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daily fantasy sports tools
SHOW HN2014
19points
14comments
#1,286of 2,272 in 2014
Top 57%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks nice and useful
From 3 comments
This looks really nice. I wrote something similar for personal use during the NFL season. Selfishly, I hope no one finds out about this.
triplenineteen on HNNice work. My brother has been doing this manually for sometime... useful tool.
hoopism on HNCongrats on launching! Nice looking site, too. Was this a scratch-your-own-itch type of project? Did you do it on the side? I'd be interested to hear where it came from and where…
kohanz on HN
Objections
Projections used are poor quality; picks based on stale or third-party data
From 2 comments
your optimal lineup for today has danilo as a SF, projected to get 27+ points, but he hasn't played a game all season, and is out tonight... which makes me wonder... what data…
wtpiu on HNI made a python tool for doing this a couple of weeks ago. It solves the "knapsack problem with multiple constraints", using the OpenOpt knapsack module. Find the maximum sum of…
kylebrown on HN
Requests
Add referral codes to links to fantasy sites
From 1 comment
Also is there a reason you aren't including referral codes in the links to the Fantasy sites?
triplenineteen on HN
Questions
How has the tool performed in the NBA season?
From 1 comment
Ha, I used to work at StarStreet - Rotogrinders has a similar tool, and you can bet people have intense spreadsheets to help them make their decisions; how has this tool been…
acconrad on HN
Alternatives named
Rotogrinders lineup spreadsheet tool
From 1 comment
Ha, I used to work at StarStreet - Rotogrinders has a similar tool, and you can bet people have intense spreadsheets to help them make their decisions; how has this tool been…
acconrad on HN