How Do You Like The Live Standings Feature?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:44 am

If you haven't found it yet, click on SCORES and then pull down to LIVE. That's where Live Scoring is located and Live Standings. Your league standings are already being updated in real-time as the games are progressing. Who's leading your league as of 2:45 pm ET?

STATS has added a really cool feature on that page: MLB Scoreboard. Click on the inning hyperlink and you'll have the box score for that game. WOW, nice.

Okay, here's another neat feature: There's a Live Chat within Live Scoring!!! Click on the "Click Here to Chat with Teams in Your League" link and have a Live Chat with your league mates. WOW. I like that.

Keep scrolling down and you'll see another neat feature: "Show My Team Matched Up Against". You can see how you compare against any other team in your league. At the very bottom you can even see who is logged into Live Scoring within your league. WOW. I'm telling you, I'm finding new cool features as we go today that I didn't even know about.

Are you having fun yet? How do you like it so far?

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:17 am

Looks fantastic Greg.

Please make sure basketball is as good as this if we have an NBA season as this software for baseball is making me feel somewhat short changed...

The Mighty Men · Post by **The Mighty Men** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:22 am

I like it. Nice job, Stats and Greg/Tom.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:31 am

Originally posted by mattjb:

Looks fantastic Greg.

Please make sure basketball is as good as this if we have an NBA season as this software for baseball is making me feel somewhat short changed... HAAA!! Yes, this is what you'll see for basketball, for sure. It's about time we take basketball to a new level and give you long-suffering NFBBC members the best commissioner product around. Tell Eric Wong what this looks like so he can feel better about the future.

You'll love this Live Scoring/Standings feature for hoops.

Ryan C · Post by **Ryan C** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:32 am

Live Chat is a great addition Greg!

One drawback has always been the lack of back and forth between owners. With people bumping into it other in the scoring room - this feature should be a nice antidote to that.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:38 am

Originally posted by Ryan C:

Live Chat is a great addition Greg!

One drawback has always been the lack of back and forth between owners. With people bumping into it other in the scoring room - this feature should be a nice antidote to that. Agreed. Last year we struggled to get any action on that smallish League Message Board. I'm not sure the folks there understood how that league community loved interaction more DURING the season than before the season. This should solve that and I can just imagine the smack talk in September when big bucks are on the line. This is going to be a real nice addition to your league pages.

Potter · Post by **Potter** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:55 am

Love it. Any chance for an overall live standings?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:23 am

Originally posted by Potter:

Love it. Any chance for an overall live standings? I think that will be very difficult with the number of teams it would have to compute in real-time. I can ask about possibly updating that at longer intervals (every 10 minutes or so), but I think it will be tough. But we'll explore that a little and see what the future holds. Thanks.

mallorys killers · Post by **mallorys killers** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:52 pm

Live standings is great except that they are not accurate at this time because of the ERA WHIP catagorys. No innings pitched is giving many teams

points which make the standings incorrect.

Money · Post by **Money** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:12 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

If you haven't found it yet, click on SCORES and then pull down to LIVE. That's where Live Scoring is located and Live Standings. Your league standings are already being updated in real-time as the games are progressing. Who's leading your league as of 2:45 pm ET?

STATS has added a really cool feature on that page: MLB Scoreboard. Click on the inning hyperlink and you'll have the box score for that game. WOW, nice.

Okay, here's another neat feature: There's a Live Chat within Live Scoring!!! Click on the "Click Here to Chat with Teams in Your League" link and have a Live Chat with your league mates. WOW. I like that.

Keep scrolling down and you'll see another neat feature: "Show My Team Matched Up Against". You can see how you compare against any other team in your league. At the very bottom you can even see who is logged into Live Scoring within your league. WOW. I'm telling you, I'm finding new cool features as we go today that I didn't even know about.

Are you having fun yet? How do you like it so far?

This is such a huge improvement from last year. Awesome. Just need to be able to go from team to team a bit easier. This is a lot better start to the year than last, now if you could just get my teams going.......

Sebadiah23 · Post by **Sebadiah23** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:55 pm

Originally posted by Money:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

If you haven't found it yet, click on SCORES and then pull down to LIVE. That's where Live Scoring is located and Live Standings. Your league standings are already being updated in real-time as the games are progressing. Who's leading your league as of 2:45 pm ET?

STATS has added a really cool feature on that page: MLB Scoreboard. Click on the inning hyperlink and you'll have the box score for that game. WOW, nice.

Okay, here's another neat feature: There's a Live Chat within Live Scoring!!! Click on the "Click Here to Chat with Teams in Your League" link and have a Live Chat with your league mates. WOW. I like that.

Keep scrolling down and you'll see another neat feature: "Show My Team Matched Up Against". You can see how you compare against any other team in your league. At the very bottom you can even see who is logged into Live Scoring within your league. WOW. I'm telling you, I'm finding new cool features as we go today that I didn't even know about.

Are you having fun yet? How do you like it so far?

This is such a huge improvement from last year. Awesome. Just need to be able to go from team to team a bit easier. This is a lot better start to the year than last, now if you could just get my teams going....... [/QUOTE]Joe, you're not realizing that you're in a penthouse on Park Avenue right now. The software for the NFBBC contest mercifully in its final three weeks is the most atrocious piece of garbage software since fantasy leagues were done with paper and pencil. At least back then you didn't have to wait thirty seconds to flip from one piece of paper to another.

However, the game itself is so great that while the mind-bogglingly counter-intuitive software tries hard to distract you, you don't end up minding. The competition and game dynamics are just that good. Fantasy basketball is much closer to Fantasy baseball than Fantasy Football, and its not even close. Counting cats, percentage cats, dual-eligibilities, FAAB of course, roto-style not head-to-head, and so on. Its good stuff. Nothing against FF, just saying.

This year, knock on wood, it looks like we're already being spoiled. Its hard not being blown away so far.

-Craig

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:37 am

this morning when you go into live scoring everyone has defaulted back to 65 points.

ReedBTLines · Post by **ReedBTLines** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:23 am

I like it. Wish there was an easier way to switch between my many NFBC teams.

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:45 am

Originally posted by ReedBTLines:

I like it. Wish there was an easier way to switch between my many NFBC teams. I agree. The multiple team "toggle" that Fanball implemented to switch easily between the Live Scoring, Set Lineup, Free Agent, etc. pages of different teams without having to go back to the My Teams page was a tremendous times savings and one of the few bright spots of Fanball's software last year.

Hopefully, STATS can implement something similar into their software.

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:53 am

Originally posted by mattjb:

this morning when you go into live scoring everyone has defaulted back to 65 points. is anyone else getting this?

Money · Post by **Money** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:07 am

Originally posted by mattjb:

quote:Originally posted by mattjb:

this morning when you go into live scoring everyone has defaulted back to 65 points. is anyone else getting this? [/QUOTE]I am not seeing this Matt. I only looked at one team, but it looked fine.

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:14 am

Originally posted by Money:

quote:Originally posted by mattjb:

quote:Originally posted by mattjb:

this morning when you go into live scoring everyone has defaulted back to 65 points. is anyone else getting this? [/QUOTE]I am not seeing this Matt. I only looked at one team, but it looked fine. [/QUOTE]When I go in it's the right numbers but after a few seconds it updates to everyone being on 65 points - and showing the points change up or down from yesterday's points....almost like thyey are daily standings not cummulative.

Money · Post by **Money** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:38 am

Originally posted by mattjb:

quote:Originally posted by Money:

quote:Originally posted by mattjb:

quote:Originally posted by mattjb:

this morning when you go into live scoring everyone has defaulted back to 65 points. is anyone else getting this? [/QUOTE]I am not seeing this Matt. I only looked at one team, but it looked fine. [/QUOTE]When I go in it's the right numbers but after a few seconds it updates to everyone being on 65 points - and showing the points change up or down from yesterday's points....almost like thyey are daily standings not cummulative. [/QUOTE]Yup, I see what your saying now. I didn't wait long enough for it to refresh. Interesting it has the plus minus points there though from the day before.

Oaktown · Post by **Oaktown** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:15 am

So glad to have nice live scoring again, last year's was so awful to deal with.

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:36 am

OK it's right now.

(apart from the fact the overall standings don't give you credit for ERA & WHIP if you haven't had a pitcher play yet, whereas the live standings do)

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:31 am

Originally posted by mattjb:

OK it's right now.

(apart from the fact the overall standings don't give you credit for ERA & WHIP if you haven't had a pitcher play yet, whereas the live standings do) and now that is fixed too...it's almost like someone is reading this

frankees · Post by **frankees** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:55 am

the league reports are exquisite, guys; coming from a time when fantasy was just that, i find it remarkable to be able to see and enjoy this stuff with the morning coffee; this is above and beyond what players should have expected, and coming on the heels of fanball's fiasco, it is more than welcome; been blessed to have seen many of the greats, and to be a partner of both lindy hinkelman and ken magner here (and rich verost last season)....i'd call this the finest baseball moment ever....had i not seen dimaggio play

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:55 am

It really is impossible for Greg and I to thank our tech guys enough and give them the praise they deserve for all they have done. Granted, they had much of this in place since they had run our games before our move to Fanball but they still dusted everything off, added some great new features, and put everything together in the span of weeks things that often can take months to develop.

Our tech guys really have done an outstanding job and we're glad everyone is enjoying the fruits of their labor.

Dickie V · Post by **Dickie V** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:09 am

Hey Tom

Before you hang that "Mission Accomplish" banner, could you please have your tech guys fix it so I don't have to log in every time I wish to view my team(s)? I'm not sure if others are having this issue , but I am hoping that this can addressed more sooner than later... Thanks

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:10 am

Originally posted by Dickie V:

Hey Tom

Before you hang that "Mission Accomplish" banner, could you please have your tech guys fix it so I don't have to log in every time I wish to view my team(s)? I'm not sure if others are having this issue , but I am hoping that this can addressed more sooner than later... Thanks Please email this to me and include the browser you are using. Thanks.