Barleyman

BiggieFries, I agree with your post. I have been kicking around doing this for years. I realize it would be a huge undertaking. I work on this stuff on a daily basis utilizing the cloud for scaling and modern web-frameworks, ie. what groupon, twitter, etc use. Which lets developers build a site much more rapidly than using old tech. - In regards to data feed, I have been researching and found what I consider to be a good source for reasonable amount of money. - Scaling, I will utilize amazon EC2 to autoscale up and down server instances based on load. This is something old school companies like CBS are just now starting to understand how to do. o.k. I am stopping now, before I get too nerdy One thing I have learned from this discussion here, thehuddle community will not be my target audience. Most love MFL because of the extreme customizations, which is a very important but niche market. But it is not the market I would be targeting. I would be creating something with a smaller feature set (comparable to fanball) to start, but making sure it scales, doesn't crash constantly, the scoring is accurate, isn't plastered with ads, easy to use and has enough customization for 80% of fantasy users. The great thing about MFL is they can please the most demanding customers. The problem they most certainly have is all of those customizations make it very hard to upgrade their site as time goes along. Bottom line, MFL serves extreme players like all of you here with much customization, where I would be targeting more main stream users with nice live draft tools, easy roster management, nice statistics to help choose starters, pulling in injury and player updates from the entire web, integrating with facebook for easy login and potentially taunting your friends, etc. That is not to say I don't really value your opinions here, it just means you probably won't be my potential user.

Delusions and Big Country, Great feedback and I completely agree on presenting my ideas around features etc. I want to stress again, I do NOT want a flashy site plastered with banner ads, only one that does not look like the design is from 2003. I don't want to create a myspace where every look and feel is customizable, but more in tune to facebook where there is a consistent layout from site to site. But I do want to allow customization of content pieces, like avatars, custom menus on home page, etc etc. But I want to get beyond design for a second. More importantly, I want to make it simple to understand, but yet customizable and flexible enough to allow veterans and beginners alike to use the site. I know how to improve live drafts and scale up over high traffic times such as draft season and prior to game times. Fanball, was laughable in that area. Over the years their site actually got worse, because they weren't doing some very basic things in that regard. I think your ideas around building a small piece first such as draft, etc are good ones to get my feet wet and show what I can or cannot deliver. Let me take some time to put together a real set of features and ideas and post a more detailed concept instead of arguing this or that. Again, thanks for the feedback.

I appreciate that, my ego can get out of hand. And did I mention I am fat?

I am most certainly not a spammer. I build websites for a living for sites you have surely heard of and happen to be a fantasy football player as well. I am always disgusted at the options available in fantasy football. As some astute readers pointed out, read my history here. I did not register years ago, to one day come here and post "spam". That theme link I posted was merely an example to give you some idea of a more "clean" template. I have absolutely nothing to do with that site (and if you looked there, it is simply a demo site) I came here, because I know you guys live and breath fantasy football, and wanted to test the waters for people who might have similar complaints that my league has. I have the ability to create a site that doesn't crush under load, has mobile applications, and looks more like facebook than myspace. If you agree or disagree with my thinking please let me know. Honesty is more important than trying to make fun of me or give me false hope. So thanks in advance for you thoughts and advice. John

Thanks a lot for that response. That is a valid point and I believe you are right on the money. People who hang out here are not the "casual" ff player and probably not my target audience. I appreciate your honesty and insight, and would still be interested in picking your brains if we do go ahead with our site. edit: I should add I also don't like a "flashy" site, but a more visually appealing minimalistic site similar to something like this => http://jogjadesign.net/demo/adminique/dashboard.html

I appreciate the feedback. And I hope this doesn't start a flame war, but MFL is the ugliest site I have seen in this space. Its design is about 5 years behind most modern websites. We played around with for our league and MFL was a resounding "no way". What is it that you like so much about MFL? Customization I assume. What additional items?

Hi all, I am polling for possible desire for an alternative fantasy football platform to the current offerings out there. I am a unique individual that I am a fantasy player and a software developer for internet startups. My opinion is the current state of options to choose from, ESPN, Sportsline, Yahoo, Fanball, etc all are pretty archaic when it comes to websites today. Too cluttered with unnecessary junk, and sometimes hard to get the information you are looking for. In addition, they tend to become slow under massive load, something that is easily avoided with the right technology. My problem, I don't want to spend an entire offseason working on this, if it is only me who feels this way about current options. My questions for all of you...... Do you feel the same way? Would you be willing to provide feedback/input for a new site? and would you consider switching your leagues for the right offering? Please respond honestly, good or bad. Thanks in advance!

Need help on my only 2 choices for RB... Reggie Bush vs. Justin Forsett?

We are in a 16 team league, and I have a trade offer for my 1st round pick, for his 2nd and 3rd round pick. We are pick 6 and 7 respectively. Any thoughts?

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I have been offered a trade I would receive: RB Deshaun Foster, SF RB Michael Bush, OAK I give up: RB Correll Buckhalter, PHI Any help?

Need some help with this, I am in the playoffs. Donte Stallworth vs. NYJ Bernard Berrien at MIN

Thanks for your advice. It is really hard to give up Holt, but I feel he has the best value for trade right now after last week. Yes, I can use Coles right away but he have a bye in week 9, so a wash I guess.

I have been offerred Frank Gore and L. Coles for T. Holt and J. Fargas. I am in a 16 team league with scoring on yards and TDs. I am a little short at RB currently. My Roster QB Alex D. Smith, SF QB Chad Pennington, NYJ RB J. Fargas RB Joseph Addai®, IND RB Michael Turner RB Reuben Droughns, CLE WR Reggie Williams, JAC WR Torry Holt, STL WR Chris Chambers, MIA WR Braylon Edwards, CLE TE Alge Crumpler, ATL PK Adam Vinatieri, IND PK Tynes TM Broncos, Team Defense, DEN His Roster QB Philip Rivers, SD QB Charlie Frye, CLE RB Willis McGahee, BUF RB Kevin Jones, DET RB Laurence Maroney®, NE RB Frank Gore, SF WR Eric Parker, SD WR Rod Smith, DEN WR Terry Glenn, DAL WR Laveranues Coles, NYJ WR Troy Williamson, MIN TE Kellen Winslow, CLE PK Josh Brown, SEA Def Bills, Team Defense, BUF