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So LaDainian Tomlinson got stuffed by the Eagles (we hates them) this weekend. Bad for the Bolts. Potentially crippling for both the Manhattan Pretty Birds and the Caribou Vikings, my two fantasy teams which share LT as a player (and honestly, who better?). And somehow both the Vikes and the Birds managed to win.
The Birds are in my Yahoo NUFFLE league, with an automatic draft and very streamlined interface, database-driven, about as full a suite of tools you can access on the Internets for free. It's very nifty and low-maintenance. And the Birds are in a tie for third with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bishop282's Dayton Raptors at 4-3. Not bad.
The Vikes, in contrast, are a participant inmotteditor's homegrown, handcrafted 4FL, which takes the exact opposite approach -- full draft via e-mail, a process which took (checks)...let's see, started July 12 and the final picks were being made on September 24, so that's about 74 days of drafting. Roster makeup is different, scoring is wildly dissimilar and takes an utterly different approach than NUFFLE, and I wasn't too clear on all the differences when I started (which is entirely my fault), which lead to me fielding a lawn chair instead of a fourth defensive player during week one. Which we lost. But now we're 6-1, tied for first with the team whose perfect record we just snapped, motteditor's Monterrey Thunderbirds (sorry, dude). But this is not due to my coaching skills as much as adopting a team which had Tomlinson and Priest Holmes (!!!) on it to begin with. Also helps picking Brett Favre, Last Packer Standing.
Of course, I keep getting the two teams confused, and the birds are a little befuddled when we're watching a game. Me: "That's Michael Vick! He's a Pretty Bird!" Tiny: "Pretty pretty!" Me: "That's Darren Sproles! He's a Viking!" Tiny: "...the hell?" (And yes, I picked up Eli Manning for this week. Consider it a jinx.)
Also note: the Caribou Vikings (warning: sound) is the name of my hometown high school's mascot and apparently a popular fantasy team name (this was the third Google result). However, unbeknownst to me, apparently they don't have a football team. I was actually mildly stunned. I've been away too long.
Unrelated but awesome: P. Diddy's phone call to Bjork. In icon form. Might want to set aside an hour or two to watch this; it's a bit long.
The Birds are in my Yahoo NUFFLE league, with an automatic draft and very streamlined interface, database-driven, about as full a suite of tools you can access on the Internets for free. It's very nifty and low-maintenance. And the Birds are in a tie for third with
bishop282's Dayton Raptors at 4-3. Not bad.The Vikes, in contrast, are a participant in
motteditor's homegrown, handcrafted 4FL, which takes the exact opposite approach -- full draft via e-mail, a process which took (checks)...let's see, started July 12 and the final picks were being made on September 24, so that's about 74 days of drafting. Roster makeup is different, scoring is wildly dissimilar and takes an utterly different approach than NUFFLE, and I wasn't too clear on all the differences when I started (which is entirely my fault), which lead to me fielding a lawn chair instead of a fourth defensive player during week one. Which we lost. But now we're 6-1, tied for first with the team whose perfect record we just snapped, motteditor's Monterrey Thunderbirds (sorry, dude). But this is not due to my coaching skills as much as adopting a team which had Tomlinson and Priest Holmes (!!!) on it to begin with. Also helps picking Brett Favre, Last Packer Standing.Of course, I keep getting the two teams confused, and the birds are a little befuddled when we're watching a game. Me: "That's Michael Vick! He's a Pretty Bird!" Tiny: "Pretty pretty!" Me: "That's Darren Sproles! He's a Viking!" Tiny: "...the hell?" (And yes, I picked up Eli Manning for this week. Consider it a jinx.)
Also note: the Caribou Vikings (warning: sound) is the name of my hometown high school's mascot and apparently a popular fantasy team name (this was the third Google result). However, unbeknownst to me, apparently they don't have a football team. I was actually mildly stunned. I've been away too long.
Unrelated but awesome: P. Diddy's phone call to Bjork. In icon form. Might want to set aside an hour or two to watch this; it's a bit long.