Auction Vs. Draft (1 Viewer)

[schu]

I would (and do) choose auction with my buddies because it's more fun for all. I'm simply saying that one shouldn't confuse the work and engagement in an auction with it being more strategically advanced (it isn't) than a draft.

One reason I suspect our 12 team league is entering year 14 with 8 of the original 10 remaining is that auction format has leveled the playing field. Only 3-4 owners are in positive $ for their career. The "rake" of the league hosting fees are the big winner. Still, what a bargain for 4 hrs of fun followed by a poker game into the night.

 

[Incogneto]

Honestly I don't know anyone who does an auction draft.I'd suspect 90+% of leagues are using a regular draft.

According to the poll, 44% of FF players prefer the Auction. That says that more than 10% of leagues are using the auction.

 

[ceo3west]

Honestly I don't know anyone who does an auction draft.I'd suspect 90+% of leagues are using a regular draft.

According to the poll, 44% of FF players prefer the Auction. That says that more than 10% of leagues are using the auction.

Almost all FBG material is good for either format. This includes the VBD excel app and other tools that are offered. Player articles, value plays, etc all apply to both formats. What exactly are you looking for that is not already offered in regards to auctions? Other than the perfect auction article which outlines this year's best auction strategy, I'm not sure much more can be done.Why don't you offer some suggestions as to what you think should be produced. I'm curious to hear some.

 

[Dr. No]

Honestly I don't know anyone who does an auction draft.I'd suspect 90+% of leagues are using a regular draft.

According to the poll, 44% of FF players prefer the Auction. That says that more than 10% of leagues are using the auction.

this poll is ultra rigged.1) guys that participate in an auction are more likely to come into this poll and vote2) guys that bother posting on FBG's are much much more likely to be hard core about FFL and thus know other hard core peeps and have that type of leagueif you were able to take a poll of the community that doesn't use a website or service like FBG's and doesn't even really use message boards for fantasy football information it would be 95% draft 5% auction... and it may be more like 99% to 1%

 

[VaTerp]

Honestly I don't know anyone who does an auction draft.I'd suspect 90+% of leagues are using a regular draft.

According to the poll, 44% of FF players prefer the Auction. That says that more than 10% of leagues are using the auction.

Not really. I prefer auctions and voted accordingly. However, of my 3 leagues I'm in right now, NONE are auctions. Just because people "prefer" auctions does not mean they are playing exclusively in them or really that they are even playing in them at all.The vast majority of leagues are still redrafts. Also, your axe to grind here appears to be that FBG needs more auction content. Is it really all that hard to apply all of the great content on this site and others to the auction format? IMO it is not.

 

[coolnerd]

Honestly I don't know anyone who does an auction draft.

I'd suspect 90+% of leagues are using a regular draft.

According to the poll, 44% of FF players prefer the Auction. That says that more than 10% of leagues are using the auction.

Almost all FBG material is good for either format. This includes the VBD excel app and other tools that are offered. Player articles, value plays, etc all apply to both formats. What exactly are you looking for that is not already offered in regards to auctions? Other than the perfect auction article which outlines this year's best auction strategy, I'm not sure much more can be done.Why don't you offer some suggestions as to what you think should be produced. I'm curious to hear some.

Seems like most of the advangtages of playing auction are exactly the things that are difficult to produce articles about because they are more situation driven. Better than I could explain maybe look at this thread where a poster talks about his first acution experience. http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=549340

My other thought to the OP would be how many auction specific threads are started by posters. I don't really keep a running count, but it seems like that are rarely more than 5 on the front page at anytime, so if what people talk about on the boards influences the articles that are produced, then auction drafters need to do more auction strategy talk on the message boards.

 

[PatrickT]

I have one of each, and slightly prefer a draft. But, then again, I don't think our league has a proper auction implementation, either.

 

[Nate]

I like having fewer auction articles cause I have leaguemates that come here regularly...

 

[Incogneto]

I like having fewer auction articles cause I have leaguemates that come here regularly...

:finger:

 

[aimlessgun]

Until this year, I never did more than 3 drafts a season. Discovered auctions 3 weeks ago. I now have 18 fantasy teams, 16 of which are auction drafted.

The ability to go out and build the team you want is really amazing. There are things you can do teamwise that are just flat out impossible in snake: 3 of the top 4 RBs, or getting the top3 WRs, crazy stuff like that. Do I think that my ADP + MJD + RR + random scrubs team is a great team? Probably not, but it was a blast to draft and it's going to be hilarious seeing Ray Rice line up every week against some poor tier3 WR at the flex.

The psychological aspect is nifty, as well as the fact that every auction draft room I've been in has been unique.

 

[JFT Ben]

I've done both: was a player for 3-4 years in a 14 team serpentine and have commished a 14 team auction league for the last 4 or 5 years that disbanded this year. I prefer auction, everyone who has been in those leagues (with minor turnover) I think really digs auction. You can really build the team you want and there's so many different ways to do it. In both auction leagues and serpentine we've had guppies that don't really prepare and don't take it as seriously as others, but what it boiled down to for me was this: an auction everyone is reasonably actively involved and needs to pay attention for most of the draft vs. simply crossing a name off a list. Fun vs. boring. Granted, theres some strategy in serpentine drafting but it's nothing like bidding up a player you marginally don't want to be left holding him when your plan backfires. Even strategy in order of nominations for bidding. Good stuff. Now to the bad part of Auctions. We've always done ours in person. Try getting 14 people together ages 25-45 that live in different areas for any particular time, practically impossible. Got to be a major hassle, last year we had to do it the morning of kick-off Sunday (after the first Thurs. night game) because that was the only time we could find. And in-person drafts were really the highlight of the year, so we broke up the band.

The only league I do now is a dynasty league with contract lengths, salary cap, cap hits for cutting players early, free agent auction and rookie draft. Adds an even greater dimension to the auction scenario, and everyone's favorite league.

 

[Tillmanisahero]

I joined a auction league 14 years ago and I don't think I would ever go back. Not sure why people do drafts.

 

[Dr. No]

I now have 18 fantasy teams

Wow. That's insane.I have 2.. i wish i had either just one, or more like 3-5, but 18 makes my head hurt.

 

[King of the Wolfies]

i miss fantasyauctioneer because its really hard to find useful AAV now.

i love the strategy involved in the nomination process for auctions. trying to decide exactly when to nominate your sleeper can make or break your whole strategy. do you put him up early when everyone still is full of cash, but less likely to fill their roster with sleepers, or do you try to wait until the end when everyone is broke, but risking that someone else will nominate them b4 then.

 

[CalBear]

i love the strategy involved in the nomination process for auctions.

Our auction is run a little differently; the players are auto-nominated in descending order of last year's salary. That approach makes the auction go a little faster, and adds a different strategic element; you can mock out the auction and predict the points at which people are going to be short on money, or desperate for the last good RB or whatever.