Scoring FAQs

A. Check into these possible explanations:

Full name
Make sure the player's full name is being used. Because players can share first or last names with other players scoring must be based on the full name. Purposely mispelled names and nicknames will not be scored.

Is the blog being used by your league?
Is the blog you saw them posted in being used by your league for scoring? Each league chooses it's scoring sources (blogs) before the season begins.

Delayed - Common / One-word names
Does the athlete in question share a name with another athlete - like Adam Jones, Chris Young, or Luis Castillo? Some athlete's scores are delayed because their name is easily confused with another person's name. There are a handful of players like this - in this case just wait an hour or so and your score will be posted. All on-hold scores are resolved before the end of the day.

Partial RSS Feed
Did you see the player's name on the blog's website - but not on Dirtlocker's version of it? Since Dirtlocker uses the blog's RSS feed for scoring, and some blogs only publish partial feeds, you may find that a player's name is mentioned on the website but not scored. Each league can choose which scoring sources to use for scoring - so it's your choice on using partial feeds or not. Partial feeds can still be very accurate for scoring.

Timing
Check to make sure that the post is from a day that is in your season. Sometimes you may find a post that is from a day before your season started - which won't count for your points.

If you still have a question - try the Help Forums. Someone from Dirtlocker or even another user will respond quickly to help you out.