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Scoring Settings: On the league page in Yahoo!. Only one thing has changed; I have moderately reduced the points that defenses get for allowing very, very few yards. Most people in the Scoring Feedback Thread felt that yards allowed is a mediocre measure of defensive performance and didn't add much to the experience. Also, note that we have only ten teams this year as opposed to twelve last year.
Making Picks: Pick when it is your turn. Any selection that you make is binding once the next player after you has selected.
BAPAY Picks: There's a clock on your picks. I can change the clock time at my discretion at the end of a round; this means that everyone is affected equally. I won't overuse this power; I just need it to make sure we finish our draft by Wednesday, September 4. The clock begins when the previous person's pick has been posted. If you do not make your pick in the allotted time, you will receive the Best Available Player at Yahoo!. This is an automatic pick made for you.
BAPAY Determination:
Your automatic pick will be made so as to fill your roster in a balanced way. Therefore, it will use the following preference order. It will pick the first position in this list that you do not already have.
RB1
QB1
WR1
RB2
WR2
TE1
RB3
WR3
DST1
QB2 [bye week watch]
RB4
WR4
DST2 [bye week watch]
WR5
K
TE2 [bye week watch]
Under no circumstances should a single backup (QB2, TE2, or DST2) have the same bye week as the starter.
Once the position is determined, a player is selected from that position. Go to Yahoo!'s player lists in our league, select "Season(proj)" from the drop-down menu, and sort by Fan Pts. These are just numbers cooked up by the staff at Yahoo!, but they reasonably represent consensus of what players are likely to do next year, and they are scored within our system. Therefore, these picks should be very fair. Note that they are slightly different from the "projected rankings," which don't take our scoring into account.
Changing BAPAY picks
A BAPAY is a conditional pick. It only becomes permanent after 8 hours. If you have been BAPAYed, you can change your pick for 8 hours after the BAPAY pick was assessed. You can only change it to players who haven't been picked yet. Even if a player was picked after your BAPAY, you cannot force the other owner to change picks.
If the a player posting before you has been BAPAYed, then you can call "dibs" on their BAPAY if they end up changing their pick. At this point, nobody else can call dibs on the BAPAY. However, they can call "dibs" on your pick should the BAPAY (and therefore, your pick) be changed. The BAPAYed owner can change his pick to anyone not picked already, and then the chain of "dibs" will go upwards. This whole system gets erased after 8 hours - at that point, the pick is final.
Leaving Lists
Please leave lists of potential picks, in order of preference, with me or with other active members of the league. This will reduce your picking time to a minimum. For example, if you have two picks close together, you could write a list that says "Give me one RB and a WR from this list. Pick players in this priority: A, B, C, D, E..." Your instructions can be as detailed as you want. If you have left a list with me you will not be BAPAYed.
I implore you to leave lists frequently. Historically we have finished the draft on time, but it would be very bad if we didn't. I expect this draft to complete quickly because there are only ten players.
Private Messages and Other Communication
Try to send private messages to the next player on the clock for the first round - especially if they aren't particularly active. After that, you don't have to do it - only if it is helpful.
If you have a busy schedule and are better reached by email (or even text message), please give me that contact information.
Discussion
Please keep commentary on the draft to a minimum. Longer discussions about Fantasy Football should go in the generic fantasy thread.
Teams
Mountain Goats - Jaguar
Savage Hammers - Jonny
Deviations - Koyaanisqatsi
Dallas Dwarf Tossers - Slowwhand
Da Boyz - Spaced Cowboy
Purple Drank - MRT144
I'm Thinking RBs - Al B. Sure
Berz - Berzerker
Chester's Tailors - snoopy369
Seattle Trollhawks - joncha
Draft Order
I have assigned each player a famous NFL pass rusher. I have sent this list of assigned players to snoopy369 and -Jrabbit. Someone other than snoopy369 or -Jrabbit, please post these players' names in an order of your choosing. We will substitute the names of the pass rushers with the names of the players, and derive our draft order from that.
Deacon Jones
Lawrence Taylor
Alan Page
DeMarcus Ware
Reggie White
Michael Strahan
Jack Youngblood
Bruce Smith
Derrick Thomas
Richard Dent
Once this is accomplished, the top player will be free to select. A 24 hour timer will go into effect on Monday August 19th.
League Page
Scoring Settings: On the league page in Yahoo!. Only one thing has changed; I have moderately reduced the points that defenses get for allowing very, very few yards. Most people in the Scoring Feedback Thread felt that yards allowed is a mediocre measure of defensive performance and didn't add much to the experience. Also, note that we have only ten teams this year as opposed to twelve last year.
Making Picks: Pick when it is your turn. Any selection that you make is binding once the next player after you has selected.
BAPAY Picks: There's a clock on your picks. I can change the clock time at my discretion at the end of a round; this means that everyone is affected equally. I won't overuse this power; I just need it to make sure we finish our draft by Wednesday, September 4. The clock begins when the previous person's pick has been posted. If you do not make your pick in the allotted time, you will receive the Best Available Player at Yahoo!. This is an automatic pick made for you.
BAPAY Determination:
Your automatic pick will be made so as to fill your roster in a balanced way. Therefore, it will use the following preference order. It will pick the first position in this list that you do not already have.
RB1
QB1
WR1
RB2
WR2
TE1
RB3
WR3
DST1
QB2 [bye week watch]
RB4
WR4
DST2 [bye week watch]
WR5
K
TE2 [bye week watch]
Under no circumstances should a single backup (QB2, TE2, or DST2) have the same bye week as the starter.
Once the position is determined, a player is selected from that position. Go to Yahoo!'s player lists in our league, select "Season(proj)" from the drop-down menu, and sort by Fan Pts. These are just numbers cooked up by the staff at Yahoo!, but they reasonably represent consensus of what players are likely to do next year, and they are scored within our system. Therefore, these picks should be very fair. Note that they are slightly different from the "projected rankings," which don't take our scoring into account.
Changing BAPAY picks
A BAPAY is a conditional pick. It only becomes permanent after 8 hours. If you have been BAPAYed, you can change your pick for 8 hours after the BAPAY pick was assessed. You can only change it to players who haven't been picked yet. Even if a player was picked after your BAPAY, you cannot force the other owner to change picks.
If the a player posting before you has been BAPAYed, then you can call "dibs" on their BAPAY if they end up changing their pick. At this point, nobody else can call dibs on the BAPAY. However, they can call "dibs" on your pick should the BAPAY (and therefore, your pick) be changed. The BAPAYed owner can change his pick to anyone not picked already, and then the chain of "dibs" will go upwards. This whole system gets erased after 8 hours - at that point, the pick is final.
Leaving Lists
Please leave lists of potential picks, in order of preference, with me or with other active members of the league. This will reduce your picking time to a minimum. For example, if you have two picks close together, you could write a list that says "Give me one RB and a WR from this list. Pick players in this priority: A, B, C, D, E..." Your instructions can be as detailed as you want. If you have left a list with me you will not be BAPAYed.
I implore you to leave lists frequently. Historically we have finished the draft on time, but it would be very bad if we didn't. I expect this draft to complete quickly because there are only ten players.
Private Messages and Other Communication
Try to send private messages to the next player on the clock for the first round - especially if they aren't particularly active. After that, you don't have to do it - only if it is helpful.
If you have a busy schedule and are better reached by email (or even text message), please give me that contact information.
Discussion
Please keep commentary on the draft to a minimum. Longer discussions about Fantasy Football should go in the generic fantasy thread.
Teams
Mountain Goats - Jaguar
Savage Hammers - Jonny
Deviations - Koyaanisqatsi
Dallas Dwarf Tossers - Slowwhand
Da Boyz - Spaced Cowboy
Purple Drank - MRT144
I'm Thinking RBs - Al B. Sure
Berz - Berzerker
Chester's Tailors - snoopy369
Seattle Trollhawks - joncha
Draft Order
I have assigned each player a famous NFL pass rusher. I have sent this list of assigned players to snoopy369 and -Jrabbit. Someone other than snoopy369 or -Jrabbit, please post these players' names in an order of your choosing. We will substitute the names of the pass rushers with the names of the players, and derive our draft order from that.
Deacon Jones
Lawrence Taylor
Alan Page
DeMarcus Ware
Reggie White
Michael Strahan
Jack Youngblood
Bruce Smith
Derrick Thomas
Richard Dent
Once this is accomplished, the top player will be free to select. A 24 hour timer will go into effect on Monday August 19th.
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