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Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

So, after a few months of occasional goading by Bob Shabazz, I guess I'll give this a shot. I have a few questions though:

1. Which kind of league would be best for someone who's a first timer?
2. I will be probably be going on a weeklong vacation this summer. Will my team be totally screwed if I'm gone for a week?
3. This is kind of related to 2, but is there an iPhone app or does the WiS site work well in Safari? I could probably sneak in some basic team tinkering during said vacation.
4. Bob lead me to believe people with lots of credits will give a free season to people who were interested in joining a goon league. I assume I would be helped in this regard?

# ¿ May 9, 2011 20:34

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 01:38

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Dang, you guys are fast. I guess I'll join a goon league since people will be willing to help me learn the game. When is the next one starting?

# ¿ May 9, 2011 21:10

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

jeffersonlives posted:

SimLeague, a couple of months. Hardball Dynasty, a couple of days.

Would you recommend joining the HBD or being patient and waiting for the SimLeague or an OpenLeague rush?

# ¿ May 9, 2011 21:27

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I think I'll pass on HBD and just check back on this thread for a new Open/SimLeague

# ¿ May 9, 2011 21:43

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Should I do this for my first league because it sounds incredible

# ¿ May 20, 2011 22:54

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I'll join, but I can't make a post on the forum ecause I haven't purchased a season yet.

# ¿ May 21, 2011 11:11

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

AlleyViper posted:

You don't have to purchase a team to sign up, accounts are free.

Unless there's something tied to forum posting and buying a team which would be weird.

This is on the bottom of the Macho Man thread for me:

You do not currently have posting rights. A full-season game purchase must be made to post in the forums.

# ¿ May 21, 2011 23:12

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

AlleyViper posted:

Huh, I had no idea they instituted that.

What's your WIS name?

Everything I could think of within the character limit that involved this name was taken, so I went with my other internet name of famous_dad

# ¿ May 22, 2011 00:39

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Thanks, AV, I'll post in that thread as soon as the forum recognizes that I bought a season.

# ¿ May 22, 2011 01:41

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Ivan Drago posted:

I'm interested to see how many teams have Fred Lynn, Greenberg/Koufax and Killebrew/Snider.

I have a late season Lynn as a 4th OF because my 1978 Gorman has a smallish number of PAs

# ¿ May 27, 2011 22:07

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Here's my Macho Man team (tentatively called Pomp and Circumstance)

# ¿ May 28, 2011 05:07

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

AlleyViper posted:

Colby Lewis is on my bench today because of day baseball.

gently caress day baseball. Every single game should start at 7:05 PM

Please don't troll

# ¿ Jun 1, 2011 20:26

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

When are those last two jerks joining the Macho Man league?

# ¿ Jun 5, 2011 02:18

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I won my first game ever :unsmith:

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=14914682&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

# ¿ Jun 10, 2011 06:51

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

AlleyViper posted:

Groucho on pace to start his WIS career at 162-0. No doubt he'll pull it off.

I knew Todd Coffey's Ultimate Warrior spirit would come in handy in a Macho Man tribute league

# ¿ Jun 10, 2011 19:53

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

A 6 game winning streak, 1st in the league in runs allowed, and my first Gorman dinger. Life is good.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2011 18:37

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Hey AV do you regret giving me that gift cert yet? :human being:

# ¿ Jun 14, 2011 06:39

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I just bought a 6 pack. I hate you guys for giving me a new addiction

# ¿ Jun 14, 2011 22:28

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Todd Coffey owns

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=14958689&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

# ¿ Jun 16, 2011 06:33

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I have no interest joining this league but one of you should join and post a few boxscores on occasion.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2011 01:34

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Future WiS watch: Jose Reyes this year has 4.23 3B/100AB

# ¿ Jun 28, 2011 16:25

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=15057913&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=9.95

I got hosed by my manager so many times this game

# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 19:12

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I've always wanted to give IDP a shot sometime, but I'll go with Team Defense if no one else wants IDP

# ¿ Aug 7, 2011 11:29

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I'm in on Pick Six

# ¿ Aug 16, 2011 16:28

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

AlleyViper posted:

e4: holy poo poo Brett Lawrie has a 4.65 RRF

That is, by far, the best RRF at 3B in the sim.

What is RRF?

# ¿ Oct 4, 2011 14:14

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Run creation is a million times more fun than run prevention

# ¿ Oct 18, 2011 21:03

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Juan Gone hit dinger number 30 on my Pick Six team, so now every starter has hit 30 dingers. Dingers.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2011 14:28

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Beltran got to 40 dingers last update, I love this team. First place in dingers by 89

# ¿ Oct 24, 2011 18:48

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Power of Pecota posted:

I have fairly mixed feelings about '77 Tom Seaver, he got my '70s Reds theme team to the WS and the ToC WS, but I lost both of those series and between them he blew four games.

Tom Seaver is an rear end in a top hat. AV can back me up

# ¿ Oct 25, 2011 04:58

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

My first ever playoff game sims at PM1. I am actually nervous about simulation baseball.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2011 14:09

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Clutch

# ¿ Nov 3, 2011 14:24

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I'm up 2-0 in Pick Six vs jeff because of a key Gerald Laird homer.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2011 04:24

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Series is now tied 2-2 and the most recent game :stare:

http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=16041540&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=9.95

# ¿ Nov 5, 2011 18:32

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Just won my first pennant :toot:

# ¿ Nov 6, 2011 06:53

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I lost the WS

# ¿ Nov 9, 2011 17:31

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

I got Mark McLemore in RC. I guess I'll post this here even though I've discussed the team in IRC

# ¿ Feb 7, 2012 01:46

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Male. Bi. Unix. posted:

ugh the quadruple AL is forcing me to pick between peak Gorman Thomas, peak Robin Yount, and peak Paul Molitor

'79, '83, '87, 2006 AL is a really weird draw

e: these starting pitchers are really bad. even worse than the 1979-1983 AL team I have in another league

Always choose Gorman

# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 13:25

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Scrotos posted:

Oh I thought that applied to TOCs too. I miss-read so yea just screwing the usually OL gimmick teams. Good maybe Boggs will die in a fire.

He always appears in the TOC winners list, so no.

# ¿ May 3, 2012 22:41

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Scrotos posted:

So we have 2 openings in the Mordecai world I, gyro and CJL are members of. Some of you owners should join, it is a great world.

I'll do it as my test run for HBD if I get a comped season

# ¿ Jun 15, 2012 18:06

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 01:38

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

foolish_fool posted:

How does defence work for players that never played that position?

Art just awoke in a sweat and doesn't know why.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2012 06:27

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