Fantasy RBI VI Season Announcement and Confirmation Thread

[BeefMaster]

This sounds fun. I dont get it though. You guys draft players...then play them against each other in watch mode on the original rom and collect stats? Just like normal fantasy baseball, but with RBI players?

Not quite like regular fantasy, where you get credit for players' stats accumulated for their original teams.  We create a custom RBI ROM that has our drafted teams, and we pit those teams against each other in watch mode.  We use only players from the original RBI Baseball, so a ten-team league will use every player.

[Darky]

When do you guys want to get the draft rolling? Who is not available during work hours? Can we reserve a Saturday to do this? Or should we do it like last year? I think the draft took 8 days last year.

I'm all ears...

[Turd]

I am not available during work hours...

[TβG]

i should be semi-available during work hours.  Thurs and Fri are better for me being in front of the computer all day. 

I'd be happy to update everyone when their turn is up in the draft, LOLZ

(actually, two or three contact options might not be a bad idea to keep things moving)  maybe we can get a list to darky or a couple people to handle notices when necessary??

tecmoturd, when are your work hours?  it seems you're always posting?

[Turd]

Haha, yeah...I can post from my phone, or remote into my computer at home, but I don't like doing the latter as it's awfully distracting to my actual job...while I can post, I don't have the time to sit and think about my pick, peruse an excel spreadsheet, etc.  Most of the time I'm posting because I'm waiting for my code to compile or something like that...

I get post notifications on my phone, and sometimes I post from there as well...

[Nacho]

Do we have stats from all of the seasons?

Yes Nacho...except for season I

Any idea where I can get ahold of them?

[Darky]

Is it possible for everybody to reserve a Friday after work hours and a good part of Saturday so we can whip through the draft. I can see a lot of resentment going on during the draft if people have to wait for Turd to get off work to make his picks...happened last year. I think it's not asking too much to reserve a Friday night and a Saturday afternoon to do the draft.

Nacho, I attached the excel sheet of the stats from last season in my last post in the final stats thread.

And here...the rest is yours.

http://fantasyrbi.rbicentral.com/

[Nacho]

Can't turd just proxy his picks?

[Turd]

I can probably make my picks at lunch, which should make it less waiting for people. As for reserving an evening, I'm at the mercy of my family, so if it's after 10:00 or so, I could do it for sure. If not, it'll be hit or miss.  

I'm not forseeing it being a problem, but if it is, I can send a few picks in advance, or generally get a free moment to make my pick that night if I can't make it right away...I don't want to be an impediment to you guys.  Though, as you've seen, I usually find a way to post...

[Mike D.]

Is it possible for everybody to reserve a Friday after work hours and a good part of Saturday so we can whip through the draft. I can see a lot of resentment going on during the draft if people have to wait for Turd to get off work to make his picks...happened last year. I think it's not asking too much to reserve a Friday night and a Saturday afternoon to do the draft.

Nacho, I attached the excel sheet of the stats from last season in my last post in the final stats thread.

And here...the rest is yours.

http://fantasyrbi.rbicentral.com/

Not a chance.

[TβG]

starting a draft on a friday or the weekend is a killer.  there's no way that ends well.  you've seen posting around here on weekends.  i would vote for beginning on a monday, with the goal of finishing it by friday.

[fknmclane]

M - F, work hours.

[AlecTrevylan006]

I have classes at random times and bartend on Friday/Saturdya nights, but I should be able to get to a computer at a reasonable rate to keep people satisfied.

[ultimate7]

Fighting Urlachers, change initials to FU, thanks

bump for Darky

[Darky]

Okay. I must have missed that post earlier.

[Re-Peat]

This sounds fun. I dont get it though. You guys draft players...then play them against each other in watch mode on the original rom and collect stats? Just like normal fantasy baseball, but with RBI players?

Not quite like regular fantasy, where you get credit for players' stats accumulated for their original teams.  We create a custom RBI ROM that has our drafted teams, and we pit those teams against each other in watch mode.  We use only players from the original RBI Baseball, so a ten-team league will use every player.

Doing a season of regular fantasy might be interesting...  leave the teams they are in the original rom and play a season in watch mode and compile the stats and do rotisserie scoring.  Could be fun, although having some of the best players stuck on the bench might be a pain.  No Armas, Burks, Murphy, etc could be a drag.

Interesting thought though.

[Turd]

To me, it'd make it infinitely more dynamic (and fun) to draft by position. Changes the draft entirely.

[TβG]

To me, it'd make it infinitely more dynamic (and fun) to draft by position. Changes the draft entirely.

this would be a great change to what we've done in the past.  as well as having 140-138 guys steal bases.

although, the way a few people have drafted this year, i'm interested in seeing how their teams do.  TBT and Re-Peat/Barton in particular.

[ultimate7]

Running a league by position would be a good change.

I'd also like to have a league run in which all players got say +6 speed and -18 power

[BeefMaster]

I'm pretty sure one of the first Fantasy RBI seasons used specific positions, rather than just IF/OF.