OT: Anything Goes 35 - Tony O Edition

[b1e9a8r5s]

Finally got around to watching Cherynobl over the past week and finished it last night. Man that was really well done. Can't recommend it enough.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Finally got around to watching Cherynobl over the past week and finished it last night. Man that was really well done. Can't recommend it enough.

I'll have to check that out. I've been spending my time catching up on Tarantino films lately.

 

[RayP]

Started my new job today.

Wow what a breath of fresh air that place compared to the hell hole I was at before.

 

[BK]

Started my new job today.

Wow what a breath of fresh air that place compared to the hell hole I was at before.

Poles more polished?

 

[ChiHawks10]

Poles more polished?

Only cus Ray polished em.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Not sure if this should be going here or in the NFL thread, but for the fantasy football guys/gals out there, how many of you do auctions? Our league is finally making the change and I'm trying to work through some strategies in my head.

Nothing is more boring about talking about other people's fantasy teams, but since this is about the auction draft format as a whole, I thought it wouldn't be as annoying.

 

[BK]

Not sure if this should be going here or in the NFL thread, but for the fantasy football guys/gals out there, how many of you do auctions? Our league is finally making the change and I'm trying to work through some strategies in my head.

Nothing is more boring about talking about other people's fantasy teams, but since this is about the auction draft format as a whole, I thought it wouldn't be as annoying.

My bigger money league is auction format.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

My bigger money league is auction format.

Do you prefer it?

What's your strategy in terms of nominating guys? Do you nominate guys that you are interested in or nominate guys that you aren't to draw out some money?

What do you do in terms of budget? Just use a cheat sheet (espn, whatever) and try to stay close to the recommended values?

 

[ColdSteel2]

Only did it once this year in baseball and got my ass handed to me. Don’t buy a bunch of elite guys and assume you can fill in the gaps would be my advice. We should do a football league here, auction would be cool too. I suck at fantasy football but would still be down to join.

 

[BK]

Do you prefer it?

What's your strategy in terms of nominating guys? Do you nominate guys that you are interested in or nominate guys that you aren't to draw out some money?

What do you do in terms of budget? Just use a cheat sheet (espn, whatever) and try to stay close to the recommended values?

I 100% prefer it. I tend to put up players that I don't want but I know the guys in my league do early to push for steals later in the draft. I draft rookies for cheap whenever possible.

I use the cheat sheets but I also have spread sheet things as well will customs values in the past.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Not sure if this should be going here or in the NFL thread, but for the fantasy football guys/gals out there, how many of you do auctions? Our league is finally making the change and I'm trying to work through some strategies in my head.

Nothing is more boring about talking about other people's fantasy teams, but since this is about the auction draft format as a whole, I thought it wouldn't be as annoying.

I’ve done a few and I don’t particularly care for it, but I do pretty well. I rank players in tiers and my whole strategy is getting guys at the beginning of that tier at or below market rate because you don’t want to be bidding on the last tier 2 WR on the board with two other guys that don’t have a WR yet.

 

[Any Colour You Like]

If we did fantasy on here I would be down to join as well.

 

[hawksrule]

I’ve always liked fantasy baseball and hockey way more than football. Football is way too much luck.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Anyone here have U-Verse or had it before? Bundling internet and TV?

Comcast has been what I have always had for TV but it has gotten so costly along with issues I have had (Tech issues that seem to be plaguing my service in recent months) as well as horrible customer service which seems to have gotten worse somehow

Comcast for me was usually = Product works well but is a tad bit pricey but service is horrible when you have issue

Now its essentially = Product is having issues constantly , is far more costly and the tech/service department seems to hate you for bothering them

I am looking at U-Verse and dropping Comcast

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Anyone here have U-Verse or had it before? Bundling internet and TV?

Comcast has been what I have always had for TV but it has gotten so costly along with issues I have had (Tech issues that seem to be plaguing my service in recent months) as well as horrible customer service which seems to have gotten worse somehow

Comcast for me was usually = Product works well but is a tad bit pricey but service is horrible when you have issue

Now its essentially = Product is having issues constantly , is far more costly and the tech/service department seems to hate you for bothering them

I am looking at U-Verse and dropping Comcast

UVerse is awful. Don't do it.

 

[Blue Liner]

UVerse is awful. Don't do it.

Seconded.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Anyone here have U-Verse or had it before? Bundling internet and TV?

Comcast has been what I have always had for TV but it has gotten so costly along with issues I have had (Tech issues that seem to be plaguing my service in recent months) as well as horrible customer service which seems to have gotten worse somehow

Comcast for me was usually = Product works well but is a tad bit pricey but service is horrible when you have issue

Now its essentially = Product is having issues constantly , is far more costly and the tech/service department seems to hate you for bothering them

I am looking at U-Verse and dropping Comcast

I have Comcast and while I'm happy with the product itself, the price is too much. I'm going to try to renegotiate with them soon, although I've been dragging my feet. Dealing with their customer service is like going to the dentist.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Seconded.

Thirded.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

UVerse is awful. Don't do it.

What aspect is awful?

I have Comcast and while I'm happy with the product itself, the price is too much. I'm going to try to renegotiate with them soon, although I've been dragging my feet. Dealing with their customer service is like going to the dentist.

The customer service went from going to dentist and getting root canal bad to going to dentist getting root canal , having your teeth shattered from being punched in face , your wallet taken from you and then being told your going to get a bill in mail and to have nice day

Seriously Comcast customer service is easily among the worst ever and I have always wondered why it is so terrible and why company doesn't seem to care that its rep is so bad in that aspect

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

What aspect is awful?



The customer service went from going to dentist and getting root canal bad to going to dentist getting root canal , having your teeth shattered from being punched in face , your wallet taken from you and then being told your going to get a bill in mail and to have nice day

Seriously Comcast customer service is easily among the worst ever and I have always wondered why it is so terrible and why company doesn't seem to care that its rep is so bad in that aspect

I've known people who have U-Verse. It's trash. The only service out there worse is WOW. Dish Network would be a better option, tbh.

 

[ChiHawks10]

What aspect is awful?



The customer service went from going to dentist and getting root canal bad to going to dentist getting root canal , having your teeth shattered from being punched in face , your wallet taken from you and then being told your going to get a bill in mail and to have nice day

Seriously Comcast customer service is easily among the worst ever and I have always wondered why it is so terrible and why company doesn't seem to care that its rep is so bad in that aspect

Because all dish service sucks? If you want your game or show to go out constantly because it's overcast, feel free to switch. My parents switched to it for a year and as soon as the contract expired, they switched back to Xfinity. Their dish had nothing in the way of their service, no trees, nothing, and the slightest cloudy day would cause it to go out for hours at a time. Had them there like 6 times to look at it but could never find an issue... because the issue is dish service sucks.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I’ve got dish and outside of really, really, REALLY heavy snowfall I’ve had no issues.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I’ve got dish and outside of really, really, REALLY heavy snowfall I’ve had no issues.

You're one of the lucky ones.

 

[plasmonresonance]

I’ve got dish and outside of really, really, REALLY heavy snowfall I’ve had no issues.

Same here, although I have DirecTV and rather than snow it's very heavy extended rain conditions, which generally at it's worse lasts less than 30 min.

 

[ColdSteel2]

What aspect is awful?



The customer service went from going to dentist and getting root canal bad to going to dentist getting root canal , having your teeth shattered from being punched in face , your wallet taken from you and then being told your going to get a bill in mail and to have nice day

Seriously Comcast customer service is easily among the worst ever and I have always wondered why it is so terrible and why company doesn't seem to care that its rep is so bad in that aspect

Just called them last week. Been having problems too. After the half hour or more it took to talk to somebody, it finally got fixed. All I wanted was to get the reset signal beamed in. IIRC, this used to be possible using the automation, maybe I missed it.

Anyway, the guy told me sending the signal wouldn’t do anything and they had to schedule a technician. I said it cannot be that bad, just send the signal anyway and let’s go from there. The signal worked. He still wanted to send someone and mentioned they might not be willing to send someone if it happens again. But I’m not inviting one of their technicians in to potentially mess it up, at least not while it is working.