Draft Spots For Main Event Friday Morning!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:33 am

Okay, I apologize for the slight delay, but we've been chasing a few credit cards these last two days and waiting for our final owners to get work days off. This has come together pretty well and we'll finish at 375 teams and 25 leagues among the four cities. Although it looks like only Chicago will have entirely full leagues, Chicago and Las Vegas should have 10 teams each in those final leagues, so we'll be in good shape.

We're going to take today to finalize everything and to pick the draft spots. If you want a good draft spot, you may want to start praying early afternoon today!

We actually found a great random computer system that spits out the draft orders for us for each city and thus Tom can now pass the blame onto Microsoft or whomever invented this great piece of software. But it works like a charm (thanks UFS).

So draft spots will be picked today for the main event and the plan is to announce the draft picks tomorrow on the Message Boards around 10 a.m. CST. We'll post each city league by league and drag this out for everyone!

Then Tom and I will go to the bar for lunch and a beer and let you folks chew on your draft spots.

Tom will begin posting the Auction League nomination orders today on the boards so that you folks in full leagues know who you're sitting next to. We have only one unfilled auction league and that's the $650 AL Auction League in Las Vegas (2 open spots). We'll probably hold off on the Ultimate League draft orders until at least tomorrow as we're scrambling to fill that third Ultimate Draft League.

Sound like a plan? Now start praying!!

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:38 am

This makes my day, Greg. Thanks to both you and Tom for making it happen.

[ March 08, 2007, 09:39 AM: Message edited by: King of Queens ]

Walla Walla · Post by **Walla Walla** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:08 am

Yep thanks UFS. Your the best. This contest or the LABR would never survive without you. Did I mention that UFS is the best. Wow what a guy. Awesome! The best! He's the man!

Top Dawg · Post by **Top Dawg** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:34 am

Yahoo - I get to know my Auction Nomination position today!!! Yahoo!!!

Quick reminder please, does the reserve rounds for the auction start with team 1 or with the last team (12, 13, 15)?

Thanks,

Pete

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:37 am

Originally posted by Top Dawg:

Yahoo - I get to know my Auction Nomination position today!!! Yahoo!!!

Quick reminder please, does the reserve rounds for the auction start with team 1 or with the last team (12, 13, 15)?

Thanks,

Pete Reserve rounds in the auction leagues start with 1 and are serpentine. The nomination process does not snake back from the end. Hope this helps.

[ March 08, 2007, 10:38 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Walla Walla · Post by **Walla Walla** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:56 am

UFS. Your the best. This contest or the LABR would never survive without you. Did I mention that UFS is the best. Wow what a guy. Awesome! The best! He's the man!

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:21 am

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

UFS. Your the best. This contest or the LABR would never survive without you. Did I mention that UFS is the best. Wow what a guy. Awesome! The best! He's the man! Your pills are in the medicine cabinet -- second shelf from the top, right next to the Nyquil.

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:29 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:

quote:Originally posted by Walla Walla:

UFS. Your the best. This contest or the LABR would never survive without you. Did I mention that UFS is the best. Wow what a guy. Awesome! The best! He's the man! Your pills are in the medicine cabinet -- second shelf from the top, right next to the Nyquil. [/QUOTE]you're the best King ! Awesome ! The pharmaceutical industry would never survive without you !

Q

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:57 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

We actually found a great random computer system that spits out the draft orders for us for each city and thus Tom can now pass the blame onto Microsoft or whomever invented this great piece of software. But it works like a charm (thanks UFS).Random.org was built and is being maintained by Mads Haahr

Just thought you wanted to know.

The impatient now have about two hours less to wait from what I've been told.

Go ahead and BURN that hat you used. It never served me well.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:07 am

Originally posted by UFS:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

We actually found a great random computer system that spits out the draft orders for us for each city and thus Tom can now pass the blame onto Microsoft or whomever invented this great piece of software. But it works like a charm (thanks UFS).Random.org was built and is being maintained by Mads Haahr

Just thought you wanted to know.

The impatient now have about two hours less to wait from what I've been told.

Go ahead and BURN that hat you used. It never served me well.

[/QUOTE]Yeah, that hat feels very underused right now!! Tom is SOOOOOOO happy not to be doing it that way.

Blame Mads Haar if you don't like your draft pick!!

Top Dawg · Post by **Top Dawg** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:04 am

Gents - I hate to ask, but better to ask now and know where this is heading than to feel like a kid the night before Christmas only to find out the Grinch stole it....

If we are not at 375 tomorrow morning, will we wait another day or so?

Curious minds need to know....

Pete

rob276 · Post by **rob276** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:45 am

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:04 am

Originally posted by UFS:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

We actually found a great random computer system that spits out the draft orders for us for each city and thus Tom can now pass the blame onto Microsoft or whomever invented this great piece of software. But it works like a charm (thanks UFS).Random.org was built and is being maintained by Mads Haahr

Just thought you wanted to know.

The impatient now have about two hours less to wait from what I've been told.

Go ahead and BURN that hat you used. It never served me well.

[/QUOTE]Hell no. I might frame it.

Seriously, though, thanks John for the hookup with that site. It worked incredibly well for the auction stuff we did today. I can't say I'm going to miss the old hat anytime soon. We're now in the 21st century. Pretty sweet.

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:05 am

Originally posted by rob276:

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later? KDS has to be manual...

What has been eliminated is Tom writing down the names on slips, cutting them out, drawing the names, and then figuring out one by one each slot.

When Greg and I were at one of the ballgames last weekend, I asked him how they did all this because I run leagues too and I was curious.

I offered them a solution to eliminate the above and they liked it.

For LV, Tom will have a list of the 135 names in an excel file, and then run the random number program that will list those 135 numbers randomly and he will cut and paste those numbers right next to each owners name, and then sort from 1 to 135 and each 15 owners will be in the same league and the KDS order is right there and much easier to process. (1-15 will be league 1, 16-30 in league 2, and so on, with the 1,16,31,46, etc getting first KDS choice)

I write all this as a disclaimer as I am in the event and want no guff when I finally get a #1 pick.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:05 am

Originally posted by rob276:

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later? Once the random order for each league is selected we then go through each person and see their KDS preferences. That will determine the actual order of the draft. Make sense?

rob276 · Post by **rob276** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:09 am

Yep, thanks for the reply guys.

JohnZ · Post by **JohnZ** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:09 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:

quote:Originally posted by UFS:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

We actually found a great random computer system that spits out the draft orders for us for each city and thus Tom can now pass the blame onto Microsoft or whomever invented this great piece of software. But it works like a charm (thanks UFS).Random.org was built and is being maintained by Mads Haahr

Just thought you wanted to know.

The impatient now have about two hours less to wait from what I've been told.

Go ahead and BURN that hat you used. It never served me well.

[/QUOTE]Hell no. I might frame it.

Seriously, though, thanks John for the hookup with that site. It worked incredibly well for the auction stuff we did today. I can't say I'm going to miss the old hat anytime soon. We're now in the 21st century. Pretty sweet. [/QUOTE]You are off the hook now too. Blame Mads Haar!!

No more BlueFoot BS.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:17 am

Originally posted by Top Dawg:

Gents - I hate to ask, but better to ask now and know where this is heading than to feel like a kid the night before Christmas only to find out the Grinch stole it....

If we are not at 375 tomorrow morning, will we wait another day or so?

Curious minds need to know....

Pete pete - reread the title of the thread...Draft Spots For Main Event Friday Morning!!

greg doesn't BS

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:39 am

By any chance, is the old draft pick hat a hand-crocheted rastafarian cap? If so, that would explain a lot of things.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:47 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:

By any chance, is the old draft pick hat a hand-crocheted rastafarian cap? If so, that would explain a lot of things. No, the first one was an MVPSportsbook.com hat from the first season of free giveaways!!! Then we went with a used and abused Upper Deck hat. That one is on the corner of Tom's desk where it will always stay.

I have a four-pack of Beck's beer on the corner of my desk!!

Seriously, I do. Long story there, but a funny one. We may just finish those off tomorrow around noon!!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:49 am

Draft spots will DEFINITELY be announced tomorrow at 10 a.m. CST, giving everyone 8+ days to prepare for their draft spots. We did the right thing by waiting this extra day as we wrapped up all the bad credit card problems and got the right guys for those last spots. We will definitely have 375 teams for the main event and 25 full leagues. This has been a very, very good last two days.

10 a.m. CST. Not a minute earlier or a minute later!!! Just like on Draft Day as we don't wait for anyone!!! See ya tomorrow.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:50 am

Originally posted by rob276:

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later? Tom manually handled that after we randomly picked the leagues through the generator. Just an awesome, awesome system that saved us hours and hours of tom-foolery (pardon the pun)!!

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:56 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by rob276:

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later? Tom manually handled that after we randomly picked the leagues through the generator. Just an awesome, awesome system that saved us hours and hours of tom-foolery (pardon the pun)!!

[/QUOTE]I noticed that you used the past tense to describe the KDS process. Could this mean that the league and draft slots have already been assigned?!?!?

Greg, make sure you set the alarm and double lock the office doors tonight!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:34 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by rob276:

How does the random draft order generator handle KDS? Or is that all figured out manually later? Tom manually handled that after we randomly picked the leagues through the generator. Just an awesome, awesome system that saved us hours and hours of tom-foolery (pardon the pun)!!

[/QUOTE]I noticed that you used the past tense to describe the KDS process. Could this mean that the league and draft slots have already been assigned?!?!?

Greg, make sure you set the alarm and double lock the office doors tonight!

[/QUOTE]I did tell you to start praying this afternoon, didn't I?

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:25 pm

Yo Tom...

$50 for that hat!

~Lance