2012 Battle of Sports Forums

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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums 

Post#81 » by Redhopeful » Mon Sep 3, 2012 5:45 am

writersblock wrote:I think this is an intriguing idea. If the league is all about the rivalry between basketball boards, doing divisions like this fits that idea.

Agreed. Not to mention, it's always been a totally wash to each forum's overall record whenever 2 managers from the same site met. Now, the overall record would be a truer reflection of a site's dominance/etc.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums 

Post#82 » by Redhopeful » Mon Sep 3, 2012 5:47 am

Oh, and since it's 9/3/2012 where I live, has the draft officially started? :wink:
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums 

Post#83 » by sly » Mon Sep 3, 2012 5:52 am

Perhaps we should send a quick e-mail to all as a reminder...
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums 

Post#84 » by Curtis Lemansky » Mon Sep 3, 2012 7:19 am

Draft starts today at 9 AM EST. But if So-tex wants to pick early to kick things off, I'm fine with that. I sent a short reminder to everyone to notify them about the start of the draft.

I'll also look into the divisions things once yahoo is open again. If it is possible, we can discuss it in here.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums 

Post#85 » by So-Tex » Mon Sep 3, 2012 10:03 am

I happen to still up awake right now (had a gig last night, and usually after all that adrenaline rush, it's hard for me to wind down and crash). Don't think I'll make it to 9am EST (8am here in Texas), so I'll go ahead and kick it off and send the pm to Buser. Good luck to everyone!

And awaaaaaaaay we go... :D

EDIT*: Did I say "pm"? Meant to say "email"! ;)
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#86 » by capoltorta » Mon Sep 3, 2012 3:41 pm

I'm also for forum divisions if it's put to a vote, and I also think it should be top 8 teams in the playoffs no matter what division. Thanks for setting everything up CL.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#87 » by Curtis Lemansky » Mon Sep 3, 2012 8:30 pm

Just a heads up to fellow Realgm'ers. Unlike FFL, instead of 8 hours we have 12 hours per pick here so dont jump the gun early and skip anyone.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#88 » by mattbuser » Mon Sep 3, 2012 8:33 pm

Sorry guys. Obviously should have mapped that out previously.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#89 » by Curtis Lemansky » Mon Sep 3, 2012 8:43 pm

Off we go. Please e-mail the next guy after you pick. Should be a fairly smooth ride after all.

Semi-interesting note: I never had Durant, CP3 or Lebron on my fantasy teams before if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#90 » by sabonis » Mon Sep 3, 2012 9:33 pm

I hate my pick at number 6...

top 4 and, 8 and forward would have been ok but I hate the 5-6-7th picks this year.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#91 » by Rounders Block » Mon Sep 3, 2012 9:59 pm

Can we have a vote on this whole divisions/scheduling deal? I'm for a schedule where you exclusively play teams from other forums. Fine with four divisions - one Cafe, one RK, one RealGM, one BS/BBM. Against a two-team per forum cap on the playoffs, but ok with a one-per forum minimum.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#92 » by hamncheese » Mon Sep 3, 2012 10:58 pm

Yeah, I'm for the divisions, but should see if that's feasible in the Yahoo system. It's supposed to launch on Wednesday right?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#93 » by Curtis Lemansky » Mon Sep 3, 2012 11:01 pm

hamncheese wrote:Yeah, I'm for the divisions, but should see if that's feasible in the Yahoo system. It's supposed to launch on Wednesday right?



Yes, there is no point in voting if it cannot be done in yahoo system. Let's wait till the launch and see whether it is possible.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#94 » by Rounders Block » Mon Sep 3, 2012 11:25 pm

Yahoo! will allow for up to four divisions and also lets the commissioner customize the schedule afterward (it's auto-generated initially). Can also customize how you want to seed for playoffs - 1) division winners get top seeds, remaining teams seeded according to record, 2) division winners advance to playoffs automatically but everyone is seeded according to record, 3) no automatic berths; everyone seeded by record.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#95 » by writersblock » Tue Sep 4, 2012 1:48 am

Rounders Block wrote:Yahoo! will allow for up to four divisions and also lets the commissioner customize the schedule afterward (it's auto-generated initially). Can also customize how you want to seed for playoffs - 1) division winners get top seeds, remaining teams seeded according to record, 2) division winners advance to playoffs automatically but everyone is seeded according to record, 3) no automatic berths; everyone seeded by record.


Brilliant.

And it seems the vote may be unanimous on 4 divisions, and playing outside of your division. The other thing we'll need to vote on is which of the 3 options to choose. I'm torn between 2 and 3.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#96 » by writersblock » Tue Sep 4, 2012 2:01 am

Incidentally, I have Sabonis' pick list, but I'm heading off to bed. I'll probably email it to Gokce, but can anyone else take a list?
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#97 » by Rounders Block » Tue Sep 4, 2012 2:18 am

writersblock wrote:Incidentally, I have Sabonis' pick list, but I'm heading off to bed. I'll probably email it to Gokce, but can anyone else take a list?


You can send it this way - will be up for a bit.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#98 » by dcdoorknob » Tue Sep 4, 2012 2:25 am

Seattle is located in the Philippines iirc (I could be off but that's what I think I remember), so his timing may be off from most of the rest of us sometimes, just fyi.

I could go for either 0 or 1 guaranteed playoff team per division/forum, but if I've got to pick one I'd just say top 8 by record make playoffs, no division winner guarantees.

If the division winners to advance to playoffs automatically, I do not think they should get top 4 seeds (would create some out of balance 1st round matchups, imo, and I'm not sure what the positive side would be?), so would vote against that.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#99 » by mattbuser » Tue Sep 4, 2012 6:32 am

I'm with everyone else for four divisions, with play only outside of divisions. And my vote regarding the playoffs is no min/max and record determines seed.
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Re: 2012 Battle of Sports Forums - Draft in progress 

Post#100 » by Curtis Lemansky » Tue Sep 4, 2012 7:06 am

mattbuser wrote:I'm with everyone else for four divisions, with play only outside of divisions. And my vote regarding the playoffs is no min/max and record determines seed.



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