chemical

Please kindly offer any advices for the problems i encountered written on the following post

http://www.tvbnow.com/viewthread ... d=17469#pid12664863

chemical

All i can tell is that the game admin doesn't give a damn about the game, you can see some status of the players are yet updated (e.g Mo Williams still in Bucks, Ron Artest still in Kings), not to mention the crappy pre-rank system and the completely misleading default ranking (Agent Zero on 7th!?, Monta Ellis on 32th!?).

Yahoo has been clearly doing a much much better job in terms of their Fantasy NBA administration (http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba).
They once had serious flaws (such as players' points disappeared for few match days in the point-based league i took part in) 2 or 3 seasons ago (cant remember when), but they reacted quickly and patched the game within days. The pre-rank system works exactly what it does at players' ease. The default ranking is better aligned with the objective observations thus represents the effectiveness of players more appropriately in the upcoming season (Agent Zero on 110th and Monta Ellis on 131th as a result of future uncertainty due to serious injury).

My proposal is that we transfer from NBA.com to Yahoo. Huge task? Yes. More pleasant gaming experience? Can't guarantee but very optimistic according to the history.

Nonetheless, I am for the move of using the current default ranking for the possible manual draft if we had to stick to this game. I understand some aren't happy with the default ranking (myself included) but i think it will be too difficult for the game's founder to manually draft each team based on multiple rankings.

P.S. I didn't play much fantasy sport games in websites other than Yahoo. Though I did play Pick-one Challenge last season on NBA.com and it was an overall pleasant experience.

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-20 09:31 PM 編輯 ]

chemical

TVBNOW FANTASY NBA LEAGUE

There you go, i have founded a league using Yahoo!. Note that the league is Roto (Rotisserie) based which simply means that you will want to draft the best all-round players in your draft.

Any thoughts about the league settings?

Click the link for more details on:
1. How Roto scoring works
2. General draft strategy for Roto
3. Other rules and instruction in details

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To join:

1. Register a Yahoo!ID in case you don't have one
2. Goto http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba and click Sign Up
3. Log-in with your Yahoo!ID
4. Choose "Join League" -> "Join Custom" -> Enter League ID "105351" and password "tvb123now"
5. Enter your team details

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The current league settings are as follows (subject to changes)

League ID#:          105351
League Name:         TVBNOW
Password:         tvb123now
Custom League URL:         http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/tvbnow
Draft Type:         Autopick Draft
Max Teams:         20
Scoring Type:         Rotisserie
Max Moves:         No maximum
Max Acquisitions per Week:         No maximum
Max Trades:         No maximum
Trade Reject Time:         1
Trade End Date:         March 12, 2009
Waiver Time:         1 day
Can't Cut List Provider:         Yahoo! Sports
Trade Review:         League Votes
Post Draft Players:         Follow Waiver Rules
Max Games Played:         82
Weekly Deadline:         Daily - Tomorrow
Start Scoring on:         Monday, Oct 27
Roster Positions:         PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, Util, BN, BN
Stat Categories:         FG%, FT%, 3PTM, PTS, REB, AST, ST, BLK, TO

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-21 12:10 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

原帖由 blueocean 於 2008-10-21 00:18 發表
for this yahoo game...do we need to do the pre-draft ranking again

YES, if you want to have a draft ranking instead of, or as a supplement of, the the default one. But for yahoo you can select and move multiple players at the same time which means the process will be a lot easier and quicker.

Actually the league settings (especially for draft setting and roster setting) are yet fixed so feel free to say what you think.

btw, as i want to let the ones playing ufc.nba join first, i'll create another thread outside later.

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-21 12:53 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

原帖由 blueocean 於 2008-10-21 00:45 發表


when is the draft date for the yahoo game

As of current draft setting, the league will use "autopick" (similar to offline draft i believe) which means when I change the draft status to ready, the draft will subsequently take place within 72 hours. In other words, the draft can take place anytime.

More details on the "autopick"
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/basketball/rules/hooprules-08.html

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-21 01:12 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

Oh should I? I thought if i opened another thread i would draw too much attention besides the participants of ufc.nba. I thought we would want to let them join first. If i
I am thinking of doing this later.

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-21 01:18 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

Please direct any queries regarding 2008 TVBNOW Yahoo! Fantasy NBA league to
http://www.tvbnow.com/thread-488635-1-1.html, thank you.

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-21 01:44 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

For live draft, I guess i am ok on Sunday morning before 11am (Hong Kong Time)

廣告時間
咦,乜你想玩又冇位咁慘呀? Yahoo league 仲有位呀!! 都有豐富獎金o架!! click入去睇下啦!!
http://www.tvbnow.com/thread-488635-1-1.html

[ 本帖最後由 chemical 於 2008-10-22 01:04 AM 編輯 ]

chemical

原帖由 JackyNelson 於 2008-10-25 13:52 發表
Anyone wanna trade, I having too many PF

I have no idea how to send trade proposals, or even see the transactions that had been carried out........

chemical

原帖由 JackyNelson 於 2008-10-26 01:53 發表


there are transaction function out there soon, due to the transaction status will show on the ufc homepage if there is any trades going, while I played last year.

I need a SF, whom you wanna ...

still couldn't find the TRADE function........

I'd stick on Yahoo or even ESPN fantasy for few more seasons..........this game is just like in beta version...

chemical

JackyNelson, If you are sure that you have completed the draft according to the draft order and all the rankings, you just have to show us all the managers' pre-rank and everyone would then have a clear view on how the draft was completed and how some certain players landed on their team.

After all, every team got to have bad players. This is very much expected as we drafted 300 players. If this is the only point of the complaints, i would say the complaints are plain irrational.

chemical

whatever.......but shall we use yahoo default rank instead of ufc default rank for the option 1.....i am very happy to supply it when i am asked to.

chemical

I didn't ask for re-draft but i am not opposed to it. Actually we can switch to yahoo altogether and abandon this game completely. We use all the same rules (scoring,rosters etc.), but start counting points one week later. But it will be difficult to obtain agreement of every managers in this limited time.


what about Larry Hugues (PG,SG) for Udonis Haslem?

chemical

In regard to the weekly standing, how should the Yahoo league, in which is Roto based, determine the weekly winner(s)?

Working out the accumulative weekly stats for each team (based on the league setting) and then calculate the point each team gets in that week (based on Yahoo formula), how this sounds?


BTW, L Hugues will return to rotation as soon as next week.

Source: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/1243642,CST-SPT-bull27.article