# Screw Fantasy Sports! Here's Fantasy Congress! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651 "2006-11-16T10:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/1 "2006-11-16T10:00:15Z")
[Not that there’s probably much difference between this and the “real” Congress.](http://www.fantasycongress.com/fc/) > [@](#): > > In this game, we give you the power to draft and manage a team of members from the U.S. Congress. Enjoy our gift to you, o great nation: the power to play politics!™ Looks like it could be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/2 "2006-11-16T12:22:55Z")
Dude, I’m signed in. Can we get a Straight Dope league going? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/3 "2006-11-16T12:24:57Z")
Scratch that, I created one It’s the SDMB League, the password is Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/4 "2006-11-16T18:57:08Z")
Neat. I’m in. Second place as I type this. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/5 "2006-11-16T18:58:09Z")
So I saw. This is a shameless bump. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/6 "2006-11-17T00:12:42Z")
I have two teams now, one of which is in the SDMB league. I was kind of wondering why there wasn’t a thread about this before now. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/7 "2006-11-17T00:40:28Z")
Can us grubby unwashed foreigners get involved? [sub]Manipulating events from behind the scenes… strange influences from beyond the borders… bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaa…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/8 "2006-11-17T02:09:10Z")
Ooo, I love (non-sports) Fantasy Leagues! ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/9 "2006-11-17T15:05:14Z")
Absolutely. I’m here to further interests of the Great White North - I mean the interests of the great citizens of the United States of America. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/10 "2006-11-17T15:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Can us grubby unwashed foreigners get involved? [sub]Manipulating events from behind the scenes… strange influences from beyond the borders… bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaa…[/sub] [/QUOTE] Absolutely. I’m here to further interests of the Great White North - I mean the interests of the great citizens of the United States of America. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/11 "2006-11-17T18:30:56Z")
[QUOTE=Greenback] Absolutely. I’m here to further interests of the Great White North - I mean the interests of the great citizens of the United States of America. [/QUOTE] Wait a tick…you mean you’re not American? You’ll mess up the whole shebang!!! …more than it’s already messed up! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/12 "2006-11-17T19:06:09Z")
I’m signed up, but probably won’t get around to drafting until later (fortunately, there’s no such thing as “exclusive drafting” yet). ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/13 "2006-11-18T05:19:05Z")
I’m in. And I even drafted a certain pitcher from the Cubs. I guess since he’s always injured he had to find something else to do besides pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/14 "2007-01-23T12:12:44Z")
I’ve made a new league: New SDMB, password Cecil, looking at some of the new options. IF somebody else wants to start a league to tweak it more, go right ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-fantasy-sports-heres-fantasy-congress/380651/15 "2007-01-25T03:04:45Z")
I’m activating this league Friday at 7:00, simply because I don’t want to wait another six days.