Sign Up
OK…time to sign up. Follow the steps below to get registered and you’ll be good to go:
Step 1 | Go to http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com and sign in. You must have a Yahoo! account in order to play so set up one if you don’t have one. If you set one up last year and can’t remember it, you’re an idiot. Either scour your e-mail address from last year’s messages or do the lazy thing and just sign up for a new one.
Step 2 | Click on the “Join A Group” link. It’s right in the middle of the fucking page so if you miss it, well, I’m thinking you’re too dumb to play. I’m also thinking it’s a miracle you made it this far.
Step 3 | Once you arrive at the “Join A Group” page click on Join Group…NOT Browse Directory. You’ll need the group ID number and password which is part of…
Step 4 | This is where you need your Yahoo! ID and password. If you didn’t take the time to set this up earlier, you need to go back to step one and start over you dolt. Ugh…anyway, you’ll be prompted for the aforementioned Group ID and password, which are as follows:
Group ID: 26625
Password: marisadigstheruckus
Save and continue? Yes, save and continue.
Step 5 | You’ll then be asked to “Create A Bracket”...the simplest part of this whole stupid thing. Complete the following steps verbatim:
Bracket Name: Enter the name of your bracket. Duh.
Preferred E-mail Address: I don’t care what address you use, just as long as you check it somewhat regularly so you get the Yahoo! updates and whatnot.
Preferred Time Zone: I. Do. Not. Care.
Allow others in group to see my e-mail address? Yes, yes, for the love of all that is good and holy YES! If I don’t have your e-mail address, you don’t get to play. Simple as that.
Send me notification e-mails on important dates: Do what you want here but if you choose “no”, don’t come crying to me if you miss the deadline.
Terms of Service: Yahoo! won’t let you proceed unless you check “yes”, so…
The Million Dollar Fuckery, or whatever they’re calling it: Enter, don’t enter, I could give a shit.
Step 6 | Once you submit here, you need to finalize your picks. Before you finalize your picks, however, you need to e-mail me and let me know who you are, what your bracket name is and what your e-mail is. I need this information so I know who’s playing, as the bigger we get the more new people join…some of whom I don’t know. And if I don’t know who you are, then I have no way of following up with you if you’re late on your donation.
I’d also like to say that finalizing your picks is easier that shooting fish in a bucket, but every year there’s one special friend that can’t figure it out to save their life. If you feel you may be that special friend, click on the HELP link on Yahoo’s page and figure it out from there. Trust me, it’s not brain surgery.
Step 7 | Once you make all your picks, remember to submit all your picks following the directions on Yahoo! Sports. Using the special friend analogy again, there has been at least one special friend each of the past three years who forgets to either a.) submit their picks or b.) pick a winner for the championship game, thereby making their complete bracket null and void. Don’t be that special friend. And yes, even though I don’t recognize Yahoo’s “enter the score of the championship game” a valid tie-breaker, it is required that you enter this in order to submit your picks. Just remember that this means absolutely nothing, but you need to do it regardless.
That, in a nutshell, is JD’s Annual Roundball Ruckus. Still have questions? Feel free to e-mail me any time.
Thank you for your participation and until next time…tip your waitstaff, don’t run with scissors, S you in your A's, don't wear a C and J all over your B's, wait 30 minutes after eating before you swim, never pet a strange dog, try the veal and keep on fucking that chicken.
JD
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