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Post by Wonderlickers on Jan 29, 2008 17:20:21 GMT -5
Just wondering what the draft order is for this year, as that could play a big part in deciding between open teams for us new guys.
As gametime has pointed out in several other threads, there is a big learning curve to catch up to the veterans of the league due to the complexity of the league, but I won't let that stop me from taking home the 'ship.
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Post by Football Buddah on Jan 29, 2008 23:14:26 GMT -5
This is "Unofficial", but I believe it to be accurate:
Team Name, 2007 Record, 2007 Total Pts
1. Chris' Condors, 2-10, 699
2. Johns Jackrabbits, 2-10, 833
3. The Secondary, 4-8, 932
4. Football Buddah, 4-8, 986
5. OPEN TEAM #1 (Tribe), 4-8, 1063
6. Nea Kameni, 5-7, 910
7. OPEN TEAM #3 (Hand of God), 5-7, 911
8. Nappy Headed Ho's, 7-5, 989
9. My Goodness, My Guinness, 6-6, 1103
10. Fundamentals, 7-5, 1143
11. Beaver Valley Blindside, 7-5, 1129
12. OPEN TEAM #2 (Lakeland), 9-3, 1212
13. Carmen's Crew, 8-4, 1403
14. The Collective Hive, 9-3, 1300
15. OPEN TEAM #4 (Da Victors), 10-2, 1436
16. Barrister Blitzkreig, 7-5, 1315
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Post by Wonderlickers on Jan 31, 2008 14:51:21 GMT -5
Thank you BUDDAH!
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 1, 2008 15:04:49 GMT -5
*** UPDATED WITH NEW TEAM NAMES ***
Team Name, 2007 Record, 2007 Total Pts
1. Chris' Condors, 2-10, 699
2. Johns Jackrabbits, 2-10, 833
3. The Secondary, 4-8, 932
4. Football Buddah, 4-8, 986
5. Argonauts, 4-8, 1063
6. Nea Kameni, 5-7, 910
7. Wunderlichers, 5-7, 911
8. Nappy Headed Ho's, 7-5, 989
9. My Goodness, My Guinness, 6-6, 1103
10. Fundamentals, 7-5, 1143
11. Beaver Valley Blindside, 7-5, 1129
12. Juggernauts, 9-3, 1212
13. The Collective Hive, 9-3, 1300
14. Jager Bombs, 8-4, 1403
15. The Football GURU, 10-2, 1436
16. Barrister Blitzkreig, 7-5, 1315
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Post by Barrister on Feb 2, 2008 3:00:54 GMT -5
Under the circumstances, I don't mind waiting to draft #16 at all.  Buddah, under Rule 6.81, doesn't The Hive draft ahead of The Crew since Loq kicked Ron's ass in the Consolation Game? |
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Post by Argonauts on Feb 2, 2008 3:15:06 GMT -5
Strange you said that Barrister. I was going to ask the same question.
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 2, 2008 8:23:05 GMT -5
Hmm.... who the hell wrote THAT rule?
So, the winner of the game, has a better draft pick than the loser? Doesn't make sense to me. Actually, here are the rules on the Draft positions:
7.31 Draft positions one (1) through eight (8) correspond to the reverse rankings of the eight (8) nonqualifying teams from the previous Fantasy Football season regardless of which division a particular team resides in.
7.32 Draft positions nine (9) through twelve (12) correspond to the reverse rankings of the four (4) teams failing to advance past the first postseason week in the previous Fantasy Football season.
7.33 Draft position thirteen (13) corresponds to the victorious team in the consolidation game during Championship Week.
7.34 Draft position fourteen (14) corresponds to the runner up team from the consolidation game during Championship Week.
7.35 Draft position fifteen (15) corresponds to the runner up team from the TBL 2 League Championship Game during Championship Week.
7.36 Draft position sixteen (16) corresponds to the TBL 2 League Champion.
Ironically.... they traded 1st round picks at the beginning of the season - so, the above might actually be right (based on trades, of course).
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Post by Barrister on Feb 2, 2008 12:29:04 GMT -5
Your right. Although, I don't remember whether they agreed to "traded position" in the 1st round, or "bet" their first round picks, on who'd finish better. Maybe only Loq & Ron know for sure. But if they "bet" their #1 picks, and Loq did better, wouldn't Loq have Ron's #1 pick in the 14th slot? I think the reason for the rule is to give the GMs in the Runner-Up Bowl something to play for (or at least a reason not to try to lose). Although, Loq traded all his other picks away. So I guess he was really playing for 'pride' and the other GMs. Even my nose-hairs hurt thinking about this one.  |
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Post by Argonauts on Feb 17, 2008 5:32:26 GMT -5
Oh, okay. Understand. Thanks for the clarification.
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 17, 2008 9:54:07 GMT -5
I have made the correction to the post above, and I have also posted the Draft order on the league site. You can see it at: www.tbl2.com/Draft.htmlRight now, it only lists the draft order without taking trades of picks into account. I will update it (eventually) to show round-by-round, who's picking where. |
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Post by Orca on Feb 17, 2008 10:28:31 GMT -5
looks good where I stand Buddah
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Post by gametime on Feb 17, 2008 11:17:02 GMT -5
I don't think it's fair since I don't have a #1 pick this year or next!!  Seriously, how will the draft order for IDP draft be established? Maybe we covered that and I just missed it at the conference call.... thanks |
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Post by Orca on Feb 17, 2008 12:50:24 GMT -5
You will not be able to draft IDP this year in the draft. I believe all the rookies in this year NFL draft are going to be included in the Initial IDP Auction Draft
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 17, 2008 13:09:50 GMT -5
You're both right.
IDP's will NOT be included in the 2008 four-round draft.
We will hold a SEPARATE Auction-style draft, just for IDP's. I may look to schedule this on the same day as the regular rookie/UFA draft, since we'll all be together (online) anyway.
For those who have never done an Auction-style draft, there will be more information to come about that in the summer as we get closer to the date. Just like last year - I will set up some "mock" auction drafts that you can attend to get a feel for the interface, etc. Either way - there is no draft order... well, there is, but it's really not relevant. Let me explain.
We'll set up an order, 1-16... whoever is in the #1 spot will start the bidding process by "nominating" a player and an opening bid. Everybody will then bid on the player, and the highest bid wins. IF NOBODY BIDS ON THE PLAYER, THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED THAT PLAYER WILL GET THEM FOR THEIR OPENING BID!!! <strategy alert>.
Once the player is awarded to a team, the person in the #2 spot nominates the next player, and the process conitinues. So, having the #1 pick in this style draft really doesn't give anybody any edge.
Hope this answered your question.
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Post by gametime on Feb 17, 2008 13:18:31 GMT -5
it did..... about five minutes after I posted it, I remembered it was an auction draft! :dumb ass is me!
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 17, 2008 14:13:28 GMT -5
I just re-read this:
7.33 Draft position thirteen (13) corresponds to the victorious team in the consolidation game during Championship Week.
I'm guessing Odie meant "Consolation" game, although, it would be interesting to have a Consolidation... the losing GM is kicked out of the league and the winning GM merges both teams toghter. Now that's what I call Consolidation!
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Post by Orca on Feb 17, 2008 23:00:33 GMT -5
You're both right. IDP's will NOT be included in the 2008 four-round draft. We will hold a SEPARATE Auction-style draft, just for IDP's. I may look to schedule this on the same day as the regular rookie/UFA draft, since we'll all be together (online) anyway. Please make it on a Sunday evening as it was before. I will not be available on Saturdays |
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 18, 2008 10:36:16 GMT -5
Section 7.00 of the Rules states:
7.10 There is a four round Rookie Draft each year to be conducted in late August.
7.11 The draft will be conducted on the third Sunday in August at 12pm EST.
7.12 Each GM is responsible to be present for the annual redraft or have a representative present with authority to make decisions for their team.
7.13 Teams with no representative present for the annual redraft immediately forfeit all draft picks with the draft board consolidating accordingly.
7.14 The purpose of the annual Rookie Draft is to provide a structured and fair system for GMs to obtain NFL rookies and any Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA) to fill out their rosters.
7.15 NFL rookies (first year NFL players) and any UFAs may be selected in the annual redraft.
7.16 The Rookie Draft will be conducted using MFL drafting software.
That's Sunday, August 17th at 12:00 noon EST, so please mark your calendars.
I'd like to conduct the Rookie / UFA draft FIRST and then move into the IDP Auction Draft immediately following.
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Post by Johns Jackrabbits on Feb 18, 2008 11:40:05 GMT -5
As long as there is no Steeler pre-season game (I have season tickets) that day, I will be available on the 17th! Although pre-season games are at 8:00 usually, so that may work for me as long as I have enough time to Draft and leave for the game by 5:00! But since it is still 6 months away, I'll worry about it then... |
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Post by Rebels GM on Feb 18, 2008 12:33:58 GMT -5
Good, I planned on the August 24th as the TBL draft and I am glad that they will not interfere with each other
I will post this on the announcement scrolling bar
ASAP
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Post by Wonderlickers on Feb 19, 2008 9:14:38 GMT -5
You're both right. IDP's will NOT be included in the 2008 four-round draft. We will hold a SEPARATE Auction-style draft, just for IDP's. I may look to schedule this on the same day as the regular rookie/UFA draft, since we'll all be together (online) anyway. Please make it on a Sunday evening as it was before. I will not be available on Saturdays Does it have to start at noon? My only issue is weekends are my busiest time at work at noon would be tough as I don't get any weekends off from April through September. I'm not saying it has to be evening (which would be a lot better for me) but couldn't it start at 3pm or 4pm? |
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Post by JagerBombs on Feb 19, 2008 10:09:07 GMT -5
I too prefer a time between 2:00 or 3:00 Eastern. Noon eastern is difficult as it forces me to have the difficult discussion with the wife of why I think fantasy football is more important than church.
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Post by blindsidegm on Feb 19, 2008 11:20:39 GMT -5
Good luck getting 16 guys to agree on this one...
I am currently interviewing potential draft representatives. The most highly qualified will go to the highest bidder. The draft representative auction will be held on the second weekend of August (each year) at a time probably good for nobody.
I will release more details shortly...
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Post by Rebels GM on Feb 19, 2008 11:45:44 GMT -5
Considering we have so many GMs in other time zones, I too think we should have it around 3 EST.
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Post by Orca on Feb 19, 2008 23:59:18 GMT -5
well since it was set in the rules for a while now we just need to make sure it's the same day and time every year and people will need to adjust their schedules.
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 20, 2008 8:19:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I have no problem changing the time, but I would like to keep the same date if possible. It is 6 months away, so if we can nail down the date - we can work around any of the time-issues between now and then.
I have a couple of other leagues and we're already scheduling our draft dates as well, so I've blocked this one out for this league.
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Post by gametime on Feb 23, 2008 9:50:29 GMT -5
is the IDP auction draft going to be based upon using our current BLB balance? Since this is a startup draft for IDP I think starting each team should start with the same amount of BLB's.... I kn ow you did an excellent job of creating this so it is completely fair to all as it is implemented, this would take that one step further...Looking at some teams right now, they would not have any chance at all to get any players.... Just curious as this really plays into my tag, rfa situations... if I have to use the blb's I have now it will affect my decisions.....
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Post by Football Buddah on Feb 23, 2008 10:27:10 GMT -5
Gametime - please refer to the IDP Proposal thread: thebigleague.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=changes&action=display&thread=1202061824Each GM will be given a bank of $100 BLB's to be used for the IDP auction in order to draft your Defensive Players. This amount is separate from your existing BLB account, however, any unused amounts from the IDP auction draft WILL carryover to your BLB account. So if you're able to draft with "thrift" - you'll have some extra money left over. |
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Post by gametime on Feb 23, 2008 10:29:39 GMT -5
thank you very much..... too many damn things to read |
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Post by JagerBombs on Feb 23, 2008 14:30:59 GMT -5
Just curious as I have never done an online auction draft - Is it obvious who has the current high bid and how much money they have available or do I only know that the current high bid of $15 (as an example) and it could be any one of the other owners in the lead.
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