MAJOR GWJCFFL screwup!

I was looking at free agent running backs, and I saw Shaun Alexander listed.

Thinking someone made a major mistake, I picked him up and let William Green go.

Then I went hunting to see who originally drafted Alexander.

Stric did... and he still has him! He never released him!

I don't know what shows up for you guys, but I can look at Stric's team and see Alexander there, AND I can go to my team and see Alexander there (on the bench players) too!

I would cut him and pick up a "true" free agent back, but now I have no idea who's a real free agent and who's a duplicate player. (But then again, I like my little clone - Mini-Shaun, would you like a Hot Pocket?)

After I made the pickup, I saw Priest Holmes now showed up as a free agent - and *I* have him.

Would it be possible to start a league somewhere like Yahoo, input the draft we had at FOX, retroactively "play" week 1, and then go from there?

Just a terrible management of Fox's FF service. Like you mentioned, it's a shame, because I like the layout in general.

Well jesus, if a guy is obviously not supposed to be there, don't take him! Fox must be staffed by clowns.

Please tell me no one has Battle, I just scooped him early today.

Would it be possible to start a league somewhere like Yahoo, input the draft we had at FOX, retroactively "play" week 1, and then go from there?

Strongly considering it, I'll take a look.

I thought that was pretty funny when I picked up Earl Campbell *and* Ken Stabler off the waver wire today. Huh.

Well I didn't know at the time, I figured someone made a dumb move or something. I had no idea he was a CLONE. I don't know who is a legit free agent, or if taking a free agent is going to "clone" one of my players like it did for Priest! I figured if he did show up in error, the system would know and give me a "NO, BAD, ERROR!" message.

I checked out Yahoo and we could definitely import our FOX draft results as an "offline draft". I don't know if we could re-create our week 1 outcomes though.

I would much rather do something sooner than later, because I can't honestly believe that this is the last thing that will go wrong in this league. Even if we have to "muck" Week 1 just so we can have a problem-free league from here on out, that would work for me. Swampy knows I 0wnz0red him, that's all that really matters.

EDIT: I cut Alexander, so that's done. But I still have a TE - Chris Cooley - who I was UNABLE to start last week due to an error, and now I get a different error when I try to start him now! So my starting TE is still unable to play thanks to this dumb site.

EDIT 2: Actually, I can't make ANY lineup changes. And the FOX forums indicate this is happening in a lot of leagues.

I vote to move if at all possible. I don't like Fox's interface at all. I've been trying to take my kicker off the bench for 4 days with no success.

Ok, looks like I can sign us up for Yahoo as an offline draft and manually enter all the team players. I can even make it start from Week One so everything (like my hot, hot top score) should remain intact. It's going to take some time though and we may lose live stats since we'd be using the free one.

Jesus. The GWJ #2 league has advanced to Week 2, but shows everyone as 0-0 with 0 points scored in week 1.

The GWJ #1 league, meanwhile, does show wins and losses and points for week 1.

Certis wrote:

Ok, looks like I can sign us up for Yahoo as an offline draft and manually enter all the team players. I can even make it start from Week One so everything (like my hot, hot top score) should remain intact. It's going to take some time though and we may lose live stats since we'd be using the free one.

Yeah, the live stats cost money, though anyone that wants to can order it just for themselves (I may very well do that for myself). But better to get a working league than a broken one!

Live stats are broken on FOX anyway. Hell, GWJ #2 doesn't have correct scores even NOW.

Ok, I made a new league in Yahoo. Some stats (like defense yards allowed) aren't available in Yahoo and unless I'm missing it, they don't allow me to break down ranges for reception bonuses like Fox does. So it's either going to be 1 point per catch or no points. I went with no points for now, I can change stuff after the fact.

League Name: GWJCFFL Reborn
Password: ilovestan
Draft Type: Offline Draft
Max Teams: 12
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: November 18, 2005
Trade Review: League Votes
Waiver Time: 2 days
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Playoffs: Week 15 and 16 (4 teams)
Roster Positions: QB, WR, WR, WR, RB, RB, TE, K, DEF, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN
Stat Categories: Passing Yards (50 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (4)
Interceptions (-1)
Rushing Yards (20 yards per point)
Rushing Touchdowns (6)
Receptions (0)
Reception Yards (20 yards per point)
Reception Touchdowns (6)
Return Touchdowns (6)
2-Point Conversions (2)
Fumbles Lost (-1)
Offensive Fumble Return TD (6)
Field Goals 0-19 Yards (3)
Field Goals 20-29 Yards (3)
Field Goals 30-39 Yards (3)
Field Goals 40-49 Yards (4)
Field Goals 50+ Yards (5)
Point After Attempt Made (1)
Sack (1)
Interception (2)
Fumble Recovery (2)
Touchdown (6)
Safety (2)
Block Kick (2)
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns (6)
Points Allowed 0 points (7)
Points Allowed 1-6 points (6)
Points Allowed 7-13 points (3)
Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)
Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)
Points Allowed 28-34 points (0)
Points Allowed 35+ points (0)

We'd need League ID to join, not league name.

It's only Tuesday. I suspect it'll all be sorted out very soon. No need to jump the gun... IMHO, of course.

Edit: The wrong account was logged in. Sorry. - Grumpicus.

I don't agree. I've been watching the Commish forums since before the season and it's been a complete mess. I was going to host my own league on FOX but pulled it after seeing the fiasco that everyone else was going through.

Something has been broken the whole time. The draft rooms were hit-and-miss. The auto-drafter gave screwed rosters to a bunch of people. I couldn't put my starting TE into the lineup for week 1. GWJ #2 has no results. Shaun Alexander has been cloned. Lineup changes are currently broken. Live Scoring was half-broken. Something has been fouled up the whole time and I just don't see it all going away for the next 15 weeks.

Quicksilver wrote:

It's only Tuesday. I suspect it'll all be sorted out very soon. No need to jump the gun... IMHO, of course.

Edit: The wrong account was logged in. Sorry. - Grumpicus.

What the heck? You've got a sockpuppet account?

And I better get to keep Earl Campbell in this new league.

Wife's computer. Wife's account.

Ooh! So now we know where to send the private messages!

BTW, Grump, I saw you took the helmet in the Yahoo league that most closely resembles the Saints.

Guilty as charged. It didn't hurt that it was already picked for me when I got to that screen.

I'm just glad to see that Legion has such high regard for my fantasy football analysis skills that he actually thought I got rid of Shaun Alexander.

Same thinh happend with Alexander in the #2 league.

Stric9 wrote:

I'm just glad to see that Legion has such high regard for my fantasy football analysis skills that he actually thought I got rid of Shaun Alexander. :)

LOL. I didn't recall offhand who had Alexander in the first place. I went and looked that up afterwards.

You never know. He didn't have a big game, and I don't know the NFL IQ of everyone in the league, so I guessed it might be possible. Not something I would expect to be possible, but when Alexander was staring me in the face, the first thing in my mind wasn't "OMG clones, stupid FOX!". Though in hindsight, it should have been.

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ALEXANDER CLONE ARMY!!

I have alexander too...go figure

BTW...

can we put a 100% moratorium on all free agents since week 1 - until we get everything fixed...?