Fantasy Football?

Troy@Protekt

Troy@Protekt

a.k.a. Troy@DetailCity
Anybody interested in starting a fantasy football league here at DC?

We need 10 to 12.

Post here if you want in and we will see.
 
What the heck is it i hear people talking about it all time and i really don't see the fun in it IMHO (not dissing it just wondering). Whats it all about???
 
Pockets said:
What the heck is it i hear people talking about it all time and i really don't see the fun in it IMHO (not dissing it just wondering). Whats it all about???
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you don't even watch football :notme: :crazy: :wall:huh::bubba:bonk::redcard::stick
 
Troy I am interested. Have heard of it and would be willing to invest time but not much money. I am not sure what must be done. You have opened a real can of worms asking about interest(which I have) but knowledge is something that I lack.
 
cwcad said:
Troy I am interested. Have heard of it and would be willing to invest time but not much money. I am not sure what must be done. You have opened a real can of worms asking about interest(which I have) but knowledge is something that I lack.
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Here's a good tip ...don't pick Michael Vick to be your quarterback :rofl:notme::D
 
Poorboy said:
Here's a good tip ...don't pick Michael Vick to be your quarterback :rofl:notme::D
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Steve, I had to wait to post from laughing so hard.:bigups


Troy----- there are two I am sure there will be more.

I already have the name for my team. KBox Maker's.

anyone else have a name?
 
I have a gaming name that I use that is a play on words....but it's not quite appropriate for this site.

I guess I could use Fruitcakes. You may laugh at first, but if a bunch of fruitcakes beat you, I doubt you'll be laughing too hard.
 
audiboy said:
I have a gaming name that I use that is a play on words....but it's not quite appropriate for this site.

I guess I could use Fruitcakes. You may laugh at first, but if a bunch of fruitcakes beat you, I doubt you'll be laughing too hard.
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I was laughing but I am not now:bow :dnaughty :cheers:
 
Yeah, when I'm playing in public tournaments(RPS, pool, or anything where my name will be displayed) I use the name Bubbles. Everyone laughs at first until I start winning. But it always can backfire, and sometimes does, when you lose early.
 
Floating Rockpile could be a good name too..

Start with Michael Vick and his posse:bonk:
then Pacman Jones:dnaughty and his posse
then Tank Johnson:wall he is his own posse
fill the rest of the team with Cincinatti Bengals and Minnesota Vikings :surrender:cheers:
 
I would join! Football season is right around the corner. I coach a rec team (11-13 yrs old), and was up untill 3 am trying to come up with some new plays for the 2007 season.
 
I have to pick up pockets question= what is it? Being from Austria I have heared of football, but what is FANTASY football? Is it a betting game? Someone mentioned that there is money involved.:confused: :hmmm:
 
This is from Wikipedia and gives you the basics. And yes the points that you play for can be turned into cash or just play for fun.

Fantasy football (American)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fantasy Football is a fantasy sports game in which participants (called "owners"), arranged into a league, each draft or acquire via auction a team of real-life American football players and then score points based on those players' statistical performance on the field. A typical fantasy league will employ players from a single football league, such as the NFL or an NCAA division. Leagues can be arranged in which the winner is the team with the most total points at the end of the season, or in a head-to-head format (which mirrors the actual NFL) in which each team plays against a single opponent each week, and at the end of the year the team with the best win-loss record wins the league. Most leagues set aside the last weeks of the regular season for their own playoffs.
 
BLUELINE 1 said:
This is from Wikipedia and gives you the basics. And yes the points that you play for can be turned into cash or just play for fun.

Fantasy football (American)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Fantasy Football is a fantasy sports game in which participants (called "owners"), arranged into a league, each draft or acquire via auction a team of real-life American football players and then score points based on those players' statistical performance on the field. A typical fantasy league will employ players from a single football league, such as the NFL or an NCAA division. Leagues can be arranged in which the winner is the team with the most total points at the end of the season, or in a head-to-head format (which mirrors the actual NFL) in which each team plays against a single opponent each week, and at the end of the year the team with the best win-loss record wins the league. Most leagues set aside the last weeks of the regular season for their own playoffs.
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Thanks Blueline! Sounds like fun! I wonder why nobody ever thought of doing that with Soccer in Austria!
 
To answer Pockets and Niki, fantasy football is an online game using NFL players and their weekly performance. You can start/join a league and before the season starts, there will be a draft. At that point, you can pick your key position players and your offensive/defensive lines and special teams. You are taking who you feel are the best players from any team. Once you have your team selected, you can pick which players you want to start each week. In most leagues, you can even trade players until the NFL trade deadline.

Now that you have your starting line up, you wait until the first week of football to finish up. All of your players are graded and get points according to touchdowns, completions, catches, running yards, tackles, and other important plays. Most leagues that I've heard of have you playing another team in your league. Whichever of those two teams score the most points off of the system described above, is declared the winner. The rest of the season repeats itself as the weeks go by.

It may seem relatively simple, but it's quite the opposite. To succeed, you need to know as much about the teams and key players as you can. The more you know, the better edge you'll have against the other teams in your league.


EDIT***It looks like I took a bit too long to type out that response. Nice answer Blueline.
 
audiboy said:
To answer Pockets and Niki, fantasy football is an online game using NFL players and their weekly performance. You can start/join a league and before the season starts, there will be a draft. At that point, you can pick your key position players and your offensive/defensive lines and special teams. You are taking who you feel are the best players from any team. Once you have your team selected, you can pick which players you want to start each week. In most leagues, you can even trade players until the NFL trade deadline.

Now that you have your starting line up, you wait until the first week of football to finish up. All of your players are graded and get points according to touchdowns, completions, catches, running yards, tackles, and other important plays. Most leagues that I've heard of have you playing another team in your league. Whichever of those two teams score the most points off of the system described above, is declared the winner. The rest of the season repeats itself as the weeks go by.

It may seem relatively simple, but it's quite the opposite. To succeed, you need to know as much about the teams and key players as you can. The more you know, the better edge you'll have against the other teams in your league.


EDIT***It looks like I took a bit too long to type out that response. Nice answer Blueline.
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Thanks audiboy - that was a great explanation! It really sounds like a lot of fun!
 
I don't think we will get money involved in our league atleast not this year. I believe that makes 5 including me so far.

We need 5-7 more. We will have to use the chat room to do our draft so I hope it works and doesn't keep kicking people out.
 
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