Satellite Draft Rule Question

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:15 am

I noticed the following rule:

16. Time Limit For Draft:There will be a 90-second time limit for each owner to make his/her pick during each round of the NFBC Satellite League draft. If a participant does not make a selection in the allotted time, the computer will select for that owner using MDC's overall ranking system.

I agree 90 seconds should be plenty of time, but in the unlikely event that a pick doesn't get made, having MDC making your pick for you could ruin your strategy. Can't there be a better solution?

Another similar question, what if the technologically challanged, such as myself, were to inadvertently make a pick by mistake and if recognized right away, will they be able to correct it?

[ February 01, 2006, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Terry Haney ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:20 pm

Originally posted by Terry Haney:

I noticed the following rule:

16. Time Limit For Draft:There will be a 90-second time limit for each owner to make his/her pick during each round of the NFBC Satellite League draft. If a participant does not make a selection in the allotted time, the computer will select for that owner using MDC's overall ranking system.

I agree 90 seconds should be plenty of time, but in the unlikely event that a pick doesn't get made, having MDC making your pick for you could ruin your strategy. Can't there be a better solution?

Another similar question, what if the technologically challanged, such as myself, were to inadvertently make a pick by mistake and if recognized right away, will they be able to correct it? We do stop the draft if you inadvertedly made a wrong pick. If somehow you got booted off or frozen and the computer made your pick, we can stop the draft and have done so in the past. That's why I don't want too many online drafts at once as we monitor every single one.

The solution is to pre-rank your players ahead of time rather than use the MDC ranking. But we need a default in case someone walks away and falling back on MDC's ranking is the proper solution. Again, pre-rank your lineup if you'd like to ahead of time and then the computer will pick your Top 200 in order, not MDC's.

seefer · Post by **seefer** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:59 pm

Hey Terry, how goes it??? Are we on for lunch again on Sat. between auctions in Vegas? I'm game. I hope all is well with you and your family.

Regards,

Aaron Seefeldt

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:59 pm

Originally posted by seefer:

Are we on for lunch again on Sat. between auctions in Vegas?

Regards,

Aaron Seefeldt Sounds good Aaron, look forward to it. I'll pm you to exchange contact info.