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0 Subject: RotoHog Week 2

Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 09:48

Pretty wild trading at the opening this morning. I made about $35 in the first 15 minutes, and trading seems to have moderated a bit now. Had I been more organized, I'm sure I could have picked up another $10-20.

Looks like trading at the Tuesday morning opening is going to be an important component of generating gains. Tough break for those of you late sleepers on the left coast.

After 15 minutes, Adrian Peterson is the big gainer, up almost $17. Randy Moss is up $10.50, and Derrick Ward is up about $9.50
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24Doug
      ID: 441251914
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 11:07
136th place after week 1... $420 as of a few mins ago.

I'll need to swap Lorenzen for a real QB and McDonald for a real WR sometime this week.

Wonder how soon they'll update Rayner to show he's on KC now.

I went Pitt -> Cinci like Ref.

Moss is the only guy I have who's at least one full dollar off of his season high... everyone else seems at/near it. Well, except Peterson's about 80 cents off it. I'd swap him for Steven Jackson at this point if he wasn't facing Detroit this week.
25TacoJohn
      ID: 507502811
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 11:12
I was thrilled about all the gains, but after reading here I'll be honest and admit I liked it more when I had $370 and many had $330 vs having $450 and many having $410. Sorry guys! :)
26Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 11:20
I agree with TJ. I did well last week when the market was slow. Now the differences might not mean so much. That first week was big adn after a fast start, I laid an egg at the end. 181st place but only 40 points back. Still going to be very tough with so mnay people so close. Going to take some diff picks that work out repeatedly.

The season high/low thing actually is reflecting today's high/low. I kept looking at it weird in how I had buys less than the season low. Then I started looking closer and noticed what's up.
27GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 12:01
Was just about to take the money out of Drew Carter, and he goes up another .$30+
Still don't understand Lamont Jordan not going up more.
Going to watch things and get out when I need to and then slowly start buying who I want this week.

Cliff
28Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 13:35
I can't load any pages at this point. Anyone else?
29TacoJohn
      ID: 507502811
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 13:51
I'm still just in shock about how much money was made today. I expected a couple of big gains, but my goodness.
30Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 13:54
I can't even get the home page to come up. Oddly, I have my baseball roster page up from earlier today and I can hit the update button successfully. I just can't do anything else.
31Chuck
      ID: 152261223
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 14:15
+$92 today, at this point-- +$22 in the last 3 hours, and I haven't even made any trades at that time. Methinks $$ will not mean much for much longer, unless you happen to be really low. But I am sure I will be able to get the team I want this weekend, as I will not want all the highest priced players, and probably won't worry about saving any money to make money for next week. I learned in baseball that points win the game, not $$, and though I have $1700+ in team value there, I would trade a good chunk of that for points in a heartbeat, as I'm sitting in the 30's in the real standing with an unused balance of $811.
32TacoJohn
      ID: 507502811
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 14:22
Chuck, I hate you for that number. :)

Frye to Seattle if anyone missed it. Quinn and Anderson will see nice gains, though Quinn will probably become a bubble situation given he's unlikely to start this week.
33Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:04
Well I wonder what adjustments they are making to the market now at the first scheduled closing?
34Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:11
TJ, not to rub salt inthe wound, but Crosby up over 3.50 and last I saw Raynor had actally dropped like .58 and falling.
35GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:19
What's the thought, time to get out of Derrick Ward and Randy Moss?

Cliff
36Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:27
Everytime they drop a little bit they've gotten a surge upwards. I'm thinking that people get online for the first time and see a huge rise and they just ump on them. I'd like to hold barring a huge sell-off.
37Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:29
Well as I say that AP got a rise but now Ward is starting to fall much quicker. I never had Moss.
38GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:32
I had lost 50 cents on Moss, so I did dump both
I dumped AP earlier, and last I had looked, he was pretty flat lined from when I sold him
39GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:38
Lorenzen is $.50 off of his daily high.
Might be the next sell.
Haven't done any buys right now, seeing what I can find.

Cliff
40Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:43
I saw Avant was on the top of page two and rising so I nabbed him along with Anderson finally. I sold Ward after he dropped about a buck more. AP has gone up a few pennies but nothing major. Watching Lorenzen carefully as well. He had surged a few tiems after dropping previoously so who knows.

It would be nice if I had enough money toi use all my slots ot make more money, but I really don't want to sell anyone I am considering using next week. Don'tw ant to take a chance on selling out for one.
41GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 060151121
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:44
Only have a couple right now that I intend to use.
Guess I should start to buy them shortly.
Just not sure how much to try to milk out of a couple of these guys.

Cliff
42Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 15:50
I finally have an opportunity to watch things somewhat closely. I'm still holding all the big guns, but they're all at critical mass IMO. I want to bleed every penny I can, but there's a fine line between that and losing a couple bucks when the selling starts.
43TacoJohn
      ID: 507502811
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 16:02
[34] Ironically I had Crosby on my roster already and in my frenzy this morning never got around to Rayner, taking Moss instead, so I got pretty lucky all around. :)

I'll give you credit though, you were right about Rayner. I still think he'll see some gains at some point and if he doesn't I'll be glad to start him for 10 bucks.
44RotohogNewb
      ID: 41818214
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 16:56
what are people at right now? I'm at $458.
45Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 17:42
I was tring to figure out what retarded my gains today and I see one was Jacobs. Apparently hog reduced his price before the market opened. Also have lost quit a bit the last half hour or so. Made some moves--which only added to those losses. Been living on page two as those guys are starting to move up slowly and should be the next big gainers--or so I am thinking.
46J
      Leader
      ID: 049346417
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 17:46
I stopped trying really, I'm at $419

Locked up Manning, Tomlinson, Addai, Gates for now
47Crunch Bunch
      ID: 3136114
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 18:16
I'm at $413 and sold out of all my players that I had bought for speculation. I've basically got my team that I'm playing this week and keeping more $ to pick up bench players as the action unfolds this weekend.

22nd in the MF league and 1st in the Jackpot league so hopefully I can keep it going
48Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 21:03
I lost over $20 in just a few hours away from the computer and not really sure where all it came from.
49Alex
      ID: 8718115
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 21:21
Crunch Bunch - How many teams are in the jackpot league?
50Crunch Bunch
      ID: 10742520
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 21:35
[49] Can't tell, it's like the MF league where it only shows your place and then shows the top 100 in the league details
51TacoJohn
      ID: 422551921
      Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 22:00
[50] What place would the #100 MFL team be in in the jackpot league?
52Crunch Bunch
      ID: 10742520
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 01:24
[51] #100 has 83.64 points
53Alex
      ID: 8718115
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 07:04
[52] - I don't think that's what he meant. He meant if the #100 overall person (who I think has around 160-165 points) was in the jackpot league, what place would they be in?
54Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 10:35
Some activity right out of the gate, but nowhere near yesterday. What activity there has been has trailed off quite a bit.
55Crunch Bunch
      ID: 3136114
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 12:22
[53] Oh I see, the 100th overall person would be 2nd in the Jackpot league then as the 2nd place owner in the jackpot league has 153.38 currently.
56Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 12:38
What a weird day for prices.
57TacoJohn
      ID: 507502811
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 12:59
Anyone else slowly leaking money?

I'm down to $459 from my high of $472. Though half of that is transaction fees from turning over my roster to starters this morning.
58Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 13:16
I haven't really even studied who I want as my starters except for some of the same ones I used last week.
59Valkyrie
      Dude
      ID: 47042413
      Wed, Sep 12, 2007, 22:08
I think I can answer Taco John- I am 101 in MF with 158 points and #25 in LG.
Of course that was week 1, not getting up at 6:30 Tuesday cost me $20+ RV and I doubt i'll maintain position at RV $285 however I am not willing to change my whole lifestyle for a Rotohog contest LOL.
60Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Thu, Sep 13, 2007, 15:55
Terry Glenn is up $1.48? Weird day for price changes.
61Valkyrie
      Dude
      ID: 47042413
      Thu, Sep 13, 2007, 22:31
Actually he is up a little more than that- That looks like some form of market manipulation to me because I can't think of any reason for buying him immediately after his second knee surgery??? esp when he won't be playing for several weeks if ever again.
62Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Sun, Sep 16, 2007, 16:04
The Cincy D :(
63Crunch Bunch
      ID: 10742520
      Sun, Sep 16, 2007, 16:26
I picked up Wynn and Roydell Williams - no backups to pick up yet after the morning games
64Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 14:13
For anyone in an ESPN league, be sure to check out their "Smack Cards"......a pretty funny way to rub it in after a victory (perhaps they have had these forever, but this is the first year in many years I've used ESPN). Be sure to click on the "doodle" when you are filling out the card.....they have a pretty hilarious "in your face" drawing you can add where a football is wedged halfway into the guy's face.
65Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 08:45
I was off to a horrible start through week 2 and now our firewall has deemed RH a "gambling" website so I can't access it from school at all. That pretty well kills my chances of earning any cap money and therefore essentially eliminates me from prize contention. It stinks, but life will go on.

The good news is that at this point it should have no effect on baseball as I do most of that at home anyway. I don't need to be around for a specific market time in the morning, etc...

Hopefully because hoops is much more like baseball I'll be able to compete. Best of luck to you guys for the remainder of football season.
66Alex
      ID: 8718115
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 08:59
65 - How the heck did whoever maintains the firewall even become aware of RH and know what it is?
67Ender
      ID: 5963859
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:26
You got me. I'm pretty sure we outsource this and the "St. Bernard" company flagged it as gambling. I can contact my principal and get it approved, but I don't really want to be the guy who asks for permission to access a sight flagged as a gambling website. We all know it's not gambling, but I really don't want to have to explain it all and convinve any administrator that I only use it before or after school and at lunch. It all just starts to sound like rationalization for a nonexistant gambling problem (I don't bet on games of any kind) so I can access a miscategorized non-gambling site. I'll just leave it as is and make the best of it from home.
68Alex
      ID: 8718115
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:33
Anybody else having trouble selling players?
69Ref
      Donor
      ID: 539581218
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:34
Horrible problems.
70Alex
      ID: 8718115
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:36
Yeah, seems like we were able to sell one player and then can't sell anymore. At least that's what happened to me and at least one guy on TacoJohn's site.
71J
      Leader
      ID: 049346417
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:39
Wow, this SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just emailed them
72Chuck
      ID: 54733162
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:43
Probably would be good to keep all discussion in the week 3 thread...
73deepsnapper
      Leader
      ID: 017103420
      Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 09:45
Ditto problem - error:

There was an error in completing your trade.
Cannot sell a roster player in a game until Tuesday
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