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Desktop version -- I'm unsure what your intent is with recent changes but on the Fantasy page where i hover over "Fantasy Home" to see a list of teams is just chaos now... all teams from all different sports all mixed up, also have Best Ball and Daily mixed in a completely random order. I can't figure out (easily) which team from what league or from what sport... and there appears to be no option to order them like on the app. Or at least in some logical order. I've got a Best Ball, then football team, then baseball team then another football etc. Please advise on a better way to organize this or an option to order it.

Desktop version -- I'm unsure what your intent is with recent changes but on the Fantasy page where i hover over "Fantasy Home" to see a list of teams is just chaos now... all teams from all different sports all mixed up, also have Best Ball and Daily mixed in a completely random order. I can't figure out (easily) which team from what league or from what sport... and there appears to be no option to order them like on the app. Or at least in some logical order. I've got a Best Ball, then football team, then baseball team…

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Reviewed · AdminB C (Customer Support Agent, Yahoo) responded

Hello Ryan,

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Increased prominence of the Yahoo fantasy ranked system and revisions
An update to the current ranked system would increase the competitiveness of the yahoo fantasy environment that has become increasingly more casual as alternative websites establish themselves.

(The following writing is based solely on my experience being on a phone using the yahoo app. If anything is different on PC, let me know!)

(*'#' correlates to a link which can be found at the bottom of this writing)
(note '#' correlates to a note added at the bottom of the writing that I would like to point out that does not fit, or is information not required)

Coming from my background as a video gamer I have seen myself a fair share of ranked systems, and from my perspective yahoo, believe it or not, actually has a solid system. However, I believe that the prominence of the system is lackadaisical at best. I have to go out of my way to find another player's rank or "level" (which they are called according to link *1) and I am sure that many fantasy players do not even know there is a ranked system. Imagine being a Bronze or Silver rated player in a close battle between a Diamond, even having that knowledge would increase the stakes you apply to yourself when heading into a matchup. Imagine saying that you won against a diamond player while being 2-3 "levels" below them, this should feel rewarding, and it happens a lot more often than one might assume. Unfortunately for the vast majority of players, they are unaware of the awesome feat they had accomplished. Adding a more prominent role of ranks, by methods such as displaying them next to team names when viewing the matchup screen rather than in a drop-down window at the bottom of the page, would increase the importance of the system that is currently in place due to the upfront nature and visibility of this "status" which to many would correlate to their skill level. This would obviously make a lot of leagues get into some banter about how 'x' destroyed 'y' in the championship even though 'x' is only rated 'z'. And everyone loves a healthy amount of trash talking right? Now, adding that would already be an amazing change that I would applaud the dev team for nonstop. However, I do believe there is some alterations I, as a player, would make to the ranks to make it more fun compared to their current form and would also like to hear other opinions on as well. Firstly, In many games, such as Apex Legends, Valorant, League of Legends, etc. there are increments within each "tier" (which is a term you could synonymize with rank, level, rating etc.). These make the journey through the system feel a little less daunting to all players. How would this work in Yahoo Fantasy? It would create more individual ranks in-between the levels of the current ones. So for example, instead of just being labeled as a bronze, one would be labeled a Bronze I, II, III, or IV (these tiers are often in roman numerals, but any distinction would work). This not only would create a further distinction between players to boast about (which is always funny), but also make it seem as if a substantial amount of progress is being made after each individual matchup is played (note 1). If there was one change I would want to be made to the current ratings/ranked/levels system of Yahoo Fantasy it would be the introduction of a top 750 player 'rank' (note 2). This is present in almost every ranked system I have seen and has a multitude of names. However, they all work the same and have the same attachment of 'prestige' and mastery to the players across all genres of games. How would this work in Yahoo Fantasy? It would first require the player to reach the TOP rank of the website. (In this case it would be diamond, since that is the highest rank according to *1). Then, it would take the TOP players of the TOP rank and push them into this "top 750 players" rank. This would make the minimum amount of rating required to move into it fluctuate, rather than being constant like the other ratings. What would this do/why should this specifically be added? This would automatically create a more competitive aspect to the players on the website. Imagine having a profile that has the #1 overall rating for 2023 football displayed on it? It would be an achievement that currently the player that is currently holding it is unaware of due to Yahoo not disclosing ratings in reference to the rest of the players. That means that if you are currently in diamond you could be the #1 rated player in your sport, and you have no clue. What are some issues with the implementation of these additions?

-It would take resources yahoo has away from whatever they're doing and focus them on this.
-It could incentivize boosting accounts (this is where players take up various methods to increase their rating disingenuously) (cheating)

I am interested to hear other peoples opinions on the current ratings system in yahoo fantasy and thoughts on the additions I have suggested!

*1: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/2235/rating_help

note 1: This is a problem with the current state of the ranked system with Apex Legends. The issue is there is no progression between a "master" level player and a "apex predator" level player (these two ranks are side by side however it requires ALOT of work from a masters to become a apex predator) to the point where it feels pointless to attempt to get higher than masters in the ranked system. (this is also an issue with making a ranked system too easy for players). [all of this is during season 17 and is subject to change if the developers decide to change the system.]

note2: I feel this is obvious, but its doesn't have to be EXACTLY 750 players. It can be 100,250,500,750,1000, however it should always be less than or equal to the amount of diamond/top rated players to work correctly.
An update to the current ranked system would increase the competitiveness of the yahoo fantasy environment that has become increasingly more casual as alternative websites establish themselves.

(The following writing is based solely on my experience being on a phone using the yahoo app. If anything is different on PC, let me know!)

(*'#' correlates to a link which can be found at the bottom of this writing)
(note '#' correlates to a note added at the bottom of the writing that I would like to point out that does not fit, or is information not required)

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