Robert Forto

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Super Swarm Sunday Badge on Foursquare for the Super Bowl

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Foursquare this afternoon released more information about their Super Swarm Sunday promotion with American Express and Pizza Hut. At the end of the post, they threw out one more tidbit of information: yes, there will be a badge this year.

This year’s badge will be a Super Swarm Sunday badge, featuring the usual swarm badge design, but the bees are replaced by tiny footballs. It doesn’t appear there’s any connection to the NFL for 2012, so you won’t see separate badges for your favorite team or for actually attending the game.

You’ll be able to unlock the badge when you check in to the worldwide “Super Swarm Sunday” venue from the foursquare app. It will begin appearing a few hours before the game and will be active for the remainder of the night.

Foursquare’s servers have come a long way in the past year. Hopefully we won’t see a repeat of last February when they saw numerous instances of downtime during the game brought on by the crush of people checking in to earn their badges.

Foursquare has come a long way in the last year. Take the Super Bowl for example: 130,000 people checked in last year during the game. Since then foursquare’s user base has more than doubled. With the combination of a compelling special (who doesn’t love pizza?) and a badge, we should see even better numbers this year.

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The Dog Strikes Back

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Do you remember last year’s Super Bowl commercial for Volkswagen with the little kid dressed as Darth Vader from Star Wars? Well, this year lets say they the family dog strikes back.

Check out the commercial and be sure to watch until the very end!

 

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Fortos Fantasy Football: Week 12 round up

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Week 12 and we are are now in the last quarter of the season. We are getting ready to run our two minute drill-hurry up offense-red zone stand. Where is Tebow when you need him? In all seriousness, #15 has taken the NFL world by the horns. Who could not like the guy? He is a winner, through and through. Who cares if he only throws 10 passes a game—he hasnt had an interception by the way– and he is a true game changer in Denver and for the Broncos. I just heard on ESPN this morning that I guy like Tebow can take a small market franchise like Denver and make them a national team. With #15 under center you will have more games on Sunday and Monday nights than you would if you had a guy like Orton, Cutler or even Jake the Snake winning 10 or 12 games and sweeping the division.

Think about it–America’s team, (no not the Packers) the Cowboys haven’t won anything since Troy but they still get their fair share or the talkin’ heads in the booth named; Al, Chris, Mike, Jon and some guy named Jaws. God, I miss Madden. Don’t you? Turkey Day games just aren’t the same without John and a turducken!

Enough of my commentary…

Team Updates

Jinx: With Vick missing his second game and will likely not suit up for week 13 either, I have put all my chips on the table and playing the one-two punch with the Lions Stafford and Megatron (aka Calvin Johnson). It is paying its dividends earning me 27 points on Turkey Day. I also brought Andre Johnson back to my roster after I released him earlier in the season when he went down with an injury. He only earned me 2 points but that is what you would expect with the AFC’s hottest team losing two QBs in consecutive weeks. I think it is time to call Grandpa Favre! Points: 1272

Qyainators: All I can say is what the heck is up with the Patriots Brady and Welker? They have earned Nicole’s Qyainators more points in the coveted one-two punch in this league than any other. This week alone they earned a whopping 52 points! More than half of Nicole’s total points (91) for the week. Nicole keep it up, little girl, you are doing awesome! Points: 1075

Wildcats: In a wild Monday Night game between the Giants and the Saints, Russell’s Wildcats put up some big numbers. Eli Manning lost the game but put up a very impressive 406 passing yards to earn 23 points. Having a great game for the Wildcats was the Bills Stevie Williams earning 13 points but losing a lot of my respect by his bone-head move with his end-zone dance making fun of the Jets Burress’ shooting himself in the leg. Come on guys, little kids look up to you as role models. It is time to start acting like adults instead of some bullsh**t gangsta. Points: 1062

Dreamchaser: On the other side of the ball from Russell’s Manning was Drew Brees. Putting up an impressive 364 passing yards, throwing for 4 TDs, and running for one, not only broke a NFL record but is also chasing one of the greatest QBs of all time, Dan Marino, for passing yards in a season. #13 is in the Hall and when Drew retires he will don the yellow jacket too. Funny thing is that he was almost a Dolphin when he was traded by the Chargers a few years ago. I guess it is destiny, or maybe some guy named Payton. points: 1034

Juneau: With Cam still not cooling his heels yet earning 19 points for Tyler’s Juneau it just shows you that this is a different NFL than it was just a few years ago. Rookies are expected to play AND perform as soon as they come out of the gate. There is no more of this sitting back and learning for a few years. The NFL is no longer a veterans league.  It is a league of who can perform now and if you can’t you ride the pine. That being said, it opens up an interesting question next year and the undisputed number 1 draft pick being Stanford’s Andrew Luck (QB). It looks like it will go to the hapless Colts. What is interesting is what will happen there with Peyton and Luck. Will the current philosophy play out that I just mentioned or is it really STILL Peyton’s team? We will see in September, I guess. Tyler who will your QB next year? Are you going to stick with number 1 in Newton or possibly gamble on Luck?? points: 955

Chargers: The Chargers have thrown in the towel…

 

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Fortos Fantasy Football: Week 1

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What a wild week 1 of the NFL season and Forto’s Fantasy Football. After a tenacious lockout this summer we were all holding our breath hoping that a season would take place.

We drafted our teams over Skype with half the league in Colorado and the other in Alaska. Tyler (Juneau) and I (Jinx) were sitting in front of our webcam at at local Carrs Grocery store because WiFi at our house is just too dang slow. Michele (Dreamchaser), Kyle (Chargers), Nicole (Qyainators) and our good friend–Russell (Wildcats) were all at a Starbucks sharing a headset and a small webcam.

The Draft over Skype

 

The draft was completed and the smack talk began in earnest. I have the bragging rights in winning the coveted trophy for the last three years.

Week 1 kicked off last Thursday night in earnest with a great game between the Packers and the Saints and brought the season to our living rooms and the flat screens. Cheers began and the constant checking of points on our iPhones was pushing our data plans to the limits. By this time, Michele was up here in Alaska with us.

The weekend games proved to be great! While Juneau kicked himself for not starting Carolina Panthers rookie Cam Newton for passing for over 400 yards and 30 fantasy points.

My team, Jinx got off to a great start with huge games from Michael Vick of the Eagles with 22 points and an almost unheard of performance by a fantasy running back, Rice of the Ravens with 29 points. Sadly I sat out Calvin Johnson (Lions) with him earning a respectable 20 points.

Russell’s’ Wildcats had a respectable three players over 16 points a a great outing by his Chicago Bears defense earning him 24 points against the Falcons.

Michele’s’ Dreamchaser had a impressive performance by her QB, the Saints’ Brees at 28 points, she struggled through the rest of the weekend with a lot of her players getting injured. Trades are a sure thing for her before week 2.

Kyles’ Chargers were lead by his QB, Rodgers with 24 points and the one-two-punch with one of his wide receivers (Jennings) a hot target for his QB, and two other players earning points in the double digits.

But the stand out star of the weekend was Nicoles’ Qyainators. Her QB, the Patriots Tom Brady earned her an impressive 35 points with 28 more going to one of Brady’s favorite targets, Wes Welker earning a cool 28 points.

Don’t count out my little girl. She knows how to play fantasy football. In fact she is the last person to win the trophy before her dad took it over. Her team’s name is permanently engraved on the coveted trophy that we pass to the winner each year, along with full bragging rights.

We all hope that week 2 will be just as exciting for all the Forto’s Fantasy Football mangers. It looks like it is going to be a great season!

 

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