There is no crying in H2H Guys
"This is why traditional roto is a far better format" - Generals
Man you guys won't stop crying about it being H2H.
I think the head to head league is clearly showing how the better "fantasy managers" are this season, and not just who can assemble the best team and get the luckiest with play and injuires. All debate this point till the cows come home.
Here are some tidbits:
Tim (Roto Authority) should have beaten Rob last week and turned 2 wins into losses by starting Wakefield when he didn't need too. That was poor management on his part, but that won't reflect in traditional roto.
What is even more disturbing is you guys are actually comparing the results of this league to ROTO when no one is playing it like a roto league!!!!
Think about it. I have a feeling all the managers would have played differently and the roto results you see wouldn't be the same as they are now.
Also Patrick, you are looking solid in 5th place with 74 points, but it primarly your offense holding you up with 43 point and your pitching is not there with 31. If this had been a traditional roto league I think you would have draft differently and your score would be different.
Can we please stop trying to compare it traditional roto. I'm sorry that I'm doing so well Patrick. Either way my team would be smoking right now, and if this was traditional it would be much better cause I wouldn't have thrown all those junk pitchers who killed my second to last place ERA.
TTG
Man you guys won't stop crying about it being H2H.
I think the head to head league is clearly showing how the better "fantasy managers" are this season, and not just who can assemble the best team and get the luckiest with play and injuires. All debate this point till the cows come home.
Here are some tidbits:
Tim (Roto Authority) should have beaten Rob last week and turned 2 wins into losses by starting Wakefield when he didn't need too. That was poor management on his part, but that won't reflect in traditional roto.
What is even more disturbing is you guys are actually comparing the results of this league to ROTO when no one is playing it like a roto league!!!!
Think about it. I have a feeling all the managers would have played differently and the roto results you see wouldn't be the same as they are now.
Also Patrick, you are looking solid in 5th place with 74 points, but it primarly your offense holding you up with 43 point and your pitching is not there with 31. If this had been a traditional roto league I think you would have draft differently and your score would be different.
Can we please stop trying to compare it traditional roto. I'm sorry that I'm doing so well Patrick. Either way my team would be smoking right now, and if this was traditional it would be much better cause I wouldn't have thrown all those junk pitchers who killed my second to last place ERA.
TTG
4 Comments:
Starting Wakefield in that situation was the right decision. Only 20/20 hindsight makes it the wrong move.
I do believe H2H is the inferior format. Roto has a large element of luck, and H2H just inflates it further by creating meaningless matchups. That said, Rob's comment (correct me if I am wrong) that H2H is 90% luck is a huge exaggeration.
I have come to respect H2H even if it's not my favorite. It's really not that different from roto. As Todd says, a good team is a good team. I didn't draft any different than I would for roto.
I agree that whining about the format or luck is pathetic. We all knew the rules and luck factor going in.
Oops...actually starting Wakefield was a mistake. That was poor management, can't defend it.
Yeah tim you are right. Time to man up (myself included)! That said thought Rob's comment is hyperbole, not meant to be taken seriously. In poker, david sklansky said that it is 40% skill and 60% luck, and that seems about right for H2H leagues.
One more thing: for me the term "luck" doesn't mean good fortune, as in this owner was smiled upon this week. It is referring just to inherent randomness. It all evens out in the end.
I was gonna go into the hyperbole issue on the next podcast (Todd did an audio snippet that I'm gonna include).
And, Patrick, you are exactly right.
That being said, when I say 90% luck, I really mean that in the context of playing with all teams that know what they are doing.
It is like playing poker on a table with your buddies, and it is a regular game that you have had for ten years.
The skill set is the same. The only determining factor is the luck of the draw in cards.
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