2006 Pre-Kickoff FF -- IT'S ON!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Jay Trzaskos

i was thinking guys, how about limit it to 35 people, 5 choices each?

Just to keep the drafting from going on for a month, I'd think it wiser to limit it to four rounds.

I'd like to use this league to experiment with drafting a bit. In essence, it's like the one I posted in the suggestions thread. Step one will involve setting the draft order:

Round 1: Names from a hat (or similar randomization device)
Round 2: Same, backwards.
Round 3: New names from the metaphorical hat
Round 4: The new names, backwards.

Once the draft order is set, we'll set a timetable for reasonable hours (say, 8:30 PM until 11:30 PM Eastern each night). Every ten minutes, someone will gain the opportunity to draft. They don't have to draft in that ten minutes (although that makes the most sense strategically), but they do have to draft before the trading deadline. Each empty slot at the trading deadline is a 25-point penalty. (The penalty exists because it's possible for someone to lose points on a team that they drafted correctly. It should be impossible, however, for a team that competes to lose 25 FF points.)

Trading your time slot is just like trading teams--one for one. Package deals with a team and a time slot are considered fair game, so long as both parties are switching equal numbers of teams and time slots.

Thoughts?

[Jay Trzaskos]

I can see where you are going with deadkines on draft picks and such, so 4 rounds sounds like a great idea. But what about a limit on people? This could potentially lead to fewer headaches when it came to scoring AND drafting. I know that the draft date is TBDand the 17th is the end last day to sign up, but any tentative time frame running trough your mind for drafting?

JT
229

[Alex Cormier]

of course, tim messes it up already.

1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Jay Trzaskos

I can see where you are going with deadkines on draft picks and such, so 4 rounds sounds like a great idea. But what about a limit on people? This could potentially lead to fewer headaches when it came to scoring AND drafting. I know that the draft date is TBDand the 17th is the end last day to sign up, but any tentative time frame running trough your mind for drafting?

JT
229

I guess I wasn't clear--I'm perfectly content capping the list at 35 people. That's 140 draft picks, with (assuming a new drafter is eligible every ten minutes) eighteen picks per night with a three-hour window of new drafting each night. So if we start drafting 12/18, we'd finish on 12/27 (eight days of drafting, with no clock-based draft going on 12/24-25). If the list fills up beforehand, or if we don't have a full roster, that timeline will naturally change.

That said, expect the drafting process to start a night or two after signups close.

[dez250]

Oh me me me, I wanna play!

1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez

[Marc P.]

Originally Posted by dez250

Oh me me me, I wanna play!

Ditto.


1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.

[Cory]

1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.
23. Cory

[Swan217]

Second post in two months? I've been slacking. Or this has been the worst school term ever. Either one. I'm in.

1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.
23. Cory
24. Dan Swando

[Ian Curtis]

Billfred, how are drafting lists going to be dealt with?

[coastertux]

Count me in!
(Updated List)
1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.
23. Cory
24. Dan Swando
25. Steve (aka coastertux)

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Billfred, how are drafting lists going to be dealt with?

Simple. PM me your list (and be sure to put in some safeties on that list), and I'll make sure to catch when your time comes.

On the subject of drafting, even if we fill it up early, the draft is officially on hold until I can get my laptop back from Apple (as it's headed off tomorrow for service).

Seeing as how I had to send in my Dell laptop this time last year, I'm wondering if there's a laptop out there that is Billfredproof.

[Vince lau]

(Updated List)
1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.
23. Cory
24. Dan Swando
25. Steve (aka coastertux)
26. Vince Lau

[Billfred]

Alright, so the signup deadline is tomorrow night. Apple says my iBook has been fixed (...again...), and they ship everything next-day. Next-day to DHL means Monday. Therefore, the draft will begin on Monday night unless the world ends or the Lake Murray Dam bursts. (At that point, I have bigger problems.)

Additionally, I'm going to make one revision to the scoring system: There will be no highest score category, for the simple reason that I'd have to look through every match of every regional to determine the thirty-something high scores for all the regionals and the Championship. I'm just not that motivated. (Everything else, however, will remain unchanged.)

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Alright, so the signup deadline is tomorrow night. Apple says my iBook has been fixed (...again...), and they ship everything next-day. Next-day to DHL means Monday. Therefore, the draft will begin on Monday night unless the world ends or the Lake Murray Dam bursts. (At that point, I have bigger problems.)

Additionally, I'm going to make one revision to the scoring system: There will be no highest score category, for the simple reason that I'd have to look through every match of every regional to determine the thirty-something high scores for all the regionals and the Championship. I'm just not that motivated. (Everything else, however, will remain unchanged.)

Aw, come on! I'd do that. I scored over 10 leagues myself last year, its not that bad .

Anyhoo, if you want any scoring categories that you feel are too much work, i'll do them. I got nothing better to do.

[Conor Ryan]

Ok deadline is passed for sign ups, we need to start talking draft times now, wednesday at 7 EST sound good, 10 Minute rounds? Someone give me more of an idea

Final List
1. Billfred
2. Elgin Clock
3. Corey Balint
4. iCurtis
5. Greg Needel
6. Steve Howland
7. Jay Trzaskos
8. Lisa Perez
9. Ted Boucher
10. Alex Cormier
11. Matt Kaplan
12. Holtzman
13. Steve Horn
14. Conor Ryan
15. Jeff Rodriguez
16. Adam Richards
17. Koko Ed
18. 1derboy
19. Big Mike
20. Tim Delles
21. Dez
22. Marc P.
23. Cory
24. Dan Swando
25. Steve (aka coastertux)
26. Vince Lau