Who Wants To Compete In The Next Slow Draft?

moose1squirrel2 · Post by **moose1squirrel2** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:59 am

signed up for the $150 really looking forward to it

Rainiers · Post by **Rainiers** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:58 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Robert, yes you'll get an email from us along with the URL of the link to the draft room. Tom is setting up this league and a league link will show up under MY TEAMS once all 15 owners are signed up and then the link to the draft room will appear there. You'll click that and be in the draft room. Each pick will be emailed to you so that you can keep up with the draft results without being tied to your computer.

The etiquette of Slow Drafts is to have fun in the Live Chat area and to be ready to make your picks when you can. There is a 12-hour time limit per person, but smart people know who they want and try to get to a computer to make their picks in a timely fashion. From there, just have fun.

Good luck all and I think these will start early next week. Sorry for the continued delays, but hopefully the draft room will be open for business soon. Thanks Greg...

I hope no one is counting on me being ONE OF THOSE SMART PEOPLE. Geeze,shucks, and what not, I thought I'd found the perfect draft for us "Slow" people...the fun part I think I can handle. (I'll try to be prompt too.)

[ December 03, 2010, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Rainiers ]

ncbbmgr · Post by **ncbbmgr** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:50 pm

Greg,

I'm signed up for the next $150 Slow Draft. Thanks Greg and Tom for your assistance. Let's Play Ball.

poopy tooth · Post by **poopy tooth** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:02 am

How is the new draft software looking? Are we almost ready? Just getting initial pick made will be awesome!!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:40 am

Originally posted by ncbbmgr:

Greg,

I'm signed up for the next $150 Slow Draft. Thanks Greg and Tom for your assistance. Let's Play Ball. Okay, here's the latest $150 Slow Draft signup list as we're almost halfway to a third league. Let me know if I've missed anyone, but I think I have everyone on the list. We are testing the software right now and should have it ready to go by mid to late week. Get ready. Drafts will start soon.

Thanks all. Here's the $150 Slow Draft League #3 list to date:

31. George Sanscharewsky, Michigan

32. Stanley Kaye, Frisco, Texas

33. Brian Feldman, New City, New York

34. Scott Tilley, Augusta, Georgia

35. Chris Plucar, North Liberty, Iowa

36. Eli Grimmett, New River, Arizona

37. Robert Yero, Sanford, Florida

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:57 am

Greg, are we starting these today?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:17 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Greg, are we starting these today? No. Sorry for the delays, but in the past week we finished projections for all hitters and pitchers and the Fanball projections will be included with each player in the draft software. It's something that we wanted on www.draftpractice.com and it helps us with our default rankings. I also went through the default rankings to get them more in line with where the first several picks and rounds will likely fall, so I think that will help early on before we get our ADPs established. And today and tomorrow all staffers are testing out the software to make sure we get the bugs out.

If all goes well, we'll be drafting mid to late this week. We want to make sure we get everything ironed out before unveiling this and then we should be good to go not only for Slow Drafts but also for all mock drafts on our draftpractice.com site. We're almost there. Thanks for your patience you die-hards.

bbshea25 · Post by **bbshea25** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:51 am

hey greg - i'm ready for the next $150 slow draft. please let me know how to sign up and when the software is expected to be ready. thx. jeff kent

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:05 am

Originally posted by bbshea25:

hey greg - i'm ready for the next $150 slow draft. please let me know how to sign up and when the software is expected to be ready. thx. jeff kent I'll put you on the list now Jeff. Just click on any Sign Up Now link at nfbc.fanball.com. Then enter your username and password and go to Satellite Leagues, $150 Slow Draft. It will show a date of March 31, 2011, but we'll start as soon as we're full. We're halfway full now and should start soon. All slow drafts will start by end of this week and we'll roll them out as they fill. Again, this year we have Pay Top 3 Slow Drafts that also have overall prizes and an overall contest. Oh, and we are going 50 rounds. So be ready!!

Thanks Jeff.

Gates · Post by **Gates** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:03 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by bbshea25:

hey greg - i'm ready for the next $150 slow draft. please let me know how to sign up and when the software is expected to be ready. thx. jeff kent I'll put you on the list now Jeff. Just click on any Sign Up Now link at nfbc.fanball.com. Then enter your username and password and go to Satellite Leagues, $150 Slow Draft. It will show a date of March 31, 2011, but we'll start as soon as we're full. We're halfway full now and should start soon. All slow drafts will start by end of this week and we'll roll them out as they fill. Again, this year we have Pay Top 3 Slow Drafts that also have overall prizes and an overall contest. Oh, and we are going 50 rounds. So be ready!!

Thanks Jeff. [/QUOTE]I think this is all a conspiracy...Greg is not telling the truth, the software in reality has been ready for weeks but while we wait for it and since we are so hungry for somekind of fix, we register more and more...He takes advantage of us all, poolaholic (spell check)....

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:41 am

FIVE SPOTS LEFT for the $150 Slow Draft League. C'mon, who wants to join us for a 50-round draft by this weekend. I'm ready!!!

Adam Esmay now is our 10th owner for the next $150 Slow Draft and he's our first signup for the very next $375 Slow Draft. Who else wants in? Here's the latest for the $150 Slow Draft League:

31. George Sanscharewsky, Michigan

32. Stanley Kaye, Frisco, Texas

33. Brian Feldman, New City, New York

34. Scott Tilley, Augusta, Georgia

35. Chris Plucar, North Liberty, Iowa

36. Eli Grimmett, New River, Arizona

37. Robert Yero, Sanford, Florida

38. Jeff Kent, Granada Hills, California

39. Chris Garcia, Wesley Chapel, Florida

40. Adam Esmay, Fresno, California

Who wants to join this group for the next Slow Draft?

moose1squirrel2 · Post by **moose1squirrel2** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:46 am

Hey Greg --add me to your list please-John Noeske, Oldsmar,Florida

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:13 am

Originally posted by moose1squirrel2:

Hey Greg --add me to your list please-John Noeske, Oldsmar,Florida Got it John. I did see that one come in over the weekend and just missed it. We now have FOUR SPOTS LEFT in this third $150 Slow Draft League. Here we go:

31. George Sanscharewsky, Michigan

32. Stanley Kaye, Frisco, Texas

33. Brian Feldman, New City, New York

34. Scott Tilley, Augusta, Georgia

35. Chris Plucar, North Liberty, Iowa

36. Eli Grimmett, New River, Arizona

37. Robert Yero, Sanford, Florida

38. Jeff Kent, Granada Hills, California

39. Chris Garcia, Wesley Chapel, Florida

40. Adam Esmay, Fresno, California

41. John Noeske, Oldsmar, Florida

ncbbmgr · Post by **ncbbmgr** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:02 am

Greg,

Please change my resident town to Newport, North Carolina. This is the Crystal Coast Beach area. Thank you.

poopy tooth · Post by **poopy tooth** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:32 am

Originally posted by ncbbmgr:

Greg,

Please change my resident town to Newport, North Carolina. This is the Crystal Coast Beach area. Thank you. Used to live in wilmington. Nice area.

Gates · Post by **Gates** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:18 pm

Greg,

I just noticed that a draft lobby is available under *home*...Does it mean the draft rooms will be available shortly, or has it been there for a while without me noticing it?

Thanks

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:31 pm

Originally posted by Gates:

Greg,

I just noticed that a draft lobby is available under *home*...Does it mean the draft rooms will be available shortly, or has it been there for a while without me noticing it?

Thanks We are getting closer. We have to shut down some parts of the NFBC site to load this onto our site tomorrow and Wednesday. You might not have access to your current and past teams while we do this, but yes, we are getting closer. It takes some time to load this software, but it's a good sign.

Winston's Empire · Post by **Winston's Empire** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:28 am

How is the Software down load coming? Are we getting closer to drafting?

I got a #1 pick burning a hole in my pocket here!

Gates · Post by **Gates** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:42 am

Originally posted by WINSTON'S EMPIRE:

How is the Software down load coming? Are we getting closer to drafting?

I got a #1 pick burning a hole in my pocket here!

Max,

Keep that Hanley pick ready, we should have the green light shortly...

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:25 am

Originally posted by WINSTON'S EMPIRE:

How is the Software down load coming? Are we getting closer to drafting?

I got a #1 pick burning a hole in my pocket here!

We had some problems yesterday and hope to test things again this morning and get this rolling. Trust me, NOBODY wants to get these Slow Drafts rolling more than me, but we're also not going to unveil the software with bugs in it and start 2011 out like last year. I don't need certain owners railing on us right from the start. We need to get this software perfect and have no problems the rest of the way.

Unfortunately we need to test this some more today. Hang in there and I'm sorry about the delay.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:28 am

Sorry I was away yesterday, but we wrapped up our NFFC regular season last weekend and playoffs are starting there this week. We had a busy day of football.

The good news is that we have just TWO SPOTS LEFT for the third $150 Slow Draft league. First come, first serve for this one. We now have 43 owners ready to jump in when the software is finished. Make sure all of you are officially signed up online or we won't be able to get this on your team page or start the league. Everyone must be signed into the system and paid via credit card for us to set up these leagues. Thanks all.

Okay, here's the list for the third $150 Slow Draft:

31. George Sanscharewsky, Michigan

32. Stanley Kaye, Frisco, Texas

33. Brian Feldman, New City, New York

34. Scott Tilley, Augusta, Georgia

35. John Noeske, Oldsmar, Florida

36. Eli Grimmett, New River, Arizona

37. Robert Yero, Sanford, Florida

38. Jeff Kent, Granada Hills, California

39. Chris Garcia, Wesley Chapel, Florida

40. Adam Esmay, Fresno, California

41. Gandolfo Aiosa, Floral Park, New York

42. Kevin Anderson, Richmond, Virginia

43. Winston Sapigao, Flushing, New York

[ December 08, 2010, 08:39 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Winston's Empire · Post by **Winston's Empire** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:11 am

I think we all understand Greg and we all want it to be right too!

Whats the best case time scenario for drafting in your opinion? By Tomorrow? Friday?

Thanks

poopy tooth · Post by **poopy tooth** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:31 am

Greg, please add me to the third 150 draft champion league.

I will submit online.

Thank you!

Mike

mike33710 · Post by **mike33710** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:40 am

Greg, Put me down for the last spot in 150 Slow Draft Champions League. I'll go on line

and signup now.

Thanks,

Mike

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:18 am

Originally posted by WINSTON'S EMPIRE:

I think we all understand Greg and we all want it to be right too!

Whats the best case time scenario for drafting in your opinion? By Tomorrow? Friday?

Thanks Tom tested the software this afternoon and we had two changes to make. But otherwise everything looked good. We'll have a meeting later today and provide an update. But things are looking good.