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Switched to overnight settings (12+8), perhaps for the last time in 2023?
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8+4 settings in effect for daytime hours...
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Back to 12+8 on the board. Will switch back at a similar time tomorrow morning.
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Shooting to switch to 12+8 at approximately 9 PM Eastern again.
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Updated to 8+4 settings until evening time.
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As planned, just updated to 12+8 auction settings.
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Feeling like we'll go to 12+8 at around 9 PM Eastern tonight, if that's good with everybody.
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We are now back on 8+4 footing.
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Just a heads up that I'm on the west coast and have a 6 month old, so will do my nominations first thing after I wake up - promise I'm not ignoring you guys.
Bold Coast 🦅 on
March 11, 2023 9:57 PM
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Overnight update to 12 hour minimum time limit, with 8 hour extension is done. Will set back to 8+4 around 9:30 Eastern time tomorrow morning.
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Auction currently at 3 nominations per team, with 8-hour minimum bidding and 4-hour extensions. Currently planning to update minimum bidding period to 12-hours after the close of current Tim Anderson auction (or around 9:30 Eastern if that one is extended). Will stay with 4-hour extensions and 3 noms per team until further notice. Let me know if any issues or objections on timing! We can adjust if that's going to cause anyone difficulties, or if it's just a dumb plan.
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In those cases, managers would then be able to resume with standard 48-hour free agent auctions on the main Ottoneu site. This is a regular procedure on live Ottoneu auctions, so not unusual here. It's not fair to other managers to ice your noms/money waiting out everyone else's. If there are any issues in progress or known in advance, let us know and we'll give you a pass (though you would need to be absent of bidding as well during that time). Thanks!
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Highlights from Couch Managers chat today: we will be enforcing required nominations. If you can bid, you can nominate, so if we get to the point where bids are being made with stale noms in queues, action will be taken. Notice will be posted on CM chat and here that nominations are due, and everyone can hopefully respond. For example, if you don't think you will use all 40 spots, that would merit an extension. If there is no response, we will boot (CM's term!) that team.
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A well-oiled machine right now. Keep up the fantastic work everybody!
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Everybody’s doing great so far, no need to sweat it too much!
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12 hour window is meant to keep live overnight, so Cincy is correct that I have not been planning to pause. For the extensions, it’s not any bid that will trigger the extend, just new top bids, that have exceeded to current leaser’s max bid. (If you don’t beat their max bid, it won’t extend. just update to the new value.) Also with extensions, it resets +8 hours from whatever the timer is, so extending with 20 minutes left will add more time than if there were 6 hours.
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That’s right on the 8 hour reset. If a new high bid comes in and there are less than 8 hours then the timer resets to 8. I’ll let the commish speak to this, but we don’t usually stop the timer in my other slow auctions.
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How does the 8 hour extension window work? Is it that there's 12 hours on the timer when a new auction starts; after the first 4 hours any new bids will reset the timer to 8 hours? Or something else?
Around what time are you planning on pausing the timer at night?
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We are into the 8 hour extension window for most of the active auctions. You are of course allowed to increase bids anywhere you want to, just be aware that the later extensions get, the longer it will take to get new noms up. Please try to log in at least once by midday each day, so that we don't get late-breaking extensions, and have a chance to open new auctions before bedtime each night. Thanks!
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Auction is live, nominations and bidding are open! Going to be a fun week, have at it.
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Late-breaking note: Couch Managers positional eligibility is not going to match Ottoneu. Generally I think Otto will have additional positions (only 5 games started or 10 games played to qualify), but make sure to keep Otto positions in mind.
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Sounds good! Looking forward to it.
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Got confirmation that Gaussian is not in position to get started this morning, so we’ll launch at 11 AM Eastern tomorrow, unless I suffer some traumatic medical or professional affliction. Have fun everybody!
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My apologies, was unavailable last few days. Will join shortly. Launch when ready! Sorry for any and all holdup. I’ll get oriented quickly, thanks!
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Looks like we might have been mistaken about Gaussian availability. Stay tuned, but may not get that launch in the morning after all. Apologies!
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Sounds like the Gaussian one will be inbound to Couch Managers this evening. That means be ready for the auction to kick off tomorrow morning at 11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific. Good luck, happy bidding, have fun, and all that jazz!
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https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=504
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We are using Couchmanager.com to draft
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I'm here. First year in Ottoneu. So just learning the interface. I'm good to begin auction. I believe I have it set up correctly now.
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Left out daily lineups from the rules rundown earlier… so you can platoon spots and whatnot.
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As of now I think we’re missing Gaussian and Jake Burger from the draft room. If we see them signed up there today, plan on auction starting at 11 AM Eastern tomorrow (Sunday).
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More on max bid comments, since I’ve been asked. It’s totally cool to extend an auction the 8 hours if you need to— for example, pivoting to a fallback player if you’ve been sniped elsewhere. But if you value someone at $31, put that as your max bid instead of starting at $25, then doing $27 and $29 bids after getting bumped. That locks out new noms and drags out the draft unnecessarily. If your max bid is $31, and next highest bid is $28, you’ll automatically win at $29 without extending time.
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Thanks for clarifying.
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Correct— regular FG Pts standings, no playoffs, slow auction every year on March 1. Vickery auctions in-season, allocation arbitration, 24-hour trade approval… This two-week stretch should be the most commissioneering I ever do, because we’ll be clockwork vanilla the rest of the way.
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This is a typical dynasty Ottoneu right? Not an redraft. Only caveat is the draft day is set year over year. Normal arbitration allocation.
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Sunday works for me as well.
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Sunday morning works for me
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I’m fine starting Sunday morning. That gives everyone the 24 hours you’d mentioned before.
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I’d like to at least start this weekend. I understand if people need to build spreadsheets or whatever.
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All righty, everybody-- we have completed our dozen. I believe that I have sent everyone the auction password, and the URL is below on the message board. Will be starting no later than Monday morning, but if we can do earlier than that, let everyone know here, and I'll flip the switch if everyone is ready to go. No harm in making sure you're set up on Couch Managers in the meantime!
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Let's do this!
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3) One caution related to this, though— with two dozen active auctions going on at a time, possibly with position/tier overlap, you need to be careful not to be the max bidder for more players than you want or can afford. You may love Will Smith, JTR, and Adley, for example, and want to make sure you get one of them, but all three is probably way more catcher than you need.
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2) Related: Enter your max bid for a player right off the bat. This will reduce the risk of you missing the end of an auction period without following through with your best bid, and keep auctions from extending 8 hours every time you decide you’d like to bid more after all. Sometimes it’s understandable that this happens, but if you do it habitually, everyone will want to kill you.
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A couple of pointers: 1) Make sure to use this setting: To make a hidden max bid (reserve bid on eBay): Uncheck the "Make max bid your real bid" in the Current Auctions section. Use the black outlined bid box to enter your bid, and click the black "Bid" button. This will not reveal your max bid until someone meets or beats it.
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Here’s a thread with an overview on how Couch Managers slow auctions go: https://community.ottoneu.com/t/couch-managers-recommendations/7056
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As of now I have the room set up for two active nominations per team, with a 12 hour minimum auction time, plus 8 hour resets. Open for some discussion on those settings, however.
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Perhaps being paranoid, but I will DM each owner the password.
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Have one now: https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=504
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Do you already have the draft room set up?
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Once we're full up, my intention is to set up our Couchmanagers auction and give everyone 24 hours to get in there. If that's going to be an issue for anyone, let me know. Thanks!
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