Fantasy Football - who plays?

I'm curious as to who plays Fantasy Football, who is passionate about it, and who lives on their draft board for the month of August.

I have some questions I'd love to bounce off of some people ...

im playing fantasy football through yahoo. no money involved. and this is my first year.

I have a group I play with every year.

I play in two groups. One cash pool amongst friends and a free one with randoms from an NFL board.

What exactly is Fantasy Football? Is it like Dungeon & Dragons but with football?

Do you equip characters with items like +4 Running boots and Steroid potions?

no, that would be Goal Line Blitz (which I also played for the 1st 7 seasons) GLB

Fantasy Football is where you "draft" players from the NFL, place them on your team, and depending how they do each game, you get points for it. So, a quarterback who throws for 400 yards and 5 TD's would get you LOADS of points, where a Runningback who runs for 15 yds and NO TD's wouldnt get you any pts.

So it's kinda like placing your bets on individual players instead of on a whole team?

Do you bet money or just bragging rights?

In the league I play in for realsies, everyone pays $75.00 -- there are 20 teams, and the winner takes home $750.00 at the end of the year.

There are casual leagues I play in too. The best comparison is the stock market. You have to buy, sell, and trade players based on what your expectations are for them. You make a good move, it pays off. You make a bad move and it may take a season or two for you to get your team back in order.

If you're planning on playing Goal Line Blitz, use This Link -- It'll help me get referrals

So, after all that ... my question to the FF guru's:

We are NOT in a PPR league, we have a salary cap of $20.00 (tom brady is about $3.65, others I've kept are all $1.50 or less) Any suggestions?

The whole thing seems REALLY dull... I'm not into sports, im into fantasy but until a huge dragon devours some stocky steroid addicted kicker im just not interested :roll:

To each his own, really. However, let me know which kicker is going to get eaten, so I dont draft them :lol:

Also, is this american football or standard fotball? not that it really matters I hate both of them. :x

Blood Bowl might be for you then.

Oooh, I heard about that game, but it got VERY bad reviews :|

I tried blood bowl ... hated it. Far too complex than I expected and it just didnt "grab me". If they had made the game like Mutant League Football I guarantee it would have been a hit. But it was just a port from the board game -- which I never played.