The weather has been awesome here in Buffalo, meaning that I have been spending a lot of time outdoors. More specifically, outdoors riding my scooters. Nothing like a fantasy sports nerd combined with a scooter nerd that says, "Wow! What a catch!"
After a great April I hate to say the fantasy gods have not been kind to me this month. I had a horrible last half of the month which kind of puts me right back where I was at the start of the baseball season.
I did experiment with DraftDay during their championship series. There were some things about the way the events were handled I didn't like, but the site hold a lot of promise. I felt I was at a slight disadvantage going into events without any experience there. However, I cashed enough to win most of my entries back.
FanDuel has been varying their tournament prize pools, but enough downward pressure has me thinking about sticking to H2H. Also their regular cap is even softer than before... It's almost like a no cap game now. (Which sucks a lot of skill out of the tournaments.)
So maybe it's time to slow down the pace during the dogs days of summer. Fewer entries & more game selection. Expert cap games. There's no reason to make it any easier for my opponents these days.
Keep cool.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Motivation In Daily Fantasy Sports Is... Varied
For the first time in my DFS career I took some shots at a "championship". Most of the time these big tournaments are not worth the effort. Your EV is usually found in one day events where the entire prize pool is paid out that day.
However, the DSBC on DraftStreet hold a couple of appealing qualities: Limited entries (per user & entire field), plus significant runner up prizes. I was able to cash in both of the qualifiers I entered for a tidy profit.
I did notice that the 2nd round prizes were somewhat lacking. Of the 40 semi-finalists, places 13th-40th will most likely make less than the players they beat to win their seat.
Now I realize those seats give you a shot at the $35,000 1st prize. If I had won a seat, I would be very nervous about not making the final 12 playoff.
When I pointed this prize discrepancy out, I was met with some hostility. I wasn't trying to rain on anyone's parade. I think it's a neat event.
But it did get me thinking again about what motivates people to play DFS in the first place. Don't all of the contest sites advertise that you can win money for playing DFS? Isn't profit the ultimate motive here?
Apparently not.
Some people play these championship promos just to feed their action jones. They can enter the biggest prize pool very cheap, to get the rush of potentially winning a jackpot.
Others play to feed their ego. They want to be the biggest swinging dick in the room so they need to get in the biggest event around, regardless of the cost.
If others played just for enjoyment, it would be logical to think they would stick to the free games. If they needed prize incentives, freerolls should do the trick.
I play to make money. I look for my best opportunity to turn a profit, so I don't have to go back to humping a lousy job ever again. So many players have come and gone, for various reasons. But the good players who can turn a profit 12 months a year (with maybe two exceptions) are not the ones who win these championships.
It's probably good for my goals that players sometimes don't have a profit motive. That will leave the best money making opportunities undervalued.
However, the DSBC on DraftStreet hold a couple of appealing qualities: Limited entries (per user & entire field), plus significant runner up prizes. I was able to cash in both of the qualifiers I entered for a tidy profit.
I did notice that the 2nd round prizes were somewhat lacking. Of the 40 semi-finalists, places 13th-40th will most likely make less than the players they beat to win their seat.
Now I realize those seats give you a shot at the $35,000 1st prize. If I had won a seat, I would be very nervous about not making the final 12 playoff.
When I pointed this prize discrepancy out, I was met with some hostility. I wasn't trying to rain on anyone's parade. I think it's a neat event.
But it did get me thinking again about what motivates people to play DFS in the first place. Don't all of the contest sites advertise that you can win money for playing DFS? Isn't profit the ultimate motive here?
Apparently not.
Some people play these championship promos just to feed their action jones. They can enter the biggest prize pool very cheap, to get the rush of potentially winning a jackpot.
Others play to feed their ego. They want to be the biggest swinging dick in the room so they need to get in the biggest event around, regardless of the cost.
If others played just for enjoyment, it would be logical to think they would stick to the free games. If they needed prize incentives, freerolls should do the trick.
I play to make money. I look for my best opportunity to turn a profit, so I don't have to go back to humping a lousy job ever again. So many players have come and gone, for various reasons. But the good players who can turn a profit 12 months a year (with maybe two exceptions) are not the ones who win these championships.
It's probably good for my goals that players sometimes don't have a profit motive. That will leave the best money making opportunities undervalued.
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