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.-..-. _ .-. _ .--. : `' ::_; : : :_; : .-' : .. :.-. .--. .--. : `-. .-. .--. : `; : :; :: :`._-.'' ..': .. :: :' '_.': : :_;:_;:_;`.__.'`.__.':_;:_;:_;`.__.':_; .-..-. .-. : `' : : :.-. : .. : .--. : `'.' .--. .--. .--. : :; :' .; ; : . `.' '_.': ..'`._-.' :_;:_;`.__,_;:_;:_;`.__.':_; `.__.' BOSS FAQ (for "Mischief Makers") For play on Nintendo 64 Presented by BoredGamer Last Updated: 11/15/02 Version: 1.0 Phase: Technically Complete The following sites have hosting privileges: GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) Cheat Happens (www.cheathappens.com) NeoSeeker (www.neoseeker.com) If you are e-mailing me about feedback, questions, or anything having to do with any FAQ, please send it to email@example.com. If any e- mail is sent to Blublublublu1129 that does not concern a FAQ, it will be deleted/ignored, as I primarily use this address for FAQ-related stuff. After the Monster Rancher 3 FAQ, I'm going to say this. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. 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This also means not to send me FAQs or any other material to critique. _______________________________________________________________________ Update History 11/12/02 -Primary Update Decided to actually start doing this FAQ, despite the fact that I'm in the process of doing my Robotrek FAQ. The only reason I've actually started doing this FAQ is that there will not be constant updates, as this guide must be submitted to GameFAQs in a complete form. Sections 4 and 5 are up. -3:36 PM Update Added two bosses to the FAQ. Done with the Planet Clancer section. 11/13/02 -12:45 PM Update ASCII Title is now up. Boss strategy for the Giant Bee is up. 11/14/02 -3:28 PM Update Section 1 complete. Section 2B complete. 11/15/02 -11:49 AM Update Near completion. Only need three more boss strategies for this FAQ. -6:41 PM Update Contents According to Joe ------------------------- Section 1: Introduction 1A: All About the Mischief 1B: Bosses 1C: Controls and Maneuvers Section 2: Boss Strategies 2A: Planet Clancer Bosses 2B: Migen's Shrine 2C: Mt. Snow 2D: Aster's Lair 2E: Imperial HQ Section 3: FAQ Section 4: Legal Bit Section 5: Thank You and Goodbye ------------------------- / SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION \ ----------------------------- 1A: ALL ABOUT THE MISCHIEF You may have seen a spot for this one TV or maybe even seen the cart in a pawn shop or used game store. Unfortunately, not many people know exactly what this game is about. Mischief Makers is a game where you play as an android named Marina. Marina's creator, Professor Theo, is constantly being abducted throughout the story. Marina, of course, must rise to the occasion and save her creator. The game does very well to capture the feel of an action/comedy-based anime series. I pretty much say that if you like quirky or funny game titles, this one is well worth checking out. By funny, I mean more of a goofy funny; nothing incredibly lude or crude. After having played the game, I looked at the revies and guides for it on GameFAQs. After browsing through the guides, I decided I wanted to do a guide or two for the game, but only in-depth FAQs. Of the in-depth FAQs I wanted to create, I noticed there was no boss FAQ for the game and took it upon myself to create one. This guide covers many of the bosses in the game, even smaller ones like the Giant Bee or even Cat Clancer. 1B: BOSSES Like every level of this game, each boss demands a particular strategy. What may work for one boss certainly won't work for another. Try throwing Lunar or any of the other members of the Beastector to the ground. Doesn't work quite so well, does it? It is imperitive that you watch the motions of each boss, look for possible weak points, and look for ways to expose them. How do you know you have damaged a boss? They usually flash when they've been hurt. Some, however, will not, so just wait to see/hear what their reaction is. How do you know to latch on to certain parts or projectile? Look for the red circle and listen for the beep noise. Those will be your best indicators as to what you can latch on to. When you do latch on to something, be sure to try almost any combination of throwing or moving you can think of. Try throwing downward. With some, don't throw, but rather try to pull the part you grab in a certain direction (case in mind, Sasquatch Beta, where you can move his tank's howizer upward to have him shoot himself). In short, use the old gray matter and you should be able to prevail. Here is a list of each boss in each area: Planet Clancer: Giant Sandworm, Bandits Migen's Shrine: Giant Bee, Migen Brothers Mt. Snow: Chilly Dog, Lunar, Cat Clancer, Cerberus Alpha Aster's Lair: Giant Toad, Giant Spikeball, Possessed Clanpot, Evil Clanball, Calina, Tarus, Giant Mole, Sasquatch Beta Imperial HQ: Merco, Pirate Clancer, Phoenix Gamma, Emperor, Beastector 2C: CONTROLS -Basic Controls- The controls of the game seem simple, but there are a few maneuvers you should know before doing any boss battles. Note that some combinations do multiple actions (i.e. grab, throw, and block) Move: D-Pad left or right Crouch: Hold D-Pad down Pause: Start Ready Position: Hold D-Pad up Jet Left: D-Pad left twice or Left-C Jet Right: D-Pad right twice or Right-C Roll: D-Pad down twice or Down-C Speak/Advance Text Box: L or R Skip Cut Scene: Z Jump: A Grab/Block: B Throw: B with something in your hand. Use other directions to throw upward, downward, or diagonally. Grab/Block upward: Hold up and push B High Jump: Hold up and push A Float: Jump, then push up or Up-C. Push repeatedly to stay in air. Slide: Hold down and push A Slide Jump: Do a Slide, then push A while sliding Run: Repeatedly push left or right. Not recommended for C buttons. Shake: Grab something and constantly push down. Speed up rate of pushing to shake faster. Controls for Teran- Move- D-pad left or right Crouch- D-pad down Jump- A Punch- B Slide- Down and A Uppercut- Up and B ---------------------------- / SECTION 2: BOSS STRATEGIES \ -------------------------------- Note: Some names are pretty much guessed. 2A: PLANET CLANCER BOSSES -Stage 1-7: Wormin' Up- Boss: Giant Sandworm This is the first boss fight you'll bump into in the game. You'll be battling a huge, fire-breathing sandworm. Phase 1: A very basic phase for this creature. He'll just bounce around from side to side. Nothing big. After taking just a bit of damage, he starts to breathe a tongue of fire. You'll know when he is going to do this because smoke will begin to pour from his mouth. There are a few ways I've found to get around that. One is to grab him before he lets out the flames. In other words, grab the instant you see smoke coming out. Another is to jump over him when he's belching out flames and grab him from behind. One last method is to wait until the flames subside and grab him then. So what do you do when you grab him? The answer is quite simple, actually. You could throw him up or down. This way he would hit the ground and take damage. What I suggest is to throw him into either wall. Why? Well, not only will he take damage hitting the wall, but he will bounce off the wall and hit the ground, taking damage once again. On the layout below, the x's represent the area you should throw him at. Phase 2: This is where it can get difficult. Now, he'll begin to roll at you, kicking up flames behind him. If you wish to just avoid the roll, just jump into the air and try to float in the air. What you want to do is get your timing just right and catch him as he's rolling towards you. Once you've grabbed him, do the same thing you did on the previous phase; Throw him at the wall. After a little while, he show explode. _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_ _| | |x x| | |_|_________________|_| This is the layout of the level. Each of the rectangles at each bottom corner are ledges. Perched on the left ledge will be Celes. -Stage 1-8: Crisis: Nepton- Boss: Bandits Many would not classify this as a boss battle. I do anyway. There are no alternate phases to this battle, it's all pretty straight forward. Stay right where you are. Teran and another Clancer should be on the same screen with you; They are your allies for this battle. When the Clancer bandits jump on the screen, grab one and throw him in any direction. I usually grab frantically and throw. Try to aim for other Clancers as well. As one group dies, another will appear. Wash, rinse, repeat. If you can do this without losing much life (I think the other two allies need to be in fair shape), then all the treasure below you will rise up and you will be the sole possessor of it. 2B: -Stage 2-6: Flambee Boss: Giant Bee This one is really no problem, as long as you stay attentive and know just how to get around the different attacks. The bee really only has a few different modes of offense. One of them is a downward thrust with its stinger. When it does this, you can either dodge out of the way by running away or rolling under the bee, or you can do what I suggest and jump in the air to grab its head. Once you have a hold on the bee, throw it downward toward the ground. It should take damage. Another attack the bee does is that it will fly straight at you at a fairly high speed. If you're really not good at timing your grabs, then you should just jump over it. If you are, try grab it as it comes to you. Again, throw it at the ground. The bee has one last method of defense: It unleashes its young. As each of the babies come at you, block them with your throw ability (attack them as if you're grabbing them) and each one will fall dead. Keep throwing the bee's head at the ground and he should eventually be toast. -Stage 2-11: Migen Brawl!- Boss: Migen Brothers (two targets) This is the first really difficult battle you will encounter in the game. A couple questions should arise for you. One is how to damage them Migens, the othr is which to kill first. The one you want to hit first is the littler one (the one that's floating around), simply because he has the ability to heal the bigger Migen. How to attack them... Well, read on. Phase 1: The littler Migen, at first, will not attack. The bigger one will, at first, only attack using his fist. Notice that the target locks on to the bigger one's fist. That's where your attack will come from. He will thrust his gigantic fist down at you. Hold up and push the grab button at just the right time to grab his huge fist. From here, throw it at the smaller Migen. Now, the smaller one should start using a shock attack that homes in on you. The only way I've noticed to get around this attack is to block it with your throw command. He will do this in quite a rapid succession, so be on your guard. Also after the first hit is scored on little Migen, the bigger one will start to shoot out fireballs. At first, they should be pretty basic shots; they'll only move straight at you, so all you need to do is side step it. I've also found that if you block the fireballs, they will turn into blue crystals. This is very useful, as this will provide you with any energy you need. If you should happen to attack the big one before the little one dies, then the little one can heal the bigger with a green crystal. I think there is a way you can steal the green crystal, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Phase 2: Now big Migen is pissed. He'll charge up for an incredibly powerful attack. He should discharge a huge blast of fire onto the middle of the small island you're on. Get to either edge to dodge it. He'll also start firing more fireballs at you and hitting you with more successions of punches. Most of the punches cannot be grabbed, but do upward block them just to keep out of the way of danger. Block the fireballs, if you can, for more health (most of the time, it's blue, one time I actually got a green). After a few punches, his eyes should go cockeyed. This means you can grab his next punch. Do so and throw it at his face to damage him. Another new attack he has added is a sideways swipe with his fist. I suggest jumping over this attack this early in the battle, if you can. If not, then just block it. From here on, he'll do the different attacks in different order. Remember to block the punches. Also, blocking the fireballs is fairly helpful to restore some health. I've also noticed that his huge flame attack will start to move to the side as the battle progresses, forcing you to get closer to the edge of the island. Phase 3: This is where it gets really tricky. Now he'll start faking his punches. He'll put his fist up in the air, a target will appear on them, but he won't throw the punches. You will have to react faster here. Now, you shouldn't try jumping over his side-swipe. Block it. He'll start punching in much faster succession. Again, he'll throw a lazy punch before long and you should be able to grab it when he does. Catch it and throw it back in his face. After enough hits, he should start to back off. This means you've won the battle and saved Theo for the first time. Congrats! 2C: MT. SNOW -Stage 3-6: Chilly Dog!- Boss: Chilly Dog This one is so incredibly easy, you really don't need a section for it. Since it is a boss, though, I decided to put it on here. This guy's weak point is his head. As he's running at you, grab it and throw him in any direction you please. I recommend throwing him to the opposite side of the screen (you start on the left, so you may throw right). This will put some distance in between you. There are a few attacks to beware of. He does a lunge attack which is no problem if you just let him come to you. You can catch him in mid-lunge, so I recommend doing that. One main reason I say to put distance between you is that he can get up and initiate a front flip attack. This does light damage, but still... Bash his head to the ground a few times and you should easily win the battle. -Stage 3-8: LUNAR!!- Boss: Lunar Now, it's time for your first showdown with one of the Beastector. This form of him is not very hard at all (when compared to the others). One thing I should say off the bat is that you cannot grab him and throw him to damage him; he's way too big. While you may not be able to damage him with throwing, you can stop some of his gun attacks by throwing him either way. Lunar will fly around doing a dive bomb attack. Roll under him if you can, or jump out of the way. Sometimes, when he does a dive bomb, he'll drop bombs behind him. Grab the one that's closest to you (try not to get one from the middles, lest you be engulfed in the blasts) and quickly throw it at him. Make sure you are not hit when you grab it, otherwise you'll lose it. Lunar also does a slide attack which will randomly drop bombs much like the dive bomb. Lunar will also pull out a couple different guns. One shoots a beam while the other is a machine gun. The beam can also be blocked. To avoid the machine gun, float in the air until he is done firing (see controls). Stay clear of his grab attack (I usually duck under it or side step). If he grabs you, he'll kick you for a little damage, but if he has you cornered in a grab, he'll kick the crap out of you. -Stage 2-11: Cat-astrophe!- Boss: Cat Clancer Another incredibly easy boss. The only attack you really have to dodge is when Cat Clancer throws a dodge ball at you. Grab either one and throw it back at him/her/it. I find that sometimes throwing it diagnally from the air can be the best direction to throw it from, although straight works just as well most of the time. -3-12: Cerberus Alpha- Boss: Cerberus Alpha (Lunar) This form of Lunar, on the other hand, is a bit tricky. On top of that, it goes into multiple stages. Phase 1: You will be riding on Cat Clancer while Lunar is chasing you on a huge motorcycle, firing lasers and missiles at you. Many of the attacks are hard to dodge. Please note that you can jump on a missile and ride it. Anyway, I'll make a nice little list of them... Fire Wave: He'll throw a fireball down at the ground. Jump in the air as the fireball gets to you or fly over it on a missile. Huge Laser: This will lock onto you and blast whereever you're at. Try like hell to avoid this, as it can stun you and do quite a bit of damage. Before it comes straight at you horizontally, I recommend crouching to get away from it. Missiles: Grab these and throw them at Lunar. Remember, you can also jump on them. Green Projectile: Block these as they're coming towards you to turn them into crystals for health. Keep dodging as descirbed above. Grab missiles and throw them directly at Lunar. After a while, his cycle will transform. Phase 2: A rather short lived phase. Cerberus Alpha has transformed. It will jump over you. Right away, get as far back as you can, so as to dodge Lunar's gun. Grab missiles and throw them back at him. After a hit or two, Cerberus Alpha will jump over you again, do a few attacks, then jump into the background. Phase 3: Now, you'll have to square off against Lunar and his insane attacks. This is honestly the hardest phase he has. Try your damnedest to get behind him. When he's confused (there will be a ? above his head), grab him and throw him immediately. If you don't throw him fast enough, he'll recover from the grab. Many of his attacks require you to jump back, over, or run under him. After a few hits, he should jump back on Cerberus Alpha. Below are some attacks and how to dodge them effectively. My advice is to watch his flips. If he fakes, do not jump towards him. Otherwise, he'll execute his uppercuts and rolling attacks. Those attacks are incredibly hard to get around and it is pretty better to just not have to face them. If he does a regular kick attack, jump over it, then quickly grab and throw. Phase 4: Now, Lunar will jump back onto Cerberus Alpha. Lunar's gun should be bouncing around. Grab it. It has unlimited bullets. Just aim the gun at Lunar and it should fire on its own. Cerberus Alpha will also roll at you. Dodge it by jumping over it as it's coming at you. This can be a bit tricky, but all in all easy as you have to turn back around to blast him. While it's in basic running mode, get as far from it as you can. It will do a bunch of flips, kicks, and claw attacks. 2D: ASTER'S LAIR -Stage 4-2: Toadly Raw!- Boss: Giant Toad Not incredibly hard, but there is a few things you should know about this guy. His weakness is his tongue. He'll hop around from side to side throwing his tongue at you. You have two choices when you grab it. Either throw it back in his face or shake him (see controls). Shaking him is a higher recommendation than throwing it, as shaking damages him four times. Wash, rinse, repeat. One other thing you should know is that there is a phase that only happens if you get him weak enough without killing him. A Clancer will appear on a cloud (a la Lakitu). When he sends a jolt of electricity down, grab it and throw it at the Toad. You may not have to do this phase of the battle, though. -Stage 4-3: 7 Clancer Kids- In this stage, you'll have to fight seven bosses, only three different ones though. Each you'll have to fight twice, with exception of one you'll have to fight three times. Boss: Giant Spikeball I find this one to be pretty damn easy. The first bit of advice I'll give you is not to jump. You really don't need to. On top of that, it'll set you up for some damage at the hands of the spikeballs/bombs surrounding the boss. Anyay, this guy has a circle of bombs surrounding him. Grab upward to take a bomb. All of the others will temporarily disappear. Throw the bomb at the enemy to damage him. Hit or miss, he'll generate another circle of them. However, should you hit, one of the bombs will be replaced with an untouchable spikeball. Should you attempt to grab the spikeball, you'll take damage. So, as time goes by and the number of bombs become less and less you'll have to time your grabbing ability, so as not to grab a spikeball and take damage. Hit him with the last bomb and he should go down. Boss: Possessed Clanpot Honestly, I found this one to be the hardest of the three, but that could just be me. This guy will move side-to-side in the little room he's in, dropping flames on you. Do an upward block to the flames. Some of them will have red crystals, some will have green crystals, most will have rocks for you to throw back at the Clanpot. As you hit him, he will drop more and more flames in greater succession. You should know that he's getting weaker as he turns brighter red. Throw enough rocks and you should finish him off. Boss: Evil Clanball Nothing quite like a huge Clanball with jet thrusters sticking out of its sides. This guy will move side-to-side much like the Clanpot, except this one will stop occasionally and let out simultaneous blasts with his jet thrusters. As they hit the ground, rocks will kick up. Grab a rock and throw it at his head. Keep grabbing and throwing until the rocks disappear. Stay clear of the thrusters, though. Either get in between them or stand off to the side. I usually get in between them because it's easier for me to grab a rock then. After enough rocks, this one should be done for. -Stage 4-5: Rescue! Act 2- Boss: Calina Calina is incredibly easy, especially when you are normed with Teran's controls (see controls for more details). Calina will float around dropping bombs. Do not let the bombs explode. Punch them before they have the chance. When she's right above up, execute an uppercut. She'll fall to the ground and that's your cue to run over to her and begin punching a few times. She'll pick herself back up and continue her bomb dropping. Just keep doing the uppercut-punch thing over and over until she keels over. If she should happen to blow up the blocks you're standing on, then there is one thing that is worth noting. As you drop lower, so does she. If you can position her just such that she's really close to one of her own bombs, they can damage her, although that won't be necessary. Just stick with the uppercuts and punches. -Stage 4-6: TARUS!!- Boss: Tarus There are two ways to damage this brute. Notice that he likes to throw a lot of punches. Well, there is one where he will slide from a good distance and stop for a few seconds, stuck in a pose. When he does this, grab him from behind before he finishes the pose and throw him forward. He should land flat on his face. He also does a bunch of different jumps. There is one in particular where rocks will rain down. Grab the rocks and throw them at him to do damage there as well. Be careful when you do grab a rock, though, that you are not hit by another rock while trying to grab one. Nothing much to remember here, just duck under his punches and stay clear of the rocks. -Stage 4-9: Moley Cow!- Boss: Giant Mole Another fairly easy boss. He'll run at you and begin to do a claw attack. Wait for an opening and grab him by the head. Throw him from there and he'll hit the ground and be damaged. One thing you must keep aware of is when he does a huge dive bomb. When he does, try your damnedest to grab him as he's coming down. If not, he'll tunnel underground. Every once in a while, he'll pop up and throw a rock at you. Grab him by the head and pull him out of the ground to resume the fight as it was. After you've thrown him around a few times, you may want to keep a distance from him. I say this because before he finally dies off, he does a flurry of claw attacks. When you see him coming at you in such a way, float above the ground until he passes under you. He should hit the wall and explode. -Stage 4-11: Sasquatch Beta- Boss: Sasquatch Beta (Tarus) Phase 1: Tarus will be in the Sasquatch Beta throwing rocks at you. Grab a rock and throw it back to do some damage. Also pay attention to his howitzer. When you see a target on it and it is charging an attack, you can grab it and jet thrust upward. Keep doing so until the howitzer is vertical, then the blast will shoot straight upward. Get out of its way and it will hit Tarus instead, doing damage to him. Should the tank actually fire, run towards Sasquatch Beta to get away from the explosion. Repeat these processes over until Tarus falls out. Phase 2: This phase may be a bit difficult to figure out, but once you have the process down, it's actually quite easy. Sasquatch Beta will transform with Tarus riding on top of it. As you may have noticed, Sasquatch Beta's weakness is in its foot. When it kicks, time your grab just right and grab its foot. Now, pull back and trip it; Tarus will fall off. Pull Sasquatch Beta until it's at Tarus's feet. Now, jet trust upward and down quickly to bring Sasquatch Beta on Tarus. If you don't jet down fast enough, the robot will recover and deal no damage to Tarus. Remember, you have to hit Tarus with the robot for it to count for any damage. 2E: IMPERIAL HQ -Stage 5-4: MERCO!!- Boss: Merco Merco's strategy is short, but fairly difficult. Keep a good distance from him, as he has a whole slew of attacks with his lance. What you need to do is latch on to his shield and pull away from him. You will now have his shield as a throwable item. Throw it at him to do some damage, then pick it up before he gets to it. If you see him flying over head, that means he's going to dive bomb, so you need to be ready to dodge. If you see him suddenly stop with his shoulder sticking out while in line with Marina, that means he's going to do a shoulder tackle. If he's low to the ground, then float over him. If he's higher up, then let him pass over you. This can be a difficult move to dodge, simply because it comes out of the blue. He only does it, though, when he's about to be defeated. Hit him enough times with the sheild to finally finish him off. This isn't the last time you'll meet up with Merco, though. -Stage 5-5: Trapped!?- Boss: Pirate Clancer The main reason I put this guy up is that even though he's pretty weak, finding out how to destroy him can be a pain. Anyway, when he starts off, he'll jump back and throw spikeballs. Jump over them and chase him to the edge of the room. He should shoot his hand up to the ceiling and try to swing to the other side of you. When he does, jump up and grab him, then thrust downward to throw him into the ground. After the first throw, he'll chance his throwing patterns. Now, the spikeballs will bounce through the air. Run under them as they come up, then chase the Clancer to the other side of the room again. When he tries to swing by, use the same strategy you did before. Now, the spikeballs will bounce in randomly different ways. Once again, grab him as he swings and throw him into the ground for the third and final time. -Stage 5-6: Phoenix Gamma- Boss: Phoenix Gamma Finally, Merco's second round of battle. After this, you only have two more bosses until the end of the game, so let's give 'im hell! Phase 1: The first thing Merco always does is his corkscrew attack. Dodge out of the way of it as it comes at you by either moving up or down. He'll actually do this until you can expose his weakness. Now, grab the shield like you did on the last battle against him and pull it away from his hand. There will also be an indicator saying you can pull his lance away, but DO NOT DO IT! If you do, he'll continually do his shoulder block attack which means you may not be able to damage him, as he will not leave any openings. So, just pull off the shield and throw it at him whenever you get the chance. Once you have pulled it off, he'll start using power surge attack that runs in random motion. The best way to get around this is to wait and see where you will be in relation to the screen. If you are near the top, then head downward to avoid it. If you're near the bottom, then head to the top. Also, you can block the power surge as well. Beware Phoenix Gamma, because when you get to close to it, it will attack you with a drill attack. Grab the shield and keep dodging the power serge, then wait for an opening and throw the shield at him. Pray that the shield doesn't linger around Merco for long. If you get too close to Merco, he'll use a lightning- quick lance attack on you. So, wait for one of this attacks to bounce the shield your way. If it's just not happening, then you may have to find a way to the other side, just remember to dodge around any of his attacks. Phase 2: Phoenix Gamma will transform. His first line of offense is a peck attack. To avoid this, stay down near the bottom. After it's done pecking, grab its h


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Interested visitors can head to the location between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to register.
Bonano, who served in the Navy, is a 30-year veteran of the NYPD and worked at Ground Zero. He recently earned a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.
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Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well a the runner-up bids. There are three LABR leagues, a 12-team AL only, 12-team NL only and 15-team Mixed League. You can see the complete standings for each league by clicking on the appropriate heading, located just under each player photo.
Included with each league report will be commentary from a Mastersball staff member participating in that league. We invite you to ask questions and post comments at the bottom of the report.
All contingency bids for awarded players are included. Sometimes, this bid is tied to a player that the owner received, so at times the bid amount is larger than the winning bid. We are including it to provide as much information and context as possible with each report.
PLEASE NOTE: Tout Wars will run FAAB on Thursday night this week. The Tout Wars FAAB report will be posted on Friday.
Perry Van Hook's Commentary.
Well it will be hard to fill all my DL'd slots and those woefully under-performing but I attempted to spend half my remaining $24 FAAB to do it. The problem is that there are several teams with a lot of money and more than half the league has more than I do.
So I bid $8 on Shane Greene, NYY, the only viable starting pitcher available this week thus blocking the two teams with less than that amount and hoping to win a standings tie-breaker if the big purses also bid more on those teams.
And that turned out to be the high bid for the week my $8 bid besting the $5 underbid and several one dollar bids.
Chris Dickerson, new Indians outfielder was won by Sirius/XM's Ray Flowers
Todd's Take.
I'm going to be honest. While these hitters may not be world beater, I'm a little surprised Christian Vazquez and Zelous Wheeler went undrafted - especially Vazquez. The new Red Sox catcher will be playing a lot so replacing a back-up catcher with a starter for the rest of the season could have been a nice little boost. Come to think of it, it still can. Anyone want to put a gentleman's bet whether Vazquez will be picked up next week?
Lawr Michaels' Commentary
Finally, as we hit the break, the NL LABR owners opened their wallets a bit, starting with Rick Wolf and Glenn Colton, who copped the big prize of Arismendy Alcantara, shelling out $37 for the Cubs exciting second sacker/shortstop/outfielder.
In the process they trounced bids of $15, $13, $9, $3, and $2, indicating the desire of the Fantasy Alarmers was not misplaced.
Still searching for arms, Lenny Melnick snatched Jimmy Nelson for $15, also seriously outbidding a couple of wannabe Nelson owners who only mustered $2 and $1 shots.
Then, Steve Gardner gambled that catcher Tony Cruz will get some playing time in deference to the Yadier Molina injury, spending $10 and winning the new Cardinal over just one $3 bid.
From there the bids dropped to a couple of bucks for Cameron Rupp (to Bob Radomski and the Sandlot Shrink) and Mike Olt (Doug Dennis of BBHQ).
The $1 crap shoots were just that, as much for the Major League teams as the players and new roto owners, starting with the seemingly worn out Grady Sizemore who went to Derek Carty (Fantasy Insiders), although perhaps the fact that Derek earned the new Philly, not so much by outbidding two other $1 shots, but rather by being lower in the standings.
Granted, there's no guarantee Alcantara plays regularly for the Cubs going forward. And there's a chance someone of consequence gets traded to the Senior Circuit in a couple of weeks. But there's something to be said for the bird-in-hand principle and placing a hefty bid on Alcantara is a strategy I can rubber stamp, and indeed mimicked in the NFBC NL-only auction. I had the third most FAAB left, sitting in a decent spot (though my place in the standings isn't so decent). Alcantara doesn't require an all-in bid, it just takes you off the hammer at the deadline. The best part is you still have some FAAB left over for waiver-wire moves as well as the September roster machinations where early shut-downs avail unexpected playing time opportunities.
Todd Zola's Commentary
Interesting, Vazquez found a home in the mixed league but not AL-only...just sayin'. The rumors of Joakim Soria and Jonathan Papelbon being on the move sparked interest in Neftali Feliz and Ken Giles. Giles is an interesting add in keeper leagues as he has a shot to pitch himself into the closer gig in Philly next season.
Todd's Take
The fight to finish out of last is taking shape nicely as a few of us are jostling between 13th and 15th. Silly as this seems, the experience garnered from scrapping for points now helps the effort in the future when those points may lead to a money spot.
The first two crossover players to the AL were huge pluses for those with enough FAAB dollars left to win them. Yahoo's Brandon Funston beat ten other league mates with his $68 bid. Meanwhile ESPN's Tristan Cockroft won Jason Hammel with a $57 bid. Both players hope their new Oakland pitchers can help them move up in the standings.
I didn't have enough funds to compete for the pitchers so just tried to grab the best one dollar outfielder I could and landed Astros Alex Presley.
With the caveat I may have made a mistake reverse engineering the totals before the bidding, Yahoo! had the hammer and bid what it took to make sure the won the tie over ESPN, who had the third most FAAB. Maybe Yahoo decided there wasn't enough of a difference between Samardzija and Hammel so it wasn't worth spending the maximum necessary to make sure they got Samardzija. As it turns out, Colton and the Wolfman with the second-most FAAB laid back a bit, perhaps waiting for a hitter to come over as they now have the hammer. ESPN was the big winner as they needed a pitcher and now have one -- and for a couple extra starts than if the deal was at the deadline.
The AL gets Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel while Vidal Nuno, now of the Diamondbacks is the lone AL transplant (at least until Dan Straily is promoted as minor leaguers are ineligible). Nuno actually was won on a $2 bid, that by Bob Radomski of the Sandlot Shrink, but again, the only other shot at Nuno was also $2.
The truth as I see it is that Nuno, however, is a better 2014 crapshoot than Straily will be, especially for what he'll no doubt cost.
Irrespective, they are both crapshoots.
The remaining three players involved with this weeks FAAB were Pat Neshek (Derek Carty of the Fantasy Insiders), Jeff Baker (to Doug Dennis of BBHQ) and Bobby Abreu (to Steve Moyer), all for $1 bids.
Even though my own FAAB resources are largely blown, I am still hoping someone as enticing as Samardzija does move to the NL just to kick the FAAB dust around a little.
It's an interesting contrast between LABR and Tout. Straily was eligible in Tout since minor league players are eligible whereas they're ineligible in LABR. On the other hand, McCarthy and Nuno were eligible in LABR but not Tout as they leagues have different rules pertaining to deals announced on Sunday. The bottom line is there's no right or wrong (maybe better or worse, but I digress). The key is the rule should be crystal clear to minimize confusion. This is a topic the site will be addressing a bit more in the future.
You know what? I got nothin'. I'm drawing a blank. So let's fall back on a little player analysis. I'm a little surprised Boxberger was still available (yeah, I'm in this league too but his ratio support is lost on me). That said, I still think Balfour will get the closer gig back bit if I'm in a keeper league, I'm all over Boxberger.
Dang it, Fred Zinkie struck again. David Peralta is playing well (and playing regularly) - hitting high up in a lineup that plays half the time in the hitter-friendly Chase Field.
OK, so if I had nothing before I REALLY have nothing now. Well, maybe a little something. It's always dangerous to assume what happens one season will also happen the next but punting the catcher position and trolling the free agent pool appears to be a good ploy this season. I made a point of getting a couple of decent receivers in the draft. Next year maybe I'll wait and look to free agency to keep the position fresh.
Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well as the runner-up bids. There are four Tout Wars leagues, a 12-team AL only, 12-team NL only, 15-team Mixed Auction League and 15-team Mixed Draft League. The Mixed leagues use on-base-percentage instead of batting average. You can see the complete standings for each league by clicking on the appropriate heading, located just under each player photo.
Tout Wars uses a Vickrey system to award bids. For a complete description of the Vickrey system, click HERE for the Tout Wars constitution.
All contingency bids for awarded players are included. Sometimes, this is a bid tied to a player that the owner received, so at times the bid amount is larger than the winning bid. We are including it to provide as much information and context as possible with each report.
*PLEASE NOTE - We have slightly altered the presentation in an effort to help you reconstruct the actual bidding a little better. The amount the owner paid is listed in a column followed by the non-adjusted Vickrey bid. The remaining bids for that player are then listed in order of amount. if the amount of an unawarded bid is greater than what was charged, the bid was a contingency bid by that owner and they were awarded a player of higher priority.
New to the report is "Todd's Take" where Lord Zola will share his unique perspective focusing on FAAB strategy, game theory and league dynamics.
Rob Leibowitz' Commentary
When it comes to league crossover trades, the bids on the best player to cross, in this case Jeff Samardzija, are generally amongst the least interesting to witness. However, this instance was slightly more interesting than usual. This type of situation usually comes down to the team with the most FAAB remaining bids $1 more than the second FAAB hoarder has. Generally the #2 FAAB budgeted team has the unwritten responsibility of keeping the #1 team honest by A) making sure the first team uses as much FAAB as possible and 2) to protect against or take advantage of the first team trying to be cute and keep a little left FAAB budget left over by not maxing out their bid. Moyer opted to not go all out and bid in the middle on both league cross over pitchers and the responsibility fell to the third place FAAB budget to price enforce. Behrens almost caught a big break as it's usually the third highest budget where the deviations from simply maxing out your bid on players you are unlikely to get occur, but it wasn't meant to be in this instance.
Typically it is the second best player crossing where the bids get more interesting and given that we are still weeks away from the deadline, not everyone went all in on Jason Hammel including the top two FAAB budgets behind Behrens despite the great season he's having. There's no guarantee anyone better than Hammel will even cross over.
So much for the notion no one of consequence will be traded across leagues.
As Rob suggested, it is usually the onus of the second place FAAB holder to bid their full boat but in this case, there is a huge caveat. We're not at the trading deadline yet. The reason for pushing the limit is the chances of a better player becoming available is rare but there's still a chance someone else comes over and now Steve has the FAAB hammer (barring a FAAB trade or reclaim). Steve's needs are more towards a power hitter than starting pitcher so he opted to wait for a player that fits as opposed to relying on making a deal.
Brian Walton's Commentary
As it turned out, I was in the midst of the action for both crooked number players this week, but only as an enforcer. Both are new players in the pool, as fresh trade-deadline blood has started to flow into the NL. While bigger deals could be coming, I am not waiting around to find out.
The blockbuster swap in which the Cubs sent 2/5 of their rotation to Oakland did not hurt NL Tout, as players traded out of the league remain eligible for the remainder of the season. On the other hand, all of the three new Cubs were dispatched to the minors after the trade, so are not going to immediately alter our standings.
Billy McKinney and Addison Russell will not likely contribute in Chicago in 2014, but Dan Straily is a proven major league starter. As such, I went $14, assuming I would be outbid. I was, but only by one Tout warrior, Lenny Melnick. Lenny offered $21 and paid $15 Vickrey.
One pitcher potentially standing in the way of Straily is Kyle Hendricks. Being pulled early from his Triple-A start on Sunday increased speculation that the 24-year-old is on the way to the Windy City. Hendricks has a 3.58 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 100 2/3 Triple-A innings this season.
The other new pitcher expected to join the Cubs rotation is Tsuyoshi Wada, already owned by Seth Trachtman. All Straily needs is for one of the two of Hendricks and Wada to stumble – or another trade!
A far less exciting interleague swap is the one in which Arizona received lefty Vidal Nuno from the Yankees for Brandon McCarthy and cash. Nuno for $2 was my second conditional bid after Straily and Hendricks. I thought I won the standings tiebreaker for the new Diamondback with Derek Carty, who also had lost out on Straily, but it was not to be.
Though the trade occurred during the day on Sunday, Tout's stats provider, onRoto.com, only updates player status once per 24 hours, overnight. So according to league rules, Nuno will not be in the eligible NL player pool until next Sunday night. This also tripped up AL Tout bidding for McCarthy. Timing is everything – or nothing.
I'm going to take a little liberty and discuss a more general topic than these FAAB results. I'm in this league and the epiphany struck while looking at this league so I figured I'd talk about it here.
In batting average leagues (BA) it has been a common strategy not to worry about the category because it is so fickle. Tout switched to OBP for all its leagues this season and I carried that thinking into the March auction (not worrying about OBP). Shame on me.
I'll save the correlations for a more appropriate space but the bottom line is the other hitting categories correlate better with OBP than they do batting average. As such, the leaders in OBP leagues should be faring better in OBP than the leaders in BA leagues fare in BA. Granted we're only halfway through and this deserves a more complete investigation at season's end, but here is how well OBP/BA correlates to place in the standings to date in Tout Wars and LABR. The closer to 1.00, the better the correlation
It's too early to start suggesting in OBP leagues it is wise not to ignore OBP, but we're leaning that way.
Zach Steinhorn's Commentary
Heading into the season, I liked Justin Ruggiano as an underrated power/speed asset, but up until a few weeks ago, things just weren't working out for him. His production and playing time were inconsistent and he missed over a month due to a hamstring strain. But he's been hot of late, having recorded multiple hits in six of his last eight games with two homers and nine RBI over that span. Ruggiano is playing just about every day for the time being, but that crowded Cubs outfield worries me. He did tally 18 homers and 15 steals in 424 at-bats last year, so he certainly carries some upside going forward. But $14 still seems a bit high. Then again, with FAAB, I've always been an advocate of spending for immediate help over saving for later.
Very quietly, Tom Koehler has registered a 1.89 ERA and 0.95 WHIP over his last three starts, spanning 19 innings, to go along with a 21-to-4 K/BB ratio. Being that he's a two-start pitcher this week, Koehler is definitely worth the $5 investment. I considered bidding on him but couldn't decide who to drop, so I reluctantly passed. The four-man reserve limit can really be a pain sometimes.
Of course, a Mixed Auction Tout Wars FAAB report would not be complete without a mention of saves, and since Jake Petricka tossed two perfect innings to pick up the save for the White Sox on Saturday, it's no surprise that he was scooped up on Monday. At this point, who knows what Robin Ventura is thinking regarding his club's ninth inning situation, but at the measly price of $1, Tim Heaney's purchase is of the low risk/high reward variety.
There's a lot of players and a lot of games to follow - sometimes things slip through the cracks. Something I do with these reports and look at the bids and if there is one that looks curious (Why are so many bidding on that guy?) - I'll take a look. There was a good deal of action on Logan Forsythe, more than I expected. Lo and behold Forsythe has 2 or more hits in 6 of his last 8 games including 3 homers. Will be keep it up? Of course not. But it does get him in the Tampa lineup almost every day until he slows down, and as we like to say, at-bats are currency.
Perry Van Hook's Commentary
In this league I was outbid for both the outfielders I wanted to replace Ender Inciarte. I bid $3 on both David Peralta and Justin Ruggiano, but Charlie Wiegert bid $9 for Peralta and $7 for Ruggiano and rostered both for $4. Unlucky there was a team that had two outfield spots to fill against me and was the league's high bidder this week.
On the pitching side with Tommy Milone losing his roster spot in Oakland and the All Star break week coming I wanted to pick up an extra relief pitcher that might get me a few saves. I was set to have Ranger Neftali Feliz in my top spot but with Jonathan Broxton picking up the save for the Reds on Sunday because Aroldis Chapman was dealing with a hamstring issue, I moved Broxton ahead of Feliz and won him for a dollar on a $3 bid. Again with the ASB coming it is very possible that Cincinnati is ultra conservative with Chapman and Broxton gets a few saves this week. Hopefully as this was one of three leagues where I added him on Sunday.
Perry explained his bids above but if I'm in this league and have a surplus in the outfield, I'm dropping the good Captain a note. He obviously wanted an outfielder so perhaps a mutual swap is on order.
Looking at the results of a FAAB run offers some interesting insight into an owner's strategy. Are they punting ratios as evidenced by bidding on lesser pitchers? Are they focusing on ratios by bidding on top set-up men?
There's only one way to find out for sure-- ask!
Across our great country Friday, Americans will celebrate the July 4th "birthday" of the USA with parades, picnics, fireworks displays and of course the great American sport of baseball.
The first game on the July 4 calendar will be an 11 AM ET start for the Washington Nationals hosting the Chicago Cubs in the nation's capital. That is a nice 8 AM breakfast start for those of us on Pacific Time.
That will be followed by a 1:35 ET/10:35 PT visit of the Baltimore Orioles to Fenway Pahk to play the Red Sox. Who knows, maybe it will be one of Jon Lester's last starts in the iconic Boston stadium.
Then we start a new game each hour.
3:10 ET (2:10 PM CT and just past noon on the left coast) the Yankees visit Minnesota to play the Twins.
4:05 ET (1:05 PT) sees the AL East first place Toronto Blue Jays in a cross country matchup with the AL West leading Oakland Athletics.
5:05 ET (2:05 PT) is the battle for bragging rights in the state of Pennsylvania as the Phillies visit Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates.
6:40 ET (3:40 PT) is the No Cal vs Lo Cal battle with the San Francisco Giants playing the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
The bulk of the 4th of July games start in the 7 o'clock hour on the East Coast, obviously three hours earlier on the Left Coast.
7:05 ET (4:05 PT) the Kansas City Royals at the Cleveland Indians
7:08 ET (4:08 PT) the Tampa Bay Rays are at the Detroit Tigers
7:10 ET (4:10 PT) has the first pitch scheduled for three games:
Milwaukee Brewers at the Cincinnati Reds
Seattle Mariners at the Chicago White Sox, and the
Texas Rangers in New York City to play the Metropolitans
7:15 ET (4:15 PT) the Miami Marlins are in St. Louis to play the Cardinals
7:35 ET (4:35 PT) sees the Arizona Diamondbacks visiting Georgia to play the Atlanta Braves
8:10 ET (5:10 PT the Los Angeles Dodgers will be up for a game at the Colorado Rockies and finally at
9:05 ET (6:05 PT) the Houston Astros visit the home of Disneyland to play the LA Angels of Anaheim for the final game of the day.
The Brad Snyder experiment did not last long as the Rangers brought in their former player, Carlos Pena. The 36 year old still has some pop and draws walks, but has not hit over .227 in a single season since 2008. For OBP leaguers he did at least produce a .325 OBP back in 2010 when he hit .196, so there is a little better value there. This will not be the Ranger's last experiment of the season at first base with Moreland and Fielder out
Granted, the number of precincts contributing to this vote is limited but according to the Touts, Zach Putnam has a better chance of earning saves than Jason Grilli. Leibowitz and Podhorzer were both willing to spend more for Putnam. Behrens only bid on Putnam so that makes three votes for Putnam. Erickson, Schechter and Wolf/Colton all bid equally on both. Liss was the only one to bid only on Grilli and that was a $0 bid.
For what it's worth, I'm in the Grilli camp if the play is for the second half. Working against Grilli is Joe Smith is better than anyone the White Sox have but my gut says the Angels acquired Grilli hoping he has one last run as a dominant closer.
If you're wondering where Mookie Betts is, Rob sneaked him onto his roster just last week using the rule that Brian Walton has so eloquently discussed in his Saturday feature on Mastersball, Articles of Configuration. The Tout rule is anyone in that formats organization is available for acquisition with two caveats: a non-zero bid is required for all those not on a 25-man roster and the player must remain active during the week of acquisition. So if you're willing to take a zero for the week, you can get a jump on prospects previous to their promotion.
The National League Tout Wars free agent who received the most ink this past week is certainly deposed Angels closer Ernesto Frieri, dealt to the Pirates for Jason Grilli in an old-fashioned challenge trade. Two-time defending league champ Tristan H. Cockcroft of ESPN was the lone bidder, however, and had to pay just $1. FWIW, I instead added two other Bucs' relievers in Tony Watson and Stolmy Pimentel for some ratio help. Chances are that none of the three will be receiving save opportunities any time soon.
In my regular Saturday column, I predicted two of the top sellers in NL Tout this week. Unfortunately, I also predicted I would not be the highest bidder for either pitcher.
On Sunday, San Diego's Odrisamer Despaigne made his second respectable start since replacing injured Andrew Cashner in San Diego's rotation. The 27-year-old Cuban has a solid arsenal, but does not possess a true strikeout pitch. Scott Wilderman from onRoto.com was willing to go $8 and had to spend $7.
St. Louis' rookie Marco Gonzales lost his opportunity to start in the Texas League All-Star Game and was pulled from the MLB All-Star Futures Game, but the reward was a promotion from Double-A to the majors. After an uneven first start in Denver, the 22-year-old draws Tim Lincecum in San Francisco next. Wise Guy Baseball's Gene McCaffrey was willing to go $21, reduced to $5 by Vickrey Rules. The aggressive bid apparently indicates low confidence in rehabbing Joe Kelly coming back soon and bumping Gonzales down to Triple-A. My bid of just $3 reflected that possibility.
Last month, Mets manager Terry Collins said he was considering giving Eric Campbell a look at middle infield. Though that has not occurred, the 28-year-old has seen time at both infield corners and both outfield corners, too. Results at the plate have been decent as well, leading to spirited bidding won by our Lord Zola at $7, reduced from $13 by Vickrey.
On a personal level, especially considering the collective effort it takes to produce these reports, I'd like to make them as useful as possible. As such, I wonder about the most subtle details of the presentation. Granted, it's all there but it's human nature to start at the top of the grid until you get bored and move onto the analysis. Here's an example, piggybacking on Brian's comment concerning McCaffrey and Marco Gonzales. The single largest non-Vickrey bid was Gene's $21 offer for Gonzales - that's relevant information. I value Gene's opinion and this tells me he has some faith in Gonzales. However, this nuance may get lost as the bid was reduced to the third highest so the brain may perceive the interest on Gonzales wasn't as strong as some of the other available players when in fact it was.
That said, I also value Brian's opinion and he's less enthusiastic with respect to Gonzales. Guessing playing time and injuries is a crap shoot so my personal take-home message from this is Gene believes in Gonzales' talent while Brian is reticent to spend to get only a couple more starts. The relevant info for me is to put Gonzales on my radar. I play in ample mixed leagues that if he does in fact keep the job, he may be worth a pick-up.
Saves and steals are the two categories where ground could be made up quickly with the addition of as little as one player. Throughout the season, owners in this league have been willing to spend large amounts of FAAB dollars on speculative or even temporary closers. And there was some of that this week, as Santiago Casilla, who will share closer duties for the Giants with Jeremy Affeldt until Sergio Romo straightens things out, garnered a $14 winning bid. Casilla does have experience in the ninth inning, but this does sound like one of those temporary situations, as Romo has been one of the game's elite closers over the past few years. In other words, Bruce Bochy probably wants to reinstall Romo as his closer as soon as possible. He just needs a reason to make the move.
As for steals, well, there's this guy named Mookie Betts who was sporting a .437 OBP in the Minors this year with 29 stolen bases in 77 games. Betts made his big league debut last night, and he wasted no time getting to work on the base paths, though he got caught stealing in his one attempt. Boston's outfield is a bit crowded but it's hard to imagine that the Red Sox called up Betts to sit on the bench. The stolen base standings are still bunched up in the middle, with league leader Fred Zinkie being one of those middle teams, so it's not a huge surprise that Fred chose to bid $65 for Betts' services, a number that could only be topped by three of the other 14 teams.
And the wait continues for Scott Swanay to use some of his 97 remaining FAAB dollars. Scott didn't make any bids this week despite being another one of those middle teams in the stolen base rankings.
Let's play another round of which guy is most likely to get saves. Based on the bids, the Touts favor Casilla over Putnam. While I don't disagree, I see Sergio Romo getting the gig back. True, his strikeouts continue to fall but it is a severe case of gopheritis that ails him most. A few clean outings and Romo should be back in the ninth.
What's really curious is no one other than Nando DiFino was willing to take a shot on Balfour. That would have been my play -- of all the candidates, he has the best chance to lock it down over the second half.
Highest bidder this week was Nick Minnix who tried three six dollar bids for Mets catcher Travis D'Arnaud, White Sox RP Zach Putnam, and Tiger shortstop Eugenio Suarez. With Vickrey reductions, Minnix got D'Arnaud for $3; Putnam for $5; and Suarez for $3.
Eno Sarris was also a six dollar bidder, winning Tampa fly chaser Brandon Guyer for $5.
Interesting that in chasing the White Sox new closer by committee, Putnam went for $5 while Jake Petricka went for just $1 to Grey Albright which was his only bid.
Also interesting to note that as in some other leagues, San Diego Padres new Cuban pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne went cheaply – I got him for $1 on a three dollar bid despite now being 2-0 with an ERA under 1.00. We will see what happens in his next start – also at Petco against the struggling San Francisco Giants.
We've come this far with the closer comparisons, may as well finish this off with one more. It's intriguing that Putnam and Jake Petricka both received a pair of bids, but no one bid on both. The bids on Putman were more aggressive - but why not bid on both?
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To the OP, only you (and your state laws, apparently) can decide what's best for your child. Personally, I say go for it!
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You'll find very strong opinions on both sides of this topic, but no one should make this decision for you. This is a personal decision. You need to make the decision that is best for you and your family.
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I have no problem taking my DD out of school this October for a cruise. A week will not make or break the school year. Perfect attendance is highly overrated. She will be in 7th grade and any work she will miss I will personally help her with, if she needs it. Sometimes, kids need to unwind during the school year. Breaks seem to have gotten shorter since I was a kid.
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I've taken my son out of school for at least a week for the last 7 years. He just missed a week for a cruise in Jan, another cruise last month, and will miss a week in November for yet another cruise. He hasn't missed the honor roll yet. School is important, but life experiences are more important in my opinion. I NEVER missed school as a kid. Always had perfect attendance, yet it did nothing for me. As an adult, no one cares that I was in school everyday. I guarantee that my son will remember these vacations a lot more than a random week in 8th grade. With that said, he doesn't miss school for anything else. Since he's been blessed with intelligence, anything less than the honor roll is unsatisfactory. We highly value school, but we also value enjoying life. My wife and I have chosen careers that afford us the opportunity to vacation when we choose, and we choose to vacation during non peak times. Hopefully, he'll follow suit.
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We took my dd out in 2011 for 2 weeks - in January when she was in 4th grade. We spent a week in WDW and then a week on the Magic. But - we had permission and full support from the school who recognized what we had gone through that year. DMIL had been diagnosed and suffered for 6 mos. with brain cancer before passing away. My inlaws lived 3 1/2 hours away and the school watched us and supported us as we drove back and forth while we went through surgeries and rehabilitation and then finally hospice. And just a few months later, dfil passed away of heart failure unexpectedly. They were ages 63 and 67. DH spent most of the year in Afghanistan and traveling all of the world for work and had done so previously and his parents were always helping with the kids. Losing those 2 people in 10 months shell shocked our family. When we decided we needed time together, away from it all, to heal ourselves - the school and community supported us completely.
That said, I do plan vacations when we are able to go; dh still travels the world and is gone for weeks at a time. I have a rule that I do it when it is a short week - so for example, we are booked next Memorial Day week so it is less impactful. Also, my kids know that school work comes first and grades have to be maintained and kept up if a vacation is booked and they expect to go.
That January trip in WDW - we did all of DD's homework every morning before hitting the parks, so that we didn't have to do any work on the cruise.
We stressed the importance of keeping up with schoolwork.
I believe there is a balance and if you teach your children right, then it can work out. If you abuse the system, then you are teaching your children that school is not important. Its all about the examples parents set.
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This is probably the 3rd topic(right behind smoking and MDR dress code) to stir the pot.
DH and I took DD out of school for one week, from Kindergarten through 3rd grade (for vacation.) We were fortunate enough to have her in a private school, so taking her out wasn't an issue. (DH was low seniority, and couldn't get summertime vacation then.) We don't regret doing it, and we all have happy memories. Do what is right for your family.
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Depends on the age of your children. When I was in fifth grade and my brother was in fourth, we missed a week of school during the first week of May and experienced no repercussions.
March of next year my family is taking a cruise and I am being pulled out the Friday before school gets out for spring break. I will be a Junior in high school (and I am in an IB Programme) and I am already uneasy about all the work I will miss and much it will put me behind. And that's one day!
So if your kids are elementary age, I think it's okay as long as they understand that this is a one time deal and that school holds supremacy. If they are older than that, speaking as a high school student, I wouldn't recommend pulling then out for more than day.
Best of luck to you!
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School & Cruises
I have pulled my kids out several times-- never been a problem. In fact, a lot of their teachers have said it is educational. My kids for our next cruise in Sept 2013 will be a sophomore in college, junior in high school, and the 8th grade. They all said don't worry about it, they have never had any problem keeping up on their school work and making the honor roll.
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We just pulled our son out for 6 days at the beginning of May. Before making our final payment, we double-checked with his teacher to make sure that he wasn't behind on anything. We also chose to travel later in the school year so that way we would know how many absences he already had accumulated.
I feel that traveling is an educational opportunity in and of itself. We did a tour in St. Maarten and my DS was able to recall so much that he learned. He also looked at a map to see where he was visiting. Seeing some of the poor parts of other countries also makes him more compassionate towards others. These are lessons that are hard to learn in a classroom environment.
With that being said, I think you have to decide what's best for your family since you know your kids the best.
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If you do it right, life is school! There is education in so many things. We always look for learning in everything, including Disney. We take, or took, education seriously and instilled this in our kids. We took them out of school to go to Disney in January, several times, without undermining the importance of education at all. In fact, we always tried to be curious, learn, and instill a love of learning in our kids. You can find math, science, history, and in other subject any where you happen to be!
My kids are grown now, and I don't regret a day out of school!
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It needs to be a personal decision. When my oldest was in 8th grade(a private school at that time) we took him and our 6th, 5th, and 3rd grader out for a week to go on a Disney cruise it was the only way we could afford it. It was wonderful and the only family vacation he went on. It was definatly worth it.
Since then Dh has only wanted to go during breaks. We saw the KSF deal for February. Dh wanted to do a 5 day however it meant Dd and Ds missing a week of school. Dd is a senior in HS and did not want to miss so alas we went on the four day during Presidents week. I did an onboard booking for a dummy 4 day cruise for next year. The first thing Dh said was we cannot go then Ds will miss school.
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In all reality, I would have no problems pulling kids out of school for family reasons. I would of course work with the teachers to get homework, etc. but I would not let them tell me I couldn't. Yes, I know I have issues with authority, but I think we have forgotten about what really matters.....FAMILY. It is one of the most important things we will ever have and is one of the few things that can last beyond this life. When we keep that in mind, we will realize that I. The long run taking a kid out of school for a week or two out of the year is nothing by comparison to not being able to build and maintain those family bonds.
So, if it seems I am insistent about this, well I am.
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You do what is best for your family, don't worry what others think.
I do pull my kids out. I will continue to do so. That is what works for us.
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I pulled my nearly 8 y/o son from school, for a 10 day WDW marathon/Run Disney and DCL 4-night cruise. He is a strong student. His teacher provided his work -- over 50 pages of math, plus homework (spelling, math, etc.). He completed a little each day. At the end of the trip, he stated, "Mom, from now on, I don't want to miss more than 3 days of school at a time!"
I was impressed by his insight. Not bad for a second grader.
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text: Guns, Guns, Guns! (Featuring Michael Moore) by Steven Crowder 5 Mar 2009 post a comment Share This: This topic is long overdue (especially in light of the death threats). Oftentimes, people wonder where conservatives get the cojones to say the things that we do. It's simple... We're armed. It's a tough concept to grasp among the pansies who won't touch a .45 without a pair of tongs I know, but it's just a fact... Oftentimes, a very painful one. [youtube -WKLXCHgOiA nolink] Sure some of the shots taken at Michael Moore are cheap, but to you I say; Let he who is without disdain for the man, fire the first round.