Fanball?

hja...@comcast.net

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Aug 7, 2009, 10:21:02 AM8/7/09

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Anyone know what's up with the Fanball Real Leagues? Everyday it says
"coming soon" but isn't it about time they came online?

Fourball

Alexander_ The_Great

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Aug 7, 2009, 2:53:51 PM8/7/09

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Fanball's become a joke since the sale 3 years ago. Try flea flicker,
it's way better.

hja...@comcast.net

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Aug 9, 2009, 10:42:37 AM8/9/09

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Thanx Alexander. I completly agree!

Polarhound

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Aug 13, 2009, 12:00:12 AM8/13/09

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Fanball went from being one of the best out there to beyond
craptastically pathetic.

BartenderWJT

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Aug 19, 2009, 7:56:10 PM8/19/09

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I had about 10 leagues on fanball last year. This year 1.... and none next
year.
It's almost sad that I once regarded fanball as the best site around.
I have moved most of my leagues over to myfantasyleagues.com ... they have
been very good with the move and customer service within hours... sometimes
quicker.

BartenderWJT

Polarhound

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Aug 23, 2009, 11:33:57 PM8/23/09

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We use MFL for several leagues and have always had a lot of good luck
with them.

giantforever

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Aug 27, 2009, 9:45:32 AM8/27/09

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On Aug 7, 12:53 pm, Alexander-The-Gr...@webtv.net (Alexander_

The_Great) wrote:
> Fanball's become a joke since the sale 3 years ago. Try flea flicker,
> it's way better.

And now, they've redone the whole program. It works for us, but we
don't use their draft room, and most of our owners don't need to be on
live scoring 24/7. You get what you pay for, still only 60 bucks.

Polarhound

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Aug 28, 2009, 10:53:33 AM8/28/09

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Or for $45 you can move your league to MFL:

http://myfantasyleague.com/fantasy-football-purchase/fantasy-football-upgrade-to-mfl.php

Hell, their early bird price ($70) is only $10 more than FanBetaBall.
MFL also has a desktop live-scoring application with text-to-speech
capability.

giantforever

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Sep 2, 2009, 12:59:02 AM9/2/09

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On Aug 28, 8:53 am, Polarhound <polarho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> giantforever wrote:
> > On Aug 7, 12:53 pm, Alexander-The-Gr...@webtv.net (Alexander_
> > The_Great) wrote:
> >> Fanball's become a joke since the sale 3 years ago. Try flea flicker,
> >> it's way better.
>
> > And now, they've redone the whole program. It works for us, but we
> > don't use their draft room, and most of our owners don't need to be on
> > live scoring 24/7. You get what you pay for, still only 60 bucks.
>
> Or for $45 you can move your league to MFL:
>

> http://myfantasyleague.com/fantasy-football-purchase/fantasy-football...

>
> Hell, their early bird price ($70) is only $10 more than FanBetaBall.
> MFL also has a desktop live-scoring application with text-to-speech
> capability.

For this year only, then it's 90. Fanball works for us, why leave?

Polarhound

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Sep 2, 2009, 1:19:51 AM9/2/09

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MFL has live scoring that not only WORKS (unlike FB which loves to put
people on the wrong fantasy teams, wrong nfl teams, and occasionally in
the wrong POSITIONS) but also has a desktop live scoring client with
text-to-speech capability.

MFL has tech support that you can actually reach. FB has been steadily
going into the Customer Service toilet for the past several years.

MFL has draft rooms that don't slow to a crawl and/or crash at peak times.

giantforever

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Sep 3, 2009, 9:05:35 PM9/3/09

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On Sep 1, 11:19 pm, Polarhound <polarho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> giantforever wrote:
> > On Aug 28, 8:53 am, Polarhound <polarho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> giantforever wrote:
> >>> On Aug 7, 12:53 pm, Alexander-The-Gr...@webtv.net (Alexander_
> >>> The_Great) wrote:
> >>>> Fanball's become a joke since the sale 3 years ago. Try flea flicker,
> >>>> it's way better.
> >>> And now, they've redone the whole program. It works for us, but we
> >>> don't use their draft room, and most of our owners don't need to be on
> >>> live scoring 24/7. You get what you pay for, still only 60 bucks.
> >> Or for $45 you can move your league to MFL:
>
> >>http://myfantasyleague.com/fantasy-football-purchase/fantasy-football...
>
> >> Hell, their early bird price ($70) is only $10 more than FanBetaBall.
> >> MFL also has a desktop live-scoring application with text-to-speech
> >> capability.
>
> > For this year only, then it's 90. Fanball works for us, why leave?
>
> MFL has live scoring that not only WORKS (unlike FB which loves to put
> people on the wrong fantasy teams, wrong nfl teams, and occasionally in
> the wrong POSITIONS) but also has a desktop live scoring client with
> text-to-speech capability.

Not a 24/7 necessity for our league, we're from the old school, pen
and Monday paper old farts.

>
> MFL has tech support that you can actually reach. FB has been steadily
> going into the Customer Service toilet for the past several years.
>

> MFL has draft rooms that don't slow to a crawl and/or crash at peak times.- Hide quoted text -

We do a live draft at the local pub. NOTHING like a draft with old
friends, talkin' smack, and kickin' it.

>
> - Show quoted text -

The bells and whistle of nowaday programs are too much for us old
guys, but 5 bucks apiece for someone else to do it works fine.......