Next Draft - Ideas and Discussions

Moby said:
Here's a draft I ran on another forum.

The Road Trip Draft

Draft Format : Snake
No. of Rounds : 12
Time Deadline for picking : 8 hours

Draft Theme : A variation on the Chain Draft format where geography plays a big role. Your first pick is free to pick from every player that has ever played the sport professionally. Following that, every pick must belong to a nation (see below) that shares a CURRENT political border with the nation of his previous pick.

Definition of nationality : If a player has represented only one nation professionally which still exists in the same form as it did when he represented it, that would qualify as his nationality. For all other cases:

The city of birth will be considered in cases where a player played for more than one countries or played for a country that doesn't exist anymore e.g. if a player played for both Italy and Argentina but he was born in a city that lies in current day Argentine, he qualifies for Argentina and not both. Similarly if a player played for USSR and he was born in a city lying in current day Ukraine, he only qualifies for Ukraine and not every nation that was once under the name of USSR. Please do not initiate any political debates.

Definition of Political Borders : (This needs to be discussed)
1. Political Borders as of 28 August 2016 will be considered eligible.
2. Countries that belong to the same continent and are separated by a water body will be considered eligible as neighbours to the nation if you can draw a straight line between the two nations with only water and no land obstructing the line.
3. Countries that belong to different continents but share a land border will NOT be eligible neighbours. e.g. You can NOT move from a European Country to an Asian country.
Any dispute regarding this will be presented to the moderator BEFORE the pick is made and his verdict will be final.
4. In case of an overseas territory, you will still be only able to use links from the home nation as stated above.

Draft Restrictions/Allowances:
1. You can only pick a maximum of 2 players from a nation using the above definition of which nation a player represents.
2. You will be granted one 'FREE INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL' or a 'FIT' pass to jump from one continent to another.
2a. You do NEED to use this to jump continents via nations that share land borders.
2b. You do NOT need to use this to jump to a country not sharing a land border within the same continent.
2c. You can only use it once for the duration of the draft.
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Love this.
 
Moby said:
Here's a draft I ran on another forum.

The Road Trip Draft

Draft Format : Snake
No. of Rounds : 12
Time Deadline for picking : 8 hours

Draft Theme : A variation on the Chain Draft format where geography plays a big role. Your first pick is free to pick from every player that has ever played the sport professionally. Following that, every pick must belong to a nation (see below) that shares a CURRENT political border with the nation of his previous pick.

Definition of nationality : If a player has represented only one nation professionally which still exists in the same form as it did when he represented it, that would qualify as his nationality. For all other cases:

The city of birth will be considered in cases where a player played for more than one countries or played for a country that doesn't exist anymore e.g. if a player played for both Italy and Argentina but he was born in a city that lies in current day Argentine, he qualifies for Argentina and not both. Similarly if a player played for USSR and he was born in a city lying in current day Ukraine, he only qualifies for Ukraine and not every nation that was once under the name of USSR. Please do not initiate any political debates.

Definition of Political Borders : (This needs to be discussed)
1. Political Borders as of 28 August 2016 will be considered eligible.
2. Countries that belong to the same continent and are separated by a water body will be considered eligible as neighbours to the nation if you can draw a straight line between the two nations with only water and no land obstructing the line.
3. Countries that belong to different continents but share a land border will NOT be eligible neighbours. e.g. You can NOT move from a European Country to an Asian country.
Any dispute regarding this will be presented to the moderator BEFORE the pick is made and his verdict will be final.
4. In case of an overseas territory, you will still be only able to use links from the home nation as stated above.

Draft Restrictions/Allowances:
1. You can only pick a maximum of 2 players from a nation using the above definition of which nation a player represents.
2. You will be granted one 'FREE INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL' or a 'FIT' pass to jump from one continent to another.
2a. You do NEED to use this to jump continents via nations that share land borders.
2b. You do NOT need to use this to jump to a country not sharing a land border within the same continent.
2c. You can only use it once for the duration of the draft.
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Love this.

Perhaps we can add a "you cannot go back to previous picked country" so that people just don't alternate between say France and Germany all draft. A gap of 2 picks is necessary before we revisit a country would make this more challenging and interesting.

I'm in.
 
Count me in for Moby‘s draft.

I would really love to take in a modern draft though, why not do that first? It has been postponed several times already

I mean the current draft was heavily chained themed already, would be nice to do the modern snake draft to see new faces.
 
Moby's Road Trip Draft:

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. harms
 
Love @Moby's idea but perhaps we should do a modern one first as we did skip it a couple of times already.
 
Would like to be an AM for someone, if anyone wants that? Looking to dip my toes into the main drafts after participating in a few newbie ones.
 
Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. harms
8. Himannv

I've carried the list over, if you don't want to play you can remove your name from the list.
 
Moby's Road Trip Draft:

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. harms
8. Himannv
9. Beam/Sjor
 
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willhse456 said:
Would like to be an AM for someone, if anyone wants that? Looking to dip my toes into the main drafts after participating in a few newbie ones.
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I think you've got the experience to go solo mate, feel free to signup.
 
Don Alfredo said:
Count me in for Moby‘s draft.

I would really love to take in a modern draft though, why not do that first? It has been postponed several times already

I mean the current draft was heavily chained themed already, would be nice to do the modern snake draft to see new faces.
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Yeah - keep the pool fresh.
 
Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7.
8. Himannv

2mufc0 said:
I've carried the list over, if you don't want to play you can remove your name from the list.
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Sorry, got confused, what draft we're gone run?

Either way, me & Sjor will go together

Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. Beam/Sjor
8. Himannv
 
Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. Beam/Sjor
8. Himannv
9. Indnyc
 
Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2. EAP
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. Beam/Sjor
8. Himannv
9. Indnyc
10. Willhse456
 
Modern draft signup

1. MJJ
2.
3. Moby
4. 2mufc0
5. Don Alfredo
6. Gio
7. Beam/Sjor
8. Himannv
9. Indnyc
10. Willhse456
 
Moby said:
Let's just have a vote as usual. I'm in for both.

@2mufc0 any idea how are we deciding the pool? All players born on or after 1980 should do, excluding the big two.
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We are ironing out the rules.. We’ll post them in a bit..
 
Putting Messi and CR out of a modern draft is no fun.

Rather after making draws, draw which manager gets Messi and which gets Ronaldo and you can use them in your team.

Considering both of them have played in different philosophies and setups all their careers, drafting would be super difficult when you don't know which of the two you would get. Build adaptable lineups as per the draw
 
Guys it was agreed before the current draft we would do the modern next, why the vote?

We will do Moby's one after
 
idmanager said:
Putting Messi and CR out of a modern draft is no fun.

Rather after making draws, draw which manager gets Messi and which gets Ronaldo and you can use them in your team.

Considering both of them have played in different philosophies and setups all their careers, drafting would be super difficult when you don't know which of the two you would get. Build adaptable lineups as per the draw
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Agree that both should be in the draft but dont agree with the draw after draw, first of all whats the difference in two rather then one draw? If you are lucky you will get them, if not you wont so the second draw is pointless + maybe someone doesnt want them in the team.
 
Šjor Bepo said:
Agree that both should be in the draft but dont agree with the draw after draw, first of all whats the difference in two rather then one draw? If you are lucky you will get them, if not you wont so the second draw is pointless + maybe someone doesnt want them in the team.
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Its not 2 draws as such.

After teams are picked and the matches are drawn -
A vs B (A gets Ronaldo, B gets Messi to use in their team if they want to)
C vs D(C gets Ronaldo, D gets Messi to use in their team if they want to)
 
2mufc0 said:
Guys it was agreed before the current draft we would do the modern next, why the vote?

We will do Moby's one after
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Fine either ways. If it was agreed then let's go with yours. Makes a bit of sense to refresh the pool as well.

Hope you can give a broad idea about it soon. Hope it's not just the currently active and extends to a couple of decades or something.
 
idmanager said:
Putting Messi and CR out of a modern draft is no fun.

Rather after making draws, draw which manager gets Messi and which gets Ronaldo and you can use them in your team.

Considering both of them have played in different philosophies and setups all their careers, drafting would be super difficult when you don't know which of the two you would get. Build adaptable lineups as per the draw
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The idea behind blocking them is because they get enough coverage in other drafts.

The main reason for a modern draft is to pick good players who’ll never get picked otherwise
 
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