- 08:01 AM
- 11/22/09
So there are two Spofi leagues as it stands now: the incumbent auto-renewing one and the new one. Are we going to keep both? It's fine, it's just -- kind of redundant.
posted by chicobangs at 09:47 AM on July 11
Oh, yeah, absolutely, they totally are. Totally. Seriously, go for it.
posted by chicobangs at 02:32 PM on July 10
Key players can switch teams and put you over the 3 per team limit. Or leave the EPL altogether. But hey, go ahead. Bet the farm on Cronaldo and Adebayor, and take the rest of the summer off. You deserve it.
posted by chicobangs at 03:43 PM on July 09
I clicked through, got to the players page, and thought, what the hell am I doing? Although I did just lose the job I had that blocked this site, so fuggit, let's try again. Carburetor Dung FC is in the hizzy. (Note to self: keep a close watch on the transfer wire for the next month, ffs.)
posted by chicobangs at 01:52 PM on July 09
Argos by 8 Edmonton by 14 Montreal by 17 BC by 5
posted by chicobangs at 12:43 PM on June 30
Jeez, I don't visit the locker room for a week, and you're naming shit after me like I'm dead or something. (Maybe I'm being presumptuous, and it's some other chicobangs. If so, well, fair enough.) Ticats by 8. BC by 14. Argos by 11. Roughies by 4.
posted by chicobangs at 10:24 AM on June 25
Cash? Forget it. Ask to wear rcade's cool new hat and for a ride in his car. It's what he'd ask for.
posted by chicobangs at 11:13 AM on June 11
Why would you want a lower number? Nothing good comes out of having a low number. There's nothing in Spofi's Two-Digit Champagne Lounge except for some stale sandwiches and an extra backgammon board. Really, nothing to see in here. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to check up on one of the 15k kids. He's polishing the yacht.
posted by chicobangs at 11:02 AM on June 11
See all you guys next season. Unlike Derby County. I don't know. if someone offered me £60 million to get the tar kicked out of me 38 times this past winter, I dare say I'd consider it.
posted by chicobangs at 08:24 AM on May 20
Tied. I'll take 19th, given my sporadic second-half update schedule. Sorry, bill.
posted by chicobangs at 03:09 PM on May 12
Yeah, this happens every once in a while. If there's an extended break close to the end of a period, the referees have the option of saying the hell with it and moving the intermission up. The glass changes tend to be pretty quick nowadays, though. From how fast they do it, I'm guessing the NHL rinks run drills to swap the glass in & out as fast as possible. I've seen it happen with brawls, too. If things are really close to flashpoint, and multiple scraps are happening at once, they'll send everyone to the dressing rooms to cool off for 15 minutes and just tack the extra time on to the next period.
posted by chicobangs at 10:59 AM on May 05
It goes back about a year a little over two years There, fixed my own statement. Jeezus, tempus fugit.
posted by chicobangs at 02:54 PM on May 02
If memory serves, the quiz came about as a minimum-intelligence hurdle, to keep mouth-breathers and youtube-level comments off the site. It goes back about a year, and there was no small amount of discussion about it when it went down. I agree, however, about the guidelines & wiki needing to be more prominently displayed. They're guidelines, not rules, and that needs to be reinforced, but I'm with you on that. (That correction was a tetch picayune, though, wasn't it.)
posted by chicobangs at 12:25 PM on May 02
Well, I think I'm getting better at this stuff. Maybe next year I'll be able to finish in the first division at least.
posted by chicobangs at 09:58 AM on May 02
I don't know. I think we could probably use another MC Hammer. Y'know, as a species.
posted by chicobangs at 08:59 AM on May 01
Ovechkin is a lock for the Hart. Iginla & Malkin had stellar years, but Alex not only was the most exciting and highest-powered player in the game, he's also the most publicized. He's been on SportsCenter every night this season, and the NHL can't buy that kind of PR. Seriously, they can't afford it, and no one would sell it to them. Ovechkin going away. I love that two of the three Selke candidates are teammates (and often linemates). John Madden should be happy to have been nominated. Pominville for the Lady Byng. St. Louis has won it before (I think, I'm not looking it up), and Datsyuk... well, I guess he could win it. I agree, NoMich. Toews for the Calder. Kane was no slouch, but Toews is already mature and fully formed as a player. He's only going to get better. Chara and Phaneuf both had Norris caliber seasons, but if it doesn't go to Lidstrom on inertia alone, I'd be surprised. Brodeur had a quietly great year, and he probably deserves to win the Vezina, but I'd sure like to see Lundqvist take it.
posted by chicobangs at 09:40 AM on April 30
Be sure to take pictures. That's all I ask. (and not to hijack this thread or anything, but the NYC Spofite posse is probably due again.)
posted by chicobangs at 12:19 PM on April 25
No, it's not, Hater. It's just louder.
posted by chicobangs at 04:35 PM on April 22
Yeah. Euch.
posted by chicobangs at 11:52 AM on April 18
lilnemo, I think Scrabble scores aren't the worst thing that could be posted, not by far. But then again, I didn't go to an American college, so all that stuff kind of passes through me. But Scrabble? Why the hell not. Darts? Spelling Bees? Competitive Eating? Arm wrestling? Rock Paper Scissors? Dwarf Tossing? Chess? Beer Pong? World of Warcraft? Foxy Boxing? Monkey Baseball? Survivor: Cleveland? Cheese Hockey? The Democratic Primary? Fingernail growing contests? Prison breaks? Spin the bottle? Exquisite Corpse? Flava of Love? I crossed a line in there somewhere. Sorry.
posted by chicobangs at 09:02 AM on April 15
The sugar walls of my house of lies are freshly... sugared.
posted by chicobangs at 04:18 PM on April 14
I tried that. Too weak to type. Spent all my time with my sidekick, Amos (played by Art Carney), hatching get-rich-quick schemes that never seemed to pan out. It was a great life, highly rewarding, and hanging out here 34258726349572 hours a day was lovely. But these Maseratis don't drive themselves, babe. Daddy needs to pay for his medicine.
posted by chicobangs at 11:34 AM on April 14
I'm still neck-deep in work. I'm trying, though.
posted by chicobangs at 10:16 AM on April 14
I'm sorry. Like I said, getting tables & information to the place where I am all day long has been difficult. I've been working way too hard, and the pool stuff has suffered, especially the last two or three weeks. I really apologize. Thanks, Frisby.
posted by chicobangs at 09:31 AM on April 09
I would think that anything shorter than your average Henry James novel is fine, especially if you are, in fact, Henry James. But yeah, go for it. I look forward to reading it.
posted by chicobangs at 11:43 AM on April 08
Oh, man. That's rough. Fair play to him for trying, though. It's hard to get into the adventuring business, I guess. That investment is going to pay off eventually, I just know it.
posted by chicobangs at 02:42 PM on April 07
Yes, grum, you're on the Fibonacci trail of greatness. Next year you'll finish 8th, the year after that, 13th, after that, 21st, and in 2012, they'll have to make a 34th place for you to finish in. Maybe then I'll finish ahead of you.
posted by chicobangs at 12:24 PM on April 07
Some time in January I contracted a terrible disease. That disease was job-with-every-website-blocked-at-workitis. It's has kept me gainfully employed from then to now, but scientists have not found a cure. As a result, my management of the Spofi Fantasy Hockey League the second half of the season could be described as laissez-faire at best. I apologize for that.
Here are the final standings. Many congratulations to skydivedad, who won going away. SpoFi Puckathon IV
Rank |
| Team | Points | Pts Change | Waiver | Moves |
1. |
| 152.5 | 0.5 | 7 | 30 | |
2. |
| 130.5 | -0.5 | 1 | 11 | |
3. |
| 127.5 | -1.5 | 9 | 11 | |
4. |
| 125 | 0 | 14 | 42 | |
5. |
| 97.5 | -1.5 | 8 | 10 | |
6. |
| 94 | -1 | 11 | 39 | |
7. |
| 93.5 | 0.5 | 15 | 57 | |
8. |
| 91 | -2 | 10 | 21 | |
9. |
| 88.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 15 | |
10. |
| 85 | 1.5 | 12 | 24 | |
11. |
| 84.5 | -2.5 | 6 | 4 | |
12. |
| 81.5 | 0 | 3 | 27 | |
13. |
| 71 | 3.5 | 13 | 53 | |
14. |
| 63 | -2 | 4 | 8 | |
15. |
| 55 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 |
posted by chicobangs at 09:46 AM on April 07
Do we know that, terrapin? Just because he said it doesn't mean they hang out. Maybe they just traded emails. Maybe that Google alert brought him there, and Kottke just took the same liberty I did. Again, terrapin: I'm sorry for implying he and SpoFi hang out.
posted by chicobangs at 11:40 AM on March 26
I can't reach the order form from work, but this is a great idea.
posted by chicobangs at 11:17 AM on March 25
I'm sorry. What I said upthread may have been construed as dickish and snarky. I don't for one minute propose we take any actual credit for anything he's doing or has done. He's just someone who's passed through here, has been a person of interest on SpoFi before, and is trying to do something big and interesting. I figured it was worth an update. The rest is me being mouthy. To be very clear, past wc2k2's investment, we do not, and have never, had anything to do with him, nor, except for one comment, he with us. That I implied otherwise was just my feeble and apparently ham-handed attempt at a joke.
posted by chicobangs at 10:14 AM on March 24
Okay, he's not exactly a one-digit spofite with 150 FPPs or anything, but when someone who's on our rolls is trying to accomplish something this massive, then we should take as much credit for his success as we can without stepping on him. So yeah, he's heard of us, he's doing something really large and pretty cool (one might say cold, even), so I'm prepared, for the purposes of this thread, to just go ahead and call him One Of Us.
posted by chicobangs at 07:29 PM on March 21
Apparently (I've heard from a third party) the SOUTH expedition is still on the schedule, somewhere around year-end. And yeah, that would be one for the books.
posted by chicobangs at 10:48 AM on March 21
Dear smilers: You're quite welcome.
posted by chicobangs at 11:51 AM on March 20
We should buy equal shares in both Celtic and Rangers, and call our consortium Spofi Self-Loathing LLC.
posted by chicobangs at 03:36 PM on March 11
I would like to be able to visit "my" team at some point, so if there's still Wimbledon shares, that'd be my first choice. (Preston is quite... intriguing, though.) (I don't see a trip to Brisbane in the next year or two. Younever know, but, well, yeah.)
posted by chicobangs at 09:32 AM on March 11
I was not in a position to do this when it last came up, but if the door is open, I'm totally in now.
posted by chicobangs at 12:07 PM on March 10
There are Pac Man dots scattered across the track that only the drivers can see. Each one they pick up counts for valuable Sprint Cup Points. Yeah, I know, that's what I said. But the nice man on the subway wouldn't lie to me. I mean, I gave him a dollar and everything.
posted by chicobangs at 03:42 PM on March 03
After all my cheerleading for rcade, he throws a 23. Dude. I put this skirt on and learned all these snazzy routines, and this is the thanks I get?
posted by chicobangs at 09:43 AM on March 03
...or should this discussion be out front?
posted by chicobangs at 03:12 PM on February 26
Ottawa doesn't unload either of their virtual #1 goalies! Fedorov is a Capital! I didn't even know he was still alive! Personally, I was hoping the Leafs would load up on draft picks, and so I'm happy with today's festivities.
posted by chicobangs at 03:04 PM on February 26
Sure thing, Einstein. You can call me Norman, because I Rock Well.
posted by chicobangs at 02:34 PM on February 26
For the fourth time: Bye, Nakeman. If this is what you think of Spofi, we're both better off seeing other people. If you're just dramaqueening again, then don't bring it back in here, okay?
posted by chicobangs at 01:46 PM on February 26
Okay. I was guessing. Trout weren't the only fish he wore.
posted by chicobangs at 03:35 PM on February 25
Is Grouper Trouper a Beefheart reference?
posted by chicobangs at 02:25 PM on February 25
Don't look now, but after two pretty decent weeks, rcade is withing biting distance of moving off the schneid.
posted by chicobangs at 09:14 AM on February 25
Aw, no way! Your name is Melissa now! AHAHAHAHAHA! And won't that be confusing when you get home.
posted by chicobangs at 05:36 PM on February 22
Maybe. Perhaps a section in the sideblog that links to the latest As-The-Stomach-Turns about the revolving hits of the moment would be a good idea.
posted by chicobangs at 05:22 PM on February 22
True that, YYM. If only Ernie Harwell was as great as the mighty Tim McCarver. If only.
posted by chicobangs at 11:10 AM on February 15
Like tommytrump, I'm partial to the local guys of my childhood, and while I have heard all these guys broadcast, it's one thing to hear them do a game or two, and quite another to carry on a two-hours-a-day, six-months-a-year, decades-long relationship with them. Some of us listen to them more than we listen to our own parents or spouses. The connection can easily get that deep with the play-by-play guy in your chosen sport. (Hi, Joe Bowen!) I may know what that relationship is like with a Vin Scully or a Jack Buck, but I only listened to Harwell or Caray or Uecker every once in a while, and that's a little different. These guys created a world that was best experienced day-to-day. Stopping in for the occasional national game of the week isn't the same. It's like watching a single episode of Days Of Our Lives. You'll get the gist of what's happening, but if you follow it every day for a long time, it makes a lot more sense. What I'd really like to see is people waxing poetic about their local broadcasters.
posted by chicobangs at 09:34 AM on February 15
justgary, that's beautiful. I'd like to see that tattooed across Rocket's forehead.
posted by chicobangs at 03:54 PM on February 14
How did I win this week? I made no changes again, and Liverpool is sucking like a jet engine. The one week out of the last three I actually do make a transfer and muck wwith my lineup, I go in the tank even more than otherwise. Clearly, less is more. I freely admit I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
posted by chicobangs at 10:37 AM on February 05
Oh, her. Poor girl couldn't find her way out of an attic, even with her whole family helping her.
posted by chicobangs at 10:20 AM on February 01
Anne Frank had her issues, but blindness was not one of them. Are you thinking of Helen Keller?
posted by chicobangs at 08:46 AM on February 01
Hater, I feel like I'm the only person alive who liked that design. I'm wondering if I have anything I could swap you for it. Let me think.
posted by chicobangs at 11:17 AM on January 31
That smacks of extra work on your part, which, well, why would you? Closed with a reason is a good idea. It works well at Mefi, and I can't see it not working just as well here if you guys went to it.
posted by chicobangs at 01:43 PM on January 28
Yeah, I don't want lacrosse to be excluded just because I don't follow it. I'm sure there's plenty of decent discussion material there. As a group, we have a relatively good knack for getting people to raise their discussional game.
posted by chicobangs at 10:19 AM on January 28
owlhouse, I'm jealous. I would very much like to beat Ana Ivanovic like a strumpet. Or do anything to her like a strumpet, for that matter. mmmmm.
posted by chicobangs at 12:02 PM on January 25
Welcome to the New Server
I stayed away for a couple of weeks, but I don't have a history anymore either. Has my years-long slate been wiped clean?