[FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

With the passing of IRI it is time to start a new season of Fantasy FIRST. Sign up is til Thanksgiving weekend.

This year we are trying something different: Fantasy FIRST teams. From one to three players. You can come up with a team name or claim your own team name to affiliate with yourself (I am going with the X-Cats even though I will be the only X-Cat participating). Please list if you are a lone representative or are affiliated with another participant.
Also please make sure you have the time to devote to 60+ drafts within a one month period while I'm not going to require 60+ lists because I don't even know what weeks the regionals are on but what I will do is if you miss five drafts in a row (that means if you don't make one pick or have sent me a list) you will receive a PM from me. If I don't receive a timely response (24 hours) you are booted from the league!
Information about how the league is run is [url=http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2574?here.[/url]
I"ll say it again if you really can't find the time don't bother signing up.

1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)

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In.

1. Koko Ed
2. EricH (playing solo)

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as EricH or as 330?

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As EricH.

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ok

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I'm in as me

1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock

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1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock
4. Frenchie461

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Couple things real quick:
1) Ed's link was supposed to be http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2574?
2) The 5 drafts in a row will realistically be about 3 days of drafting. Plan accordingly.

Frenchie, are you flying solo or finding a teammate or two?

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He's probably going solo, but brian ill merge if you want.

1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock
4. Frenchie461
5. Duke461 (Team Awesome [1 person only :D])

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Nah, I'll go solo.

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1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock
4. Frenchie461
5. Duke461 (Team Awesome [1 person only ])
6. Akash (Team Flippin' The Greatest)
7. Chris is me (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
8. XaulZan11 (Team Flipping' The Greatest)

Yes that is our chosen name. (tentative)

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is 6 different from 7 and 8 or just typo? (not trying to be a smart aleck :P)

Also my team is now open for more members. PM to join.

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I guess they all go in 6? Idk. Feel free to fix this Ed if you want.

1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricHf
3. Vikesrock
4. Frenchie461
5. Duke461 (Team Awesome. PM to join)
6. Akash (Team Flippin' The Greatest)
Chris is me (Team Flippin' The Greatest)
XaulZan11 (Team Flippin' The Greatest)

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idk about them all being considered 6, i was pointing out that your team name doesnt have the "g" on "flipping'". idk if they were copying your name or just typo

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Wait can teams be made up of members from different FRC teams?

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So long as they decide to work together.

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I would be in, and I am looking for teammates. PM me to let me know if you want to team up.

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I'm in as me.

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Updated Teams:
1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock
5. Duke461 (Team Awesome. PM to join)
Frenchie461 (Team Awesome. PM^ to join) (brian changed his mind fyi)
6. Akash (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
Chris is me (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
XaulZan11 (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
7. JackN (looking for teammates. PM to join)
8. ProgramLuke

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Updated Teams:
1. Koko Ed (191 X-Cats)
2. EricH
3. Vikesrock
5. Duke461 (Team Awesome. PM to join)
Frenchie461 (Team Awesome. PM^ to join) (brian changed his mind fyi)
6. Akash (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
Chris is me (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
XaulZan11 (Team Flipping' The Greatest)
7. JackN (looking for teammates. PM to join)
8. ProgramLuke
9. Dodar

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The current format was bothering me. Might I suggest something like this?

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Agreed

Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. EricH (EricH)
3. Vikesrock (Vikesrock)
4. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, Frenchie461)
5. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
6. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
7. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
8. Dodar (Dodar)

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Much better.

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Yup. :D

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Due to my new job at HQ, I will be withdrawing from the league.

Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. EricH (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, Frenchie461)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)[/quote]

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Then where is the challenge for the rest of us? Seriously though, I need to strongly consider if I can commit the time this year...but I hate to end my career on 2 silver medals.

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With a possible 67(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) events scheduled it looks like we'll have to schedule two drafts almost every day!

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Depending on the number of drafters, we may be able to run back-to-back instead of concurrent drafting.

I won't be able to run anything on Mondays or Thursdays, BTW.

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We may only have a dozen (or even less) members anyways so maybe drafting won't be so difficukt as in previous years.

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I'm already finding myself waking up in a pool of sweat thinking I somehow missed a draft.

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Im In by my self if i can still join

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Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. EricH (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, Frenchie461)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)

Registration remains open until the day before drafting begins; with 69 events to draft... Hopefully we can still wait until the day after Thanksgiving to start drafting.

*goes back to data crunching in list development*

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Can you send me an email every day thier is a draft

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Better idea: In a few days, a schedule will appear in this thread. Note the schedule--After the first day, there will be drafts every day. The random lists will be posted in this thread before the draft begins.

You might want to use the forum's subscription feature to subscribe to this thread with notification.

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Team Name
Band
Of
Techies
Aka B.O.T

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Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. EricH (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, Frenchie461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)

Draft Schedule
 

November 25th
Alamo Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
November 26th
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
Hatboro-Horsham MAR FRC Qualifying Event
November 27th
Smoky Mountains Regional
Kettering University MI FRC Qualifying Event
November 28th
Israel Regional
November 29th
Autodesk Oregon Regional
November 30th
Greater Toronto East Regional
December 1st
Lake Superior Regional
December 2nd
Chesapeake Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
December 3rd
Finger Lakes Regional
Northville MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 4th
Orlando Regional
Chestnut Hill MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 5th
Bayou Regional
December 6th
Boilermaker Regional
December 7th
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
December 8th
Peachtree Regional
December 9th
Sacramento Regional
Utah Regional
December 10th
San Diego Regional
Traverse City MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 11th
WPI Regional
Waterford MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 12th
New York City Regional
December 13th
Arizona Regional
December 14th
Buckeye Regional
December 15th
Colorado Regional
December 16th
St Louis Regional
Boston Regional
December 17th
Los Angeles Regional
Rutgers MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 18th
Virginia Regional
Detroit MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 19th
Waterloo Regional
December 20th
Wisconsin Regional
December 21st
Washington DC Regional
December 22nd
Central Valley Regional
December 23rd
Las Vegas Regional
Spokane Regional
December 24th
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
December 26th
Midwest Regional
Lenape MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 27th
Hawaii Regional
North Carolina Regional
December 28th
Palmetto Regional
Lone Star Regional
December 29th
Greater Toronto West Regional
West Michigan MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 30th
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional
Niles MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 1st
Dallas East Regional
Dallas West Regional
January 2nd
Seattle Cascade Regional
Seattle Olympic Regional
January 3rd
Oklahoma Regional
Livonia MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 4th
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Mount Olive MAR FRC Qualifying Event
January 5th
Silicon Valley Regional
Troy MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 6th
South Florida Regional
Queen City Regional

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the only time i cannot attend is fridays and every other saturday. Does it auto draft or do i have to submit something

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Submit a list or simply say random.

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I'm in if you'll have me, solo team name Nemesis.

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Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, Frenchie461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)

I've also changed my team name to Falcon (still flying solo, though).

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Updated Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)

Decided to go solo again because I have time for all of the drafts.

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Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)

On the behalf of my colleague Nicholas Curry and I, I'd like to proudly announce, representing the University of Michigan, Team Shoelace!


P.S. Is it wise to schedule districts so early after what happened last year?

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Districts and double regionals both. While I'd like to see them drafted in order of event date, with the possibility of reshuffling always present, it's most likely better to stack the districts and doubles at the end of the drafting season, like where Seattle and Dallas are this year. (Districts are also smaller, faster events, which could tend to open up the possibilities for sliding in extra drafts at the tail end if a draft was missed.) It won't get everything, but it'll cut down on the amount of reshuffling we need to do on this end.

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It's been quite a few years since I've been in FF but I would like to give it a shot again!

Put me down under "Untouchables"

Please add EricLeifermann to this team as well.

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Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)
12. Untouchables (Tyler Olds, ????)

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Teams:
1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)
12. Untouchables (Tyler Olds, EricLeifermann)

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1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)
12. Untouchables (Tyler Olds, EricLeifermann)
13. CircuitRunners (ghostmachine360, Wing, & james7132)

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

This is the 2-week, 3-day warning that the drafts will begin Nov. 25 as scheduled. If anybody's still interested and hasn't signed up, Nov. 24 would be the last day to do so.

And, if anybody is finding out that this isn't going to work with their schedule, it's usually best to drop before events start running. It gets really "fun" after about the first week of drafts if people start dropping (or getting the boot) then. Remember, if you can't make at least one draft every three days or so (5 drafts), you're given a warning (and missing the draft after that means you're out of the league).

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Can somebody go over how the drafting process works? What happens if we miss a draft?

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If you miss a draft you are assigned randomly ranked teams. If you miss five CONSECUTIVE drafts (not five days!) you are given a warning pm with 24 hours to respond. If you miss the draft after that you are booted from the league. If you do respond but show the same behavior again the process will repeat itself. If you do it a third time you are gone without a PM.
You can do what Basel did last year and send a big list with every team you actually want from each draft (which was anywhere from 3 to 15 teams) and live with random selections the rest of the way. Or say you just want random teams selected (what's the fun in that?).

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If you're concerned about missing a draft, submit lists ahead of time to the draft runner(s) for the day.

A quick note on the lists: For any draft runner that uses the program found at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2307 (I use it, but I don't know who else uses it), there is a preferred format that goes something like:

1114 2056 330 1731 2826 191

Oh, and speaking of draft runners...

I'm available at least partially through 12/15 on any day that has 2 drafts. After then, or on certain days during that time, I will not be available, so someone will need to step up (our normal crew has mostly withdrawn from the league for a variety of reasons, leaving Ed, myself, and I think one other runner). The program (above) really makes your life easier for some reason--it takes seconds to set up a given draft, and if everyone has lists in, seconds to run the draft.

Some other notes: See http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88479 for some other tips.

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I can run drafts as needed, with the exception of 12/23-1/3.

Am I really the only one who's ever done this? It seemed the obvious choice. :ahh:

2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST Waiver
 

It's just about time to get the waiver process ready to roll.

What is the waiver process? If teams become available after drafts but before Week 1 events, they go to a waiver pool. Highest on the priority list claims them and goes to the bottom. Usually, the waiver pool is cleared once per week, and teams have a minimum of 48 hours in the pool. (If we get really swamped, the frequency can increase.) Another thread will be started about the time drafts begin to handle waiver business

Waiver priority: Veterans start at the bottom, with whoever had the most total points last season at the very bottom (and fewest total points is at the top of the veteran stack); everyone else starts in semi-random order. Due to the advent of teams, a multi-player team's position will be determined by their lowest-scoring veteran (highlighted), should they have one.

B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
Untouchables (Tyler Olds, EricLeifermann)
Frenchie (Frenchie461)
Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
CircuitRunners (ghostmachine360, Wing, & james7132)
Nemesis (Dr Theta)
ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
Shoelace (Basel A, nikeairmancurry)
Dodar (Dodar)
191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
Flippin' the Greatest (Chris is me, Akash, XaulZan11)
Falcon (EricH)

Now, I'm not looking forwards to managing both the waiver and the scoring. (The fellas that were running those last year are not competing this year.) So, if someone were to want to step up a bit for one or the other, I can point them in the direction of who to talk to, or what was used.

P.S. Basel, I sent in lists with every single team from every single draft; Barry did something similar. They weren't in one file, though. (Artifact of my secret list making machine, it doesn't do one file for all the lists very well.)

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Who should we PM lists to?

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PM the lists to whoever is running the drafts that day. 90% of the time, that will be Koko Ed or myself.

Draft runners, it is advisable to contact Ed or myself to see if there are lists for a given draft.

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I do about 10 an event.

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I have a couple things I want to say.

First, Basel, I forgot that one of the players a couple years back sent a link to a spreadsheet to the draft runners. I don't remember if he ranked every team or just the ones he wanted--I think it was the latter.

Second, and a little bit more important:

When the drafts come out starting on Friday, some of them may look like "Magnolia Regional Tier #1" and "Magnolia Regional Tier #2". This is because on occasion, there aren't enough teams for everyone to get 3. So, we split the drafting pool randomly into two tiers, everyone gets 3 teams, everyone's happy. The next time that happens, say the Redwood Regional, the tiers change. They have no bearing on performance; we just number them to keep them separate.

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I mentioned the waivers a couple days back. Waivers will be dealt with at http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=98420

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If it's not too late to sign up, I would like to register as a solo as 1676.
I'm new at this, so I might be a little shakey/confused at first. I'm spending all my free time reading and understanding the rules though ::rtm::

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Made it with 2 days to spare!

1. 191 X-Cats (Koko Ed)
2. Falcon (EricH)
3. Team Awesome. PM to join (Duke461, O'sancheski)
4. Team Flippin' The Greatest (Akash, Chris is me, XaulZan11)
5. Looking for teammates. PM to join (JackN)
6. ProgramLuke (ProgramLuke)
7. Dodar (Dodar)
8. B.O.T. (Cody Burd)
9. Nemesis (Dr Theta)
10. Frenchie (Frenchie461)
11. Team Shoelace (Basel A, Nikeairmancurry)
12. Untouchables (Tyler Olds, EricLeifermann)
13. CircuitRunners (ghostmachine360, Wing, & james7132)
14. 1676 (Hallry)

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Is Chief Delphi being down for this weekend for maintenance going to affect the drafts at all?

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I don't know.

However, it will at worst force us to double/triple up drafts later on, probably the week of the 5th; at best, no disruption. I've posted in the announcement thread asking for a more specific time so we can reschedule if needed ahead of time instead of after disruption. (I also posted the typical draft-night schedule in that thread.)

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Can you post a link to that thread? I can't seem to locate it.

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Right under the Battery Beak announcement on the Portal...

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Sorry, thanks, I thought you were talking about something else. My apologies for the inconvenience.

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No problem. Actually, I was thinking that I should repost the FF schedule on this page so it's available for quick reference. Drafts should start around 7 PM Eastern unless otherwise arranged.


November 25th
Alamo Regional
Greater Kansas City Regional
November 26th
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
Hatboro-Horsham MAR FRC Qualifying Event
November 27th
Smoky Mountains Regional
Kettering University MI FRC Qualifying Event
November 28th
Israel Regional
November 29th
Autodesk Oregon Regional
November 30th
Greater Toronto East Regional
December 1st
Lake Superior Regional
December 2nd
Chesapeake Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
December 3rd
Finger Lakes Regional
Northville MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 4th
Orlando Regional
Chestnut Hill MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 5th
Bayou Regional
December 6th
Boilermaker Regional
December 7th
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
December 8th
Peachtree Regional
December 9th
Sacramento Regional
Utah Regional
December 10th
San Diego Regional
Traverse City MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 11th
WPI Regional
Waterford MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 12th
New York City Regional
December 13th
Arizona Regional
December 14th
Buckeye Regional
December 15th
Colorado Regional
December 16th
St Louis Regional
Boston Regional
December 17th
Los Angeles Regional
Rutgers MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 18th
Virginia Regional
Detroit MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 19th
Waterloo Regional
December 20th
Wisconsin Regional
December 21st
Washington DC Regional
December 22nd
Central Valley Regional
December 23rd
Las Vegas Regional
Spokane Regional
December 24th
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
December 26th
Midwest Regional
Lenape MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 27th
Hawaii Regional
North Carolina Regional
December 28th
Palmetto Regional
Lone Star Regional
December 29th
Greater Toronto West Regional
West Michigan MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 30th
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional
Niles MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 1st
Dallas East Regional
Dallas West Regional
January 2nd
Seattle Cascade Regional
Seattle Olympic Regional
January 3rd
Oklahoma Regional
Livonia MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 4th
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Mount Olive MAR FRC Qualifying Event
January 5th
Silicon Valley Regional
Troy MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 6th
South Florida Regional
Queen City Regional

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

I want to participate, but I don't think I have the time. I have been curious about this for a while, though. I will be watching...

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

can some one be a draft runner for me???
i need them on sundays and fridays and saturdays

Re: [FF]: 2012 Season Long Fantasy FIRST!
 

Why don't you just PM in your list of choices in advanced?

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Thx so much my parents are divorced so i am down my dads house every other weekend so it would be diffucult to do the draft. i also work on fridays and saturdays

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Cody:

So, if you know that you will not be present for a draft, (I believe, but PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong) you should PM your drafts in advance to usually either EricH or Koko Ed.

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Precisely.

For example, I know for a fact that on some days I won't be able to draft (or run drafts). I will send my lists for those days in to Ed ahead of time.

You also don't need to give a full list. You can do as many or as few teams as you like. (I do every single team... but I can crank out a list in about 20 minutes with some help from Excel. Basel listed a few he wanted and took chances with the randoms after that.) Or, if you really don't know anything about the event/haven't had time to learn, declare random for the draft. (This should only be used in emergency situations, though.)

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You will tell us in advance who will be running the draft, correct?

Also, EricH, can you explain what the program above is/how it works? The computer I use 95% of the time is a school-issued laptop, so we cannot install outside programs. Is it necessary for drafting?

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Yes. Whoever posts the draft is running the draft. Up through 12/16, it'll be either Ed or myself on double-draft nights; Ed on single-draft nights unless otherwise noted.



Yes, I can explain what it is. No, it is not necessary for drafting.

The program is designed to assist whoever is running the draft to run it. Unless you are running a draft (not to be confused with drafting, where you're picking your teams), you won't need it. Now, there will be a few days where there are two drafts and possibly only one available runner. So on those days, I highly recommend that whoever fills in use the program.



A little history on the program in question: Around the time of the 2008-9 drafts, after we'd worked out the kinks with the 2008 season (long story which I can go into later if there's demand), some of us began noticing a lot of double picks (teams being picked twice in the same tier). I decided to do something about it. I coded over a summer and a bit, and tested the system in some of the 2010 drafts. It worked, so I released it to the general Fantasy FIRST public--with a note that the source code was available on request. Not long after that, 2x Elgin Clock winner Vikesrock requested the code. By the time of the 2011 season's drafts, he'd put together a GUI and improved the program. That's the program you see today, and it's been tested through a full season of being used in drafts.

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I apologize if this has been answered somewhere, but i didn't see it. Will the drafting tomorrow take place on this thread?

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Ah, okay, thanks for clearing both of those up, EricH. Friday's coming up fast; I'm getting excited! ::rtm::

Duke461, I'm 90% that they will occur on this thread from what I've read, as shown above (hopefully someone such as EricH or Koko Ed will be able to confirm).

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No.

For one thing, "tomorrow" is Thanksgiving, 11/24. Drafting starts on 11/25 (Friday).

For another, Hallry, the post you quoted was in reference to a specific post asking to be notified about drafts. I was emphasizing this thread because it is the announcements/official business thread. The only part of the draft that is posted here is the random list for each draft--but that tells you a) that the draft is on, b) who is running it, and c) that you need to look for the draft threads. Oh, and d), which teams you might get lucky with on the randomizer.

Each draft will have at least one thread, and often two, dedicated to only that draft, with the draft order, times, and available teams.

What to expect when drafting/A typical draft
 

This is a rough timeline of what happens in a draft.

AM of draft day: The tiers and random lists are posted. The random lists will be in this thread; the tiers will have their own thread. Tiers are randomly assigned. Sometimes this happens the night before (early) or the afternoon of (late).

7:00 PM, draft day: Drafts are officially open. However, under the rules, as long as everyone ahead of you in the draft has drafted, go right ahead as soon as you find out that your slot is open. Your slot "closes" when the slot behind yours opens up (at the time listed). At that time, you will be assigned a random team if you have not made a pick either in person or via list.

A note on draft order: We run a serpentine pattern, 1-n, n-1, 1-n, with turns changing every 5 minutes, 2 minutes, and 1 minute respectively.

End of Draft: When the last pick is made (or assigned), the trading period is open. Trades may be made with the pool of available teams or with another player (if both players are willing). Up until midnight, dropped teams go to the available teams pool (except for the case of a player dropping out); after that time or if the player dropped out of the league, any dropped teams go to the waiver system.

Between the end of the draft and the week of the event: Trades may be made, teams add or drop the events (waivers are in use to deal with that--see the waiver thread or the SLFF rules), and robots get built.

The week of the event: drafts lock at midnight the night before the event. Any missing teams for a given event at that time are replaced by random teams. It's in your best interest to check that all your teams will be there before the drafts lock!

One other thing: If you make a request for a team, and it isn't enacted in the next tier update, wait one tier update and check again before asking again. Chances are, whoever's running the draft was typing up the next tier update post when you posted the request.

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Thanks Eric!

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Fantasy FIRST registration is now closed.

Greater Kansas Regional Rankings
 

1737
1763
1782
1730
938
1208
1939
1769
1775
1094
1827
1448
931
525
937
1723
1777
1764
1847
1806
3528
1825
2164
1108
967
4208
3973
2167
2874
1802
2353
2346
2345
1785
3784
3764
2457
2972
2560
3485
3798
2357
1985
2335
1984
1997
1987
1982
1994
2001
1986
16
2949
2410

Alamo Random list
 

2969
3345
118
2721
653
2789
3370
4063
3335
2283
3478
3035
488
704
2583
3080
2833
4162
2848
4219
3820
3529
2158
3545
3366
2936
1477
457
3481
3353
371
3417
3497
3999
2952
4000
3552
3943
3614
3561
499
2461
3696
922
3725
2745
245
3325
2985
3700
231
3028
2080
3029
2468
2982
2359
3103
2787

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Are 16, 57, and 148 attending alamo? I didn't see them on the event team list on the FIRST website. Oh well, Eric you'll be getting a revised team list in a bit.

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The program pulls the teams right off the FIRST site. I guess I have to take a long look at my list, too!

[EDIT] Hmmm... You're right, they aren't shown. Neither is 647. I'll look into what's going on.

EDIT 2: 16 can't be attending Alamo... They're at Kansas City.

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Plus it doesn't look like any of the rookies are on there.:confused:

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[computer voice] Incorrect list entry. Cause unknown. Activating Manual Fallback.[/computer voice]

I'll have a correct random list up shortly.

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Awesome thanks Eric. I think I submitted my Alamo list to Koko Ed would you like me to PM you it?

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That'd be great.

I've put in the correct random list; I now get to fix the draft file... Well, that won't take too long.

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I would like to back out of the drafts before it starts

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All right, Jack. Hopefully we see you again in the future.

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Does the draft order switch for each draft? For the double draft today I'm 5th on the Alamo draft and 6th for the Greater Kansas City draft, so my times on each thread are very close together (1 minute apart for the third pick). Will I be stuck with that for every double draft, or is it random each time?

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All draft orders are random.

BAE Granite State Rankiings
 

95
131
172
138
133
151
157
811
1547
20
1058
134
319
509
1721
166
3597
885
1824
4034
3074
58
3585
501
1922
213
1307
1493
716
1153
126
1247
1277
1512
1729
238
2342
3451
1073
1289
1831
1517
3467
3609
78
2791
175
1519
61
3323

Hatboro-Horsham District Randoms
 

272
2607
3123
1647
1143
1640
869
834
87
1495
2539
2234
2016
357
1218
708
225
2590
224
486
2229
341
1168
1923
1391
1712
2600
3167
709
714
293

Note that this district is a 2-tier event; the same random list is used for both tiers.

Kettering random teams
 

326
33
1322
3535
703
3322
322
3534
2137
2604
70
1684
468
3536
2611
314
3568
2771
3421
1504
51
894
494
2337
1243
862
3302
1506
3415
302

Smoky Mountain Randomized Rankings
 

337
772
4020
4092
4245
4265
538
3783
4025
4306
3675
3821
4098
4264
2393
3844
2386
451
2856
547
2751
3984
3843
462
1261
2200
447
442
1249
3259
3966
3972
1501
1466
1038
1319
3516
2190
2783
3861
2817
3824
3856
2483
3961
415
3140
2973

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Relocating and updating the remaining schedule. So far, every team has made every draft, and there are only 2 teams on waiver (to be taken care of next Monday).

November 28th
Israel Regional
November 29th
Autodesk Oregon Regional
November 30th
Greater Toronto East Regional
December 1st
Lake Superior Regional
December 2nd
Chesapeake Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
December 3rd
Finger Lakes Regional
Northville MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 4th
Orlando Regional
Chestnut Hill MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 5th
Bayou Regional
December 6th
Boilermaker Regional
December 7th
Festival de Robotique FRC a Montreal Regional
December 8th
Peachtree Regional
December 9th
Sacramento Regional
Utah Regional
December 10th
San Diego Regional
Traverse City MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 11th
WPI Regional
Waterford MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 12th
New York City Regional
December 13th
Arizona Regional
December 14th
Buckeye Regional
December 15th
Colorado Regional
December 16th
St Louis Regional
Boston Regional
December 17th
Los Angeles Regional
Rutgers MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 18th
Virginia Regional
Detroit MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 19th
Waterloo Regional
December 20th
Wisconsin Regional
December 21st
Washington DC Regional
December 22nd
Central Valley Regional
December 23rd
Las Vegas Regional
Spokane Regional
December 24th
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional
Minnesota North Star Regional
December 26th
Midwest Regional
Lenape MAR FRC Qualifying Event
December 27th
Hawaii Regional
North Carolina Regional
December 28th
Palmetto Regional
Lone Star Regional
December 29th
Greater Toronto West Regional
West Michigan MI FRC Qualifying Event
December 30th
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional
Niles MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 1st
Dallas East Regional
Dallas West Regional
January 2nd
Seattle Cascade Regional
Seattle Olympic Regional
January 3rd
Oklahoma Regional
Livonia MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 4th
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Mount Olive MAR FRC Qualifying Event
January 5th
Silicon Valley Regional
Troy MI FRC Qualifying Event
January 6th
South Florida Regional
Queen City Regional

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iPenguin (myself) is being substituted for james7132 on team CircuitRunners. This has been cleared by both EricH and Koko Ed.

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If it isn't too late, we'd like to add JackS to Flippin' the Greatest.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=41727