2016 Forum Mock: Announcement/Discussion Thread

[ludy51]

4 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

I know you're pretty active around here so you should be good for checking in consistently.  It's not necessarily a fantasy league.  We don't play each other or anything.  We essentially just build teams for the fun of it.  More than welcome to join of course, but just wanted to make you aware of what it is in case you had a different idea.

 

I will say, since your ideas may be a bit on the radical side, I'd be really curious to see what you do with whatever team you get.

I was thinking the same thing

I hope he gets the ravens. Then I can get flacco for about a 7th rounder

Edited January 31, 2016 by ludy51

[PaRAYdise]

1 hour ago, allblackraven said:

It doesn't matter - most of them will opt for early retirement, anyway.

Great one haha

 

Game is really tasting our patience this year and we havent even started haha

[ClintLB8]

so, have we determined when we are picking teams?

[Mt. Crushmore]

1 hour ago, ludy51 said:

Just throw @Italian Raven and @Geving in and we'll be done

We've never gone through a game without needing replacements, so we'll need people on that list.

9 minutes ago, ClintLB8 said:

so, have we determined when we are picking teams?

Probably will start about 24 hours after spots are filled.

[loyalravensfan]

If you're not comfortable with me playing, I understand. I'll watch and learn a lot and can play next year. I love football and glad I found this forum

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

30 minutes ago, loyalravensfan said:

If you're not comfortable with me playing, I understand. I'll watch and learn a lot and can play next year. I love football and glad I found this forum

I think they said if you get to 15 posts or above... That's how it was for me last year. I think you'll be fine. But it's up to the Coco

[Mt. Crushmore]

3 hours ago, loyalravensfan said:

LOL okay let me just make sure I know exactly what I'm getting into because logging on several times a day won't be the problem. I'm assuming this is fantasy football which I have never played but I know how it works because of my friends who play. I just pick who I want on my team right? I have NFL Ticket and watch as many games as possible so I know a lot about a lot of players. I looked through the other threads to make sure my assumption is correct but if it isn't, I will be really embarrassed. 

 

1 hour ago, loyalravensfan said:

If you're not comfortable with me playing, I understand. I'll watch and learn a lot and can play next year. I love football and glad I found this forum

As long as you are willing to check in every day and you understand the rules, you'll be fine. We just want this game to be the best it possibly can and we want to make sure brand new members are able to do the process. 

Basically, this game is you take over a NFL for the offseason with trades, free agency and the draft. Looking through the rules thread and threads from previous years would be a good start to see how it goes. 

[rmw10]

3 hours ago, loyalravensfan said:

LOL okay let me just make sure I know exactly what I'm getting into because logging on several times a day won't be the problem. I'm assuming this is fantasy football which I have never played but I know how it works because of my friends who play. I just pick who I want on my team right? I have NFL Ticket and watch as many games as possible so I know a lot about a lot of players. I looked through the other threads to make sure my assumption is correct but if it isn't, I will be really embarrassed. 

Not really fantasy football in that sense.  We don't have any games against each other.  We're technically just building a team for fun.  We compete against each other in bidding wars for FAs, trading up/down in the draft, trading with other teams, etc.  We're basically the GMs of our selected team, and it's up to us to build the best team possible throughout an entire offseason.

[Inqui]

5 hours ago, rmw10 said:

And there's also an unwritten rule to trade all of your good players and draft picks to rmw10 for minimal return...

 

Joking, of course.  We do that here.

We trade our draft picks and good players to rmw10 for minimal return a lot here? Guess I've been doing it wrong all this time.

[loyalravensfan]

I get it now, thanks I'm sure I will catch on really quick. I will definitely be checking in several times a day!

[Mt. Crushmore]

24 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

We compete against each other in bidding wars for FAs,

I'm still scarred by the fact that Derek Cox went for double digits a few years ago

[PaRAYdise]

2 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

I'm still scarred by the fact that Derek Cox went for double digits a few years ago

Our Free Agency is a perfect example for a economy lesson. Supply and demand haha

[Mt. Crushmore]

6 minutes ago, PaRAYdise said:

Our Free Agency is a perfect example for a economy lesson. Supply and demand haha

Supply and demand with people with way too much cap space 

[PaRAYdise]

3 minutes ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

Supply and demand with people with way too much cap space 

Biggest issue for me is not the big cap space of most people but not needing to think long term.

[PaRAYdise]

35 minutes ago, RavensFanMania said:

It's a lot of fun and time consuming. Once the draft starts make sure you check in atleast twice a day and maybe more in the first couple rounds. 

 

Don't dare and ever post in the sign up thread again

[rmw10]

Hi @Geving

 

Time to put that pressure on you.

[ludy51]

Just now, PaRAYdise said:

 

Don't dare and ever post in the sign up thread again

Don't dare and ever speak grammar like that again

[allblackraven]

5 minutes ago, PaRAYdise said:

 

Don't dare and ever post in the sign up thread again

 

4 minutes ago, ludy51 said:

Don't dare and ever speak grammar like that again

Why wasn't I informed about multiple correction officers this year? @Mt. Crushmore

[rmw10]

This new tagging feature is top notch.

[JO_75]

@rmw10 Why do I get a feeling Calvin Johnson retiring is a sign you'll end up with Detroit lol.

[Inqui]

Just now, rmw10 said:

This new tagging feature is top notch.

I need to change up my profile pic more often just to see if I can throw anyone off.

Better to be tagged than to receive a million PMs (and subsequent emails) though. One of the things that annoys me about these games is when I get my inbox bombed when I already know I'm on the clock.

[52520Andrew]

@Inqui People will still bombard you with pms lol

[Inqui]

Just now, 52520Andrew said:

@Inqui People will still bombard you with pms lol

In that case I'll take a leaf out of Sizzlebshu's book and threaten to hold the game up.

[52520Andrew]

@rmw10I agree

[52520Andrew]

1 minute ago, Inqui said:

In that case I'll take a leaf out of Sizzlebshu's book and threaten to hold the game up.

Just say you were never notified, that would work wonders on the group

Edited February 1, 2016 by 52520Andrew

[rmw10]

Hi @Italian Raven

 

I'm not as familiar with you, but what the hell, let's put the pressure on you to join as well.

[Mt. Crushmore]

32 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

 

Why wasn't I informed about multiple correction officers this year? @Mt. Crushmore

Disappointed I lost that signature 

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

Can the OP add important news and dates in the first post? I try to check this boards daily, but I'm afraid I'll miss some updates. 

Edited February 1, 2016 by BALTIMOREFLACCO

[rmw10]

14 minutes ago, BALTIMOREFLACCO said:

Can the OP add important news and dates in the first post? I try to check this boards daily, but I'm afraid I'll miss some updates. 

It'll be added once we officially get everything under way.  Hard to get too much of a timeline yet when we don't even know when or how long it's going to take to pick teams.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

6 minutes ago, rmw10 said:

It'll be added once we officially get everything under way.  Hard to get too much of a timeline yet when we don't even know when or how long it's going to take to pick teams.

Yeah I didn't mean now, just for the future. I appreciate it