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• Good morning everyone, please read this important note about drafting.
  
  1. Draft time has been set for OCT 11 (8 pm-11 pm)
  a. Because this is our first draft it may take a little longer than 3 hours. Auction by nature takes a little longer and I know there are several folks who haven't done an auction style before. In the following years, it will take less time because many players will be kept.
  2. The second best time for drafting appears to be 2 days later. (OCT 13, 8pm-11pm).
  a.If for some reason we are unable to finish the first night, I will pause the draft and we can resume a few nights later. If for some reason this cannot work. I will send out another poll to find out a two-hour or less timeslot after the 11th so we can finish up and start playing.
  
  Looking forward to the season everyone.
  
  Stefan (WSABH)
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 17, 2021 9:30 AM
• Yeah that’s what I’m thinking - hoping to find two spots that could work.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 17, 2021 8:30 AM
• I second what Giannis Alphabet said. My first year baseball drafts have taken roughly 6-8 hours total split across two nights. So maybe two 2-3 hour draft times would work better if the one 4+ hour draft time is what’s causing unavailability
  Basketball Galactica at Sep 16, 2021 11:38 PM
• Sorry for all the maybes. My schedule has only been released through 10/2. If we pin a date down ASAP for any of the times I marked 'maybe' for, I'll put a request in and most likely get it. That request has got to get in before I can promise anything though.
  Dunkness on the Edge of Town at Sep 16, 2021 9:28 PM
• I'm closing here at the shop and will have it filled out late tonight. I will say that, given my current schedule, I don't really have an "ideal" time and would probably have to r/o or get coverage either way. But I can make most stuff work and will finalize my times on the poll tonight.
  Dunkness on the Edge of Town at Sep 16, 2021 6:35 PM
• I changed my 10/11 entry to available. I can make it work.
  Why do we Tacko Fall sir? at Sep 16, 2021 4:34 PM
• 10/13 should be the last one, not 10/11 twice*
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 4:22 PM
• I appreciate that!
  
  So far our best options are: 9/29, 10/3, 10/4, 10/6, 10/11, 10/11. However, those slots only have 7 yes's out of 10. If we can one of those days work we should be good. If not i'll open up some more times past the opening NBA tip-off of 10/19.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 4:22 PM
• My schedule is super flexible for pretty much every day, even if we need to complete the draft all in one go and extend later into the night. The only weekend I know I won't really be able to do is October 16th, since I'll be moving that weekend
  7UICE at Sep 16, 2021 4:01 PM
• The number of nights a mean - make a multiple time process to finish.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 3:42 PM
• As far the length of time maybe we can split it up if people don't have enough availabilty.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 3:42 PM
• Understand time is tight and it would be nice to start the season on time but definitely want to make sure everyone can be around for a draft.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 3:35 PM
• As for the rest of you, please be generous with draft availability if you can. So far our best option doesn't include everyone. I basically listed every day after work and also anytime on weekends. Please consider what you might be able to pull off.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 3:34 PM
• Working on that change @larry&thechief. For some reason i'm not able to adjust that in my commish tools. In inquired.
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 3:32 PM
• FWIW, judging by how long my Ottoneu Football first-year auctions have gone (which are 12x20=240 players), I'd expect that a first-year basketball auction would go 4-6 hours (since 12x25=300 players). In fact, I've had first-year auctions in Ottoneu baseball (12x40=480 players) go for over 8 hours. It's highly dependent on bids for stars not starting at $1, not bidding in $1 increments at lower levels, and everyone making a nomination each turn, plus taking minimal breaks.
  Full of Hell-iburton at Sep 16, 2021 3:24 PM
• Let's make trade review 24 hours please
  Bennie and the Chets at Sep 16, 2021 3:14 PM
• Good morning,
  
  Please see the following poll to determine a time to draft. I selected 4 hours blocks of time. I do not know if it will take that long, but wanted to air on the side of caution. Hopefully we can find a time that works for everyone. Please complete this poll in the next 48 hours if you are able so we can find our time and allow folks time to prepare.
  
  When can YOU draft?
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  Thanks,
  Stefan (WSABH)
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 16, 2021 9:59 AM
• Let's go!!
  It's Darko and Hell is Hot at Sep 16, 2021 9:46 AM
• Hey folks! Looks like we got all 12 here. Welcome to the Mendoza League, I’m Stefan (We shall all be Hield) and am Co-commishing with Max (Dunkness on the edge of town). Bonus points for anyone who understands those references. Super excited to play with you guys. About 7 of us are from a league on ESPN and we wanted to try out Ottoneu. Looking forward to this league. Tomorrow, I will send out an availability poll for drafting. Not super sure how long this draft will take maybe 3-4 hours? Anybody have a good guess on that? Cheers!
  
  Stefan
  We Shall All Be Hield at Sep 15, 2021 11:29 PM