Fantasy FIRST suggestions for next year

[Joe Ross]

Lets put all of our suggestions for Fantasy FIRST next year in one thread, so that we can remember it next year.

My first suggestion is to have an "entry fee". This makes sure that only people serious about playing sign up. My suggestion of the entry fee is the list of your top 50 picks. That way, things can move a long easier, too.

[Brandon Martus]

I could make a sub-forum in the 'Games' forum, too, if you guys wanted.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I could make a sub-forum in the 'Games' forum, too, if you guys wanted.

Now that is a great idea!

[Brandon Martus]

Ok, I've added it.

[Ryan F.]

I say that we get rid of all these trades...which are making the game horribly unbalanced.

[Xufer]

The trades give people a chance to bargin and have fun you could just as well be out there trading ...

Next year, we will have some kind of a centeralized database for the draft and we will keep the records of all the teams etc. So wedont have to update them by hand what a pain ... it should be fairly nice... I was talking to Pit Bull about it earlier.

[JVN]

Less people involved = more chances to craft an alliance you actually want.

How about several different smaller "leagues" instead of one big one?
Different game types?

Better control of trading.

Could be a lot of fun.
We should also get a website to automate everything.

John

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Rules of trading:

1) All trades involving robots must include at least 1 robot from each party.

2) All trades not involving robots must result in the correct amount of draft positions (3) for each party.

3) All participating members must have three robots on their alliance.

I also PM'd Ed earlier about making 4 leagues, one for every division. That would make it easier to keep track of what teams have been drafted.

Brandon, could you let us edit and delete our own posts in this sub-section. It doesn't seem to have the same permissions as the chit-chat forum.

[Koko Ed]

Any new game variations you guys can think of?

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by JVN

We should also get a website to automate everything.

Haha. I typed that exact sentence out earlier, and then erased it, in fear of it looking like I was volunteering to do it

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

Haha. I typed that exact sentence out earlier, and then erased it, in fear of it looking like I was volunteering to do it

Heh, integrate that into Ventures while you can! That'd be an awesome game. I haven't bothered with joining Fantasy FIRST this year because there's no way I have time to keep up with the draft. Maybe next year, if there's a better system in place.

[Dan Richardson]

Automated site would be perfect. Let us know always who's pick it is, who has who, have the pre-rankings ( J-V-N style, or from previous years performance ) A site that would let you manage your alliance much like say yahoo would.

I still think adding more to it would be cool, like award winners and such being worth a certain number of pts. I know it sounds somewhat like ventures, but I still think it would be cool to add more dynamics than " who is going to score the most points and win the most matches "

[Joshua May]

I think that we could possibly hook up some kind of bidding system instead of the drafts, perhaps. Where each participant starts out with the same amount of "currency", say 30 Mountain Dews. Then we have a list of all the teams, (I also think we might want it to be divided into divisions for leagues, it would make it a lot less hectic) and there would be an auction style bidding on teams. That way, we can have some more competition for teams, but members would have to spread themselves out, because someone could work out where they spend nearly all of their currency on one really strong team, and then have to take cheaper teams. Also this way, it would be harder to build up super powerhouses, but we could have trades between individuals after the picking, but before the Championship.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by HHSJosh

I think that we could possibly hook up some kind of bidding system instead of the drafts, perhaps. Where each participant starts out with the same amount of "currency", say 30 Mountain Dews. Then we have a list of all the teams, (I also think we might want it to be divided into divisions for leagues, it would make it a lot less hectic) and there would be an auction style bidding on teams. That way, we can have some more competition for teams, but members would have to spread themselves out, because someone could work out where they spend nearly all of their currency on one really strong team, and then have to take cheaper teams. Also this way, it would be harder to build up super powerhouses, but we could have trades between individuals after the picking, but before the Championship.

You know not all of us like Mountain Dew.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

You know not all of us like Mountain Dew.

i hate that yellow liquidly stuff...