sexbelowsound Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, maqroll said: When is the draft? I can't register the league until this time next week so then we can try and decide a time that's good for all. Edited July 10, 2017 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 11 hours ago, sexbelowsound said: I can't register the league until this time next week so then we can try and decide a time that's good for all. Kewl brah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 10, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2017 Its a complete copy of Togga only hopefully unlike Togga its not been coded by squirrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted July 10, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hopefully there's a chat room for the draft. I'll start stockpiling some mediocre banter for the occasion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Its a complete copy of Togga only hopefully unlike Togga its not been coded by squirrels. How do you mean? In terms of scoring does the scoring mirror the usual way they score the Fantasy Football game or is it the same as Togga was? Does it have a needless lack of autosubs with that stupid window just before kick off to change? Those were the two major things that turned me off Togga. Even before the website went to shit. Edited July 11, 2017 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: How do you mean? In terms of scoring does the scoring mirror the usual way they score the Fantasy Football game or is it the same as Togga was? Does it have a needless lack of autosubs with that stupid window just before kick off to change? Those were the two major things that turned me off Togga. Even before the website went to shit. The scoring system is the same as the regular game minus captains/vice captains. I'd imagine as there are auto subs in the original game as well that there will be in this although I've seen nothing to confirm this. What i'm hoping for is the fun of the draft and the unique teams minus the crazy stats, micromanagement and clunky interface. Edited July 11, 2017 by sexbelowsound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: The scoring system is the same as the regular game minus captains/vice captains. I'd imagine as there are auto subs in the original game as well that there will be in this also although I've seen nothing to confirm this. What i'm hoping for is the fun of the draft and the unique teams minus the crazy stats, micromanagement and clunky interface. Cool. Strange that they don't include captains though. Wonder why. Yeah I agree with your last sentence. Although I think the different scoring system would be fine once you're used to it, but I'd rather it mirrored the usual FF game for my own sanity. I don't micromanagement either. But forcing you to do your micromanagement in a tiny window of time in the week was frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just now, Stevo985 said: Cool. Strange that they don't include captains though. Wonder why. Yeah I agree with your last sentence. Although I think the different scoring system would be fine once you're used to it, but I'd rather it mirrored the usual FF game for my own sanity. I don't micromanagement either. But forcing you to do your micromanagement in a tiny window of time in the week was frustrating. Yeah. I don't mind micromanaging tbh but the game interface needs to be worth it. I played the NFL one this year (and won ) and that requires micromanagement but the yahoo interface is so slick it makes it worth while. @StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 11, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2017 It's a great idea and it'll be interesting to see how it works. I won't be doing it this year. No Villa, no Brian. Choosing the draft option will make it much much harder to be in many leagues though, because your squad will have to be different in each one. No more maintaining one squad and winning multiple leagues if you go the draft route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, BOF said: It's a great idea and it'll be interesting to see how it works. I won't be doing it this year. No Villa, no Brian. Choosing the draft option will make it much much harder to be in many leagues though, because your squad will have to be different in each one. No more maintaining one squad and winning multiple leagues if you go the draft route. That's exactly why I said above I'd only be in the VT league if I don't get a friends league together. Too time consuming for me. As for the no Villa thing, I actually enjoyed Fantasy Football more last season than ever before, and I think no Villa was a huge reason for it. It left me completely uninfluenced by Villa related factors, and gave me a reason to take an interest in the Prem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 11, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just now, Stevo985 said: That's exactly why I said above I'd only be in the VT league if I don't get a friends league together. Too time consuming for me. As for the no Villa thing, I actually enjoyed Fantasy Football more last season than ever before, and I think no Villa was a huge reason for it. It left me completely uninfluenced by Villa related factors, and gave me a reason to take an interest in the Prem. Yeah I remember us talking in the previous thread about how you liked no Villa in it and I didn't. While I understand that not having them in the FF league means no influencing, for me it was more fundamental. No Villa in the Prem meant I simply wasn't interested in the Prem. I'd honestly say I watched 2 MOTDs last season and that'll probably be similar this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, BOF said: Yeah I remember us talking in the previous thread about how you liked no Villa in it and I didn't. While I understand that not having them in the FF league means no influencing, for me it was more fundamental. No Villa in the Prem meant I simply wasn't interested in the Prem. I'd honestly say I watched 2 MOTDs last season and that'll probably be similar this season. I was probably the same. I basically followed the premier league via results and fantasy football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sexbelowsound Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Leagues can be between 2 and 16 teams. Anyone feel strongly on limiting it to a specific number? We currently have 10 in with 1 maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 36 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: Leagues can be between 2 and 16 teams. Anyone feel strongly on limiting it to a specific number? We currently have 10 in with 1 maybe. More the better I'd say. Would make more of a challenge. It worth trying get a rough idea of draft date now - see when people are/aren't available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said: More the better I'd say. Would make more of a challenge. It worth trying get a rough idea of draft date now - see when people are/aren't available? Sure, why not. I was going to wait until I can set up the league just so I can find out if there are any limitations to the draft but if people want to start throwing out dates and times they're available why not. If people want to start throwing out days and times they'd prefer i'll put it next to peoples names on the first post. Edited July 11, 2017 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 7 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: Sure, why not. I was going to wait until I can set up the league just so I can find out if there are any limitations to the draft but if people want to start throwing out dates and times they're available why not. If people want to start throwing out days and times they'd prefer i'll put it next to peoples names on the first post. Deadline for draft is 11th Aug at 6.45pm. For me, midweek evenings after 6.30pm are best, especially w/c 31/7 and 7/8. Later draft would also mean more transfers have gone through. Dates I definitely can't do are 18/7, 25-30/7 & 6/8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted July 13, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 13, 2017 In I cannot do a draft on a Weds evening, other than that 'er indoors will understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Sorry, if it's a live draft count me out. Best to have someone in roughly the same time zone. Happy drafting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 I think the draft is probably best left until as close to the 11th August as possible. What do you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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