THE BEST ONLINE LEAGUE NEWSLETTER 1.01
 
Adam Kontras
Adam4tvs
adam@4tvs.com
Bears
Marty Currens
MartyMoose
marty@4tvs.com
Steelers
Adam Reible
MartyMoose
marty@4tvs.com
Dolphins
Jason Pruitt
MartyMoose
marty@4tvs.com
Browns
Scott Brant
Adam4tvs
scottbrant@hotmail.com
Raiders
Andrew Thomas
Toshiro Mifune
shrooms@houston.rr.com
Texans
Spencer Vowell
Toshiro Mifune
sepe25@ev1.net
Bucs
Nathan Shad
SpeedRazor
nathan@planetgamecube.com
Vikings
Cameron George
RAMABAMA
csrg@knology.net
Titans
Billy Berghamer
Louie The Cat
billy@planetgamecube.com
Packers
Derek Defenbach
DSR
dsr920@pacbell.net
Bills
Greg Fortier
Rivaside
rivaside@aol.com
Jets
 
Sunday, January 19th, 2003
 
And then, there were 12...
 
It’s set. 12 Teams, 12 Weeks, in easily “The Best Online League” around. For those of you who got in, feel lucky - because there is already a waiting list for next season. As well, many of you have highly coveted teams, and there’s even a waiting list for getting those. By the way, the team is yours forever as long as you keep playing. If you don’t take part in Season 2, your team goes to the next person waiting for it. Simple as that.
 
I’m writing to give you the complete teams list along with names, Gamertags, and email
addresses. These may be updated over the season, but for now - you should all get ahold of your first 3 opponents and tell them your availability. Remember, you can play up to 2 weeks ahead, so while we’re still in week 1, you can theoretically be playing week 3 (assuming both of you have played your first 2 games - you MUST go in order). Since there are 12 teams, there’s now 6 games a week. So get a move on and start setting up times. Remeber the home team hosts - unless he knowingly has a bad connection for hosting, in which you guys need to work that out.
 
Also, the rules will be official on Friday MORNING. Until then, anything is up for grabs. I’m constantly changing and re-arranging them as I rethink them. There’s quite a lot that could come up and I want to have the bases covered. If you all think of ANYTHING let me know. But again, on Friday morning read every rule. Do. Not. Skim. Not now. Not after all I’ve been through putting this together. Not after I’ve spent 50-60 hours on the site. Please just read the rules.
 
Stats. Understand them. Know them. Practice this week taking them down. A few of us in the league have been doing it already, especially the “Team Rating” stat which is just the “SHIT”. It is a perfect piece of strategy during the game. You’ll soon start thinking of a 30 yard pass for a touchdown as 100 points, and a field goal as 30. It’s very cool. Don’t know what I’m talking about? READ THE RULES. LOL.
 
As I mention on the site, the league will now start on Friday, January 24th - the start of
Superbowl weekend. It’s very feasible we could get through 2-3 “league weeks” that weekend. Remember, you can go 2 weeks past the week we're on, as long as both players have played their earlier games already.
 
In other amazing news, we actually have an analyst for our league. A friend of mine, Victor Naval, who was in my NBA Fantasy league, is digging the site so much that he just wants to be a part of it. He doesn’t have an Xbox, but he wants to have a column with his picks and analysis. I don’t know about you, but that may be the coolest freakin’ thing ever. He should have his first week picks this week.
 
And finally, I hope you guys are excited. I can barely sleep. These games are gonna be absolutely outrageous. Once you start seein’ your stats go up, and seeing who has the longest pass record, and field goal and so on....player of the week - whew....it’s gonna be amazing. I truly think this will rank up there as one of your best gaming experiences, and it’s just the beginning. This is just the tiny little 12 team start to what I believe will be the most sought after online league in the country. In a matter of months, we could see waiting lists bigger than the entire league size, even at 15-20 teams.
 
So again, feel lucky you got in when you did. Now get ahold of your first 3 opponents!!! FIVE MORE DAYS!!!
 
League Founder,
Adam Kontras
The Chicago Bears
 
 

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