League Message Board
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Late-breaking note: Couch Managers positional eligibility is not going to match Ottoneu. Generally I think Otto will have additional positions (only 5 games started or 10 games played to qualify), but make sure to keep Otto positions in mind.
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Sounds good! Looking forward to it.
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Got confirmation that Gaussian is not in position to get started this morning, so we’ll launch at 11 AM Eastern tomorrow, unless I suffer some traumatic medical or professional affliction. Have fun everybody!
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My apologies, was unavailable last few days. Will join shortly. Launch when ready! Sorry for any and all holdup. I’ll get oriented quickly, thanks!
Alcatraz 🦭 on
March 5, 2023 10:45 AM
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Looks like we might have been mistaken about Gaussian availability. Stay tuned, but may not get that launch in the morning after all. Apologies!
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Sounds like the Gaussian one will be inbound to Couch Managers this evening. That means be ready for the auction to kick off tomorrow morning at 11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific. Good luck, happy bidding, have fun, and all that jazz!
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https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=504
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We are using Couchmanager.com to draft
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I'm here. First year in Ottoneu. So just learning the interface. I'm good to begin auction. I believe I have it set up correctly now.
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Left out daily lineups from the rules rundown earlier… so you can platoon spots and whatnot.
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As of now I think we’re missing Gaussian and Jake Burger from the draft room. If we see them signed up there today, plan on auction starting at 11 AM Eastern tomorrow (Sunday).
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More on max bid comments, since I’ve been asked. It’s totally cool to extend an auction the 8 hours if you need to— for example, pivoting to a fallback player if you’ve been sniped elsewhere. But if you value someone at $31, put that as your max bid instead of starting at $25, then doing $27 and $29 bids after getting bumped. That locks out new noms and drags out the draft unnecessarily. If your max bid is $31, and next highest bid is $28, you’ll automatically win at $29 without extending time.
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Thanks for clarifying.
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Correct— regular FG Pts standings, no playoffs, slow auction every year on March 1. Vickery auctions in-season, allocation arbitration, 24-hour trade approval… This two-week stretch should be the most commissioneering I ever do, because we’ll be clockwork vanilla the rest of the way.
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This is a typical dynasty Ottoneu right? Not an redraft. Only caveat is the draft day is set year over year. Normal arbitration allocation.
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Sunday works for me as well.
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Sunday morning works for me
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I’m fine starting Sunday morning. That gives everyone the 24 hours you’d mentioned before.
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I’d like to at least start this weekend. I understand if people need to build spreadsheets or whatever.
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All righty, everybody-- we have completed our dozen. I believe that I have sent everyone the auction password, and the URL is below on the message board. Will be starting no later than Monday morning, but if we can do earlier than that, let everyone know here, and I'll flip the switch if everyone is ready to go. No harm in making sure you're set up on Couch Managers in the meantime!
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Let's do this!
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3) One caution related to this, though— with two dozen active auctions going on at a time, possibly with position/tier overlap, you need to be careful not to be the max bidder for more players than you want or can afford. You may love Will Smith, JTR, and Adley, for example, and want to make sure you get one of them, but all three is probably way more catcher than you need.
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2) Related: Enter your max bid for a player right off the bat. This will reduce the risk of you missing the end of an auction period without following through with your best bid, and keep auctions from extending 8 hours every time you decide you’d like to bid more after all. Sometimes it’s understandable that this happens, but if you do it habitually, everyone will want to kill you.
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A couple of pointers: 1) Make sure to use this setting: To make a hidden max bid (reserve bid on eBay): Uncheck the "Make max bid your real bid" in the Current Auctions section. Use the black outlined bid box to enter your bid, and click the black "Bid" button. This will not reveal your max bid until someone meets or beats it.
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Here’s a thread with an overview on how Couch Managers slow auctions go: https://community.ottoneu.com/t/couch-managers-recommendations/7056
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As of now I have the room set up for two active nominations per team, with a 12 hour minimum auction time, plus 8 hour resets. Open for some discussion on those settings, however.
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Perhaps being paranoid, but I will DM each owner the password.
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Have one now: https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=504
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Do you already have the draft room set up?
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Once we're full up, my intention is to set up our Couchmanagers auction and give everyone 24 hours to get in there. If that's going to be an issue for anyone, let me know. Thanks!
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Welcome additional newcomers! Masterpiece and RiverDogs don't look like complete ottonewbs, so not sending the resource links I've sent to our first-timers... but I can? Let me know via DM.
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4 more. And hello all.
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Half way full! Looking forward to getting things started.
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Happy (eventual) auction day! In future years, we'll be kicking off our slow auctions on this date, but for now, we sit tight pending new managers. Thanks to everyone for hanging in there in the meantime, and as always, feel free to message me with any questions.
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One priority note: Want to make sure that everyone understands and is comfortable that all of our auctions, including this year, will be held on CouchManagers. If anyone was unclear on that, let us know, and we’ll get with Niv on withdrawal. Assuming we’re all good with that, I will provide more specific detail when we’ve got everyone signed up.
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Hey everybody, and welcome to our new owners as they’re coming in. Feel free to ask any questions you have here or via DM. Happy to answer either way.
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