FANTASY FIRST

[Koko Ed]

Let's do this thing.
Since there is no contest on who wins what at the regionals this year (I forgot what it was called but it was fun) let's try something different.

Here's how it works...

3-team alliance of three random bots picked from the championship pool of teams.

Whatever points your team gets in a match is what you score. No matter who their partner is or if they are in the final tourney.
Score is determined first by W-L record then average point score (I’m not into that loser score average stuff). I’m talking horsepower here. If your robot is an offensive stud then you should be rewarded!
Winner gets braggin' rights. So who's in?

[Jones571]

im in!!!! are we going to do this right? "draft" teams no one can have the same person like a fantasy football after we get all the names? something like that would be cool

[JVN]

Winner gets braggin' rights. So who's in?I'm in.
How will we do the "draft" of championship teams? Like, who gets to pick first?
I vote, by reputation points. ;)

j/k,
JVN

We've been preparing for this for years...
My CheesyWildTechnoBeasts will prove triumphant over all. ;)

[Mike M.]

hey count me in to

[Mike Schroeder]

wouldnt this go along with the whole Ventures thing last year?

[Jones571]

y didnt we do the ventures thing this year? and id se screwed if we went by rep points (5) lol i belive "random" rumber generator would be good for this.

[Koko Ed]

im in!!!! are we going to do this right? "draft" teams no one can have the same person like a fantasy football after we get all the names? something like that would be cool
Can't do the draft til they finish making the list then I'm going to randomize a list of whomever is in and the get to draft first to last then last to first then first to last. If there are 300 teams then 100 people can play. So far with 281 teams 93 peopel can play.

[JVN]

Can't do the draft til they finish making the list then I'm going to randomize a list of whomever is in and the get to draft first to last then last to first then first to last. If there are 300 teams then 100 people can play. So far with 281 teams 93 peopel can play.
Randomized Alliances?
Less fun.

John

[Koko Ed]

I'm in.
How will we do the "draft" of championship teams? Like, who gets to pick first?
I vote, by reputation points. ;)

j/k,
JVN

We've been preparing for this for years...
My CheesyWildTechnoBeasts will prove triumphant over all. ;)
HA! As if John!
No special privlidges for CD royalty!
You'll get randomized like the rest of us! :p

[Jones571]

KoKo Ed now it is truly official we have to much time on our hands!!! :cool:

[Koko Ed]

Randomized Alliances?
Less fun.

John
No. Your three teams are your teams. I meant randomized draft order. If you get the first pick then you will get the last pick in the second round but you will get the first pick of third round.

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Count me in.

[computhief263]

Sounds like fun, im in :cool:

[Joshua May]

i'm in, sounds like fun.

[Jeremy Roberts]

I'm interested. Let's do it.

<Edit>
Depending on how many people are doing this it may not be possible to have 3 unique picks per person. I could be wrong though since I'm still a bit fuzzy on how this will be run.
<Edit>

[Rob Colatutto]

I'll join in as well, should be interesting to see who can correctly speculate the high ranking seeds and the 2nd round picks.

[Matt D]

I'm in.

[dez250]

im in on this... lets put something on the line though... :D

[Rob Colatutto]

im in on this... lets put something on the line though... :D
Brandon could probably award a few rep points to the good pickers like they do with UFH nominations.

[Will Hanashiro]

im in on this... lets put something on the line though... :D

how about winner gets a team shirt from every person who entered (which would mean you could live for months without ever having to wash your t-shirts)... this could work by making the "cost" to entering the game a team shirt? of course a team shirt isnt mandatory in entering the game... only suggested (for people who dont have shirts to give up)

what do yall think?

[Jones571]

13 people so far only 85 more to go and they are going quick!

[Team311]

ill be in

[Mike M.]

how about winner gets a team shirt from every person who entered (which would mean you could live for months without ever having to wash your t-shirts)... this could work by making the "cost" to entering the game a team shirt? of course a team shirt isnt mandatory in entering the game... only suggested (for people who dont have shirts to give up)

what do yall think?
ya that sounds interesting

[Koko Ed]

how about winner gets a team shirt from every person who entered (which would mean you could live for months without ever having to wash your t-shirts)... this could work by making the "cost" to entering the game a team shirt? of course a team shirt isnt mandatory in entering the game... only suggested (for people who dont have shirts to give up)

what do yall think?
Well, I'm not sure if I want to give away one of my X-Cat shirts (but maybe one from a couple of years ago).

[dez250]

as team shirts would be cool, i just think it wouldnt be feasable. Rep points sound more doable though.

[Jones571]

how about just team "knickknacks" 1 of everything your team gave out this year as your registration cost what ever your team massproduced this year to give away we want it!!! buttons,shirts,stickers,beads etc. it is all good to us? how does this sound for those who have shirts put those in every one else put in what u can!!!

[Koko Ed]

how about just team "knickknacks" 1 of everything your team gave out this year as your registration cost what ever your team massproduced this year to give away we want it!!! buttons,shirts,stickers,beads etc. it is all good to us? how does this sound for those who have shirts put those in every one else put in what u can!!!
So would a pen or a bendie do? :)

[voltage]

count me in....sounds fun

[Aaron Lussier]

I'm in.

*Goes off to formulate picks without knowing whos in what division.*

-Aaron

[Mike Heinowski]

I thought somthing like this would happen soon, Count me in.

[Guyute]

this is good!! i'm in

[JVN]

I'm in.

*Goes off to formulate picks without knowing whos in what division.*

-Aaron
Formulate picks?
I've got my picks just from watching 5 weeks of regionals.

This will be fun!

[Koko Ed]

The list so far...

1. Jones571
2. JVN
3. Mike M.
4. sigmakid108
5. Will Hanashiro
6. computhief263
7. HHSJosh
8. Rob Colatutto
9. Matt D
10. dez250
11. Team311
12. "Big Mike"
13. voltage
14. Akuu
15. Aaron Lussier
16. Guyute

[Solace]

truly excellent

count me in too

[Jones571]

The list so far...

1. Jones571
2. JVN
3. Mike M.
4. sigmakid108
5. Will Hanashiro
6. computhief263
7. HHSJosh
8. Rob Colatutto
9. Matt D
10. dez250
11. Team311
12. "Big Mike"
13. voltage
14. Akuu
15. Aaron Lussier
16. Guyute

you forgot your self there Ed.
18 of *98 slots taken *80 spots left

*= numbers might change if more teams sing up for nats

[Koko Ed]

you forgot your self there Ed.
18 of *98 slots taken *80 spots left

*= numbers might change if more teams sing up for nats

I want to save enough spaces for everybody else first.

[Jeremy Roberts]

Hey Ed

What about me!?!? I have been forgotten :(

j/k Count me in. I want to be part of the fun. :D

[coreyjon]

alright, im in.

[Solace]

13 people so far only 85 more to go and they are going quick!

and you always said that I had too much time on my hands

[Koko Ed]

and you always said that I had too much time on my hands
This is much more productive! :D

[Tom Bottiglieri]

count me in :)

[Jones571]

jake this is important and well you have corupted me!

here we go 1st 22 :ahh: in only 15 minutes
let me knwo if you have been left out!
Name:
KoKo Ed
Jones571
JVN
Mike M.
Big Mike
Sigmakid108
Computheif263
HhsJosh
Jeremy Roberts
Rob Colatutto
Will Hanashiro
sarahB
Matt D
Dez250
Team311
Voltage
Aaron Lussier
Akuu
Guyute
Solace
Coreyjon
Tomman B182

22 of *98 leave only 76 wow all with in 15 minutes :ahh:

[Ryan Dognaux]

This sounds cool, count me in :]

Hmm, /me thinks Scouters will have an advantage here :)

[Koko Ed]

jake this is important and well you have corupted me!

here we go 1st 20 let me knwo if you have been left out!
Name:
KoKo Ed
Jones571
JVN
Mike M.
Big Mike
Sigmakid108
Computheif263
HhsJosh
Jeremy Roberts
Rob Colatutto
Matt D
Dez250
Team311
Voltage
Aaron Lussier
Akuu
Guyute
Solace
Coreyjon
Tomman B182
21 so far...
1. Jones571
2. JVN
3. Mike M.
4. sigmakid108
5. Will Hanashiro
6. computhief263
7. HHSJosh
8. Rob Colatutto
9. Matt D
10. dez250
11. Team311
12. "Big Mike"
13. voltage
14. Akuu
15. Aaron Lussier
16. Guyute
17. Solace
18. SarahB
19. Jeremy Roberts
20. coreyjon
21. ToMMan b182
22. Ryan Dognaux

[JVN]

21 so far...
1. Jones571
...
22. Ryan DognauxReserve a spot for Andy Grady.
That punk has been doin' nothing but trash talking me all season. ;)
I wanna make sure he's in on this little challenge.

John

Ohh yeah... and that Baker clown too. ;)

[Koko Ed]

Reserve a spot for Andy Grady.
That punk has been doin' nothing but trash talking me all season. ;)
I wanna make sure he's in on this little challenge.

John

Ohh yeah... and that Baker clown too. ;)
I can do that.

[Joshua May]

Wow, this is getting lots of populatiry. It'll be great! *Begins massive scouting*

[OneAngryDaisy]

Sure. Sounds like fun.

[George1902]

I want to save enough spaces for everybody else first.
Ed, you'd better play! I wanna kick you around like I did during football season!
=-]
Count me in!
Since I'm going to championships with no team affiliation, I wonder if the teams I draft would like some extra strategy help... hehe

[Koko Ed]

Ed, you'd better play! I wanna kick you around like I did during football season!
=-]
Count me in!
Since I'm going to championships with no team affiliation, I wonder if the teams I draft would like some extra strategy help... hehe
Kick me around?
I was the champion!
Looks like I'm gonna have to crush you agian,loser! :p

[Lil' Lavery]

Im in. Knick-knacks to the winner eh? I just might have an extra "Dave says that's Pimp" pin to give to the winner...(yes, my team did make those, curtosy of Heidi(MissInformation), lil' Richie, and me).
Would it be possible to have a fantasy animation(the other awards are too hard to have contests for because you havnt heard all the chairmans or the innovations of the other teams) competition too?

[MisterX]

Oh I am so in (I got my eye on some dark horses)!!!!!!! When will the draft be like Thusday or Friday after the official FIRST list comes out?

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I'm in.
You can all start looking for your shirts and things now and packing them up. I'll give you instuctions on how to send them to me soon.

[Koko Ed]

Im in. Knick-knacks to the winner eh? I just might have an extra "Dave says that's Pimp" pin to give to the winner...(yes, my team did make those, curtosy of Heidi(MissInformation), lil' Richie, and me).
Would it be possible to have a fantasy animation(the other awards are too hard to have contests for because you havnt heard all the chairmans or the innovations of the other teams) competition too?
Isn't that the Ventures comp? That might be a little too much for me to handle.

[Koko Ed]

Oh I am so in (I got my eye on some dark horses)!!!!!!! When will the draft be like Thusday or Friday after the official FIRST list comes out?
Right after.

[Ryan F.]

This is so awesome...it's like sports fantasy games (which are stupid)...but a ton better.

I'm definetly in.

[Koko Ed]

I'm in.
You can all start looking for your shirts and things now and packing them up. I'll give you instuctions on how to send them to me soon.
I just love it when they're cocky (the taste of defeat is soooooo much more sweeter :D )!

[Lil' Lavery]

That might be a little too much for me to handle.

oh well, it was worth the try. I would have just tried to pick my team anyway(shameless self-promotion). Anyway, will the stats include the elimination rounds? Cus that could change who i, and probably most other people, pick.

[Koko Ed]

oh well, it was worth the try. I would have just tried to pick my team anyway(shameless self-promotion). Anyway, will the stats include the elimination rounds? Cus that could change who i, and probably most other people, pick.
Oh yes.
If the robot you get goes all the way to the finals you get those points.

[Karthik]

I'm all over this. Count me in...

[Ryan F.]

Do you want to post some definite plans for this?

--starts massive scouting of everyone not at MW regional

when would this draft be...and how would we do it??

[Koko Ed]

Do you want to post some definite plans for this?

--starts massive scouting of everyone not at MW regional

when would this draft be...and how would we do it??

Draft will be immediately after they post the divisions. The draft willbe held on Chiefdelphi in a new thread. You will be assigned a number for your draft position. You keep that number. For each round the number is reversed from front to back and back to front. When your turn comes up you will pick one team by posting your choice on the board. You will get thirty minutes on the clock, if I am online . I will have each person PM me a list of the top 25 teams they want per round in case they dissappear (I'm not online as much as I used to be). I may have an assistant or two to help out (Jones 571 is definatly one).

[Joe Ross]

I'm in

[Pin Man]

I'll do it! Sounds like fun!

[Alex Pelan]

Count me in as well

[Swan217]

Awesome! I'm in as well.

[gsensel]

I'm in if there is still room.

[Fireworks 234]

Count me in.
It sounds cool.:cool:

[Koko Ed]

I'm going to bed but here is the list so far.
1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234

[Ricky Q.]

I am in.

[Joe Ross]

One way to make the draft run smoother is to let people pick early. By that, I mean if there are 3 people before you that haven't picked yet, give your top 4 picks, and you are guaranteed that one of them will be availible.

[Alex Cormier]

hey koko ed, count me

[ngreen]

Sounds good...I'll try some picks.

[Eric Bareiss]

Add me to the list

[BionicAlumni]

I will play and I am gonna win!!!!

[Jones571]

OK here is what up so far we have 44 of a possible 98 spots as of this morning. All the Rules, game example will be posted later today so keep an eye out ;)

[BadKarma]

you can count me in, should be fun :)

[Steve Horn]

Count me in too.

[KingsvilleKukes]

What a great idea, count me in to please

[Koko Ed]

Here is the list so far.
1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234
38 Ricky Q.
39 Pit Bull 1126
40 ngreen
41 Eric Bareiss
42 BionicAlumni
43 BadKarma
44 Steve Horn
45 KingsvilleKukes

[David66]

count me in on this one....

CheesyFlyerTheory6'ers rule.

[Brant Bowen]

I'll give it a shot

[henryBsick]

I'm in.
Buy Low, sell high right.....?
No, j/k. HE HE
CAn't wait for those divisions.
Is it bonus points possibly if two chosen robots end up allied in the elim.'s or possibly all three choices of someoone end up as allies....?

[Koko Ed]

I'm in.
Buy Low, sell high right.....?
No, j/k. HE HE
CAn't wait for those divisions.
Is it bonus points possibly if two chosen robots end up allied in the elim.'s or possibly all three choices of someoone end up as allies....?
I made a sample of how the game is played. I'll put it up online soon.

[Ryan Albright]

Count me in

[Joe Ross]

Two more people to save spots for, Jack and M. Krass, since they came in first and second in ventures last year.

I'll send them a PM.

[Andy Grady]

Being a fantasy sports nut, count me in on this one!

-Andy Grady

[Anne Shade]

Count me in.

[Andy Grady]

Reserve a spot for Andy Grady.
That punk has been doin' nothing but trash talking me all season. ;)
I wanna make sure he's in on this little challenge.

John

Ohh yeah... and that Baker clown too. ;)


Ooops, i saw i was already added. Oh and John....if you think I talk alot of trash normally, I'm ten times worse in fantasy land! 10 years in FIRST = FANTASY FIRST CHAMPION!!! EAT MY DUST!!! ;)

-Andy Grady

[Joe Ross]

Can we make trades? If so, can they be uneven trades? (I'll trade my 67 for your 1126 and 1405)

What is the exact ranking criterion, most wins, least losses, Qualifying points, average qualifying points? What's the tiebreaker?

[Alex Cormier]

Can we make trades? If so, can they be uneven trades? (I'll trade my 67 for your 1126 and 1405)

What is the exact ranking criterion, most wins, least losses, Qualifying points, average qualifying points? What's the tiebreaker?
hahaha.... that does sound like fun though

[Joe Ross]

How will we do the "draft" of championship teams? Like, who gets to pick first?
I vote, by reputation points. ;)

I think a semi-randomized ordering processes with a "seed" of reputation points would be more interesting then just completely random.

I envision it like the order selection of the NBA draft. The team with the worst record doesn't automatically get the #1 draft position, rather they get the best chance of being the #1 draft position. You can see the odds for last year here: http://nbadraft.net/2003lottery.htm

What I would suggest is that you get 1 entry for each reputation dot that you have. Thus, Ed would get 6 entries, JVN would get 11, and Jones 571 would get 1. However, any one of them could still get the #1 draft position, just John would have the best chance, and Jones would have the worst chance.

Any thoughts?

Also, any possibilty of having points for other awards, specifically chairman's?

[Team311]

we should do the draft order like they do on Yahoo fantasy baseball. people are chosen randomly for the spots so everyone has the same chance as everyone else at having the first pick.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Obviously, people like me(with low rep points) are against that.
I say random.

[Ryan F.]

I seen to have been forgotten from the list. :rolleyes:

...it'd be nice if you'd add my name :)

[Jones571]

I seen to have been forgotten from the list. :rolleyes:

...it'd be nice if you'd add my name :)

nope you are #32 dont worry we didnt forget you :D

[T967]

Hey, I'm in for this. Better than baseball.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

I'm in, sounds like wayyyyyyyyy too much fun to miss out on
Just let me know when the sample's up so i can fully understand :)

[Koko Ed]

Can we make trades? If so, can they be uneven trades? (I'll trade my 67 for your 1126 and 1405)

What is the exact ranking criterion, most wins, least losses, Qualifying points, average qualifying points? What's the tiebreaker?
You can make trades but not unbalanced ones. I want to fill this league to the limit and there may be no other robots to choose from. It's either straight up one for one, two for two or the whole alliance for another. All trades have to go through me for approval and no trading after April 14th (on account of I'm going to be on a plane for Atlanta the next day and I have to go straight from work to the airport to catch my flight)

[Koko Ed]

Here is a sample of how the game would be played using data from the Buckeye Regional (yeah, I pick Rochester teams to use for the data, mostly. So shoot me. :p ). Any of you guys have any suggestion on how to improve the game feel free to give them.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

You had to make JVN #1 in the sample didn't you?

It's rigged, HE's paying you under the table!

[Joel J]

I just stumbled on this thread. Is it too late to participate in this thing? Let me know, thanks.

[Jones571]

no problem joel your in

[Levin571]

I also want to join the league!

[David Hoff]

I might as well give it a go

[Koko Ed]

nope you are #32 dont worry we didnt forget you :D
I got him listed at 50.

[ahecht]

I'm in.

[Koko Ed]

Cut off for registration will be Tuesday night. I think that will give everyone enough time to join in.

[Koko Ed]

1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234
38 Ricky Q.
39 Pit Bull 1126
40 ngreen
41 Eric Bareiss
42 BionicAlumni
43 BadKarma
44 Steve Horn
45 KingsvilleKukes
46 David66
47 Brant Bowen
48 Henry_222
49 Ryan_team710
50 rforystek
51 T967
52 Keiko173
53 Joel J.
54 Levin571
55 David Hoff
56 ahecht
57 Jack
58 M. Krass

[AsimC]

count me in too!

[Greg Needel]

i'm in too

[Erin Rapacki]

I'm in too!!! (erin srcrables to first page to see what this is all about)

[Anne Shade]

Hey what about me?? :( I always seem to be forgotten :( .

[Greg Needel]

Here is a sample of how the game would be played using data from the Buckeye Regional (yeah, I pick Rochester teams to use for the data, mostly. So shoot me. :p ). Any of you guys have any suggestion on how to improve the game feel free to give them.


ok so what happends if 2 of your teams actully play together...would you get win counts for both or just 1?

[Koko Ed]

Hey what about me?? :( I always seem to be forgotten :( .
Turn that frown upside down. I gotcha.:)

[Koko Ed]

ok so what happends if 2 of your teams actully play together...would you get win counts for both or just 1?
You get two wins. I go with the teams individual won/loss record and the points. When a team is in the elimination rounds your team gets the win and loss for the allince whether the team is on the field or not (strictly a laziness thing).

[Alex Cormier]

guess what my guess is! #39 is going to win this whole thing! don't be so scared :p :p


when are we going to start it?

[Koko Ed]

guess what my guess is! #39 is going to win this whole thing! don't be so scared :p :p


when are we going to start it?
I want to wait til FIRST sets up the divisions at the championship.

[Alex Cormier]

I want to wait til FIRST sets up the divisions at the championship.
sounds good to me, go #39!

[Koko Ed]

If you want to get a basic idea of how the draft will be handled this (http://209.123.85.43/showthread.php?t=202177&page=1&pp=30) is sort of how it will be done.

[JVN]

You had to make JVN #1 in the sample didn't you?

Ed is just getting everyone ready for what will happen next week.

Hmmm... is it a conflict of interest if I end up coaching against one of my fantasy draft picks? Hmm... should I pick 229? (nah. ;))
Should I help out my fantasy picks? Some strategy advice for my #3 pick?

So many interesting questions.
This will be fun.


Ed... any thoughts about splitting this into a few different groups?
I think this game would be more fun with LESS people picking. That way, there is more chance of getting the "dark horse" #3 pick.

Maybe we could have 4 FIRST Fantasy leagues, A-D?

John

[Alex Cormier]

If you want to get a basic idea of how the draft will be handled this (http://209.123.85.43/showthread.php?t=202177&page=1&pp=30) is sort of how it will be done.
wow...that confused me even more :cool:

[Crop-Circles]

Nya-ha! I'm in for sure.

[Koko Ed]

Ed is just getting everyone ready for what will happen next week.

Hmmm... is it a conflict of interest if I end up coaching against one of my fantasy draft picks? Hmm... should I pick 229? (nah. ;))
Should I help out my fantasy picks? Some strategy advice for my #3 pick?

So many interesting questions.
This will be fun.


Ed... any thoughts about splitting this into a few different groups?
I think this game would be more fun with LESS people picking. That way, there is more chance of getting the "dark horse" #3 pick.

Maybe we could have 4 FIRST Fantasy leagues, A-D?

John

I don't see a problem with picking your own robot.
I want to try with a 90 to 100 person league this year and we'll see about divsions next year (I'm flying by the seat of my pants. My best bet for survival is to keep everything in front of me in one spot).

[Alex Cormier]

I don't see a problem with picking your own robot.
I want to try with a 90 to 100 person league this year and we'll see about divsions next year (I'm flying by the seat of my pants. My best bet for survival is to keep everything in front of me in one spot).
how many so far?

[Andy Grady]

Kinda curious to see how we are gonna manage to get everyone in one place at one time to do a draft. Any ideas?

-Andy

[Koko Ed]

how many so far?
1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234
38 Ricky Q.
39 Pit Bull 1126
40 ngreen
41 Eric Bareiss
42 BionicAlumni
43 BadKarma
44 Steve Horn
45 KingsvilleKukes
46 David66
47 Brant Bowen
48 Henry_222
49 Ryan_team710
50 rforystek
51 T967
52 Keiko173
53 Joel J.
54 Levin571
55 David Hoff
56 ahecht
57 Jack
58 M. Krass
59 AsimC
60 Greg Needel
61 Erin Rapacki
62 Anne Bergeron
63 Crop-Circles

[BionicAlumni]

Kinda curious to see how we are gonna manage to get everyone in one place at one time to do a draft. Any ideas?

-Andy

I say we pretty much have to go with a pre-ordered draft. I don't think we could get 90 people to be all in the same place at the same time. My suggestion is that everyone set up in order all the teams they want to draft after the divisions are announced and either e-mails or pm's them to the people that are running the draft so that no one else sees your list.

[Koko Ed]

Kinda curious to see how we are gonna manage to get everyone in one place at one time to do a draft. Any ideas?

-Andy

I'm going to have everyone PM me their top 50 choices per round, just in case they are not around. I'm also going to have an assistant or two to take up the slack when I'm at work (no more surfing at work. No computer) or school.
During build season it's not too hard to find people on these pages though.

[Alex Cormier]

I say we pretty much have to go with a pre-ordered draft. I don't think we could get 90 people to be all in the same place at the same time. My suggestion is that everyone set up in order all the teams they want to draft after the divisions are announced and either e-mails or pm's them to the people that are running the draft so that no one else sees your list.
sounds great, i say email

[Levin571]

My guess is that we'll also need each person to choose more than 25 teams, probably by now like double or triple that.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Kinda curious to see how we are gonna manage to get everyone in one place at one time to do a draft. Any ideas?

-Andy

Tigerbolt?
That way it would be live, and wouldn't take so long.

[Eric O]

Count me in on this one. Sounds like an awesome idea!

Eric

[Sscamatt]

ya count me in too

[Jones571]

WOW this is going fast we are up to 66 of 98 slots they are going quick!! Any one else who has looked at the scoring system any ideas likes/dislikes?

[Xufer]

Im in guys, im sorry i didnt find this sooner ..

[Koko Ed]

Which would you prefer as teh number one seeding consideration? Win and losses or overall points scored.
I think wins and losses matter most.

[tkwetzel]

I'm in...and I also consider win/loss ratio most important, because that is more important in the game this year.

[Alex Cormier]

Which would you prefer as teh number one seeding consideration? Win and losses or overall points scored.
I think wins and losses matter most.
i perfer points....your alliance points not the losing alliance pts. i say pts, b/c what if ur ptr gets tipped or broken and iu do alot n get close tot he other score and try and try u still lose, that will hurt you

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Am I too late? If not I'm in!!!

[David Hoff]

Which would you prefer as teh number one seeding consideration? Win and losses or overall points scored.
I think wins and losses matter most.
definetly wins and losses

[Alex Cormier]

Am I too late? If not I'm in!!!
you're in Budda

[Joe Ross]

If your alliance makes it to the elimination rounds, do you get the wins of your whole alliance, or only the ones that you played in?

[Xufer]

I'd prefer points , where wins and losses are important but hey if you win you get the points if you lose you dont, but it will give teams who lose a few a chance to catch up, just a though.

[Jones571]

Which would you prefer as teh number one seeding consideration? Win and losses or overall points scored.
I think wins and losses matter most.

POINTS!!!! you dont have to be like the first game this year it is our own fantasy league

[Koko Ed]

If your alliance makes it to the elimination rounds, do you get the wins of your whole alliance, or only the ones that you played in?
You get the wins and losses for the alliance. I'm too lazy to figure out who played when plus you win and lose with the whole team anyways so it makes sense anyhow.

[Levin571]

Points all the way!:D

[Jones571]

Fantasy FIRST has grown fast in less then 24hours we have had 69 people say they want to play! it is great

[Koko Ed]

the problem with going with points is you get a big advantage if your team gets into the elimination rounds and it's not always the best seeded teams that always get in. In our division last year Children of the Swamp seeded 17 and did not get picked. You penalize allinces (whomever your three teams are) because they did not meet the preferance of seeded teams. There are teams that would get picked no matter what (like 71 Beaty robotics. They'd get picked if they sent a pile of parts out to the field).
At least with wins and losses (with an emphasis on w/l percentage) it's a little more fair. BTW the John V Neun example in the sample is an extream example. I doubt anyone is going to do that well.

[Shu Song]

whoa.... 148 posts in 2 days. that is amazing. but if we get funding to go to nats, im so doing this.

[tkwetzel]

whoa.... 148 posts in 2 days. that is amazing. but if we get funding to go to nats, im so doing this.

It hasn't even been 20 hours since the first post!!! And why wait to see if you are going? *Need not be in Atlanta to participate!

[Levin571]

this is more than just any regular post, this is like a virus, lol! look at how it has already infected 69 people's minds to join in the game(i'm one of them):D

[Jones571]

whoa.... 148 posts in 2 days. that is amazing. but if we get funding to go to nats, im so doing this.

your more then welcome to play even if you dont go... the more people to beat the better time i will have :cool:

[Alex Cormier]

your more then welcome to play even if you dont go... the more people to beat the better time i will have :cool:
sry to say but stay on topic, u all no the topic... me winning! :p :]

[tkwetzel]

Does anyone know what the chances of regional winners winning the championship are based on past years? Not alliances, but each individual team. This would be an interesting factor in choosing teams.

[jagman2882]

im in to join the robot fun and carnage

[Koko Ed]

1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234
38 Ricky Q.
39 Pit Bull 1126
40 ngreen
41 Eric Bareiss
42 BionicAlumni
43 BadKarma
44 Steve Horn
45 KingsvilleKukes
46 David66
47 Brant Bowen
48 Henry_222
49 Ryan_team710
50 rforystek
51 T967
52 Keiko173
53 Joel J.
54 Levin571
55 David Hoff
56 ahecht
57 Jack
58 M. Krass
59 AsimC
60 Greg Needel
61 Erin Rapacki
62 Anne Bergeron
63 Crop-Circles
64 Eric O
65 Sscamatt
66 Xufer
67 tkwetzel
68 Budda648
69 jagman2882
70 TierraDelDiablo

[Tom Bottiglieri]

A few suggestions for the winner...

Everyone who participates would have to give them CD rep

They would get to have a "FANTASY FIRST Champion" logo for their avatar, or a sticker on their bot

They would get to pick the teams they want in the next years (so they can get 254 every year :) )

I cant think of anything else

[Jones571]

Ok here it is all you graphic artist here is a challenge
Give us a Fantasy FIRST logo sooner the better post it as an attachment in this thread.

[Joshua May]

Wow, this thread has doubled in size in the past 5 hours. It's spreading!!! :ahh: I can't wait to start, this is gonna be fun.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Wish I could break into my high school so that I could use PhotoShop for the logo. Anyways, what good would it be to use my own logo since I am gonna win?!

[Koko Ed]

A few suggestions for the winner...

Everyone who participates would have to give them CD rep

They would get to have a "FANTASY FIRST Champion" logo for their avatar, or a sticker on their bot

They would get to pick the teams they want in the next years (so they can get 254 every year :) )

I cant think of anything else
I like the idea of giving the winner rep. That seems more than fair and free.

[Koko Ed]

Wish I could break into my high school so that I could use PhotoShop for the logo. Anyways, what good would it be to use my own logo since I am gonna win?!
Sez who?
You haven't even picked yet.

[Jones571]

Wish I could break into my high school so that I could use PhotoShop for the logo. Anyways, what good would it be to use my own logo since I am gonna win?!

this logo isnt for the winner they can make there own lol. this is for Fantasy FIRST the son to be web site ;) once i find convince maybe a web god like brandon martus to help create this. it will also stop us from eating up all the space on CD. logo's people want to work on and also flash intros woudl also be appreciated

(as in soon to be i mean ready holidays time 2004)

[Amanda Aldridge]

I'm in if there's still room

/me thinks i should get back to reading CD 12 times a day.

[Alex Cormier]

I'm in if there's still room

/me thinks i should get back to reading CD 12 times a day.
Welcome you're in!

[Koko Ed]

I'm in if there's still room

/me thinks i should get back to reading CD 12 times a day.
You are in.

[Ryan F.]

This is so awesome...we need to get our own site and everything for fantasy first... ;)

Anyways...I'm all for wins and losses, because that's what strategy is based on, not just pure points. You might have to score extremely high in one game...where the next 35 pts will win it.

[Jones571]

This is so awesome...we need to get our own site and everything for fantasy first... ;)

Anyways...I'm all for wins and losses, because that's what strategy is based on, not just pure points. You might have to score extremely high in one game...where the next 35 pts will win it.

workign on the web site.....all good things take time it will be before the game in 2005

[Levin571]

Would there be a way for the admin to make us a link to a separate page (part of chiefdelphi) where we can hold this on?

[Koko Ed]

Would there be a way for the admin to make us a link to a separate page (part of chiefdelphi) where we can hold this on?
That would strictly be up to Brandon.

[Jones571]

Would there be a way for the admin to make us a link to a separate page (part of chiefdelphi) where we can hold this on?

I would much rather see Fantasy FIRST become its own web site brandon has enough on his plate keeping CD rock'n like he does

[Koko Ed]

I would much rather see Fantasy FIRST become its own web site brandon has enough on his plate keeping CD rock'n like he does
I think making a simple site designed on Geocites would be suffice.

[Alex Cormier]

I think making a simple site designed on Geocites would be suffice.
i'll get to it if you would like me to... i like to have fun and make websites...

[Jones571]

i'll get to it if you would like me to... i like to have fun and make websites...

geo would be nice for now but i would love to see it grow......lok for something that doesnt have lots of pop-ups they are evil :mad:

[Koko Ed]

geo would be nice for now but i would love to see it grow......lok for something that doesnt have lots of pop-ups they are evil :mad:
A necessary evil. Do it to it, Alex.

[Crop-Circles]

Okay, I think I understand how this works, but I'm not 100% sure. Can someone explain exactly how this works? I can be a little slow when it comes to thing like this...

[Dan Richardson]

I'm in if there is still room.

LoL.. also.. Also.. kinda curious does this have anything to do with the NFL merger hoax .. cuz there were some "Fantasy FIRST " posts in there

[Koko Ed]

I'm in if there is still room.

LoL.. also.. Also.. kinda curious does this have anything to do with the NFL merger hoax .. cuz there were some "Fantasy FIRST " posts in there

My good man, you wound me to the quick. I would want nothing to do with that cad Irsay after what he did to the good folks of Baltimore.
BTW you are in. :D

[Koko Ed]

Okay, I think I understand how this works, but I'm not 100% sure. Can someone explain exactly how this works? I can be a little slow when it comes to thing like this...

You pick three robots from the list of teams at the championship in a draft. After the draft you can trade with other members in the league.
You get the win and losses pf each of your robots in a match and the points they accumulate (none of that loser score nonsense). Top won/loss record plus total points (for a tiebreaker) wins.

[Koko Ed]

got a logo for us:

Good show. Anyone else got a design?

[Alex Cormier]

http://fantasyfirst.cjb.net

[Ryan F.]

LoL.. also.. Also.. kinda curious does this have anything to do with the NFL merger hoax .. cuz there were some "Fantasy FIRST " posts in there

Exactly the same thing I've been thinking this whole time.

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Here you'll learn all about me: my interests and hobbies, the people in my family, my pets, and more. I've even included a list of my favorite links to other sites.

On this home page, I'll introduce myself and talk about my reasons for wanting a web site. I might put a picture of myself on this page...or just a picture that I especially like.

--Wow...I didn't know fantasy first was so personal. :D

Nice site

[Alex Cormier]

Exactly the same thing I've been thinking this whole time.

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Here you'll learn all about me: my interests and hobbies, the people in my family, my pets, and more. I've even included a list of my favorite links to other sites.

On this home page, I'll introduce myself and talk about my reasons for wanting a web site. I might put a picture of myself on this page...or just a picture that I especially like.

--Wow...I didn't know fantasy first was so personal. :D

Nice site
i was lazy and started it off of a personal site...

[Steve Howland]

Sounds great. Count me in!

[Team311]

when are we going to start this draft?

[Jones571]

when are we going to start this draft?

DRAFT WILL BE HELD ON THE 8TH time is TBA by Koko ED

[Dan Richardson]

It would be interesting if next year if we broke this down even more. Kinda to incorporate every aspect of FIRST.

Like Include winning awards along with the competition aspect.

Wins losses and ties Sure.

But Getting a team that might win a lot of awards and not a lot games should count for something also.

It'd be like Fantasy baseball, you'd want a bit of both worlds.. pitching and hitting.

[Koko Ed]

Sounds great. Count me in!
You are in.

[Koko Ed]

It would be interesting if next year if we broke this down even more. Kinda to incorporate every aspect of FIRST.

Like Include winning awards along with the competition aspect.

Wins losses and ties Sure.

But Getting a team that might win a lot of awards and not a lot games should count for something also.

It'd be like Fantasy baseball, you'd want a bit of both worlds.. pitching and hitting.
Sounds alot like Ventures.

[JVN]

JVN's Top Picks!
(and guide for Fantasy FIRST picking)

Okay... so I've been asked to play the role of the professional sports analyst, and post some of my "Top Picks" for the fantasy FIRST league. Since I'm participating in this little game, I'm not going to go so far as to post my list, but I will share some insight into how I'm making my list.

Basically, the first thing to consider is... "What criteria is this being judged on?"
The answer: "Wins and losses" then "Overall points".
So when we all go to make our draft picks, we will want the "best" teams. This doesn't mean "the teams that will win nationals" this means, "the teams that will win the most matches". So based on this, it is important to snag the teams we feel are going to win most.

So how do we go about picking which teams will do best?

Well... this is how I'm doing it:
I'm going to pick (in this order):

1. The kick-butts- Those teams that I have seen (or heard of) kicking butt this season. That is, the ones who have seeded highly, and performed consistently. Obviously, the ones who did so against stronger competition are rated higher on my list. I'm also taking some of the "luck" factor into account. Yes, it's true... some teams rank highly, without playing well. This occurs for a number of reasons. When I make my list I'll try to keep these teams off of it.

2. The prospects - Those teams that I THINK will do well. The ones that haven't performed as strongly as others, but may get their act together in time for nationals. Everyone also needs to take into account that the game has been evolving over the past 5 weeks of competition. This means that teams who kicked-butt week 1, may not be NEARLY as competitive in Atlanta. Maybe they performed poorly, because of the way the game was played, but in Atlanta they will be very powerful. There is a lot of prediction going on here. Pick whoever will do best. (this applies above as well... even if someone kicked butt, I may not think they should be on the top of my list).

3. The darkhorses - Those teams that NO ONE expects to do well, except for me. The ones who could take it all, if they get a little luck. The trick to drafting well (in this, and in the "real" FIRST draft) is to get picks that will perform well, even though no one else expects them to. You need to find that random powerhouse that somehow slipped until the 2nd round, and scoop them up.

4. The statistics - Let's face it... no one has seen everybody. There are enough people participating that I'm likely going to get "stuck" with someone who I've never really heard of. This means that I need some way of evaluating these "last ditch" picks. The ones I don't know anything about. How do I do this without being able to talk to them? (blech)... statistical analysis. So for this, I've made a spreadsheet which contains all the seeding data from ALL the regionals played (I will post this as a whitepaper). From this I've ranked everyone in terms of average points awarded per match (2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss). I've combined the data for teams that have played multiple regionals. From this, I can have my final comparison, and maybe pull out something good, from a field I don't know much about.


All in all, this is a pretty cool game.
I can't wait to see how it plays out.
There is a LOT of luck involved, but also a lot of strategy.

Good Luck to all,

John

[thoughtful]

This is my try at a logo.

[Koko Ed]

JVN's Top Picks!
(and guide for Fantasy FIRST picking)

Okay... so I've been asked to play the role of the professional sports analyst, and post some of my "Top Picks" for the fantasy FIRST league. Since I'm participating in this little game, I'm not going to go so far as to post my list, but I will share some insight into how I'm making my list.

Basically, the first thing to consider is... "What criteria is this being judged on?"
The answer: "Wins and losses" then "Overall points".
So when we all go to make our draft picks, we will want the "best" teams. This doesn't mean "the teams that will win nationals" this means, "the teams that will win the most matches". So based on this, it is important to snag the teams we feel are going to win most.

So how do we go about picking which teams will do best?

Well... this is how I'm doing it:
I'm going to pick (in this order):

1. The kick-butts- Those teams that I have seen (or heard of) kicking butt this season. That is, the ones who have seeded highly, and performed consistently. Obviously, the ones who did so against stronger competition are rated higher on my list. I'm also taking some of the "luck" factor into account. Yes, it's true... some teams rank highly, without playing well. This occurs for a number of reasons. When I make my list I'll try to keep these teams off of it.

2. The prospects - Those teams that I THINK will do well. The ones that haven't performed as strongly as others, but may get their act together in time for nationals. Everyone also needs to take into account that the game has been evolving over the past 5 weeks of competition. This means that teams who kicked-butt week 1, may not be NEARLY as competitive in Atlanta. Maybe they performed poorly, because of the way the game was played, but in Atlanta they will be very powerful. There is a lot of prediction going on here. Pick whoever will do best. (this applies above as well... even if someone kicked butt, I may not think they should be on the top of my list).

3. The darkhorses - Those teams that NO ONE expects to do well, except for me. The ones who could take it all, if they get a little luck. The trick to drafting well (in this, and in the "real" FIRST draft) is to get picks that will perform well, even though no one else expects them to. You need to find that random powerhouse that somehow slipped until the 2nd round, and scoop them up.

4. The statistics - Let's face it... no one has seen everybody. There are enough people participating that I'm likely going to get "stuck" with someone who I've never really heard of. This means that I need some way of evaluating these "last ditch" picks. The ones I don't know anything about. How do I do this without being able to talk to them? (blech)... statistical analysis. So for this, I've made a spreadsheet which contains all the seeding data from ALL the regionals played (I will post this as a whitepaper). From this I've ranked everyone in terms of average points awarded per match (2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss). I've combined the data for teams that have played multiple regionals. From this, I can have my final comparison, and maybe pull out something good, from a field I don't know much about.


All in all, this is a pretty cool game.
I can't wait to see how it plays out.
There is a LOT of luck involved, but also a lot of strategy.

Good Luck to all,

John

Thanks John. You're the best. :D

[dez250]

please if you are going to make a logo, remove the sm(selling mark) from firsts logo and use a vetor image of the first logo. if you need one pm me for it but please keep this thread on topic and not do a huge discussion on the first vector.

[Jones571]

JVN you rock!!! this is what we need you are awsome :D

good insight on how to chose your teams

NEXT YEAR i promise all of you fantasy FIRST will have many more options and "game types" once we have a good site set up we will be able to run our own games and login etc......

[Alex Cormier]

website 30% done
has the members that have said yes sor far, John's pick info, logo....what else guys??

AND please, keep the posting on track... we are using a lot of these forums on this... if a post is useless please delete it.. thanks

[Koko Ed]

website 30% done

AND please, keep the posting on track... we are using a lot of these forums on this... if a post is useless please delete it.. thanks
Once the league roster is full I can have the thread locked. Or perhaps doing it in Chit Chat instead.

[Jones571]

Once the league roster is full I can have the thread locked. Or perhaps doing it in Chit Chat instead.

leave it open for now lock it after the draft then we shall do it in chit chat that sounds good to me....

[Koko Ed]

leave it open for now lock it after the draft then we shall do it in chit chat that sounds good to me....
That's the plan.

[ah27]

i don't know if you guys are still reading this poll, or if i am too late or whatnot, but i would love to be in as well.

[Koko Ed]

i don't know if you guys are still reading this poll, or if i am too late or whatnot, but i would love to be in as well.
You're in.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

this is how im thinking we run this thing.

We could get some hosting (i could provide it for now) On which, we could be running 2 SQL databases. One would be for team data, the other for user data. Then you can link certain users to certain teams and set up some kind of system for scoring. This whole thing would be run on its seperate entity, say www.fantasyfirst.com or something. We could get pit Bull 1126 to work on the info part of the site, and me and a few others would do the programming. You would be able to log in to the site, and check all of your stats and stuff

just an idea..

[Jones571]

this is how im thinking we run this thing.

We could get some hosting (i could provide it for now) On which, we could be running 2 SQL databases. One would be for team data, the other for user data. Then you can link certain users to certain teams and set up some kind of system for scoring. This whole thing would be run on its seperate entity, say www.fantasyfirst.com or something. We could get pit Bull 1126 to work on the info part of the site, and me and a few others would do the programming. You would be able to log in to the site, and check all of your stats and stuff

just an idea..

gives us what u got and do what u can....

[Koko Ed]

this is how im thinking we run this thing.

We could get some hosting (i could provide it for now) On which, we could be running 2 SQL databases. One would be for team data, the other for user data. Then you can link certain users to certain teams and set up some kind of system for scoring. This whole thing would be run on its seperate entity, say www.fantasyfirst.com or something. We could get pit Bull 1126 to work on the info part of the site, and me and a few others would do the programming. You would be able to log in to the site, and check all of your stats and stuff

just an idea..
Sounds like a plan. Get with Pitbull1126 on it.

[Team311]

i know circuitrunners are offering free hosting to teams but i wonder if they would be willing to do it for this. the post is here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24872

[Tom Bottiglieri]

i know circuitrunners are offering free hosting to teams but i wonder if they would be willing to do it for this. the post is here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24872

this is the hosting i am using for my teams site www.team195.com

theyve been great so far

[Alex Cormier]

UPDATE: Webiste is now 50% done
Members updated
contacts page

other stuff on the way check it out!
http://fantasyfirst.cjb.net

sorry no chat this time they don't have it nay more BUT they do now have a Forum so do we...

http://forum.cjb.net/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?forum=fantasyfirst

Fantasy FIRST Forum, website is also on the http://fantasyfirst.cjb.net site

[Joe3]

If it's not to late, I would also like to join.

[Koko Ed]

If it's not to late, I would also like to join.
You're in.

[JVN]

Hey Everyone,
I finally got the paper uploaded.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/papers.php?action=single&paperid=319

This ranking is based quantitatively on average seeding data only.

Note: I am NOT using this for my pick list, only as a last resort for when I haven't seen a team. Please refer to my above post.

John

[Sscamatt]

Hey Everyone,
I finally got the paper uploaded.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/papers.php?action=single&paperid=319

This ranking is based quantitatively on average seeding data only.

Note: I am NOT using this for my pick list, only as a last resort for when I haven't seen a team. Please refer to my above post.

John

that is awesome, thanks!

[BoyWithCape195]

Im in

[Jessica Boucher]

What the heck, I'm in. I've never done one of these before!

[Alex Cormier]

i'll add both of you to the list and on the website

another addition:
Mechman108
cutiebethy

[Arefin Bari]

I am IN! :D

[Beth Sweet]

:: officially recruited by Pit Bull 1126 ::

So though I am absolutely clueless to how this is exactly going to work, I'm in.

[Alex Cormier]

website is now updated:

79 people so far! our goal 92!!

[Koko Ed]

website is now updated:

79 people so far! our goal 100!!
If we reach 90 I'm going to suspend regisrtation temporarily til I see how many more teams are avialable.

[Jones571]

If we reach 90 I'm going to suspend regisrtation temporarily til I see how many more teams are avialable.

Ed we can actually hit 92 spots

[Jessica Boucher]

Sewoiusly, you are going to have to post a concrete explanation of how to do this, cause I'm totally lost.

[jjdebner]

is there room for one more?

[Alex Cormier]

welcome aboard, you are on the website

[Koko Ed]

1 KoKo Ed
2 Jones571
3 JVN
4 Mike M.
5 Big Mike
6 Sigmakid108
7 Computheif263
8 HhsJosh
9 Jeremy Roberts
10 Rob Colatutto
11 Matt D
12 Dez250
13 Team311
14 Voltage
15 Aaron Lussier
16 Akuu
17 Guyute
18 Solace
19 Coreyjon
20 Tomman B182
21 Will Hanashiro
22 SarahB
23 Ryan Dognaux
24 *Andy Baker
25 *Andy Grady
26 OneAngryDaisy
27 George1083
28 Lil' Lavery
29 MisterX
30 Ogre
31 Karthik
32 Joe Ross
33 Pin Man
34 Alex Pelan
35 SwaDan
36 gsensel
37 Fireworks 234
38 Ricky Q.
39 Pit Bull 1126
40 ngreen
41 Eric Bareiss
42 BionicAlumni
43 BadKarma
44 Steve Horn
45 KingsvilleKukes
46 David66
47 Brant Bowen
48 Henry_222
49 Ryan_team710
50 rforystek
51 T967
52 Keiko173
53 Joel J.
54 Levin571
55 David Hoff
56 ahecht
57 Jack
58 M. Krass
59 AsimC
60 "Greg Needel
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61 "Erin Rapacki
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62 "Anne Bergeron
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63 "Crop-Circles
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64 Eric O
65 "Sscamatt
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66 "Xufer "
67 tkwetzel
68 "Budda648 "
69 jagman2882
70 TierraDelDiablo
71 Amanda Aldridge
72 Stud Man Dan
73 Diobsidian
74 Ah27
75 Joe3
76 BoyWithCape195
77 Jessica Boucher
78 mechman108
79 Cutiebethy
80 jjdebner

[Koko Ed]

Sewoiusly, you are going to have to post a concrete explanation of how to do this, cause I'm totally lost.
If you have ever played fantasy sports before basically you choose three robots from the list of teams at the championship and you basically add up wins and losses from your three robots and the cumalative scores from their matches. The alliance with the best record (with highest score as the tie breaker).

[Terminator6]

hmmm i just found this thread (im a little slow) but it sounds like fun...count me in....just what do i gotta do to like sign up...like send somebody a pm or what....put me on your list if its still open though....sounds like loads of fun (sorry if all this information was already posted but i dont have the attention span to read 15 pages of posts)

[Joshua May]

hmmm i just found this thread (im a little slow) but it sounds like fun...count me in....just what do i gotta do to like sign up...like send somebody a pm or what....put me on your list if its still open though....sounds like loads of fun (sorry if all this information was already posted but i dont have the attention span to read 15 pages of posts)

Your post here will get you signed up. So that makes 81 ppl signed up. I've got my list made, a nice variety of great bots.

[Koko Ed]

hmmm i just found this thread (im a little slow) but it sounds like fun...count me in....just what do i gotta do to like sign up...like send somebody a pm or what....put me on your list if its still open though....sounds like loads of fun (sorry if all this information was already posted but i dont have the attention span to read 15 pages of posts)
Congrats. You're in.

[RogerR]

i've never played any fantasy sports before....doesn't seem too hard....what the heck, i'm in.


...this is starting to sound like a script for a verizon commercial "Are you in?"

[Xufer]

geocities ... if you guys make the site ill post it on the halflifetwo.us server as a sub domain so you'll have no ads and such, and im sure the owner will gimme some space heh. who evers designing it get me on aim ill see what i can do. Aim: Xuf3r

[Tom Bottiglieri]

ok this is what i have for how its going to be run...

Teams will be scored on their win/loss record
They will get an "score" - percentage of wins (ex 3 wins 1 loss - 75%)

Users will pick 3 teams
The average of those 3 teams scores will be that users score

[Alex Cormier]

ok two new updates to the website
RogerR
Terminator6

[JVN]

Guys... I hope you made your lists long.
With 92 people picking, a meager 25 team list is gonna go real fast.

I'm planning on making a list that consists of EVERY SINGLE TEAM going, ranked in order. (Just in case... heh).

John

[Jones571]

i've never played any fantasy sports before....doesn't seem too hard....what the heck, i'm in.


...this is starting to sound like a script for a verizon commercial "Are you in?"

Your already in??

[tkwetzel]

Users will pick 3 teams
The average of those 3 teams scores will be that users score

It is usually the cumulative score...so instead of averageing them...just add them all together.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Guys... I hope you made your lists long.
With 92 people picking, a meager 25 team list is gonna go real fast.

I'm planning on making a list that consists of EVERY SINGLE TEAM going, ranked in order. (Just in case... heh).

John
that would be great.. i will throw that in the "Team" table.. then each team wil have a win/loss record that can be edited by a mod

[thoughtful]

Hello,
i am very interested in Fantasy First and will like to join

[Tom Bottiglieri]

john or anyone else feeling motivated.. i need a list of team numbers and theyre win/loss records for the year so far

[Alex Cormier]

Hello,
i am very interested in Fantasy First and will like to join
you designed the logo and din't join? Welcome aboard!

[Koko Ed]

Hello,
i am very interested in Fantasy First and will like to join
'bout time you joined up.
Welcome!

[Alex Cormier]

Fantasy FIRST Website (http://fantasyfirst.cjb.net)

[Joe Ross]

john or anyone else feeling motivated.. i need a list of team numbers and theyre win/loss records for the year so far

scroll back a few pages. JVN already attached a spreadsheet with everyone's win loss records.

It's in the white papers also

[activemx]

Im in

[Jones571]

Every one pleae give some rep points to thoughtful. he rocked us a great logo and deserves it!

[tkwetzel]

Suggestion for the draft:
While you are at it with the random number assignments, you should get a second set of random assignments. The first round can be the first assignments, the second round can be the first round picks inverted, and use the second set of assignments for the third round. Just so everyone has a little more of a chance, and there is much less possibility that someone has the last pick in two rounds. Whoever that would be would be shafted, having the last pick in the first round and the last pick over-all.

[Alex Cormier]

Im in
i'll add you to the website! thnkas we need a few more!

[Xufer]

how are you going to do the "lottery" for the order of pickings will there be a lottery or what ? how will that be setup ? will it be based on anything ?

[Koko Ed]

Suggestion for the draft:
While you are at it with the random number assignments, you should get a second set of random assignments. The first round can be the first assignments, the second round can be the first round picks inverted, and use the second set of assignments for the third round. Just so everyone has a little more of a chance, and there is much less possibility that someone has the last pick in two rounds. Whoever that would be would be shafted, having the last pick in the first round and the last pick over-all.
No.
Do the foward to back and back to forward otherwise there is a chance the guy with the first pick could end up with the first pick in every round. That wouldn't be fair.

[tkwetzel]

About the rep points for awards (I don't feel like searching through all these pages for a quote):
Someone's rep points will increase mighty fast if everyone playing gives them rep points. However, I know someone will forget or ignore fantasy first if they realize their teams didn't do very well. But it has the potential of skyrocketing someones reputation.

[Jones571]

how are you going to do the "lottery" for the order of pickings will there be a lottery or what ? how will that be setup ? will it be based on anything ?

EVERY ONE THERE WILL BE A DOCUMENT POSTED TOMMAROW WITH ALL THE DRAFT INFORMATION.

[Koko Ed]

About the rep points for awards (I don't feel like searching through all these pages for a quote):
Someone's rep points will increase mighty fast if everyone playing gives them rep points. However, I know someone will forget or ignore fantasy first if they realize their teams didn't do very well. But it has the potential of skyrocketing someones reputation.
Eh.
Rep is more about popularity than it is about a person's status in FIRST.