Hello. I have been in touch with the FleaFlicker Support Team for three years (my first correspondence was August 7, 2018) regarding expanded functionality in the FleaFlicker Draft Tool. I realize there were other priorities in recent years (ie: developing the app, etc.) but this is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed for Dynasty League management in FleaFlicker.
In brevity, we are requesting the following:
We need FleaFlicker to integrate expanded back-end management for League Commish control over each round of their draft through an additional option to insert a specific PLAYER / PICK / DELETE prompt for each team member in each draft round. This request would serve as a continuing evolution of the “Configure Draft” feature that was added to FleaFlicker in 2019. We desire to have this feature added to the Commish Tools as soon as possible this summer to arrive in time for the beginning of the 2021 NFL season.
The benefits of this expanded functionality will provide League Commissioners the ability to attach individual Dynasty Keepers/Players to a specific Draft Round for a Team. The addition of the PLAYER function will allow Dynasty Leagues greater flexibility to slot Dynasty Keepers/Players into the current round by round workaround that FleaFlicker has provided (which only features PICK / DELETE PICK options).
The current workaround does NOT allow League Commissioners to slot specific players directly into the draft slot, which creates all sorts of FleaFlicker management issues throughout the season (example: our league members cannot trust where Flea displays their dynasty keepers as having been “drafted” in the previous season).
Please update us on any progress you have achieved toward the expansion of the Configure Draft functionality.
Agreed. There is no downside to adding this PLAYER flexibility for Dynasty Leagues in the "Configure Draft" tool. This added functionality will further establish FleaFlicker as the prime host for dynasty and keeper leagues. On the flipside... three years is way too dadgum long to be asking for a simple development request like this one.
Thank you for replying, Flea Founder. We remain hopeful that something can be developed before the 2021 NFL season. My dynasty league would be willing to BETA the solutions that you develop for our 2021 FFL Draft. There is no doubt that a creative solution to this problem will benefit the FleaFlicker platform.
Customization is what drew us to Flea and a continuation of that as well as receptiveness to suggestions are why you have been far and away the best option for fantasy sports
Flea Founder… Can you give us a dev timeline window on this dynasty tool request? I appreciate your reply yesterday, but that doesn’t help me keep my league motivated to stay with Flea after three years of waiting. Help me out here. Give me a stronger indication that you are prioritizing our request.
Sleeper is making a huge marketing push today… and my guys are in my ear about it on Slack. As you can see above, my dynasty league is serious about this issue (and has been for quite some time, despite the delays we have endured)… and Mr. Sleeper @akahotcheetos is making this situation less tenable.
Flea Founder… I hope you’ll forgive my impatience here.
This request deserves a more dedicated response than six words without a development timeline. If you would prefer that we move this discussion away from the public forum, you can reply to one of my emails or support tickets from the past several months (or years).
It’s been over a week of silence on this priority request. I need an email reply that addresses my concerns with the suggested fix.
When you say that you are planning to integrate "more fine-grained control over players so the commish can customize this on a per-player basis” — what does this mean? Will this allow me to insert a player (in pre-draft mode) in a specified draft slot?
VonWeavWed 7/7/21 11:42 AM
Hello. I have been in touch with the FleaFlicker Support Team for three years (my first correspondence was August 7, 2018) regarding expanded functionality in the FleaFlicker Draft Tool. I realize there were other priorities in recent years (ie: developing the app, etc.) but this is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed for Dynasty League management in FleaFlicker.
In brevity, we are requesting the following:
We need FleaFlicker to integrate expanded back-end management for League Commish control over each round of their draft through an additional option to insert a specific PLAYER / PICK / DELETE prompt for each team member in each draft round. This request would serve as a continuing evolution of the “Configure Draft” feature that was added to FleaFlicker in 2019. We desire to have this feature added to the Commish Tools as soon as possible this summer to arrive in time for the beginning of the 2021 NFL season.
The benefits of this expanded functionality will provide League Commissioners the ability to attach individual Dynasty Keepers/Players to a specific Draft Round for a Team. The addition of the PLAYER function will allow Dynasty Leagues greater flexibility to slot Dynasty Keepers/Players into the current round by round workaround that FleaFlicker has provided (which only features PICK / DELETE PICK options).
The current workaround does NOT allow League Commissioners to slot specific players directly into the draft slot, which creates all sorts of FleaFlicker management issues throughout the season (example: our league members cannot trust where Flea displays their dynasty keepers as having been “drafted” in the previous season).
Please update us on any progress you have achieved toward the expansion of the Configure Draft functionality.
Thank you.
TheWilseyWed 7/7/21 11:55 AM
Kinda wonder what’s been taking up the dev time since 2019. Seems a pretty light lift with a profound benefit for dynasty players.
Let’s go!
VonWeavWed 7/7/21 12:02 PM
Agreed. There is no downside to adding this PLAYER flexibility for Dynasty Leagues in the "Configure Draft" tool. This added functionality will further establish FleaFlicker as the prime host for dynasty and keeper leagues. On the flipside... three years is way too dadgum long to be asking for a simple development request like this one.
fleafounder AdminThu 7/8/21 10:27 AM
Agreed, we need to add this.
VonWeavThu 7/8/21 11:04 AM
Thank you for replying, Flea Founder. We remain hopeful that something can be developed before the 2021 NFL season. My dynasty league would be willing to BETA the solutions that you develop for our 2021 FFL Draft. There is no doubt that a creative solution to this problem will benefit the FleaFlicker platform.
Please keep us updated.
TheWilseyThu 7/8/21 11:17 AM
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WitzkeThu 7/8/21 11:25 AM
Customization is what drew us to Flea and a continuation of that as well as receptiveness to suggestions are why you have been far and away the best option for fantasy sports
VonWeavFri 7/9/21 1:39 PM
Flea Founder… Can you give us a dev timeline window on this dynasty tool request? I appreciate your reply yesterday, but that doesn’t help me keep my league motivated to stay with Flea after three years of waiting. Help me out here. Give me a stronger indication that you are prioritizing our request.
Sleeper is making a huge marketing push today… and my guys are in my ear about it on Slack. As you can see above, my dynasty league is serious about this issue (and has been for quite some time, despite the delays we have endured)… and Mr. Sleeper @akahotcheetos is making this situation less tenable.
Give us something more concrete, please.
VonWeavFri 7/9/21 1:50 PM
Flea Founder… I hope you’ll forgive my impatience here.
This request deserves a more dedicated response than six words without a development timeline. If you would prefer that we move this discussion away from the public forum, you can reply to one of my emails or support tickets from the past several months (or years).
VonWeavFri 7/16/21 7:40 PM
Ori…
Where are we at on this? I’m holding out hope, but the lack of communication is truly discouraging. Are you prioritizing this for summer 2021?
Waiting…
//rw//
fleafounder AdminSun 7/18/21 12:06 PM
Sent you an email, we'll see what we can do.
VonWeavTue 7/27/21 8:23 AM
/ BUMP /
Ori…
It’s been over a week of silence on this priority request. I need an email reply that addresses my concerns with the suggested fix.
When you say that you are planning to integrate "more fine-grained control over players so the commish can customize this on a per-player basis” — what does this mean? Will this allow me to insert a player (in pre-draft mode) in a specified draft slot?
//rw//
VonWeavMon 8/2/21 1:17 PM
/ BUMP /
No reply. Loyal customers deserve better customer support, Ori.