Mike (@BudgetBinker) profile picture

I don’t max contests but I max HEART. MLB Bestball fella. Former Wildcat Warrior. #TrustTheProcess 📈

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Joined January 2025
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It’s been a while since I dunked on Underdog Rips but my favorite part is that the cards might not exist, they might lose them, they might not mail them, they may be in poor condition… hell, they may be fake.
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Replying to @BudgetBinker
This was week 1 last season. It's even worse..
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Mike retweeted
Jeremy, You Up? 👀 Draft Games are winding down. Feels like a good time to throw a slot machine push noti at your old customers 🔥
Drafts community, I have some not fun news to share. Right after kickoff on Wednesday, we will be shutting down Drafts in seven states: MA, MD, MI, MS, NJ, PA and OH. Already entered drafts will continue as normal, but in those states you won’t be able to enter new drafts. If you’re a drafter in one of those states, I’m really sorry. This sucks, but I want to explain why. Those states have taken a legal viewpoint we disagree with: if we offer our CFTC-licensed products we cannot offer fantasy sports in those states. So we had to choose. We could keep our fantasy licenses in those states, or surrender the licenses and offer effectively our full experience, minus Drafts. It sucks. I love Drafts. It was the first game we ever launched and a big part of what built Underdog. Even though they don’t get anywhere near the usage of our other offerings, we still care deeply about them. And it pains me that we can’t do right by the Drafts community and offer the best experience possible to the most customers. We have some ideas about how to get Drafts back to more customers, but it’s too early to commit to anything yet. I’m optimistic, and we’re definitely going to try. But until then, I don’t think there’s really anything I can say other than I’m sorry.
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fyi this was about 20% of UD draft games userbase, expect lower gtds and pray this contagion doesnt spread to other states ive already been in a banned province for years so at least all is not lost, embrace the slowbro life
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"It sucks" and "this sucks" are such dogshit woe-is-me nonsense. It sucks for the users. Period. Playing sympathetic while actively deciding to get rid of the thing that "sucks" to get rid of is bullshit.
Drafts community, I have some not fun news to share. Right after kickoff on Wednesday, we will be shutting down Drafts in seven states: MA, MD, MI, MS, NJ, PA and OH. Already entered drafts will continue as normal, but in those states you won’t be able to enter new drafts. If you’re a drafter in one of those states, I’m really sorry. This sucks, but I want to explain why. Those states have taken a legal viewpoint we disagree with: if we offer our CFTC-licensed products we cannot offer fantasy sports in those states. So we had to choose. We could keep our fantasy licenses in those states, or surrender the licenses and offer effectively our full experience, minus Drafts. It sucks. I love Drafts. It was the first game we ever launched and a big part of what built Underdog. Even though they don’t get anywhere near the usage of our other offerings, we still care deeply about them. And it pains me that we can’t do right by the Drafts community and offer the best experience possible to the most customers. We have some ideas about how to get Drafts back to more customers, but it’s too early to commit to anything yet. I’m optimistic, and we’re definitely going to try. But until then, I don’t think there’s really anything I can say other than I’m sorry.
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Mike retweeted
Perhaps I’m naive but it’s really wild to be on this journey seeing how $$$ can just absolutely ruin something. From “for the people” and the best community and just the most optimism & love to where we are today of cash grabs & scams is genuinely so painful to watch unfold 😭😭
Drafts community, I have some not fun news to share. Right after kickoff on Wednesday, we will be shutting down Drafts in seven states: MA, MD, MI, MS, NJ, PA and OH. Already entered drafts will continue as normal, but in those states you won’t be able to enter new drafts. If you’re a drafter in one of those states, I’m really sorry. This sucks, but I want to explain why. Those states have taken a legal viewpoint we disagree with: if we offer our CFTC-licensed products we cannot offer fantasy sports in those states. So we had to choose. We could keep our fantasy licenses in those states, or surrender the licenses and offer effectively our full experience, minus Drafts. It sucks. I love Drafts. It was the first game we ever launched and a big part of what built Underdog. Even though they don’t get anywhere near the usage of our other offerings, we still care deeply about them. And it pains me that we can’t do right by the Drafts community and offer the best experience possible to the most customers. We have some ideas about how to get Drafts back to more customers, but it’s too early to commit to anything yet. I’m optimistic, and we’re definitely going to try. But until then, I don’t think there’s really anything I can say other than I’m sorry.
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With shipping fees being so expensive, I’d think 99% of pulls are going to be instantly cashed out. So people will keep ripping and cashing out in pursuit of a big hit, effectively making this a slot machine with additional steps. Incredibly innovative, but highly questionable
Introducing RIPS, a new way to collect sports cards on Underdog! Each digital pack contains a real, physical sports card, with odds up front. Rip your pack, then cash or stash and ship to yourself.
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Mike retweeted
But you guys don't understand, he's doing it as a catcher
Hits this season: Aaron Judge: 53 (hasn't played since May) Cal Raleigh: 52
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Mike retweeted
Every A's game is terrible in a unique way.
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can we get a report from the sim bros on their Nabers exposure? last I heard he wasn't clickable until rd 5
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So best ball streamers are just wrong about literally everything ever huh
Jaxson Dart to Malik Nabers Welcome back, MAL1K via @SNYGiants
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Replying to @BudgetBinker
Gotta have custom ranks, come on now
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