Hawksquawk VII is now up

[capstone21]

Its that time of year. Hawksquawk Fantasy bball is back!

Go to yahoo fantasy basketball and choose custom league

league id : 2913

pw: atlanta

Draft time is currently : Thu Oct 16 8:00pm CDT (can change)

This has always been a competitive league. That is what makes it fun. Please only join if you intend to play the whole year...even if you are in last place. GL!

[mattlanta]

JabbaWockeeZ is my team. Also, please PM me or something the week and day before the draft so I don't forget. I do live in the east coast after all. :P

[PureGreatness]

ok yall have to tell me how to use this because this is my first time ever in fantasy.

[Swish]

I am obviously Team Swish because I couldn't think of anything else. Thanks for setting it up and good luck to everyone, and I hope I don't beat you too badly. ;)

We're doing pretty good in fantasy football huh Libid?

[AHF]

I'm back.

[gsuteke]

anyone can win by picking up players and dropping players on a daily basis to boost stats since there is no transaction limit.

it makes it more about who can check their computer daily.

A FP league would be a better bet also vs head to head

[capstone21]

anyone can win by picking up players and dropping players on a daily basis to boost stats since there is no transaction limit.

it makes it more about who can check their computer daily.

A FP league would be a better bet also vs head to head

A guy was taking advantage of that last year and it will be addressed this season. We are currently setup with last years settings. I intend to put a limit on transactions but I am not going to make any changes until the league is full and we can vote on the change(s).

[mattlanta]

I don't see how being really active should be used against you. If you want a competitive league, then it's a competitive league that you'll get. Just saying... don't be saying how 'this league will be so competitive' and then limit the most dedicated fantasy players.

;)

[gsuteke]

I don't see how being really active should be used against you. If you want a competitive league, then it's a competitive league that you'll get. Just saying... don't be saying how 'this league will be so competitive' and then limit the most dedicated fantasy players.

;)

there's a difference between "being active" and picking up and dropping 4 players a day.

C'mon man you've got to see the difference.

It's the equivalent of winning a FBL through "spamming."

[capstone21]

there's a difference between "being active" and picking up and dropping 4 players a day.

C'mon man you've got to see the difference.

It's the equivalent of winning a FBL through "spamming."

i agree with gsuteke....it no fun when someone has a crappy team but is winning because every night he drops 6 players and pickups 6 more players. We will prevent that this year with maybe a max of 65 - 75 moves for the year.

[Swish]

Anyone have a particularly good string of success in this league? Any specific players y'all try and target?

[AHF]

i agree with gsuteke....it no fun when someone has a crappy team but is winning because every night he drops 6 players and pickups 6 more players. We will prevent that this year with maybe a max of 65 - 75 moves for the year.

I agree with that 100%. It is annoying to play someone that beats you by playing 30 more games in a series by cycling players in and out. A maximum number of moves would make things more strategic.

In terms of what are reasonable roster moves, I think we need a lower #. There were 3 people who used the spamming strategy last year and the transaction #s for the season were:

14 teams:

146

80

63

32

32

21

20

...

The previous season there was some spamming but less overall.

16 teams:

65

49

45

44

29

23

22

21

17

...

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Based on those numbers, I think we should target a goal of 40 max moves. 65-75 would leave the door wide open for spamming because no one needs that many moves - it gives you enough moves to make a roster change nearly every game during the season or to make one every other game and have 30+ left over for spamming the postseason.

[capstone21]

I agree with that 100%. It is annoying to play someone that beats you by playing 30 more games in a series by cycling players in and out. A maximum number of moves would make things more strategic.

In terms of what are reasonable roster moves, I think we need a lower #. There were 3 people who used the spamming strategy last year and the transaction #s for the season were:

14 teams:

146

80

63

32

32

21

20

...

The previous season there was some spamming but less overall.

16 teams:

65

49

45

44

29

23

22

21

17

...

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Based on those numbers, I think we should target a goal of 40 max moves. 65-75 would leave the door wide open for spamming because no one needs that many moves - it gives you enough moves to make a roster change nearly every game during the season or to make one every other game and have 30+ left over for spamming the postseason.

Very good point. I went back and looked at the history for the last few years and 40 looks like a good number. It keeps it fair and it completely gets rid of that situation. I will make it that unless people want to vote on it to make it more or less.

[capstone21]

League is now full. GL all

[Plastic Man]

40 sounds like a good number to me. I am anti-spamming (which is NOT being dedicated btw) but wish they would bring back some form of the injured list.

[OGRat]

40 sounds like a good number to me. I am anti-spamming (which is NOT being dedicated btw) but wish they would bring back some form of the injured list.

Guys,

I did not make it into the league this year, but last year I was probably one of the most active teams. This was not by choice though. It was because my number one pick got hurt in the first week of the league. My point is that there are some valid reasons someone might want to make a lot of moves. With 14 teams, sometimes the quality of players is not there to find a good replacement for a key player.

[AHF]

Guys,

I did not make it into the league this year, but last year I was probably one of the most active teams. This was not by choice though. It was because my number one pick got hurt in the first week of the league. My point is that there are some valid reasons someone might want to make a lot of moves. With 14 teams, sometimes the quality of players is not there to find a good replacement for a key player.

With 40 moves, though, you can change someone on your roster an average of basically every other game. That gives you plent of room to be very active.

[Swish]

Thanks for working it out Cap'n Cap. Who won last year????

[capstone21]

Thanks for working it out Cap'n Cap. Who won last year????

Diesel actually won last year. If you click on the All Time button you can see how people did over the years (although most people don't use their squawk names).

[mattlanta]

Oh well that's fine. I checked my previous league's standings, and I finished just out of the playoffs in that league, and I only did about 15 waivers and stuff.

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