Chris, the problem is the number of events. Your talking about 50 events in less than a month with two holidays.
It is fine to start around December 1st if we realize that redrafts might be required.
I’ll say this: anything more than 2 drafts per day will be draining on everybody. Is it doable? Yes. Is it practical? No. With 50 events, that’s 25 days-no redrafts, no “slack days”, no breaks except for holidays. Anything during build season is not practical for other reasons.
However: The big “culprits” are MI events. Lots of good teams, lots of late shuffling. If the MI events, and the double regionals, are all drafted after 12/15 or the appropriate date next year, then I’d estimate 50% of the problem is gone right there.
The other option, which we might have to do eventually, is 3 drafts per day. If there is a rerun needed, and I can have a clear schedule, we could try that for one day, and one day only. In that case, I’d use the latest list I had, whether it was the original or a revised one.
Not that I’m suggesting it, but we really do have the personnel to do 4 or even 5 (I can run a draft) drafts at the same time… Ridiculously confusing? Yes. Doable? Quite.
It’s not the runners I’m particularly worried about, especially with the program we’ve got. We’ve got 4 regulars and a couple of others who have run drafts, so we could in a pinch run 4-6 drafts if we had to.
It’s the folks submitting the lists. The last time I floated pulling a 3-a-day, there were complaints about it being too much pressure or something like that. Doing that for 3-4 weeks in a row could be a lot of pressure, especially if the draft runners don’t get a day off and need to skip a day or two. That’s why I’m suggesting a trial 3-a-day for a rerun–if it works out well, great, if not, we know that we can’t do that.
Along with MI and double events, we need to watch out for places like Washington or Texas that keep their team list hidden because of grants.
Just realized I lopped 20 off the last list I posted in this thread for BAE Tier 1. It should be:
BAE Tier 1: 20 133 172 176 241 319
They were on the previous list from Alex and posted in the list in the tier so they should still be able to be processed this week I think.
So who are the waiver winners from last week’s set?
I definitely can’t speak for everyone, but I would not participate in the future if it was 3-a-day. I don’t have 3 hours a day to spend making lists, and I’m sure that the current college kids don’t have time either (not to mention that I’m already wondering how I’m going to get 12 lists done before the 26th, when I leave to go visit family for 3 days).
I had to rerun it after someone changed their picks on Sunday, I will post it tonight or tomorrow.
- Karibou
- Josh Fox
- Bethany Mc.
- Tim Delles
- Koko Ed
- dodar
- Basel A
- Chris is me
- Vikesrock
- Barry Bonzack
- EricH
- rtfgnow
Basel A
148 for 1429 at Alamo 2
340 for 229 at FLR 1
Koko Ed
20 for 69 at BAE 1
dodar
1114 for 2641 Pittsburgh
Chris is me
1547 for 2495 at New jersey
3495 for 841 at Sacramento 1
3499 for 1991 at WPI 2
Vikesrock
968 for 3226 at San Diego
870 for 810 at New York
1577 for 3774 at Israel
291 for 3193 at Pittsburg 1
Barry Bonzack
1540 for 2984 at San Diego
537 for 2704 at Wisconsin
662 for 1772 at Kansas City
2485 for 2839 at San Diego
rtfgnow
525 for 1710 at Kansas City
868 for 2702 at Wisconsin
2265 for 3004 at New York
422 for 1895 at Cheasapeake
1828 for 498 at Arizona
2672 for 2212 in Israel
1741 for 2856 at Boilermaker
922 for 3679 at Alamo 1
442 for 1127 at Peachtree
228 for 2370 at WPI 1
2518 for 2470 at Lake Superior 2
2512 for 2538 at Lake Superior 2
1098 for 1810 at Kansas City
EricH
60 for 1290 at Arizona
1798 for 2840 at Arizona
1706 for 1982 at Kansas City
2672 for 1573 at Israel
1735 for 3780 at WPI 2
1212 for 3158 at Arizona
Dave Lavery
Your sanity for a vague comment in the game hint thread
Nice work Alex! I have about 4 hours to kill in an airport so I can go through and check teamlists for the events we have drafted and put up new/missing teams.
Thanks, looks like I’m taking Ann Arbor tonight.
You and Eric both “won” 2672 in Israel
The following players are missing teams:
Dodar missing 3162 in FLR 1
Tim Delles 2334 missing in Kansas City
Barry Bonzack 548 in West Michigan 2
Bethany Mc 548 in West Michigan 1
And the teams on waivers:
BAE 1: 69 1073 1517 1519 1772
BAE 2: 1073 1517 1519 1772
FLR 1: 229
NJ: 41 824 1230 1880 2495 3059 3864
Alamo 1: 16 57 245 1296 1477 2789 2848 2880 2936 2969 3679
Alamo 2: 16 57 245 1296 1429 1477 2789 2848 2880 2936 2969
San Diego: 254 585 589 687 702 980 981 1160 2339 2839 2984 3226 3794 3849
Kansas City: 1710 1777 1982 3798
WPI 1: 40 190 195 358 1100 2370 2877
WPI 2: 40 190 195 358 1100 1991 2877 3780
Lake Superior 1: 2227 3839 3840
Lake Superior 2: 2227 2470 2538 3839 3840
Florida: 945 1604 3242 3410 3854 3873
Wisconsin: 2702 2704
Pittsburgh 1: 48 337 1038 1249 2641 3138
Pittsburgh 2: 48 337 1038 1249 3138 3193
New York City: 810
Israel: 3774 Skipped update due to unresolved claims for 2672
Arizona: 498 1290 2840 3158
Sacramento 1: 100 295 604 675 692 701 841 3482 3859 3866
Sacramento 2: 100 295 604 675 692 701 3482 3859 3866
Chesapeake: 204 225 1095 1895
Boilermaker 1: 45 3865
Boilermaker 2: 45 2856 3865
Peachtree: 1127 3874
Kettering 1: 1188
Kettering 2: 1188
Oklahoma: 935 3355
Detroit 1: 2620
Detroit 2: 2620
Lonestar: 118 231 418 653 1429 2583
West Michigan: 1254 1711 3875
He should have them.
Redfrating Alamo, SD, WPI, and Pittsburgh look like absolute no brainers. I’d be happy to do 1 per night if others think a redraft is fair.
Not sure about WPI but I would include Sacramento.
Alex, when you get the dilemma I have (i.e., 3 really good teams for one good team), I think it’s time for a redraft.
Fair argument.
Meant to include Sacramento.
I just listed every event with >= 3 obviously good teams.