I lost another fantasy season. I won one, which left me at two losses and a win. The losses were both practically last place jobs powered by 8 game loosing streaks. I don’t know what happened there in the middle of the season. It was partially injury driven, but mostly felt liek me not being good at picking up the waivers. I was extremely slow to process who was going to ‘pop’ and that cost me big in two of the leagues. The third, formed out of a random practice draft, only had a handful of people actively participating it seemed. I won that fairly easily, defeating everyone who decided to put in the work. I only stayed in that one because I was under the impression that it would take me into the Yahoo league of champions. It appears that it did not. So, that was a loss of sorts or at least an empty win.
I see FF as a form of gambling, and if you don’t have he opportunity to win anything or at least lose something (as I privately fund the family league so never actually have a chance to win money) then it isn’t the same. The point is the stakes. What is at stake and are those stakes worth working for? This year the answer was a resounding no. It points to a larger decline in my life with all forms of gaming. I don’t play many video games anymore, and it is certainly a drag on my joy factor.