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Originally Posted by EricH
I know that I do my best to have the same number of people in each tier when running a draft. Having the same number of people in each tier in every draft is well-nigh impossible.
We did used to run where players X, Y, and Z could expect to be all in the same tier, given the same number of tiers. It was determined that more people seemed to like completely random, so that was switched to. (Something about always getting stuck with Barry or Kevin in your tier being, well, annoying, to say the least.) The main reason the tiers changed size was that people dropped out. Some tiers were decimated due to the first 5 drops randomly winding up there.
We've had the promotion/demotion idea proposed before. Ed declined it, saying that if someone wanted to run it that way, then they could start their own league.
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All who are running it have done a great job of keeping things as close to even as possible initially. The people dropping with random tier assignments is not the league's fault - it happens. I just wonder if there is a way to make this issue less of an impact.
I wasn't clear about the assigned tiers. I was only thinking of using that in a promotion/demotion situation (I think I put the cart before the horse there). Without that, I would agree that it is best to stay random.
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Originally Posted by EricH
The idea with the waivers is that, whenever somebody drops or a new team is detected in the list, any teams affected would go on waivers, with waiver priority given to lower-ranked players (higher on the priority list) and the addition announced.
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How are the rankings determined, particularly pre-competition season? A random initial followed by going to the back of the line? Does this change to order based on points during the season?
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Originally Posted by EricH
To address your issues with the waiver idea:
1) If you want to make multiple claims before a waiver period expires, go right ahead and specify which one is to get priority. Let's say that 1114 enters Los Angeles and 67 enters Arizona later the same day. You claim both, and I claim both, but you specify that 67 is to take priority and I specify 1114 as top priority. As long as the waiver period has not expired for team X when team Y is claimed, if Y is specified as a priority, then Y would go to you instead of X.
2) Pretty much. That's a problem? If they're any good, somebody farther up the list will claim them. (Look, if 1114 passes through an entire waiver period without being claimed except by the person on the bottom of the priority chain, then that person deserves to get them, because nobody else is awake!)
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I think I was a bit unclear. So, 1816 decides to join the Wisconsin regional. I was in front of the line. I know they are a good team - good chance to make eliminations, win an award, maybe go deep in eliminations, but they are by no means a perceived guarantee. They are probably a second round draft or maybe late first depending on who is at Wisconsin. They are a clear upgrade over my third round pick. I pick them up, moving to the back of the line. The day after I pick them up, 67 decides to join Kettering. Obviously, they are a first round pick anywhere. Now I am at the end of the line though with no chance of getting them.
So now people clam up and wait for the next powerhouse team. Will 111 go to Boilermaker? 217 to FLR? 330 to Arizona? etc While waiting, the last person is just happily upgrading with teams like 1816 that are upgrades, but not powerhouses. I know an 1114 type team will not make it to the end of the waiver line (unless everyone ends up in a day long coma), but what about teams that are very good teams, but not powerhouses?
Personally, that is what I like about the pseudo-auction. The only issue is that it could lead to a long string of "auctions" if an exceptionally strong team shows up.