Placeholder Problem

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:34 am

Thanks guys!

I'm ready for a one night 50 rounder. Game for either Friday or Saturday night. 7 or 8 pm works

Bluecat · Post by **Bluecat** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:40 am

I'm down for a $150 DC Express League for as soon as we can get 15 owners signed up! Pretty much any date would work for me.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:24 am

Bay Harbor Butcher wrote:I'm down for a $150 DC Express League for as soon as we can get 15 owners signed up! Pretty much any date would work for me.

That's 2 owners. If anyone is interested in a one-night, 50-round DC add your name to the list. I don't know if we can get enough interest for this Friday at 8 pm ET, but if not then a future Friday night. But here's a starting point:

NFBC Draft Champions Express League
50 Rounds, 1 Minute Per Pick
Upcoming Friday Night or Future Friday Night, 8 pm ET
1. Mark Srebro
2. Bay Harbor Butcher

Thanks all and good luck.

Bama · Post by **Bama** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:24 am

Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:38 am

Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.

Has happened in DC 6 already.............player is fixed, but now the draft is paused. Actually says "stopped". Been that way for awhile!!!!!!!!!!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:47 am

Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.

Sure, have someone email me the six Placeholders and I'll get them entered ASAP. Just email me at [email protected]. I can do this for any of the current drafts if that helps.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:48 am

Dak wrote:
Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.
Has happened in DC 6 already.............player is fixed, but now the draft is paused. Actually says "stopped". Been that way for awhile!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom did that. He's starting it up again. Sorry.

NorCalAtlFan · Post by **NorCalAtlFan** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:21 am

Greg Ambrosius wrote:
Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.
Sure, have someone email me the six Placeholders and I'll get them entered ASAP. Just email me at [email protected]. I can do this for any of the current drafts if that helps.

that was fast! thanks!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:22 am

NorCalAtlFan wrote:
Greg Ambrosius wrote:
Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.
Sure, have someone email me the six Placeholders and I'll get them entered ASAP. Just email me at [email protected]. I can do this for any of the current drafts if that helps.
that was fast! thanks!

Yes, this is done. Those 6 players are now attached to the right teams. Thanks all and good luck.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:23 am

Dak wrote:
Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.
Has happened in DC 6 already.............player is fixed, but now the draft is paused. Actually says "stopped". Been that way for awhile!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry guys. Thought I resumed the draft after making the fix.

Bama · Post by **Bama** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:35 pm

Greg Ambrosius wrote:
NorCalAtlFan wrote:
Bama wrote:Looks like the minor league guys are in the list now but unfortunately we had about 6 placxeholders yesterday and now these guys have been added and probably will be taken at some point again by somebody not paying attention. Is there anything that can be done about this.

Sure, have someone email me the six Placeholders and I'll get them entered ASAP. Just email me at [email protected]. I can do this for any of the current drafts if that helps.
that was fast! thanks!
Yes, this is done. Those 6 players are now attached to the right teams. Thanks all and good luck.

Thanks, looks as though our league is cleared up. Now if some of my draft mates don't start taking these rookie ball unlisted guys in the 33 rd or so we might be alright. Didnt know that 3a and 2a stats counted in these leagues so i Might need to read the rules.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:42 am

Okay, Tom and I will do our best to replace the Placeholders today in those finished DC leagues. If you are in a current DC League where we added the minor-leaguers after Placeholders had been picked feel free to send me those picks and I'll get those Placeholders updated immediately. We want to take those minor-leaguers off the player default list before anyone picks them again. Just send the Placeholders to me at [email protected]. We updated a couple of leagues yesterday, but if we missed any please send me the lists. Thanks all and good luck going forward.

By the way, Masahiro Tanaka IS in the player pool with the team listed as Seattle. He obviously hasn't signed with anyone yet, but we decided to get him in the player pool nonetheless. We'll update the team he signs with when/if that happens, but you can draft him now. Thanks.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:27 pm

Okay, we added an additional 20+ minor-leaguers to the player pool yesterday and we shouldn't have any more Placeholder picks in the first 40 rounds. If we have Placeholders when your draft is done, just email me at [email protected] and I'll get them added ASAP. We added 50+ minor-leaguers to the player pool this week and should be current with the top 750+ players available to be drafted. We try not to flood the player pool with too many minor-leaguers and having these first few DCs finished helped us add the right players to the pool. Thanks and good luck all.

Deadheadz · Post by **Deadheadz** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:24 am

Greg Ambrosius wrote: International players like Masahiro Tanaka who have not signed with an MLB team won't be added until they are officially in the majors. You will still need to use a Placeholder P for Tanaka until/if he signs with an MLB team.

Greg Ambrosius wrote: By the way, Masahiro Tanaka IS in the player pool with the team listed as Seattle. He obviously hasn't signed with anyone yet, but we decided to get him in the player pool nonetheless. We'll update the team he signs with when/if that happens, but you can draft him now. Thanks.

Way to flip-flop. You can't win.
You make a statement such as the the first above, and half the people who read it take it at face value while the other half pressure you to change your policy.

I've been staying off the message boards after being called 'idiot' once too often so I didn't get the memo on Tanaka.
DC 11 has devolved into a pissing match and without knowing you changed your mind on this policy (and because drafting ettiquite frowns on discussing undrafted players) I just used a placeholder pick for Tanaka only to be told a placeholder pick wasn't required.

Now the draft will suck even more until this gets fixed.

Deadheadz · Post by **Deadheadz** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:10 am

Much ado about nothing.

I see Place Holder has an NFBC ADP of 790. Not fantasy relevant?

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