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New Format for Survivor League (1 Viewer)

Jeff Pasquino

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I'm thinking of another way to do one of these - feel free to chime in if this makes sense or not.

League name is: BALLS.

Blind Auction Lottery League Survivor.

16 drafters, 1 "banker".

The banker's job is to get everyone's "sealed bids" and to manage the rolls.

The 16 drafters get a budget of $200 to spend however they wish.

They must list their draft picks from 1-16 and put $ next to each draft pick.

Once the bids are revealed, everyone gets the equivalent of 1 ping-pong ball for every dollar that they spent above $0 for that particular draft pick.

Dice rolls determine the winner.



Rules to handle this league in addition to the above:

1. Draft picks are determined in order (i.e. first pick is determined)

2. Once a bidder has a draft spot, their money is eliminated from all future rolls.

3. If more than the maximum sided die would be needed (say over 1,000 chances), then you have two (or more) roll-offs. Bifurcation (split) of the 2 or more rolls would be equal and the largest bidder is split to make it the most even. Roll-offs follow the winners of semi-finals.

4. Only the minimum sided die need to be rolled.

5. Logic can dictate outcomes - meaning that if 3 owners all have 1 pingpong ball for Slot 15, a 6-sided die where each owner is represented by 2 numbers is sufficient.

6. Every drafter has 1 ping pong ball in every round until they get a draft spot. So again, $1 = 2 chances, $3 = 2, etc.

7. All other normal Survivor rules (WSL, SSL, PDSL) are observed based upon time of year of the draft.

 
OK...I had to read the first post 3 times before I got it. Truthfully, it seems a lot of effort to determine a draft order for what would otherwise be a normal surviver draft.

To make it REALLY worth it...redetermine draft order every odd numbered round. That will make the bidding startegies, and draft strategies critical in the middle rounds.

Say we're in the seventh and you don't have a starting QB left. The top 7 or 8 are gone and you sense a run coming. Do you want to bid really high in an effort to be the next to get a QB? If you miss, you could be in trouble drafting at the end.

Conversely, you have Manning, and know your next target will likely be there towards the end of the next round...you'd then bid high on a later pick so that you can get a better draft slot in the return portion (the 8th round in this example) of the drafting cycle.

It would make for a slow draft, but we have plenty of time. :)

 
Jeff - I would like to be in this...BUT I don't understand why you need the dice rolls randomizing what would have been a fun idea of bidding for the draft slots?

Some guy bids $180 for pick #1 and some guy with one ball wins the pick - what is the point of that?

The roll off should only be used for ties

How about something along the lines of

16 drafters* (I would rather do 14, but...)

$200 budget for draft bids

*one spot guaranteed to Twilight if he has any interest in this (or score it yourself)

First bid - for draft positions in Round 1 (and thus 2 - all rounds snaking as normal)

Second bid - for draft positions in Round 3

Third bid - for draft positions in Round 5

Fourth and final bid - for draft positions in Round 7 (and for balance of the draft)

 
I would like to be in this...BUT I don't understand why you need the dice rolls randomizing what would have been a fun idea of bidding for the draft slots?
What would be your plan if a bunch of people just bid the full 200 for the #1 slot? Roll a dice for tiebreaker? :lmao:
 
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I am oh so definately in this...........just clarify rules and regulations prior to the draft, please.

Blind Bidding........hee, hee......this will be so much fun!!!!!

ETA: BTW Jeff, I just absolutely LOVE the league name.......I can't wait to tell folks I'm in the BALLS Mock Draft!!!!!!!!!! Too hilarious!!!!! :X

 
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I would like to be in this...BUT I don't understand why you need the dice rolls randomizing what would have been a fun idea of bidding for the draft slots?
What would be your plan if a bunch of people just bid the full 200 for the #1 slot? Roll a dice for tiebreaker? :goodposting:
Yes, but why would that be done for EVERY draft position AND include anybody but those who bid all $200?
 
bada bing...

I think I was strongly in favor of this idea (or a similar one) last season... but I've supressed those threads from my memory...

Count me in.

 
I'm still recovering this week after the NFL Draft and getting up to speed with several drafts and magazine commitments.

I'll revive this after the SSLs.

 
I count 13 as of right now....

1. Pasquino

2. jeter23

3. radballs

4. Duckboy

5. Blue-Kun

6. Hear-The-Footsteps

7. renesauz

8. NorrisB

9. Captain Hook

10. Fullback Fro

11. Ruffrodys05

12. Team Legacy

13. KnowledgeReignsSupreme

14.

15.

16.

 
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I am oh so definately in this...........just clarify rules and regulations prior to the draft, please.

Blind Bidding........hee, hee......this will be so much fun!!!!!

ETA: BTW Jeff, I just absolutely LOVE the league name.......I can't wait to tell folks I'm in the BALLS Mock Draft!!!!!!!!!! Too hilarious!!!!! :popcorn:
You sure you got the balls for this?
 
JP - any chance we can start the draft on this After June 12? - not sure I will have any connectivity in Alaska after 6/1
I can set that up, sure.I'm going to need a banker as well. I threw this out there, so I wanted to make sure it happened.I need to talk to Twilight to see if we can add this.
 
I count 14 as of right now....

1. Pasquino

2. jeter23

3. radballs

4. Duckboy

5. Blue-Kun

6. Hear-The-Footsteps

7. renesauz

8. NorrisB

9. Captain Hook

10. Fullback Fro

11. Ruffrodys05

12. Team Legacy

13. KnowledgeReignsSupreme

14. Pictus Cat

15.

16.

need 2 more.......

You sure you got the balls for this?
Uh..........yeah.Anything you say LHUCKS2.

 
Yeah we need to get this rolling if it is going to happen.

I think Post 1 explains it all.

I can play the role of banker if need be.

 
Unless this gets fresh legs, I think this idea for a league, while a good one, probably won't come to be.

I'd be game for it, but it would also push me for time as well.

I think everyone should take a breather and look forward to the MBSLs (?), which are coming soon (?)

 
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Ya Jeff. Love the idea, but things have gotten real hectic for me. I'm gonna have to bail as well.

Good luck getting it off the ground tho. If it runs later, put me down for a spot.

 

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