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8 of the 12 players were using draft dominator or paper list from here (1 Viewer)

jah2707

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So I have won the league the last two years and i used the draft dominator both times. Got lucky the first year and just blew everyone away last year. Anyway this year 7 out of 12 players had a laptop and another had a print off using draft dominator. Completely surprised me and had the worst draft I have ever had. What do you do in this situation? Every player I was high on because of reading information on this site were already taken. I had to reach to get just about anyone I wanted. Anyone else have this problem. I guess it is great for footballguys just not great for us "sharks"

 
This is probably going to sound harsh, but if you know that 7 other people are using the same information as you are and you assume that you'll be able to get the same guys in the same spots as you did in other drafts or mocks, you're sadly mistaken.

What you need to do is use that to your advantage. You basically know who the other owners are going to take, so you have to either reach for guys a round or 2 early (if you believe in them, not just because of what their ADP is) knowing they won't make it back to you, or go "upsidedown" and buck the trends and grab WR when the others are getting RB and vice versa.

 
i'd love to be in that draft, as you know what value everyone places on guys. Just means you have to reach a round if your REALLY want a guy and can get other guys (that fbg is lower on than you) for huge value).

There's a few guys in my league I know use the DD. Makes it easy to predict what they are going to do, then you just have to plan acordingly.

 
One other guy in my league that I suspect uses this site. We both don't share our sources but he is always taking the same guys I am targeting and vice versa.

 
'Ramblin Wreck said:
'Soulfly3 said:
Poor guy.

So sad to hear that you had to draft with informed people. Shame, isn't it?
What makes you think those people were informed?
8 of 12 using DD. It's right in the title.2/3 of his leaguemates know about footballguys.

66% use this site.

 
'Ramblin Wreck said:
'Soulfly3 said:
Poor guy.

So sad to hear that you had to draft with informed people. Shame, isn't it?
What makes you think those people were informed?
Excellent point! Knowing they were using DD actually makes it easier to draft. You should be relying on the other owners drafting tendencies anyway. Sounds like you used DD as a strict predictor in the past. Winning the last two seasons may have clouded your approach.
 
Learn to use it better than they do. If you haven't used custom_adp or game-by-game settings in the DD, then you really haven't used it effectively yet. Lots of stuff in the DD and it takes years to learn it all.

Now you've been informed. :)

 
Don't ask, don't tell. As far as they know, I make my own rankings.
Exactly. Ive never asked anyone in my main league about their sources...mainly cuz I dont want them to ask me. Unfortunetly, FBGs is now associated with all the MyFantasyLeague pages, so the word is gettig out.
 
Excellent points.

To answer a few questions: They figured out I was using draft dominator when I was the only one with a computer and the name is on the top. Last year we drafted in a house and we were crowded so everyone was able to look over my shoulder.

It just made the draft more difficult. Instead of getting steals I had to settle more then I wanted to.

Now I will be more prepared for next year. I customized some of it this year but didn't think I needed to play with it to much. Now I know.

 
Excellent points. To answer a few questions: They figured out I was using draft dominator when I was the only one with a computer and the name is on the top. Last year we drafted in a house and we were crowded so everyone was able to look over my shoulder. It just made the draft more difficult. Instead of getting steals I had to settle more then I wanted to. Now I will be more prepared for next year. I customized some of it this year but didn't think I needed to play with it to much. Now I know.
I find DD is TERRIBLE at finding steals. I stop using for any real purpose aside from tracking the draft after about round 9 or so.DD, unless you make major adjustments on your own, will never point out sleepers for you, because their ADP is very low and projected points are as well.Sleepers go in my memory bank
 

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