MyFootballguys (aka My FBG) (2 Viewers)

[MattFancy]

One question I have, the old MyFBG, we had an "active" league. Is there a way to set it in the new version?

 

[Pickle Rody]

Subscriber contest entries are on the main site only. The new MyFootballguys is only doing what the old MyFBG system did, for leagues hosted on those external sites.

The old MyFBG home page did provide links to each of the Subscriber Contests.....Regular Season and Playoff. Both for contest entry and status. Maybe you missed them. It was convenient to be able to quickly take a look at your entry each week....."did I survive or not?"....while checking out the 10-second primer (or whatever) for other leagues linked.

 

[BobbyLayne]

10-second primer went away for good?

 

[Pickle Rody]

Agree with others sentiments that player pictures are a waste of needed space. Hope you follow through with nixing them.

 

[KellysHeroes]

I want a refund, this is looking way too much like all the other websites that had big promises and then cashed out 

 

[MattFancy]

And now all of my leagues are gone. They were showing up this morning and now there is nothing there when I click on My Leagues.

 

[gianmarco]

I think it's a little early to say it's a lost year. Please bear with us. For non-dynasty leagues these features are only really useful for waivers and lineups; we're not there yet.

These look like individual issues as obv lots of people are logging in correctly here. Please email me apps@footballguys.com and we'll work through it there.

You say it's early to consider it a lost year and obviously some are saying it's too late to be beta testing. 

When you consider there are people that subscribe primarily to use this for drafts, it's currently prime draft season, and there are obviously still issues that keep it from working for many, then I tend to agree that it's a lost year for some. 

I don't understand why you're still trying to convince some that it'll be ok when it's not. FBG offers many items and people subscribe for many different reasons. Some like the articles, some like the contests, some like the tools, etc.

I get why you guys did this. But when several people here have posted they are mid draft and clearly affected by unexpected changes to a product they were counting on, it seems some of the responses here are not fully understanding that impact on certain customers. Telling them it's too early to say it's a lost year shows a lack of understanding about the impact the timing of these major changes, IMO.

 

[SKI]

You say it's early to consider it a lost year and obviously some are saying it's too late to be beta testing. 

When you consider there are people that subscribe primarily to use this for drafts, it's currently prime draft season, and there are obviously still issues that keep it from working for many, then I tend to agree that it's a lost year for some. 

I don't understand why you're still trying to convince some that it'll be ok when it's not. FBG offers many items and people subscribe for many different reasons. Some like the articles, some like the contests, some like the tools, etc.

I get why you guys did this. But when several people here have posted they are mid draft and clearly affected by unexpected changes to a product they were counting on, it seems some of the responses here are not fully understanding that impact on certain customers. Telling them it's too early to say it's a lost year shows a lack of understanding about the impact the timing of these major changes, IMO.

I don't get this perspective.  

I'm a heavy keeper/dynasty player and more than halfway through my main draft.  By all rational thought, I'm the type of player who is most effected by the changes and issues. Yet, I'm fine - because the reality is that all of last year's tools, with one exception, have been available.  Classic DD is still there.  Projections and articles still there.  The only thing we got in years past that hasn't been there has been the league linkage in MyFBG - and we are almost there with that.  

Yes, it is frustrating that they are a couple months behind where they should be development-wise and we are sitting here two thirds of the way through August and they are squashing a ton of bugs but I've been a fan of Joe and Co. since the cheatsheet.net days and they have, over those two decades, proven that they actually care about the community and are committed to providing the best, smartest tools for the committed players.   

 

[houston]

Waiver wire coming soon, before 31st August. Rest of season rankings in there already, just not showing until after week 1 for obvious reasons.

We couldn't have been clearer about the mobile draft dominator ever since we first released it 3 years ago. There's for instance more details on this here: http://footballguys.com/loginfaq.php. We developed it at extra cost, and it was extra functionality, so were faced with either raising the sub to cover those costs or price it separately so everyone is able to choose if they want that or not. We chose the latter.

Subscriber contest entries are on the main site only. The new MyFootballguys is only doing what the old MyFBG system did, for leagues hosted on those external sites.

Thanks for the reply, I can sense your frustration. As this is a message board, and given you're trying to transition everyone to a new security blanket at the worst time of year, you're gonna hear complaints. 

I could be wrong, but pretty sure there was a clear link to the contest off of the old myfbg site. One small example of how many of us preferred the old one page that linked to everything easily. 

Someone mentioned sites cashing out. Oh boy, hadn't even thought of that. I sure hope the mid season "we're proud to announce our exclusive partnership with CBS"email isn't in the works. 

 

[SKI]

I could be wrong, but pretty sure there was a clear link to the contest off of the old myfbg site. One small example of how many of us preferred the old one page that linked to everything easily. 

It is still there.  When you go to the upperleft link to access MyFBG, you can select the "old" MyFBG or the "new".  Just select the old one. 

http://subscribers.footballguys.com/myfbg/my.php

 

[Simon Shepherd]

One question I have, the old MyFBG, we had an "active" league. Is there a way to set it in the new version?

adding this to request list for action

 

[Simon Shepherd]

The old MyFBG home page did provide links to each of the Subscriber Contests.....Regular Season and Playoff. Both for contest entry and status. Maybe you missed them. It was convenient to be able to quickly take a look at your entry each week....."did I survive or not?"....while checking out the 10-second primer (or whatever) for other leagues linked.

It linked to them and still does; we suggest you guys continue to use those links and bookmark if necessary.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

10-second primer went away for good?

No. Back before the season.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

And now all of my leagues are gone. They were showing up this morning and now there is nothing there when I click on My Leagues.

Please email apps@footballguys.com with as many details as possible. When we get to individual issues like this I'm going to try to get you guys to move over to that system because the single-thread ticket means I know we won't miss anyone out. Otherwise this thread can get muddled.

Response times there are very good so please don't feel like we're pushing you guys to one side going down that route. Genuinely asking that to get you the solution quickest.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

You say it's early to consider it a lost year and obviously some are saying it's too late to be beta testing. 

When you consider there are people that subscribe primarily to use this for drafts, it's currently prime draft season, and there are obviously still issues that keep it from working for many, then I tend to agree that it's a lost year for some. 

I don't understand why you're still trying to convince some that it'll be ok when it's not. FBG offers many items and people subscribe for many different reasons. Some like the articles, some like the contests, some like the tools, etc.

I get why you guys did this. But when several people here have posted they are mid draft and clearly affected by unexpected changes to a product they were counting on, it seems some of the responses here are not fully understanding that impact on certain customers. Telling them it's too early to say it's a lost year shows a lack of understanding about the impact the timing of these major changes, IMO.

The draft lists should be working now on the new MyFootballguys; if they're not individually for you or your leagues, let us know at apps@footballguys.com. But even then our advice would be if at all possible to use one of the Draft Dominator tools there. DD Classic has MFL import, new DD will have that next year too.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Thanks for the reply, I can sense your frustration. As this is a message board, and given you're trying to transition everyone to a new security blanket at the worst time of year, you're gonna hear complaints. 

I could be wrong, but pretty sure there was a clear link to the contest off of the old myfbg site. One small example of how many of us preferred the old one page that linked to everything easily. 

Someone mentioned sites cashing out. Oh boy, hadn't even thought of that. I sure hope the mid season "we're proud to announce our exclusive partnership with CBS"email isn't in the works. 

Appreciate your understanding. We're doing our best here.

I can give you a 100% guarantee that there will never be any exclusive deal with sites "cashing out". @Joe Bryant and @David Dodds I am 100% certain would say the same thing.

 

[Jed]

Small thing - but for example you have SEA @ MIA when they are at home.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Guys, I do have an update on the FFPC situation for FFPC Dynasty and Footballguys Player Championship leagues. These were taken out of a user's league listing API call recently due to people on another site abusing the system by spying on other people's leagues. Bottom line is, this would have broken regardless of new system or old as the old system was making the same API calls we're doing now. I'm continuing a conversation with FFPC here to see if there is a way to get them from the API call with authentication; failing that we will put a box under the leagues we could find, asking you to enter a league ID for those league types that aren't returned over the API.

Bottom line: this will be fixed soon.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Small thing - but for example you have SEA @ MIA when they are at home.

Hi Jed, where are you seeing that now? Can you let us know what screen that is on? thanks.

 

[Ojaays]

OK

I still cannot get my 9 FFPC teams to sync in.

It only loads up my DE teams and my terminator, which, really is useless as they are all best ball leagues and theres nothing to do them other than draft them.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

OK

I still cannot get my 9 FFPC teams to sync in.

It only loads up my DE teams and my terminator, which, really is useless as they are all best ball leagues and theres nothing to do other than draft them.

Please see my post 3 posts above - thanks.

 

[gianmarco]

I don't get this perspective.  

I'm a heavy keeper/dynasty player and more than halfway through my main draft.  By all rational thought, I'm the type of player who is most effected by the changes and issues. Yet, I'm fine - because the reality is that all of last year's tools, with one exception, have been available.  Classic DD is still there.  Projections and articles still there.  The only thing we got in years past that hasn't been there has been the league linkage in MyFBG - and we are almost there with that.  

Yes, it is frustrating that they are a couple months behind where they should be development-wise and we are sitting here two thirds of the way through August and they are squashing a ton of bugs but I've been a fan of Joe and Co. since the cheatsheet.net days and they have, over those two decades, proven that they actually care about the community and are committed to providing the best, smartest tools for the committed players.   

You seemed to have completely missed my point. And to be clear, I'm NOT one of those affected by this currently.  I don't use this site to draft.  In fact, i don't use this feature until the season starts. 

That said, there are people that purchase subscriptions for specific reasons. There are people in this thread that have said they buy the subscription ONLY for the MyFBG function and use it for their drafts as well as during the season. So for them, it's completely irrelevant that the articles are still there or that the projections and DD are still there. Sure, they could go and use them, but if they are used to MyFBG, pay primarily for that function, and when they need it most it's unexpectedly not functional, that's a major issue. To then be told that it's not too late fails to recognize that subset of customer, even if they are the minority.  As they stated, a big reason to use that tool is because it helps with the time needed to prepare. If you are mid draft, trying to use DD for the first time or spend time beta testing is far from ideal.

 

[Ojaays]

Please see my post 3 posts above - thanks.

Ok, I believe FFPC will release these teams to your site after all the drafts are done, is this correct?

 

[Jed]

Hi Jed, where are you seeing that now? Can you let us know what screen that is on? thanks.

In the Lineup Coach,

Here's a screenshot: http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww324/valuegolf/MIA_zpsyqtbqead.jpg

 

[beercat]

Sorry if this has been asked already but is there a way to list the rankings for a position and then highlight players on your team as well as players on another team?This was my favorite part about the classic version. Made it easy to highlight different teams to see where their strengths and weaknesses were for possible trading partners. I will also agree that the row height is entirely too high. The more players I can see on one screen the better. 

 

[Hankmoody]

Personalized Rankings = 6 mouse clicks to change from QB to RB.  Please add links above the table so this can be done in one click.  The Filters are nice for filtering multiple positions though.

Please break out DL into DE/DT and DB into S/CB for those leagues that treat them separately.  This is prior function that's been lost.

 

[Tom Hagen]

Sorry if this has been asked already but is there a way to list the rankings for a position and then highlight players on your team as well as players on another team?This was my favorite part about the classic version. Made it easy to highlight different teams to see where their strengths and weaknesses were for possible trading partners. I will also agree that the row height is entirely too high. The more players I can see on one screen the better. 

Highlighting players on another team in addition to your own is a very important feature to me also. Preferably with one click like the old myFBG.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Highlighting players on another team in addition to your own is a very important feature to me also. Preferably with one click like the old myFBG.

yes just click on the team name in the grid

 

[houston]

Now that I'm reminded that there still is a myFBG classic page, will that page have any value now or during the season?

Will the classic page continue to have updates? Is there a point where only half the links will be useful? Is there a set date where the classic page disappears?

Maybe I missed it, but if classic still has some life, the message should be "We've got a brand new feature, and it's the future, and it will take a little time to get used to, but know that the old way still works for another XXX months"

 

[Gottabesweet]

Assuming CBS will work soon?   I prefer the classic look. 

As of now, everything at MyFBG is working EXCEPT FOR the ability to link your profile here to an online league (e.g. at yahoo or CBS or nfl.com).

 

[cobalt_27]

I think it's a little early to say it's a lost year. Please bear with us. For non-dynasty leagues these features are only really useful for waivers and lineups; we're not there yet.

These look like individual issues as obv lots of people are logging in correctly here. Please email me apps@footballguys.com and we'll work through it there.

I beg to differ.  It's not too early, since drafts have been ongoing this month with many folks, including myself.  Waivers are ongoing, and access to these tools and linkage to our specific leagues would have been helpful.  The issue isn't whether or not bugs will be ironed out by the beginning of the season, it's that in the heat of the draft year, very basic tools were unavailable.

I don't want a refund or anything like that.  Just reinforcing that it's disappointing that there did not appear to be a sense of urgency or clear sense of timing to get this project completed well before the draft season.

I will say, it does look like basic functionality--like being able to log in and sync leagues--was established last night, which is helpful, moving forward.

ETA:  Count me in as one who would like a crisper formatting with less fluff (e.g., pictures), more information condensed on the screen, and fewer filter clicks to get to the information I'm looking for.  

ETA2:  Also, this is super nit-picky, but when you sort a preseason ranking by points, the header "Pts" has an arrow next to it pointing down when it is sorting information in ascending order...and the arrow will point up when it is sorting information in descending order.  Should be reversed.

 

[BroadwayG]

I think Duke Nukem Forever had a better launch.

 

[Gottabesweet]

I beg to differ.  It's not too early, since drafts have been ongoing this month with many folks, including myself.  Waivers are ongoing, and access to these tools and linkage to our specific leagues would have been helpful.  The issue isn't whether or not bugs will be ironed out by the beginning of the season, it's that in the heat of the draft year, very basic tools were unavailable.

I don't want a refund or anything like that.  Just reinforcing that it's disappointing that there did not appear to be a sense of urgency or clear sense of timing to get this project completed well before the draft season.

I will say, it does look like basic functionality--like being able to log in and sync leagues--was established last night, which is helpful, moving forward.

ETA:  Count me in as one who would like a crisper formatting with less fluff (e.g., pictures), more information condensed on the screen, and fewer filter clicks to get to the information I'm looking for.  

ETA2:  Also, this is super nit-picky, but when you sort a preseason ranking by points, the header "Pts" has an arrow next to it pointing down when it is sorting information in ascending order...and the arrow will point up when it is sorting information in descending order.  Should be reversed.

Agree, I use the dynasty feature to track my guys and other teams when compiling offers.  This has been a total mess and a giant lack of communication other than the "We are working on it, it'll be up soon" message that has been up since May. 

I just want to sync my CBS roster how it was last year. 

 

[Simon Shepherd]

I just want to sync my CBS roster how it was last year. 

Let us know if that functionality is not missing for you or not working in the new version and we'll look into it.

If there are things missing from the old one, let me know! Work continues on making it easier and easier to use.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Assuming CBS will work soon?   I prefer the classic look. 

CBS working on new one for all the test accounts we have. We can't action your second comment right now, but please give us some more details on that and if there's anything we can do, we will.

 

[Gottabesweet]

Let us know if that functionality is not missing for you or not working in the new version and we'll look into it.

If there are things missing from the old one, let me know! Work continues on making it easier and easier to use.

Normally I just go to the dynasty forecast and all my players are highlighted.  Not seeing it.

The new MYFBG my CBS settings or league profile isn't appearing, all the others (that aren't drafted yet) are there.

 

[beercat]

yes just click on the team name in the grid

Is it possible to have the entire row highlighted as in the classic version?

 

[Slapdash]

If we're looking for things to fix, the site drop downs are hiding behind the banner

 

[cobalt_27]

If we're looking for things to fix, the site drop downs are hiding behind the banner

If I scroll up from this page and want to quickly link to MyFBG, a portion of that drop-down hides behind the black and blue striped banner that has "Browse, Activity, Search, etc..."

 

[Slapdash]

Also, the player spotlight threads have been missing for a couple of years.  

 

[Pickle Rody]

It linked to them and still does; we suggest you guys continue to use those links and bookmark if necessary.

Apologies Simon, while I saw the MyFBG Classic link to the old homepage in the dropdown, I wasn't aware that it will remain.

Point is, those contest links don't carry through to the new MyFootballguys. Which is what folks were asking for.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Apologies Simon, while I saw the MyFBG Classic link to the old homepage in the dropdown, I wasn't aware that it will remain.

Point is, those contest links don't carry through to the new MyFootballguys. Which is what folks were asking for.

Got it. We need to have a think about this internally; a lot of this depends on what our plan there is for the future. Honestly, I would say most likely we're not going to add those links for now to the new system as we're trying to keep it as clean as possible for what it's intended to do. But we're also not deleting any of the old stuff.

While we're running two systems here we'll do all we can to clarify what's on which. For now, the clearest I can make it is, articles and news on both, anything that involves roster syncing  or the results of this is on the new MyFootballguys. You can use the old MyFBG throughout this year, if you manually input your rosters. But we'd obviously much prefer the constructive feedback to bridge any perceived weaknesses of the new vs the old.

 

[Simon Shepherd]

Normally I just go to the dynasty forecast and all my players are highlighted.  Not seeing it.

The new MYFBG my CBS settings or league profile isn't appearing, all the others (that aren't drafted yet) are there.

Ok, can you email in apps@footballguys.com with your username for Footballguys? We'll look into it. Just want to make sure we can track that issue through to its conclusion, tough to do here!

thanks again.

 

[TheRealDeFo]

I'm searching around but cannot find anything on this, so if it is out there already, my apologies. 

I an unable to link to my MFL account. I am getting the following message.

Couldn't get leagues .... Authentication issue: the username and password didn't match.

Just to make sure that my u/pwd was correct, I jumped on MFL, logged off and then back on.

 

[Tau837]

Guys, I've said this before and will continue to post it. Feedback is not helpful unless it gives us something we can action. You have to get into specifics; if your goal is to help us make this better that's the only way we'll be able to help.

As you can all see, yesterday we made a bunch of fixes and changes. We'll continue to work hard at it.

Thanks.

@Simon Shepherd, some of the posts in the thread are not going to be constructive posts with specifics, some are going to be venting about the perception that FBG is taking away products that were well liked by its subscribers and replacing them with what feels like incomplete and buggy products. You have posted enough about wanting to make it better and needing specifics to do so. You don't need to keep repeating that over and over.

I appreciate your responsiveness and your team's hard work on this, but it really isn't necessary to admonish the posters who want to vent.

 

[SayWhat?]

I'm searching around but cannot find anything on this, so if it is out there already, my apologies. 

I an unable to link to my MFL account. I am getting the following message.

Couldn't get leagues .... Authentication issue: the username and password didn't match.

Just to make sure that my u/pwd was correct, I jumped on MFL, logged off and then back on.

Same here.

 

[PIK95]

Let us know if that functionality is not missing for you or not working in the new version and we'll look into it.

If there are things missing from the old one, let me know! Work continues on making it easier and easier to use.

I have said three times that the done button doesn't save the starters and min max roster setting.  Plus my CBS league scoring doesn't match up to the projections it is showing. My crazy scoring system auction is next Friday fwiw. Thanks

 

[massraider]

You guys are doing better than I am.  I've gone to the 'Personalized Rankings' link from MyFBG Main, and can't go anywhere from there.  Can't click on 'Sign In', can't do a thing.  This is using a Chromebook.  

Is the Classic being dismantled, or can I use that in the meantime?

 

[ichris]

Please keep your feedback constructive or we can't do anything about it. Thanks. Please try to think, "am I giving Footballguys something they can action here?"

This comment came across as condescending. Good example of why its risky for developers to talk directly to the customers. You don't get to tell us how to think. We're the ones beta testing this mess for you during peak drafting season. Since the company put the developers in charge of customer support you need accept our comments and feedback without sounding dismissive.  

 Every dev has tried to recreate with no luck so let's try a screenshot over email w/ some more details. thanks.

How many testers do you guys have working on this in-house? Or are the Devs doing all the testing too?

Sorry if we don't get to 100% everyone in this forum thread. It's nearly impossible to track everyone through. We'll continue to do our best. If you want support for an individual issue, the best thing to do is to email us at apps@footballguys.com. That gets into our ticketing system; there you have your own thread with me and the ticket stays open and on my screen until we've agreed it is solved.

I submitted a support ticket 2 days ago, ticket #2528. I still haven't received a response. 

I think it's a little early to say it's a lost year. Please bear with us. For non-dynasty leagues these features are only really useful for waivers and lineups; we're not there yet.

I am shocked you are making this argument to your customers that are trying to make sense of all these new changes on a broken website while attempting to draft. 

 

[BroadwayG]

I deal with the customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills.