Logically, "My leagues" ---> League belongs on the top row. Above League/Team/Players/etc. Starting most globally and each step down zeroing in on something more specific. Of course this is NOT important, but to some of us, having things logically organized is. :)
But NOWHERE in the subject or even in the message does it say: A Brave New Dynasty or Fireside, or Fantasywire, etc.
It quickly gets confusing and difficult to know which messages/transactions are for which league (without having to click the link, open a browser and visit the league each time).
7. Private messages "disappear" after viewing them. :(
A user cannot revisit or prove that he/she sent a message to another (deadbeat owner for instance). We really need an inbox/outbox. That would allow us to find exactly what we had said to someone else. An outbox which showed "Read" status would, for example, allow a commish to prove that the recipient had opened/viewed the message.
Messages - move thread with new comment to the top of the list.
- in addition to the creation timestamp, put timestamp of most recent comment in the forum list
Currently, it is possible to have a new reply to a message but the message doesn't even appear on the first (or worse) page because it has scrolled off - perhaps several pages off depending upon how old the original message was. In an active league, if someone pulled something from the previous year...ooh boy, good luck scrolling back pages to find the email!
8. Draft (Yes, I am rewriting the whole draft module! ;) )
a. Commish should be able to specify the day time to start an EMAIL draft and then have the draft AUTOMATICALLY start at that time.
b. Draft queue - we gotta have this! :)
c. Draft timer - another gotta have! With a timer nearing zero notice sent to the commish (commish specifies when; 2 hours before zero; 4 hours before zero; etc).
d. Auto-draft when timer expires - another important item
e. During draft - drop player and then redraft?!!
In a draft this August, an owner made a pick. Then he dropped his pick and RE-PICKED! Heavens NO!!! At the very least, this needs to be something the commish can turn off. If there was an honest error made, the person posts a public message, contacts the commish and the league waits for the Commish to straighten it out. But there should be no "buyer's remorse". You make a pick, you cannot undo it. Period. Also, there could be a scenario where an owner has the current pick and another pick shortly thereafter. He wants two players and is gambling that the 2nd will drop to his other pick. Then he hear's chatter or perhaps the next pick posts a comment like "Hurray, can't believe player X" fell to me". It was the player the current pick was hoping would drop. So he drops his picked player and takes player X.
f. Draft board... current version - colored by position Add version colored by team.
At least up to leagues with 12 teams. At some point, the number of colors become prohibitive! Something like this:
dropbox (dot) com /s/nki4cszbk2n9rdl/ff%20draft%20board.JPG?dl=0
I just checked and could not locate where I originally saw this (Help or Manual?)
Can two or more owners share the same computer in a live draft?
Two owners can share the same computer. Launch the draft as the first owner, then sign out and launch the new draft as the second owner. Repeat this step as many times as you need to.
What happens if the two owners simply use a different browser? Couldn't they each then have their draft open in separate windows? Since each browser has its own cookie, this should work. I know it worked during a Yahoo live draft.
BanicaTomSat 12/7/19 9:15 PM
I thought about making individual posts for each item and perhaps I should? However, I didn't want to flood you all!
1. Commish needs to receive email notice whenever an owner drops out of his league.
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I had a vacancy and barely noticed it in time (I tend to be oblvious at times!) to get a replacement before the week's games.
2. Fleaflicker pager headers
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Logically, "My leagues" ---> League belongs on the top row. Above League/Team/Players/etc. Starting most globally and each step down zeroing in on something more specific. Of course this is NOT important, but to some of us, having things logically organized is. :)
3. Picks page
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Option to HIDE picks that have been traded away or that are not available due to the number of keepers an owner has. This would clear the clutter.
4. Watched players page
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Cut has a Red Button
Add has a Green Button
Trade has a Green Button
Why not make the simple edit to change either Add or Trade to have a Blue Button?
5. Rosters page
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Make team name linkable. Perhaps we want to trade a player TO a team and want to see their draft picks, for example. This would make it simple.
6. Emails from Fleaflicker
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Emails need to identify the league. When a person is in various (or many even) leagues, tracking emails gets confusing/cumbersome.
- a subject looks like this:
New Message From BanicaTom On Fleaflicker.
- the league address within the message looks like this:
fleaflicker.com
fleaflicker.com
fleaflicker.com
fleaflicker.com
But NOWHERE in the subject or even in the message does it say: A Brave New Dynasty or Fireside, or Fantasywire, etc.
It quickly gets confusing and difficult to know which messages/transactions are for which league (without having to click the link, open a browser and visit the league each time).
7. Private messages "disappear" after viewing them. :(
============================================================
A user cannot revisit or prove that he/she sent a message to another (deadbeat owner for instance). We really need an inbox/outbox. That would allow us to find exactly what we had said to someone else. An outbox which showed "Read" status would, for example, allow a commish to prove that the recipient had opened/viewed the message.
Messages - move thread with new comment to the top of the list.
- in addition to the creation timestamp, put timestamp of most recent comment in the forum list
Currently, it is possible to have a new reply to a message but the message doesn't even appear on the first (or worse) page because it has scrolled off - perhaps several pages off depending upon how old the original message was. In an active league, if someone pulled something from the previous year...ooh boy, good luck scrolling back pages to find the email!
8. Draft (Yes, I am rewriting the whole draft module! ;) )
============================================================
a. Commish should be able to specify the day time to start an EMAIL draft and then have the draft AUTOMATICALLY start at that time.
b. Draft queue - we gotta have this! :)
c. Draft timer - another gotta have! With a timer nearing zero notice sent to the commish (commish specifies when; 2 hours before zero; 4 hours before zero; etc).
d. Auto-draft when timer expires - another important item
e. During draft - drop player and then redraft?!!
In a draft this August, an owner made a pick. Then he dropped his pick and RE-PICKED! Heavens NO!!! At the very least, this needs to be something the commish can turn off. If there was an honest error made, the person posts a public message, contacts the commish and the league waits for the Commish to straighten it out. But there should be no "buyer's remorse". You make a pick, you cannot undo it. Period. Also, there could be a scenario where an owner has the current pick and another pick shortly thereafter. He wants two players and is gambling that the 2nd will drop to his other pick. Then he hear's chatter or perhaps the next pick posts a comment like "Hurray, can't believe player X" fell to me". It was the player the current pick was hoping would drop. So he drops his picked player and takes player X.
f. Draft board... current version - colored by position Add version colored by team.
At least up to leagues with 12 teams. At some point, the number of colors become prohibitive! Something like this:
dropbox (dot) com /s/nki4cszbk2n9rdl/ff%20draft%20board.JPG?dl=0
9. Update to help? (not a feature request)
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I just checked and could not locate where I originally saw this (Help or Manual?)
Can two or more owners share the same computer in a live draft?
Two owners can share the same computer. Launch the draft as the first owner, then sign out and launch the new draft as the second owner. Repeat this step as many times as you need to.
What happens if the two owners simply use a different browser? Couldn't they each then have their draft open in separate windows? Since each browser has its own cookie, this should work. I know it worked during a Yahoo live draft.