• Hate The Drake's trade block has been updated!

  Gatekeepers on March 22, 2018 6:20 AM

• also, I'll plug the "trade block" function so that we can all shore up our weak spots before the regular season starts

  The Moo Day on March 21, 2018 9:27 PM

• hi, yeah. all remaining FA go by auction, so everyone can bid for them, drop players, trade, etc

  The Moo Day on March 21, 2018 8:56 PM

• Is the draft over?

  Woo Woo Trains on March 21, 2018 8:55 PM

• back of the yards's trade block has been updated!

  The Moo Day on March 21, 2018 8:49 PM

• back of the yards's trade block has been updated!

  The Moo Day on March 21, 2018 1:16 AM

• Captain TBD's trade block has been updated!

  Captain TBD on March 20, 2018 9:54 PM

• The Contreras In The Rye's trade block has been updated!

  Michael’s Monies on March 20, 2018 9:40 PM

• Hate The Drake's trade block has been updated!

  Gatekeepers on March 20, 2018 8:54 PM

• hey, checking in y'all....I'm ready to go

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on March 20, 2018 4:48 PM

• The auction will go faster than you think, good advice about bidding on premier players, Trout isnt going to go for $1... The biggest drag on the auction is non participating players, the time between players is too long...

  Fantasy Baseball Team on March 19, 2018 2:02 PM

• Its important to note that if you miss a nomination, you get locked out of bidding until the commish(s) unlock you. That will be annoying for Chris and I if you are constantly missing noms, so try to be on top of it and have a good watch list in place so you can nominate quickly.

  Gatekeepers on March 19, 2018 7:48 AM

• Oh and one more thing... once we get into the draft and get comfortable, it'd be good not to nominate guys like Mike Trout for $1... if you know somebody is gonna go for 60 start in double digits at least.

  Gatekeepers on March 19, 2018 7:41 AM

• Also... having realised the US has already had Daylight Saving Time and the UK hasn't... the draft won't run as late for me. Once we hit 240 players off the board I'll message you guys in the chat window and you can let me know if you're cool to keep going or if you want to stop. Will need unanimous agreement to continue, otherwise we'll pause it and finish it on the 21st.

  Gatekeepers on March 19, 2018 7:33 AM

• Hey guys... so tomorrow at 5PM ET we'll start the draft! Most of us are totally new to Ottoneu, so there will be a bit of a learning curve with the draft for everybody involved. If all of you can make sure to nominate on your turns that'll make things move smoother, but I don't think we should penalise missing nominations this year. I would recommend everybody have a look at the draft screen before tomorrow, and maybe youtube a few videos of ottoneu drafts just to get a sense of how it works.

  Gatekeepers on March 19, 2018 7:31 AM

• Yes!!! Same!

  Michael’s Monies on March 11, 2018 7:24 PM

• getting....closer....I'm already slow drafting in another league, can't wait to start the auction and get this league kicked off!

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on March 11, 2018 7:20 PM

• Yea I think a trophy is a good idea

  Gatekeepers on March 2, 2018 4:43 AM

• If you click on "Auction Draft" it takes you to the draft room set-up. after you look up a player...scroll to the end of his stat line and there is a "W+" . Clicking it puts him on your watch list. The Draft room set up looks pretty good.

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on March 1, 2018 2:50 AM

• I agree with Hammers...and would pitch in for a shirsey at season's end.

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on March 1, 2018 2:45 AM

• I'd be open to a small trophy type thing (shirsey of the winner's MVP or something) done off site that we pay for, but anything more I'd be opposed to.

  Surreal Muto on February 28, 2018 6:19 PM

• I vote no on this being a money league. IF I wanted a money league I would have signed up for a money league.

  Aaron's Hammers on February 28, 2018 6:10 PM

• That sounds interesting... how does that work? Is that like a watch list

  Gatekeepers on February 28, 2018 2:59 AM

• Hey All; I was reading a bit about how the auction works, and it's possible to update your wishlist a few days before the draft starts. I think this will provided an opportunity to speed things up a bit when drafting.

  Michael’s Monies on February 27, 2018 11:41 PM

• A bunch of us are already in paid leagues with prize money, and most of us are totally new to this format. I'm definitely game to make this paid after this year though if majority is in to that idea

  Gatekeepers on February 27, 2018 8:08 AM

• Maybe in subsequent seasons we can introduce prize money but I didnt want this league to be a paid league for first season. You guys are free to make side bets between each other if that's sonething you really want to do, but nothing league-wide until end of this season and only after we put it to vote.

  Gatekeepers on February 27, 2018 8:04 AM

• Anyone else interested in doing a $10 buy-in, winner take all for winner at the end of the season? Just realized that our $9.99 tier doesn't support payment through Otteneu. If everyone's down to play for bragging rights, by all means I'm for it -- thought it'd be best to bring this up now then on draft day.

  Michael’s Monies on February 26, 2018 11:00 PM

• :) that makes me smile. Contreras in the Rye is my new favorite owner and team name, obviously.

  Captain TBD on February 26, 2018 1:02 PM

• Slightly off-topic: I laughed heartily at "Captain TBD." Great name.

  Michael’s Monies on February 26, 2018 11:45 AM

• Ok then... Allocation it is

  Gatekeepers on February 26, 2018 11:45 AM

• Works for me, equally fine with Allocation as well. Whatever Freak-a-Zoids says I agree with; seems like one hell of a guy.

  Captain TBD on February 26, 2018 11:42 AM

• Ok we are 7 to 1 in favour of allocation at the moment. One more vote for allocation will give us 2/3 vote and make it official

  Gatekeepers on February 26, 2018 11:38 AM

• I would be fine with the allocation, I was on the fence about it...I'll change my vote too to make it Allocation. (we're already behaving as allocators by shifting our votes even while deciding....ha! I think it's working)

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on February 26, 2018 11:19 AM

• Agree... it really mimics the market, lets the owner make the decision and that is an important componet to any league.

  Fantasy Baseball Team on February 26, 2018 10:55 AM

• 1 vote for Allocation. Asked in Ottoneu Slack Community, and it was brought to my attention that "the overwhelming majority of leagues use allocation." Additionally, I don't really care for people voting on who should be a FA...not like GMs get to do that? Ha

  Michael’s Monies on February 26, 2018 10:40 AM

• Yea thats the part that interests me about allocation as well... after reading a couple of things about it I'm leaning that way myself. So at the moment, 5 to 3 in favour of Allocation.

  Gatekeepers on February 26, 2018 10:26 AM

• Hi ya'll, I'm Evan. This is tough, both options seem interesting. I'd probably lean toward allocation just because it more closely mimics a real GM's job, facing raises of multiple players.

  Buggy Whip on February 26, 2018 10:14 AM

• Noticed only 6 of us on Slack space. Notnaure if Drake wants to set up a poll there? Here's the invite link: https://join.slack.com/t/ottoneubs/shared_invite/enQtMzE4OTE4NDM4NTUwLTk5MDM5NWE3NDU2NGI0OGRmMDAxYjMxZDNmZDBkMDM0NjViODAyZjhiMjVmNTY4YWMxZmQ5MzNkZWNkZGNjNDI

  Michael’s Monies on February 26, 2018 9:40 AM

• Back Yards, we could change year to year is imagine. I'll check that

  Gatekeepers on February 26, 2018 4:02 AM

• Hmmm... based on what Malbecians is saying I could be swayed. I think keeping things interesting over the off season is pretty important

  Gatekeepers on February 26, 2018 4:01 AM

• I'm drawn to the Vote-Off system.

  👾👽Freak-a-Zoids👽👾 on February 25, 2018 9:02 PM

• so far 3 vs 3. drake, how many other issues are there? would it make sense to use some polling website if there are a lot of other votes to cast?

  The Moo Day on February 25, 2018 7:58 PM

• you have to think about allocating the money- there is a three dollar limit that eack owner can allocate to a particular player, not the end of the world, remember your players are subject too

  Fantasy Baseball Team on February 25, 2018 7:52 PM

• getting players below market value is what you struve for. Having been in a league where we did allocation made the offseason interesting and

  Fantasy Baseball Team on February 25, 2018 7:50 PM

• option 1- arbitration

  Fantasy Baseball Team on February 25, 2018 7:46 PM

• I like both options as they each bring a bit different of a strategy. I would vote for #1, but fine with either. The $25 each team gets to allocate would result in more of a slight across the board bump in player prices instead of as serious as everyone might think in my opinion, although I'm just guessing.

  Surreal Muto on February 25, 2018 7:09 PM

• i vote #2. is it set in stone permanently, or could we switch to #1 next season if we wanted?

  The Moo Day on February 25, 2018 6:23 PM

• I can see the positives and negatives of both actually. Allocation is quite an interesting method as well.

  Gatekeepers on February 25, 2018 6:13 PM

• Article about Option 2 "Vote Off": https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ottoneu-arbitration-strategies-for-the-first-off-season-activity/

  Gatekeepers on February 25, 2018 6:07 PM

• Article about Option 1 "Allocation": https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/ottoneu-arbitration-guide/

  Gatekeepers on February 25, 2018 6:06 PM

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