if this draft day/time is solid then no last minute changes. I think the time of the draft was changed at the last minute last year

 

[troglodytes]

Hey everyone, I'm in for this year as well. If Aug 25 works for everyone I can do that too.

 

[pshankstar]

Hey everyone, I'm in for this year as well. If Aug 25 works for everyone I can do that too.

I could make the 25th work too. I’m in NY but I’m ok if it’s later in the evening to help accommodate people on the west coast.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'd venture to say that even as the guy who floated the idea of a change, if we're already at Wednesday and nobody is pushing for a change, we should be locked in stone now. I'll be there and see you all.

I do still wish we'd get a draft order in advance though.

 

[Chorgey]

I'm not pushing for any changes. Let's roll.

Personally, I don't need an advanced draft order. It can be a hassle for the commish, since he would need to go to a random list generator and enter the results on nfl.com, and for those that have not committed yet may not agree with the draft order and decide that they don't want to play, then we would need to come up with a solution.

Yes, it would be good to prepare better if we knew what our pick was, but we would all be on equal ground if we did not know until 30 minutes before the draft (if that makes any sense)

 

[TallDan]

Beer shipping update:

Doesn't ship:
TallDan (Milwaukee Muggers)
Chorgey (Bar Flies - Chorgey) (second place - receives from troglodytes )

Shipped:
troglodytes (Bones are Their Money) (third place - shiped to Chorgey ) Post #965
pshankstar (Finger Lakes Fury) Post #968
Thorrak (Hop to it) Post #969
TBC (Big Gulps) Post #975
lupulinaddict (Fill my Kupp) Post #975
VirginiaHops1 (Prestige Worldwide) Post #977
betarhoalphadelta (Mr IPA and MRS Blonde) Post #983
Spundit (Beer is my Patronus) Post #986

Not shipped (yet):
@gromitdj (Beer with Mahomeys)
@_BullDog_ (Dawg Pound)

 

[TallDan]

How many do we actually have confirmed for the league?? Seems like we're going to have a small one this year.

 

[VirginiaHops1]

Do we have at least 10? If not I think we should push draft date back and try to find more. 12 is ideal

 

[lupulinaddict]

I only count 8 confirmed. I can make a separate post to try and attract some attention.

 

[gromitdj]

It’s true, I haven’t shipped yet. I am interested in playing again if y’all will have me. I promise to ship next week.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

If we're having trouble filling the league, do you want me to reach out to non-brewers?

 

[lupulinaddict]

brewers

With @gromitdj that puts us to nine. If you have someone that could push us up to ten we can continue as scheduled.

 

[pshankstar]

@TheDudeLebowski @ThirstyPawsHB @Dgallo @RevKev @MaxStout @Section1 @Thorrak @fourfarthing
Anyone interested in joining the HBT fantasy football league this season?
No buy in just ship beer at the end if you lose, get beer if you win.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

This sounds like a scam I'm in!!!

 

[pshankstar]

Is there a way to easily share the rules/buy in/payout? If not, no worries.

 

[Thorrak]

I'm in, so long as there are no last minute changes to the draft again.

Can't guarantee that I will be there tomorrow, but I'd rather not have to scramble only to miss it as happened last year.

 

[Chorgey]

Is there a way to easily share the rules/buy in/payout? If not, no worries.

The rules can be found on the league's website..
https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/5352952/settings

There isn't a 'buy in' but if you are in 3rd through last place, you need to ship beer.

With the payout, noting is really set in stone but I believe that the minimum is a 22 oz. bomber of commercial beer.
Most of us would send about 6-8 singles of different sizes (i.e. 16 oz., an occasional bomber, 12oz cans, etc...)

As @betarhoalphadelta pointed out in post# 807...

• 9 players ship beer to the champion
• 1 player ships beer to the runner-up
• 3rd place consolation playoff game, the winner decides who they are to ship to, and 4th place ships to the other--this allows for the winner to potentially save on shipping costs

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

So does this mean we're now at 11 and we need one more for 12?

 

[TallDan]

With @gromitdj that puts us to nine. If you have someone that could push us up to ten we can continue as scheduled.

This sounds like a scam I'm in!!!

So does this mean we're now at 11 and we need one more for 12?

Sure looks like it. One more would be great!