Why do people feel the urge to cheat at fantasy sports?

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:18 PM

I had this hockey league easily won, I had a bigger gap between me and the 2nd place guy than the 2nd place guy had from the 9th place guy...

So what happens when the playoffs start, this guy adds and drops basically half his team every day so he can play full lineups, and beats me 5-4 doing that..

What kinda shady business is that and what kinda loser does this?

a1na2 · 03-24-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

I had this hockey league easily won, I had a bigger gap between me and the 2nd place guy than the 2nd place guy had from the 9th place guy...

So what happens when the playoffs start, this guy adds and drops basically half his team every day so he can play full lineups, and beats me 5-4 doing that..

What kinda shady business is that and what kinda loser does this?

that is someone that has to win at all costs. ie. NE Head Coach.

mikey23545 · 03-24-2008, 10:22 PM

I don't know anything about fantasy sports, but is there some reason you couldn't have done the same thing as that guy? And if so, aren't you just a whiny little bitch?

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:23 PM

Um I had the best team in the league, why would I want to drop anyone, if I did all my players would get claimed where he just kept swapping shitty players around to get points...

It's an accepted fact that you just don't do this, it's cheating.

Sure-Oz · 03-24-2008, 10:24 PM

Why didn't you do the same thing? i did that with my pitchers before that won't pitch again, the other team could've done it too. I thought this would've been about trading guys last second with unfair value.

Sure-Oz · 03-24-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Um I had the best team in the league, why would I want to drop anyone, if I did all my players would get claimed where he just kept swapping shitty players around to get points...

It's an accepted fact that you just don't do this, it's cheating.

Why not cut the players that won't play again? I don't know... i don't play fantasy hockey

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:26 PM

If I had dropped anyone they would have been claimed.....I can't play the same game, I had several top rated players that had can't cut things by them that they gained over the season.

It's much easier to do that when your team sucks and no one will pick up guys you drop.

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Why not cut the players that won't play again? I don't know... i don't play fantasy hockey

Think about playing fantasy baseball say you have the best team by far then you play a guy and he proceeds to pick up 5 starting pitchers each day yet his guys are so shitty no one will add anyone he drops so at the end of the week he beats you because he basically had a team of 50 guys.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-24-2008, 10:29 PM

The guy who did that is the same guy who would play with the Eagles in Madden '05, go into the Shotgun "Tight" formation, and throw a corner route to T.O. on every play.

The easiest way to fix shit like that: max transactions, per week and per year. If a guy does that, you lock his team down.

Pasta Little Brioni · 03-24-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Think about playing fantasy baseball say you have the best team by far then you play a guy and he proceeds to pick up 5 starting pitchers each day yet his guys are so shitty no one will add anyone he drops so at the end of the week he beats you because he basically had a team of 50 guys.

that is pretty cheesy and is why if you play those goofy yahoo category head to head leagues you have to add losses and walks to the pitching categories to prevent them from doing that.

Sure-Oz · 03-24-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Think about playing fantasy baseball say you have the best team by far then you play a guy and he proceeds to pick up 5 starting pitchers each day yet his guys are so shitty no one will add anyone he drops so at the end of the week he beats you because he basically had a team of 50 guys.

Yeah that would be an extreme...and i'd probably be pissed if i lost that way and couldn't afford to play his game.

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:35 PM

I'd post a nasty message on Yahoo but then I'd probably get some TOS warning.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-24-2008, 10:38 PM

See if you can find his IP....

Will track him down and get him to mark it zero.

This isn't 'Nam, it's fantasy baseball, there are rules.

HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY??!!

Mecca · 03-24-2008, 10:41 PM

Now how am I gonna find his IP, I'm not THAT computer savvy.

Pasta Little Brioni · 03-24-2008, 10:45 PM

hire the hanson bros. to track em down for being a disgrace to hockey.

03-24-2008, 10:18 PM
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2587050	Why do people feel the urge to cheat at fantasy sports? I had this hockey league easily won, I had a bigger gap between me and the 2nd place guy than the 2nd place guy had from the 9th place guy... So what happens when the playoffs start, this guy adds and drops basically half his team every day so he can play full lineups, and beats me 5-4 doing that.. What kinda shady business is that and what kinda loser does this?
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03-24-2008, 10:22 PM	#3
mikey23545 MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10015321	I don't know anything about fantasy sports, but is there some reason you couldn't have done the same thing as that guy? And if so, aren't you just a whiny little bitch?
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03-24-2008, 10:23 PM	#4
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2587050	Um I had the best team in the league, why would I want to drop anyone, if I did all my players would get claimed where he just kept swapping shitty players around to get points... It's an accepted fact that you just don't do this, it's cheating.
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03-24-2008, 10:24 PM	#5
Sure-Oz Stay positive, don't give up Join Date: Dec 2001 Casino cash: $3389383	Why didn't you do the same thing? i did that with my pitchers before that won't pitch again, the other team could've done it too. I thought this would've been about trading guys last second with unfair value.
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03-24-2008, 10:26 PM	#7
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2587050	If I had dropped anyone they would have been claimed.....I can't play the same game, I had several top rated players that had can't cut things by them that they gained over the season. It's much easier to do that when your team sucks and no one will pick up guys you drop.
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03-24-2008, 10:29 PM	#9
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	The guy who did that is the same guy who would play with the Eagles in Madden '05, go into the Shotgun "Tight" formation, and throw a corner route to T.O. on every play. The easiest way to fix shit like that: max transactions, per week and per year. If a guy does that, you lock his team down. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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03-24-2008, 10:35 PM	#12
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2587050	I'd post a nasty message on Yahoo but then I'd probably get some TOS warning.
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03-24-2008, 10:38 PM	#13
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	See if you can find his IP.... Will track him down and get him to mark it zero. This isn't 'Nam, it's fantasy baseball, there are rules. HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY??!! __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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03-24-2008, 10:41 PM	#14
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2587050	Now how am I gonna find his IP, I'm not THAT computer savvy.
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03-24-2008, 10:45 PM	#15
Pasta Little Brioni Consuming CP souls Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: U.S.A. Casino cash: $3948880	hire the hanson bros. to track em down for being a disgrace to hockey.
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