Please put the bye weeks of the players... (1 Viewer)

[Lash]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail simple requestnext year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest formpain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the formthen you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same weekfrustratingit's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the formi'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fixthanks in advance

 

[geoff8695]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail



simple request

next year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest form

pain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the form

then you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same week

frustrating

it's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the form

i'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fix

thanks in advance

They are purposely not listed, and you should be glad that is the case...

 

[Moniker]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail



simple request

next year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest form

pain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the form

then you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same week

frustrating

it's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the form

i'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fix

thanks in advance

They are purposely not listed, and you should be glad that is the case...

 

[adrenaline]

Here you go or there's a crapload of other ones you can google up.

 

[apalmer]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail

simple request

next year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest form

pain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the form

then you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same week

frustrating

it's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the form

i'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fix

thanks in advance

They are purposely not listed, and you should be glad that is the case...

Yep, it's brought up every year and it's clear that the lack of bye weeks is intended to require another layer of difficulty.

 

[pghrob]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail

simple request

next year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest form

pain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the form

then you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same week

frustrating

it's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the form

i'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fix

thanks in advance

They are purposely not listed, and you should be glad that is the case...

Yep, it's brought up every year and it's clear that the lack of bye weeks is intended to require another layer of difficulty.

Managing bye weeks in this contest is critical. Layering that on top of the salary cap and roster limit makes it one heckuva challenging contest.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

lock it up

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail

simple request

next year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest form

pain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the form

then you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same week

frustrating

it's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the form

i'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fix

thanks in advance

They are purposely not listed, and you should be glad that is the case...

 

[Lash]

ok, i'll ask

why are they purposely not listed?

 

[geoff8695]

ok, i'll askwhy are they purposely not listed?

You are joking, right? If not, carefully re-read the responses in your thread, it's not some deep dark secret or anything; and its sounds like you could really use some exercise for your problem-solving/critical-thinking skills.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Do you people really honestly believe not listing them makes this contest more difficult? It just makes it a pain in the butt but I would guess most people that spend more than 15 minutes on the contest will open up a second browser window with the bye weeks listed in them.

 

[Genester]

Do you people really honestly believe not listing them makes this contest more difficult? It just makes it a pain in the butt but I would guess most people that spend more than 15 minutes on the contest will open up a second browser window with the bye weeks listed in them.

I will second this. It used to be a differentiating factor maybe in years 1&2 of the competition. It's no longer it. It is just plain annoying now, and I think FBGs agree - otherwise, why put bye weeks on the confirmation page right AFTER you submit your team? Why shw the BYEs there, if this is such strategic information? It basically says we'll tell you the byes, because we think they are relevant, but we'll only do that after you choose the players - so you have to click back and re-do? The # of people this weeds out can't be that great anymore, so the approach has jumped the shark, much like throwing out the fake Adrian Peterson in auctions and hoping someone bids on him. Time to add the bye weeks to the player selection page for next year.

 

[geoff8695]

In the 1st couple years of the contest there were maybe half as many entries. Last season there were over 13,000 teams entered.

I have no way to quantify the number of teams out of 13,000+, but I guarantee you that a relevant number of teams didn't plan out their bye weeks as well as they could have/should have. At least anecdotally, I could point you to the 2010 Contest thread where there were numerous posts by contestants bemoaning that they didn't account well enough for the bye weeks, or ones who waited until the last minute to enter their teams.

That means that guys who do their homework and take bye weeks into account, will actually gain some advantage over the last minute entry guys and the ones who didn't account for the bye weeks, because they were too lazy and considered it a pain in the ###.

When we are talking about well over 10,000 contestants their needs to be as many layers of difficulty/complexity/pain in the ###, or whatever you want to call it.

The teams that will go the farthest will often take ANY and EVERY strategical advantage that they can to get there. Bye weeks is only one such advantage and fortunately FBGs recognizes it as such even if some of you don't...

 

[RandyDB]

In the 1st couple years of the contest there were maybe half as many entries. Last season there were over 13,000 teams entered. I have no way to quantify the number of teams out of 13,000+, but I guarantee you that a relevant number of teams didn't plan out their bye weeks as well as they could have/should have. At least anecdotally, I could point you to the 2010 Contest thread where there were numerous posts by contestants bemoaning that they didn't account well enough for the bye weeks, or ones who waited until the last minute to enter their teams. That means that guys who do their homework and take bye weeks into account, will actually gain some advantage over the last minute entry guys and the ones who didn't account for the bye weeks, because they were too lazy and considered it a pain in the ###. When we are talking about well over 10,000 contestants their needs to be as many layers of difficulty/complexity/pain in the ###, or whatever you want to call it. The teams that will go the farthest will often take ANY and EVERY strategical advantage that they can to get there. Bye weeks is only one such advantage and fortunately FBGs recognizes it as such even if some of you don't...

A separate page for the $value of each player would add another layer of difficulty (PIA) to the contest too. I guess we can look forward to that next year.

 

[apalmer]

In the 1st couple years of the contest there were maybe half as many entries. Last season there were over 13,000 teams entered. I have no way to quantify the number of teams out of 13,000+, but I guarantee you that a relevant number of teams didn't plan out their bye weeks as well as they could have/should have. At least anecdotally, I could point you to the 2010 Contest thread where there were numerous posts by contestants bemoaning that they didn't account well enough for the bye weeks, or ones who waited until the last minute to enter their teams. That means that guys who do their homework and take bye weeks into account, will actually gain some advantage over the last minute entry guys and the ones who didn't account for the bye weeks, because they were too lazy and considered it a pain in the ###. When we are talking about well over 10,000 contestants their needs to be as many layers of difficulty/complexity/pain in the ###, or whatever you want to call it. The teams that will go the farthest will often take ANY and EVERY strategical advantage that they can to get there. Bye weeks is only one such advantage and fortunately FBGs recognizes it as such even if some of you don't...

A separate page for the $value of each player would add another layer of difficulty (PIA) to the contest too. I guess we can look forward to that next year.

Or,maybe they can list current projected scoring and VBD values for each player on the entry form. Wouldn't that make life easier? After all, having to look elsewhere for that info is a real pain, too.

 

[Genester]

In the 1st couple years of the contest there were maybe half as many entries. Last season there were over 13,000 teams entered. I have no way to quantify the number of teams out of 13,000+, but I guarantee you that a relevant number of teams didn't plan out their bye weeks as well as they could have/should have. At least anecdotally, I could point you to the 2010 Contest thread where there were numerous posts by contestants bemoaning that they didn't account well enough for the bye weeks, or ones who waited until the last minute to enter their teams. That means that guys who do their homework and take bye weeks into account, will actually gain some advantage over the last minute entry guys and the ones who didn't account for the bye weeks, because they were too lazy and considered it a pain in the ###. When we are talking about well over 10,000 contestants their needs to be as many layers of difficulty/complexity/pain in the ###, or whatever you want to call it. The teams that will go the farthest will often take ANY and EVERY strategical advantage that they can to get there. Bye weeks is only one such advantage and fortunately FBGs recognizes it as such even if some of you don't...

So why does FBG put the bye weeks on the confirmation page, right after you submit the team? If you can provide a reasonable answer, then I would agree with your line of thinking. If it's really a strategic advantage, then why offer it 1 mouse click away?

 

[smackdaddies]

In the 1st couple years of the contest there were maybe half as many entries. Last season there were over 13,000 teams entered. I have no way to quantify the number of teams out of 13,000+, but I guarantee you that a relevant number of teams didn't plan out their bye weeks as well as they could have/should have. At least anecdotally, I could point you to the 2010 Contest thread where there were numerous posts by contestants bemoaning that they didn't account well enough for the bye weeks, or ones who waited until the last minute to enter their teams. That means that guys who do their homework and take bye weeks into account, will actually gain some advantage over the last minute entry guys and the ones who didn't account for the bye weeks, because they were too lazy and considered it a pain in the ###. When we are talking about well over 10,000 contestants their needs to be as many layers of difficulty/complexity/pain in the ###, or whatever you want to call it. The teams that will go the farthest will often take ANY and EVERY strategical advantage that they can to get there. Bye weeks is only one such advantage and fortunately FBGs recognizes it as such even if some of you don't...

So why does FBG put the bye weeks on the confirmation page, right after you submit the team? If you can provide a reasonable answer, then I would agree with your line of thinking. If it's really a strategic advantage, then why offer it 1 mouse click away?

because people still screw it up, just like 100 different other issues that trip up teams.

 

[pghrob]

How about just not play if it such a hassle for you?

 

[Mark Wimer]

i know this isnt the forum to post this, i'm just hoping that it'll get seen here as i've tried the "Website Questions" forum for the last few years to no avail simple requestnext year, please put the bye weeks on the subscriber contest formpain in the rear to fill out form get it exactly to $250 to only see 4 of your 5 RBs with week 5 byes on the final tally page (that you cant see when filling out the formthen you go back and swap out those RBs and re-do everthing and now your WR byes are mostly same weekfrustratingit's a shame to have to look back and forth on other tabbed webpages to get info that could easily be placed on the formi'm sure it has just been overlooked as it seems a very simple fixthanks in advance

Hey,Part of the reason that the bye week isn't listed with the cost information is that we didn't want people to get confused between the cost of a player and the bye week - you'd be surprised how many people have reading comprehension issues. So we just have the player cost on the entry form.

People can enter as many times as they want, I'm not sure why the lack of bye weeks on the form is a problem. If you find you have a bye week issue after submitting a team (assuming you just didn't have another window open with the team bye weeks listed as some have suggested), why not just go back and redo the team?

MW