You Make The Call – Should Hippo Retire From (Non-DFO Yahoo) Fantasy FITBAW?

I will still play in Freezer Vodka League, if nothing but to keep my decaying mind functional.  But I swore last season would be my last in my high-intensity, moneyed fantasy auction league.

True, there is NOTHING like the rush of the auction itself.  Pre-Pandemic/Zombie apocalypse, I drove from Wake County, NC to Springfield, VA every.  Single.  LaboUr Day for the live proceedings, on the back deck of a local sports bar.  This generally meant hitting the road around 5 am, and a round trip home after (shamefully limiting myself to 0-1.5 total beers during said auction and lunch), in God-awful traffic.

More or less, it was my entire identity.

But FUCK A DUCK, does it ever stress me out.  I get fully immersed in my team, and crave winning like some kind of super-opiate.  And then FITBAW happens, and I rage like a madman (even if I keep most of the feelings inside – I am STILL a man, after all).  This League is cutthroat as fuck, and we carry 20-man rosters (both ideal elements for me, but perhaps feeding my worst OCD charcteristics).

So here is where y’all come in.  My League of 12 got 10 “yes, I am in” responses, a “hard no” from Litre, and a “meh, probably not” from me.  After which I told them that if they got an 11th, then I would re-join to be #12 (really, playing with less than 12 is a sham, in my view).  That said (Litre and the still-active Spam and Scotchnaut can confirm), this group of humoUrous assholes is somehow even less social/people-loving than DFO.  There is NO WAY they will successfully recruit.  I kept us going with my DFO recruitment efforts two seasons ago, when we shifted to online auctioning.

So, if you REALLY think Hippo should keep getting his OCD rage on, you should probably also consider joining.  It’s $150 entry, and lots of ways to cash out.  Buying people is way more fun than you will want to admit to others in society.

There are likely non-FITBAW sprots on tonight, but you all have the internet to see what these pitiful options might be.

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King Hippo
Reclusive, vulgar Broncos fan. Also a proud fookin' Evertonian. Likely dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. [Insert George Carlin quote followed by thoughtful nod.]
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Brick Meathook

I’ve never belonged to any sort of fantasy league ever and I’m burned out just hearing about them.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Apparently tomorrow in LA there is a 13% chance of rain, which seems like a cruel joke. It’s like saying the Bears have a 13% chance of winning the Super Bowl.

Doktor Zymm

Considering that an 8-8-1 team has never won the Owl, the sample probability of the Bears winning is 0. I’m guessing it’s rained in July in LA at least once.

yeah right

It has! And when it does it rains vengeance!

I was grilling on my back patio once and there was a bold flash of light and an immediate discharge of massive energy.

It exploded.

Grabbed my tongs and went inside.

That lightning strike killed 2 people on Venice Beach and I’ve got a hand raised to Jesus for what that’s worth.

Still didn’t burn the burgers though.

Proper day that.

ballsofsteelandfury

Re: Hippo’s fantasy league: No fucking way.

My one money league (125) has been going on for decades and I will finally stop playing it.

Doktor Zymm

Just signed up for a Turkmenistan trip next September. I’m stacking it with another trip I already had planned along the north of France, Spain and Portugal. I won’t be able to take any time off next summer to be sure I’ll have enough PTO for 3.5 weeks off (during my birthday month!), but I don’t usually travel much during the summer anyway as that’s when ‘normal people’ take their vacations and I dig off-season travel. I can’t wait to see the gold toilet statue that follows the sun and the gates of hell (hopefully they won’t have filled it in yet)!

BrettFavresColonoscopy
WCS

The Other Hermit Kingdom! Going to Ashgabat? Get a picture of the ten-foot tall solid gold statue of Niyazov that rotates to face the sun all the time!

Doktor Zymm

Take a year off, you can always rejoin if you find yourself missing it

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Unless the league dies, cause of death: trampled by hippo

WCS

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Mr. Ayo

Fantasy sports are awesome!

Anyone interested in a Freezer Vodka League franchise that may be for sale?

Mr. Ayo

I must remind our pill addled friend that I am in fact the owner of the Original Recipe White Claws franchise. The same franchise that finished far ahead of your pitiful effort and is solidly mid-table and ready for great success with the proper owner in the upcoming seasons.

Mr. Ayo

Ah. We are both engaging in a conversation with each other that is happening in our own minds. I think that means we’re both geniuses.

Gumbygirl

It’s called schizo‐— shut up! No, YOU shut up!

Wakezilla

I burned out with most fantasy sports about 2 years ago, which has lead to burning out of most sports. Turns out when you find out the athletes are awful people & it feels like the league makes up rules on the go, pro leagues aren’t very fun.

WCS

Wakezilla’s constant, recurring wetdream/nightmare:

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(actual dream)

Wakezilla

pretty much

Game Time Decision

For the fantasy league thing, if you aren’t having fun anymore then drop it. And for life in general

rockingdog

Found a funny;

me: can I give your dog a pet?

him: ok

me: *places a hamster next to his dog* thanks

Brick Meathook

*dog kills hamster*

rockingdog

Machado with the Home Run!
Gooooo Padres ⚾️
That’s Rocking

yeah right

I quit fantasy baseball after the pandemic and don’t miss it at all. Shit I used to play fantasy basketball and it was fun as fuck. No more.

I’m the commissioner of a legacy league that’s 20 years old and almost walked away yesterday. Jury is still out.

I’ll probably play but I can see where you’re coming from.

yeah right

Just making sure your starting pitchers are in the lineup is serious work. My old league had equal scoring from pitching and offense so most teams had one extra position player and everybody else was pitching.

Serious commitment.

TheRevanchist

Covid ruined fantasy. My buddies just have not played in the last couple of years. It’s just not fun unless you can talk shit in person.

WCS

Have them recruit this guy, and watch him win:

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rockingdog

Taco is Rocking!

WCS

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