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Update Delays

3:40 AM ET on 12/11/12 by Jay Soester

In an effort to save time for someone who thoroughly needs to sleep, I'm cross-posting this from somewhere else. There are likely to be delays in the usual standings updates this week and with the results for College Football Pickem as well due to the below.

My aunt finally lost her battle with breast cancer (174.9) at 5:25 Monday morning. She was only 65. She won plenty of the battles over 12 years, but the end of the war was inevitable. The last few weeks (and/or month) were a struggle and I'm glad she's at peace and left peacefully.

I'm baffled to come to the realization that she only spent two and three-quarters less years (about 10% of my life) of my life living with cancer (12) than without it (14 and three-quarters). But I am glad, for perhaps selfish reasons, that I had ample time to prepare for today.

I've learned plenty from her over the years, but from this whole ordeal my advice to everyone else is fivefold. First and foremost, if you (or someone you know) are ever diagnosed with cancer, take care of it right away. She waited six months, who knows what that time could have prevented. Second, you never know when your last time seeing a loved one will be. I knew it was a possibility any time I left, but about 12 hours before she passed I still thought she had a week left. I always made sure I exited the same way regardless. Third, get the family affairs in order well before the end. Fourth, put all grudges on hold when someone's in need, there are more important things in life and then there are only a few things that matter nearing death. Lastly, and least importantly, be careful with hospice care. They can have a limited period of time where they're getting paid and if it's home care they can have limitations to their abilities. Do as much research as possible before entrusting them to care for someone.

On a somewhat related note, always take time out of your day for humor. It's the one universal positive that can supersede whatever else is going on. Sleep's fairly important too (as much as high school me didn't believe that).

Sections: Main

Tags: League_Commissioner, League_Update, ASFL2_Info, College_Football_Pickem, NFL_Pickem, NFL_Locks, Bonus_Points, Assignment

Fantasy Basketball Draft Times Available

11:58 PM ET on 9/15/12 by Jay Soester

Fantasy Basketball draft times are now available. Please reply to this thread on the league message board with your preferences as soon as possible to secure your place in a league this fall. For those that are new, once you post your preferences (please give at least four dates), you'll receive a league ID and password via email once you've been placed in a league, hopefully within the next week. Once you receive your ID and password, you need to use that combination on Yahoo! to join your designated league as soon as possible to secure your place in that league.

Available Draft Times
Sunday, October 21st at 3:45 PM ET
Monday, October 22nd at 8:30 PM ET
Tuesday, October 23rd at 9:00 PM ET
Wednesday, October 24th at 9:30 PM ET
Thursday, October 25th at 10:30 PM ET
Saturday, October 27th at 5:00 PM ET
Sunday, October 28th at 4:30 PM ET
Monday, October 29th at 10:00 PM ET
& an autopick

Other Games Available:
College Football Pickem
NFL Pickem
NFL Locks
Salary Cap Football (ID: 1003/Password: 123456)
Fantasy Premier League (9177/123456)
Fantasy Hockey (Draft Times)
CFL Pickem (Unofficial)
Premier League Pickem (Unofficial)

I'm also looking for a bit of help with the 2012-2013 Fantasy Baseball Standings Assignment.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, Fantasy_Basketball, Fantasy_Hockey, Salary_Cap_Football, Fantasy_Premier_League, NFL_Pickem, NFL_Locks, College_Football_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Premier_League_Pickem, CFL_Pickem, Unofficial_Games, Assignments, Bonus_Points

Keeper Leagues Fantasy Football Drafts & Bids

9:21 PM ET on 5/5/12 by Jay Soester

The 2012-2013 Keeper Leagues Fantasy Football drafts are now available. You can begin to submit your players to be kept for next season or submit a bid to get yourself a team. The bid system won't be completely sorted out until all promoted and relegated members pick their new teams, you can't currently bid for a team that's marked as "promotionchoice#" or "relegationchoice#" for that reason.

Last season's results are also available.

The deadline to select your new team if you were promoted or relegated last season is this Wednesday, May 9th at 11:59 PM ET. Visit the standings from last season to know where you are in the picking order; if you aren't first, submit your preferences in order.

The deadline to submit your players for next season is July 21st at 11:59 PM ET.

I anticipate the drafts starting in mid-August.

I'm working on the standings for Fantasy Hockey & Fantasy Basketball with the Basketball Rosters Assignment also available.

Sections: Main, Keeper Leagues

Tags: Standings_Update, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Football, Game_Results, Keeper_Leagues_Football_Drafts, Keeper_Leagues_Drafts, ASFL2_Drafts_App, Keeper_Leagues_Bid_System, Games_Available, Keeper_Leagues_Sign_Up, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Basketball, Assignments, Bonus_Points

NHL & NBA Playoffs Assignment

11:26 PM ET on 4/24/12 by Jay Soester

I'm looking for some help on an NHL & NBA Playoffs Assignment that's designed to help me test things out before setting up an NHL and/or NBA Playoffs Fantasy Game on the league website as soon as possible. The first draft for the assignment took place on April 12th, a day after the NHL playoffs began. I'm looking for at least six members to help me set up a draft prior to the NBA playoffs beginning and prior to the NHL's second round starting.

You can participate by sending a list of at least 60 (NBA) or 108 (NHL) players (making sure to account for any players that haven't been guaranteed of being in the playoffs or next round yet) or by replying with a draft time that works for you. While I'm not optimistic that my schedule will work to sort out a live draft in the next few days, I'm hopeful six other members can pair up at a given time. I'll also need help setting up a basketball excel file similar to the one for the NHL game that has relevant player stats for all players that can be drafted. Giving a list and/or participating in a live draft is worth at least 3 BP while helping with the file can be worth five or more.

For more information please read the first post of the thread and the most recent. If you have any questions, please reply to the thread.

Sections: Main

Tags: Assignments, Bonus_Points, NHL_Playoffs_Talk, NBA_Playoffs_Talk, NHL_Talk, NBA_Talk, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, ASFL2_Testing, League_Features, ASFL2_Drafts

NHL Playoffs Pickem Available

1:18 AM ET on 4/10/12 by Jay Soester

NHL Playoffs Pickem is now available. It is the penultimate game of the 2011-2012 season to begin.

If you signed up for ASFL2 after December 31st, 2011, you can participate, but you won't earn championship points as you aren't eligible for the 2011-2012 season.

The deadline for entries is 7:27 PM ET on Wednesday.

NHL Standings Pickem has been updated to reflect the scores through the end of the regular season. Matt Humpal leads Dave Berrong by a single point at 127 points heading into the postseason.

With the NHL Playoffs approaching, I'm putting an NHL Playoffs Assignment out there where I need some help to research for a potential NHL Playoffs fantasy game. I need volunteers to help me draft a league (or leagues) of six teams from the 16 teams in the first round of the NHL playoffs. I'm hoping to use the ASFL2 Chat Rooms to recreate a live draft, but am also taking lists for those unavailable the next few evenings. Anyone to help me with any draft will receive at least three bonus points. Read the first post of the assignment thread for more information. I'm hoping to repeat the process for each round of the playoffs and for the NBA playoffs as well.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, NHL_Playoffs_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, NHL_Standings_Pickem, Standings_Update, Assignments, Game_Research, ASFL2_Drafts_App, ASFL2_Chat_Rooms

Help Needed

11:56 PM ET on 3/21/12 by Jay Soester

I need help setting up the standings pages and database for the each of the eight ASFL2 Fantasy Hockey & Fantasy Basketball leagues from the 2011-2012 season. The first post of the assignment thread has links to each league on Yahoo!. If you're interested in helping, reply with the leagues you'd like to work on and the order the teams are listed in on the league's schedule page and I'll send an excel file formatted to where those helping just need to enter the game results and everything will be calculated as needed. Each league updated is worth four bonus points.

Don't forget, each member's bonus point total, up to 12% of the final championship point total at the end of the 2011-2012 season, will be added to the official championship standings for the season. Over the first three seasons of the league there have been between 52 and 79 points added in at the end of the season. Please help out where you can, the league can't survive, at least for free, without a little help from all involved.

Sections: Main

Tags: Help_Needed, Fantasy_Hockey, Fantasy_Basketball, Assignments, Bonus_Points, Standings_Update, Standings_Assignment

ASASFL Fantasy Baseball Info Sent

1:57 AM ET on 2/12/12 by Jay Soester

The draft pages are now available with league IDs and passwords also emailed. If you need the ID re-sent, please email me.

The Champions League's draft order is determined by a draft of its own with the order in which you can select your pick being based on the championship standings from the 2010-2011 season. I need every member who doesn't want the best spot available to them to give me the draft picks they'd like before Wednesday, ET.

Tentative Start Dates:
Champions League: Sunday, February 26th at 8 PM ET
Super League: Friday, February 24th at 12 AM ET
Third League: Wednesday, February 22nd at 8 PM ET

You should be able to perform all draft tasks aside from picking and those associated with the default list (until the Fantasy Baseball Drafts Assignment is completed).

Sections: Main, ASASFL

Tags: Games_Available, ASASFL_Fantasy_Baseball, ASFL2_Drafts_App, ASASFL_Fantasy_Baseball_Drafts, ASASFL_Drafts, Assignments

Help Needed & Draft Postponed

1:47 AM ET on 12/7/11 by Jay Soester

First, I have to announce that the Third League draft has been postponed to begin at 9:30 PM ET on Thursday while the Champions League draft has been moved back 24 hours to begin Friday at 8 PM ET. I apologize for the delay, but the drafts can't start until the Fantasy Basketball Drafts Assignment is done.

The Fantasy Basketball Drafts Assignment is a simple assignment that's available before all ASFL2 slow drafts begin. The basketball edition is worth three bonus points and requires a number to be looked up for the top 182 based on Yahoo!'s default rankings. If you can contribute to the list in any fashion, please reply to the thread and get started.

The second assignment available is a recruiting assignment. I need help trying to attract new members to the league with my personal schedule as busy as ever. Please help out by bumping this thread on Yahoo!'s message board if you notice that it's no longer on the first page of the Yahoo! Fantasy Golf message board. Up to seven bonus points are available for those that help.

The final assignment of need is a standings assignment. I need help setting up the standings pages and database for the ten ASFL2 Fantasy Football leagues from this season. I'll be updating the first post of the linked thread with the link to view each of our leagues for the year. If you're interested in helping, reply with the leagues you'd like to work on and the order the teams are listed in on the league's schedule page and I'll send an excel file formatted to where those helping just need to enter the game results and everything will be calculated as needed. Each league updated is worth three bonus points.

If you have any questions about any of the assignments, please reply to the relevant thread.

Don't forget, each member's bonus point total, up to 12% of the final championship point total at the end of the 2011-2012 season, will be added to the official championship standings for the season. Over the first three seasons of the league there have been between 52 and 79 points added in at the end of the season. Please help out where you can, the league can't survive, at least for free, without a little help from all involved.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Help_Needed, Assignments, ASFL2_Drafts_App, ASASFL_Fantasy_Drafts, ASASFL_Fantasy_Basketball, Fantasy_Football, Standings_Assignment, Drafts_Assignment, Recruiting, Joining, ASFL2_Sign_Up

ASASFL Fantasy Basketball Info Sent

11:50 PM ET on 11/28/11 by Jay Soester

The draft pages are now available with league IDs and passwords also emailed. If you need the ID resent, please email me.

The Champions League's draft order is determined by a draft of its own with the order in which you can select your pick being based on the championship standings from the 2010-2011 season. I need every member who doesn't want the best spot available to them to give me the draft picks they'd like before Wednesday, ET.

Tentative Start Dates: Champions League: Thursday, December 8th at 10 PM ET.
Super League: Saturday, December 10th at 12 AM ET.
Third League: Tuesday, December 6th at 8 PM ET.

Please note that the draft start times are different based on my new personal schedule. If a draft starts at midnight, you'll need to be ready the night prior to the date listed. You should be able to perform all draft tasks aside from picking and those associated with the default list (until the Fantasy Basketball Drafts Assignment is completed). Admittedly, I'm too busy to test the actual picking mechanisms to verify there were no hiccups in adjusting files for the new season. Unfortunately, the Third League may become a de facto test as a result.

The last I've seen had free agency starting on December 9th, unfortunately that's just over two weeks before the season begins and I always reserve at least two weeks for drafts. With basketball having the shortest drafts, I'm making some exception, but that will have to lean toward the Keeper League drafts. I reserve the right to alter time limits as the draft progress to ensure it finishes on time.

I hope to send the information and sort out a time frame for the Keeper Leagues within the next two hours or Tuesday evening/night. If you're interested in a Keeper Leagues Fantasy Basketball team, place a bid as soon as possible, teams are likely to be given out by this coming weekend. I anticipate somewhere around five teams being available.

Sections: Main, ASASFL

Tags: Games_Available, ASASFL_Fantasy_Basketball, ASFL2_Drafts_App, ASASFL_Fantasy_Basketball_Drafts, ASASFL_Drafts, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Basketball, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Basketball_Drafts, Keeper_Leagues_Bid_System, Assignments

Help Needed

11:55 PM ET on 10/7/11 by Jay Soester

This is far and away my busiest time of the year. As a result, I need help getting a few things done while I work behind the scenes and maintain the games currently running.

The first assignment available is one that has been around before, the Keeper Leagues Baseball Rosters Assignment. I need a few members to send me the final rosters from each of the Fantasy Baseball Keeper Leagues this season in an excel file. The full details are available in the first post of the assignment thread. Each set of rosters is worth four bonus points.

The second assignment is new. I've put out a Golf Assignment as the first step toward moving Fantasy Golf from Yahoo! to the website (and/or creating a new Fantasy Golf game). It's a simple exercise in information gathering with excel again needed. I'm looking to build a file which lists all golfers that entered one of the 37 tournaments from this season and breaks down the list and number of tournaments they entered. I'm breaking down the work by month with three bonus points awarded for January through August and two awarded for September. The first post of the assignment thread has all the details.

There are two assignments that have been available for a while, but are still looking for participation. The NASCAR Assignment involves helping me move Fantasy NASCAR from Yahoo! to the website (and/or creating a new version of Fantasy NASCAR). I'm offering the standard bonus points, but can offer more down the road for your efforts. I'm still in need of members to help me gather information and update race results and ensure the accuracy of driver, team and schedule information. From there, I'll need help testing the new game and I'll be looking for a writer to handle weekly reviews/previews. That brings me back to the Writing Assignment, I'm looking for a member to do weekly NFL Preview/Reviews in the same manner as Nathan Susanto's work for Formula 1 and the Premier League. I'm also open to any other type of recurring articles from any member willing to write regularly, be it about sports, the internet, humor or all of the above. If you're interested in writing or have an idea for someone else to try, reply to the assignment thread.

Remember that assignments earn bonus points, which factor into the final championship standings. The first three seasons have seen a limit of 52, 62, and 79 bonus points factored into the final championship standings. If the NBA season is lost, bonus points could be as important as ever.

Sections: Main

Tags: Assignments, Bonus_Points, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, ASFL2_News, ASFL2_Website, ASASFL_Fantasy_Baseball, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Baseball, Fantasy_NASCAR, League_Message_Board, ASFL2_Message_Board, Help_Needed