Ceetar

I just dropped all my stupid AL guys. Everyone else hold off while I scoop up the fun players.

We'll give you at least a 1/8 chance of getting Lindor. come on!

yes, all that. I made the league public temporarily to bait someone to take that last team.

i told the people running the other yahoo league in "i apologize if i ignore deadlines, please nudge me i don't mind" so this might be a step up? i don't have a pref. head to head seems better for more casual leagues.

sure okay.

we do need one more owner to replace Fman fwiw.

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Draft is set for 7/1 at 9:00. I'm reluctant to change it because it means trying to find a time that works, but we'll have like no real info about stuff by then

Have at it and welcome. Also, fake draft date pushed back to 7/1.

And also why did this need to take place in the early 20th century? Joaquin Phoenix is 45. I don't know what age Joker was supposed to be but that seems about right. That means Joker, in the future when Batman is Batman, is like a 60ish year old man? That doesn't really seem to track. It is meant to mirror the IRL late 70's-early 80's NYC of Taxi Driver. In regards to the age difference between Joaquin's character and Bruce Wayne. It can be seen as one of several indicators that this is not The Joker that will be Batman's greatest arch enemy (though this character may have inspired that Joker to come) and/or there is a point after the subway murders that everything that happens is in Arthur's head. Sort of like Robert Pupkin's story in The King of Comedy. I've never seen Taxi Driver, and yeah that's kind of my point, that it wasn't a Batman movie. They should've just called it/him something else and left out the Wayne stuff and suddenly it's a much better movie. That it takes place in Gotham, in Batman's world, is undeniable. Hell, that they decide to shoe-horn in the Batman origin story pretty much insinuates that it's real. Unrelated it'd be interesting to see a NEW movie/comic/hero franchise to take off from the villain standpoint. Like have a Joker movie that's less origin story and more him terrorizing Gotham in the years prior to Batman becoming Batman, in fact, he's the impetus for BECOMING Batman. As Batman emerges he's constantly criticized "stay down, don't you remember what happened to OTHER HERO" and comics being what they are, the hero would have the constant self-doubt as the big bad villain keeps reemerging. "Have I even made a difference? I can't get rid of this guy! He was the whole reason I'm here"

early 80s, i see from Google, okay, fine. although time is clearly fungible in this movie. the smoking in hospitals (and everywhere) and the Chaplin movie had me thinking it was maybe much earlier. Though clearly not a real place so they could've played with it some. (I always forget how stupid-recent it was that smoking was banned in places) I'm not question super heroes aging, they age whenever for plot points, but specifically the referenced age difference between Batman and Joker in the movie. The movie spent a lot of time setting up different visuals and scenes it really wanted to play out, without worrying too much on whether or not it made much sense. That's where it loses me.

caught this one last night (HBO has it). It was. long? fine? It was better if it wasn't a Batman movie. But it hits too many tropes for a villain and really dulls the mystique of Joker. Good/Evil Bad Guy/Villain Batman/Joker. nah. too narrow. The timeline of the movie is a little choppy at times too. And then part of it isn't actually real. I mean, it was a well made movie. But I didn't turn it on to see a well made movie about how a villain is made, I turned it on to watch Joker do proto-Jokery stuff and it takes mostly all movie for any of that to happen. And also why did this need to take place in the early 20th century? Joaquin Phoenix is 45. I don't know what age Joker was supposed to be but that seems about right. That means Joker, in the future when Batman is Batman, is like a 60ish year old man? That doesn't really seem to track.

=metsmarathon post_id=33458 time=1584326341 user_id=83] should you push back the draft date as far as possible, or at lest pull it off the calendar? cos i'm totally gonna be signing in on the 18th at 9:00 and seeing if i can get some $1 steals otherwise...

=metsmarathon post_id=33402 time=1584207354 user_id=83] um, are we sure that the ottoneu system is able to draft AFTER march 26th (the original start of the season)?

you know, this is becoming a takeover. Quickly becoming the 'Barley Prose fantasy league'

excellent. anyone know anyone else? I might just release the Vermin to the wolves/public.

So my friend is registered in ottoneu, but he doesn't know how to join the league. Where do you click, and from what page? https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/claimteamshttps://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/claimteams scroll to 'expired teams' league name 'the crane pool forum fantasy'. there' a claim button, last column.

lineups are daily and only the active guys contribute points. And you've got 40 spots(well, many of us have some minor league prospects) so there's plenty of swapping you can do based on matchups, etc. (I'm lazy and often don't) You've got a limited amount of innings/games anyway though, so if you constantly swapped you'd blow it out. Pitching can be tight. Otto Classic points is a mix of counting stats (like strikeouts) and rate stats like ERA and HR9 so it's a tradeoff.

I believe he just pays and claims either the Chickens or the Vermin, though Fman probably has a better idea of the click by click specifics. password to the league is 'cpf2020'

=Fman99 post_id=32526 time=1583082290 user_id=86] So I claimed JCL's team and I'm like $70 over the $400 cap. But I have no idea who to cut or how far under $400 I need to go to be able to effectively start 2020 anew.

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=smg58 post_id=32275 time=1582570322 user_id=62] I have a friend I could ask, although he bats for the other team I mean he's a Yankees fan.

=metsmarathon post_id=32352 time=1582740945 user_id=83] valley vermin is an outsider; a coworker of mine. i'll reach out to him and find out.

okay, Ottoneu doesn't seem to keep league owner history, so who is Valley Vermins and are you playing this season?

no, we're missing three though fman say's he'll take one. anyone else got fish? othewise I might just toss it into the pond and see what randos we get.