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gomez70

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Just wondering what anyone's opinion about this scenario is.

My last game of the regular fantasy season is this week. 14 game season with a 2 week playoff.

12 teams. 3 division winners and a wildcard make the playoffs. To make a long story short; There are 2 teams vying for the last spot. I can basically control which one of those 2 teams makes the playoffs. Do you think its gamesmanship or just bad etiquette to put in my worst lineup possible? If I lose than the team that I play in week 1 of the playoffs is a much weaker team in my opinion than the team I would play if I win this week. Am I overthinking this? Should I play my best lineup like I have been the whole season, or should I try to play Kingmaker and try to get the best playoff matchup I can get.
 
mudloggerone

mudloggerone

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I'm going to play my best lineup possible. Lord knows my best has laid a couple of eggs this season. I let the chips fall where they may.
 
derringer007

derringer007

"Its An Outrage"
My .02

This could be considered a boarder line sand-bagging, or as you put it "Poor Gamesmanship"

I would put your best players in the line-up always, its not really up to you to dictate who you should play.
 
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Vicious_Machine

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Really? I would play the crappier team! I may even bench my entire lineup depending on how I feel.

When I play a league, I only care about 1 thing! "What can I do to give myself the best chance to win". I could care less what OTHER teams do or how my moves impact them.

It is tougher in football compared to ice hockey. But I have made retarded trades in hockey leagues giving up top goal scorers just because I want another team in the standings for a rotess league to catch somebody I am competing with.

The only 1 issue I have with trying this strategy in football H2H leagues is that H2H is very unpredictable. In any given week, pretty much any team can beat any team (I am in 4 leagues, 0 teams are had 3 or fewer losses). You just want to be 100% sure this does not blow up in your face, cause the mockery may never end until the end of time if this is a friends league... I still get mocked for a game like 3-4 years ago where I lost by TRIPLE digits point to one of the worst team in our fantasy league that year.
 
Orgazmo

Orgazmo

IT'S GARBAGE DAY
gomez70 said:
Do you think its gamesmanship or just bad etiquette to put in my worst lineup possible?
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It's both.

As long as you're within your league's rules it's gamesmanship. And your particular plan is actually quite brilliant.

Now as to etiquette, you can see there is a general sense to play your best lineup. Whatever decision lets you sleep at night is fine, in my opinion. I personally play my best lineup... but in retrospect I think its just due to years of programming. I've honestly never thought to look ahead as you've done.
 
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