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Originally posted by Bodhizefa View PostA phenomenon in one of my leagues is the Deadbeat Owner Who Wins Anyway. This is a guy who never responds to trade offers and rarely FAAB's anyone, but his team consistently makes the playoffs regardless. We've got two original owners in one of my leagues that's been around about 12 years or so, and they fit this column. No clue what to do with them either.
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Originally posted by madducks View PostAnd when you ask them why they didn't tell you or the rest of the league about a player being available, they say "I was just in a hurry to get a deal done and took the first offer." Meanwhile, they are the one who proposed the trade.
So yeah, I can't get behind the disliking the trade buddy bit because sometimes it's a concerted effort by at least one of the owners to make his avenues of trade more efficient (and beneficial).
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Originally posted by Lucky View PostSounds like a structural issue related to the H2H format. I can't recall seeing a Deadbeat Owner winning a standard rotisserie format. Deadbeat owners are still a huge problem, but it is a whole lot easier to deal with them when they are not winning.
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Originally posted by Judge Jude View PostIn our league, all owners voluntarily send me keeper lists by about 24 hours before the deadline. I format 'em, and they can make any changes they like right up until the deadline (including making trades). If someone wants to go shock and awe by keeping a 45-unit Brandon Phillips (or dumping a 1-unit Ruben Tejada, lol), well, they can make the move a minute before the deadline. The other owners will all find out the surprise within 5 minutes of when I did, as I send out the keeper lists.
Meanwhile they don't have to worry about being the jerk who missed the deadline.
EDIT: Oops, this is the "pet peeves" list. Please move this over to the "Pet Peeves Solutions" thread.
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Originally posted by Bodhizefa View PostBecoming trade buddies with league members is a skillset, dammit. I value being able to find the best means to communicate with my fellow league members -- be it by email, text, AIM, Skype, Gchat, Pony Express, or smoke signal -- and I continue to enjoy the fruits of spending the time chatting with the owners in whatever method suits them best. It has the added benefit of allowing me to become friends with the guys, too.
So yeah, I can't get behind the disliking the trade buddy bit because sometimes it's a concerted effort by at least one of the owners to make his avenues of trade more efficient (and beneficial).
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Originally posted by Bodhizefa View PostA phenomenon in one of my leagues is the Deadbeat Owner Who Wins Anyway. This is a guy who never responds to trade offers and rarely FAAB's anyone, but his team consistently makes the playoffs regardless. We've got two original owners in one of my leagues that's been around about 12 years or so, and they fit this column. No clue what to do with them either."Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
"Your shitty future continues to offend me."
-Warren Ellis
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Originally posted by revo View PostI don't think it surprises me that JJ uses a recordkeeping service that requires him to notify owners of keepers via spreadsheet. Do you have to send out weekly results via regular mail too? Welcome to 1997!
but not sure what is so ineffective about what I'm talking about. if the keeper deadline is noon, everyone has gotten an email noting all the keepers by 12:05 pm. the website is probably fully updated about 15 minutes later. is there something more advanced that allows everyone to have possession of everyone else's keepers before they've even decided on them, or something?
in theory, everyone could have their keepers finalized on the website the second the deadline hits. which is a whopping 5-minute improvement! but as noted here, in many/most leagues some straggler misses the deadline. I'm out ahead of those leagues, and not sure what leagues I'm behind.finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84
SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
C Stallings 2, Casali 1
1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1
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Originally posted by Hornsby View PostThen I wouldn't term them deadbeat owners...they simply don't have the need to tinker with their team if they're successful.
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Originally posted by fuhrdog View PostWhat if the constitution says you are required to answer email and trade offers or you will be warned and then replaced if it continues?If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by eldiablo505Um, someone tell the Dane that you can see your roster on cbs. Dude is seriously and hilariously struggling with pretty simple stuff over there.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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Originally posted by eldiablo505Um, someone tell the Dane that you can see your roster on cbs. Dude is seriously and hilariously struggling with pretty simple stuff over there.
But, thanks for looking out. I'm glad you find it hilarious.
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Originally posted by The Dane View PostShow me where on CBS where I can look at my whole roster (or at least just the hitters or pitchers) and make moves. I have to scroll up and down and I can't see all my options on the screen at the same time. There was a time (two CBS iterations ago) when I could see my whole team at the same time.
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Originally posted by revo View PostMy Team/Roster Grid
If you can make moves from there, let me know and I'll do it from there from now on. As it stands, I can only make moves from My Team and I cannot see the whole team on one screen on my laptop.
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Originally posted by eldiablo505It is hilarious. The old man vs. new stuff griping amuses me.
My Team shows your whole roster and has tons of additional, helpful tabs, too - matchup, schedules, news, etc. There's another page that shows the full lineup of every team in the league on one page.
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