Auction Strategy when 30 players are on the board at the same time (1 Viewer)

[mambomambo]

I was wondering if anyone had any strategy suggestions for using DD and the DVBD values during an Auction Draft when you have 3 players nominated by each owner at the same time.

You will have 36 players on the board at once using MFL....

Any suggestions would be appreciated as my draft is today....

 

[Mr. Soup Nazi]

I was wondering if anyone had any strategy suggestions for using DD and the DVBD values during an Auction Draft when you have 3 players nominated by each owner at the same time.You will have 36 players on the board at once using MFL....Any suggestions would be appreciated as my draft is today....

Don't use the dominator during the auction. You won't have time to enter everything and keep up with bidding unless you are really, really good at using it already. I'd either go with a spreadsheet or good old printout and pen. You'll need your auction values from the dominator, but I'd go it alone during the actual auction.

 

[mambomambo]

I was wondering if anyone had any strategy suggestions for using DD and the DVBD values during an Auction Draft when you have 3 players nominated by each owner at the same time.You will have 36 players on the board at once using MFL....Any suggestions would be appreciated as my draft is today....

Don't use the dominator during the auction. You won't have time to enter everything and keep up with bidding unless you are really, really good at using it already. I'd either go with a spreadsheet or good old printout and pen. You'll need your auction values from the dominator, but I'd go it alone during the actual auction.

There will be not need to go fast as these are 12 hour auctions that reset with a high bidder.

 

[CalBear]

I assume that this auction will not be fast; that you'll have time to consider your moves, not deal with 36 players all within a few minutes.

I would say that having multiple players up for auction doesn't really change your strategy that much; in terms of DD, the players are auctioned in the order that the auctions end, so you just put in the value at the close of each player's auction, and that will adjust the dynamic auction cost.

You might have to anticipate future adjustments a bit. Any time a player goes for under market value, it raises the amount of money available for other players, and thus the cost of other players. Especially if you're running out of top RBs or WRs, the values may adjust upwards quite a bit. On the other hand, if players are going for over market value, costs will be coming down, so you should not be chasing questionable value. All of that is pretty standard auction strategy, but shifts might happen more quickly with your format, if several players who have been overbid or underbid have auctions close near the same time.

It may be a bit tricky to avoid winding up with too many players at the same tier and position, but I think you'd just have to go with it. If you value top RBs more than everyone else, you could wind up with LT and AP and blow out most of your cap; suddenly you draft strategy would be to look for $1 steals at all other positions. In practice, that probably won't be a problem, but you'll just have to stay flexible in case it does. (Again, that's standard auction practice).

 

[mambomambo]

I assume that this auction will not be fast; that you'll have time to consider your moves, not deal with 36 players all within a few minutes.I would say that having multiple players up for auction doesn't really change your strategy that much; in terms of DD, the players are auctioned in the order that the auctions end, so you just put in the value at the close of each player's auction, and that will adjust the dynamic auction cost.You might have to anticipate future adjustments a bit. Any time a player goes for under market value, it raises the amount of money available for other players, and thus the cost of other players. Especially if you're running out of top RBs or WRs, the values may adjust upwards quite a bit. On the other hand, if players are going for over market value, costs will be coming down, so you should not be chasing questionable value. All of that is pretty standard auction strategy, but shifts might happen more quickly with your format, if several players who have been overbid or underbid have auctions close near the same time.It may be a bit tricky to avoid winding up with too many players at the same tier and position, but I think you'd just have to go with it. If you value top RBs more than everyone else, you could wind up with LT and AP and blow out most of your cap; suddenly you draft strategy would be to look for $1 steals at all other positions. In practice, that probably won't be a problem, but you'll just have to stay flexible in case it does. (Again, that's standard auction practice).

Good info.