First Weekend Draft Spots To BE Announced: Friday, 11 ET

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:57 am

Originally posted by AZSteamers:

On the other hand, the second weekend has the bigger advantage of drafting later (knock knock...imagine if a top pick goes down between the weekends?) so the playing field is more than even. There is a 15+ page thread somewhere that gives multiple opinions about which of the two weekends has the advantage. It's clearly not cut and dry.

The problem is that we wont know if there is or is not an advantage for years.

Big Mac Attack · Post by **Big Mac Attack** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:51 am

So the KDS picks are locked?

JEagle · Post by **JEagle** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:02 am

I agree with KOQ 2nd weekend gets to see results of 1st...thats seems nice to me

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:25 am

I will also announce the Live Double Plays that are full in St. Louis and Atlantic City for Friday, March 19th. I'll likely do those before the Main Events tomorrow. Might be a good kickoff to the morning.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:10 pm

greg - please don't post LV draft slots first and AC last. that 15 minute break isn't fair. LV drafters get an extra 15 min!!!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:16 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

greg - please don't post LV draft slots first and AC last. that 15 minute break isn't fair. LV drafters get an extra 15 min!!!!

There are 4 Las Vegas leagues where I'll be at. 3 Atlantic City leagues where Tom will be at. 1 in St. Louis. Now, who do you think gets announced first tomorrow?

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:17 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

greg - please don't post LV draft slots first and AC last. that 15 minute break isn't fair. LV drafters get an extra 15 min!!!!

There are 4 Las Vegas leagues where I'll be at. 3 Atlantic City leagues where Tom will be at. 1 in St. Louis. Now, who do you think gets announced first tomorrow?

[/QUOTE]like Christmas Eve all over again!!!

I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

Plymouth · Post by **Plymouth** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:20 pm

Will the information be readily available to track on how 1st week teams do versus 2nd week teams?

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:21 pm

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Will the information be readily available to track on how 1st week teams do versus 2nd week teams? no. we just bought a new nfbc rug. we need something to sweep under it.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:27 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Plymouth:

Will the information be readily available to track on how 1st week teams do versus 2nd week teams? no. we just bought a new nfbc rug. we need something to sweep under it. [/QUOTE]Shawn and I have teams going both weekends. Package them together as a 1/15th sample size then place your bets on which weekend finishes higher. I'll set the odds at 50:50.

Cotton1 · Post by **Cotton1** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:30 pm

how bout the march 28th super, when will those spots be announced?

Cotton1 · Post by **Cotton1** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:57 pm

oops, just saw it on another thread, sorry

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:14 pm

Originally posted by King of Queens:

The second weekend already has the built-in advantage. Better information = better teams.

i expect the childs clones will be out in full force that 2nd weekend. whoever he drafts in weekend one, sheep move up their rankings. it's only natural. bbbbbhaaaaaa!

if childs is smart (AND I KNOW HE IS), there's enough players in the pool to design different plans for both weekends.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:50 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

The second weekend already has the built-in advantage. Better information = better teams.

i expect the childs clones will be out in full force that 2nd weekend. whoever he drafts in weekend one, sheep move up their rankings. it's only natural. bbbbbhaaaaaa!

if childs is smart (AND I KNOW HE IS), there's enough players in the pool to design different plans for both weekends. [/QUOTE]If you want to test the sheep theory get Shawn to take Reyes in the 2nd round.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:56 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

If you want to test the sheep theory get Shawn to take Reyes in the 2nd round. he already did via the LABR auction. his reyes trap fell flat with him out a couple weeks!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:59 am

Okay, one hour to DRAFT SPOTS!!!

All leagues are full, loaded in a Word document and ready to be revealed. All KDS choices have been analyzed, double proofed by hand and with our spiffy new automated system, and even sent to Ryan and Kyle for some video enhancing. The videos will be very cool even after the fact because then for the first time you'll see where you were randomly selected. Today you get to see your draft spots, but the videos will show where you were taken by the computer and how that affected your draft spots. You'll also see who in your league got their preferred spots and where those are. Pretty cool, huh?

Enjoy all. Double Play Live league draft spots coming before that and maybe even the Ultimate Auction League. Thanks all for your patience and grab a beer this morning. This should be fun.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:02 am

Originally posted by Plymouth:

Will the information be readily available to track on how 1st week teams do versus 2nd week teams? Yes, this should be easy to do John. Just like in the Online Championship last year, each league will be identified by the draft date in the overall standings. So you should be able to see March 20th, Las Vegas League 1 and March 27th, New York League 6 next to the owners' names. We did this for the Online Championship, too.

The Online Championship didn't have any trend as far as folks excelling later in the draft schedule or earlier in the schedule. We don't know if that will hold true here or not and I think most agree they don't even know which weekend holds the advantage. Let the games begin and we'll find out, I guess.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:09 am

Will these all be on video or like the old days?

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:13 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

The second weekend already has the built-in advantage. Better information = better teams.

i expect the childs clones will be out in full force that 2nd weekend. whoever he drafts in weekend one, sheep move up their rankings. it's only natural. bbbbbhaaaaaa!

if childs is smart (AND I KNOW HE IS), there's enough players in the pool to design different plans for both weekends. [/QUOTE]Your a smart man...

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:17 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Will these all be on video or like the old days? Dan, we will first just post these as text on the message boards like the old days. The holdup with Atlantic City and the uncertainty with 1 or 2 owners in Las Vegas didn't allow us to pick these ahead of time to do the videos, edit them and post them. However, Ryan is going to videotape these today and then post them later, maybe even early next week. But they will still be great to look at on the site all year long and will be good for you guys to see how the random order played out after you see the draft spots.

Sound good?

Old fashioned message board posting today followed by emails to all. Enjoy.

Gladiators · Post by **Gladiators** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:18 am

Greg- I am drafting in an online draft in 5 days (9 p.m.). Our league if full and assigned, but we do not have draft spots yet. I hoped to do some prepping over the weekend- will our draft spots come out at 11 also?

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:18 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Okay, one hour to DRAFT SPOTS!!!

The videos will be very cool even after the fact because then for the first time you'll see where you were randomly selected.Am I correct in saying that the announcements will be made on the Boards, while the video's come later?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:18 am

COUNTDOWN: 45 MINUTES!!

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:19 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Okay, one hour to DRAFT SPOTS!!!

The videos will be very cool even after the fact because then for the first time you'll see where you were randomly selected. Today you get to see your draft spots, but the videos will show where you were taken by the computer and how that affected your draft spots. You'll also see who in your league got their preferred spots and where those are. Pretty cool, huh?

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very cool nice touch- best of both worlds. You do not have to wait for your slot longer, but you get to see how it came about.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:19 am

Sorry, you beat me