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Maybe we could compromise and complete the draft on March 4th? That allows a couple of weeks to monitor Spring Training but still leaves over three weeks to trade, cut and strategize before the Regular Season starts.
No on
February 13, 2018 3:44 PM
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I agree and am excited to continue. Let’s do it!
LIMA.OPRL on
February 13, 2018 3:36 PM
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I'm good with moving up the date. Maybe the end of February/beginning of March? After the first round I'm itching to get into this!
Rickey Time on
February 13, 2018 2:45 PM
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That makes sense to me. Particularly given that there are no trades until the draft is finished either.
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...I think we should move up the date of the next auction session. What do you all think?
DaftKings on
February 13, 2018 2:35 PM
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Man, that March 18 date seems way too far away for the next session, especially given the financial predicament of many teams. It is my understanding that after the completion of the auction draft, teams are allowed to trade and cut players, which will probably be necessary for at least a few teams to field a valid roster on opening day. I get the position that waiting longer will allow us more information on where players end up, but that could be made at any point in the season. This is to say
DaftKings on
February 13, 2018 2:34 PM
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The Bronx Empire's trade block has been updated!
LIMA.OPRL on
February 13, 2018 9:31 AM
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The Bronx Empire's trade block has been updated!
LIMA.OPRL on
February 12, 2018 8:44 AM
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Rickey Time's trade block has been updated!
Rickey Time on
February 12, 2018 7:37 AM
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The Chicken Teriyaki Boys's trade block has been updated!
DaftKings on
February 11, 2018 11:04 PM
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On the "Auction Draft" tab it looks like the order has been set.
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Is the order to nominate set yet?
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Let's try to get through 20 rounds tonight, but not go for much more than 3 hours or so.
DaftKings on
February 11, 2018 12:41 PM
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Looking forward to tonight. How many rounds are we expecting to complete tonight? Thanks.
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Happy draft day! See you all tonight at 7 pm eastern time. Please try to get to the draft room a few minutes early so we can start on time. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please let me know. And as a commissioner of a former league used to say before the draft, bad luck to all!
DaftKings on
February 11, 2018 9:41 AM
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WOO WOOO! It's draft DAAAAY!
LIMA.OPRL on
February 11, 2018 9:26 AM
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No conflict for me on 3/18
LIMA.OPRL on
February 5, 2018 10:51 AM
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Ok. Anybody have conflicts on the evening of March 18?
DaftKings on
February 5, 2018 10:14 AM
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Since Ben Parsons can't make the 3/11 date (and I might be out of town), could we consider moving the 2nd auction to 3/18?
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Two sessions seems sufficient. Getting everyone together for more than that may be impossible. The first session is Sunday, Feb. 11 at 7 pm eastern time. Let's tentatively plan the second session for Sunday, March 11 at 7 pm eastern time.
DaftKings on
February 5, 2018 8:35 AM
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Two sessions would be good. Are you starting next Sunday?
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Two sounds good to me. Getting everyone together 3 times would probably be difficult. Looking forward to the auction next week!
LIMA.OPRL on
February 4, 2018 11:04 PM
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I think I could make any of those dates, but I'd prefer 2 draft days over 3.
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I can’t make 3/11 on my end but 3/18 works.
FWIW, the later rounds in the draft tend to go exponentially faster with decreased resources and roster slots.
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3/11 & 3/18 are fine with me for 2nd & 3rd draft days.
No on
February 4, 2018 11:12 AM
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Maybe even 12 and 8 on the last two segments or 14 and 6? It’s possible some teams might be done drafting after 32-34 rounds.
And to Diamond Dogs’ point — the later we draft those last rounds the more info from S.T. we’ll have.
LIMA.OPRL on
February 2, 2018 3:41 PM
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Can I propose this to the group then - how about 3 segments. First 20 rounds on 2/11, then break up the last 20 into two 10 round segments after spring training has started — maybe 3/11 and 3/18.
LIMA.OPRL on
February 2, 2018 3:37 PM
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I think 4 might be too much. 3 would be good. Also wouldn't mind starting a little later in the preseason, but 2/11 is good for me (next week!). Later would allow for more information - might be able to watch other leagues draft.
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I wonder if it should be broken up further 🤔. Any chance y’all would want to do 3 or even 4 days?
LIMA.OPRL on
February 2, 2018 11:19 AM
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No objection to that.
LIMA.OPRL on
February 1, 2018 3:15 PM
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Sounds good to me. If anyone of you have kids in school, be sure to check the Spring Break schedule. Thanks for asking about the mock draft. Great video posted in the community messages.
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No objections here. What do the rest of you all think?
DaftKings on
February 1, 2018 10:59 AM
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I propose we have the first 20 rounds of the draft on Feb 11 and complete the draft on Mar. 10/11. This allows opportunity to draft a team nucleus early, then see how Spring Training sorts out before final drafting.
No on
February 1, 2018 10:26 AM
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I’ll try that. Thanks
LIMA.OPRL on
January 31, 2018 4:59 PM
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Not sure where to do mocks for Ottoneu. You might post on the community forum and see what kind of response you get.
DaftKings on
January 31, 2018 2:31 PM
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Looking forward to the auction. Is there any way we can do mocks to get ready?
LIMA.OPRL on
January 30, 2018 5:03 PM
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Let's see what we can get done on Feb. 11. Could tentatively plan to finish the following Sunday if it stretches on too long
DaftKings on
December 8, 2017 8:48 AM
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Re: how long the draft takes - I've done one of these drafts before in a league that was already started (i.e. not from scratch like this one) and it took around 3 hours. I'd plan for a pretty big chunk of time to be free. I think you can split the draft into two sessions too IIRC
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Let's move it to Feb. 11. Super Bowl Sunday is a good enough reason for me.
DaftKings on
December 7, 2017 9:50 AM
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Wait, I take that back -- that's Super Bowl Sunday. Not good for me.
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Time seems good to me (I'm on East coast).
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Yeah, we got some guys on the East coast, some in the Central time zone, one in Mountain West and a couple on the West coast. Let's see what the East coast guys say about the time
DaftKings on
December 7, 2017 9:31 AM
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The time is fine with me. Moving up would also be fine.
LIMA.OPRL on
December 7, 2017 9:29 AM
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The Bronx Empire
LIMA.OPRL on
December 7, 2017 9:29 AM
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The Bronx Empire
LIMA.OPRL on
December 7, 2017 9:29 AM
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No problem with me. I'm in the central time zone.
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Since it is the first one, we could be looking at least a few hours. We have some East coast guys in the league, so maybe we move the start time up a couple of hours?
DaftKings on
December 7, 2017 9:06 AM
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Date looks good to me. Thanks. Any ideas on how long this will take?
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Hello all, I've set the date/time for the inaugural auction draft for 7 pm ET on Feb. 4. If this time does not work for a majority, we can change it. But if a majority does not object, this will be the time. I would also be open to moving the time to earlier in the day, since this is the first draft with 12 teams potentially filling out a full 40-man roster. Let me know what you all think. Looking forward to getting this league up and running!
DaftKings on
December 6, 2017 4:06 PM
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Here is a pretty good resource on 2017 player valuation from the Ottoneu Community forum to help with your auction draft preparation:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A6RYpnYjwPdZkrKxKog8gWu6zzh1Vwk28nBCNsLdO4I/edit?usp=sharing
DaftKings on
October 24, 2017 11:50 AM
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