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Curious what y’all think about this subject.
How much of FF is luck? How much is skill?
Would you rather be lucky or good? I’m sure everyone here has had seasons where they felt cursed. Either bit by the injury bug or faced the highest scoring team in a period many times in the season, or played in a division with an undefeated team & missed the playoffs because of a tiebreaker with a WC, while another division’s 7-7 team won their division? How many times have you left on draft day convinced that your team was a world beater, only to go 6-8?
I had a redraft season where I was points total (10% of the pot), single game high score ($50), AWB (butt whoopin bonus $50) and somehow managed to win only 2 games all year. It was one of the most dominant teams I’ve ever drafted & they stayed healthy all season. I just ran into a buzzsaw nearly every week. I won the loser-bowl easily, and that + the in-season prizes worked out well for me, but man I wanted that ‘ship.
So if bad luck like that exists, doesn’t it stand to reason that a large part of winning is also luck-based? Your team stayed healthy, your schedule matched up well against the competition, your breakout players broke out, & your depth picks performed well enough to be able to make deals - aren’t all of these partly based on good luck?
What do you feel about luck vs skill in this game we all love?
ETA, I feel like the more experience the sharks here have, the higher the luck % they’ll vote. They’ve seen things. Terrible things.
How much of FF is luck? How much is skill?
Would you rather be lucky or good? I’m sure everyone here has had seasons where they felt cursed. Either bit by the injury bug or faced the highest scoring team in a period many times in the season, or played in a division with an undefeated team & missed the playoffs because of a tiebreaker with a WC, while another division’s 7-7 team won their division? How many times have you left on draft day convinced that your team was a world beater, only to go 6-8?
I had a redraft season where I was points total (10% of the pot), single game high score ($50), AWB (butt whoopin bonus $50) and somehow managed to win only 2 games all year. It was one of the most dominant teams I’ve ever drafted & they stayed healthy all season. I just ran into a buzzsaw nearly every week. I won the loser-bowl easily, and that + the in-season prizes worked out well for me, but man I wanted that ‘ship.
So if bad luck like that exists, doesn’t it stand to reason that a large part of winning is also luck-based? Your team stayed healthy, your schedule matched up well against the competition, your breakout players broke out, & your depth picks performed well enough to be able to make deals - aren’t all of these partly based on good luck?
What do you feel about luck vs skill in this game we all love?
ETA, I feel like the more experience the sharks here have, the higher the luck % they’ll vote. They’ve seen things. Terrible things.
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