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Subject: Good Old Smallworld Hoops
Posted by: BoZack
- [37826289] Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 10:26
Years ago I played fantasy basketball pretty seriously with a group of great guys using Smallworld Hoops. I love that style of play, where everyone has a fixed amount of money at the beginning of the season and the player's values go up-and-down with buy and sell transactions similar to the stock market.
I know Smallworld sold to Sporting News, and now it seems Sporting News is a part of AOL. Is a version of Smallworld Hoops still out there somewhere? |
1 | CJ
ID: 1691921 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 02:37
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Not last year and for the most part it is dead! I would play if you or someone found a site with that format as I feel it is the best.
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2 | Goldcoach Leader
ID: 9228209 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 05:55
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Ditto
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3 | beebop
ID: 27492315 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 06:17
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I would love to play that type of game again. It was so addictive and fun!
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4 | Guru
ID: 330592710 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 11:49
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Smallworld => TSN => RotoHog => Fireleague.
Fireleague currently offers baseball and football clones of the Smallworld game. They do not plan to offer a Hoops game.
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5 | Gary D
ID: 25939817 Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 18:39
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Those sure were the good ole days. I miss that and the community we had playing that game.
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6 | rubalamp
ID: 171012616 Sat, Oct 20, 2012, 17:46
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I don't quite understand why this format for a fantasy game is unsustainable...since other formats on Yahoo do just fine...
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7 | Wollowitz
ID: 30848240 Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 03:36
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I think I may have found one interesting new site
Check out this one
http://nbafantasyleague.com
It says it has been made by players of the old SportingNews game.
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8 | WonderB
ID: 208502520 Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 22:00
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the game was good. but it was usually the same guys in the top 10 even top 100 year after year. and most of those had 5 teams. i guess my point is it wasn't a very large base of individuals. i know a few like myself switched to roto and never looked back.
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9 | Pacers Rule Leader
ID: 910311210 Sun, Oct 06, 2013, 17:45
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This link worked a while ago and the game sounded promising but not now. ???
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10 | Wollowitz
ID: 30848240 Mon, Oct 07, 2013, 02:29
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works for me. check again
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11 | Dunkenstein Leader
ID: 039541913 Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 14:00
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This game is pretty screwed up.
I made a trade. Then I hit the "undo trade button". This action removed all the players from my roster. But as I tried to rebuild my roster, I found that I only had $1,730,000 in cash left, not $30,000,000.
Also, before you can build your roster you have to pick a league. And once you pick a league, you cannot change leagues. Reebert, Dave and I are in the TSN Hoops league. Password is tsnhoops.
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12 | Raptorz
ID: 30848240 Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 04:45
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This game is way more flexible than TSN's:
- can define weekly, half-season or full-season leagues - can customize roster positions and numbers of players - define total salary cap
For me, it is way better. I like it, I'll give it a try
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13 | deejay
ID: 479451116 Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 06:41
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I'm in...
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15 | Dunkenstein Leader
ID: 039541913 Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 18:06
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The tsn hoops league is now up to six gurupies: Reeb, GMoney, Dave, deejay, da moose and myself. And twolves should be joining shortly.
The site is http://www.nbafantasyleague.com
The league password is tsnhoops.
They seem to have fixed all their earlier glitches. No fees, no prizes, 6 NBA players per team and two trades a week. So come join us. What else do you have to do this winter? :-)
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16 | weykool
ID: 474402717 Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 18:55
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In
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17 | Addicted
ID: 298112719 Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 20:39
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In like Flynn
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18 | Pistol Pete
ID: 50910919 Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 21:59
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I'll give it a go.
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19 | Senator Urine
ID: 4728118 Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 19:07
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Just saw this! Got a team in at the very last second.
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20 | esposo
ID: 39932919 Tue, Oct 29, 2013, 20:06
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I was a huge smallworld fan. I came across Rotoguru using smallworld back in 1997-1998. Baseball was amzing bck then, fantasy football and playoff football, too. Basketball was great, but I just couldn't get into hockey.
Using Rotoguru and the heavy schedule projector (green versus red).
Those were the days.
I still visit Rotoguru once a year for the NCAA tournament than Dave runs.
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21 | deejay
ID: 479451116 Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 06:10
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price changes are a bit odd, or is it me?
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22 | Addicted
ID: 29929189 Wed, Oct 30, 2013, 09:57
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Some make sense for teams that played yesterday. But I was under the impression that $500 was the min price... Bojan Dubljevic for example
--Addicted--
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23 | deejay
ID: 39141175 Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 06:41
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Hey guys,
You should try the improved version of this game. Season 2 (after ASB) is now up. I made a league named: RG League No password.
The price changes were the issue before. It has much improved now, it is still based rather on performance than on owership%, but price changes makes sense now, before they didn't. Hope some of you join.... would certainly enjoy it
https://www.nbafantasyleague.com/ Look for season 2 and "Join League"
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24 | deejay
ID: 39141175 Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 04:35
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The Play Off version is online now... Made a league again: RG League PO - No Password.. I believe there are no price changes in the play offs. If I recall correctly...
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25 | Dave R
ID: 442121620 Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 07:24
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How about trades?
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26 | deejay
ID: 39141175 Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 16:37
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2 each week
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27 | deejay
ID: 407542716 Fri, Sep 08, 2017, 14:17
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The game is up and running for next season. Created a league in the whole season version... League: RG League 17/18 Password: rotoguru
Any Questions Just Ask...
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29 | deejay
ID: 407542716 Fri, Sep 08, 2017, 14:24
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Also made a league for season 1 (lasts untill ASB) name: RG League season 1 password: rotoguru
Both games 6 players, 40mil... 2 trades per week. At start you get an extra trade if you have a valid team before the lock on Feb17.
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30 | deejay
ID: 407542716 Fri, Sep 08, 2017, 14:26
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I mean Oct 17th of course...
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31 | deejay
ID: 369551013 Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 16:10
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Dont forget to push the Start icon....
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32 | rubalamp
ID: 321057710 Tue, Nov 07, 2017, 11:57
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Hey I used to play on here YEARS ago, probably a decade...
Is it possible to still get in this league?
I will try to check back later
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33 | deejay
ID: 54105393 Thu, Nov 09, 2017, 04:53
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Got to wait until ASB... For season 2. Too late to be competitive now...
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34 | deejay
ID: 8058261 Sat, Feb 10, 2018, 15:44
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Season 2 should be up Friday 2/16....
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35 | deejay
ID: 8058261 Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 14:46
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I have set up a league in Season 2, here's the info: RG League Season2 password: rotoguru
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