Would you participate in a 'live' draft for Rounds 1-4 ?

[Paul-London]

What does everything think of having a 'live' draft this year ?

Its based on the idea from David Harwood who runs a live draft for his league.

Basically we'll have a chatroom set up and we all go there a certain time, theres a set time for each team to put their pick in , eg 5 minutes or so.  It could be good for rounds 1-4 and then the rest we could do as normal offline.

It'll be hard for the american GM's (just like its hard for the european ones in Davids league) but to them it would be just the same as any other year if they email me what they want.

Could be a lot of fun and if we get enough people , eg 7 of us or more then its well worth doing.

It would be run at the weekend and shouldnt take too long, could just do a live rounds 1-2 its up to everyone

[Niki]

it is depending when it is, I can say yes now but when the date suitable for me it can change in a no

In general i would say yes

[Paul-London]

Well we'll try to get as many people as possible to decide on a time, do it a sunday morning or sunday evening perhaps.

Whoever says yes we'll then talk to and arrange a time that everyones happy with

I know you said yes Niki but anyone else who says YES please tell me who it is so we can email and arrange a time nearer the date.

[Andrew-Neutral]

I'd like to participate. Couple of potential problems - I've never used Internet Relay Chat (what a Luddite!) and my home internet connection is painfully slow. I wonder if I'd be able to manage it. That said, our exchange will be broadbanded soon.

I'd suggest a Sunday evening, UK time, eg. 10PM. Those in Europe will have to stay up late, and those in 'Merika will have to get up early. Think of it as payback for all the times we have to stay up all night to watch Tampa Bay beat Oakland in the Super Bowl (sorry Paul!).

[Niki]

maybe we can work something out with msn, yahoo, icq or what ever, that is easier I think then a chat room

[Mario ADK]

why don´t we keep it simple?
We always know "whos up next" to pick so we even could to it via THIS FORUM!!!

Everyone is logged, Paul is the moderator.
Paul opens by allowing GM#1 to pick first - he picks by announcing it to the board, Paul confirmes and allows GM#2 to pick etc etc etc....

simple?

[velcro]

I'm definately up for it.

Not sure about the forum idea Mario as its difficult for Paul to see who is around and whether or not he has to step in and make a pick for someone.

10pm on a Sunday Night would be good, avoid days of NFLE games though - some of us still go to those after all :-)

[Mario ADK]

Not sure about the forum idea Mario as its difficult for Paul to see who is around and whether or not he has to step in and make a pick for someone.

I disagree:

Any GM should have 3 min until he has to submit his post(=coice). If not ==> Paul picks on the basis of the list the GM has handed over in advance.

[velcro]

Thats a lot of waiting around if someone should disappear.

The other reason I don't like the forum is that you have to manually refresh the page when a post is made.

[Andrew-Neutral]

How about we all get together in one place and do the draft just like the NFL. I'd suggest where central, like Yorkshire, for the venue. Mario can pay for everyone's plane tickets, I'll pay for lunch in the curry house down the road. Simple! 

[Paul-London]

The forum idea could be good, like ROss says you have to keep pressing refresh though

What i envisage is that before the draft i have the draft lists of the owners you cant make it.

Say 5 of them.  Then the 9 of us are either here (we can make sure theres no false people in a chatroom you see) and i have the draft lists of the other 5.

When its one of their turns i simply say "San Antonio pick....."

I would say 5 minutes per pick, thats the maximum as if you know who you want then you put instantly who it is.

I wouldnt say 10pm GMT though, i mean in California thats 2pm GMT, latest perhaps 4pm GMT (8am California) or if most american GM's cant make it we'll do it early one sunday morning.

And hey the polls only 3 saying yes at the moment despite 5 of us here who are saying yes !  Get voting !

The FWL season should end about end of May, give it some time for trading and the draft list should be finished early early June or late May after the playoffs.

If each team has 3 minutes actually (perhaps 5 is too long) then say half the GM's turn up (9) then thats 27 minutes per round plus 3 minutes or so for me to give you the results from the other GM's.

Each round would last about 30 mins, just do 4 rounds (i think the last 4 rounds should be how we normally do it) and thats 2 hours at the max which isnt bad.  If people do know who they want and dont mess around waiting till the last minute then it could get finished in 1 hr 30

[Paul-London]

Andrew just tried to email you but i got a ton of gumpf back eg...

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Reporting-MTA: dns; rly-nc05.mx.aol.com
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[Paul-London]

I need to know who put what in this poll so i know who to wait for until draft day and then whos list to use.  Who put 'no i'll email it' just so i can keep a list of whos doing what ?

[Andrew-Neutral]

Just sent myself a test message and it got through OK. Perhaps netscape was having a down-time incident. You can always try my other address : andrew 'at' fatbat dot org dot uk

[Paul-London]

Perhaps we should have a draft on a sunday at 4pm or 5pm so that way the Americans can join in on the early rounds.  If its 2 or 3 minutes each per person then it should all be over by 7pm easily

Be great if we have a fair few.

[Mario ADK]

paul i would suggest EVERY GM submits his list to you. What if internet-connection is suddenly down? the list would be backup in those cases and you would act the way you usually act: you pick the top of the players on the list as the drafted player.

[Paul-London]

Yeah i agree, just in case the worst happens

[Stuart-Barcelona]

I think this sounds like a great idea, A Sunday would be good but how about say 6 o'clock?

give each team 2 or 3 minutes and it could be over in a few hours.

Count me in!

[Miguel - Rhein Fire]

Hola amigos,

yeah! I will participate when possible...
It's great fun to chat with all guys together and see the live progress of the draft. It is also more easy to react to any "chaotic" process 

But it's a long process of two hours where the GMs should have time to sit in front of the desktop...

It is really very funny! After the experience made today with the FIFL i will participate as often as i can for future plans...
The question is if this will help to bring back Rhein Fire to success... i don't think so 

[Marco_Frankfurt]

Hi,

I am the one 'no' vote.

It is a good idea and in principle I would like to participate,
but knowing my weekends and also because of family I dont
think I would be able to sit 2-3 hours just at my PC to watch
and participate.

Maybe if I have only lets say my 1st rounder left I will
participate for that round ;-)