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Fantasyauctioneer.com: anyone else having problems (1 Viewer)
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Footballguy
We had to reschedule our draft. SIte kept crashing on Monday...... Big disappointment
Our auction worked ok last year and our auction is next week. This doesn't make me feel good... looks like the site down right now as well. Is there any other service that hosts auctions? An in person auction isn't possible for us and I really don't want to go back to snake drafts.
Captain Hook
Footballguy
Did one there Sunday night without any problems............
BigRed
Footballguy
I am going to create an ESPN league which has a similar auction service and have ready as our backup site. Features aren't nearly as good (eg cannot pause the draft any time you want and not even sure if you can "un-do" picks if necessary for whatever reason - also cannot do "serpantine" draft order), but so far as I know it is at least reliable, and it's free. Not disregarding FA.com, but we cannot just pick another day, we HAVE to do it on schedule. Also there's always chat rooms (MFL leagues have them built in) or teleconf. Again hardly ideal but you know it'll work at least.PS site working for me now but EXTREMELY slow.
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Alberta Clipper
Footballguy
I'm having trouble logging in tonight too. I don't like to see these kind of problems now. It's still pretty early. The next 10 days will progressively get higher and higher server usage/demand.
George if you're out there please post an update on fbg message boards as many read these boards.
George did mention to me in preseason that for 2008 they took steps to prevent some of the freezing/server load/crashing issues that FA has experienced at peak times the last 2 years.
Here's hoping that the next 10 days go smooth for FA and fantasy teams using them.
My keeper auction league strongly considered leaving after last year but I lobbied to stay with FA one more year b/c i believe in the product.
fingers crossed...
George if you're out there please post an update on fbg message boards as many read these boards.
George did mention to me in preseason that for 2008 they took steps to prevent some of the freezing/server load/crashing issues that FA has experienced at peak times the last 2 years.
Here's hoping that the next 10 days go smooth for FA and fantasy teams using them.
My keeper auction league strongly considered leaving after last year but I lobbied to stay with FA one more year b/c i believe in the product.
fingers crossed...
pollardsvision
Footballguy
last year, we had the site crash while trying to do our auction.
we quickly set up a free mock auction and had everyone in the league join before anyone else. the free mock worked just fine when the auction we paid for was completely useless an hour earlier.
now that espn does free auctions, i don't know what's going on over at FA.com, but last year, i had the sneaking suspicion that they go to greater lengths to make sure that free mocks don't encounter problems.
presumably, the free mocks have many potential customers that they'd rather not turn off.
if i were to use it again, i'd make sure to set up free mock beforehand that starts 15 min. after the paid auction does. (or just skip the paying part altogether)
we quickly set up a free mock auction and had everyone in the league join before anyone else. the free mock worked just fine when the auction we paid for was completely useless an hour earlier.
now that espn does free auctions, i don't know what's going on over at FA.com, but last year, i had the sneaking suspicion that they go to greater lengths to make sure that free mocks don't encounter problems.
presumably, the free mocks have many potential customers that they'd rather not turn off.
if i were to use it again, i'd make sure to set up free mock beforehand that starts 15 min. after the paid auction does. (or just skip the paying part altogether)
FWIW it's somewhat better today but still slow. If this is due to traffic, wtfo, trim down avail bandwidth for free mocks and provide for paying customers. If it's this bad mid-week, I shudder to think what'll happen over upcoming weekends.
GregR_2
Footballguy
How does ESPN compare in terms of the quality of the auction tool? That is my main draw to FA. Not there aren't some things they could still improve on. Though giving you the ability to type in player salaries when pre-entering instead of having to use those stupid arrow keys at least fixed my biggest complaint about last year.
BigRed
Footballguy
Doesn't have some of the features as I mentioned above (and I could live w/o the player pics as they are nominated) but I have done a number of auctions mocks on ESPN and have yet to experience (or even hear of) a draft room hanging, crashing, gettting dropped off, etc - and frankly I'll trade features for reliability every time. In most respects they are similar though.
butcher boy
Footballguy
Anyone have any luck getting to the site last night or this morning?
It's been down for me this whole time. It's very distressing.
If any FA.com people post here, PLEASE give updates.
Does anyone remember the support email address?
It's been down for me this whole time. It's very distressing.
If any FA.com people post here, PLEASE give updates.
Does anyone remember the support email address?
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joey
Footballguy
we had an 8pm auction slated for last night.No one could even access FA's home page from 7pm-8:30-ish.We FINALLY all got into the auction app around 9:15pm.Then the commish hit the "Start Auction" button and IT DIDN'T WORK!So, we all left the auction and all tried starting it up again, and it still didn't work.Then, we tried to set up a free mock draft and it kept crashing the web browserwhen the commish tried to confirm the free mock.So...3 hours of wasted time and no auction results to speak of.I think we're going to try ESPN tonight but not all owners can make it tonight.FA is now dead to us in our league.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
the only thing i can think of that FA offers in terms of quality that ESPN does not is the ability to customize the budget. with ESPN, you can only use a $200 budget as far as i know. with ESPN, commish's can pause the draft, undo picks, reset the draft, and adjust the bid/nomination times.you can also pre-enter player salaries (without having to use arrow keys).unless a league must have a budget that's not $200, i think ESPN is just a better, free version of FA that will likely have fewer technical difficulties.that said, i've only used ESPN for random leagues for practice so far. FA has always worked perfectly for similar free mocks and the problems only came when using a paid-for auction. i've got 3 custom auctions coming up with ESPN (during high traffic times). i'll report back if there are any problems.
GregR_2
Footballguy
Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully they change the auction amount, as my league is $500 and it wouldn't really be feasible to do it with a $200 cap.Also, what all positions do they support? In particular, do they have the ability to have CB, S, DE, and DT separate or do they force you to lump them together as DL and DB? Also, do they have any kind of team offense or head coach category? Or punters? (FA does have the different IDP positions, doesn't have punters, but does have head coaches buried in the kicker list).
BigRed
Footballguy
First FA.com problem is fixed FYI, at least it's working fine for me. Got an email from them saying they had some kids figure out a way to clog the servers with spam email. Isn't that cute - tee hee, giggle 
Re ESPN, can you pause it any time, is there max on how long etc? Also I don't think you can have it nominate in reverse order which matters to us (I wouldn't know since nobody answered my email asking about it - big surprise, cust support is non-existant).
Re ESPN, can you pause it any time, is there max on how long etc? Also I don't think you can have it nominate in reverse order which matters to us (I wouldn't know since nobody answered my email asking about it - big surprise, cust support is non-existant).
pollardsvision
Footballguy
had my 1st custom auction on ESPN yesterday. for the most part, everything went well. some of the players were a bit hard to find (a couple QBs in the "IR-eligible" list instead of the QB list), but not a big deal. (if it helps anyone, owen daniels is absolutely buried on the espn TE list. almost impossible to find)most importantly, it didn't crash.i'm pretty sure you can do head coaches and specific IDP positions (CB,S, DE,DT, ILB,OLB). don't think so on the punters and team offenses.RE: someone asking about pausing length. you can pause it for as long as you want.
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pollardsvision
Footballguy
hope that fixes it for them. hope thoss kids get the book thrown at them.you can pause for as long as you want on espn.i don't think you can reverse the nomination order, but i haven't really investigated either.First FA.com problem is fixed FYI, at least it's working fine for me. Got an email from them saying they had some kids figure out a way to clog the servers with spam email. Isn't that cute - tee hee, giggleRe ESPN, can you pause it any time, is there max on how long etc? Also I don't think you can have it nominate in reverse order which matters to us (I wouldn't know since nobody answered my email asking about it - big surprise, cust support is non-existant).
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KellysHeroes
Footballguy
My league is having a draft there Sunday, the 31st. This will be the 3rd yr in a row for the league... both years there were issues; both nothing that the commish couldn't fix by rolling back.
I hope they have thier stuff together by then.
I hope they have thier stuff together by then.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
jezz.. can anyone log in right now?
Softball 3:16
Footballguy
I've got nothing. Is there any reason to use these guys if ESPN has a free auction tool? I'm going to set mine up right now.
Softball 3:16
Footballguy
You actually can't set up an auction right now that will run today on ESPN. ANyone know of a site where you are good to go right away?
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
Nope. Here's what they said yesterday
lease accept our sincerest apologies for the technical difficulties we are having. We are doing our best to resolve the situation, but it would be best if you can try to find another day to reconvene. I realize that is much more easily said than done, but I have to be realistic as to the chances of us fixing this problem today.We will obviously refund your fee. If you can find another time to do this, please email support to get a free promo code. If you are willing to give us another chance, we will be happy to give you free auctions then as well.Again, we are very, very sorry for these technical problems. We will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible, but it will likely take longer than usual for obvious reasons. Thank you.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
Ouch.. I really hope they get this fixed today.
drbrainfreeze
Footballguy
I got a similar email this morning.I think I'll have my league try for tonight on Fantasyauctioneer.com and if that doesn't work use a Chat Room.If anyone has a better idea, i'd open for suggestions. ESPN won't let me create a league for tonight and owners are all over the place schedule wise...I hope things work out tonight.I can only imagine how long the auction will take in a chat room.Nope. Here's what they said yesterday
Softball 3:16
Footballguy
I hear ya. This sucks.
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
rotowire.com has auction software, but only available to their subscribers.
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
I didn't get an email either. What I posted was on the front page yesterday. My draft is on the 30th, and have suggested to the commish to have a back up plan on ESPN. I have a feeling this could get ugly.
GregR_2
Footballguy
Any interested in trying to mobilize a bunch of us to request more functionality in those regards, so next year hopefully ESPN will be as fully featured an option as FA? How do you give feedback there, is there an email address, or message board, or what?
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
Maybe money. They're free, so I'm not sure what incentive there is for them to change things. Hopefully auction drafting gets more popular and someone else pops up with a decent service. It's unreal that FA is the only ballgame in town.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
you can email or call. i'm sure it will be an option next year.i assume they are trying to keep it simple in their 1st season doing auctions. espn's general fantasy consumer base, i assume, is fairly new to auctions and probably wasn't looking for much customization. if they were trying to just steal FA's business, they probably just wanted to get something free going that won't have technical difficulties.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
did anyone get to auction this weekend?
butcher boy
Footballguy
Well my auction just timed out for everyone in the middle of it, about 8 rounds in. We try to get back in and it just logs you out automatically.This is absolutely ridiculous.Any recommendations on how to finish an auction like this halfway through? Thank god I was tracking the draft in excel at the same time.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
what u mean it timed out... how long did it take?
butcher boy
Footballguy
The auction software just stopped responding for everyone. We closed the browser, and re-logged in, but everytime we clicked Join, it said our connection timed and would not re-open the auction window.Here's the kicker. It autodrafted the remainder of the auction for everyone, and we're now showing up in the Completed Auctions listing. I dont know how this is fixable.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
only if ESPN allowed u to change the cap of $200...
Unlucky
Phenom
I went with ESPN today instead of FA. Only have 2 complaints, but otherwise pretty solid:
Needs to be snake order nominations
When fixing or undoing a player, it forces you to redo all players done since that player. This is a minor annoyance only.
Otherwise, commish can pause, undo picks, adjust prices, and change the nomination and bid times.
Needs to be snake order nominations
When fixing or undoing a player, it forces you to redo all players done since that player. This is a minor annoyance only.
Otherwise, commish can pause, undo picks, adjust prices, and change the nomination and bid times.
TheSpecialOne
Footballguy
Just a few thoughts.
Can someone that works at football guys use their connections (football guys and fantasy auctioneer are both part of the fantasy players dot com network) to put some pressure on these guys to fix the site and/or have football guys develop their own auction tool for next year (it would be a great hook to add additional subscribers or to keep subscribers).
Can someone that works at football guys use their connections (football guys and fantasy auctioneer are both part of the fantasy players dot com network) to put some pressure on these guys to fix the site and/or have football guys develop their own auction tool for next year (it would be a great hook to add additional subscribers or to keep subscribers).
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
This is complete BS. They know they are having problems, yet let leagues attempt to draft, therefore screwing them up even more. They should just close shop until everything is fixed, and give refunds where appropriate.The auction software just stopped responding for everyone. We closed the browser, and re-logged in, but everytime we clicked Join, it said our connection timed and would not re-open the auction window.Here's the kicker. It autodrafted the remainder of the auction for everyone, and we're now showing up in the Completed Auctions listing. I dont know how this is fixable.
red stripe
Footballguy
Last year our auction froze up at very first click, we had to go back to snake draft at MFL. George gave us a free pass for this year but now I dunno... Hope George can weigh in or we can get some success stories in the next few hours. Meantime I guess I'll set up the backup league on ESPN.drbrainfreeze
Footballguy
Here's my updateNo one in my league could get in to the auction at 840 pm est. Basically kept timing out. So, our backup (could not rechedule) was to use a chat room. We used Chatzy.com, just invited everybody in. As commish I was the auctioneer, we had a nomination order, i gave it approx 15 secs after last bid ..typed going 1, going 2, going 3, done. And if I typed done before a new bid, it was final.Finally started at 9pm, ended at 1:30 am. 4.5 Hrs. And, since I was keeping track of a lot of the stuff, I really could not focus on the auction myself.I sent fantasyauctioneer.com a request for refund, and we're going to talk over using espn next season. I will have to normalize keepers to get to a $200 league, and overlook some minor things, but at least I won't have to deal with this again.Last year our auction froze up at very first click, we had to go back to snake draft at MFL. George gave us a free pass for this year but now I dunno... Hope George can weigh in or we can get some success stories in the next few hours. Meantime I guess I'll set up the backup league on ESPN.
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