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I was going to use them as another example of the strategy difference between H2H and Total Points. An owner drafting Manning, Wayne, & Addai in total points is probably in better shape than one drafting all three on the same H2H team. In total points, you'd get their total full year of production. In H2H, the lower variance will regress toward your scoring average... some weeks a bad game by Peyton will sink your team, other weeks, his stellar production might 'go to waste' as it runs up the score in a game you'd win anyway. An owner might want to spread their team around a bit more in H2H to change their scoring dynamic. In Total Points, getting them is "set it and forget it", they won't be on the pine unless they're hurt or on a bye. In some cases in H2H, an owner might want to go with a higher variance lineup to have a better chance at winning.
I guess if your entire objective of playing fantasy football is to win money, then I can see why you do not like H2H. For the 95% of fantasy players who enjoy more than just the monetary prize at the end of the year, then H2H offers much more pros than cons.
No. The 2nd best team is the team with the 2nd highest point total. I never understood this argument? The best fantasy team is the team with the highest number of points after week 17, not the H2H champion. Why is their a debate? Don't get it?
This was a redraft league that was switched to a keeper league to transition into dynasty. I came in the year that it was going to be keepers and then it went dynasty.I don't think anyone really thought about it because they had all played in redraft ESPN/yahoo type leagues. We have used myfantasyleague.com for 5 years now.Clueless is a bit strong. You must wish everyone was a smart as you. It just takes time for people to learn things in life. I guess it's taking you longer than most to learn that.
Totally agree.When there is money involved and you play with friends head-to-head is good .I have been in the same league for over 20 years ( No money ) and believe it s as competititve as if there was money, if there was money it end in a brawl ..
This is exactly what we are going to do with one h2h and the other allplay.If you want to the league to determine who is the best at predicting which NFL players will generate the relevant stats, then yes anything that trends away from H2H and more towards total points will increase the 'skill' factor by some amount. I don't think there's a way to argue against that. The question is: what is your cost benefit here? The cost is your 'fun factor' and the benefit is increase in 'skill factor'. For some groups of people skill factor = fun factor and you have a perfect match, just go Total Points. But that is rarely the case. IMO: Convince all your leaguemates to start a new 2nd league based on Total Points and try out both in parallel for the year!
We do H2H and weekly points awards. Generally speaking, the strongest teams will make their entry fee back in the weekly points contest.
There you go.The very first benefit of FF for me was that it gave me a reason to watch -- and be strongly interested in -- virtually any game on the schedule. Before FF, if MNF was a matchup of dud teams or it didn't affect the hometown team, there was little incentive to actively watch the game. Beyond scouting for free agents and just enjoying football, having a "side contest" be decided on MNF gives you another thrill once H2H is decided for the week. So it's not just about luck or holding owners interest once they are out of contention.
Definitely the best of both worlds, I can't believe more people aren't on board with victory points
A game that is total luck - results should be purely random and no consistent winners or losers over time.A game that is partially luck/partially skill - results will have some people doing generally better/generally worse than average based on their skill.
You can't compare it to the NFL. NFL teams have defenses which attempt to keep the score of the opponents as low as possible. In Fantasy Football, what do you have to keep your opponent's score low? Nothing. No matter what team you play against in FF, your score is going to be the same.Imagine if the NFL was run H2H like FF. No defense on the field, every team plays at their home stadium and just scores as many points as they can in 60 minutes. Then randomly assign an opponent after the fact and whoever scored more gets the win. Sounds ridiculous, right? But yet that's basically how H2H FF works.
I did a simulation last year comparing H2H and VP. My league was increasing our league fees so I was pushing for VP's since luck is a lot lower. Despite the results of my simulations, there were still several league members reluctant to switch to VP's. I don't understand why (I think it was because those teams felt they could only make the playoffs with lucky wins), but we did get enough votes luckily to change to VP's.The assumptions were basically that the best team averaged 100 points per week, the 2nd best team 98 points, 3rd best 96 points and so on down to the 10th team which average 82 points. Then I assumed variability similar to what was seen in actual games over the first 11 seasons of our league. Here are the % times each team made the playoffs using the 2 different methods:
