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Post by trojansc on Aug 1, 2017 14:52:01 GMT -5
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Post by trojansc on Aug 1, 2017 14:53:05 GMT -5
before we get too far in the draft, I'd like to make a proposal. Since we are doing it by "divisions", why not have two separate drafts? Much fewer player to comb through, it would also speed it up. Thoughts? Essentially the same draft rules apply per division so it's likely many players would appear in both divisions, but mixed and matched on various teams. Not sure I agree. Look at the schedule. The divisions play each other, so you'd be playing possibly the same players against each other. Plus, there's 10 conferences. A ton of players out there.
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 1, 2017 15:14:29 GMT -5
I'm updating the rosters so people don't pick previously drafted players (if one of the organizers want to take over, just let me know). It's on the first page.
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Post by n00b on Aug 1, 2017 15:29:16 GMT -5
before we get too far in the draft, I'd like to make a proposal. Since we are doing it by "divisions", why not have two separate drafts? Much fewer player to comb through, it would also speed it up. Thoughts? Essentially the same draft rules apply per division so it's likely many players would appear in both divisions, but mixed and matched on various teams. As trojansc mentioned, it's only separate for the first 7 weeks. The last six weeks are all against the opposing division.
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Post by HawaiiVB on Aug 1, 2017 16:01:05 GMT -5
Man this waiting is painful. Can we just blurt it out? lol.
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 1, 2017 16:02:13 GMT -5
before we get too far in the draft, I'd like to make a proposal. Since we are doing it by "divisions", why not have two separate drafts? Much fewer player to comb through, it would also speed it up. Thoughts? Essentially the same draft rules apply per division so it's likely many players would appear in both divisions, but mixed and matched on various teams. As trojansc mentioned, it's only separate for the first 7 weeks. The last six weeks are all against the opposing division. I saw that but perhaps I'm just confused about the matchups in general. I'm sure it can be explained after the madness of the draft but for the first 7 weeks, I play 5 out of 7 matches against teams in the OTHER division. So my standing within my division, which then goes head to head against the standings in the other division, is going to depend almost entirely on how well I did against teams already in the other division.
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Post by n00b on Aug 1, 2017 16:18:15 GMT -5
As trojansc mentioned, it's only separate for the first 7 weeks. The last six weeks are all against the opposing division. I saw that but perhaps I'm just confused about the matchups in general. I'm sure it can be explained after the madness of the draft but for the first 7 weeks, I play 5 out of 7 matches against teams in the OTHER division. So my standing within my division, which then goes head to head against the standings in the other division, is going to depend almost entirely on how well I did against teams already in the other division. Nope you're right to be confused. I tried using some excel magic to make the schedule, but it's wrong and will get fixed at some point this week. I just wanted to get the draft started. You will play only in your conference for the first 7 weeks. Week 8-9: 1st and 2nd play 7th and 8th; 3rd and 4th vs 5th and 6th Weeks 10-13: 1st-4th play 1st-4th from the other conference. Same with 5th-8th.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 1, 2017 18:52:27 GMT -5
Are we making a time limit on picks or only doing that once we get closer towards season?
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Post by trojansc on Aug 1, 2017 19:26:29 GMT -5
Are we making a time limit on picks or only doing that once we get closer towards season? N00b said 12 hour time limit I believe. We kept a good pace last year but there were a Couple laggers. Those laggers should send in a pick and a backup to n00b if they arent able to post timely
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 1, 2017 19:28:45 GMT -5
well, to be fair, this was just posted like yesterday. We shouldn't expect people to know who they want and it's not even been 24 hours (assuming they've even logged back into VT to see they are apart of this).
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Post by n00b on Aug 1, 2017 19:41:08 GMT -5
well, to be fair, this was just posted like yesterday. We shouldn't expect people to know who they want and it's not even been 24 hours (assuming they've even logged back into VT to see they are apart of this). Yep. There was like a week of lead time last year to prepare so I'm not going to push it a ton yet. If we're well behind pace and the season is nearing, we'll have some tighter time limits.
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Post by n00b on Aug 1, 2017 19:54:54 GMT -5
As trojansc mentioned, it's only separate for the first 7 weeks. The last six weeks are all against the opposing division. I saw that but perhaps I'm just confused about the matchups in general. I'm sure it can be explained after the madness of the draft but for the first 7 weeks, I play 5 out of 7 matches against teams in the OTHER division. So my standing within my division, which then goes head to head against the standings in the other division, is going to depend almost entirely on how well I did against teams already in the other division. Fixed. I actually had the schedule right, I just didn't update the standings to reflect the correct conference split (which I did by draft order). Should be right now.
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Post by Hawk Attack on Aug 1, 2017 22:28:08 GMT -5
Are we making a time limit on picks or only doing that once we get closer towards season? N00b said 12 hour time limit I believe. We kept a good pace last year but there were a Couple laggers. Those laggers should send in a pick and a backup to n00b if they arent able to post timely I think last season too a couple poster phone in their last 2-3 picks and it ended really quickly. It felt like it went by reasonably swiftly.
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Post by cbrown1709 on Aug 2, 2017 0:44:51 GMT -5
I'll go with freshman Lexi Sun - OH Texas
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Post by trojansc on Aug 2, 2017 1:11:29 GMT -5
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