DIVISION: Burning Inferno PASSWORD: 2004 The results are in for the first week of MLS action, DC’s JAIME MORENO was named player of the week, and 5 RED Cards were issued If you want to join our division go to http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/mls/fantasy/login.html "It's not going to happen again" - Nowak was most stern on the subject of Kovalenko's red card TOP 10 1 Chivas Martinez 485 2 MidTown Wanderers 440 3 Dynamic Bowels 405 4 La Raza Latina 400 5 FireProof 375 6 Los Kajuns 355 7 Soft Tacklers 350 8 MT BongRip FC 345 9 Arsenal Knights 330 10 Third Coast FC 320 10 Scofflaws 320 10 Micah's Marauders 320 13 Bofalitos 305 13 Panther City FC 305 15 Inferno MC Ravens 280 15 SomethingCatchy 280 17 ICUP FC 275 17 Lytlefield 275 19 SenorZ 270 19 Clockwork Orange 270 21 Sons of Pedro Gano 265 22 lawyer h8r 245 23 Pfunk All Stars 235 24 Roma Wolves 215 25 Chupacabras FC 200 26 FC Theodore 195 27 Scorched Earth 185 27 Burn Baby Burn!! 185 29 Full-Figured Underwear Models 180 30 Survivor 2003 170 31 Westminster 165 31 snowbears 165 33 Heathens 160 34 ChazFC 110 35 FC Real Edmond City United 100 36 Keepers Domain 0 36 FC Rod Munch 0 36 Ass Wipes 0 36 FC Grim Fandango 0 36 DonovanFan 0 36 Palmas de Oro FC 0 If you have not yet selected a full 11 players for your team you received a score of 0 – quick go pick a team!
6th.........biatch. Anywho, I'd like to register an official complaint. No team in the Burn division should have Dema Kovalenko on the roster. Yes, I'm talking to you #1!
Hope you boys enjoy looking up to me at #2. Actually - I was stupid and swapped Wolyniec for Adu at the end of last week...got caught up in the hype.
Well, well, well...we finish week two with some interesting movement among the teams. Only one RED Card this week - to Ramiro Corrales of San Jose For all of MLS Fantasy the most points earned this week were 460 - wow! Here's what happened in our division: TOP 5 movers for this week: 1] Inferno MC Ravens 300 (watch out for this guy - he won last year) 2] Chaz FC 190 (I promise this won't happen again - I usually finish near the bottom) 3] FC Grim Fandango 180 (just picked a team this week!) 4] Panther City FC 175 5] Roma Wolves 165 5] Chivas Martinez 165 (still at the top of the charts for the season total) TOP 10 for the Season 1 Chivas Martinez 650 165 2 Inferno MC Ravens 580 300 3 Dynamic Bowels 565 120 4 MidTown Wanderers 550 110 5 La Raza Latina 545 105 6 MT BongRip FC 515 170 7 Panther City FC 480 175 8 Bofalitos 460 115 9 SomethingCatchy 450 170 10 Scofflaws 435 115 11 Soft Tacklers 415 65 12 Los Kajuns 410 55 12 FireProof 410 35 14 Third Coast FC 390 70 15 Arsenal Knights 385 55 16 Sons of Pedro Gano 380 115 16 Roma Wolves 380 165 18 lawyer h8r 370 125 18 SenorZ 370 100 20 Micah's Marauders 365 45 21 Pfunk All Stars 360 125 22 Lytlefield 355 80 23 Clockwork Orange 350 80 24 Survivor 2003 335 125 25 snowbears 310 145 26 ICUP FC 305 30 27 ChazFC 300 190 27 Chupacabras FC 300 100 29 Westminster 295 130 30 Burn Baby Burn!! 265 40 31 Scorched Earth 230 45 32 Full-Figured Underwear Models 225 45 32 FC Theodore 225 30 34 Heathens 195 35 35 FC Real Edmond City United 190 50 36 FC Grim Fandango 180 180 37 FC Rod Munch 45 45 ENTRIES WITH NO TEAM SELECTED !!!!!!! 38 Keepers Domain 0 0 38 Ass Wipes 0 0 38 DonovanFan 0 0 38 Palmas de Oro FC 0 0
Anyone who had DC defenders appears to have gotten screwed out the 15 points for holding opponent to one goal. Who can we contact about this?
Try finding this paragraph on the MLS Fantasy site in the section called "Contact Us" (which is reall a FAQ) and click on the link to a form they provide: "I don't see an answer to my question here. What do I do now? If none of the answers to the questions in MLS Fantasy Challenge FAQ adequately answers your questions, please use this form to send us your question. So that we may better service your request, if possible please login before proceeding to the form. "
Go check your scores - those of you with DC defenders have now been credited 15 points per DC defender (for holding the opposition to one goal) - a fix to the scoring problem was put in this afternoon.
R E V I S E D week 2 scores An error in scoring was corrected on the fantasy site - thanks to Jambon for noticing that DC defenders had not received all the points they were entitled to. See the site for detailed stats. If your score for this week was increased it will be in large bold font If your RANK was improved your info is in BLUE and is underlined If your placement in the ranks dropped due to others improving your info is in red TOP revised 5 movers for this week: 1] Inferno MC Ravens 300 (watch out for this guy - he won last year) 2] Chaz FC 190 (I promise this won't happen again - I usually finish near the bottom) 3] FC Grim Fandango 180 (just picked a team this week!) 4] Panther City FC 175 5] MT BongRip FC 170 TOP 10 revised for the Season 1 Chivas Martinez 650 165 2 Inferno MC Ravens 610 330 3 MidTown Wanderers 565 125 3 Dynamic Bowels 565 120 5 La Raza Latina 560 120 6 MT BongRip FC 515 170 7 Panther City FC 480 175 7 SomethingCatchy 480 200 9 Bofalitos 475 130 10 Scofflaws 450 130 11 Soft Tacklers 430 80 12 Los Kajuns 425 70 13 FireProof 410 35 14 Third Coast FC 405 85 15 Arsenal Knights 385 55 15 SenorZ 385 115 15 lawyer h8r 385 140 18 Sons of Pedro Gano 380 115 18 Roma Wolves 380 165 20 Micah's Marauders 365 45 20 Clockwork Orange 365 95 22 Pfunk All Stars 360 125 23 Lytlefield 355 80 24 Survivor 2003 335 125 25 snowbears 325 160 26 ChazFC 315 205 27 ICUP FC 305 30 28 Chupacabras FC 300 100 29 Westminster 295 130 30 Burn Baby Burn!! 280 55 31 Scorched Earth 230 45 32 Full-Figured Underwear Models 225 45 32 FC Theodore 225 30 34 Heathens 195 35 34 FC Grim Fandango 195 195 36 FC Real Edmond City United 190 50 37 FC Rod Munch 60 60 ENTRIES WITH NO TEAM SELECTED !!!!!!! 38 Keepers Domain 0 0 38 Ass Wipes 0 0 38 DonovanFan 0 0 38 Palmas de Oro FC 0 0
WEEK 3 RESULTS Way to go Dynamic Bowels! Your 690 points on the week have jumped you into 1st place in the movers and in the overall standings! Also, welcome to new player Borrachos United FC II TOP 5 MOVERS Dynamic Bowels 1255 690 Burn Baby Burn!! 955 675 Roma Wolves 995 615 MidTown Wanderers 1175 610 Los Kajuns 1035 610 OVERALL STANDINGS 1 Dynamic Bowels 1255 690 2 Chivas Martinez 1240 590 3 MidTown Wanderers 1175 610 4 Los Kajuns 1035 610 5 Roma Wolves 995 615 6 Inferno MC Ravens 985 375 7 FireProof 975 565 8 MT BongRip FC 965 450 8 Soft Tacklers 965 535 10 Burn Baby Burn!! 955 675 11 La Raza Latina 945 385 12 Scofflaws 900 450 13 Lytlefield 880 525 14 ICUP FC 860 555 15 Survivor 2003 855 520 16 Panther City FC 840 360 17 lawyer h8r 830 445 17 Third Coast FC 830 425 19 Bofalitos 825 350 19 SomethingCatchy 825 345 21 Micah's Marauders 800 435 22 ChazFC 785 470 23 Pfunk All Stars 775 415 24 snowbears 755 430 25 Full-Figured Underwear Models 740 515 25 SenorZ 740 355 27 Chupacabras FC 725 425 27 Clockwork Orange 725 360 29 Arsenal Knights 720 335 30 FC Grim Fandango 715 520 31 Westminster 710 415 32 Heathens 640 445 33 Sons of Pedro Gano 635 255 34 FC Rod Munch 620 560 35 Borrachos United FC II 570 570 36 Scorched Earth 550 320 37 FC Real Edmond City United 525 335 38 FC Theodore 405 180
If anyone has Diego Gutierrez from Kansas City Wizards...they made a mistake on his point total for the week. They only gave him 25 points but forgot to add 30 more points for the shutout they got this weekend. I noticed that the guy who is in first place has Gutierrez so that would boost his score a bit. Please e-mail the fantasy league people with this mistake if you have him. The more e-mails they get the faster they will correct it. Thank you.
As always, thanks for the recap. I realize that we are all competing here, but if anyone is willing to share some advice I'd gladly take it. What are the theories on trades? I guess I keep asking myself, do I make some changes now trying to upgrade the team, pocket a little of the gains on players that have increased, etc. But I'm worried about running out of trades later and not being able to make moves later in the season. Anyone have any opinions?
My team, Los Kajuns, are currently number #4. The 25 free trades you get really are quite a lot. If you can hold yourself to 2 roster moves per month(each of one sell and one buy), you should be fine. Don't hesitate to get rid of guys who look like they're not going to play major minutes. I like to use cheap defenders who are almost locks to play, and that don't get a lot of cards. Ability to score goals is a distant third. I recently cut Dan Califf to add Phil Sayler (almost a lock to play now with Reyes out of the picture).
Overall good advice. The key is finding out who the starters will be and making sure that those are the players you have on your team. Also, goalkeeping is insanely important. Last season, when I was making my push, I made sure I had what I thought was the best keeper available. That did not necessarily mean the keeper who would most likely win, but the guy who would put up the best stats. On buying and selling - keep in mind that the value only matter if you have to move the player. Example - if someone (say DeRosario) is a good player, but has had a slow week for whatever reason, and his value drops - don't panic. As long as you are comfortable with the idea that he will regain his form, your patience will pay off. OTOH, if a guy loses his place (Countess), then you'd better drop him before his value falls through the floor. Note - the best time to make changes is Saturday night. Most of the movement happens on Mondays and Wednesdays - so if you can make your moves Saturday night in anticipation of the money moves on Monday (can you say, Fabian Taylor?), then decide if that is a player you want to keep or sell for profit. Careful on the resale - every move costs you a trade. Also - look closely at the schedule. I started off with players who I knew were going to play for four weeks straight. That way, I didn't have to waste trades unless someone (Craig Wiabel!!!!! grrrrrr) gets a red card or injured or something. Best of luck.
GOOD NEWS: Week three (April 17) scores have been adjusted - ADD 15 points for each San Jose defender who played (for holding opponent to 1 goal or less). The following teams have had their week 3 points adjusted to the numbers shown below... Arsenal Knights 365 Bofalitos 380 Borrachos United FC II 585 Chupacabras FC 440 Dynamic Bowels 735 FC Real Edmond City United 365 Heathens 460 Inferno MC Ravens 390 La Raza Latina 415 SenorZ 385 Survivor 2003 565
BAD NEWS: Westminster, you received NO POINTS this week because you only had 10 players selected – quick, go pick one more player for next week.
WEEK 4 RESULTS Top 5 Movers Chivas Martinez 1900 660 La Raza Latina 1480 490 ChazFC 1290 490 FC Grim Fandango 1205 490 Third Coast FC 1315 470 Welcome to the newest teams in the Burning Inferno Division Dallas United DonovanFan noahenstein KillaKillas TexManx What Would Chivas Do Top 10 1 Chivas Martinez 1900 660 2 Dynamic Bowels 1685 355 3 MidTown Wanderers 1485 295 4 La Raza Latina 1480 490 5 Los Kajuns 1375 325 6 Roma Wolves 1340 345 7 Lytlefield 1335 455 8 Inferno MC Ravens 1330 285 9 FireProof 1320 345 10 Third Coast FC 1315 470 11 Bofalitos 1300 430 12 ChazFC 1290 490 13 Survivor 2003 1285 355 14 Soft Tacklers 1270 305 15 SomethingCatchy 1255 315 15 KillaKillas 1255 415 17 Scofflaws 1250 350 18 MT BongRip FC 1245 280 19 Burn Baby Burn!! 1225 270 20 ICUP FC 1205 345 20 Micah's Marauders 1205 405 20 FC Grim Fandango 1205 490 23 Panther City FC 1190 350 23 lawyer h8r 1190 345 25 Clockwork Orange 1185 445 26 Pfunk All Stars 1155 380 26 Dallas United 1155 240 28 Arsenal Knights 1145 380 29 Full-Figured Underwear Models 1135 395 30 SenorZ 1130 360 31 snowbears 1125 355 32 Chupacabras FC 1120 350 33 Heathens 1025 370 34 Borrachos United FC II 975 390 35 Sons of Pedro Gano 900 265 36 FC Real Edmond City United 895 340 36 Scorched Earth 895 345 38 FC Rod Munch 850 230 39 Westminster 710 0 40 FC Theodore 635 230 41 What Would Chivas Do 425 425 42 DonovanFan 380 380 42 noahenstein 380 380 44 TexManx 310 310 45 Keepers Domain 0 0 45 Ass Wipes 0 0 45 Palmas de Oro FC 0 0
Hey Theo - wouldn't it suck if a team created after three weeks of play caught you from behind? So tell me, what WOULD Chivas do? (I don't see the evil, feral grin on the smiley board below.... )
Smack SMACK Talk: The following four players Chivas Martinez La Raza Latina Heathens Noahenstien Have been using Dema on their team, thus ensuring their eventual karmic fate…we tried to warn Chicago, (they didn’t listen and ended up losing their home opener to us), we tried to warn you…
Re: Smack Let 'em. Every time he gets red carded, they lose out. Whether they are doing it out of ignorance or spite, they will learn their lesson soon enough. (sheepish look) although, it appears this season, it won't be learned from me. Not in the Inferno divison, anyway. Oh well.