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Yeah I'll be available for sure buddy. I'm more excited about this than I was for christmas or my birthday
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I'm afraid the time is pretty much set - maybe it can be moved an hour later but no more. If you can become available that'd be great but that's your call, I can't ask you to call in sick! I've re-arranged my Monday at work to start a little later so I can probably do up to ~2am (10pm ET)
Electric City on
February 6, 2017 12:24 PM
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If we can't do it before 5:30 or after 9:30 I'll literally just call into sick that night or something lol
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Hey guys, I'm the only one with a no on the 12th but I'm a little flexible. I work 5:30- 9:30 EST so anytime before or after then would work for me. Sorry about that
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I've just noticed that the draft room is open so you can familiarize yourself with the layout and start creating a "wishlist" for nominating. https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/719/draft
Electric City on
February 3, 2017 1:38 PM
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Not too early. I'll just have to go to bed earlier than usual.
ufo2869 on
February 2, 2017 10:30 PM
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Yes it will be 5am in Korea - is that too early? It looks like daylight savings actually starts that day in NA.
Electric City on
February 2, 2017 5:35 AM
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corrected) Is 4pm ET on March 12th 5am in Korea? I'm not sure when daylight saving begins in American continent.
ufo2869 on
February 2, 2017 5:10 AM
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Is 4pm ET on March 12th 5am in Korea? I'm sure when daylight saving begins in American continent.
ufo2869 on
February 2, 2017 5:10 AM
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I feel we're at a point where we can say it'll have to be Sunday 12th at 4pm ET. I've just realised the UK won't be changing to daylight savings until later in the month and it'll only be 8pm for me so chances of finishing in 1 session are better. I have emailed Team Snail who is the only person to say they're unavailable. Hopefully we can keep this group together. Apologies for the convoluted nature of all of this!
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 5:45 PM
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You're right, 12th does work better especially if we can finish in one session. I can have one Monday at work without any sleep I guess!
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 5:11 PM
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Sunday the 12th currently seems most available, we only have 1 no that day. I'd put that one out there as our main draft date, and then follow-up drafting one on of the next couple of weekends? That way at least we have most people around for the important portion of the auction.
All Proofs on
February 1, 2017 4:55 PM
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I can say with certainty that if the draft is on March 7 at 4pm EST, I am unfortunately out. That is a massively busy day for me at work.
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 4:53 PM
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Exactly Devil. In this day and age it's quite a task to accommodate the schedules of 12 different grown men. Someone always has to flex a little more than they wanted - that poll was great as it showed us exactly which days/times will negatively affect the fewest number of players.
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She'll update when she has a moment but if it helps, Smoak'd Gouda's availability is identical to the dates I put in Doodle.
All Proofs on
February 1, 2017 4:42 PM
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So, can we agree if I say we are drafting on March 7th at 4pm ET with the weekend following 11th/12th as backup for finishing if we need to. I don't want to force anybody out but, as commissioner and with the info available, I need to make a definite decision which will inevitably exclude some.
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 4:40 PM
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It's tough with all the different time zones. All the weekday ones I said no to because I would be at work at those times. Anything in February is just too early for a first year draft in my opinion. But I will do my best to make whatever work.
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 4:40 PM
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Ohh, yeah I understand, my bad OST's. Such is the life of any Doodle poll with more than 8 or so people. :(
All Proofs on
February 1, 2017 4:37 PM
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"Who said no to every day and time? I don't see any like that." Not one person - someone. As in, every single day and time already has at least one "No".
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There's a video explaining the draft here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZxgR25aJaY I've read that it can take 6+ hours so that might mean having to split it over 2 days although I'll do my best to avoid that since it'll be down to what time I go to sleep! If there is no consensus day where we are all available then whoever is not available that day will either have to try to become available, ask a friend to draft for them if possible or make way for another team (I really don't want that)
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 4:32 PM
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Who said no to every day and time? I don't see any like that.
All Proofs on
February 1, 2017 4:31 PM
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Copied and pasted - I need an invite. But just looking at it, is it going somewhere? Someone has said no to everyday and time. The least people are affected by Tuesday 3/7 and Saturday 3/18 at 3:00 and 3/5 respectively. Seems like the tool has yielded the info we were after?
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Can someone remind me of the format of the draft? It definitely effects my availability. It's an auction, I know. How long for each pick? Is this a one day draft or does it take multiple days?
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 4:26 PM
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Yeah it looks like it's including the ) in the url
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 4:25 PM
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The link doesn't work if you click on it, you need to copy and paste it.
All Proofs on
February 1, 2017 4:22 PM
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The poll took me to a blank page. I'll accommodate whatever is decided assuming it's on an evening or weekend for those of us in the US.
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The one in the google sheet is accurate. m.bertels@gmail.com
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 3:41 PM
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Can you confirm your email I'll send an invite.
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 3:40 PM
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I do not have access to edit the poll.
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 3:39 PM
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Sorry, I sent it to the email address on the league spreadsheet. I should have put a message on this board too.
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 3:39 PM
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First I've heard about the doodle pool, other than someone asking if we should make one...
AKA Big Papi on
February 1, 2017 3:37 PM
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We're still waiting on 5 participants in the doodle poll (http://doodle.com/poll/x8w6acnx8e3t9q84)
1 is RJ and I've been in touch with him recently and Ottoneub joined the couchmanagers auction so I'm not concerned about them being active.
Smoak'd Gouda, The Ozzie Smith Tumblers and A-O River! are the others.
Electric City on
February 1, 2017 3:35 PM
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Kid Robot, do you think you should make a doodle (http://doodle.com/) and we can start narrowing down dates?
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No, it's not set in stone at all, just another option. I would like to get the draft arranged a little sooner than we previously said though, just in case of the need to re-schedule for any reason.
Electric City on
January 28, 2017 5:27 PM
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No interest in this Couch Managers change of plans. Trying out a traditional auction was one of the main reasons I signed up for Ottoneu. This set in stone?
All Proofs on
January 28, 2017 5:19 PM
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2017 is going alright since the Jays finally got Bautista back. I've done a few mock drafts on couch managers but I cannot wait for this draft to start :D
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Happy 2017 101'ers! I hope you all had a pleasant holiday period. As a Raiders fan mine could have been a little better... How are we all preparing for the draft so far? I've done a few mocks on FantasyPros.
Electric City on
January 11, 2017 7:12 AM
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MLBM 2016 (MLB Manager on iOS is sort of a great light (but still very deep) version of OOTP, in case you want to lose some more time while on the bus etc.
Napalm Bombs on
November 23, 2016 1:02 PM
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I'm the same way, I always forget about OOTP (and/or Baseball Mogul) and then end up losing a day or two of my life when I stumble upon one of them again.
All Proofs on
November 18, 2016 9:57 PM
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I always pick up OOTP like once a month, I'll play it for 12 hours in a single day, do some fun trades and then not touch again until the next month
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Ha, it can be quite time consuming considering it goes all the way down to rookie leagues and all the front office stuff. I'm not in an online league - I tend not to play any video games in multiplayer modes. One cool feature is the ability to set rosters then use them to play fantasy 'sim leagues'. I've never done it before but I'd like to. I might input this league's rosters into the game and let it run concurrently.
Electric City on
November 17, 2016 12:17 PM
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Are you in an online league? I'm going to buy this and have a field day tomorrow figuring it all out.
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Robot...I think you just ruined my life! I have never heard of that game and now I don't think I'll see my family and friends in 2017.
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Forgive me, my brain was thinking 'fantasy rookies' rather than 'Ottoneu rookies'! You should play Out Of The Park 17 for a few months. The time will fly by.
Electric City on
November 17, 2016 11:51 AM
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hahah...yeah I know all that Robots. I meant how are we supposed to wait until March! This is brutal!
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RJ created the league charter which the two of us need to complete - setting the league policies & rules. Other than that I don't see that there's anything we need to do as a league. I think it's just individually preparing - finding or creating projections and ranks, doing mocks and I would recommend researching existing Ottoneu leagues for roster construction and valuations of players. This may be helpful: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/averageValues
Electric City on
November 16, 2016 2:12 AM
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All this sounds great gents! What do we do until March?
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I've changed the arbitration settings to allocation. A very good article on arb here; http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/arbitration-is-here-choose-wisely/
As per the spreadsheet we are going with FGPoints as the scoring system.
The draft has been tentatively set as March 18th at 5pm EST with the 2nd session being March 25th.
If anyone has any concerns, please express them. The last thing I want is anyone accepting something they don't want and their heart's not in it!
Electric City on
November 15, 2016 12:39 PM
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Don't have time to look into it right now, but this could help: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Napalm Bombs on
November 15, 2016 12:24 PM
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If it is in March, splitting the sessions into two Saturdays will be better.
ufo2869 on
November 15, 2016 9:41 AM
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