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Gentlemen, I've sent invites to all last year's players.
Deadline for registration will be August 9th, I'll start hunting for replacements on August 10th.

Everything will be much the same, although we'll be changing the pass to an epass which will be much more managable and less expensive to mail around. That'll be explained in the near future.

We did a lot of work to level the weight of position scoring last year, we'll look it over again this year and see if there are any other improvements we can make.
I'll send pm's as more info becomes available.
I look forward to seeing everybody again this year!!!
Scott

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I'm in Scott!

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Get signed up, brother!!! :tu
The entry fee this year will be 5 cigars valued at 65 bucks plus 5 troop smokes.
For betting purposes, we're gonna suggest everyone send a couple troop bundles (40-50 smokes). Hopefully someone can find a really good deal on some bundle smokes and let everyone know.

Can you keep track of the bets and troop smokes again this year? Pretty please? :)

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I wouldn't miss it for anything. Im in for sure! Thanks for keeping this going.

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I am in!!!

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Can do. Hopefully i redeem myself from the poor showing last year :D

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In like Flynn!

Oh yeah, Scott is going to be back running (most) of the show this year. I gots lots going on, but hopefully with us both working together we can make it all go smoothly. Thanks for everything who is signing back up and any newbs we get this year too.

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I'm in.

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Scott
I'll throw my hat in the ring as a replacement if ya need one.

Don

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Doin pretty good so far!!!
If any of you guys can get ahold of the guys that haven't signed up or responded in this thread, please give them a shout.
I get home from vacation on the 10th, at which time I'll hunt for replacements for those that haven't signed up.
I'll also transfer some info into this thread that's pertinent from last year.

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Just got back from vacation and signed up.

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Okay, guys. I just deleted TJarv, Grain Belt and Smokin Jenks teams. I haven't heard anything from any of them.
I'm going to start vetting replacements, I'm sending Stephen an invite right now. :tu

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Who do I send entry/betting sticks too? I'm looking to send them asap, to make some room for other purchases I got coming in lol.

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Sorry guys I think I'm out this year

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Maybe next year, Tony?

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Bumping this...we NEED MORE PLAYERS!!!!

Scott, maybe we can recruit a couple more this weekend at Shack. :tu

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Hopefully, I had fun doing it. I have a lot going on right now and don't want to slow anything down, or have an incomplete roster.


If you guys get in a pinch though let me know and I'll figure out a way to participate

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Ill get in touch with Mark and see if he wants to play again this year.

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If you need more players, I'd be down to rejoin the league this year.

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I got Travis' sticks already. He's not messing around. :tu
If anyone needs my address, drop me a pm. Otherwise I'll get it to you all before too long.
Without boring you guys with the details, I'm trying to get stuff done in an orderly fashion. :) Wish me luck!

I should also mention that I sent out invites to a handful of our brothers who I thought might be a good fit. Just waiting on responses. Then we can see what happens at Shack.
Also, Jeremy has played a lot of times, so I'm going to get back to him as soon as I find out what shakes out of the moves we've already planned.
That's part of the orderly fashion I mentioned, so I guess I decided to bore you guys anyways. :D

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are we going to get atleast 2 more people before the Live Draft tomorrow night?

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Nope. We're going with 8, Travis.

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Is our draft at 4pm or 8pm?

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7pm Eastern Time

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Thank you

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Good draft all! Good luck to everyone now let's start the gambling!

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Sorry guys, just too dang busy right now with work, school and kids to run a 4th FF team. I will try to get back in this league next year (if life slows down by then...)

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Is the lineup/scoring correct in that we are starting Two QBs each week?
Just checking, because I do not think that this was the case the previous years.

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We started that last year, Travis. It'll be gone next year, and we're gonna adopt a normal 1 QB, 2WR, 2RB, 1TE, 1WR/RB, K, and DEF lineup.
I was thinking this lineup was the same as my other FF league and didn't look at the positions till right before draft time.
I changed them a couple hours before the draft, then in talking to Stephen, decided to put it back the way it was because guys wouldn't be able to take it into consideration prior to draft and may have already planned their strategy.

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Good work Scott :tu

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Guys, I'll get an update on here real soon of sticks I've received. John sent his a few days ago, I'm guessing they should show up today.

I'm behind on the transferring the pass to an epass format. My office computer sh1t the bed a few days ago and I've got it about half fixed right now.
I'll get you guys all filled in on that asap.
If you want to help move things along, go and download Google Drive.
You'll need that to view and edit the pass list once I get it online and sharable.

The gist of the pass is this...
Rather than send this great big, honkin box around, we'll make our puts and takes on a spreadsheet. We'll also post them in the thread so I can track them easily.
Once we go through a round or two, everybody will mail me their sticks and 6 bucks for return postage. (Or whatever a small flat rate box costs these days.)
I'll then fill everybody's takes, send them out, and we can start a couple more rounds.
We'll play it by ear at first, just to see how it goes and to make sure everyone understands.
I just recently finished an epass and it was the easiest, quickest, funnest pass I was ever in. No stress whatsoever, and guys all got their puts in real quick.
It'll save us a fortune in shipping this great big box around.

I'd also like you guys to consider doing what we did in the past, adding an extra stick with your puts for the first few rounds. That'll help juice the pass and this year's group will be making a definite improvement to the pass for those who come in the future.

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Smokes I've received:
John (malakai) 5 entry, 5 troops, 17 betting
Steven: 5 troops, 35 betting
Scott (sofaman) 5 entry
Travis (beeradvocate) 5 entry, 5 troops, 5 betting
Scott (shilala) 5 entry, 5 troops, 34 betting

You other 3 guys, get your sh1t together. :tu
Mike, I know you usually get yours in later with school just starting. Just keep me in the loop, okay?

I'm still no further ahead on the spreadsheet to Google Drive thing. I think I can corner Miss Lisa and get that uploaded tomorrow. Hopefully.

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Okay, men. I got the pass tweaked and uploaded and all that crap.
I will be sending a pm with a link to the pass and a pass list and a "how to".
It's pretty simple and self-explanatory. Any questions, just ask in here or text me or pm me or hit up Cole or whatever.

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I'll head down to the dungeon early this upcoming week and get some sticks rounded up and sent in to cover my entry fee. Sorry, between work, house hunting, and other miscellaneous fun projects I haven't been home much lately. Now on top of everything else I've gotta find some pristine land in Belize in which to build silos upon.

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1.) There is no pristine land in Belize. It's strewn with garbage and shacks on sticks.
2.) I'm thinking the houses should go for around 25 bucks apiece.
3.) Profit!

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My entry sticks (for the prize fund) are on their way:

9405903699300249565053

Going to order bundles for the troops online and have them sent straight to you. Will let you know when I do.

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Nothing like getting your ass kicked in week 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats Matt

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Thanks! Rough one for John though. The second high score lost to the high score in both of my leagues this week.

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I am not sure how you do it Shilala, but some how you always beat me 100% of the time!

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LOL. This is becoming habit, isn't it? I can't even lose a bet to you when I try.
If it's any consulation, I got beat by two points in my money league.
I was five points from first place in that league last year. Two ties and 3 losses would have been five wins with the addition of five points spread out proper.
Most of my wins, I wouldn't have beaten anyone else except the guy I played, so I never got too upset about it. :)

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Scott I think I'll sit the pass out this year. Just haven't been able to buy many cigars this year and my supply of "pass worthy" cigars is running low.

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Got ya, Matt. Stephen isn't much interested in the pass either.
The good thing about this pass is that you can watch it as it goes along, live. At any time you guys want in, just say the word and I'll slip you into the order.
If you do happen to opt in and your turn comes around and there's nothing you're interested in, you can always take another pass.


Another thought...
I'm not particularly hot about getting the pass started just yet myself. There's just way too much other stuff to do until the weather starts falling off.
I have no problem with waiting to start it until you guys are ready.
I was just getting her ready because it needed doing, ya know?
Let me know what you other guys think. :tu

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I'm ok waiting but am also ok starting it up now too. I will defer to the majority on this.

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Thanks for weighing in, John!!! :tu

I was talking with a couple of our guys on this a little more...
In order to make this fly, we really need to get the guys who are playing to become more immersed at CA, even if it's just checking this thread daily. (That's all we really need to make the pass work.)
At this point, Matt and Stephen aren't playing, and Travis, Scott, Mike, and Cole seldom visit CA at all. I haven't even heard back from Travis with his phone number.

It's not a problem if the guys don't visit CA and check in on this thread, although it's gonna cut into the troop smokes. That is what it is, though. Anything we can gather for the troops is positive.
So long as the guys are all watching their teams and stay on top of them, I'll be thrilled. Nothing sucks worse than when guys abandon their teams. Ruins the whole league, I think. We've never had that problem, either.

The short of it is that you and I may be the only two guys in the pass, brother. :)
I do have 6 guy's phone numbers, 5 of those wanted to be involved in the pass. So it's doable, but that's an awful small amount of guys for a pass.

Personally, I'm on the fence about the pass. I'm happy if we do it and perfectly happy if we don't, so I'm not going to press about it. It's ready to go when guys are ready, and I think guys will get excited about the pass once the weather starts getting crappy.

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How can I track bets if we don't have any???

All right...week 3 means you're all on. Me vs. You. Mano y manos. I give a fiver to the troops for anyone that scores more points than I do. Just hoping I don't finish last this week!

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With everything I have going on I tend to forget that this league is all about raising sticks for the troops!!! And that is hard to do when you forget to place bets so this week I will bet myself. I will donate 10 troop sticks if I lose and 5 if I win this week, either way the troops win good luck gentlemen

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OK Scott I match up with you this week so lets put 10 troop sticks on it???

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Guys I want to apologize to everyone for my lack of communication. As soon as the season started my wife gave birth to a baby boy so needless to say I have not had much free time. That I and I have been really busy winning and defending my title :D
Sorry again. I promise I will be around more. Incoming PM to Scott!!