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Keys Myaths

Keys Myaths

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I like weekly posts, and I like those weekly posts that get at a lot of information and generate many different types of discussion.

So, to that end, every week this year, I'm going to have a different informational post designed to not only get to know each other as FF players better, but to get to know ourselves better.

I hope you guys see this, and in the upcoming weeks, as a way of getting to know each other better--and even generate a lot of relevant, macro-FF discussion. We delve so much into the minutiae of fantasy football that we forget the bigger picture. I'm hoping this is a springboard to discuss those topics.

For Week 1 this year, I thought we'd start of (kinda) simple: Why exactly do you play fantasy football?

In the first chapter of The Psychology of Poker, Dr. Alan Shoemaker presents the question: "Why do you play poker?" as a way to set the tone for the rest of the book. Once you realize *why* you play poker (or FF in this case), you'll realize how to *effectively* play to those reasons, and how to generate the most enjoyment (or profit, as it may be) out of the game.

However, it's not one thing that you enjoy. It's percentages, when added up, gives you a whole picture of the components that make your FF experience. For example, you may play for profit, but that may only be 10% of the reason why you play. The other 90% might be divided between spending time with friends, the competition aspect, or even the analytical aspects of FF.

By doing this, and comparing answers, you might see why people post the way they do, or have the opinions they do. But, even more importantly--you might learn something about yourself in the process...and that's the goal.

So, I'll start.

I play fantasy football:

For the money: 10%

For the competitive aspect: 20%

For the analytical aspect: 30%

As a way to help with decision making/problem solving: 20%

Because I love football: 10%

To bond with my father: 10%

Find your own categories: Why do you play? Do any of you play *purely* for the profit? Do any of you play purely to flex your intellectual muscles?

Be honest with yourself. You might learn something new--that makes this season your best one yet.

 
Keys Myaths said:
I like weekly posts, and I like those weekly posts that get at a lot of information and generate many different types of discussion.

So, to that end, every week this year, I'm going to have a different informational post designed to not only get to know each other as FF players better, but to get to know ourselves better.

I hope you guys see this, and in the upcoming weeks, as a way of getting to know each other better--and even generate a lot of relevant, macro-FF discussion. We delve so much into the minutiae of fantasy football that we forget the bigger picture. I'm hoping this is a springboard to discuss those topics.

For Week 1 this year, I thought we'd start of (kinda) simple: Why exactly do you play fantasy football?

In the first chapter of The Psychology of Poker, Dr. Alan Shoemaker presents the question: "Why do you play poker?" as a way to set the tone for the rest of the book. Once you realize *why* you play poker (or FF in this case), you'll realize how to *effectively* play to those reasons, and how to generate the most enjoyment (or profit, as it may be) out of the game.

However, it's not one thing that you enjoy. It's percentages, when added up, gives you a whole picture of the components that make your FF experience. For example, you may play for profit, but that may only be 10% of the reason why you play. The other 90% might be divided between spending time with friends, the competition aspect, or even the analytical aspects of FF.

By doing this, and comparing answers, you might see why people post the way they do, or have the opinions they do. But, even more importantly--you might learn something about yourself in the process...and that's the goal.

So, I'll start.

I play fantasy football:

For the money: 10%

For the competitive aspect: 20%

For the analytical aspect: 30%

As a way to help with decision making/problem solving: 20%

Because I love football: 10%

To bond with my father: 10%

Find your own categories: Why do you play? Do any of you play *purely* for the profit? Do any of you play purely to flex your intellectual muscles?

Be honest with yourself. You might learn something new--that makes this season your best one yet.
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1) because I love football.2) so stay in touch with some of my long distance friends.

3) to make Dolphin games watchable (I live in Miami viewing area and could care less otherwise).

4) to talk smack vs leaguemates - competitive aspect.

5) to prove I'm smarter than everyone else (has NOT been proven yet; I'm still working on it).

 
17 years ago a group of us "kids," invented a special brand of fantasy football. We did it because we loved the game. We did it because we loved to compete. We were ahead of our time and I believe we knew it. 17 years later the core of us are still in that same league together. We play because we love the game. Part for nostalgia, but for basically the same reasons we did back then.

I've since joined other leagues and mostly always IDP with the best owners. The bottom line is I love the challenge. I love building something. Molding a winner. I still love to compete mentally against the best.

And football is such a great sport too. There's always that right? :-)

 
- I love doing all the stat research, moreso at times than the actual season

- I could do mock drafts for hours, picking from different positions to see what I end up with, then examining my results

- Being so prepared for draft day, showing up with nothing but a pen and a blank piece of paper, then drafting a killer team while others sit in awe with all their mags and cheatsheets...what a feeling

- But the main reason - FF is a ####-measuring contest, and I want to show all my leaguemates who the real John Holmes is!

 
i love football 25%

i love competition 40%

i love gambling 15%

my intellectual interests lean toward mathematics 10%

i keep in touch with some people this way that i normally wouldn't 10%

winning money after all that fun is pure gravy.

 
90% to spend draft with high school and college buddies

10% to give me an excuse to watch every NFL game

 
50% for fun with friends, family, and colleagues

50% for obsessively dissecting how the game is played

And the other half to compete and win

 
I was an econ major and somewhere along the line I ended up as a counselor listening to people all day long. I love my job but at the end of the day interpersonal drama has not interest for me. Playing in a fantasy world combining football, my some of those data analysis skills and being competitive is a nice change.

 
This is an interesting topic!

I play because:

-I love football.

-It keeps my interest in the NFL going even when my Bears are out of it.

-I love the strategy and the competitive aspects.

-I like winning.

-I've made some good friends through fantasy football.

 
I starting playing FF in 1990 with my Dad, brother, and a bunch of my Dad's buddies. They were followers of that guy who wrote those stat books about baseball, the one that Moneyball is based on, and played rotesserie baseball in the 80's and wanted to get into it for football, a sport they liked more. I was 14 at the time and I smoked them all. They got defensive and went on the offensive the next year, and again the 15 yr old smoked them, but this time luck played a big part. I play because I like competition and I like to watch football. I also play as means to keep in touch with friends and have conversations about things I like to watch.

 
santo71 said:
I starting playing FF in 1990 with my Dad, brother, and a bunch of my Dad's buddies. They were followers of that guy who wrote those stat books about baseball, the one that Moneyball is based on, and played rotesserie baseball in the 80's and wanted to get into it for football, a sport they liked more. I was 14 at the time and I smoked them all. They got defensive and went on the offensive the next year, and again the 15 yr old smoked them, but this time luck played a big part. I play because I like competition and I like to watch football. I also play as means to keep in touch with friends and have conversations about things I like to watch.
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Technically, Bill James is the baseball stat guy and Moneyball is about Billy Beane.
 
I did it because how often do 10-16 people get to get together and BUTCHER peoples names for 3 plus hours and smack on each other for it????? Ha ha ha!

Seriously, I am in a league with 3 other guys I graduated HS with 19 years ago and guys I worked with over 10 years ago and it is great to re-bond every year. You get to see families grow up and it is just a cool feeling.......

 
I got involved with my current league to "get to know" the people at my new job. I soon found that winning their money was an added bonus!

I've been playing for nearly 10 years now and found that it was a good way to keep the competative juices flowing. I love doing the research and carefully guiding my team through a season, dealing with the unexpected turns that are dealt on a weekly basis. My wife says I'm obsessed. She may be right.

I actually gave up Fantasy Football about 3 years ago, because I wasn't enjoying just watching the games, as I was too consumed with my Fantasy players. I found though that it wasn't enough, I had to be in the game. Oh well, at least my wife has me from January to August.

 
I started out as something to do after my divorce. I used to be big into the FBpro series and was extremely disappointed when Sierra pulled the plug on it. So, I joined a free yahoo league and never looked back. I got my brothers into it along with some friends so it turned into more of the competing against buddies, smack talk and bragging rights more than anything. I do not play in any leagues for money, so money is not an object. That said:

bragging rights 20%

smack talk 20%

reason to watch a game other than my Vikings game 20%

stay close to friends and family 20%

hobby to occupy my time 20%

The last has become more so since I took up IDP and dynasty 3 years ago. I love that more than anything and it makes this much more of a year round hobby.

 
Unless NFL teams start hiring people that were not NFL players or coaches and whatnot to start running the teams...this is going to be only outlet.

 
You ask a great question. I have been playing for 10 years.

I know that I love it, but I dont think I have ever really evualuated why I play. I know it for the FUN, but why is it so much fun.

Great Question. I challenge you to keep coming up with such good threads each week. :boxing:

 
HALtheCOW said:
You ask a great question. I have been playing for 10 years. I know that I love it, but I dont think I have ever really evualuated why I play. I know it for the FUN, but why is it so much fun. Great Question. I challenge you to keep coming up with such good threads each week. :boxing:
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I already have 5 of them planned...I think next week's is better, honestly.
 
Keys Myaths said:
HALtheCOW said:
You ask a great question. I have been playing for 10 years. I know that I love it, but I dont think I have ever really evualuated why I play. I know it for the FUN, but why is it so much fun. Great Question. I challenge you to keep coming up with such good threads each week. :boxing:
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I already have 5 of them planned...I think next week's is better, honestly.
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I will be watching. I bet you are a formidable foe at the Poker Table as well. I only took that game up 2 years ago, but I love it as well. Good Luck this year both in FF and at the tables.
 
I miss that feeling of waking up on Christmas morning and FF does that 16 weeks a year, unless I suck, then its 13 weeks a year.

 
For me its pretty much for the competitive aspect . . . and it borders on obsession . . . sad but true . . .

 
Fun question. When you sit and really think about it, there are so many reasons (at least for me) why I play (and love) FF.

In no particular order...

1) I have a very competitive nature. Quite simply, I love competition. I love winning. I love showing everyone else that I did better than them.

2) I love football.

3) It makes watching any and all games that much more entertaining. More than it already was.

4) I love math and statistical analysis.

5) I love non-statistical analysis - ie, thinking outside the box and analyzing.

6) I love the camaraderie of it. Hanging with friends while watching games. Smack talking with em during the week.

7) Stemming off of #6 above - great way to keep in touch with friends who are in different parts of the country.

8) I love live in-person drafts. So much excitement. So much fun. On days when I have one of my live in-person drafts with friends, I feel like a kid in a candy store. Seriously.

9) I can be a bit obsessive. This is a great hobby for that. Tons of off-season reading, things to follow in and out of season, analyzing up the whazoo, debating, etc.

10) I enjoy betting. This is a great way to place a bet that rides for 4-5 months.

A hobby that you can make money on is awesome.

11) The excitement of a Sunday. (Someone else posted the following analogy and I can fully relate. It is like waking up as a kid when you knew you were getting gifts. All of it. The days that lead up to the birthday/holiday when you know you will get gifts is just like the days leading up to a Sunday. And then it's here - the day you've been waiting for. Excitement. Uncertainty (of what to expect). Happiness (hopefully). Yet unlike bdays or holidays - it is every week for 4-5 months. Insane!)

 
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This is my first year playing FF and it hasn't taken me long at all to see why people love it so much. I grew up watching football with my dad and have been a huge foobtall fan my entire life. I started a new job a couple months ago and some of the guys were in my office talking about football and asked me if I wanted to join their FF league because they knew I was a big Bengals fan so I thought I would give it a shot. I haven't even technically started, let alone completed a season yet but I'm already hooked.

So, in no certain order:

I love the research/analysis aspect of it; I do research & analysis everyday in my job and FF only improves those skills

I love football and now I have a reason to watch all the games

I love the competiveness of it all, it's me against 9 guys

I love the excitement of all; watching the preseason games, trying to predict who is going to do what and when, waiting in anticipation of the regular season start...

I think most of all...I am going to love seeing these guys get beat by a girl :D

 
1. I am competitive

2. I love football

3. My wife lets me watch all the football I want this way!

4. My son is 3 and I can't wait to show him the game of football as he grows, so fantasy football makes it a part of our Sundays.

5. I have met many people and continued friendships that otherwise would have fallen apart because of Fantasy Football.

As someone else said the money is gravy.

 
Vikes Fan said:
4. My son is 3 and I can't wait to show him the game of football as he grows, so fantasy football makes it a part of our Sundays.
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:thumbup: Some of the best memories I have with my dad as a little girl were watching football with him on Sundays and going to Bengals games (that was the late 80's early 90's Boomer era!). Your son will remember this time with you for years to come!
 
I play fantasy football because I love the sport. I don't play any other type of fantasy sports so it has to be primarily because I like the sport so much.

I think fantasy football just adds another dimension to the game for me. You can take a no nothing game ( no offense to those that love these teams) like the Detroit Lions vs. Arizona Cardianls in week 13 and if you have players on your roster from those teams.........now all of a sudden it's a big game.

I also am a very competitive person in general, and like to try and outwit and out hustle my competition. Fantasy Football gives me that opportunity.

 
For me it has grown my love of the game by leaps and bounds. I didn't start watching football until my early 20s so I don't have the background many of you do.

I was introduced to it by a high school buddy who needed one more guy for his work league about 5 years ago. When I started I couldn't name more than 10 players in the league.

After the first couple of years I still couldn't name more than 10 non-skill players in the league. Since then my love of the NFL and competitive nature have allowed me to better understand why football is such a great game.

I have learned why it is important to have a good centre. I have learned what a nickel back is and in what situations it is important. I understand what people are talking about when they say a runner has patience and vision. The nuances of football make it interesting for me. I recognize the teamwork aspect of the game, and appreciate the unheralded work of the non skill players that allow a 50 yard bomb to be a thing of beauty.

Now every Sunday I primarily watch to keep track of my fantasy players, but along the way I continue to learn. When you find yourself watching how the backup LT is performing instead of watching where the ball is going, you know you have a problem!

 
FBGirl79 said:
This is my first year playing FF and it hasn't taken me long at all to see why people love it so much. I grew up watching football with my dad and have been a huge foobtall fan my entire life. I started a new job a couple months ago and some of the guys were in my office talking about football and asked me if I wanted to join their FF league because they knew I was a big Bengals fan so I thought I would give it a shot. I haven't even technically started, let alone completed a season yet but I'm already hooked. So, in no certain order:I love the research/analysis aspect of it; I do research & analysis everyday in my job and FF only improves those skillsI love football and now I have a reason to watch all the games I love the competiveness of it all, it's me against 9 guys I love the excitement of all; watching the preseason games, trying to predict who is going to do what and when, waiting in anticipation of the regular season start...I think most of all...I am going to love seeing these guys get beat by a girl :D
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Are you Married? :wub:
 
snellman said:
FBGirl79 said:
This is my first year playing FF and it hasn't taken me long at all to see why people love it so much. I grew up watching football with my dad and have been a huge foobtall fan my entire life. I started a new job a couple months ago and some of the guys were in my office talking about football and asked me if I wanted to join their FF league because they knew I was a big Bengals fan so I thought I would give it a shot. I haven't even technically started, let alone completed a season yet but I'm already hooked. So, in no certain order:I love the research/analysis aspect of it; I do research & analysis everyday in my job and FF only improves those skillsI love football and now I have a reason to watch all the games I love the competiveness of it all, it's me against 9 guys I love the excitement of all; watching the preseason games, trying to predict who is going to do what and when, waiting in anticipation of the regular season start...I think most of all...I am going to love seeing these guys get beat by a girl :D
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Are you Married? :wub:
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Nope ;)
 
I love football and with FF, I enjoy more than just my local game.

Being married, I look forward to the Draft as my only real get out with the boys night.

Maybe this is why I enjoy the power of being a commish.

 
I love football

FF makes some games that would be kinda "eh" to watch more exciting

I do play FF to win $$, but i look at that as a trade-off.

"Well the browns had a bad season, but at least i won a couple hundo at FF!"

I also like the challenge of how much do you know about the different schemes and offenses and defenses and how those affect individual players and then using that to predict who will have good a season

 
FBGirl79 said:
I love the research/analysis aspect of it; I do research & analysis everyday in my job and FF only improves those skillsI love football and now I have a reason to watch all the games I love the competiveness of it all, it's me against 9 guys I love the excitement of all; watching the preseason games, trying to predict who is going to do what and when, waiting in anticipation of the regular season start...I think most of all...I am going to love seeing these guys get beat by a girl :D
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I've played a few years, but,honestly, this is pretty close to mine. Just add a way to keep up with long-distance family.
 
Hear-the-Footsteps said:
Fun question. When you sit and really think about it, there are so many reasons (at least for me) why I play (and love) FF.

In no particular order...

1) I have a very competitive nature. Quite simply, I love competition. I love winning. I love showing everyone else that I did better than them.

2) I love football.

3) It makes watching any and all games that much more entertaining. More than it already was.

4) I love math and statistical analysis.

5) I love non-statistical analysis - ie, thinking outside the box and analyzing.

6) I love the camaraderie of it. Hanging with friends while watching games. Smack talking with em during the week.

7) Stemming off of #6 above - great way to keep in touch with friends who are in different parts of the country.

8) I love live in-person drafts. So much excitement. So much fun. On days when I have one of my live in-person drafts with friends, I feel like a kid in a candy store. Seriously.

9) I can be a bit obsessive. This is a great hobby for that. Tons of off-season reading, things to follow in and out of season, analyzing up the whazoo, debating, etc.

10) I enjoy betting. This is a great way to place a bet that rides for 4-5 months.

A hobby that you can make money on is awesome.

11) The excitement of a Sunday. (Someone else posted the following analogy and I can fully relate. It is like waking up as a kid when you knew you were getting gifts. All of it. The days that lead up to the birthday/holiday when you know you will get gifts is just like the days leading up to a Sunday. And then it's here - the day you've been waiting for. Excitement. Uncertainty (of what to expect). Happiness (hopefully). Yet unlike bdays or holidays - it is every week for 4-5 months. Insane!)
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:goodposting: Awesome post. 100% nailed why I love to play.

 
Dirty Weasel said:
- I love doing all the stat research, moreso at times than the actual season- I could do mock drafts for hours, picking from different positions to see what I end up with, then examining my results- Being so prepared for draft day, showing up with nothing but a pen and a blank piece of paper, then drafting a killer team while others sit in awe with all their mags and cheatsheets...what a feeling- But the main reason - FF is a ####-measuring contest, and I want to show all my leaguemates who the real John Holmes is!
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:lmao: at the last one
 
bentley said:
santo71 said:
I starting playing FF in 1990 with my Dad, brother, and a bunch of my Dad's buddies. They were followers of that guy who wrote those stat books about baseball, the one that Moneyball is based on, and played rotesserie baseball in the 80's and wanted to get into it for football, a sport they liked more. I was 14 at the time and I smoked them all. They got defensive and went on the offensive the next year, and again the 15 yr old smoked them, but this time luck played a big part. I play because I like competition and I like to watch football. I also play as means to keep in touch with friends and have conversations about things I like to watch.
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Technically, Bill James is the baseball stat guy and Moneyball is about Billy Beane.
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Bill James is the guy I was talking about. Billy was sort of a disciple to some degree.
 
obxlegends said:
17 years ago a group of us "kids," invented a special brand of fantasy football. We did it because we loved the game. We did it because we loved to compete. We were ahead of our time and I believe we knew it. 17 years later the core of us are still in that same league together. We play because we love the game. Part for nostalgia, but for basically the same reasons we did back then.I've since joined other leagues and mostly always IDP with the best owners. The bottom line is I love the challenge. I love building something. Molding a winner. I still love to compete mentally against the best.And football is such a great sport too. There's always that right? :-)
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Oh really???19 years ago my highschool buddies got our rule set out of a magazine. Do you have a time machine? or do by invented mean invented different rules than those already invented.
 
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