League Message Board
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28th is fine by me, 3am start over here but coffee should get me though!
JungBloodz on
February 10, 2021 4:17 AM
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Just a heads up, I'm available on March 14th and 27th now, just not the days in between.
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I would prefer March 13th or even the 6th or 7th as alternative available weekends. The weekend directly before the season begins has a high chance of conflicting with other leagues for me.
Colonel Kurtz on
February 9, 2021 1:01 PM
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I hear you; weekends may not be ideal for everyone. That said, I don't think we'd be able to knock this out in one weeknight, and I prefer aligning on a single time that everyone can be there from just an ease of scheduling standpoint. Will be honest that Salvy out for 2 weeks mid-March does make this a bit tricky, and why I ultimately settled on the 28th as a way to (at least until now) ID a time that hasn't been blocked yet. Stay tuned...
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I can do Sunday if we must, but for me, weekdays are much preferred.
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March 28th works for me
NYS on
February 9, 2021 8:14 AM
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How do we feel about Sunday, March 28th at 12:00 EST, one shot - 3 days before Opening Day? Seems to check the boxes of closer to the season, no objections to this date (yet)...
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March 11th and 23rd are not good for me. Otherwise in favor of drafting late.
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I'll be unavailable March 14-27. Other than that I'm available anytime.
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No objections to a March start date.
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Ok then. As one political pundit says, "I've seen enough." Will move to early March for now (don't look into the date just yet; moving more so to get it off the calendar for 2/7 and to buy us some time).
Will now get a bit more specific and look to lock down the dates/times. More on that in the coming days.
Thanks,
Dan
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My vote is for early march.
Thoracic Park on
January 27, 2021 2:03 PM
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Late Feb/Early March would be my preference as well.
JungBloodz on
January 27, 2021 2:00 PM
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Flexible with a preference for early March.
Colonel Kurtz on
January 25, 2021 5:24 PM
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Hey all - less than 2 weeks out from the placeholder/preliminary draft date. Just wanted to get something close to a consensus before moving it out a bit closer to the regular season. Is that what folks are leaning towards? Something end-Feb/early-Mar? Assuming that is the case, will then work to lock down dates/times. Thanks!
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One other point. I prefer late Feb or early March.
NYS on
January 13, 2021 1:03 PM
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Everyone hello again. I agree with the consensus to have a full draft. As far as date and time I am totally flexible. Look forward to the season.
NYS on
January 13, 2021 1:00 PM
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Great inputs Krang/Kylo - I think that we're seeing that clearly we should aim to have the full draft completed in a narrow window of time (agreed), and that the preference is to knock all 40 rounds out via the usual auction draft (also agreed).
Are you both (and anyone else feel free to chime in) against the Feb. 7 1200 EST start? I do tend to prefer drafting closer to the start of the season, but am prioritizing compatibility of schedules above all else in considering. Thanks!
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Hi everyone! Glad to be here.
I'm completely flexible about evening/weekend dates and times, but would strongly prefer to have the option of selecting a full 40 during the draft. 2-3 sessions in late Feb. or early March does seem like the sweet spot, IMO.
Krang on
January 13, 2021 12:55 AM
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Just throwing it out there, based on previously voiced preferences: it seems like non-friday weeknights in early March could be best. Maybe shoot for Wed. March 3rd for ~240 picks and Thur. March 4th for ~240 picks? If we don't finish in two 4 hour sessions, overflow to finish on Mon. March 8th. Start time between 1800 and 2000 EST each night (hopefully we can cover all our time zones comfortably). Thoughts?
Colonel Kurtz on
January 12, 2021 11:02 PM
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I don't feel the need to split the draft with an extended break. IMO we should be conducting everything within 2-3 tightly clustered sessions that everyone can make. Parity holds regardless if those are earlier (Feb) or later (March). I think if there is too big a gap, spending money early is a suboptimal due to imperfect information, and spending later mo'betta due to spring training info which we can avoid. That being said, I am very flexible personally.
Colonel Kurtz on
January 12, 2021 10:52 PM
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Interesting suggestion. Too bad the last 5 rounds are the fastest! Feel free to opine, rest of league - I don't have a particularly strong prior here, so open to hearing it out.
Is anyone a hard "no" for weeknights? Just trying to get creative about the burnout... we could kickoff on 2/7 for ~20 rounds perhaps, and then work in 5 or 10 rd increments in the weeks following to wrap? Want to be sensitive to other's schedules as my situation (WFM, no kids) is about as flexible as it gets.
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Something we might want to consider to lighten the demand of the draft
"As long as each team can field a team, you can pause the auction and not return to it for the year. While we do recommend filling out as close to 40 roster spots as you can, teams are under no obligation to do anything more than fill out a starting lineup. If all the teams feel satisfied around 35 roster spots filled, feel free to skip the last 60 players until the regular season auctions are live."
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Good stuff, Kylo - very clear. I have a very flexible schedule for the next few months (ty, COVID), so happy to administer the draft is as many (or as few) sessions as we find convenient. My POV is that I'd like to get it done as quickly as we can - so either one marathon, or a couple/few closely scheduled sessions. With my flexibility in mind as well, I am happy to get Day-1 on the board sooner than Feb 7 (but only if we get consensus, since that was a 'founding' setting of the league).
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Unfortunately there is no way for Ottoneu to facilitate an offline draft. A core component of player value is the player's $ cost, which is determined during the live auction draft. Snake drafts do not exist in Ottoneu. A first year draft IS a hefty undertaking: a full 480 player auction. The good news for scheduling is that the draft can be paused and resumed at anytime. So we will likely need several (2+) draft sessions, ideally with as many owners being present for the duration of each.
Colonel Kurtz on
January 4, 2021 2:16 PM
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I'm open to all suggestions, but admit that I am a novice here in terms of administration. For those who are vets of Ottoneu and have gone through the draft process (especially for the Year-1 draft), is there any flexibility to the draft? Just a disclaimer that I'm going to probably ask a number of questions like this from time to time and by no means should they be taken as my inclination towards something - just trying to learn more. That said, I'm all ears on ways that the draft can be best.
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Is there a way to do an offline draft if we start soon? I'd rather make a few picks daily, instead of one long draft day.
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I have zero preference as to allocation vs vote off. In regards to drafting I have every weekend off which would make it easier to draft but whenever works best for everyone else I can adjust to!
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Allocation is fine with me.
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Hi All, I'm in Australia but happy to do any time for drafting, don't want to mess up 11 other guys on account of my timezone. The only times that I will struggle to get to are Friday evenings (US Time) in March, it'll be Saturday over here and I'll have cricket finals going on. Regarding alloc vs vote, I really don't mind, I probably like the alloc system better but I've never played vote-off before so anything new is always interesting.
JungBloodz on
January 3, 2021 8:51 PM
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Adding another thread to the board here (note: if there's a better way to do this, all ears - this is all from scratch, and I'm a first-timer!) - how do we feel about ALLOCATION vs. VOTE OFF in the offseason? I honestly didn't think much about this setting during sign-up, and now have heard from a few prospective members who have bowed out because they wanted to play allocation method. After learning about both, I tend to like Allocation a bit more myself - any thoughts? Will change for now.
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As far as planning I guess as in 2020 everything is determined by COVID. But to the point I am flexible.
NYS on
January 3, 2021 12:30 PM
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Happy New Year all! My schedule is very flexible until mid-March, so until then I'm cool with whatever works for everyone else.
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Hey everyone who has joined - happy new year! Since this will come quickly, want to start taking the league temperature on the draft date/time and see if that works out. Historically, I've done my drafts closer to the start of a season, but with this being dynasty (and since I think we're for the most part strangers), it's probably harder/riskier to keep kicking the can on a time. Welcome!
Dan
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