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Subject: Draft Bug - new game opportunity Posted by: Guru - [330592710] Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 11:14 Copied from today's blurb page:
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| 1 | Guru ID: 330592710 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 11:15 |
Today I am announcing an affiliation with a new fantasy sports game, DraftBug.com. Among the appeals of this game:
The sortable stats are already up for this game. Hopefully, I haven’t bungled anything. I’ve been told that prices will be updated every week or so, but there may also be occasional daily updates for selected prices. If you notice an incorrect player price, please report it. I’ll be working on getting more automated price feeds as we go along. | ||||||
| 2 | Guru ID: 330592710 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 11:18 | Feel free to post questions, comments, and issues here. I've been dabbling with this game for the past couple of weeks, but do not consider myself fully up-to-speed on all of the nuances. I've asked one of the game's promoters to follow this thread as well, so that we can get more reliable answers to questions that I can't answer. | ||||||
| 3 | Guru ID: 330592710 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 13:52 |
By the way, just as a heads up - I discovered a glitch in the 2-person play money contest. The prizes listed are wrong. The entry fee is 100, and I believe the prize is a winner-take-all 200. The listed prizes are those that apply to a 6-person contest. I've notified the contest promoter. | ||||||
| 4 | dpr ID: 13443116 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 14:17 | This game is very similar to one offered on rotoworld: snapdraft. Not sure if anyone has looked at that game or not. i prefer that site because it is easier to find open games to play it seems. However this game may still be in its growing phases. Also this one offers live drafts which seem cool. | ||||||
| 5 | Guru ID: 330592710 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 15:45 |
Draft Bug started up last fall, and activity during the winter has been light as the early emphasis has been on game development rather than promotion. I imagine activity will pick up when baseball begins. I have heard that there are a lot of potential affiliates looking it over now. Obviously, a growing base of users will be critical to longer term success. | ||||||
| 6 | Alex ID: 350322810 Thu, Feb 19, 2009, 21:54 |
dpr - I'm the Draftbug promoter that Guru mentioned. As he said, we're really in the very early infancy of the game. I believe that traffic will increase very substantially even before baseball season begins. Obviously I'm biased, but here are two of the things that I think set us apart from Snapdraft: 1. Our contest engine is VERY flexible. In addition to more standard contests, we've been running things like '3 pointers only' basketball contests, 'goalies only' hockey contests, and my favorite: 'NHL bullies' hockey contests where you score points based on the penalty minutes your players compile. Basically if you have an idea for a contest you'd like to see, let us know and we can set it up. 2. Our "rake" for contests (the portion of fees that doesn't go into the prize pool) is generally 10%. Snapdraft usually charges around 20%, which makes it very tough for even the best players to come out ahead in the long run. | ||||||
| 7 | Guru ID: 330592710 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 13:39 |
I spent a fair amount of effort cleaning up my database this morning. Some of the prices were off, and some of the positions had been a changed. I learned that positions can change from day to day, and are based on a feed from the game's stat provider. I'm assuming that these changes will be fairly limited, but time will tell. There are also some glitches related to traded players. For example, Shawn Marion was still listed on Miami, so he wasn't eligible for today's contests (since Miami doesn't play but Toronto does). These team changes should get cleaned up shortly. If you are trying out the game (and I know some of you are), some patience will probably be necessary in the early days. | ||||||
| 8 | G ID: 20291015 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 15:18 |
I am a draft bug now. The site seems pretty cool and easy to use. I will start with the free games until i get a feel for it and then look at the other options. With 6 player games it may be fun to do one from this forum each night. Anyone else doing the NBA on draft bug? | ||||||
| 9 | Guru ID: 330592710 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 15:38 |
I'm in the 6-player free contest, along with G. Still two spots open for tonight. Not sure if the other two are Gurupies or not. I played in my first pay contest $1 last night - a two-person contest. Would have won if Garnett hadn't gotten injured. Still lost by only 4 pts. | ||||||
| 10 | Great One ID: 31112109 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 15:49 | I'll try and check it out this weekend. Sounds fun. | ||||||
| 11 | G ID: 20291015 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 23:45 |
Well day one seems to be a success. I think I will try the $ tomorrow. Guru, is the "live scoring/results" off quite a bit? For example it shows Nash with 2 right now. He clearly has more than 2. The same for Durant who has only a few points but as of 11:45 EST has way more than just a few. | ||||||
| 12 | Guru ID: 330592710 Fri, Feb 20, 2009, 23:52 | The live scoring seems to be quite delayed, and some players tend to be missing. | ||||||
| 13 | Alex ID: 350322810 Sat, Feb 21, 2009, 07:44 | G & Guru - I believe our NBA feed is supposed to update at the end of each quarter, although it does seem to be slower than that. NHL, MLB, and NFL are all (I think) live. | ||||||
| 14 | G ID: 20291015 Sat, Feb 21, 2009, 18:43 | light schedule tonight anyone want to do a H2H? | ||||||
| 15 | G ID: 20291015 Sat, Feb 21, 2009, 18:51 | any thoughts on a 4 man PGA low score for your foursome game? | ||||||
| 16 | G ID: 20291015 Sun, Feb 22, 2009, 01:12 |
did the money game H2H tonight and really enjoying it. Surprised more haven't checked it out from here. One comment, the live scoring seemed to work well tonight until the end of the last game (GSW/OKC). Now that the game is over the scores for players in that game went back to the first quarter. Kind of odd, because it was correct until the game ended. | ||||||
| 17 | G ID: 20291015 Sun, Feb 22, 2009, 20:00 | Ok still love the site but still hating the live scoring. It works sometimes and then other times it is a disaster. What is the plan on this? | ||||||
| 18 | Alex ID: 3217239 Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 17:58 |
G - I think I saw you talking to the site operator about the live scoring last night. Did you get your questions answered? | ||||||
| 19 | reebbertxx ID: 91127218 Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 23:24 |
I started messing around with the site a few days ago. The potential is there for it to be a great alternative to standard draft leagues and those who don't want the commitment that TSN entails. The communication is top notch and the guys who run the site seem to really care what the users think. It is very similar to a lot of poker sites. They basically take a 10% rake from what I can tell. Not bad at all for the service they offer. | ||||||
| 20 | G ID: 441412322 Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 23:44 |
RE 18 - yeah I got a couple of things cleared up. Thanks for asking. Live scoring is still work in progress it seems RE 19 - agreed 100%. If you haven't checked it out yet I would highly recommend it. I was playing my first NBA Hoops game (similar to TSN) in about 5 minutes. Been back to play a handful each day since. | ||||||
| 21 | Alex ID: 3217239 Thu, Feb 26, 2009, 06:52 | Just thought I'd mention that traffic has begun picking up, and we've also raised the highest buy in that we're offering. There's a heads up $10+$1 basketball contest being offered for the first time for tonight's games. | ||||||
| 22 | G ID: 441412322 Thu, Feb 26, 2009, 21:57 |
Alex This is a minor detail but when I go to "my contests" I see all of my games (both todays and a history of past games) which is good. However, they all belnd together. Have you given any thought to making the completed games a different color (grey). | ||||||
| 23 | Underdawgs ID: 591252610 Fri, Feb 27, 2009, 08:17 | Played for the first time last night . . . lots of fun and easy to use . . . G, I think you were the one who beat me :) | ||||||
| 24 | Guru ID: 330592710 Sun, Mar 01, 2009, 15:07 | I've been advised that there will be a mass price change (i.e., player prices) taking place tonight, to be effective for tomorrow's contests. I'll have the updates posted tonight. | ||||||
| 25 | Guru ID: 330592710 Sun, Mar 01, 2009, 16:30 |
Also, starting today, I'm posting a daily recap of all DBP scored the prior day - sorted by position. Yesterday's DBP (Draft Bug prices and points are to the right. TSN prices and points are shown for comparison.) | ||||||
| 26 | G ID: 441412322 Sun, Mar 01, 2009, 18:32 | I am looking for people to take me on :) | ||||||
| 27 | Alex ID: 3217239 Wed, Mar 04, 2009, 21:17 | We've added 'live draft' format games to the schedule for tomorrow, including an NHL live draft freeroll. | ||||||
| 28 | Alex ID: 3217239 Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 20:19 | In addition to the $4 worth of player 'points' that we're still giving new accounts, tomorrow there are a pair of $1 freeroll tournaments for anyone who wants to try out Draftbug. Just follow one of the links on the front page of Rotoguru. | ||||||
| 29 | Alex ID: 3217239 Mon, Mar 16, 2009, 06:49 | $100 Baseball Freeroll is open for registration to the first 200 entrants. I assume Guru will post something about it, but figured I'd get the jump on him here. | ||||||
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