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Originally Posted by Chicagofan76
can someone explain to me further on how the online leagues work i had 2 bad experiences with online leagues so far...in the 1st 1 i got into no one ever contacted me until after FA was over and I had no good players...in the 2nd we did an expansion draft and it took 6 weeks to finally get done and the final 5 rds they gave every 1 20 mins to make a pick during mid week i wasnt home,...i like the sound of the NYM i like a challenge. last time i played for more then 1 season in an online league was on High Heat.
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The way an online league is supposed to work is pretty much the same as a solo game except for trading (which you do with other league members via email, PM, AIM, etc), drafting, which is done either by a live draft in a chat room or through the statlabs utility, and the pace.
It looks like you ran into 2 bad scenarios when you attempted to play online, most leagues aren't like that, it is very irresponsible for a commissioner to allow a team to be vacant and not try to either fill it or improve it in any way. The second one, any time that you join a league and have to sit around for 6 weeks before you even play.
Our league is very laid back but competitive. It may seem like we have a fast sim schedule with the 5 sims a week but we only sim 3 game days per sim, it is a very solid and enjoyable pace. Like I mentioned in previous posts, we have a great group of owners, most of them are able to help out with any questions you would have. Just an example, it's almost 1 AM EST and there are 10 league GM's on AIM this second.
If you have AOL IM, please get a hold of me, or feel free to email me with any specific questions, I would be glad to help you out deciding if the EBL is the league for you.
Thanks,
Gary