SOldcorn Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 So how are we dealing with the draft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOldcorn Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 <bump> we have 2 days to the draft and no idea how we are doing it. Can I suggest we make some decisions soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOldcorn Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I notice Ranz is adding players to his team (Micheal Turner and Tony Gonzalez) now I have assumed we can't add people prior to the draft being announced. Is this not the case otherwise the draft is a pointless waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 That should be locked down. No one should be adding players to their teams right now. The only players you can keep are those that were on your roster at the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOldcorn Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Just seen what you have done to sort the draft order out, an excellent idea, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Ok. I figured out how to swap draft picks around. I'll need to turn off keeper settings to do the draft pick trading for anything in the first 8 rounds though because they're reserved for keepers. So, the best idea that I can come up with is for me to print off the keeper selections and we'll have to figure out a way for everyone to be able to get their keepers and still get a fair shake in the draft. I'm thinking that we get everybody a list of "unavailable players" and when you get to the end of your picks, you pick your keepers. It might make things a bit confusing, but once we get the last two teams worth of keepers, we can figure it out from there. We still need keepers from the Phoenix Blood and Forgewalk Minions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leech Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 The Blood have moved back to Windsor (via Rome). I liked Phoenix, but they couldn't afford a man of my calibre :oD I've selected my keepers, spent my $8 and dropped those I don't intend to keep. Now I'm gonna spend the next few days catching up on the sparse NFL coverage we get this side of the pond. I was just talking to Stuart while I did my keepers and I was like "blah has gone to blah?!?!?" :o) Oh and Stefan, you need to even out the divisions as one has 2 teams, one has 4 and the other two have 3. Easy to do, but needs doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) I just found out I have some family obligations on Saturday and may not be able to attend the draft. If we do not pick when it is our time for selection, does the computer automatically pick someone for us? I'll square my keepers sortly. [ADDED] Keepers all set. So I noticed in looking at the autopick strategy that the first 8 picks in the draft are used for our keepers. Is this how it is going to happen? So if I am only keeping 3 players, and someone else is keeping 5, I get my first Drafted pick in round 4, and they won't get their first Drafted pick until round 6? I have to say this is sort of cool, it does prevent people from getting super stacked teams and helps to share the wealth. [/ADDED] Edited August 21, 2009 by Qwyksilver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I just found out I have some family obligations on Saturday and may not be able to attend the draft. If we do not pick when it is our time for selection, does the computer automatically pick someone for us? I'll square my keepers sortly. [ADDED] Keepers all set. So I noticed in looking at the autopick strategy that the first 8 picks in the draft are used for our keepers. Is this how it is going to happen? So if I am only keeping 3 players, and someone else is keeping 5, I get my first Drafted pick in round 4, and they won't get their first Drafted pick until round 6? I have to say this is sort of cool, it does prevent people from getting super stacked teams and helps to share the wealth. [/ADDED] For autopick, move all of the keepers to the very BOTTOM of your selection list with yours at the top of the keepers. I'll make sure that those players are on your list after the draft. I'll be taking off the keeper option now that everyone has selected their keepers and getting an official list of keepers out to everyone. To avoid confusion during the draft you may want to move all of the keeper players to the bottom of your autoselect list regardless as that should keep those players from being selected by mistake. During the draft, we'll pick until we have filled our rosters minus the keepers then you will select your keepers with your remaining pick. If at any point during the draft you are satisfied with your team and want to let the computer fill your roster, pick your keepers and exit the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Oh, and by random chance The Mystery Men have been moved to the Dwarves division. I figured that a random roll on a four sided die would be something that all of us could easily identify with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 League Keepers Groo 1.Matt Forte 2.Matt Schaub 3.Anquan Boldin 4.Joseph Addai 5.Steven Jackson Forgewalk 1.Greg Olsen 2.Tom Brady 3.Matt Cassel Cancer 1.Peyton Manning 2.T.J. Houshmandzadeh 3.Patriots D/St 4.Kevin Smith 5.Anthony Gonzalez Haldir’s 1.Philip Rivers 2.Dwayne Bowe 3.Marques Colston 4.DeSean Jackson 5.Steve Slaton Reading 1.Donovan McNabb 2.Bernard Berrian 3.Brandon Jacobs 4.DeAngelo Williams 5.John Carlson 6.Eddie Royal Autumn 1.Darren McFadden 2.Ronnie Brown 3.Aaron Rodgers 4.Derrick Mason 5.Brandon Marshall Dwarven 1.Thomas Jones 2.LaDainian Tomlinson 3.Brian Westbrook 4.Wes Welker 5.Jeff Garcia 6.Visanthe Shiancoe Ritterlich 1.Rian Lindell 2.Jason Witten 3.Andre Johnson 4.Steve Smith 5.Lance Moore 6.Joe Flacco Arizona 1.Maurice Jones-Drew 2.Larry Fitzgerald Mystery 1.Drew Brees 2.Marion Barber 3.Lee Evans 4.Pierre Thomas 5.Owen Daniels 6.Jonathan Stewart Windsor 1.Chris Johnson (Ten) 2.Clinton Portis 3.Hines Ward 4.Antonio Gates 5.Brandon Lloyd Evil 1.Giants D/St 2.Calvin Johnson 3.Dallas Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOldcorn Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Sorry Stefan but how can Ranz pick up Michael Turner and Tony Gonazalez on thursday of this week. Keepers surely have to be based on your team at the end of the season. Basically if this is not the situation then I am dropping out of this league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leech Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yeah, if we're allowed to recruit players before the draft, what's the point of keepers and a draft... just let us manage our teams in the off season or something instead. It is kinda unsporting :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I don't really know what happened there. I'll fix it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 So, its looking very bad for Saturday at this point. I have set my auto pick strategy does that mean I won't have to create a list of players for someone to pick through? I'm seriously out of time for this trying to get ready for the convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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