Next Draft - Ideas and Discussions

I said in for draft straight after Gio - does it not count :(?
 
Jeez... I go to sleep unaware and wake up to find it’s closed already? There should either be a fairer method or more managers included. This is a sheep draft so you could easily add more.
 
Lets make it a 24 team group stage with 3 teams in 8 groups, where only 1 qualifies.
At least that way I would get to play more than 1 game per draft
 
green_smiley said:
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Feckers, no privileges for the ones who signed up before? :(
 
Run two drafts of 12?
 
idmanager said:
With the same player pool. With the right set of rules (time based for example) that will be fun.
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Both don't have to be sheep drafts, one could be auction one sheep.
 
24 managers with groups of 3 would be great. Each manager gets to play at least 2 games that way
 
While 24 might be a push, 20 teams can be a good idea.

The 8 slowest teams while drafting have to play a qualifier which would leave us with 16 and the usual rounds could then follow.

Edit: Oh wait, sheep draft doesn't have timings right. Never mind.
 
idmanager said:
While 24 might be a push, 20 teams can be a good idea.

The 8 slowest teams while drafting have to play a qualifier which would leave us with 16 and the usual rounds could then follow.

Edit: Oh wait, sheep draft doesn't have timings right. Never mind.
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Or 8 teams with the most sheeps play a qualifier
 
Easy. If we have 20 managers, we play 4 first-round (or preliminary round) ties to eliminate 4 teams to get to the magic 16, then proceed from there. That's how every cup knockout competition works in the world.
 
If more managers can be added I would like a place. I have a decent amount of time free.
 
Gio said:
Easy. If we have 20 managers, we play 4 first-round (or preliminary round) ties to eliminate 4 teams to get to the magic 16, then proceed from there. That's how every cup knockout competition works in the world.
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Yes. Already done in the past. If you do that, these newcomers could you.


The Cat said:
Be happy with a sheep draft too.
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shrike said:
Hey guys can I get in on the draft action as well ? We just finished our noob draft and would love to play it in the mains. If its full then I can assist someone or even help run the game.
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I say let everyone play and have a prelim
 
Gio said:
Easy. If we have 20 managers, we play 4 first-round (or preliminary round) ties to eliminate 4 teams to get to the magic 16, then proceed from there. That's how every cup knockout competition works in the world.
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I remember we had many complaints last time we had more than 16 managers in the sheep draft in regards to who makes the cut, albeit having a rather strict criteria(with the most sheep).

I like groups but the general consensus is that they take out the momentum.
 
I like @shrike suggestion, there is really no need to do anything different than what we do. Somebody would just get a bye randomly.
 
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I can’t wait for this to start already.

Edit: I would also like a draft that outlaws 433/4231 at some point. Forces people to be more inventive.
 
From this sheep draft, lets have a points accumulation table based on performances in each draft.
From the next draft, the teams with least points on the table have to play the prelims/qualifiers in case we have more than 16 teams.
That makes easy to have drafts with 16+2x teams quite easily. Also gives a new metric to boast your drafting ego.
 
Just let everyone join and use byes to get down to 16. Makes the most sense and should make drafting that little bit tougher which everyone enjoys.
 
Can have 20
R1 - 10 matches --> 10 winners
R2 - 5 matches --> 5 winners
Playoff - between the two winners with lowest winning margins
SF - 2 matches..
 
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