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Subscription-Related

Below you will find FAQs relating to our Subscription Product, however, you can find more information and terms-related details here.

I just purchased and cannot yet access the content! What is the deal?: Answer: First, if you pay by e-check (using PayPal), our system does not show you as paid until that check clears, which can take between 2-7 days (on average); However, just contact us and we can kickstart your access in advance, we just need to know about it! Past that, if you are not able to view or access any membership content, contact us ASAP so that we can assist you with this!
If I subscribe, how long does my subscription last?: Answer: Our FEB-AUG Subscription lasts as long as described in its title (from February to August of that year). So, if you buy a 2014 FEB-AUG Subscription, you will have access to membership content in the months of February to August of that year 2014. Each year, regardless of when a subscription is purchased during that previous season, requires a new subscription (meaning, if you buy our 2014 FEB-AUG Subscription in late August, that subscription, even if bought late in the subscription campaign, does NOT count toward the following season)… 2015-related content will require the 2015 FEB-AUG Subscription, 2016-related content will require the 2016 FEB-AUG Subscription, etc.
Why am I having issues with PayPal accepting my credit card when I attempt to purchase your subscription?: Answer: First off, we offer a second option, which is ‘Stripe’, so if you are having issues with using Paypal, be sure to try using ‘Stripe’ at checkout. As for Paypal, often times when PayPal is not allowing someone to purchase with a specific credit card, it’s because that card has likely been used before on PayPal and that card is now linked to a specific PayPal account (maybe even if used a long time ago). Contacting PayPal is advised for anyone encountering this problem, as they may be able point you in the right direction in terms of being able to access the account that may have once been created using the card in question. Note: This is not always the case, this is just one scenario that we’ve encountered. Using ‘Stripe’ is the easiest way around working through PayPal-related issues.
Is my Forum User ID different than my User ID for the content-side of the website?: Answer: Yes, these are different. If you have a Forum User ID, that is NOT the login that you will use for the Website’s Content/Subscription; although, you can claim the same name if it’s available, which is something that we recommend. When you decide to sign-up for our subscription, you will be asked to create a new Content/Subscription User ID and password (unless you already have one, at which point you can then just sign-in and then purchase our subscription product).

Rankings-Related

The below questions are geared toward our Offensive Rankings.

Why do the Rankings look as if the right side of the Rankings Table is cut off?: Answer: Swipe to your left! If it appears that the rankings are cut off on the right side of the Rankings Table (horizontally), and especially on mobile, be sure to hover over the Rankings Table and swipe left (which will slide the columns of the table over). Again, this is especially the case on mobile devices, as our rankings should fit almost any size desktop monitor.
Why is it you guys do not have UP and DOWN arrows on the Rankings?: Answer: We get this question a lot, and the answer is this that ‘up’ and ‘down’ indicators just don’t work effectively on our kind of rankings, which are updated often. Because we could update them 3-4 times in one single day, refreshes happen too much for indicators to mean anything. Even if we set a weekly reset of the indicators, meaning we’d be measuring how much players move from week to week, it still doesn’t represent the changes effectively, as a player could be moved up 15 spots the day after that reset took place, thus the indicators would not reflect that big change until the next week. “Up” and “Down” indicators, or arrows at all, only work on rankings that don’t have frequent, sometimes daily, updates.
Why is it your Rankings do not match your Projections?: Answer: We get this question quite a bit, but each feature suggests how that data was compiled. Our Rankings are created and maintained by just Smitty, whereas our Projections are compiled and maintained by multiple contributors (one of those contributors being Smitty). We feel that if these two features mirrored each other, meaning they had the exact same values and ranking, you’d essentially be getting just one end result from two different features. Variety across these two features ensures that both features are useful in standalone-fashion.
How often are these rankings updated?: Answer: Our rankings are updated frequently. Sometimes we update them 3-4 times in one day, and sometimes news and other factors only have us needing to update them every couple of days. Everything depends on the news (or gut feelings that may emerge at any moment).

The below questions are geared toward our IDP Rankings.

What scoring are you using for your IDP Rankings?: Answer: Our IDP Rankings are created factoring in all kinds of league scoring formats. Since every league scores IDP differently, and to extremes, we do not use an actual scoring format. If these were projections, sure, we would, but these are gut instinct-based rankings and we try to rank so that they can cover a wide range of IDP scoring formats.
How often are your IDP Rankings updated?: Answer: Frequently, although, not as often as our offensive-based rankings. We specialize in offensive fantasy football content, and while we are constantly looking to bring our users more and more IDP content each and every year, any non-offensive content is going to have a tough time standing next to our offensive content (just because we update our offensive content so frequently!).

The below questions are geared toward our ADP Rankings.

How are your ADP Rankings compiled?: Answer: We typically take an average of 2-4 of the industry’s top ADPs, so it’s an average of the averages. What could be better? The number of sites involved usually varies, and we typically note and credit which sites are involved in our data (noted just above the actual ADP Data).
How often are your ADP Rankings updated?: Answer: Our updates depend on the data that is out there. For example, in the months of February and March, there isn’t a whole lot of solid data floating around, although we will do our best to find it and compile it! Thus, we may have less updates some months, and more updates other months. Big injuries, rookies getting drafted into the league, all this can affect our update frequency.

Projections-Related

How is TrueUpside calculated?

TrueUpside is calculated by using Six DraftCalc-Created Measurements (from a scale of 1-10); they include:

1) Physical Skill: How talented is the player physically, regardless of situation or injury?
2) Offensive Potency: How potent is the player’s offense (in terms of his position)?
3) Workload Guarantee: How secure is #1 touches for the player?
4) Injury-Free: How likely is the player to stay healthy during an entire season?
5) Coaching Support: How much coaching support does the player have? Unconditional? Is the player sinking into a committee?
6) #1-Capable: Even if not currently starting, how likely is this player to outscore every other player at his position on any given Sunday (this does not have to do with situation, as a 3rd-string talent could still score high under this category)?

How is BustFactor calculated?

BustFactor is calculated by taking an average score of #3, #4 and #5 from the above TruUpside calculations, which are:

3) Workload Guarantee: How secure is #1 touches for the player?
4) Injury-Free: How likely is the player to stay healthy during an entire season?
5) Coaching Support: How much coaching support does the player have? Unconditional? Is the player sinking into a committee?

Note: These three categories (#3, #4 and #5) are used to calculate bust potential because these three categories very much incorporate a lot of the potential risks that face a fantasy football player during any given season.

What scoring is used for the projections?

Scoring includes:

Yardage: 1pt per 20 passing yards, 1pt per 10 rushing/receiving yards
Touchdowns/INTs: 4pts per passing TD, 6pts per rushing/receiving TD; -1pt per INT
Additional: 1pt per reception (unless sorting by non-PPR).

Trade Calc-Related

What scoring is used to power your Calcs?

Answer: Our Calcs are based off of the same scoring format used to create our Rankings:

Scoring:

How are the Calc ranks compiled?

Our Calcs are powered by our Rankings, which again use the above scoring format.

Why am I not seeing a pop-up window when I click on one of the Calcs?

Answer: This is likely due to one of two reasons:

1) Your browser might be set to block pop-up windows, and it might even be asking if you want to trust pop-up windows from our site (which you will want to say yes to).
2) You may have one of our Calc windows already open behind your browser (maybe you launched it last time you were on the site), so minimize your main browser window and see if it’s lingering in the background.

If checking both of those above doesn’t fix your issue, contact us so that we can better help you troubleshoot this issue.

Can your Calcs handle uneven trades, like a 2-for-1 type trade?

Answer: Absolutely. Try it out for yourself! Our Calcs are built for 2-for-1 trades, although 2-for-2 and 1-for-1 work just fine. However, we decided to only create two player selection options on each side of the trade to ensure accuracy, as anything past a 2-for-1 requires so much more information in order for an automated calculator to get trade advice right. Meaning, if you trade 3 players for just 1, we start getting into needing to know what a line-up looks like, or what bench players are on a roster… it’s just a lot cleaner and more accurate to roll with the 2-for-1, 2-for-2 and 1-for-1 type trades. For complex multi-player evaluations, use and add-up the dollar values attached to players on our Fantasy Football Rankings.

Forum-Related

How can I revert my phone back to viewing your Forums in mobile mode?: Answer: When viewing our forums on your smart phone, you may notice that your phone automatically displays the mobile version of the forums. If you purposely, or accidentally, click on “Full-Site” at the bottom of our forums, this will display our regular browser version of our forums. If you find yourself in this situation, and you want the “mobile” version restored, all you have to do, in most cases, is restart your phone. What this does is reset your cache, then when you visit https://draftcalc.com/forums again, your mobile browser will likely display the mobile version of our forums once again. If restarting your phone doesn’t work, you can attempt to reset your cache through your phone’s browser settings, but be sure you understand your phone and how clearing cache could affect your other cached info/sites, as resetting cache can reset “saved” settings within your browser/history (meaning, you may have your phone remembering multiple settings like our “Full-Mode” example, and resetting your cache could reset other settings like that example that you may have for other sites, etc).
Why is my Username NOT recognized on the forums? I even have a Subscription with you guys!: Answer: Our forums require a separate Username than our content-side of the site. Even if you are a DraftCalc Subscriber, meaning you have a FEB-AUG Subscription, you need to create a Forum Username as well (but, make it easy on yourself, grab the same name if it’s available!). If you already have a Forum Username, but are unable to login, please use the “Forgot?” link found after you click the “sign-in” button on the forums.
How do I paste a large amount of text, like draft results, into a forum post?: Answer: For instructions on this, click here.

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