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dharvey34@comcast.net (12/29/2007)
If the forum is what people want, then maybe all it would take is for someone to set up a board somewhere (as I think someone has tried) and then just start posting; with any luck. word spreads and voila! But to me, when I'm not *paying* for something, I'm not as inclined to use it - that is just human nature. The other thing not paying means is that responses are not reliable, no matter how well intentioned we all are. I know the old guys at TMR were not paid much, but they were paid to make sure we all got responses, and there was an expectation on the customer side that had to be met. So while I would love to see the TMR community live on in another form, I just don't trust that the free message board will do that. One idea I have had was for some sort of private board within ESPN's offerings. I have always thought they were missing something by not offering that option. The idea would be to (perhaps for a modest fee) for ESPN to set up a choice few member-only boards - call them "communities" if it sells better. If they limited membership to say 100 per community, ESPN could put an expert in charge of each , and that person could respond to that community's questions exclusively. Imagine - if I was part of the board that say C-Dub (as an example) ran, I could ask my questions and get answers without all the noise. I'd also have some assurance my questions would be answered - unlike the crazy chats ESPN runs. For that matter, community-only chats might be great (one of the things I really miss from the TMR days). FWIW, I was (am?) a DP and the football board moderator and wasn't paid anything - can't say the same about Dub or Dave, but DP's weren't paid... we did it because we wanted to be part of something special, the rising of the TMR site.... and now I spend my time trying to find another message board....  Dunno guys, pretty obvious that this place is a ghost town now that ESPN has bought everything else. I've heard thru the grapevine that we shouldn't expect any kind of promotion for this message board - so I guess it is what it is as Bill Bellichick would say....
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You should always try and trade a player before dropping/cutting him from your team. If I don't mention that in my post consider it my assumption that you've already explored (or exhausted) trade possibilities.  *******************************************************************************
$20 ea w/Vyse and Radiohead: Rios (me) vs Hall (them). Final Standings ESPN Player Rater
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| lloydy, The rumor you heard is probably right. It makes sense that TMR's deal with ESPN would prohibit him from marketing this message board. As for the prior poster's comment about "paying", I'm with you too. I think the vast majority of us are here and involved in fantasy baseball because of our passion (ok, maybe obsession) over baseball and fantasy sports ... not sure money factors into the equation for us at all.
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well be sure to keep me in the loop if anyone figures something out.
this place is dead - obviously nobody gives a rat's ass about it so it's only going to continue to fade away. Baseball is around the corner, and that's THE fantasy sport IMO - if anyone has a decent message board/or a group is going somewhere else, I'm down.... Every time I check on this message board I feel like punching a wall in frustration
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You should always try and trade a player before dropping/cutting him from your team. If I don't mention that in my post consider it my assumption that you've already explored (or exhausted) trade possibilities. *******************************************************************************
$20 ea w/Vyse and Radiohead: Rios (me) vs Hall (them). Final Standings ESPN Player Rater
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| Hey guys! Keep me updated if anyone sets up a site. I think the main issue seems to be that the few people left around here all have overly full lives and no one has quite the enough time to set something up. Need to find that one person willing to devote the time to set it up. I'll see if I can work on something. I know that I don't have the time but maybe one of my contacts does. I'll take a look at it. Brian BCBarney@Hotmail.com Email me with any updates.
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| I basically became a ghost months ago. But am interested in giving it a shot somewhere else. http://textgenfantasysports.rapidboards.com That's where I've heard some of the old and new DP's are going. Personally, after as long as this board has been neglected, I don't think we should feel obligated to stay here. Branch out and conquer, keep the trolls to a minimum and just bootstrap a new site.... At least we can say we tried.... I can't remember the last time I visited ESPN, and they clearly are of the mindset that believe in quanitity over quality (when it comes to readers). My take, quality breeds quantity, and then you have a readership that will follow you no matter where you go. If you neglect that readership, it seems only natural for the diehards to leave and try to start something else. For what it's worth. I was a DP and I never received payment (outside of the great Draft kits every year). Also, despite being willing, it doesn't seem like posting, and taking "no post left behind," seriously really meant anything in the long run (at least for migration of job duties to ESPN).
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Bill Hall vs. Alex Rios ESPN player rater (Lloydy, BStone, Random33 $20 a piece) I got Hall.
AJ Burnett will get over 180IP and under 3.9ERA and 1.3 WHIP... I take Burnett doing it, Adam doesn't ($20)
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