2011 Palace United (Auction) Fantasy Football League

Medz · 08-02-2011, 05:49 PM

This will be an AUCTION draft. If you want in, speak up. Details to come shortly.

Pizza Boy · 08-02-2011, 07:57 PM

ok, I'll speak up.

(speaking up) I'll PLAY!

Jad64 · 08-02-2011, 09:03 PM

I'm in the Auction league as well.

modabombrocks · 08-02-2011, 09:27 PM

I'm in fosho.

whoDean · 08-02-2011, 09:29 PM

I'm in, have you set up the league yet Medz?

ARCHANGEL · 08-03-2011, 08:19 AM

Im interested but how does the auction work?

Medz · 08-03-2011, 09:41 AM

I set up the league, the draft is scheduled for Sunday, August 28th at 8:30 pm ET. The draft should take a little over 2 hours, so schedule accordingly. Since it's our first year doing auction, we'll keep the buy in at $30. You do not want to miss an auction draft, as it's virtually impossible to be competitive in this league if you miss the live draft.

Here's how auction works:

Each manager starts with a budget of $200. You have to use all your money to fill up 15 roster spots (QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, W/R, TE, DEF, K, 6 Bench)

30 minutes before the draft, Yahoo will randomly set a nomination order. The person with the #1 pick will nominate the first player to go up for auction. There are a lot of strategies for how you want to nominate - most people will nominate a guy who will be expensive to force other teams to blow their budgets early.

So let's say JAD has the #1 nomination spot, and he nominates Michael Vick for $10. Now everyone gets 30 seconds to bid on Vick. whoDean bids $20, Pizza Boy bids $30, Medz bids $35, Small bids $37. Each time there's a new bid, the clock jumps back up to 10 seconds. If Small is the last bid at $37 and the 10 seconds runs out without another bid, Small gets Vick and the next guy gets to nominate a guy for auction.

The process keeps going until everyone's roster slots are full. By nominating a player, you automatically bid at least $1 for him - so if you blow through your money early picking up a lot of big name players, you're going to be sitting out the last few rounds while people snag great deals on players for $2 or $3. There's a lot of strategy involved, and people have different philosophies on which is the best.

The key to the auction format is that you can always get the player you want, as long as you're willing to spend the most money. If you really love a guy like Dez Bryant as a sleeper this year, you don't have to worry about someone drafting him right before you get a chance to pick. Just save enough money, and you can draft a team full of players you really like. You can go top heavy and load up on 3-4 studs with a bunch of scrubs to fill the rest of your slots, or you can hoard your money and pick up a bunch of sleepers after everyone is broke to hedge your bets. Most people will pick up 1-2 studs and spread the rest of their cash out on guys they like. It's completely up to you.

Suggestions - when you're budgeting your team, make sure to mentally set aside at least $1 for each of your roster slots, so you don't run out of money early. Most cheat sheets will have an estimated auction value for players based on a $200 budget. Use those to get an idea for how much you want to/should be spending on the guys you like. You could essentially put together your team mentally right now, and if you're an aggressive/smart bidder, you can have that exact team after the draft is over. That's what makes the auction format great.

whoDean · 08-03-2011, 09:51 AM

Do you get a chance to bid more than once on a player?

What's the league info to join?

Medz · 08-03-2011, 09:59 AM

You can bid as many times as you like, as long as you're increasing the value of the bid in at least $1 increments. You can choose to raise the bid by more than $1 as well, but $1 is the minimum. The bidding will keep going until 10 seconds pass without a higher bid.

I'll send out the league info when we have 12 people locked in.

The King · 08-03-2011, 10:42 AM

I'm in.

Medz · 08-03-2011, 11:04 AM

We're using the same waiver format as the OG League for this league, which is the Acquisition Budget format.

Each team will have $100 to spend on waivers over the course of the season. During the waiver period, you place a blind bid on a player. For example - Matt Forte gets hurt, and I want to pick up Marion Barber who is on waivers, but I know everyone else will want him as well. Out of my $100 budget, I'll bid $8 on Forte. If $8 is the highest bid, I'll get the player. If someone else bid $9 or $10 on Forte, they'll get the player for the amount they bid. The league won't see your bid if you don't win, so the only time people will know how much you bid on a player is if you're the highest bidder.

Assuming I got him at $8, now my budget for the rest of the season is $92. Strategy comes into play in that you don't see any of the other bids - you have to blindly bid what you think is a good amount, and sometimes you have to over pay to get the guy you want. This is great when you have a guy who gets hurt, because you have the most incentive to bid on his backup, and you can't get screwed over by someone with higher waiver priority.

The only time team record comes into play is if both teams blindly bid the same amount - at that point, the team with the lower record will get priority.

The minimum bid for a waiver guy is $1, and Free Agent pickups after waivers clear are still free.

whoDean · 08-03-2011, 12:08 PM

How long is the waiver period?

Medz · 08-03-2011, 12:20 PM

Sunday - Tuesday

The King · 08-03-2011, 02:13 PM

I like the waiver thing for adding guys. I like it even more that an actual FA doesn't cost you any money. Should be interesting.

Pizza Boy · 08-03-2011, 11:11 PM

Would it be possible to up the draft time to 9:00 pm est? I will be gone all day that day and won't return home until around 8:30- 8:45

If not, I will try to get back as quick as possible, but 9pm would be nice.

Medz · 08-04-2011, 09:06 AM

So far the league will be:

Medz
Pizza Boy
The King
whoDean
modabombrocks
JAD
Small?
TDot?

Anyone else want in?

Medz · 08-04-2011, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pizza Boy

Would it be possible to up the draft time to 9:00 pm est? I will be gone all day that day and won't return home until around 8:30- 8:45

If not, I will try to get back as quick as possible, but 9pm would be nice.

Right now nothing else is free on the 28th - if another slot opens up, I'll see if I can move it back a bit.

King Mob · 08-04-2011, 01:54 PM

I'd be game but I already have a draft on 28th.

modabombrocks · 08-04-2011, 10:02 PM

Does the champion win all the money (seeing as we have to pay to join)?

Pizza Boy · 08-04-2011, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Mob

I'd be game but I already have a draft on 28th.

How's everyone for Saturday night on Sept 3rd?

whoDean · 08-05-2011, 09:58 AM

Saturday night isn't ideal, make it a week night if not Sunday.

T-Dot · 08-05-2011, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoDean

Saturday night isn't ideal, make it a week night if not Sunday.

while I love auction, I think I will only do one league

I'm too busy nowadays and over extending myself last year in basketball lead to sloppy game play

whoDean · 08-05-2011, 09:21 PM

Dot, football is only once a week bro.

ARCHANGEL · 08-07-2011, 12:40 AM

i already paid i need the info.

Pizza Boy · 08-07-2011, 12:54 AM

I thought we were waiting on paying until we were sure we had enough people?

Hey small, look for my payment for Forsh's league soon.

ARCHANGEL · 08-07-2011, 01:04 AM

Oh i missed that and already paid. if we need more i can ask joe he was the runner up last year
. I can maybe get more people

T-Dot · 08-07-2011, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoDean

Dot, football is only once a week bro.

you & I both know it takes more than just waking up sunday morning & setting a lineup

LOL, anyway....

I will keep tabs on the post-draft commentary specifically to see how you all feel about auction

The King · 08-07-2011, 10:36 AM

When is the draft? We need to figure that out. I want to be in this league. I'm in some crap $10 league from work. I can drop that team and add this one. Currently I am at 4 Yahoo teams and I'm not adding more.

What's draft date and entry fee here?

Medz · 08-07-2011, 01:05 PM

Sunday, August 28th at 8:30 pm ET
$30 buy-in.

We have 9 people so far, 3 more and we're good to go.

Medz
Pizza Boy
The King
whoDean
modabombrocks
JAD
Small
Money23
Maestro's Brother

whoDean · 08-07-2011, 04:07 PM

How about making this a PPR league?

The King · 08-07-2011, 04:25 PM

I'm in as long as the date/time don't change. Who is collecting the money here? I need the address to send a check.

Jad64 · 08-07-2011, 04:49 PM

Hey is Maestro in this league? I need someone that I can beat :)

Pizza Boy · 08-08-2011, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whoDean

How about making this a PPR league?

half a point a catch?

Medz · 08-09-2011, 09:55 AM

Since we already have 9, here's the league info for everyone:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo....gue/united2011
League ID: 344826
Password: pistons2011

$30 buy in, I'm keeping track of all the payments on the dues page so as soon as I have your buy-in, I'll update your owed amount.

Medz · 08-09-2011, 09:57 AM

I vote against PPR, I never personally liked how it inflates scoring.

The King · 08-09-2011, 10:03 AM

No to PPR.

Medz, are you collecting money for this league? If so, I can send out another check. I still have your addy via PM.

whoDean · 08-09-2011, 11:37 AM

Well then how about changing some of the scoring settings to set this league significantly apart from the other one with the same GM's so there is some distinction after the draft?

Pizza Boy · 08-09-2011, 11:51 AM

Money sent Medz.

Medz · 08-09-2011, 11:52 AM

I had asked Money if he wanted to collect for the league, but he said he's having trouble logging into the forum. I've already had two payments, so I may as well just collect for this league. The dues page makes it easier to track who owes what.

Any other suggestions on scoring changes? We can go to 4 points for passing TD's and -1 for INT's (Yahoo standard)

The King · 08-09-2011, 01:43 PM

Medz, check for $30 will go out in the next few days.

Pizza Boy · 08-10-2011, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medz

Any other suggestions on scoring changes? We can go to 4 points for passing TD's and -1 for INT's (Yahoo standard)

I think you should get 6 for a td pass, because the reciever will.

as for int's, what is it now?.. -2?

I say vote -1 or -2.

ARCHANGEL · 08-10-2011, 06:28 AM

I vote 6 on passing tds .

The King · 08-10-2011, 09:04 AM

6 for passing td.

Medz · 08-11-2011, 09:11 AM

Anyone else joining before we go outside the forum for more people? Come on Dot, you need to show these guys how a real auction is done.

Pizza Boy · 08-11-2011, 06:05 PM

How many spaces left?

Medz · 08-11-2011, 07:19 PM

3 more.

T-Dot · 08-12-2011, 08:28 PM

hhhhmmmmmmmmm

fukk it

NBA's gonna lockout, I'm in

ARCHANGEL · 08-13-2011, 11:54 AM

nice............

Medz · 08-15-2011, 10:34 PM

Ok so we have 10 now, 2 more and we're good to go. If we can't get anyone else from the forum my brother said he would play, and Small you can let your buddy Joe back in if he was in the league last year.

Everyone else, make sure you sign up if you haven't yet.

ARCHANGEL · 08-15-2011, 10:39 PM

ill check his interest.

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T-Dot Water Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 252 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	hhhhmmmmmmmmm fukk it NBA's gonna lockout, I'm in Last edited by T-Dot; 08-12-2011 at 08:31 PM.

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08-02-2011, 05:49 PM	#1
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	2011 Palace United (Auction) Fantasy Football League This will be an AUCTION draft. If you want in, speak up. Details to come shortly.

08-02-2011, 07:57 PM	#2
Pizza Boy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 74 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	ok, I'll speak up. (speaking up) I'll PLAY!

08-02-2011, 09:03 PM	#3
Jad64 Water Boy Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: in Hel_ Posts: 246 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I'm in the Auction league as well.

08-02-2011, 09:27 PM	#4
modabombrocks Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 30 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I'm in fosho.

08-02-2011, 09:29 PM	#5
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	I'm in, have you set up the league yet Medz?

08-03-2011, 08:19 AM	#6
ARCHANGEL Water Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bowling Green Kentucky Posts: 170 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Im interested but how does the auction work?

08-03-2011, 09:41 AM	#7
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I set up the league, the draft is scheduled for Sunday, August 28th at 8:30 pm ET. The draft should take a little over 2 hours, so schedule accordingly. Since it's our first year doing auction, we'll keep the buy in at $30. You do not want to miss an auction draft, as it's virtually impossible to be competitive in this league if you miss the live draft. Here's how auction works: Each manager starts with a budget of $200. You have to use all your money to fill up 15 roster spots (QB, WR, WR, RB, RB, W/R, TE, DEF, K, 6 Bench) 30 minutes before the draft, Yahoo will randomly set a nomination order. The person with the #1 pick will nominate the first player to go up for auction. There are a lot of strategies for how you want to nominate - most people will nominate a guy who will be expensive to force other teams to blow their budgets early. So let's say JAD has the #1 nomination spot, and he nominates Michael Vick for $10. Now everyone gets 30 seconds to bid on Vick. whoDean bids $20, Pizza Boy bids $30, Medz bids $35, Small bids $37. Each time there's a new bid, the clock jumps back up to 10 seconds. If Small is the last bid at $37 and the 10 seconds runs out without another bid, Small gets Vick and the next guy gets to nominate a guy for auction. The process keeps going until everyone's roster slots are full. By nominating a player, you automatically bid at least $1 for him - so if you blow through your money early picking up a lot of big name players, you're going to be sitting out the last few rounds while people snag great deals on players for $2 or $3. There's a lot of strategy involved, and people have different philosophies on which is the best. The key to the auction format is that you can always get the player you want, as long as you're willing to spend the most money. If you really love a guy like Dez Bryant as a sleeper this year, you don't have to worry about someone drafting him right before you get a chance to pick. Just save enough money, and you can draft a team full of players you really like. You can go top heavy and load up on 3-4 studs with a bunch of scrubs to fill the rest of your slots, or you can hoard your money and pick up a bunch of sleepers after everyone is broke to hedge your bets. Most people will pick up 1-2 studs and spread the rest of their cash out on guys they like. It's completely up to you. Suggestions - when you're budgeting your team, make sure to mentally set aside at least $1 for each of your roster slots, so you don't run out of money early. Most cheat sheets will have an estimated auction value for players based on a $200 budget. Use those to get an idea for how much you want to/should be spending on the guys you like. You could essentially put together your team mentally right now, and if you're an aggressive/smart bidder, you can have that exact team after the draft is over. That's what makes the auction format great.

08-03-2011, 09:51 AM	#8
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Do you get a chance to bid more than once on a player? What's the league info to join?

08-03-2011, 09:59 AM	#9
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	You can bid as many times as you like, as long as you're increasing the value of the bid in at least $1 increments. You can choose to raise the bid by more than $1 as well, but $1 is the minimum. The bidding will keep going until 10 seconds pass without a higher bid. I'll send out the league info when we have 12 people locked in.

08-03-2011, 10:42 AM	#10
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I'm in.

08-03-2011, 11:04 AM	#11
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	We're using the same waiver format as the OG League for this league, which is the Acquisition Budget format. Each team will have $100 to spend on waivers over the course of the season. During the waiver period, you place a blind bid on a player. For example - Matt Forte gets hurt, and I want to pick up Marion Barber who is on waivers, but I know everyone else will want him as well. Out of my $100 budget, I'll bid $8 on Forte. If $8 is the highest bid, I'll get the player. If someone else bid $9 or $10 on Forte, they'll get the player for the amount they bid. The league won't see your bid if you don't win, so the only time people will know how much you bid on a player is if you're the highest bidder. Assuming I got him at $8, now my budget for the rest of the season is $92. Strategy comes into play in that you don't see any of the other bids - you have to blindly bid what you think is a good amount, and sometimes you have to over pay to get the guy you want. This is great when you have a guy who gets hurt, because you have the most incentive to bid on his backup, and you can't get screwed over by someone with higher waiver priority. The only time team record comes into play is if both teams blindly bid the same amount - at that point, the team with the lower record will get priority. The minimum bid for a waiver guy is $1, and Free Agent pickups after waivers clear are still free.

08-03-2011, 12:08 PM	#12
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	How long is the waiver period?

08-03-2011, 12:20 PM	#13
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Sunday - Tuesday

08-03-2011, 02:13 PM	#14
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I like the waiver thing for adding guys. I like it even more that an actual FA doesn't cost you any money. Should be interesting.

08-03-2011, 11:11 PM	#15
Pizza Boy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 74 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Would it be possible to up the draft time to 9:00 pm est? I will be gone all day that day and won't return home until around 8:30- 8:45 If not, I will try to get back as quick as possible, but 9pm would be nice.

08-04-2011, 09:06 AM	#16
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	So far the league will be: Medz Pizza Boy The King whoDean modabombrocks JAD Small? TDot? Anyone else want in?

08-04-2011, 01:54 PM	#18
King Mob Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,448 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I'd be game but I already have a draft on 28th.

08-04-2011, 10:02 PM	#19
modabombrocks Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 30 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Does the champion win all the money (seeing as we have to pay to join)?

08-05-2011, 09:58 AM	#21
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Saturday night isn't ideal, make it a week night if not Sunday.

08-05-2011, 09:21 PM	#23
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Dot, football is only once a week bro.

08-07-2011, 12:40 AM	#24
ARCHANGEL Water Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bowling Green Kentucky Posts: 170 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	i already paid i need the info.

08-07-2011, 12:54 AM	#25
Pizza Boy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 74 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I thought we were waiting on paying until we were sure we had enough people? Hey small, look for my payment for Forsh's league soon.

08-07-2011, 01:04 AM	#26
ARCHANGEL Water Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bowling Green Kentucky Posts: 170 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Oh i missed that and already paid. if we need more i can ask joe he was the runner up last year . I can maybe get more people

08-07-2011, 10:36 AM	#28
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	When is the draft? We need to figure that out. I want to be in this league. I'm in some crap $10 league from work. I can drop that team and add this one. Currently I am at 4 Yahoo teams and I'm not adding more. What's draft date and entry fee here?

08-07-2011, 01:05 PM	#29
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Sunday, August 28th at 8:30 pm ET $30 buy-in. We have 9 people so far, 3 more and we're good to go. Medz Pizza Boy The King whoDean modabombrocks JAD Small Money23 Maestro's Brother

08-07-2011, 04:07 PM	#30
whoDean Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,955 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	How about making this a PPR league?

08-07-2011, 04:25 PM	#31
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I'm in as long as the date/time don't change. Who is collecting the money here? I need the address to send a check.

08-07-2011, 04:49 PM	#32
Jad64 Water Boy Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: in Hel_ Posts: 246 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Hey is Maestro in this league? I need someone that I can beat :)

08-09-2011, 09:55 AM	#34
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Since we already have 9, here's the league info for everyone: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo....gue/united2011 League ID: 344826 Password: pistons2011 $30 buy in, I'm keeping track of all the payments on the dues page so as soon as I have your buy-in, I'll update your owed amount.

08-09-2011, 09:57 AM	#35
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I vote against PPR, I never personally liked how it inflates scoring.