# Oak's NFL Fantasy League 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 22, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015 "2012-07-22T03:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/21 "2012-07-31T07:53:36Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Oak, you mind if I invite a RL friend, presuming all of the participants from last year won’t be back? I’m going to hold spots for last year’s players until 12:01 AM this coming Sunday. After that, any open spots are up for grabs. Your buddy can be first in line if we have any open spots. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/22 "2012-07-31T12:02:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’m going to hold spots for last year’s players until 12:01 AM this coming Sunday. After that, any open spots are up for grabs. Your buddy can be first in line if we have any open spots. Okies, thanks. I’ll check the league status on Sunday and then email him an invitation if there is an open spot. How do I email him an invitation? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/23 "2012-08-01T06:11:06Z")
I can send an invitation, or you can give him the league number and password, which I think is cecil, but I haven’t checked recently. I know the password is still whatever it was last year. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/24 "2012-08-05T07:38:48Z")
We’ve got 8/10 returning from last year, which is pretty good, I think. Mince’s buddy was promised one of the remaining spots, so we’ve got room for one more player. Anybody know somebody looking for a game? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/25 "2012-08-05T15:10:49Z")
Hey, I just saw this. The invitation must have gotten lost in my spam folder, I will look for it. I am back in if it isn’t too late. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/26 "2012-08-05T19:36:28Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Hey, I just saw this. The invitation must have gotten lost in my spam folder, I will look for it. I am back in if it isn’t too late. I’m guessing you were Flying Megashark? I will resend your invite. If you need it sent to a different email address, please PM me. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/27 "2012-08-05T20:51:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’m guessing you were Flying Megashark? I will resend your invite. If you need it sent to a different email address, please PM me. Yes, I am/was megashark and I got the second invite. It did go to my spam folder so I marked it as not spam. Shouldn’t be a problem going forward. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/28 "2012-08-05T20:55:45Z")
Hey there was talk last year of maybe turning this into a form of keeper league. Is that something we want to talk about? It was brought up that because of the high scoring environment there were a lot of teams obviously out of it early in the season and keepers would give them something to play for. Obviously no one would keep anything from last season, but if we want to convert to keeper format going forward we should put those rules in place before the draft this season. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/29 "2012-08-08T06:34:37Z")
Ok, my friend reversed his decision. He doesn’t want to join. He likes [nfl.com](http://nfl.com) better. So I guess we still need one. I apologize on his behalf. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/30 "2012-08-08T22:39:11Z")
A friend of mine sent me an email today. He’d like to join up. Is there still room for one more? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/31 "2012-08-08T22:51:33Z")
Yes, we have one spot left. I sent you a PM with the league ID/Password, so your buddy can sign up. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/32 "2012-08-08T22:57:44Z")
Thanks. I just sent him the info. Hopefully he’ll act quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/33 "2012-08-09T11:04:12Z")
Well, it looks like Oilers (IKN) has joined and everyone who participated last year are back. Nice…and rare. I’ve changed my team name from Chicago 46ers to Chicago Bears, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/34 "2012-08-11T03:07:52Z")
So it looks like the Oilers beat my buddy for joining in the last spot. Ah, well. C’est la vie, no? Looking forward to this season! GO US! GO US! GO US! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/35 "2012-08-11T05:34:04Z")
Sorry for the friends that missed out, but I glad to have everyone back from last year. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/36 "2012-08-20T07:53:01Z")
It looks like I’m going to be in _Japan_ for the entire week of the draft…which means I’ll be in the Tokyo office in meetings pretty much the entire time. There’s no way I will make the draft, so I’m going to have to bow out of this and all the other Yahoo leagues this year, I’m afraid. Apologies for the short notice. If no one shows up, I don’t mind playing the team that gets autodrafted… ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/37 "2012-08-23T00:39:19Z")
Okay, before I totally screw the pooch… The draft is Thursday, August 30th at 8:30 EST, right? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/38 "2012-08-27T17:25:05Z")
Bump this up because we’re down to 9 people now. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/39 "2012-08-27T17:49:33Z")
Oak, do we need another person? I can as my other league and find out if we can get a 10th. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015/40 "2012-08-27T19:14:38Z")
I can join if you can’t find another player. PM me if you need me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-nfl-fantasy-league-2012/629015.md?page=3)