Cigar Geeks

Happy July Geeks,

It's almost August so figured it's time to get the league started. First I want to give everyone in the league last year a chance to rejoin first then if there are spots open I will open it up to all the Geeks. Again this year we will all be putting up 5 cigars ($7+) and one really nice cigar ($12+). I'm requesting everyone send me the cigars again this year. Regular season winner gets the ($12) cigars. Winner of the playoffs gets everyone's 5 cigars and 2nd place of the playoffs gets the 5 cigars 1st place put up.

We will again try and do a Online Draft and Google Herf. Only takes about an hour.

Also try and log in to NFL.com and go to the league again.

Gronkman Style (John) - Cigars  in
Chief the Whole F'n Show (Ken) in cigars in
Redneck Warriors (Jason)
Toilet Monsters (Brian) cigars shipped
Penn State Boys Camp (Adam) cigars in
BamaStogieboys (Michael)cigars in
Killers on the confluence (Chuck)cigars in
INdyGopher (Nick)cigars in
CavemanSteve cigars in
Nickthefish(nick)cigars  in

Thanks everyone.

Thanks for getting this going. I'm in

Let's go!

Toilet Monsters are ready to go...count me in!  :biggrin:

BewareDaPenguin"s will make another run at the title this year :smoker: thanks so much for keeping this going :biggrin:

In if you'll have me again!  If an active Geek wants in you're welcome to bump me, but I'll count on it for now.

I'm going to have to sit this out. I know of at least 4 weekends I'll be traveling and time will be limited.

However, if you end up short a spot I'll take it so you have a full group.

I'll play!

Looks like we are looking to fill 1 spot so far this year. Anyone interested?

I'm in again please

I'm in again please

I'm down to play this year

The Smurf is back for sure!!!

The Smurf is back for sure!!!

Was able to sign in. Thanks for setting up again

Need to check in with rman. Then we'll see where we are with players. Would like to do late in Aug or early Sept draft again if that works for most of everyone.

I signed in as well, all looks good to go :smoker: sounds good John will make something work, draft went super fast last year

No response from Rman. So we can ride with 10 or try and get 2 to make 12. Thoughts?

No response from Rman. So we can ride with 10 or try and get 2 to make 12. Thoughts?

Quotejohncw - 8/12/2022  11:42 PM

No response from Rman. So we can ride with 10 or try and get 2 to make 12. Thoughts?

My brother would play or not play, so that's cool. I think we should try to pick up 2 geeks if we can, if not then my bro would sit out and we can roll with 10. But we have a few weeks to see if anyone else would like to join!! It really has been a fun laid back/ but competitive league since I've joined!

So geeks if your on the fence step right up to the longest running fantasy football league on cigar geeks!! For you chance to win fabulous prizes!!! Do you have wait it takes to bring home the coveted trophy?! Well let's see if you have what it takes against 11 other cigar smoking, football fanatics!!! (That was my promo, how'd I do) :smoker: lol

Let's get 2 more geeks and make it a full league!!! :bigthumbs:

Adam your brother does make 10. We have lost 2.

Quotejohncw - 8/14/2022  10:42 AM

Adam your brother does make 10. We have lost 2.

Ahhh ok...so he's in lol. We still need 2 more Geeks :biggrin: it's a fun league geeks! I'm not a salesmen, but league is always more fun with more people :smoker: would be great to fill the last 2 spots, but 10 will work as well. We"ve got a few weeks though so if you are on the fence, we'd love to have you!!!

Went ahead and put a draft date and time out there. Monday Sept 5th 9:00PM EST.  Figured we'll where we stand on this. Season starts Sept 8th.


League settings incase anyone is curious.
League Settings
DivisionsNo
Weeks Per Playoff Matchup1 Week
PlayoffsWeeks 15, 16 & 17 - 6 teams
Teams10
Viewable to PublicNo
Max Adds per SeasonNo Maximum
Max Adds per Week5
Max Trades per SeasonNo Maximum
Trade Review TypeLeague Votes (by team managers)
Trade Reject Time2 days
Trade DeadlineNovember 25, 2022
Waiver Period1 day
Waiver TypeMove to Last after Claim, Never Reset
Post Draft PlayersFollow Waiver Rules
Free Agent Lock TypeYes (player locks at game time)
Roster Lock TypeGame Time
Start of SeasonWeek 1
Winners LeagueNo
Keeper SettingsNone
Standings TiebreakerHead to Head Record
Allow Matchup TiesYes
Undroppable ListNFL.com Fantasy
Starting Roster Positions & Roster Limits
Quarterback:1    (Max 3)
Running Back:2
Wide Receiver / Tight End:3
Kicker:1    (Max 2)
Defensive Team:1    (Max 2)
Running Back / Wide Receiver / Tight End:1
Bench:7
Reserve:5

Scoring Settings
Offense

Passing Yards:1 point per 25 yards
Passing Touchdowns:4 points
Interceptions Thrown:-2 points
300-399 Passing Yards Bonus:1 point
400+ Passing Yards Bonus:1 point
40+ Passing Yard TD Bonus:1 point
Rushing Yards:1 point per 10 yards
Rushing Touchdowns:6 points
40+ Rushing Yard TD Bonus:1 point
100-199 Rushing Yards Bonus:1 point
200+ Rushing Yards Bonus:1 point
Receptions:0.5 points
Receiving Yards:1 point per 10 yards
Receiving Touchdowns:6 points
40+ Receiving Yard TD Bonus:1 point
100-199 Receiving Yards Bonus:1 point
200+ Receiving Yards Bonus:1 point
Kickoff and Punt Return Yards:1 point per 25 yards
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns:6 points
Fumble Recovered for TD:6 points
Fumbles Lost:-2 points
2-Point Conversions:2 points

Kicking

PAT Made:1 point
FG Made 0-19:3 points
FG Made 20-29:3 points
FG Made 30-39:3 points
FG Made 40-49:4 points
FG Made 50+:5 points

Defense / Special Teams

Sacks:1 point
Interceptions:2 points
Fumbles Recovered:2 points
Safeties:2 points
Touchdowns:6 points
Blocked Kicks:1 point
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns:6 points
Points Allowed 0:10 points
Points Allowed 1-6:7 points
Points Allowed 7-13:4 points
Points Allowed 14-20:1 point
Points Allowed 21-27:0 points
Points Allowed 28-34:-1 point
Points Allowed 35+:-4 points
Less than 100 Total Yards Allowed:3 points
100-199 Yards Allowed:2 points
200-299 Yards Allowed:1 point
300-399 Yards Allowed:0 points
400-449 Yards Allowed:0 points
450-499 Yards Allowed:0 points
500+ Yards Allowed:0 points
Team Def 2-point Return:2 points
Other
Use Fractional PtsYes
Use Negative PtsYes

Thanks, John!  Monday 9/5 works for me (my birthday, actually...so I assume you'll all go easy on me!).  

For scoring, did we include the following last year?

Kickoff and Punt Return Yards:1 point per 25 yards
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns:6 points

It's pretty unusual to give points to individual players for return stuff (usually just TDs to the Defense and ST's), but I'm all for trying something new.  Just might change the research I do...

QuoteIndyGopher - 8/15/2022  6:01 PM

Thanks, John!  Monday 9/5 works for me (my birthday, actually...so I assume you'll all go easy on me!).  

For scoring, did we include the following last year?

Kickoff and Punt Return Yards:1 point per 25 yards
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns:6 points

It's pretty unusual to give points to individual players for return stuff (usually just TDs to the Defense and ST's), but I'm all for trying something new.  Just might change the research I do...

Yup we've always played this rule, it's why Tyreek Hill and Cordell Patterson had some real good value there a couple of years lol - there's still a few "dual threat guys" - one of the little things we do differently :smoker:

Sept 5th works for me as well John! Thanks again for keeping this going! And as for my real my real brother, this is fantasy football bro, 2nd place is the 1st Loser, put your game face on lol :biggrin:

When will the draft order be set?

Quotenirab - 8/15/2022  8:34 PM

When will the draft order be set?

Last couple of years I've just set it to auto generate an order right before the draft... If everyone would like to know before hand we can certainly do that as well.

QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 8/15/2022  8:25 PM

QuoteIndyGopher - 8/15/2022  6:01 PM

Thanks, John!  Monday 9/5 works for me (my birthday, actually...so I assume you'll all go easy on me!).  

For scoring, did we include the following last year?

Kickoff and Punt Return Yards:1 point per 25 yards
Kickoff and Punt Return Touchdowns:6 points

It's pretty unusual to give points to individual players for return stuff (usually just TDs to the Defense and ST's), but I'm all for trying something new.  Just might change the research I do...

Yup we've always played this rule, it's why Tyreek Hill and Cordell Patterson had some real good value there a couple of years lol - there's still a few "dual threat guys" - one of the little things we do differently :smoker:

Sept 5th works for me as well John! Thanks again for keeping this going! And as for my real my real brother, this is fantasy football bro, 2nd place is the 1st Loser, put your game face on lol :biggrin:

"If you ain't first your last"

I didn't make any changes to any scoring or positions. If we roll with 10 we can add another flex spot if everyone is agreeable.

May 5th should be good for me

Did you say May 5th? 

I'm good for September 5th.  

Does everyone realize that it's Labor Day?

I am for October 27th

Quotejharrisx5 - 8/17/2022  10:30 AM  Did you say May 5th? 

 LOL gotta love autocorrect 

We can go for 5 May 5th 2023. I'll have to get a move on it next year. I also can't guarantee your entire team won't be out with a torn something. Or suspended.

Yeah it's looking like 10...that's cool...I'm guessing we can start sending sticks now bro?

My cigars are going out today

Hey everyone. Is there any chance of us pushing the draft time to 9pm? I've had something come up, and will not be available until after 8pm.

i thought it was 9 pm

Yeah I think it's currently 9 pm Eastern. If the request is to move to be 9 pm central, I'd really rather not but will go with the group since I'm the outsider here :-). Have a good afternoon all!

QuoteIndyGopher - 9/5/2022  2:34 PM

Yeah I think it's currently 9 pm Eastern. If the request is to move to be 9 pm central, I'd really rather not but will go with the group since I'm the outsider here :-). Have a good afternoon all!

Likewise,  9 is late for me already.  Up at 5 am.

Have we decided to keep it at the current time (9pm Eastern)?  Just want to make sure I'm on...only supposed to be 110 F outside at that time here in balmy California...LOL...Looks like I'll be chilling in the house without a cigar this year.

It is 9pm eastern. Not sure I can change it even if we wanted to. Or we could split the difference to 930eastern. Last year it took about 1 hr to complete. I'll go with the consensus here.

I'd suggest we leave it as it is...

Once question...are we doing a video chat as well?  Been forever since I did one but I thought Google Hangouts was dead...how are folks herfing nowadays?

Hangouts has been a pain to run lately.

I'm central so it's 8pm for me, I can for sure understand the East Coast time geeks not wanting to shift more, it does go pretty quick. I'm fine either way...I get up early as well, but again I'm central time so it's not as a big of deal to me, if good with whatever everybody wants to do :smoker: happy Labor Day!!! And good luck!!! :smoker:

Thank you for considering a change. I will get there as soon as possible

Smooth draft.

Thanks John for organizing

Good luck evertbody!

Hey John
Having trouble getting the app to work on my phone.
Worked last year
Can you give me the League ID and Password?

Thanks in advance!

GO BIRDS!

Got the sticks out today John :thumbsup: thanks again for running, appreciate you keeping this together for so long, it's always a fun league

Crazy week of football!!!.  So many great finishes.
Getting my ass kicked but..........

Anyway

My sticks will go out this week.  Probably Thursday morning.

Good luck all

QuoteCaveman Steve - 9/18/2022  10:29 PM

Crazy week of football!!!.  So many great finishes.
Getting my ass kicked but..........

Anyway

My sticks will go out this week.  Probably Thursday morning.

Good luck all

:cool:

Quotejohncw - 9/19/2022  9:49 PM

QuoteCaveman Steve - 9/18/2022  10:29 PM

Crazy week of football!!!.  So many great finishes.
Getting my ass kicked but..........

Anyway

My sticks will go out this week.  Probably Thursday morning.

Good luck all

:cool:

Should've landed yesterday.  Let me know if they did not.   :biggrin:

Friendly reminder to get your cigars in. Thanks.

Chuck, congrats on winning the regular season. Good luck to everyone who is playing in the first round this weekend.

Thanks John. It was a better year than expected

Congrats!!! Great season Chuck!! John you have a great team as well, I wouldn't be surprised to see you 2 in the finals, I don't think I got the steam to keep up here at the end :smoker:

Very strange things happened. I went into last night's game down 27 points to win our super bowl. I have Joe Burrow as my qb so there is a possible way for me to win. The unbelievable injury happened to a Bill's player causing the game to be suspended. No word from the NFL if the game will be made up. Hopefully the Bill's player will make a full recovery.

Ken and Adam, I,m going to wait and see how the app handles the game being suspended. It's a very unfortunate event happening on championship weekend in most leagues. Our league is for fun but also understand there is a hefty prize at stake as well. I was very excited to see hiw this played out, but when someone's life is threatened like that on a routine play it is really scary.

If they make up the game I believe the stats should count. If they don't I'm honestly at a loss

John

Makes sense. If they don't make up the game I'm sure we can figure out a solution. No worries.

100% agreed...what a tragedy! I of course was watching and it was going to be an exciting finish!! I hear he is doing better, which is great news! Agreed as well, let's see how this is handled, it's not just our league, there's a ton of fantasy championships on the line, so I'd think they'd come up with some type of solution. And Burrow and for sure put up 30+. If not and they for some reason cancel the game, I say we can split the winnings Chief. Nobody wants to win or lose like that so makes sense to me brother. It's been an amazing season as usual it's unfortunate it's ending like this, but at any rate we don't have to make this difficult

I totally agree. Let's see what happens and I am totally fine with splitting the winnings. It's been another great season. I always have the best time in this league. Thank god this young man is making great strides at recovering. What a scary situation.

It looks like they are going to cancel the game. Very unfortunate situation all around. Ken let's spilt the winnings, congratulations on a great season!! I was really looking forward to it coming down to the last Monday night game of the season, and Burrow got off to a hot start for sure, was going to be an epic game!! I really wanted my revenge for you dropping "a league record" 198 points on me earlier in the season!! Congrats again!

John thank you again for hosting and running the league I always have a great time in this league, it's a fun league and I've enjoyed playing every year, I'm already looking forward to next year!!

I also again read that Hamlin was still slowly recovering, so let's all keep praying for that young man!! 

I totally agree. Great season Adam and as usual I really enjoyed this league. I play in 3 different leagues every year but this is my favorite by far. Love the cigar aspect of it. Thank you again for all the extra work you put in here. Can't wait for next year. Congratulations Adam on your great season. I am In total agreement on splitting the prize. I believe it is a very fair way to resolve this ordeal and we both walk away with a nice prize. Easy fix and a fair one.

Hey guys...I think I'm the last guy who needs to send smokes in...I'm selecting them tonight and will ship out on Monday. Sorry for being the deadbeat!  I retired in November and I'm still trying to figure out what life is like after working almost 28 years in prison...lol

I'll post tracking when it goes out!

Heading to the post office in a few minutes...

9400109205568329127492

Quote from: chief791 on 01/07/2023 01:46 AMI totally agree. Great season Adam and as usual I really enjoyed this league. I play in 3 different leagues every year but this is my favorite by far. Love the cigar aspect of it. Thank you again for all the extra work you put in here. Can't wait for next year. Congratulations Adam on your great season. I am In total agreement on splitting the prize. I believe it is a very fair way to resolve this ordeal and we both walk away with a nice prize. Easy fix and a fair one.

Not a problem guys. I'll make sure you get each others prize packs and will just randomly split the rest between you both.

Chuck, don't worry haven't forgotten about you either. Regular season sticks will go out once I receive Jason's buying.

Thanks
John

Quote from: johncw on 01/11/2023 12:06 AM

Quote from: chief791 on 01/07/2023 01:46 AMI totally agree. Great season Adam and as usual I really enjoyed this league. I play in 3 different leagues every year but this is my favorite by far. Love the cigar aspect of it. Thank you again for all the extra work you put in here. Can't wait for next year. Congratulations Adam on your great season. I am In total agreement on splitting the prize. I believe it is a very fair way to resolve this ordeal and we both walk away with a nice prize. Easy fix and a fair one.

Not a problem guys. I'll make sure you get each others prize packs and will just randomly split the rest between you both.

Chuck, don't worry haven't forgotten about you either. Regular season sticks will go out once I receive Jason's buying.

Thanks
John

You are the man John...thanks again for running the league. Appreciate you splitting them up for us! :smoker: can't wait for next season! Love playing in this league with you guys :thumbsup:

Jason, I received your buy-in. Thank you for all the hitchhikers.

I should get these all out this weekend. Enjoy!

Thanks again everyone and Happy New Year!

Thanks John. Appreciate all you do here. Another great season

Great job guys, fun to watch since I was at the bottom all year... :lmao:

And thanks John for running it so well. 

Looking forward to next year.

Package arrived today. All in good health. Thanks again all. Can't wait until next year

My sticks landed as well. Thanks again John, sticks look great! Fun season! Let's all do it again next year!! :smoker:

Received my winnings. Thanks guys great selection.
Thanks for running another great season

Glad they all arrived in good order. Enjoy smoking them until next season.

Sure hope we are doing ffl this year. Let me know.

Quote from: chief791 on 07/26/2023 04:49 PMSure hope we are doing ffl this year. Let me know.

I had a note a couple months ago the league being setup...I know John has been busy, and was going to step aside being Commish, but decided to stick it out the last couple of years, I hope so as well, always a fun league :smoker:

Got any room left?

Quote from: Bob Cordell on 07/27/2023 12:05 PMGot any room left?

We were at 10 it would be great to get back to 12 - we will see if John is going to keep this going!! He's been a super solid Commish!!

Is this a PPR league?

Quote from: Bob Cordell on 07/28/2023 07:43 AMIs this a PPR league?

It's been 0.5 for the last few years...again John"s been the Commish for as long as I can remember so I hope we can keep it going...

Hey everyone, sorry I've just had a lot going on. I'd like to see if anyone would be interested in taking over the commissioner's spot moving forward? I believe I can assign co commissioner's duties and then remove myself. So please let me know if you are interested and would love to see this get back to 12 teams.

John

I just don't have the time, or I would step up. Anyone out there willing to? I will offer up a 10pk to the new commish who commits...yes, cigar bribery!! :biggrin:

Quote from: nirab on 08/12/2023 12:53 PMI just don't have the time, or I would step up. Anyone out there willing to? I will offer up a 10pk to the new commish who commits...yes, cigar bribery!! :biggrin:

I'll kick in a 5"er for the new Commish as well. I'm starting a special assignment out of town for work in November...be great to get back to 12 teams, need a new geek!

To keep it together, I don't mind running it, as long as everyone is fine with the way I run baseball.  I am not on as much anymore, I am available, but there's not a ton of daily hands on, I let the league run and pay up when its over.  If that is cool, I don't mind keeping the band together.

Quote from: StogieDad on 08/21/2023 09:55 AMTo keep it together, I don't mind running it, as long as everyone is fine with the way I run baseball.  I am not on as much anymore, I am available, but there's not a ton of daily hands on, I let the league run and pay up when its over.  If that is cool, I don't mind keeping the band together.

Sounds good to me brother, thanks!

Two thumbs up 👍

I am good with that!

We got 2 weeks to pick up 1 more geek to make this 12 again!!! Who wants to play!!! :smoker:

Thank for keeping the Band together

We've got no traction on this to pick up another geek. I'm in enough fantasy leagues already. As much as I love this league, and playing with everyone it's just not as fun with 10 teams. We honestly, if you look at the calendar, only have 11 days to pick a draft time we can agree on, and get another geek to make it a full 12. I'll step aside and let Mr Cordell play, and he'd make 10. I'll still shoot you over a 5"er Stogie for stepping up and trying to keep this together if you guys end up having a league. That was a solid move brother, it's a shame, but it seems like the interest has really fallen off the past 2 years. It's fine it happens to these leagues all the time. Again, I'd really prefer not to play another year of 10 teams. Good luck to all, it's been a fun ride for sure I'd love to see it keep going, but there's just not enough interest it seems. Thanks again! John you've been an amazing Commish! Stogie I'm sure you'll make a great Commish as well! Again good luck to all!

I can't speak for my brother IndyGopher, but he doesn't smoke cigars much at all anymore and I picked him up a couple of years ago to help fill this league. Again I can't speak for him, I'll reach out and see if he wants to play, but I'd guess if I'm getting out, then he probably won't want to be in either. I text him n ask him to post. Thanks again to all for trying to keep this league going. Just doesn't look like it's going to happen. No traction all month, it really is a shame. Thanks again John & good luck to the rest of you guys!

Hey everyone, I just talked with Adam and I'm going to bow out this since he's not playing.  I've not been active in the cigar world for a while anyway, so it seems like the right time to step away. Appreciate you guys letting me play the past couple years and hope you enjoyed my sticks since I never won lol!

Well I guess it doesn't look good for our league. Hopefully we can pull it off but it doesn't look good. I'm still in if we can fill the slots up. Im fine with a 10 team league. Still Don't have a draft day.

the only permanence is impermanence...it was a good run... :-)

Hey y'all...are we doing this?  I'm totally in if we do but we are running out of time...10 teams is fine with me!