Has anyone been called out during a draft for using DD? (1 Viewer)

[ant525i]

Going to my first in person draft (usually participate in online drafts) and am a little anxious of other owners looking at my laptop and detecting the draft dominator. Any suggestions or stories?

 

[Colin Dowling]

Does your league have a rule prohibiting the use of software?

 

[ant525i]

No, there is no rule because I dont think they know about it or would poney up the money for the subscription.

 

[massraider]

Does your league have a rule prohibiting the use of software?

I think he is more focused on not letting anyone know what it is, or where he got it.I used DD for the first time at a draft last year, and was the only one with a laptop. Everyone was organized, but no one using the DD. No one asked, they just made fun of the "laptop guy" (I was an expansion team in this league, didn't know most of them). One Super Bowl appearance later, I don't know if I'll see more laptops, but I know I won't hear as many jeers.If they ask, lie. Tell 'em you came up with it yourself.

 

[ImTheScientist]

 

[BigTex]

I have a program called Brisoft (if I remember correctly) and allows me to customized all my programs and Windows. It's the best for hiding the greatness, that is the DD.

And of course you must hide the splash

 

[sholditch]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

 

[bryhamm]

Tell them you found it at blackeyedjoe.com

 

[BigTex]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

 

[sholditch]

mind telling me what's so funny about that? It was a serious question.

 

[Pat Patriot]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

 

[secretid]

Step 1: Change the name of the shortcut that launches the program to "Draft" or "Pants Party" or whatever you want.

Step 2: Rename the Draft Dominator folder to something else.

Step 3: Use notepad to open the file called "mask" in the Draft Dominator folder. Change AppTitle = DraftDominator to whatever you want the name to show up as. Change ShowSplash to no.

After that you're grilled, stuft, and good to go.

 

[snellman]

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG.

I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

 

[Interseptopus]

I used it for the first time last year, I was the only guy with a laptop...

This year everyone had one, but it was more to keep track of salaries (auction draft). Someone called me out this year on it, asking if it was draft dominator. I don't think anyone looked at it, i tried to keep it out of viewing for most people. Last year I had 2 guys looking over my shoulder at players... I had a few guys I wnated to get late for cheap taken away from me. Ah well

Just sit in a way that no one can look at your screen

 

[ffweasel]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

Uh.. I don't think most people select the exact players that are suggested using DD. I think it's more of a guideline. It's also nice to track the needs of the other teams as you are drafting. It's obvious you haven't used the software.

 

[sholditch]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

So I'm not the only one who thinks that way. For me a live draft is the funnest part of FF, and I do it mostly for fun with a little money thrown in.

 

[Tillmanisahero]

DD is like using Paper and pencil...just a tool. If you use it to draft for you and you are a shark you won't do well. DD drafts better by itself than a guppy but it doesn't have the ability to compete with a well informed shark.

Its just a tool.

Does making cheat sheets or using magazines take the fun out of draft?

 

[Colin Dowling]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

I spend so much time tweaking the stats that I feel like using the DD is simply a "reward" for my pouring over schedules and projections (the DD only reacts to the data that's input). No one asks mathematicians to avoid calculators at all costs, do they?

 

[dickey moe]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

So you've never used cheatsheets, huh?

 

[sholditch]

DD is like using Paper and pencil...just a tool. If you use it to draft for you and you are a shark you won't do well. DD drafts better by itself than a guppy but it doesn't have the ability to compete with a well informed shark.Its just a tool.Does making cheat sheets or using magazines take the fun out of draft?

No, and I guess I can see how it's the same thing, and even more so if you use your own projections instead of preloaded ones. I actually downloaded and tried out a mock with it, and certainly didn't agree with a lot of the choices made. A lot of my drafts have a fairly quick clock 60-90 seconds, so another thing I wonder about is how cumbersome it might be in that time frame. If I was at a more relaxed draft I could see it being a usefule tool. It was just an honest question if it takes away some of the thrill.

 

[Colin Dowling]

DD is like using Paper and pencil...just a tool. If you use it to draft for you and you are a shark you won't do well. DD drafts better by itself than a guppy but it doesn't have the ability to compete with a well informed shark.Its just a tool.Does making cheat sheets or using magazines take the fun out of draft?

No, and I guess I can see how it's the same thing, and even more so if you use your own projections instead of preloaded ones. I actually downloaded and tried out a mock with it, and certainly didn't agree with a lot of the choices made. A lot of my drafts have a fairly quick clock 60-90 seconds, so another thing I wonder about is how cumbersome it might be in that time frame. If I was at a more relaxed draft I could see it being a usefule tool. It was just an honest question if it takes away some of the thrill.

If you have it loaded up properly and understand the different windows and options, I think it makes selecting players even faster.I understand your hesitation for sure, but I actually find it makes the enjoyment of the draft feel so much longer than the 2 hours it takes on a Saturday. It gets addictive to tweak stats and compare projections with sites and people on the web.... and when it comes time to pick, it's that much more fun because you are really neck deep in your strategy instead of just looking at rather-bland positional rankings.

 

[BigTex]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

Bragging rights...............are you kidding? #1. Yes, Fantasy Football is a hobby, in which can be a very good investment.

#2. I don't care about some silly bragging right.

#3. The DD is a guide nothing more nothing less. It makes suggestions for me and keeps track of the draft picks during the draft. One thing I've experienced is, in the middle of the draft when everyone is scrambling to remember who's been drafted. The clock is ticking, they then make a radical decision and draft a player that's not even on the Draft Dominator.....................it's priceless.

#4. So you say what you want and I'll keep racking in the cash from my investment.

 

[joffer]

it's just a nice tool for tracking the draft, it's not decrypting satellite transmissions or anything.

 

[hydroxybear]

Does your league have a rule prohibiting the use of software?

I think he is more focused on not letting anyone know what it is, or where he got it.I used DD for the first time at a draft last year, and was the only one with a laptop. Everyone was organized, but no one using the DD. No one asked, they just made fun of the "laptop guy" (I was an expansion team in this league, didn't know most of them). One Super Bowl appearance later, I don't know if I'll see more laptops, but I know I won't hear as many jeers.If they ask, lie. Tell 'em you came up with it yourself.

I had the exact same situation last year. Somehow I lost with both LT2 and LJ on my team...ARGH!

 

[ant525i]

Step 1: Change the name of the shortcut that launches the program to "Draft" or "Pants Party" or whatever you want.Step 2: Rename the Draft Dominator folder to something else.Step 3: Use notepad to open the file called "mask" in the Draft Dominator folder. Change AppTitle = DraftDominator to whatever you want the name to show up as. Change ShowSplash to no.After that you're grilled, stuft, and good to go.

Where do I find the file "mask"?

 

[secretid]

It's in your Draft Dominator folder.

Go to My Computer and navigate to it and double-click. It will either open in notepad or Windows will ask you what to open it with.

 

[Colin Dowling]

Does your league have a rule prohibiting the use of software?

I think he is more focused on not letting anyone know what it is, or where he got it.I used DD for the first time at a draft last year, and was the only one with a laptop. Everyone was organized, but no one using the DD. No one asked, they just made fun of the "laptop guy" (I was an expansion team in this league, didn't know most of them). One Super Bowl appearance later, I don't know if I'll see more laptops, but I know I won't hear as many jeers.If they ask, lie. Tell 'em you came up with it yourself.

I had the exact same situation last year. Somehow I lost with both LT2 and LJ on my team...ARGH!

I am curious as to how you managed to lose with those two. Were you starting Dan Marino at Qb and Jerry Rice at WR?

 

[Double_J]

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

You will live to regret this day. I used FBG and DD to win my league 3 years in a row with ease. Last year I helped a friend of mine with his draft because he wasn't going to be in the league at all unless I helped him. This ******* runs and tells everyone what site I use and tells them about DD. Yeah......7 out of 12 had DD this year at our draft! Needless to say I have a much weaker team this year than the previous 3.

 

[Red Herring]

To echo the others, its a tool and nothing more. However, while I have my own projections, I leave DD preset as it seems more and more people are using it or FBG cheatsheets every year. This way, while I know I may have DD's WR25 valued as WR17, I can also tell when DD is close to reccomending the player and snap him up about a round before the "DD/cheatsheet-sheep" are "told" to. There is nothing better than hearing 4-letter words when you make your pick

 

[barndog]

I think, given some good practice with DD, some mocks in the same slot with random joes, all before the real draft, that I could go into a live draft with a printout of Bruce's spreadsheet application and replicate pretty well what I accomplish with DD.

I find DD a LOT easier to use if people take their sweet time. If picks start coming like crazy I can get a little behind.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

if you're playing for money, then why not use it? any tool that gives you an advantage is worthwhile.

if you're playing for fun, then go out and get a real job so that you can afford to play for money.

 

[the rover]

more than half of my main league uses laptops at the draft, although 3 years ago only 1 guy was using one. at least three of the owners use DD. one guy uses a very similar program from another site (tried it--not much difference, less intuitive). the other two are using spreadsheets, similar to the VBD app that this site has.

agree with others that it's just a tool...you still end up making picks based on leans and your gut. I use more of a bucketed/tiered approach than straight VBD. having the DD running just makes it so much easier to keep track of upcoming picks and lets you figure out on the fly who's falling to you where.

 

[dickey moe]

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

You will live to regret this day. I used FBG and DD to win my league 3 years in a row with ease. Last year I helped a friend of mine with his draft because he wasn't going to be in the league at all unless I helped him. This ******* runs and tells everyone what site I use and tells them about DD. Yeah......7 out of 12 had DD this year at our draft! Needless to say I have a much weaker team this year than the previous 3.

This is the ultimate Catch 22 in fantasy football for me (no pun intended). I would love to turn friends in my league on to this site, but I feel it gives me such a good advantage that I prevent myself from going through with it.

 

[glock]

Step 1: Change the name of the shortcut that launches the program to "Draft" or "Pants Party" or whatever you want.Step 2: Rename the Draft Dominator folder to something else.Step 3: Use notepad to open the file called "mask" in the Draft Dominator folder. Change AppTitle = DraftDominator to whatever you want the name to show up as. Change ShowSplash to no.After that you're grilled, stuft, and good to go.

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[Maelstrom]

Heh, you guys will love this - I put Draft Dominator up on the big screen at our live draft and use it as our "presentation" software. It has a timer and is easy enough to use, and shows the last X picks, whos available, etc.

People still bring their own notebooks, cheatsheets, mags, etc., but I did this last year and the league was more competitive than ever. Not sure how many picked off the screen and how many off their own.

Now, this is a work league with a wide range of FF skills, so I'm more concerned about people having fun than the level of competition.

 

[BlackHole]

Heh, you guys will love this - I put Draft Dominator up on the big screen at our live draft and use it as our "presentation" software. It has a timer and is easy enough to use, and shows the last X picks, whos available, etc.People still bring their own notebooks, cheatsheets, mags, etc., but I did this last year and the league was more competitive than ever. Not sure how many picked off the screen and how many off their own.Now, this is a work league with a wide range of FF skills, so I'm more concerned about people having fun than the level of competition.

A basic work league like you describe. I can see this adding to the league. In fiercely competetive leagues, no way. I personally like it and don't care if anyone every called me out on it. It is a tool and one that I've become adept enough with the past couple years, I find myself able to more freeely then I've done at drafts in several years. You can track the entire draft much easier and quicker then pen, magazine/cheatsheets and highlighter. You also have all this wonderfull information at your fingertips to gauge who and when you want to draft players you target/covet. It's a tool, just like anything else. Get to know it, you'll love it.BTW, in three of my 5 live draft leagues at least 5 of the owners used the DD last year. I can guarantee you that not one person drafts exactly as the DD suggests and most have their own projections in the software, or at least tweak the existing ones. So, again it is just a fantastic, powerful tool that only helps you to draft. With the subscription it's cheaper then a highlighter, clipboard, pen, pencil, paper, magazine and cheatsheet printouts. So it's also a short term ROI (return on investment).

 

[Courtjester]

It is not like the DD is like a pre-pick in an on-line draft.

It simply points out where the best value is and that is it. It doesn't MAKE you choose a certain player.

You still control who you pick. It frankly is no different than a fantasy magazine top 300 list....well to be fair, it is more informed, more updated and more quality and probably will enable you to blow away the guppies in your league, but besides that, there really is no difference.

 

[Tick]

I would tell them you made it yourself, then start describing how you learned Visual Basic and developed it, and it only took you about five hours to crank it out.

 

[SSOG]

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

You will live to regret this day. I used FBG and DD to win my league 3 years in a row with ease. Last year I helped a friend of mine with his draft because he wasn't going to be in the league at all unless I helped him. This ******* runs and tells everyone what site I use and tells them about DD. Yeah......7 out of 12 had DD this year at our draft! Needless to say I have a much weaker team this year than the previous 3.

I strongly disagree with these sentiments. I feel like, if you can't win without getting a huge outside advantage, then you're not a better fantasy player and you don't deserve to win anyway.My goal is to make the leagues I am in as competitive as humanly possible. I want everybody to be perfectly informed, and well-educated on every aspect of fantasy football. I want to give my league-mates every possible advantage I enjoy. I then want to, despite the fact that I don't have a single advantage, draft a dominating team and destroy everyone else in my league, thoroughly proving my superiority. I don't get thrills beating 12 year olds in basketball, so why would I get a kick out of beating guppies in fantasy football?I know that last year, the website we were drafting on went down, so I actually brought my entire league over here to FBGs and finished up the draft in the Mocks forum. I encouraged all of my leaguemates to look around. Next year, the commissioner and I are talking about making the Draft Dominator- at LEAST the free version- mandatory software that all league members are REQUIRED to download and use, if for nothing more than keeping track of picks and players.Trust me, it's a lot more fulfilling making it to the playoffs when you know that you EARNED it.

 

[Pat Patriot]

Doesn't using the DD take some of the fun out of drafting,, IE using your wits? Maybe not. I've never used it.

Serious question:Is Fantasy Football an investment for most of you?

Even if you win, you cant have much in the way of bragging rights if you let a software program that you pay for pick your team and then most likely let the "experts" at the website pick your weekly starting lineups?

Bragging rights...............are you kidding? #1. Yes, Fantasy Football is a hobby, in which can be a very good investment.

#2. I don't care about some silly bragging right.

#3. The DD is a guide nothing more nothing less. It makes suggestions for me and keeps track of the draft picks during the draft. One thing I've experienced is, in the middle of the draft when everyone is scrambling to remember who's been drafted. The clock is ticking, they then make a radical decision and draft a player that's not even on the Draft Dominator.....................it's priceless.

#4. So you say what you want and I'll keep racking in the cash from my investment.

Braggin rights?......No I am not kidding. I moved to Toronto ten years ago for work and founded a FF league. Although I have been back in the States for 8 years, I am still in that league and it is ALL about the bragging rights.#1 I make enough money at my job not to have to worry about FF as an investment. I actually bet games for high stakes action. I dont need a lot of money riding on my FF team.

#2 It must be a sad existence you have in your league. No banter? No busting balls?

#3 Those of you that say you only use DD as a guide probably couldnt pick your ### without your "tool". Either you write down the picks as they occur or track them in excel on your laptop as they occur. Not very difficult. I have never had a problem remembering who has been drafted. You know when your pick is coming, you should have 2-3 names ready to go. Even if your top guy gets picked there is no reason you shouldnt be able to make a pick in 30 seconds.

#4 As I said, If I NEED to start treating FF as an investment, please shoot me.

 

[Kleck.]

it's just a nice tool for tracking the draft, it's not decrypting satellite transmissions or anything.

 

[Dreamer]

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

After much contemplation and not wanting to, I just told a fellow league member about DD and FBG. I feel kind of dirty now, because I like helping Joe and David get new customers, but I hate the fact of disclosing my secrets.

You will live to regret this day. I used FBG and DD to win my league 3 years in a row with ease. Last year I helped a friend of mine with his draft because he wasn't going to be in the league at all unless I helped him. This ******* runs and tells everyone what site I use and tells them about DD. Yeah......7 out of 12 had DD this year at our draft! Needless to say I have a much weaker team this year than the previous 3.

My goal is to make the leagues I am in as competitive as humanly possible.

My goal is to make enough money to pay for Christmas.

 

[DoubleG]

There is nothing better than hearing 4-letter words when you make your pick

 

[SSOG]

My goal is to make enough money to pay for Christmas.

Buy mutual funds. Much better returns.

 

[DoubleG]

My goal is to make enough money to pay for Christmas.

Buy mutual funds. Much better returns.

Also not subject (generally speaking) to injury, suspensions, contract hold-outs, etc. [/Horn,DJax,Burleson,P.Crayton owner from last year]

 

[Dreamer]

My goal is to make enough money to pay for Christmas.

Buy mutual funds. Much better returns.

For you perhaps. Me, not so much.

 

[chris1969]

I just tell them I'm looking at porn

 

[veto87]

I'm a first time user of DD and have used it for an online draft , where it worked great but with autopicks and a 90 sec time limit , I did get behind at one point later in the draft .... but now my question... I have an 'in person' draft coming up and need to be able to place keepers ( which I've figured) the problem is that our league is expanding so the new teams get an additional pick after the 3rd round as they don't have keepers. The extra picks screw up the draft order. Should I just manually change the draft order from the 3rd round on or is there another way? Anyone had a similiar situation and can help?

 

[Wingnut]

Last year, I was the 1st in my league to take a laptop to te draft and I used DD. In the first round, one of the guys came over and took a quick peek to see what program I was using...he says "Ahh, youre using Draft Dominator. We're using the same stats then" and he heads back over to his seat

I was like "Yeah, ok." (I make my own projections and he obviously uses FBGs.)

Then someone else made a comment about a computer drafting for me, so I said "After I win it all this year, lets see how many people bring one next year!!!"

So I won my league and know for a fact that at least 2 others are bringing laptops this year. Do they have DD?? I dont know, but I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[kevinallen]

Going to my first in person draft (usually participate in online drafts) and am a little anxious of other owners looking at my laptop and detecting the draft dominator. Any suggestions or stories?

A friend of mine used it a couple of years ago... and had the worst season he's ever had. Go figure...