Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Count me in!

Definitely going to make and send in lists this year for a larger percentage of the regionals so I don't get hammered weeks 4 and 5 due to not having time to attend all of the actual drafts.

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

1. Koko Ed
2. Vikesrock
3. rtfgnow
4. Barry Bonzack
5. Chris is me
6. Akash Rastogi
7. dodar
8. hill
9. Clinton Bolinger
10. EricH
11. R.C.
12. Karibou
13. RMiller
14. fireyoshi
15. Dargel1625

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

1. Koko Ed
2. Vikesrock
3. rtfgnow
4. Barry Bonzack
5. Chris is me
6. Akash Rastogi
7. dodar
8. hill
9. Clinton Bolinger
10. EricH
11. R.C.
12. Karibou
13. RMiller
14. fireyoshi
15. Dargel1625
16. kenavt

You know what, I'll take a shot at this. I'm pretty sure I know what I'm doing (based on talking with other people and looking at the FF IRI thread), so let's get 'er done!*

*Note: In no way do I mean to offend those of the other gender, hence the lack of the missing letter.

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Why not. As a head scout, I have the data, and this IS what I enjoy...

What is the time between when the list for regionals/districts are announced and when we pick?

1. Koko Ed
2. Vikesrock
3. rtfgnow
4. Barry Bonzack
5. Chris is me
6. Akash Rastogi
7. dodar
8. hill
9. Clinton Bolinger
10. EricH
11. R.C.
12. Karibou
13. RMiller
14. fireyoshi
15. Dargel1625
16. kenavt
17. Zach O

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

We usually start drafting on the first of December. A schedule will be announced when the event dates are made public.

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

A head scout with data on the future is a head scout worth getting to know. :P

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

By tradition, the first of December is the first day of drafting. Ed has indicated that that might be moved up to right around Thanksgiving weekend.

As a reminder, you do not have to show up to every draft, but missing 5 drafts in a row means you get a warning PM; missing the next draft means that you are out of the league and your teams become available (via the waiver process, if we are indeed still planning on doing that).

Lists are accepted for all drafts; send them to whoever is running the draft and let Ed or myself know that you've sent them in (or send us a copy). This is so we don't say, "Hey, so-and-so hasn't shown up in 5 drafts" when you've really sent lists in to Vikesrock for two drafts that he's running in the middle.

I've started a separate thread to discuss some of the details of the waiver process before the season starts; it's at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...344#post970344

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

It would be cool, but by no means required, if someone could link me and others to a list of teams for each event. It's really hard to find a list of just team numbers instead of a list with numbers, full names, cities, etc.

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Chris, you should check out frclinks.com made by WFFA Pat Fairbank. for example, teams at wisconsin in 2009 would be found by going to frclinks.com/e/wi/2009

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Easiest way I've come up with is to copy/paste the FIRST team list into Notepad. Then load the txt file into Excel. This will put the team numbers all in a single column. From there you can either work with them in Excel or copy/paste or export them back to a txt file.

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Thanks for the tips guys.

Here's a probably silly change: So you know how the first round is 6 times as important as the second and third in nearly every draft? Why don't we do "1-x x-1 x-1" picking instead of "1-x x-1 1-x" picking to compensate?

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

It's actually pretty easy to put together a good alliance from the middle/bottom of the order, if you know what you're doing. I ended up #7 (out of 22) last year pre-championships despite having mid-bottom picks most rounds, #6 if you include the Championships (where I picked #7 in all 4 drafts).

This despite using standard serpentine...

By the third round, most people are either out of teams on their list, or don't care between two teams, so why not go 1-x in round 3?

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

Last year was fun! I'll play again this time. Thanks in advance to Ed and all the others who run drafts, score events, etc.!

1. Koko Ed
2. Vikesrock
3. rtfgnow
4. Barry Bonzack
5. Chris is me
6. Akash Rastogi
7. dodar
8. hill
9. Clinton Bolinger
10. EricH
11. R.C.
12. Karibou
13. RMiller
14. fireyoshi
15. Dargel1625
16. kenavt
17. Zach O
18. Jamie Kalb

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

A couple of updates from the waiver discussion:

Waiver periods will be no shorter than 48 hours from when a team is posted here as attending, but no longer than midnight of the following Sunday (if a Sunday midnight falls before the 48 hours, the team will carry over to the following Sunday). This gives plenty of time to see that 1114 is now going to DC or 46 has finally decided to go to the Magnolia Regional and get a claim in.

During the time between a draft ending and midnight that night, no team will be sent to waivers, unless their owner was kicked out of the league (or dropped voluntarily).

PMs or open posts will be acceptable as waiver claims; the team that would be dropped should be included (so that whoever is processing waiver claims doesn't have to track you down). If the team is missing, just note that when you make a claim. (Missing teams also move you up the priority list.)

Re: [FF]: 2011 Seaon Long Fantasy FIRST
 

I've never played before but i'll give it a shot!