930 Survival Football Pool - 2009

ouch.  seth plays hard.

unfortunately i'm not in an income bracket that allows me to gamble $1000.  well, not all at once.

Seth wrote:
$1000

Sorry, I'm not in a position to sell Stoli + cranberry for $8.

That said, I will challenge you once again to a one-on-one suicide sidepool: my $100 up against a +1 VIP balcony upgrade.

vansmack wrote:
There's a change this year on the site.  You have until the 4:00 O'Clock ET game to make your pick (it used to be kickoff of the first game).

Might pick page currently says:

"Deadline to submit pick: 9/13/2009 1:00 pm PDT"

Not sure if this is a week one thing or not, but we can go by that this week.

The "settings" page on our Group site says the deadline is Sunday at 1:00PM EDT.

Also, based on the language of my Deadline Reminder e-mail, it sounds as though the deadline is set at the group level.

"Hello ggw1357,
If you have not yet made selections for this week's games, you must enter your picks before your group's selection deadline passes or you will be Eliminated."

Seth wrote:
$1000

O.K.

ggw wrote:

Seth wrote:
$1000

O.K.

DAYUM!

This is awesome.  Oh, and I'm totally not in becaue $1000 rhymes with divorce in my household.

ggw wrote:

vansmack wrote:
There's a change this year on the site.  You have until the 4:00 O'Clock ET game to make your pick (it used to be kickoff of the first game).

Might pick page currently says:

"Deadline to submit pick: 9/13/2009 1:00 pm PDT"

Not sure if this is a week one thing or not, but we can go by that this week.

The "settings" page on our Group site says the deadline is Sunday at 1:00PM EDT.

Also, based on the language of my Deadline Reminder e-mail, it sounds as though the deadline is set at the group level.

"Hello ggw1357,
If you have not yet made selections for this week's games, you must enter your picks before your group's selection deadline passes or you will be Eliminated."

Checking that now…..

I have two options:

(1) 5 minutes before start of first game or (2)  1 PM PDT.

Anybody have a preference?

(1) 5 minutes before start of first game

ggw wrote:

(1) 5 minutes before start of first game

That really kind of screws up Thursday game weeks….

And yes it says EDT not PDT.  West coast bias….

Right now I'm leaning towards leaving it at Kickoff of the first Sunday game unless GGW is the majority and not the minority.

Actuallythe more I think about it, High Stakes should rule.

If Seth and GGW want 5 Mins before first kickoff, then so be it.

But decide sooner rather than later so I can get the message out….

i like 1 PM PDT (4 EDT).  in fact, i'm in favor of letting folks pick any game that hasn't started yet, i.e. any time before kick-off of monday night football… in case someone pulls an eros.

sweetcell wrote:
i like 1 PM PDT (4 EDT).  in fact, i'm in favor of letting folks pick any game that hasn't started yet, i.e. any time before kick-off of monday night football… in case someone pulls an eros.

I don't have that option in the settings.

I only have (1) 5 Minutes before kickoff or (2) kick off of the first Sunday game.

vansmack wrote:
I only have (1) 5 Minutes before kickoff or (2) kick off of the first Sunday game.

that's a typo, no?  earlier you mentioned:

vansmack wrote:
I have two options:

(1) 5 minutes before start of first game or (2)  1 PM PDT.

Anybody have a preference?

i prefer 1 PM PDT, AKA 4 PM EDT (option #2)… if that is indeed an option.

anyone else?

vansmack wrote:
And yes it says EDT not PDT.  West coast bias….

Yes, I said I was in error above.

It's 1 PM EDT not PDT.

It's really wierd though because the settings say 1 PM EDT as one of my options, but when I make my pick it clearly says "Deadline to submit pick: 9/13/2009 1:00 pm PDT" which is what caused the confusion…

vansmack wrote:
Actuallythe more I think about it, High Stakes should rule.

If Seth and GGW want 5 Mins before first kickoff, then so be it.

But decide sooner rather than later so I can get the message out….

I would prefer the deadline being before the week's first game but it's not a strong preference.  If you and others prefer the Sunday option I can go along with that.  I defer to your commishness.

vansmack wrote:
It's really wierd though because the settings say 1 PM EDT as one of my options, but when I make my pick it clearly says "Deadline to submit pick: 9/13/2009 1:00 pm PDT" which is what caused the confusion…

Same with me. 

The group "settings" state that the deadline is Sunday @ 1:00PM EDT but when I click on my pick it says 9/13/2009 4:00PM EDT.

Check your page to tell me if it says EDT…



EDIT: Thanks GGW - I put Yahoo on notice.

a view from the east coast:





note the continued discrepancy…

COMMISH MESSAGE

I WOULD MAKE MY PICK, TODAY, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, AS THERE IS A DISCREPENCY IN HOW YAHOO IS HANDLING THEIR SUNDAY PICKS (1PM EDT vs 1PM PDT).

IT'S BETTER TO BE SAFE THEN SORRY ON THE FIRST WEEK.

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.

I apologize for any confusion caused due to the Group Settings Weekly
Deadline conflicting with the Weekly Deadline displaying on Team Pages.

Please note, the Weekly Deadline displaying on the Group Settings page
is the correct deadline.

We're investigating why the Weekly Deadline being displayed on Team Page
is conflicted with the deadline on the Group Settings page.

We value your interest in Yahoo! Fantasy Sports. If you have further
comments or questions, please feel free to reply to this e-mail and we
will gladly assist you.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.

Regards,

Jimmy

Yahoo! Fantasy Sports Customer Care
Sports Fantasy Football Survival



So there you have it - the deadline is kickoff of the first game Sunday morning…

up to 17 players in the pool!  still room for more…

who is "revenge" - seth?

latest message from yahoo: "Please note that we are aware of the Sunday 1pm ET deadline bug that is preventing some users from entering their picks. We are working swiftly to fix it. Thank you for your patience."

didn't realize that this was preventing picks… i only thought it created confusion!