Lets get this shit going.
The google doc at this link should be publicly available. The spreadsheet has three tabs: The first (with teams listed in the order of the draft) is where we'll keep track of the players drafted. The second contains all the rosters (teams not listed in draft order btw) by position, with players who are protected in yellow highlights, the third contains a list of players. Basically, use the second and third tabs to help figure out who is and is not available, then a few of us will use the first tab to keep track of the actual picks.
Big thanks to Dave (SuperNomario) for doing most of the work to put this spread sheet together.
Format:
Rather than mixing together stealing and drafting college players, we're going to simplify things and just make the first two rounds of the draft stealing rounds. So SSF will kick us off and can draft any unprotected player on another team's roster. Remember: Once a team has two players stolen, the rest of their roster is off limits. We'll try to keep track of that and will highlight rosters on the second tab once teams meet the limit, but there may be lags/errors. For that reason, it is up to the stealer to doublecheck that two players haven't already been stolen from the roster of any team you want to steal from. If you claim a player from a team's roster and it turns out that player was off limits, you don't get the player and need to draft again, even if several other players have been taken in the meantime before the error is figured out.
One addition rule with the stealing rounds: To address concerns that teams at the end of the second round might have very limited choice, the last five teams to draft in the second round will have the option of either making a conventional steal or taking an 8th round draft pick in lieu of a stolen player. For example, it gets to the end of the second round, I've only had one player stolen from me and Turrable decides that instead of picking whatever scraps he can from my roster, he'd rather have my 8th round pick. I lose one less player and when we get to the 8th round in the normal draft, Turrable drafts in my slot. I don't anticipate this being used a lot, if at all, but it gives teams options.
Once the stealing rounds are over, we'll start the normal draft.
All rounds are normal draft format, not snake format.
Time limits:
We're going to just use the same system as last year. From Monday to Friday, each person will have a six hour window to make their pick (starting at the time of the pick before you). On Saturday and Sunday, the window will be 12 hours. Every night, the clock will stop from 12 to 8AM EST. For example, if on Tuesday night the last pick is made at 9PM EST, then three hours of the window will elapse that night and the player will have until 11AM EST the next day to make a selection. Every time you make a pick, you should PM the next person in the draft order to inform them that they are up. If you have any doubt about your ability to make a pick within your window of time, it is recommended that you use a proxy by PMing your pick (or top couple choices) to somebody who can post in your place.
We won't start the clock on anybody until Monday morning but teams that would like to get started drafting are free to do so. Seoul Sox Fan is on the clock! Like last year, use proxies to make things easier.
The google doc at this link should be publicly available. The spreadsheet has three tabs: The first (with teams listed in the order of the draft) is where we'll keep track of the players drafted. The second contains all the rosters (teams not listed in draft order btw) by position, with players who are protected in yellow highlights, the third contains a list of players. Basically, use the second and third tabs to help figure out who is and is not available, then a few of us will use the first tab to keep track of the actual picks.
Big thanks to Dave (SuperNomario) for doing most of the work to put this spread sheet together.
Format:
Rather than mixing together stealing and drafting college players, we're going to simplify things and just make the first two rounds of the draft stealing rounds. So SSF will kick us off and can draft any unprotected player on another team's roster. Remember: Once a team has two players stolen, the rest of their roster is off limits. We'll try to keep track of that and will highlight rosters on the second tab once teams meet the limit, but there may be lags/errors. For that reason, it is up to the stealer to doublecheck that two players haven't already been stolen from the roster of any team you want to steal from. If you claim a player from a team's roster and it turns out that player was off limits, you don't get the player and need to draft again, even if several other players have been taken in the meantime before the error is figured out.
One addition rule with the stealing rounds: To address concerns that teams at the end of the second round might have very limited choice, the last five teams to draft in the second round will have the option of either making a conventional steal or taking an 8th round draft pick in lieu of a stolen player. For example, it gets to the end of the second round, I've only had one player stolen from me and Turrable decides that instead of picking whatever scraps he can from my roster, he'd rather have my 8th round pick. I lose one less player and when we get to the 8th round in the normal draft, Turrable drafts in my slot. I don't anticipate this being used a lot, if at all, but it gives teams options.
Once the stealing rounds are over, we'll start the normal draft.
All rounds are normal draft format, not snake format.
Time limits:
We're going to just use the same system as last year. From Monday to Friday, each person will have a six hour window to make their pick (starting at the time of the pick before you). On Saturday and Sunday, the window will be 12 hours. Every night, the clock will stop from 12 to 8AM EST. For example, if on Tuesday night the last pick is made at 9PM EST, then three hours of the window will elapse that night and the player will have until 11AM EST the next day to make a selection. Every time you make a pick, you should PM the next person in the draft order to inform them that they are up. If you have any doubt about your ability to make a pick within your window of time, it is recommended that you use a proxy by PMing your pick (or top couple choices) to somebody who can post in your place.
We won't start the clock on anybody until Monday morning but teams that would like to get started drafting are free to do so. Seoul Sox Fan is on the clock! Like last year, use proxies to make things easier.
