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And yes, I have posted the same question a dozen times and received three fricken answers.
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# ? Aug 12, 2016 23:36 |
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# ? Jun 13, 2024 04:27 |
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I think with MFL's endless spam about transactions shenanigans like drop-readd for salary savings will be harder to get away with; the biggest annoyance about them last season was there were no notifications or anything about a player being dropped, so they were basically trivial to get away with
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 01:03 |
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I don't have my calendar in front of me but I think sept 2 or 3 would work for me. I do have a nephew's birthday that weekend but I should be able to work around that. putting some kind of minimum time required between dropping a player and when you can re-bid on that player is fine with me. I'll put that to a specific vote. Makes sense for you to have to pay something to steal a taxi player. Compensatory pick, or similar. Another option is to require you to start a stolen player in the next match, unless the player is I jured or suspended after you steal them. That way you can't steal just to deny another team, you have to actually need that player. Thanks for tallying the votes, spermy. I want to give Gyshall a few more days to resurface... he was here in the late spring when I previously checked in with the thread, so I'm inclined to give him more time in case he's on vacation or something.
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 04:53 |
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Fantasy football > your nephew Teach them young
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 04:56 |
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I could do either of those dates
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 13:19 |
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Stevie Lee posted:I could do either of those dates
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 15:24 |
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Tyler said 2nd or 3rd prob work. He is going t shoot off a random draft list in case he cant make it. He might be out for a bit around that time.
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# ? Aug 18, 2016 00:37 |
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I'm back from vacation! I've just sent final emails and PMs to Gyshall and kazak_Hstan. Whoever I haven't heard from by Sunday night gets replaced - I'll start recruiting in the main FF thread on SA at that point. I have several items of business to attend to here but #1 is the draft. Since I can set custom draft order round-by-round, and given the voting, we'll follow the rules as stated and use MFL's drafting tool to draft. I'll set a reasonable amount of time per pick (probably 90 seconds?). The one thing I'm not sure of is whether a commissioner can pause the draft, such as if an owner decides to initiate a trade of the pick while it's running. Right now we are favoring Friday the 1st or Saturday the 2nd for drafting. Hixalot doesn't know what his work schedule for September will be yet, but I'll tentatively say Saturday the Note that Monday, Sept. 5th is Labor Day. If anyone definitely can't draft on that date/time, now is a good time to speak up! I will lock rosters 1 week before the draft day. So right now, that'd mean you can't drop anyone between Saturday, August 27th and the draft; you can drop players during the draft I guess, and after the draft for sure; those players go into the first FAAB waiver cycle which I'll set to begin immediately after the draft. Obviously we need to work out the details of the practice/taxi squad, which I'll do in the next few days. The dues will be $25 plus your share of the MFL fees (which this year amounts to a few bucks each - I'll look up the exact amount in a bit). I will also do a quick poll on the handful of items that some of you suggested/raised during the last poll. Other than that I think we're starting to look good for the season! Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Aug 20, 2016 |
# ? Aug 19, 2016 23:38 |
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Leperflesh posted:I'm back from vacation! Just for the record, Friday is the 2nd and Saturday is the 3rd. I should be able to make that day and time though, will switch shifts at work if I have to.
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# ? Aug 20, 2016 08:34 |
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Fixed!
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# ? Aug 20, 2016 17:49 |
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Saturday at 9 Eastern works for me
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# ? Aug 20, 2016 18:41 |
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Are we open for trading now? I've got an itchy trigger finger for making offers!
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# ? Aug 20, 2016 23:31 |
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Let me get your drafting order worked out.
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# ? Aug 20, 2016 23:47 |
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OK so. Rule 4.5 details how end-of-season standings affect draft order. Rule 7.2.2 also does that, and they conflict. Rule 7.2.2 is in bold, because at the beginning of last season, I had no idea whether doing a non-snake and then snake draft during the same draft was possible or if we'd stick to it. But, it's possible you guys could have looked at either (or both) rules and that could be a source of confusion. Here is how the two differ: quote:4.5 All remaining teams are ranked based on points scored through the regular season, excluding postseason games. vs. quote:7.2.2 Drafting Position is determined by: So what is in question is whether the three teams in the "middle" between the lowest-four and the top five should be seeded into the draft in order by final standings including the consolation brackets... or, whether they should be randomized, per 4.5.1.3. I am in favor of randomization, because "ranking" of those three teams by playoff results is difficult. The three teams are Team McLean, Hawk Hunters, and Who Da Titoons. Team McLean made it to the consolation bracket championship but lost to Percy Riot... I think that makes him a clear #6. Who Da Titoons lost the first playoff game in week 1 of the playoffs, which if you may recall was the wildcard match - the two highest-seeded teams that didn't win their divisions. The Titoons after losing that match then had byes in weeks 2 and 3 of the playoffs. The Hawk Hunters won their first consolation tournament match, lost their second, and then won their third. So which team of the Hunters and the Titoons finished "ahead"? If I just randomize these three teams, I think that is what I had intended to do, but if anyone feels that wouldn't be fair, speak up please.
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 00:18 |
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I'm fine with it being random
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 00:27 |
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Randomized gets my vote. Tyler also said randomizing the 3 tiers was a great idea.
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 00:37 |
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We have 10 days before our draft to get replacements for Kzhak and whoever else hasn't replied. Should I post in the main thread?
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# ? Aug 22, 2016 13:00 |
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I'll do it now. My plan was to give them through the weekend to respond. Honestly I don't get it. It's fine if you've lost interest in a fantasy football league, but not even replying to repeated emails and PMs? e. posted. I hope we get some good subs in. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Aug 22, 2016 |
# ? Aug 22, 2016 17:08 |
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I need to read through your rules when I get home from work but I want to tentatively put my hat in for one of the teams. Having a hard time picking but I think I'm leaning towards Ray Finkle.
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# ? Aug 22, 2016 17:41 |
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Cool, OK Epi Lepi, you have right of first refusal.
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# ? Aug 22, 2016 17:46 |
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Okay I'm definitely down for this and I'll take Ray Finkle. It's over the cap right now and I think I know what I'm gonna do to get under but how long do I have to drop people? Can I still drop or are rosters locked?
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 01:39 |
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I think you gotta drop. Rosters will be locked for a bit before the draft. But I dont even know what is going on most days.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 01:47 |
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I thought we could drop players until this Saturday
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 02:21 |
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Yeah once I hook you up with the team, you'll have till this saturday to drop players - we'll lock one week before the draft, so everyone will have a non-changing list of the rookies and free agents eligible for the draft. Please PM me or email me (my user name at gmail dot com) with your email address so I can set you up with the team. Make sure it's the email address you use for MFL, if you already have an MFL account. I'll also need a string to enter as your "Owner Name", which I believe you can later edit, and which does not have to be your actual real name.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 08:25 |
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Epi Lepi's been added, and I've scheduled the draft in MFL. Here's the randomized draft order. I'm using this method to randomized the teams: first I assign each of the teams in the group a number. Then I use the Orokus online dice roller to roll a die with that many sides, and the result goes into the top pick. Then I reassign numbers to the remaining teams, and roll a die with that many sides, again the winner goes into the next highest pick. And so on. I'm using Orokus because the results are public, linkable, and auditable. Here are all the rolls. So: for the first four draft positions, we are randomzing between Placeholders, Cougars, Syndrome, and BRICK. 1: Placeholders, 2: Cougars, 3: Syndrome, 4: BRICK. first pick: 1: Placeholders, 2: Cougars, 3: Syndrome, 4: BRICK.: 1d4 4 BRICK picks first. 1: Placeholders, 2: Cougars, 3: Syndrome second pick: 1: Placeholders, 2: Cougars, 3: Syndrome: 1d3 2 Cougars picks second. 1: Placeholders, 2: Syndrome third pick: 1: Placeholders, 2: Syndrome: 1d2 1 Placeholders pick third. Syndrome picks fourth. Next we have the three "middle" teams: the Titoons, Hunters, and McLean. 1. Titoons, 2: Hunters, 3: Mclean fourth pick: 1. Titoons, 2: Hunters, 3: Mclean: 1d3 1 Titoons pick fifth. (I meant to write fifth there in the description). 1: Hunters, 2: McLean sixth pick: 1: Hunters, 2: McLean: 1d2 1 Hunters pick sixth. McLean picks seventh. And then the remaining five picks are in reverse order of the final standings: #8 Percy Riot (consolation bracket championship winner kazak_Hstan) #9 Gridiron Chefs (Chen Kenichi) #10 Concord Concordes (Leperflesh) #11 Former Kicker Ray Finkle (Gyshall) #12 Ash Ketchum Gotta catch em (Swarmin Swedes) We will draft in this order for the first two rounds, and then the order will reverse in round 3, and proceed as a snake. Placeholder Team Name is now called I'm Pretty Garbage At This. Note that the Gridiron Chefs previously traded away their first-round pick to Please hold off on making trades until I have a new owner for Percy Riot! It's not fair to engage in trade negotiations before every owner has the opportunity to participate. Also please peer pressure your friends, family, relatives, and especially other goons to take over Percy Riot, because we need a replacement sooner rather than later. Obviously if you get a non-goon to take over the team, you'll need to get them an account on SA so they can participate in this thread, too.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:11 |
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Leperflesh posted:
gently caress.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:35 |
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I've logged in and made a couple waiver drops and IR moves, still over cap but I will be below it by Saturday. Does it mess anything up for your planning if I change the team name? Thinking Second Round Kickers in honor of my very very dumb team.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:06 |
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I'm implementing a number of changes in MFL settings in order to get our draft and teams set up correctly.
Also: Dues are due! According to the rules all dues need to be paid by one week before the draft. That's this Saturday. Please paypal me the following amounts of money, and Do not put anything in the comments that remotely suggest the money is for fantasy football! Collecting fantasy football dues is expressly forbidden by Paypal's terms of service. Instead please label the money as a gift and put something innocuous in the comment field. Paypal can be sent to my gmail address: my user name at gmail dot com. My paypal account is also registered under another email address, so you might see that address on your paypal receipt? I think I have all your real names but just in case, it wouldn't hurt to put your SA username into the comment field. Definitely do this if you're using a paypal account that doesn't have your real name or a name I'd recognize on it. Metapod, Stevie Lee, Hixalot, Epi Lepi, The Zack, Spermy Smurf, and atomictyler: you each owe $27.92. That's $25 dues plus your $2.92 share of this year's MFL fees. Chen Kenichi and Bloody, you each owe $2.92. Just the MFL fees, since you previously paid your 2016 dues in advance in order to execute a draft pick trade. Swarmin Swedes, you owe $7.92. I withheld $20 from your 2015 winnings (should have been $25 but I had a brain fart about it) so you only owe the remainder. I have paid myself so owe nothing. Whoever takes over Kazak_Hstan's team will also owe $27.92. You can review the dues and payment history on the spreadsheet's "2016 Budget" tab.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:10 |
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Epi Lepi posted:I've logged in and made a couple waiver drops and IR moves, still over cap but I will be below it by Saturday. Does it mess anything up for your planning if I change the team name? Thinking Second Round Kickers in honor of my very very dumb team. You can change your team name at any time. I just have to change it in two places in the spreadsheets, so it's not a big deal. Just let me know when you do it so I notice.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:11 |
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I've confirmed via testing that I can click "skip" and it'll skip the current draft pick, at any time. So during the live draft, if you decide you don't want to pick at a given spot, say so in chat and I'll immediately skip you. In case it isn't clear, you would skip a pick in order to avoid being forced to draft a player at a higher salary than you want.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:23 |
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How do we set keepers? I legit can't find it. This website doesn't make any sense to me sometimes. You would think that keepers would be a function of MY ROSTER, or possibly MY TEAM. Maybe I'm just blind.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:38 |
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Resolving some more league business. Thanks again to Spermy Smurf for assembling the poll data.Spermy Smurf posted:1.a Manually draft, following the rules as stated We will be able to use MFL's draft software and preserve the rules as stated, so this question is now moot. quote:2. Are you OK with the current salary assignments for players drafted in the rookie/free agent draft? I'm also OK with the current salaries, so the status quo prevails here. This year can be a test: if we decide during the year that these salaries were bad, we can try adjusting them for next year. De-bolded Rule 7.3 and its subrules: The first four picks in the first round are paid $20 The fifth through eighth picks are paid $18 The ninth through twelfth picks are paid $16 All players drafted in the second round are paid $8 All players drafted in the third round are paid $4 All players drafted in the fourth round are paid $2 All remaining drafted players (fifth and later rounds) are paid $1 quote:3. Should we go ahead and have taxi squads? Taxi Squads remain a little contentious. I'm interested in trying them out, so with my vote we have a solid "yes". We have strong support for creating rules for stealing taxi squad players. The consensus for taxi squad size seems to be 3. MFL's support for taxi squads is described here. Stealing isn't a supported feature, so I'll need to manage it manually. I think that's OK, I doubt it will be a super-frequent thing. Probably what we'll do is define a specific process, along with deadlines in a given week for completing it, and any commissioner will have the power to complete the process as needed: that should ensure it happens in a timely manner. quote:6. Should we change the fees and prize payouts of the league this year? It's currently $25 dues, with prize payouts to first, second, and third places, plus the winner of the consolation bracket. Status quo prevails. I'm including the MFL fees in the dues. Suggestion for the "most points for" getting a prize is interesting: I suppose it'd be exclusive of the other prizes (so you can't win it along with another prize)? If so, then in some years it might not get paid. If it's not exclusive, then I suspect in many years, one of the other prize-winners would also win the most-points-for prize. We could have it go to the team with the most points-for, that didn't win another prize... How much should it be? Which of the other prizes should the money be extracted from? Flesh out this idea and I'll put it to a vote. quote:
The request to knock tackles down a bit only got two votes, which is a small minority of all voters. I'm not super bothered by it. I think in this case, inertia prevails, it seems most of the owners don't care enough to request a change. quote:8. When should we unlock rosters, permitting players to be dropped? Note that all dropped players become eligible for the free agent/rookie draft. quote:9. When should we do the rookie/free agent draft? quote:10. How long should we wait to see if Kazak_Hstan is still alive before we replace him? Doing this now, per all voters: As soon as I could, and also it's week 2 of the preseason. quote:11. Do you want to reorganize the three divisions? If so, what scheme do you propose? Divisions remain as they are. quote:
Both of these ideas merit further discussion and, if need be, a vote. I'm particularly interested in why we should require all roster spots to be filled? Is there some possible advantage to be had by carrying an empty bench slot or two?
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:43 |
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I think I got the lineup setup right now. Draft order is set up through 12 rounds. Working on the game schedule next. For the game schedule, as you may recall: you play the other three teams in your division twice each (six games total), and then of the remaining 8 teams, you play seven of them once each. So, each regular season, there's one team you never play. My intent is to rotate that on a 8-year rotation such that every 8 years, you play every non-division team seven times.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 21:56 |
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We might have someone that will take the last dynasty spot. Tyler messaged him, waiting to hear back. We have all played a league together for 6 or 7 years. He is good, wont abandon ship.
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# ? Aug 23, 2016 23:29 |
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You are good commissioners
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# ? Aug 24, 2016 01:25 |
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Yep, Vecna said he would do it. I am on mobile, will get his info tomorrow. If Tyler shows up here he can post it. Will get a forums account too.
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# ? Aug 24, 2016 01:48 |
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How do I keep my players
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# ? Aug 24, 2016 02:25 |
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If Vecna is named after the famous god-liche, he'll fit right in! Meanwhile; after thrashing around uselessly in the spreadsheet for a while, I realized there was a much easier way, and got the 2016 schedule set up. It's on a new tab on the spreadsheet, and you can see the schedule in the league on MFL here. I did myself a favor and left myself notes on how to make the schedule more easily for next year, too. I don't intend to try to keep the team tabs up to date in the spreadsheet, by the way. We should be able to track cap, trades, and other stuff via MFL - that's part of why we moved to MFL. I'm loathe to delete anything, this is the record of our first year, but probably what I'll do is shove to the back all the stuff in the spreadsheet that we won't need going forward, so it's out of the way. Or something. Meanwhile let's formalize the taxi squad business. I propose the following rules for the taxi squads:
Please Vote if you think this is fine, or speak up if you think anything needs to change. I picked 72 hours so that the owning player would have two days to respond, but that might not be enough - if someone is on vacation, away for a long weekend, etc. they shouldn't be able to have their taxi squad guy stolen without the chance to respond. I definitely don't think a shorter period is OK, given the issue here. We could extend it to something longer like five days or a full week if you guys want.
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# ? Aug 24, 2016 02:38 |
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Metapod posted:How do I keep my players That is a drat good question. This seems to be the answer: quote:How do I set up a keeper league in my first year with MFL? In other words e. I found this tutorial which said I had to set up a specific "specify your keepers" event, so I have done that. It runs from 15 minutes from now, until midnight Saturday night. Let me know if you think that won't be enough time. quote:During this time, owners may go to the Reports > Franchise > Keepers page to declare their keepers. At the end of the Keeper event, owners will be able to see all selected keepers by all owners on this page. Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Aug 24, 2016 |
# ? Aug 24, 2016 02:42 |
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# ? Jun 13, 2024 04:27 |
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So with Taxi squads the player must move from the squad to a STARTING position. Not just on the bench, but a legit point-scoring start? What if someone just really wants someone from another squad but they arent going to play? Just go for it, the penalty is that they waste a spot in their lineup?
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# ? Aug 24, 2016 11:23 |