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Official "Ultimate Survivor" Thread (1 Viewer)

Clayton Gray said:
If you made it to Round 2, please check your e-mail as soon as possible. I'll do my best to get everyone in a league, but coordinating 48 people to draft in 3-4 days is a pretty big task.
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I appreciate the work Clayton, certainly don't wish to sound ungrateful, however, it would seem with the number of people you're dealing with, at least 12 would very much appreciate a greater diversity of draft times than merely Friday or Saturday night.
 
Idiot Boxer said:
EBF said:
From the e-mail:

Specifically, you have a draft on Friday or Saturday. We will have a draft at 6:00 PM Eastern and 9:00 PM Eastern on each day. If there is a day/time that you absolutely can not make, please let me know immediately.
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Is this absolutely set in stone?I have a 7:40 PST flight on Friday. It's my mom's birthday this weekend and I'll be spending time with family. There are two other posts who have also said that Friday and Saturday will be problematic for them. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a couple more who feel the same way, but haven't spoken up yet. It doesn't seem like it would be that much trouble doing a Thursday draft if we can find 12 who agree to it.
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or, as soon as leagues are established, start drafting immediately with reasonable time limits. If not finished by the established draft time, then it can be finished live at that time.It is over a few days. Is the hesitation due to some perceived advantage that might be had by waiting until later in the week? Will someone who picks Westbrook on Tuesday really know much more on Friday?
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No matter what league I'm in, I'll be predrafting picks right away. I'm OK with kicking the draft off ASAP to help others.
 
I, too, am fairly screwed on Friday and Saturday nights this week. Going to a wedding, so I'll be traveling Thursday, Rehersal Dinner at 8 PM Eastern on Friday, Wedding at 8 PM Eastern on Saturday. Ouch.

I like IB's suggestion of setting up the drafts and starting immediately, with them finishing live at the scheduled times if need be.

Or, at least placing all of us that can't make those nights into the same league and letting us start immediately via "slow" draft.

 
It seems that a We4dnesday or Thursday night draft should be do-able, and perhaps warranted this week...but sets a bad precedant for week 10, when only one draft will be conducted.

I have no dog in this hunt, but would suggest that one draft be held earlier (Thurs?)

 
Any day or time is OK. But as to "KDS", am I correct to assume, that having barely qualified, I will be among the last to select a draft slot (NTTAWWT) ?

 
elcohiba said:
Any day or time is OK. But as to "KDS", am I correct to assume, that having barely qualified, I will be among the last to select a draft slot (NTTAWWT) ?
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If I interpreted Clayton's email right, you would have the 43rd choice. However, given the scheduling issues things may go a little differently. But within your league you will probably get what you get for a draft spot (or have little choice).
 
Bob Sacamano said:
ConstruxBoy said:
Bob Sacamano said:
ConstruxBoy said:
David Yudkin said:
I believe the plan is to have 2 drafts on Friday night and 2 drafts on Saturday night, but I am not sure as to how people will be assigned to which leagues/drafts.
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Hope not because I can't make Saturday. :rant:
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That's awful. If only there were another night you could draft.
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:rant: I seem to recall Gray saying that you would be assigned a league and would have to draft whenever you were assigned to draft. So by that logic, I have a 50% chance of being assigned to a Friday league and a 50% chance of being assigned to a Saturday league. Not great odds.
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Odds you draw Friday night vs. odds any of the people left in this thing are having sex Friday or Saturday night: I'll take my chances with your drawing Friday night.
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It's an online draft. Multi-task. :bag:
 
We knew the final results today (Tuesday). We have to coordinate all 48 people into draft times before they play games on Sunday. Not sure when people were expecting they would draft, but Friday and Saturday is really the only way this going to work since some people will likely still be choosing leagues on Thursday. If you can't make any times, I suggest you either get someone to draft for you or you enter a predraft list.

 
How is the draft selection process going this afternoon. If only 3 guys slotted than those wanting the new day must understand Mr. Dodds reasoning here. Get this done and than maybe a few like myself who are very flexible can change with some owners to provide them the ability to draft earlier.

 
David Dodds said:
We knew the final results today (Tuesday). We have to coordinate all 48 people into draft times before they play games on Sunday. Not sure when people were expecting they would draft, but Friday and Saturday is really the only way this going to work since some people will likely still be choosing leagues on Thursday. If you can't make any times, I suggest you either get someone to draft for you or you enter a predraft list.
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Thanks for trying though. :confused: :thumbsup:
 
1. We'll be lucky to have all of the participants slotted by Thursday evening, so it's unrealistic to plan a draft for that night.

2. We are not having a slow draft as it wouldn't start before everyone is slotted into a draft. A slow draft starting late in the week would not finish before Week 6 games start (especially considering it will have people that have already stated they won't have internet access on Friday and Saturday nights).

3. There are two reasonable options for the few that can not make the four available drafts. They can have someone draft for them. They can enter their draft list for each position and desired position for each round into the MFL software so it can draft for them.

4. There are no alternates in this. There are 48 that qualified, and considering the ultimate stakes here, I'm not sure there is a completely fair way of breaking the 12-way tie for 49th.

 
We didn't pay any money to participate in this league, so we really don't have the right to complain about how it's run. With that said, I do think this system is unnecessarily rigid.

For the first round of drafts, we had our choice of 12 different leagues with a wide variety of dates and times. Almost everyone was happy.

Now we're being forced into a narrow range of dates that all fall on the weekend, which is typically when most people make their real life plans. At least three or four of us have expressed a desire for more draft date options and we're being shot down without much consideration because the system we're using to assign teams is slow. I think this could have been avoided if a Thursday draft date was included and we had been allowed to pick our leagues in the same way that we did in round one.

All this stuff about seeding and picking your draft slot looks like a well-intentioned attempt at maintaining competitive balance, but it's actually skewing things by limiting the draft date options and forcing some of the drafters to submit pre-draft lists or have a friend draft for them. I realize that time is scarce and it's a major logistical headache trying to organize so many people so fast, but I do think the staff might want to reconsider the structure of this competition if they decide to attempt it again next year.

I don't mean to sound like a whiny tool, but I did want to get that off my chest. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'll shut up now. I'm happy just to have the opportunity to compete. The fact that I'll be winning my league with a team picked entirely by pre-draft lists will make my triumph all the more legendary.

:lmao:

 
Just want to make sure I have this right... everyone that advanced to round 2 received the initial e-mail. There will be a second e-mail coming, 6 at a time, apparently in order of finish. If you haven't received the second e-mail yet, we just keep our eyes open for it and there's nothing we're required to do in the meantime.

I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something and I'm supposed to be signing up somewhere :lmao:

p.s. I don't think some people are taking the logistics of this contest (which was free, by the way) into account. I think it is more work than it seems to set up the new leagues and to make sure they are Commished properly. As long as you take time to set a good predraft or get a buddy with solid football knowledge who you can outline a draft plan with ahead of time, I think you'll be fine if you have to miss it (although of course everyone would rather be at the controls themselves). In fact, with fantasy football being what it is, chances are the picks will even out, as in some picks you weren't able to make may hurt you, but you may also get a player you didn't necessarily want who goes on a run... or you miss out on a player you wanted and he gets hurt. Who really knows? Just enjoy the fact that you're one of the final 48 in a FREE contest where you could win a subscription for life and 500 bucks :lmao:

Life will go on!

 
EBF said:
We didn't pay any money to participate in this league, so we really don't have the right to complain about how it's run. With that said, I do think this system is unnecessarily rigid. For the first round of drafts, we had our choice of 12 different leagues with a wide variety of dates and times. Almost everyone was happy.Now we're being forced into a narrow range of dates that all fall on the weekend, which is typically when most people make their real life plans. At least three or four of us have expressed a desire for more draft date options and we're being shot down without much consideration because the system we're using to assign teams is slow. I think this could have been avoided if a Thursday draft date was included and we had been allowed to pick our leagues in the same way that we did in round one. All this stuff about seeding and picking your draft slot looks like a well-intentioned attempt at maintaining competitive balance, but it's actually skewing things by limiting the draft date options and forcing some of the drafters to submit pre-draft lists or have a friend draft for them. I realize that time is scarce and it's a major logistical headache trying to organize so many people so fast, but I do think the staff might want to reconsider the structure of this competition if they decide to attempt it again next year. I don't mean to sound like a whiny tool, but I did want to get that off my chest. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'll shut up now. I'm happy just to have the opportunity to compete. The fact that I'll be winning my league with a team picked entirely by pre-draft lists will make my triumph all the more legendary. :hey:
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:hot:I think the league slotting system is unnecessarily burdensome. People who work weekend evenings or are travelling on the weekends shouldn't be relegated to having the computer pick their team or some surrogate if a reasonable effort can be made to avoid it.A large number of us are available online during the day and I for one would be available for a Thursday 9PM or Friday NOON draft if it would accomodate our non-weekend drafters.
 
I'd be very curious to find out where the 48 "survivors" drafted in round 1 - For those who were in non-auction leagues.

Anyone else pick 12th in their league?

 
Look like League 9 was slightly different as the advancers were rather early drafters.

In order

#7 (me)

#6

#1

#3

 
Workhorse said:
I'd be very curious to find out where the 48 "survivors" drafted in round 1 - For those who were in non-auction leagues.Anyone else pick 12th in their league?
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Only 10 leagues drafted (2 were auction). Here were the draft slots of those that advanced:1 - 22 - 43 - 44 - 15 - 46 - 47 - 28 - 59 - 410 - 411 - 212 - 4
 
A loosey-goosey stab at the advancers to the final league:

BusMan

David Yudkin

Andy Hicks

Master of Past and Present

David Dodds

Construx Box

John Norton

renesauz

Mike Herman

bucknaked

nittanylion

eraser

Please correct me where I'm wrong (I've made some assumptions).

Five staff out of 24 advance. 7 out of 120 MBers make the final cut.

 
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Clayton Gray has a pretty good chance of advancing tonight instead of me. That would be 6, an excellent showing from the staff.

 
Looks like the following folks are advancing:

Andy Hicks 44-11-0 849.4

ConstruxBoy 38-17-0 785.5

elcohiba 38-17-0 765.4

BusMan 53-2-0 922.7

renesauz 35-20-0 705.1

alonegunman 34-21-0 754.0

David Yudkin 46-9-0 817.1

nittanylion 33-22-0 739.6

Clayton Gray 33-22-0 730.4

Master of Past and Present 42-13-0 794.3

John Norton 36-19-0 762.9

Eraser 33-22-0 712.0

 
I feel a bit fortunate after the final week's meltdown. 150+ every week except the last where I got just 85!!!

Should be a great final round though...congrats to all who made it!

 
David Yudkin said:
Looks like the following folks are advancing:Andy Hicks 44-11-0 849.4ConstruxBoy 38-17-0 785.5elcohiba 38-17-0 765.4BusMan 53-2-0 922.7 renesauz 35-20-0 705.1 alonegunman 34-21-0 754.0 David Yudkin 46-9-0 817.1 nittanylion 33-22-0 739.6 Clayton Gray 33-22-0 730.4 Master of Past and Present 42-13-0 794.3 John Norton 36-19-0 762.9 Eraser 33-22-0 712.0
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This is gonna be great. Already pumped about my FBGs shirt and free '09 subscription. I wouldn't mind getting the lifetime sub. and $500, though. That would be....sweet.
 
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Congrats to everyone! I did pretty much what I needed to do this week 11-1, but unfortunately, the 2 guys that I needed to catch were right behind me.

KUDOS guys. BEST OF LUCK!

 
Here I thought I had a good 2nd round, but I look at the records and see that I am the "runt".

My slate is clean though.....let's get it on!!! :confused:

 
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