ASFL2 News - Tag Search (AFL Pickem- 12 Items)

Second Chance Pickem Now Available

1:27 AM ET on 3/19/12 by Jay Soester

With the first two rounds (that matter) of the NCAA Tournament in the books, ASFL2 NCAA Tournament Second Chance Pickem is now available.

The group ID is 3149 and the password is 123456. The deadline to submit your new bracket is 7:15 pm ET on Thursday.

This is last call for those not yet in one of our Fantasy Baseball leagues. There are 14 spots open across the ten leagues that have yet to draft. To ensure your getting a spot, reply to the draft times available thread. Otherwise, watch your inbox for a league designation. Make sure emails from commish@theasfl.com aren't going to your junk/bulk mail folder.

MLB Standings Pickem

MLB Day-to-Day Pickem
AFL Pickem
Fantasy Tennis
Fantasy Formula 1

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, Fantasy_Baseball, MLB_Standings_Pickem, MLB_Day-to-Day_Pickem, AFL_Pickem, Fantasy_Tennis, Fantasy_Formula_1

Games Available Reminder

12:41 AM ET on 3/13/12 by Jay Soester

With Selection Sunday firmly in the rearview, don't forget to submit your entry in our NCAA Tournament Pickem group before the 12:15 PM ET deadline on Thursday. The ASFL2 main competition group ID is 1039 and the password is 123456.

If you're interested in participating in one of our separate, Money Leagues pools, fill out this form then join the groups on Yahoo! ($1 ID = 1123/Password = 123456 & $5 ID = 2074/Password = 123456). Entry fees are accepted via PayPal to bsoester@bellsouth.net using the "Personal" tab then the "payment owed" button to avoid transaction fees.

While I have you, I might as well remind you about the rest of our games currently available:
Fantasy NASCAR/Auto Racing: ID = 24325/Password = 123456
MLB Standings Pickem (Deadline = 6:10 AM ET on Wednesday, 3/28)
Fantasy Baseball (Draft Times; final designations should go out on Tues.)

MLB Day-to-Day Pickem
AFL Pickem
Fantasy Tennis
Premier League Pickem (Worth 2011-2012 Bonus Points)
Fantasy Formula 1

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games, Money Leagues

Tags: Games_Available, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, Fantasy_NASCAR, Fantasy_Baseball, MLB_Standings_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, MLB_Day-to-Day_Pickem, AFL_Pickem, Fantasy_Tennis, Fantasy_Formula_1, Premier_League_Pickem, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points, Money_Leagues, Money_Leagues_NCAA_Tournament_Pools

2012 Arena Football League Pickem Preview

2:43 AM ET on 3/9/12 by Jay Soester

For those completely new to the sport, I'd recommend checking out the league's website and it's ustream.tv channel where you can watch any game not televised nationally. The NFL Network broadcasts one AFL game per week, usually at 8 PM ET on Friday night.

How is the AFL different from the NFL?
The most obvious difference is the fact that the games are played in an arena instead of a stadium. With that comes size constraints. Instead of the 120-yard NFL field, AFL fields are 50 yards long with eight yard endzones and are roughly half as wide as well (85 feet to 160 feet). The outer border of an AFL field features padded walls which are 48 feet high. The ends of an AFL field feature rebound nets which keep the ball in play except in the case of extra point tries. The field goal space itself is less than half that of the NFL (18.5 feet to 9 feet) and five feet higher off the ground (15 to 10). With the field size roughly halved, AFL teams play with eight on the field instead of the 11 in the NFL while they have just 20 active players for a game instead of the NFL's 46. Those 20 players (plus 4 inactives) have to last 18 games over 20 weeks, instead of 17 over 18, before the top four teams from each conference qualify for the postseason.

The current trajectory of NFL play is toward that of the AFL game. In the AFL, passing dominates. Last season, the AFL's rushing leader had 622 yards in 18 games on 167 rushes with his nearest competition finishing at 365 yards. Only three players topped 300 yards, with third through fifth on the list all quarterbacks. The leading passer managed 5,310 yards on 677 attempts while completing 67.2% of his attempts. The rules are set up to further that ideology along. An offense can send one receiver in motion toward the line of scrimmage at the snap while the defense can't blitz anyone but a designated linebacker while the other linebacker can't drop back more than five yards until the ball is thrown or pump faked. With just three DBs up against three WRs, it's tough for a defense to play zone in most situations. That predictability, on top of the need to play man-to-man, helps lead to higher scoring games.

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Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, AFL_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points

Fantasy Baseball League Designations Sent

12:15 AM ET on 3/4/12 by Jay Soester

Fantasy Baseball league IDs and passwords have been emailed to those that responded with their preferred draft times. If that applies to you, but you can't find the email, please contact me. Make sure that commish@theasfl.com is on your list of accepted senders or otherwise contact your email provider to ensure that my emails can get through.

If you have yet to reply with your times, please do so as soon as possible to ensure a place in one of our leagues for this season.

Don't forget about our other games available:
Fantasy NASCAR (ID: 24325/Password: 123456)
NCAA Tournament Pickem (1039/123456)
MLB Standings Pickem
AFL Pickem
MLB Day-to-Day Pickem
Fantasy Tennis
Fantasy Formula 1

The bottom four games are unofficial games, played for bonus points.

I'll be working through the next few days to update MLB Standings Pickem with the new MLB Playoff format. Any playoff entry submitted before I've fixed the process will be cleared.

Unfortunately, the Fantasy NASCAR standings won't be available until early next week.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, Fantasy_Baseball, League_Designations, Fantasy_NASCAR, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, MLB_Standings_Pickem, AFL_Pickem, MLB_Day-to-Day_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Fantasy_Tennis, Fantasy_Formula_1, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points

Newsletter #19

12:20 PM ET on 2/25/12 by Jay Soester

Newsletter #19 is now available. It covers the five official games available, four unofficial games currently available, the coming Keeper Leagues Fantasy Baseball drafts, the current ASASFL drafts and a few other tidbits. Please use this thread or email me with any questions about the newsletter.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games, ASASFL, Keeper Leagues, Money Leagues

Tags: Newsletters, Games_Available, Fantasy_Golf, Fantasy_NASCAR, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, MLB_Standings_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Fantasy_Baseball, Premier_League_Pickem, Fantasy_Tennis, AFL_Pickem, Fantasy_Formula_1, MLB_Day-to-Day_Pickem, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Baseball, Keeper_Leagues_Drafts, Keeper_Leagues_Baseball_Drafts, ASASFL_Fantasy_Baseball, ASASFL_Drafts, ASASFL_Baseball_Drafts, ASFL2_Money_Leagues, Money_Leagues_Fantasy_Baseball, Keeper_Leagues_Bid_System

NCAA Tournament Pickem Available

9:51 PM ET on 2/20/12 by Jay Soester

NCAA Tournament Pickem is now available on Yahoo!, our group ID is 1039 and the password is 123456.

We also have a $1 and $5 pool available. To participate, fill out this form then join the appropriate group. The ID for our $1 group is 1123 and the ID for our $5 group is 2074, the password for both is 123456. I can accept payments via PayPal to bsoester@bellsouth.net. Please use the "Personal" tab then the "payment owed" button to avoid transaction fees. The winnings breakdown can be found here. The top 10% are guaranteed to earn back their entry fee.

All ASFL2 groups follow 1-2-4-6-8-10 scoring.

Other Available Games:
Fantasy Golf (ID: 143/Password: 123456)
Fantasy NASCAR (ID: 407/Password: 123456)
MLB Standings Pickem*
Fantasy Baseball (Draft Times available)
AFL Pickem (Unofficial Game)

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games, Money Leagues

Tags: Games_Available, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, Money_Leagues_Tournament_Pickem, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem_$1_Pools, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem_$5_Pools, Fantasy_Golf, Fantasy_NASCAR, Fantasy_Baseball, MLB_Standings_Pickem, AFL_Pickem

AFL Pickem Available

2:55 PM ET on 2/17/12 by Jay Soester

AFL Pickem, the 16th game to be featured on the league website is now available. Its format mirrors NFL Pickem's but with the scoring tweaked slightly to account for the scoring differences.

Instead of a perfect game being worth 60 points, they're now worth 100 points. A correct pick alone is worth 60 points in AFL Pickem instead of 30 in NFL Pickem. The margin points now extend to picking within 17 points of the correct margin and having the correct margin is worth 18 points. Team score points will extend out to being within 21 points (for one point) with a correct team score prediction being worth eight points instead of the six in NFL Pickem.

I hope to have a full piece about the statistical differences between NFL scores and AFL scores before the season starts (March 9th). That aside, AFL games can see a flurry of points scored in the last minute as teams try to create quick scores to give themselves another chance (a la close basketball games seeing free throws late). With that in mind, I've given more leeway on the margin and score picks while putting more emphasis on the correct result prediction.

Please let me know of any mistakes or anything that needs clarification on the rules page or from the game otherwise. I'm looking for an assistant or two to help run the game this season by updating scores, I'll also need the assistant(s) to help make sure the schedule is up to date before, and throughout, the season with the correct dates and game times. Assisting me will earn you bonus points.

The breakdown of how bonus points will be earned is on the game rules page (I hope to do the same for Premier League Pickem in the next month or so, it should be somewhat similar to AFL Pickem). They mirror the same methods as NFL Pickem, but without the week win rankings coming into play.

My apologies to those excited for an Aussie Rules game, this is for the Arena Football League.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, AFL_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points

Newsletter #18

3:20 PM ET on 1/6/12 by Jay Soester

Newsletter #18 is now available. It covers the five games available, the coming Keeper Leagues Fantasy Baseball season, what's in the works and a website milestone.

Please use this thread or email me with any questions about the newsletter.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games, Keeper Leagues, Money Leagues

Tags: Newsletters, Games_Available, Fantasy_Golf, Fantasy_Tennis, NFL_Playoffs_Pickem, Fantasy_NFL_Playoffs, Premier_League_Pickem, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, Unofficial_Games, AFL_Pickem, CFL_Pickem, Fantasy_F1, Bonus_Points, Keeper_Leagues_Fantasy_Baseball, Keeper_Leagues_Baseball_Drafts, ASFL2_Drafts_App, Keeper_Leagues_Bid_System, Super_Bowl_Pools, ASFL2_Money_Leagues, ASFL_History, League_History, ASFL2_History, Website_History

AFL Pickem Results

6:28 PM ET on 9/24/11 by Jay Soester

Unfortunately, it's been over a month since Jacksonville defeated Arizona as time expired in the Arena Bowl and I'm finally able to sort out the bonus points earned from the game.

Congrats to Andrew Senger for winning the game with 110 points and an overall record of 113-56 (66.9%). The bonus points awarded for game and total points placement follow the league's scoring formula with 7.5 BP and 2.5 BP awarded as the max respectively. Perfect Weeks were given 0.6 BP with 85%+ weeks at 0.4 BP and 75%+ weeks at 0.2 BP. Usually I would halve the number of members awarded bonus points in the total points standings, but given the nature of the game and numbers of the game, I decided to expand the formula to all involved.

In total, 42 members participated in the game with each earning something for their efforts. I hope to be able to run AFL Pickem through the website's Fantasy Games section instead of the message board next season. I'm not sure whether or not the scoring format will change to something resembling that used by NFL Pickem or something otherwise different from a correct pick being worth a point. Given the nature of AFL scoring, I have reservations about using the NFL Pickem scoring format.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Standings_Update, Game_Results, AFL_Pickem, Unofficial_Games, Bonus_Points, League_Message_Board

Games Available Reminder

4:47 PM ET on 3/15/11 by Jay Soester

With the first Fantasy Baseball draft this Sunday and the first pair of NCAA Tournament first round games tonight, here's a reminder of the games we have available:

Official Games:
Fantasy NASCAR: ID = 126/Password = 123456
NCAA Tournament Pickem: 596/123456
Fantasy Baseball: Draft Times
MLB Standings Pickem: ASFL2 Fantasy Games

Unofficial Games:
MLB Day-to-Day Pickem*: ASFL2 Fantasy Games
AFL Pickem: Message Board Thread
Fantasy Formula 1: Message Board Thread
Fantasy Tennis: Message Board Thread

There is also space in Fantasy Baseball League 3 of the ASFL2 Money Leagues as well as a $1 and $5 NCAA Tournament Pickem Pool.

Remember that your log-in for the message board is your name, not a username. If you need help with your password, email the commissioner.

*MLB Day-to-Day Pickem may be moved to official game status if the NFL or NBA season is lost.

Sections: Main, Fantasy Games

Tags: Games_Available, Fantasy_NASCAR, NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, Fantasy_Baseball, ASFL2_Fantasy_Games, MLB_Standings_Pickem, Unofficial_Games, MLB_Day-to-Day_Pickem, Fantasy_Tennis, AFL_Pickem, Fantasy_Formula_1, Money_Leagues_Fantasy_Baseball, Money_Leagues_NCAA_Tournament_Pickem, League_Designations