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Okay, we are ready to start the NFBC Draft Season. Are any of you folks ready yet?

We have 3 $150 Slow Draft Leagues and 1 $375 Slow Draft League that will start drafting tomorrow at Noon ET. Tom is loading all of those leagues now and he will send out an invitation email to all 60 of you owners once those leagues are set up. Everyone is signed up with payment info in the system, ready to rock 'n roll. Thanks everyone.

Once these leagues are set up, you should be able to go into the Draft Room. Again, click on your team link and in the top middle of that first page is a link that says Draft Room: It's draft time! - Head to the draft room. Click on the hyperlink "Head to the draft room" and you'll see draft versions: Flash and HTML. If you have Flash on your computer, use the Flash link. Once you click there, you'll go right into the draft room. It looks exactly like last year's as we're making enhancements while these early Slow Drafts take place.

Here's some items of note:

1. The Draft Board is located under Roster, Draft Board. Just click there and the Draft Board will pop up and load with colored stickers after every pick.

2. There are TWO Draft Player buttons. Please note that. One is under the Que and SHOULD ONLY BE USED IF YOU WANT TO DRAFT PLAYERS IN YOUR QUE!! I can't say that loud enough. The Draft Player button above the player default list is just for drafting the player you highlight in the player default list.

3. To draft, just highlight the player you want. His name and stats will appear in the Player Info area. Then click Draft Player button there and you'll get that player.

4. The Que allows you to place players aside that you may want to draft. If you leave it on auto-pick and you time out, it will pick the top player from your Que. If you're Team 15 and have it on auto-pick, it will pick your next 2 players in your Que. We will add a One Round Que this off-season and we certainly understand how this is needed and will speed up Slow Drafts. We just don't have it available now.

5. This year you have 8 hours per pick instead of 10. Plan accordingly.

If you have any other questions, post them here or email me at [email protected]. Position eligibility in the draft room should match our game format. If you see any player with questionable eligibility, let me know and we'll look into it. Thanks. The software has been tested and we feel we're ready to go. Thanks all and let's start drafting tomorrow. Good luck.

awesome news!

boom goes the dynamite!!! love the news Greg!

I haven't been this excited since my last kid WINSTON was born!

greg,

The only thing that could have made this announcement better would have been a voicemail that said...
For the thousands gathered here live and the millions watching on tv...Ladies and gentlemen...are you ready?
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE...

poopytooth wrote:greg,

The only thing that could have made this announcement better would have been a voicemail that said...
For the thousands gathered here live and the millions watching on tv...Ladies and gentlemen...are you ready?
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE...

I think you just said it for us!! You guys are like kids, you're so damn EXCITED!!!

This will be like opening Christmas presents starting on Dec. 22nd. I trust these early drafts will be a lot of fun with a lot of decisions being made with each pick. When Tom and I were testing, I was really looking at each pick and trying to find speed-power with my first two picks. It was fun just picking in test leagues. I'm looking forward to the content we'll get from these early drafts once they get rolling and I'll post things online to get others excited.

Thanks for being patient with us guys. Remember, last year we started 10 Slow Drafts and then had to go 6 full weeks without any additional Slow Drafts after Fanball dissolved. Now we already have 7 full leagues and 2 that Dan Kenyon ran. We'll easily top last year's level of 23 Slow Drafts. I'm as excited as you are and I know the software will perform fine for these early drafts and we'll have some enhancements later. Enjoy all.

An FYI - the Head to the Draft Room link will appear on your team page on the day your draft begins (Thursday for these first four full leagues).

Tom Kessenich wrote:An FYI - the Head to the Draft Room link will appear on your team page on the day your draft begins (Thursday for these first four full leagues).

What time on Thursday? Just so I am not looking every 32 Seconds!

Winston's Empire wrote:

Tom Kessenich wrote:An FYI - the Head to the Draft Room link will appear on your team page on the day your draft begins (Thursday for these first four full leagues).

What time on Thursday? Just so I am not looking every 32 Seconds!

noon i believe

No RT, can we get into the draft room?

Winston's Empire wrote:No RT, can we get into the draft room?

gotcha, you may be better off drafting on the fly!

Winston's Empire wrote:No RT, can we get into the draft room?

I believe it's 12:01 am CT. Stay up late tonight Winston and let me know if that's correct.

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

Winston's Empire wrote:No RT, can we get into the draft room?

I believe it's 12:01 am CT. Stay up late tonight Winston and let me know if that's correct.

Stay up late? With a draft starting in less than 18 hours, I am not going to bed!

Is it me or is the draft room not available yet?

Is it 12 o clock thursday yet? The suspense is eating me

Tom Kessenich wrote:An FYI - the Head to the Draft Room link will appear on your team page on the day your draft begins (Thursday for these first four full leagues).

Gentlemen,
I'm in 375 picking 2nd, who will be around at noon?
I will PM you my pick right now. I suspect Tom will be around tomorrow to put in my pick with your help.

Thanks in advance
Gaëtan

Gates wrote:

Tom Kessenich wrote:An FYI - the Head to the Draft Room link will appear on your team page on the day your draft begins (Thursday for these first four full leagues).

Gentlemen,
I'm in 375 picking 2nd, who will be around at noon?
I will PM you my pick right now. I suspect Tom will be around tomorrow to put in my pick with your help.

Thanks in advance
Gaëtan

We did this last year I thought. You can text me.

Thanks for the info. Now lets get readyyyyyyyyyyy to rummmmmmmmmmmble

duesman24 wrote:Is it me or is the draft room not available yet?

It opens up for you first thing tomorrow morning.

Draft Rooms are OPEN!

Winston's Empire wrote:Draft Rooms are OPEN!

Somehow I knew Max you'd stay up to see if the draft room opened at 12:01 am or not!! Nice job!!

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

Winston's Empire wrote:Draft Rooms are OPEN!

Somehow I knew Max you'd stay up to see if the draft room opened at 12:01 am or not!! Nice job!!

You know it! Had to make a few changes to my draft sheets now that Travis Wood is a Cub, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED!

Is there a way to see who else is logged into the draft room?

meanguy wrote:Is there a way to see who else is logged into the draft room?

If you see the "Expand All" button on the left side of the Flash draft room, it will give a list of each team in order of their picks for each round. Those online in the draft room will have a little green dot next to their names.

25 MINUTES TO DRAFT DAY!!! Are you ready?

What are the odds that the No. 1 picks will be there at high noon? Let's hope they all kick these Slow Drafts off in good fashion. Good luck everyone and enjoy.