cliaz Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think around 1994ish - maybe a few years earlier? It's been so long. I remember that we have to send our lineups in to the commish via snail mail and it had to be post marked the day before any games started. Scoring was done via pencil and paper and math and a new paper. Ahhhh....the old days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1993? Mostly coaches here at school, ten of us. Total points league. Lots of scoring rules. Everything done from the newspaper. Think my first player was Emmitt. That league has grown into two 16-owner leagues that both use auctions. We have a waiting list of about a half a dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Rugby Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I was breifly in one from 1999-2001 and left since there was too much complaining. Joined another 10 team league in 2002 and now it's a 12 team league and a lot of fun. Now play three but the original is the most fun since we all know each other and the trash talk is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Pat!!! Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1990 was my first year, I was 13. I won that first year, and that league is still running today. We used the USA Today as official scorer after getting different scores at times out of the local rags. Used the National for a season or two. As a local, I saw everybody in person every week. Â Did my first 'other' league in 1995. Live draft with all men (30+ old) and a buddy and I drove two hours from UNH down into Mass for the draft. They rented out the function room of a Chinese restaurant. I think we were the only sober ones, being under age. Drafted Terrell Davis as our last pick in the draft after hearing he'd be the starter earlier that day, and got the looks from the room. We laughed all the way to the Championship that year. Been officially hooked ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 It was way back late 80's end like I said in other post we never had add/drops except at half time ( after 8 games played ) remember there were no bye weeks then , anyways at half time you were allowed add / drops and it went in order of team scoring. No H2H only total points back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Mid eighties, don't remember which year exactly. A league was started at my dads workplace. He really didn't know much about football so he recruited me and we ran it together. I made all the draft picks and submitted weekly rosters. He paid all the bills. Â eta: Scoring was done by hand using San Francisco Comical sports section Edited October 20, 2011 by slambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Next Generation Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1990-1991 and yes, had to use the paper back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingd Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1996 was football, this after doing roto baseball since probably 1982. USA Today was the official weapon of choice and Microsoft Works was the original godsend for commissioners. That league didn't go online until 2005 and has followed me from Columbus to DC to St. Louis over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1996 was football, this after doing roto baseball since probably 1982. USA Today was the official weapon of choice and Microsoft Works was the original godsend for commissioners. That league didn't go online until 2005 and has followed me from Columbus to DC to St. Louis over the years. Â Â I have heard of leagues not on line until about then but only TD only leagues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPIchamp Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 2007, did an autopick redraft w/IDP's with the guys at work (Predraft Rankings, what's that? Wound up with Leinert, Fitz and Boldin, along with TD-averse FWP, lol.) They needed to fill out a H2H and asked me if I wanted in. It was $30 to play and I knew I had no chance but said heck with it, chance to get to know my coworkers on an outside of work activity - I finished 7-9 and absolutley hooked. Â Did fantasy baseball back in 1989-ish, used Baseball Weekly as our source.....Wow that was tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I started in the mid-1990s, in college. I don't remember how we did scoring (I want to say that we did fantasy through ESPN's Web site, but can that be right?). Â In 1998, I joined a 10-team league at work. The commissioner did the scoring from Monday's box scores. We had to call his voicemail at work for last-minute lineup changes so that he would have a record of the time-stamp. Scoring was 100 points for each touchdown and 1 point per yard. I remember one week in which I lost by 3 points. I went back and combed through the box scores and found that one of my opponent's starters, Keenan McCardell, had one rush for -3 yards, so I pointed it out and got the tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Some time in the mid-90s I think. Â Yes we did scoring by hand. Yes we thrived on USA Today (as I recall NFC was Wednesday and AFC was Thursday or something) Â I used to fax reports to owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Fan Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 I figured I was in one of the older leagues (1993), but there are a lot of us from the early 90's and even late 80's (wow.) We did our lineups and add/drops via voicemail. When we started, no one outside the league had the slightest idea what we were doing or why were having so much fun. All they knew was that being around all of us when we talked FF was exceptionally painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2v Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 First league in 1988; don't remember much about the team other than I had Thurman Thomas. A few guys from that league were founding members of the 2VFFL in 1990; that league still exists and boasts 10 (of 12) original members. I was a founding member of another league in 1989; that league also still exists, with four (of 8) original members, though it's grown to a 10-team league. That league has gone to an auction format, yet it's still TD-only. Â Not only do I recall getting the box scores out of the paper and computing them by hand, there was a radio show on the local all-sports station where they quite literally read box scores on Sunday nights. And if the Timberwolves played, they didn't come on until after midnight. Yet there I was, pen in hand, scribbling down how many yards Cleveland Gary got just so I could find out how my team did six hours before anybody else. Â 2V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Question ? Â Was the first league you played in team QB ? Â We didn't start drafting individual QB's until 1990/1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Question ? Was the first league you played in team QB ?  Yes Pretty much a TD league and points if RB's & WR's got 100yds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatGreg Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Believe it or not, my first league was in 1982. I still have the Monday newpaper clippings with the stats for all NFL teams. It is an 8 man league that is still going strong today. We thought it was a big deal when USA Today went into publication. We didn't have to go to the public library to read out ot town newspapers to get player info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Been playing quite a while. Made the classic rookie mistake and took Brontosaurus as my first pick because he was so cool, when T Rex was dominating the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Been playing quite a while. Made the classic rookie mistake and took Brontosaurus as my first pick because he was so cool, when T Rex was dominating the league. Â Â Rumor is you never played FF ,, just hang around the message boards and talk about 1.0009888521 Â opps I always get Gritts & BB confused Edited October 20, 2011 by MustOfBeenDrunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 opps I always get Gritts & BB confused  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tub-O Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1998 first year a got a PC with Internet. My first pick was Curtis Martin (just signed with the Jets) at 1.12 and picked up Steven Davis RB Was at 2.1 won the league running away and wasn't invited back. Played my first Keeper league(took over an orphaned team) came in 2nd that year then won the next 2 then that league disbanded. in 2005 joined my first Dynasty league and still looking for a championship (6-0 right now so maybe this year) I am in 2 Dynasty leagues right now and 3 redrafts and helping my 13 yr old son with his redraft league. After playing in Dynasty leagues, redrafts just aren't the same. Will probably be the last year i do them. 1984 used the Seattle Times first player I drafted was Elway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripleshot Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Since 1992. It was a group of friends from my church. We used the Seattle Times sports section for computing totals and called our lineups/waiver wire requests in by phone. I had the third overall pick and was delighted when the guy picking second took randall Cunningham, leaving Emmit Smith to me(Sanders was first overall). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1996 was my first year. Drafted RB Chris Warren in first round. Spreadsheet tallied scores from newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauders11 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1994- 6 team league- USA Today stats were the "official" and only accepted results- because they were the only paper to have IDP stats on all players- yes we did IDP from the jump, and have never known anything different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jweed Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Long, long, Long ago, in a land far far away. Was 1977 and it was keeper league. I remember Earl Campbell was on on of the existing teams. Elvis Peakcock was our first pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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