Re: BFDL MKII Discussion Thread
The thing is, IF everyone knew the rule they would've all said "if i knew i wouldve drafted 4 QBs in the first four rounds".
Ie, all four rounds would've been QB QB QB QB, is what people are saying. We all know that's not true, because you have to draft a full team of stars to be good. But if these people are misguided to think that the only way to win is by drafting 4 QBs in the first four rounds then WE WOULDVE SEEN everyone draft QB QB QB QB.
Ie, them not drafting all QBs shows a lot of people either still didnt realize the OP position, or they're smart fantasy players knowing they still have to draft 30 other players that are top value. That it's NOT a qb league.
There's a thing in Ethics, a conundrum, that says....if you could bring world peace by making one boy miserable in life, would you do it? The story was locking a boy up in a closet to live a life of utter misery.....in exchange for making all the world a happy and fun place for 6.99 billion humans. It's a conundrum in Ethics.
The ethics here is that no one WANTS TO hurt anyone, no one is out to STOP someone from winning. We had to kind of scurry thru setting up the dynasty league, three of them, fill them out, and try to get thru an arduous 34 rounds of drafting in a bit of a hurry before the season started. Me personally, I had so much on my plate with GLB, looking after three drafts, PMing and emailing people all over the place, working, dealing with my girlfriend on the warpath, staying up till 4am all night, not eating, being PM'd a hundred lists by people in 5 different fantasy leagues, etc etc. I APOLOGIZE to all for the change. But I was swamped with everything, and I didnt explain it well enough to everyone, and even MK I didnt fully understand exactly what i was aiming for.
I mean, originally the rule was 3 OP and QBs only scoring 4 pts per TD, which greatly reduced their value to be more REASONABLE in comparison with RBs and WRs, and people didnt get that, that i was aiming for balance SO THAT the 3 OP places didnt get monopolized by the QB spot. So they pushed me to make it 6 pts and didnt get it. And even now still people are waking up to the fact OP means any position.
So in the end....that ideal 4 pts per QB TD unfortunately cannot be introduced. It would've solved everything in the sense of the OP spot. So what else could we do that was REASONABLE to change and better now than later???
The best solution we found was swapping 1 OP spot to a RB/WR spot and KEEPING the QB pts value as is. So that if anyone was affected by having too many QBs they could always trade them because the QB WOULD retain his fantasy value.
Ie, of all the possible options (and knowing people would wake up late still to the OP and complain) the one with the LEAST drastic outcome/affect was this one....changing 1 OP spot to RB/WR and allowing people who drafted that EXTRA qb to be able to salvage their draft. It's not perfect, but it was the most ideal way given all the options.
So im asking you and everyone that it's ok to huff and puff and sigh etc, but just to "harden up" and accept it, move on, and continue on, getting back to the idea of keeping in place a worthwhile dynasty league for years.