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So where are we at now has site adjusted rosters?
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Ok no problem, thanks for the heads up
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I went ahead and paused the auction because we have someone who is unable to bid due to my error. Again, I apologize. Hopefully we'll be up and running again soon.
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I screwed up when setting up rosters, because I designated two roster slots as C it's forcing us to draft two catchers, which is not in line with league rules. I've emailed the site manager in hopes of getting them to change one of the C spots to a bench spot, as I don't think I have the ability to do so.
Sorry for the confusion, I'll update everyone on the resolution ASAP.
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We're underway!
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Draft room full! Rosters imported! I'll start the draft tomorrow morning around 9 AM PST. A few reminders:
-8 hr clock, 8 hr extension with each new bid
-Every manager starts with 2 nominations, you get another every time an auction you started completes
-Up to 24 auctions going at any given time
-You are not required to nominate. Once all auctions are complete, I'll give a 24 hr last call
-Draft will sleep from 9PM-4AM PST
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Actually, I'm dumb again, I forgot I can import rosters more than once, so if you're already in the draft room your keepers have been added. If you get a second, feel free to look them over and make sure there aren't any mistakes.
Remember that the only real flaw with using the other site is that there isn't perfect alignment for positional eligibility, so you'll have to refer back to Ottoneu to make sure where a guy is eligible.
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Only one manager left to join! I sent another email out so hopefully the draft room will be full soon, at which point I'll upload rosters. I'll let everyone know once they're imported so that you have a little time to check for accuracy before we get rolling (I'll double check them as well, just never hurts to have other eyes on it).
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in
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hey guys you all need to get signed in as soon as you can, as commish has to hand load our players to our teams before we draft tomorrow
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I had an account from a previous slow draft, either way...i'm in
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Check email for the slow draft link! Should just take a minute to join. Let me know if you have questions.
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You will need to make a free account. I'll set it up today or tomorrow and post a link here, I'm sure that the link will have you create an account so you can wait until then if you'd like.
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Do we need to do anything for the slow draft? As far as setting up an account or anything?
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No apology necessary, it’s on me! Thanks for being understanding about it.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding guys. Knew we couldn’t auction but thought we could drop with penalty pre draft.
Wanderlust on
February 17, 2023 8:59 PM
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That’s completely correct. Rosters should be locked, I was trying to avoid confusion by not having a draft date showing but I should have just left it.
I’ll reverse the drop, and will the do the same with any other transactions that occur prior to our slow auction.
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Commish can correct me if wrong but I don’t think cuts are allowed until post-draft. The only reason the functionality is enabled here is because the commish “canceled” our live draft in advance of the slow draft. All my other leagues that have not drafted yet do not have cut functionality at this time.
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So I accidentally opened auctions by cancelling the draft, but please refrain from starting any. If any do get started, I'll obviously void them. We'll open them once our slow auction is completed.
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Each nomination starts with an 8 hr clock and counts down from there. Every bid starts the clock over (or puts some number of hours back on the clock, I forget). An individual auction is finished when the clock runs out. There are always multiple auctions running (I think every team starts with 2 nominations, so there can be up to 24 auctions going).
Should take a week or two to get everyone's rosters filled.
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How does a slow draft work in an auction league?
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OK, slow draft through Couch Managers it is. We'll start it March 1st, cause that's when my other league is gonna start too and that way I'll only have to pay for a 1-month subscription (again, it's free for everyone else). We'll still have plenty of time to finish before the regular season kicks off.
Trades are open until then!
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Yeah I think we should just do the slow draft. It's pretty clear from looking at the Doodle that we don't have better scheduling options for a live draft.
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We did a slow draft last year in my other Ottoneu 5x5 and it worked very well fwiw
Lauze 5x5 on
February 7, 2023 7:39 PM
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Well, that was literally the only date between now and opening day that wasn’t marked a “no” by at least one manager. So there’s no rescheduling. If you can’t make it, we slow draft.
Unless somebody else wants to take over commish and try to find a date, but I’ve given it all the effort I’m willing to.
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I hate to say it guys but I hit a snag this Friday night. If I’m the only one who has an issue I’ll try to get a proxy to draft for me, but would obviously prefer to reschedule if possible. Sorry.
Acuna Moncada on
February 7, 2023 7:15 PM
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I can make it work
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Draft is *tentatively* set for this Friday @ 9 PM EST/ 6 PM PST. I think there are only two managers who haven't confirmed. I'll email them right now, and if either of them can't make it, we'll probably have to slow draft.
Thanks for all of the responses!
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I’m in for Friday
Acuna Moncada on
February 7, 2023 9:14 AM
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I can do it.
Billy Ball on
February 7, 2023 6:34 AM
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I'm good
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I can do this Friday. Thanks for organizing this BD, I know the coordination is a pain.
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Yes first year drafts are awful usually this should be 2 hr draft or thereabouts
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Yeah, some teams would be done much quicker than 4 hrs. I think start up drafts usually take up to 8 hrs but we’re definitely filling less than half of the roster spots league wide.
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I can make Friday work certainly shouldn't take 4hrs.
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I can make Friday work
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I can definitely be there at 6pm pst this Friday. It’s 9pm my time and my fiancé will be thrilled, but if this is our only option then I’m all for it.
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So with 7/12 managers responding so far, and with over 40 options in the Doodle, we're already down to a single date still in play. We obviously can't do a live draft unless everyone is there, because there is no auto-draft option, so if anyone misses they're stuck with only leftovers. This headache is exactly why I prefer the slow draft. That being said,
Is there anyone who CAN NOT make a live draft this Friday, Feb. 10th, starting at 6 PM PST?
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May I ask why?
That's a couple managers who have expressed desire for a live draft, so here's a Doodle link to see if we can find a date. Have at it:
https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e08okPve
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I’m not in favor of a slow draft.
Billy Ball on
February 3, 2023 8:12 PM
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Good for me
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Just because I want to make sure everyone is making an informed decision, what's the downside in your opinion, Staff?
The only flaw I can remember is that positional eligibility doesn't match up perfectly, so you have to check back on the Ottoneu site to make sure you know what positions a guy qualifies at.
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Ive done couch manager before not impressed but I will go with majority
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Here's the link of my draft from last year just so you can see what the draft room looks like:
https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=150
I know about it cause Chad Young from FG hosts Ottoneu mocks on there, saw them popping up on Twitter.
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I haven’t tried Couch Managers before but I’d definitely be up for it
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Works for me
Wanderlust on
February 3, 2023 5:00 PM
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Hey everyone. As your newly anointed commish, I wanted to say that it'd actually be my preference to do a slow auction draft through Couch Managers. We did it last year in my other Ottoneu, and I thought it went really smoothly. It only requires me uploading .csv files back and forth between the websites, and it makes it so that we don't have to all be online at the same time (each auction has an 8 hr clock). Free for all of you.
Any objections?
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Keeper deadline coming up Tuesday night! Any players held on your roster past the 1/31 11:59 PM deadline will be subject to a cap penalty if cut.
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Yes, welcome! Thanks for making us whole, glad to have you.
Little over a week until the cut deadline, and we’ll get the draft figured out shortly after.
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Nice, welcome to the league!
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