[FF]: Season Long Format Change Discussion

[EricH]

Still thinking about dealing with the district drafts and their elimination, I came up with an idea. Hold your fire until I suggest it, then bring on the pitchforks and torches.

One draft per district area, 6 teams per player, held over 2 days, with (or without) a random reshuffling of players in between days. Scores are calculated as the average score from all district events the team plays at.

How it would work in practice (there are technical issues with running a single 6-pick draft right now): A thread would be started for the district area draft (just to pick on MI, I'll use them). All the MI teams are on the available list; only the first three round times are shown on the first night. Players submit all their lists and all that fun stuff. Run through the draft. IMMEDIATELY after the draft finishes, a SECOND draft goes up under the first one, in the same thread, using the remaining available teams list from the first one (and all the picklists are transferred unless changed) with a different player order, to be run the next day. Second day, run draft as normal, consolidate team list for all teams, post final with any leftover teams showing as available.

Then score as normal, just with 2x the number of teams. DCMP drafts as normal at the end of regional season.

OK, you can unleash the men in white coats with their straitjacket now...

[AustinNordman]

Originally Posted by bam-bam

I.e., I pick 3467 in SVR. I actually meant 3476

That mistake has been made before, only at IRI. Oops.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by AustinNordman

That mistake has been made before, only at IRI. Oops.

[EricH]

For anybody thinking of running a league, I'll be using the tag [Traditional] for the classic 3/draft, all events SLFF event when it's posted at the traditional time. Titles will probably look like [FF]: [Traditional] Season Long Fantasy FIRST.

Changes will include the above-mentioned single-draft-district system (one draft with up to 6 rounds for the entire district not counting DCMP, get each team's average FF score over all district events, draft for the DCMP separate), adjustments to new-team waivers (grab and hope nobody higher on the priority list says they want the team), and hopefully a lot more automation in the running, scoring, and other areas that might not be as visible.