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Drafts => Past Drafts => AFBL Inaugural Draft => Topic started by: mstreeter06 on May 21, 2013, 09:53:29 am
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We are finally close enough to begin our league's inaugural draft to fill our rosters (ML team and 4 minor league levels)!
I'll do my best to work on getting Statslab setup and configured for the league so we can start our inaugural draft. I plan to draft 10-25 rounds live and then CPU the remaining rounds so we can get started.
Until I get Statslab setup (should be later today assuming work stays calm), we can start drafting here in this thread on the forum and I'll enter whatever results we have then continue the draft in the Statslab utility with a time-limit on each pick of TBD hours (4-12 hour time limit?).
The Oregon Explorers are free to make their selection followed by the North Carolina Aviators and then the New Jersey Athletics.
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I won't be making my selection until statslab is up - as I don't have OOTP14, I have no means to sort players etc before then.
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I won't be making my selection until statslab is up - as I don't have OOTP14, I have no means to sort players etc before then.
Understandable. I'll hopefully have it up and going today.
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I am available to pick #1 overall... if that helps anyone :D
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Understandable. I'll hopefully have it up and going today.
:D
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I won't be making my selection until statslab is up - as I don't have OOTP14, I have no means to sort players etc before then.
Understandable. I'll hopefully have it up and going today.
Even more tension around the first pick now... slugger, contact and speed man or ace pitcher?
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With the help of Chappy's wizard skills, we finally have the Statslab OOTP Online Utility setup and configured for the league. This is where we will hold our inaugural draft and future amateur drafts. Also, from here you could run your team using the online reports and the forum for instructions.
Head to the Statslab link (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/statslab/StatsLab/boxscores.php) and login in for the first time. The default password is 'baseball' (no quotes). Once you get into Statslab, go to the draft section and this is where you'll find your team's war room and draft board. If you have any questions about this, post here or send me an email.
We will draft with a 120-minute time limit on your picks that runs from Monday to Friday that will start at 8am CST and end at 8pm CST. The timer will pause on the weekends and you can always make your pick whenever it gets to you if it is out of the time range or on the weekend.
We will open the draft without a clock until Thursday, May 23rd at 8am CST so everyone has a full 24 plus hours to get this message and have a chance to check out Statslab with the draft pool. Yuda's Oregon Explorers are now up and their clock will officially begin on the 23rd at 8am CST but is free to pick when ready. North Carolina and New Jersey are on deck.
Thanks guys and we continue to get closer to starting our first season. I'm working on getting logos and graphics to show correctly in Statslab and the HTML online reports so just some patience with that.
-Matthew
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You can access from the statslab link in the top right hand corner of the forum page
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You can access from the statslab link in the top right hand corner of the forum page
Oops fixed! Mike is also right about the link at the top right of the forum too! Thanks guys!
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Pick submitted.
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Pick submitted.
Nice selection for #1 overall in AFBL history. He should be a stud pitcher especially with his young age.
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Pick submitted.
Nice pickup, was hoping he'd last until pick #3 as he came out on top of my SP analysis. He'll be winning you a lot of games no doubt.
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Glad to see it going. I will try to keep an eye for my picks. Is Trading picks allowed?
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FYI there are a lot of broken links to images in statslab because OOTP14 puts some of the images in a different location than v13 did... hopefully that will get fixed soon.
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North Carolina selects 23-year-old Norberto Le?n (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/players/player_2462.html) as the first player in franchise history.
He's a bit undersized for a starting pitcher (5'9", 185) so he reminds me a bit of Pedro Martinez... hopefully he can be as good.
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I very nearly took Le?n. Lozano won out because of the year younger plus he's a finished product.
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Glad to see it going. I will try to keep an eye for my picks. Is Trading picks allowed?
Trading picks for the inaugural draft might not work out but if you have something in my let me know. Trading amateur draft picks are definitely allowed for future reference.
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Left handed Starter Jorge Sepulveda (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/players/player_2954.html) becomes the first player on the New Jersey Athletics roster.
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I have a list in, and am set to auto, so it will jump past me!
that being said, the first 3 pitchers taken were the top 3 on my list!
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I have a list in, and am set to auto, so it will jump past me!
that being said, the first 3 pitchers taken were the top 3 on my list!
That's another problem with drafting early... a full 26 picks until I get another crack, however there's some real talent in this draft from what I've seen and some fantastic depth in some positions too.
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I very nearly took Le?n. Lozano won out because of the year younger plus he's a finished product.
Yeah, I would have preferred the guy with the developed 10 stuff, especially since it could actually be higher than 10.
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That's another problem with drafting early... a full 26 picks until I get another crack, however there's some real talent in this draft from what I've seen and some fantastic depth in some positions too.
Yeah, I hate the long wait I'll have between picks... But the good news is that if I'm torn between two players when my next pick comes along, I have a decent shot at landing them both.
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3 young SPs out of the first 3 selections jeje
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3 young SPs out of the first 3 selections jeje
All 3 picks are should be the top pitchers in the league too. They look to be studs.
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That's another problem with drafting early... a full 26 picks until I get another crack, however there's some real talent in this draft from what I've seen and some fantastic depth in some positions too.
Yeah, I hate the long wait I'll have between picks... But the good news is that if I'm torn between two players when my next pick comes along, I have a decent shot at landing them both.
There's always a good side to it. Can't wait for the draft to keep going so I can see all of my shortlisted picks fly by to other teams :D
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That's another problem with drafting early... a full 26 picks until I get another crack, however there's some real talent in this draft from what I've seen and some fantastic depth in some positions too.
Yeah, I hate the long wait I'll have between picks... But the good news is that if I'm torn between two players when my next pick comes along, I have a decent shot at landing them both.
There's always a good side to it. Can't wait for the draft to keep going so I can see all of my shortlisted picks fly by to other teams :D
thats why i only put 6 on my list :)
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Yeah I haven't even bothered putting a list together for my 2nd and 3rd round picks yet. I'll start looking when we hit mid second round, probably.
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thats why i only put 6 on my list :)
And half gone already, ouch!
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thats why i only put 6 on my list :)
And half gone already, ouch!
meh, i pick 6 :) so I know ill get someone on my list.
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kentucky is selecting his player so when he figured out how to do, the 4th pick its selected
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My first player is Lonnie Brown, starter pitcher!
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kentucky is selecting his player so when he figured out how to do, the 4th pick its selected
WHOO you got it :)
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kentucky is selecting his player so when he figured out how to do, the 4th pick its selected
Another pitcher taken, when will the hitters get a look in? :)
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kentucky is selecting his player so when he figured out how to do, the 4th pick its selected
Another pitcher taken, when will the hitters get a look in? :)
3rd round?
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What happens once the 120minute time limit comes into play if you haven't made your pick or setup a draft list? Do you drop down the order in that round or have a pick automatically assigned to you?
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What happens once the 120minute time limit comes into play if you haven't made your pick or setup a draft list? Do you drop down the order in that round or have a pick automatically assigned to you?
If you don't have players set up in a list, it will pick one for you.
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What happens once the 120minute time limit comes into play if you haven't made your pick or setup a draft list? Do you drop down the order in that round or have a pick automatically assigned to you?
If you don't have players set up in a list, it will pick one for you.
Thanks, knowing that a good 6-8 hours of each draft window will occur while I'm asleep it makes getting the list together quite important.
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what player?? the best posible or one randomly??
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Statslab creates its own list through a ranking formula and it will take the player it thinks is the best available... it just might not take things like age into account so it could be a 39 year old star or something like that.
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what player?? the best posible or one randomly??
best possible.
so well know someone missed it when the 40 year olds start coming off the board.
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thanks to both of you!
does it takes things into acount like his position?? if you already have four 3Bs for exampol, it will take one more??
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Thanks, knowing that a good 6-8 hours of each draft window will occur while I'm asleep it makes getting the list together quite important.
There are two ways Matt can set the draft timer to work....
If he checks the box for "Adjust Pick Time With Each Pick", then knowing when your pick is coming can be really unpredictable; basically it starts the 90 minute window immediately after each pick is made.
If he leaves it unchecked, then the windows are fixed from the moment the first pick happens, so if your pick is due between 3:30 and 5:00 PM Tuesday it's due at 5:00 PM Tuesday even if everyone before you picks very quickly (of course you can make your pick before 3:30, that's just when the deadline of the person before you is).
I don't know if I'm explaining this very clearly.
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thanks to both of you!
does it takes things into acount like his position?? if you already have four 3Bs for exampol, it will take one more??
I do not believe it takes position into account... I think the in-game draft engine does though... so once we are finished picking players manually and want the CPU to finish for us, Matt should probably do that part in-game.
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Thanks, knowing that a good 6-8 hours of each draft window will occur while I'm asleep it makes getting the list together quite important.
There are two ways Matt can set the draft timer to work....
If he checks the box for "Adjust Pick Time With Each Pick", then knowing when your pick is coming can be really unpredictable; basically it starts the 90 minute window immediately after each pick is made.
If he leaves it unchecked, then the windows are fixed from the moment the first pick happens, so if your pick is due between 3:30 and 5:00 PM Tuesday it's due at 5:00 PM Tuesday even if everyone before you picks very quickly (of course you can make your pick before 3:30, that's just when the deadline of the person before you is).
I don't know if I'm explaining this very clearly.
That makes sense, would like to know which option is ticked so I can plan my alarm clock for the first few rounds if needed :D
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6 pitchers so far... its up to California.
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another one! i will have to play with the waterboy in the bullpen
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8 straight SPs to start the draft. Awesome haha!
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Anyone know if stats lab works well on phones. Haven't tested it yet
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one suggestion for all of you people! can you put in the forum signature the name of your team?? i can see the logos in some members and its helpfull to recognize wich team owns to the manager that is writing
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one suggestion for all of you people! can you put in the forum signature the name of your team?? i can see the logos in some members and its helpfull to recognize wich team owns to the manager that is writing
I second this. I'm working on getting logos uploaded to the forum for everyone too. I also suggest adding your forum name to your Statslab profile as well.
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8 straight SPs to start the draft. Awesome haha!
up to 10 now!
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first pick that is not a pitcher jeje
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I finally have a draft list I like in OOTP. Is there a way to transfer that to the drafting program for auto drafts when I leave for work in 90 minutes?
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I finally have a draft list I like in OOTP. Is there a way to transfer that to the drafting program for auto drafts when I leave for work in 90 minutes?
Team War Room>Team Settings>Preferences>Auto Draft From List
you are searching for this i think
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I finally have a draft list I like in OOTP. Is there a way to transfer that to the drafting program for auto drafts when I leave for work in 90 minutes?
Team War Room>Team Settings>Preferences>Auto Draft From List
you are searching for this i think
Nope because I don't like how stats lab searches players and so I have a list made WITHIN OOTP and that draft from list drafts from the Statslab list not the OOTP list i believe
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Side note... I have added the team logos to the forum if you want to go into your forum profile and select your team's logo from the gallery. Let me know if you have trouble. Thanks!
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I finally have a draft list I like in OOTP. Is there a way to transfer that to the drafting program for auto drafts when I leave for work in 90 minutes?
Team War Room>Team Settings>Preferences>Auto Draft From List
you are searching for this i think
Nope because I don't like how stats lab searches players and so I have a list made WITHIN OOTP and that draft from list drafts from the Statslab list not the OOTP list i believe
You can import a list which is just a file of player ID numbers, one per line.
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I finally have a draft list I like in OOTP. Is there a way to transfer that to the drafting program for auto drafts when I leave for work in 90 minutes?
Team War Room>Team Settings>Preferences>Auto Draft From List
you are searching for this i think
Nope because I don't like how stats lab searches players and so I have a list made WITHIN OOTP and that draft from list drafts from the Statslab list not the OOTP list i believe
You can import a list which is just a file of player ID numbers, one per line.
Is there a way to export that from OOTP so I can import it?
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You can export a draft list from within ootp and it will be in your import/exportfolder, but I do not know if it will be in a format stats lab understands.
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You can export a draft list from within ootp and it will be in your import/exportfolder, but I do not know if it will be in a format stats lab understands.
Thats what I thought but I am not getting an export option like I was expecting. Matt has my next 48 picks so if you guys dont go crazy the next 8 hours I should be okay
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Are the email updates within statslab working for anyone else? I'm not getting any draft updates despite putting my email into the settings and selecting the "subscribe to draft updates" button.
Good to see the first 12 picks completed quite quickly.
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Are the email updates within statslab working for anyone else? I'm not getting any draft updates despite putting my email into the settings and selecting the "subscribe to draft updates" button.
Good to see the first 12 picks completed quite quickly.
nOPE NOT working for me either.
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Are the email updates within statslab working for anyone else? I'm not getting any draft updates despite putting my email into the settings and selecting the "subscribe to draft updates" button.
Good to see the first 12 picks completed quite quickly.
Hmm I'll check. I might have missed a setting.
I have it set to send email to subscribed. Maybe it will start working when we start the draft timer tomorrow morning at 8am CST?
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Nope because I don't like how stats lab searches players and so I have a list made WITHIN OOTP and that draft from list drafts from the Statslab list not the OOTP list i believe
are you sure?? i think that this option works with the draft list that is in the left. in that list you can put the players that likes you and then the computer will pick for you in the order that you made before
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one suggestion for all of you people! can you put in the forum signature the name of your team?? i can see the logos in some members and its helpfull to recognize wich team owns to the manager that is writing
I second this. I'm working on getting logos uploaded to the forum for everyone too. I also suggest adding your forum name to your Statslab profile as well.
Side note... I have added the team logos to the forum if you want to go into your forum profile and select your team's logo from the gallery. Let me know if you have trouble. Thanks!
This is safe to ignore. I've gone in and set everyone's avatar to their team's logo on the forum and in Statslab. I also made it possible to send PMs and emails to owners via Statslab as well (info is hidden from guests to the site). Thanks guys!
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I have a post into Frank about Statslab and the possibly of a bug with OOTP14 and the List Pick auto pick setting. If we continue to have the List Pick teams not have their top player auto picked, I'll go in and select your top player on your list until we can resolve this.
Thanks!
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Sorry for holding up the Drafting took me longer to get home, I have my player I would like to draft but i am really confused and I cant log in to Statslab.
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baseball is the password
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Sorry for holding up the Drafting took me longer to get home, I have my player I would like to draft but i am really confused and I cant log in to Statslab.
Sending an email. Your default password is 'baseball' (no quotes) but I'll reset it.
Holding off on resetting. I show you logged in as of 5 minutes ago. Head to the Draft section in Statslab then click to Draft War Room to make your pick. Let me know if you have a problem.
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WOW lol and i never tried that I should just quit ok making my pick and nice i figured my first choice was taken so ITS 2B Pat MacGruder on to you Corncobs
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Ya once I had the password It was easy thanks you tho
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Through 13 picks we have 11 SPs and 2 batters which includes a string of 10 SPs to start the draft!
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Hope you guys weren't waiting on me for too long, just made the pick and set it to auto draft from the list.
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We might be able to get to third round to morrow morning, No I held up the draft cause I work to long.
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We might be able to get to third round to morrow morning, No I held up the draft cause I work to long.
Keep those picks coming, good to see the hitters getting picked now... hope there's some decent ones left when I finally get to my 2nd pick.
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No worries about today since it was the first day of having the draft open. We'll have a draft pick time limit of 2 hours per pick starting tomorrow at 8am CST.
I'm leaning toward having the 2 hour window start for your pick once the owner before you picks but can have it on set 2 hour draft windows if more people prefer that way. The limit starting once the previous owner picks would speed things along but I'm fine either way. As long as owners have draft lists ready, we'll knock out the draft in no time.
Thanks guys!
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I think there will be, but now I ask will there be any pitchers left for us idk but my Middle infield looks good ;)
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Still planning to sim 5 rounds and auto the rest? If you auto the rest does that mean that it will auto from a list we create, or is it full automatic drafting i.e. luck of the draw?
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Still planning to sim 5 rounds and auto the rest? If you auto the rest does that mean that it will auto from a list we create, or is it full automatic drafting i.e. luck of the draw?
I think we'll do 10 to 25 rounds live then sim the remaining. I know I'd like to have as much control over my major league roster. I'm open to whatever the majority would like.
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Still planning to sim 5 rounds and auto the rest? If you auto the rest does that mean that it will auto from a list we create, or is it full automatic drafting i.e. luck of the draw?
I think we'll do 10 to 25 rounds live then sim the remaining. I know I'd like to have as much control over my major league roster. I'm open to whatever the majority would like.
Sounds good to me, for the most part things are flying through quite nicely so far.
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If Colorado makes his pick soon, I will be making mine when I get home from work at abot midnight eastern time. I had a list but all the players have been taken. Going to need a longer list by tomorrow morning I guess. It's too time consuming to try to make a pick from phone at work. Thanks.
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If Colorado makes his pick soon, I will be making mine when I get home from work at abot midnight eastern time. I had a list but all the players have been taken. Going to need a longer list by tomorrow morning I guess. It's too time consuming to try to make a pick from phone at work. Thanks.
I made my pick about 15 minutes ago. Thanks for the head's up!
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I am in Arizona time which is the same as Pacific. We are heading into one of the busiest weekends of the year. I will do my best to have my list auto set but I figure on just getting F'd and having to build from there.
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I am in Arizona time which is the same as Pacific. We are heading into one of the busiest weekends of the year. I will do my best to have my list auto set but I figure on just getting F'd and having to build from there.
Well the clock is paused on the weekends so that will help you out. I can assist as much as possible to if you have lists or anything. I can also help give you best available lists if you need it to (between work/class throughout the day). Just let me know!
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Draft timer has started. 2 hour windows, timer starts after previous pick selection, runs 8a-8p CST, paused on weekend.
Massachusetts on the clock followed by Kentucky and New Jersey.
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Draft timer has started. 2 hour windows, timer starts after previous pick selection, runs 8a-8p CST, paused on weekend.
Massachusetts on the clock followed by Kentucky and New Jersey.
Can we see the timer and due times in statslab anywhere?
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i dont see it anywhere :o
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I think it won't show up until 8 central, which is in 15 minutes.
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Yeah sorry my 'draft timer has started' was jumping the gun. Clock officially starts in 10 minutes. :)
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Hmm... I don't see a timer... perhaps we should try the other method?
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Hmm... I don't see a timer... perhaps we should try the other method?
Yeah me neither. I think we'll go with set 2 hour windows for picks for a bit then shorten the window to 30-60 minutes after round X (10?).
My plan is to set 2 hour pick windows for this round and possibly round 3. Then we'll go to 30, 45, or 60 minute pick windows after that.
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We are in all likelyhood the first league doing a draft in v14 & statslab, so we get to find all the bugs.
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We are in all likelyhood the first league doing a draft in v14 & statslab, so we get to find all the bugs.
Clock showing now.
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We are in all likelyhood the first league doing a draft in v14 & statslab, so we get to find all the bugs.
Clock showing now.
I have pick due times on everyone's slot which started the draft clock. 2 hour windows for the remaining time slots then 15 minute windows for the rest of the draft. I'll probably make the time limit 5-10 minutes after round 10 until 25 then will just auto the rest (until people want to go farther before auto the draft).
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now 3 hours??? why dont reset the clock and start in 2 hours??
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now 3 hours??? why dont reset the clock and start in 2 hours??
For some reason, the clock was not working when Matt had is set to reset. This way, the clock works. The good thing about drafting this way is you know when your next picks will be no matter what. So, for you, you'll pick at 10:45, 13:30 and 18:45 tomorrow no matter what... picks won't sneak up on you like they could with the clock resetting after every pick.
It will be slow today, but starting tomorrow everything should speed up considerably.
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So, for you, you'll pick at 10:45, 13:30 and 18:45 tomorrow no matter what...
5 hours plus here, so 15:45, 18:30 and 23:45
i dont like at all this system, too slow :-\
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It's pretty much the only system that's remotely fair when the owner base is spread all over the world. It wouldn't be much fun if you went to bed when there were 10 picks before you had to go and you woke up to find that everybody went quickly while you were asleep and your clock expired.
In most cases, we'll move faster than the windows (and we can re-set the clock at points if we get too far ahead).
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It's pretty much the only system that's remotely fair when the owner base is spread all over the world. It wouldn't be much fun if you went to bed when there were 10 picks before you had to go and you woke up to find that everybody went quickly while you were asleep and your clock expired.
That's so true, right now it's just past midnight where I am, and I've got 2 of the next 7 picks and I'm trying to plan how much time I should wait until grabbing some sleep. I would set it to draft from my list but I don't have a decent order to my list yet, it's just a long list of decent players.
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now i see that the 3 round will be with 15 minutes per round but starting tomorrow 8AM???
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now i see that the 3 round will be with 15 minutes per round but starting tomorrow 8AM???
Yes, but remember, the timer doesn't reset, which is why you'll pick at 10:45, 13:30 and 18:45 (or as you said 15:45, 18:30 and 23:45) tomorrow no matter what... Ignore the timer and follow the pick due times.
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For people confused by the system: Go to your team warroom in statslab. In the upper right hand corner you'll see your picks and all the times they are due... Ignore the timer, pay attention to the due times, and you shouldn't have to worry about missing any picks.
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woo drafting!
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UPDATE!
We are making some good progress with our inaugural draft. As of right now, we are at New Jersey's 3rd round pick (35th overall) and their pick is technically due at 8:45am tomorrow (5/24) but able to pick whenever.
I plan to let owners pick as they come up today and once we get to 8:00pm CST tonight, I'll stop the draft clock to reset it for the next owner's pick to be due at 8:15am CST tomorrow (8/24). From there we will be on a 15 minute draft pick windows (have your Statslab draft lists complete or be ready online) until Friday night at 8pm CST. From there, I plan to reset the draft clock again for Monday's drafting to a 10 minute window for whatever round we'll be on Monday (then will decrease the time pick limit to 5 minutes for rounds after that).
I'll send another email after today's drafting timer ending at 8pm CST so we can regroup. I just wanted to give everyone enough head's up to plan. Thanks!
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I don't mind still having the due dates, but Monday's a holiday in the U.S. ;)
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I don't mind still having the due dates, but Monday's a holiday in the U.S. ;)
Oops good call. I keep forgetting about that even though I don't have to work haha.
Should we treat Monday as part of the weekend or continue back up on Monday morning, guys? I'm fine with either option. I'm just trying to move the draft along as much as possible.
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Let's keep it moving. Use the list function and we can get this done quicker ;)
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After a quick 6 hour sleep, New Jersey has taken it's third pick CF Martik Geboyan (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/players/player_2664.html).
Kentucky is now on the clock.
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Good player, I nearly took him earlier.
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Good player, I nearly took him earlier.
Cheers, I wanted Haas the knuckleballer, (picked by Oregon) but Geboyan looks to be a great leadoff hitter and excellent defender.
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ive never have a knuckleballer in this game, i think. how they works in general?? i hate the knuckleballers in real life!! i dont like at all that throw jjaja
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ive never have a knuckleballer in this game, i think. how they works in general?? i hate the knuckleballers in real life!! i dont like at all that throw jjaja
They pitch slow, but tend to be very durable, can go many innings and have long careers.
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thanks mike!
No players remaining on draft list
this means in the ontario?s list, right??
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thanks mike!
No players remaining on draft list
this means in the ontario?s list, right??
That's correct. I sent him an email to let him know. I'll reset the draft clock after we get to 8pm CST today so Ontario will be on the clock until 8:15am CST tomorrow (5/24) morning when we go to 15 minute windows.
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thanks mike!
No players remaining on draft list
this means in the ontario?s list, right??
That's correct. I sent him an email to let him know. I'll reset the draft clock after we get to 8pm CST today so Ontario will be on the clock until 8:15am CST tomorrow (5/24) morning when we go to 15 minute windows.
Talking about emails, anyone getting draft update emails yet? I'm not.
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Matt gave me admin powers on statslab, so I changed a setting on statslab's draft admin page (don't know if it will do any good, but the reply-to field didn't quite make sense to me as it was), but I guess we won't know if it works until the next pick is taken.
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Matt gave me admin powers on statslab, so I changed a setting on statslab's draft admin page (don't know if it will do any good, but the reply-to field didn't quite make sense to me as it was), but I guess we won't know if it works until the next pick is taken.
Cool thanks Chappy! I thought I had that option enabled but I guess not :).
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Hey guys,
We made great progress today as we're at Kentucky's 4th round pick (61st overall) currently. Feel free to continue to make your pick if you are up however! We will start the draft timer back up at 8am CST (11 hours 40 minutes) from now on whoever is up at that time. From there we will have a 15 minute draft pick window until the end of the 7th round where it will shrink to 5 minutes per pick from then on.
Be sure to be ready at your time slot of have a full list of players ready in Statslab (plan accordingly so you don't run out of players on your list if you have it set to List Pick). We should be able to get close to or finish up Round 7 by 8pm CST tomorrow.
Thanks guys!
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Matt gave me admin powers on statslab, so I changed a setting on statslab's draft admin page (don't know if it will do any good, but the reply-to field didn't quite make sense to me as it was), but I guess we won't know if it works until the next pick is taken.
Cool thanks Chappy! I thought I had that option enabled but I guess not :).
Well, you had the send email function set to 'subscribed', but you also had the reply-to set to 'subscribed' which didn't really make sense to me... so I changed that to 'commissioner'... we'll see if that works.
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Matt gave me admin powers on statslab, so I changed a setting on statslab's draft admin page (don't know if it will do any good, but the reply-to field didn't quite make sense to me as it was), but I guess we won't know if it works until the next pick is taken.
Cool thanks Chappy! I thought I had that option enabled but I guess not :).
Still no emails coming through, are there any SMTP settings that need to be set in config files to get it to work?
Well, you had the send email function set to 'subscribed', but you also had the reply-to set to 'subscribed' which didn't really make sense to me... so I changed that to 'commissioner'... we'll see if that works.
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That's weird, everything I wrote is missing from my last post... how strange. I just mentioned SMTP settings somewhere in staslab config might be behind the lack of draft update emails.
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...and we're into the 5th round.
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Something really weird happened, I don't have Auto draft from list selected and I have been given a pick (Dave Boyer) without actually making the pick myself. He was on my list and top of the list, however I never actually drafted him, he just got automatically assigned to me.
Check out the time stamp of this pick compared to the North Carolina pick - 12 seconds between them, very weird.
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That is kind of strange.
Statslab gave me an error message after I made my second pick -- when I was able to look again NC and you had selected. I guess it processed from your lists on its own? I don't know.
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That is kind of strange.
Statslab gave me an error message after I made my second pick -- when I was able to look again NC and you had selected. I guess it processed from your lists on its own? I don't know.
Yeah I got an error message too after I saw my pick, I think NC was set to a list pick, I definitely wasn't. Worked out OK though as I was going to decide between the guy I got and 1 other, it's not like I got a 40 year old 1 star potential player ;)
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That's weird, everything I wrote is missing from my last post... how strange. I just mentioned SMTP settings somewhere in staslab config might be behind the lack of draft update emails.
I think it's just a formatting error, what you wrote is inside a quote field followed by the actual quote.
But in regards to the e-mail issue, I am wondering if it is a server issue...
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/3037757-post69.html
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Hey Mike Z, if something like that happens again, let Matt know and he can roll the draft back to your pick.
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Hey Mike Z, if something like that happens again, let Matt know and he can roll the draft back to your pick.
Agreed! Not sure what happened there!
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Hey Mike Z, if something like that happens again, let Matt know and he can roll the draft back to your pick.
No big deal, I was flipping between him and one other anyway, hopefully he'll do the goods for me ;)
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Ha, I had just three players in my que: Bobby Brooks, Juan Rodriguez and Jorge Campos, and in that order...
...and Oregon took Brooks and Rodriguez with picks 64 and 65, leaving me with Campos at 66.
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when is the clock reset and starts the 15 mins draft rounds??
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when is the clock reset and starts the 15 mins draft rounds??
We are at 15 minute draft pick time limits right now! We should get to you soon! Your pick is due at 11:45am CST.
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when is the clock reset and starts the 15 mins draft rounds??
15 min rounds have started, but were way ahead of it!
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looks like illinois took the first real prospect.
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looks like illinois took the first real prospect.
SS Stan Williams, 5 star potential 17 years old. Should be a stud if he develops! http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/players/player_3203.html
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looks like illinois took the first real prospect.
SS Stan Williams, 5 star potential 17 years old. Should be a stud if he develops! http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/players/player_3203.html
Have you checked out his pitch ratings? Might be able to throw a mean pitch too.
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for sure! hell be awesome.... if :D
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for the next years, how is the draft order?? it depends on the final standings?
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for the next years, how is the draft order?? it depends on the final standings?
yes
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Is anyone else having an issue with adding players to their draft lists? I have 6 players in mine and I cannot add anyone else. I have tried logging out and back in, but still experiencing the same problem. Any thought?
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Ok figured it out. When I sort the players alphabetically by name it would not let me add them to my list. If I do not sort then it works. :P
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i bet on the grandpa wilkerson ::)
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i bet on the grandpa wilkerson ::)
its back to you
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i know! done!!
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We're flying through the picks today guys! Good work! The string of list picks certainly helps with that haha. :D
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Matt gave me admin powers on statslab, so I changed a setting on statslab's draft admin page (don't know if it will do any good, but the reply-to field didn't quite make sense to me as it was), but I guess we won't know if it works until the next pick is taken.
Cool thanks Chappy! I thought I had that option enabled but I guess not :).
Well, you had the send email function set to 'subscribed', but you also had the reply-to set to 'subscribed' which didn't really make sense to me... so I changed that to 'commissioner'... we'll see if that works.
Are email updates from Statslab working now for people subscribed? Added an email from the host this morning to see if that was the problem.
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the athletics are on the clock!
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the athletics are on the clock!
Pick made.
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I picked from my iPhone, wasn't sure if it would work or not. Oregon up with the me t two picks.
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I picked from my iPhone, wasn't sure if it would work or not. Oregon up with the me t two picks.
Yeah I can access the statslab and it looks fine on my android phone, just haven't made a pick this way yet.
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Picked again! Athletics up.
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Picked again! Athletics up.
Done, Kentucky it's all yours ;)
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ohio has no players remaining on draft list!
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ohio has no players remaining on draft list!
Yeah no big deal. We made awesome progress today! We have finished 7 rounds of drafting plus the 1st pick of the 8th round. I'll upload an updated game file with the 7 rounds of picks inputted.
The draft timer is paused over the weekend but everyone is free to pick if you want! I'll reset the draft timer Sunday night to start back up on Monday with whoever is up next and we'll continue the draft at 10 minutes intervals for the rest of the week until we decide to auto the rest of the draft.
Thanks guys!
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Matt, just updated the file, but am getting an error about a connection to the FTP. Anyone else ?
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Yeah I have the same problem...we need the accounts data file commish. When we get that, we can likey update
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Matt, just updated the file, but am getting an error about a connection to the FTP. Anyone else ?
Yeah I have the same problem...we need the accounts data file commish. When we get that, we can likey update
Hey guys, I found an error on my end with the settiings. I'm uploading a new file currently (should be ready in 7-10 minutes) if you want to download this new one. I'll update the file again either on Sunday or Monday with the most current draft results. Thanks!
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I picked with my z10 at work for rounds 3 and 4 and updated my list from it also so it works with phones.
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today is the day!!! when do you think that the draft could be over??
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today is the day!!! when do you think that the draft could be over??
In 117 rounds :D
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:o
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like larry bird said once: "So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?"
jeje
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We made a ton of progress on the draft this weekend. The draft timer will restart this morning at 10:00:00am with Kentucky's 8th round pick then we'll have 10 minute pick windows from here until the end of the 10th round. After that we'll go to a 5 minute pick window so be sure to be ready by your pick due time or make sure you have players in your list queue. The time will run til 8pm CST today then start back up at it's usual time tomorrow at 8am CST.
Happy Memorial Day to those in the US and happy Monday to everyone else :)!
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today is the day!!! when do you think that the draft could be over??
In 117 rounds :D
Well once we move to the 5 minute pick window, it looks like we'll finish the 25th round at noon CST on Wednesday the 29th. I can auto the remaining rounds after this or we can continue to draft on the 5 minute timer further if everyone wants to.
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25 rounds are the first team. i think thats ok so ... auto is my choice!
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I know I don't want to do 125 rounds, and that given the pace we're hitting, I want to do at least 25.
Where it should in the middle, I don't know.
I do think we should probably do an even number of rounds manually, since it's a serpentine draft.
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I know I don't want to do 125 rounds, and that given the pace we're hitting, I want to do at least 25.
Where it should in the middle, I don't know.
I do think we should probably do an even number of rounds manually, since it's a serpentine draft.
The even number of rounds is a good and fair point. I was thinking of stopping at the end of the day on Wednesday the 29th and that would get us through 30 rounds. I like stopping at 30 then automating the remaining since it'll take me some time to enter in all the auto results.
Then I could release a new file on Friday, Spring Training 1st half Monday and 2nd half Wednesday, then Opening Day Friday the 7th. Right now this is my plan.
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Maybe 30 rounds (or 40, if that's the expanded roster limit) is a good number for manual. That way it ends on an even number and we get to be able to select some of those players who will be filling the minors.
If the draft gets set to auto, does it still pick from your list if you have players on it, or is it full auto with drafting determined by the AI? If it picks from your list then it should work for everyone as they can just load their lists up with some guys they want and cross their fingers :)
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I was thinking of stopping at the end of the day on Wednesday the 29th and that would get us through 30 rounds. I like stopping at 30 then automating the remaining since it'll take me some time to enter in all the auto results.
I like the timing, though I agree with Chappy's point about doing the auto-draft in-game: the in-game algorithm does a better job of looking at positional need, so we should wind up with fairly balanced minor leagues that way instead of finding teams of all outfielders or whatever.
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I was thinking of stopping at the end of the day on Wednesday the 29th and that would get us through 30 rounds. I like stopping at 30 then automating the remaining since it'll take me some time to enter in all the auto results.
I like the timing, though I agree with Chappy's point about doing the auto-draft in-game: the in-game algorithm does a better job of looking at positional need, so we should wind up with fairly balanced minor leagues that way instead of finding teams of all outfielders or whatever.
This would make my life easier as well to auto within the game.
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i like all of that!
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Matt, is there an Ammy draft immediately following this draft?
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Matt, is there an Ammy draft immediately following this draft?
Not after this draft. Our ammy drafts will be held at the end of the season in November 15th in the game each season. Draft pool released 75 days prior.
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If the draft gets set to auto, does it still pick from your list if you have players on it, or is it full auto with drafting determined by the AI? If it picks from your list then it should work for everyone as they can just load their lists up with some guys they want and cross their fingers :)
Well, statslab will indeed draft off your list until it runs out of options and then it will pick what it thinks is the best available player.
There are two problems with this, though. (1) It doesn't take into account what you have on your roster already, so you could wind up with 75 catchers and no outfielders and (2) Matt will be left manually inputting all 125 rounds so...
I strongly recommend we use the auto draft function IN-GAME after we finish manual picks. This will mean (1) our teams will be more balanced by position and (2) Matt will only have to manually input 25-40 rounds of picks. As a commish, I can say that this will take quite a while, although at least there are no traded picks to worry about.
With that in mind, I wouldn't take the time to put the whole pool into your list unless you have an easy sorting method and it doesn't take you a whole lot of time.
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If the draft gets set to auto, does it still pick from your list if you have players on it, or is it full auto with drafting determined by the AI? If it picks from your list then it should work for everyone as they can just load their lists up with some guys they want and cross their fingers :)
Well, statslab will indeed draft off your list until it runs out of options and then it will pick what it thinks is the best available player.
There are two problems with this, though. (1) It doesn't take into account what you have on your roster already, so you could wind up with 75 catchers and no outfielders and (2) Matt will be left manually inputting all 125 rounds so...
I strongly recommend we use the auto draft function IN-GAME after we finish manual picks. This will mean (1) our teams will be more balanced by position and (2) Matt will only have to manually input 25-40 rounds of picks. As a commish, I can say that this will take quite a while, although at least there are no traded picks to worry about.
With that in mind, I wouldn't take the time to put the whole pool into your list unless you have an easy sorting method and it doesn't take you a whole lot of time.
Thanks, makes sense.
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NJ Athletics is on the clock!
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NJ Athletics is on the clock!
Done, NC is up.
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Mike took the last SP on my list, :'(
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Okay, found a backup plan for an SP... I've got 5, I guess I'm done with them for a while.
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Mike took the last SP on my list, :'(
Wow, I was going to take Haines (he was #1 on my list, and West was #3) however I am collecting a lot of players whose first names start with a D so I took Dave West instead of Haines.... lol
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That's funny... I lost out on him because of his first name, lol.
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Looks like you're up again, Mike.
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Looks like you're up again, Mike.
Pick made, going to have to roll out the wheelchair for this fella!
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Alrighty, off to sleep for me, back in 5 or so hours to make my next pick.
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It's getting tough to pick now between drafting positions of needs while sorting out the old players who will be retiring within the league's first 3 seasons :)
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I am for in-game draft after 25 rounds or Wednesday end of day.
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I am for in-game draft after 25 rounds or Wednesday end of day.
I'm good with that also.
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25 rounds sounds good to me
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The draft just stopped working for me...anyone else having any problems???
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meeeeeeeeeeee :(
"ERROR: You do not manage team 3 and are not logged in as a commissioner."
a few minutes ago, similar message but team 8
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The draft just stopped working for me...anyone else having any problems???
Yep, error here too, I have had this a couple of times, it seems to come up when the timer runs out on someones pick.
Has just fixed itself all other times, fingers crossed for this time too.
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I hope so...cause this blows
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I hope so...cause this blows
Back up
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again! >:(
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Hmm not sure what happened with the errors. My phone died and my list didn't save. Got 2 SPs I didn't intend on drafting. Oops.
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Hmm not sure what happened with the errors. My phone died and my list didn't save. Got 2 SPs I didn't intend on drafting. Oops.
I smell a trade coming on ;)
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You should I have 2 starting catchers on my team
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Everything has been working for me... is it back up and running or are others still having problems?
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No problems for me except when my players get picked off my list
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;D
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if the clock starts again at 8, i think that we could finish the 25 rounds today
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Looks like nearly everyone is on list pick or auto settings. Getting closer to running the rest of the draft by auto.
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22 rounds at the end of today. enought draft for me so i think that autodraft is the best to finish it
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When we stop, we stop, but I'm at least still having fun drafting. I think tomorrow we wrap it up either way.
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When we stop, we stop, but I'm at least still having fun drafting. I think tomorrow we wrap it up either way.
Agree, continually seeing the guys I want be grabbed by a team two picks ahead of me is wearing me down :D
But, it has been a lot of fun evaluating the players, and given the splits of some teams who went on massive SP and MR runs there's going to some be some very active trading early on I'd expect, anyone keen to give up an RF with a great bat, who can defend and steal for a couple of scrubs? ;)
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Yeah I like having the control of picking my selections (had to auto tonight to watch my Cardinals play :) ). We will stop the live draft after the 30th round and I'll auto the remaining picks tomorrow evening. We are getting very close guys! Thanks!
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ok. enjoy then! ;)
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30 rounds all done, hope everyone is happy with what they got off their lists.
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I'm finishing the draft within the game currently. I'll get everything ready for an updated league file to be uploaded on the site soon.
Please let me know of any logo, jersey, stadium updates after tonight's file is released. Any changes for your franchise will need to wait until next season after that upon the Commish's approval. Thanks!
So I'll get the updated league file up tonight then we'll have our Spring Training 1st half simmed on Friday and then 2nd half of Spring Training simmed on Monday. Then we'll have the Inaugural Season of the AFBL's Opening Day on Wednesday, June 5th.
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niceeeeee ;D
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That sounds good i cant wait to get A look at my team
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im looking mine right now. when i start the game it says to me that its available one new file of the league
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One of my picks was released and now is on iowa :(
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Yes, I have an updated file up and the html reports. First half of Spring Training on Friday guys. I'll send an email soon. Set your ST rosters and update/upload in the game or post in the Sim Instructions on the forum with updates. I ran the CPU manager on your organization to get everything settled.
Thanks guys!
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Any chance you can run a Statslab update so we (or at least I) can use the sortable team ratings tool in there?
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How can i change for example a player that is MR in the game to a CL?? Or one MR to SP??
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Set position in player profile
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OK, some quick questions from an OOTP online newbie here.
1. Do ALL changes I make get uploaded to the main league file (e.g. lineups, roster changes, transactions, manager settings, position changes, depth charts etc)?
2. If not all, what things won't change?
3. What steps do I take to ensure my changes get uploaded? A step by step guide would be nice here.
4. Also, in my news inbox were development report updates for other teams, should I be seeing those?
5. Why is my team listed as last in the spring standings, I know we're going to suck, but no need to rub it in so early :D
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I knew I was building a "take and rake" team, but I don't think I realized just how much so until looking at the full roster today. The three-run homer will be our friend.
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I knew I was building a "take and rake" team, but I don't think I realized just how much so until looking at the full roster today. The three-run homer will be our friend.
Haha yeah, the Explorers definitely have some thumpers in their lineup!
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Def think I'm missing some players...any chance we can see draft results???
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Def think I'm missing some players...any chance we can see draft results???
Here's a link to your draft results (scroll halfway down the page) Mass. Draft Results (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/teams/team_4_all_transactions_0_0.html)
Round 10 onwards for the whole draft can be found here draft results (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/leagues/league_100_draft_log_0.html) - not sure why it's only showing part of round 10 and onwards though.
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Def think I'm missing some players...any chance we can see draft results???
Here's a link to your draft results (scroll halfway down the page) Mass. Draft Results (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/teams/team_4_all_transactions_0_0.html)
Round 10 onwards for the whole draft can be found here draft results (http://www.afblbaseball.com/afbl/reports/html/leagues/league_100_draft_log_0.html) - not sure why it's only showing part of round 10 and onwards though.
Thanks! I did get off on the draft for a few picks so I had to release/sign a few players for a couple teams. Let me know if you're missing any draft picks!