THE SHEEP DRAFT
The outline of this format is as follows :
- There will be no order of picking.
- Before every round, I, the mod, will post a new criteria, and every manager has to PM me their pick that meets the criteria. More on that in the following points.
- Every manager will be allowed three picks (attempts) in every round to pick a player in every round. If you manage to sign a player successfully in the first pick (attempt), you will not participate in the next two attempts for that round, obviously.
- At the end of every picking round I will announce which managers successfully signed their players, but I will NOT announce the name of the players, so that the managers who failed in that attempt would have to make their second/third attempt without the knowledge of which players were picked in the same round earlier.
- How does a manager get his pick? You get your pick if and only if you were the only one who chose that player. There are three ways in which your pick will be blocked :
1. In the same round and same attempt there were other managers who chose the same player.
2. The player you chose was already successfully signed by someone in the same round in the previous attempt.
3. Your pick doesn't match the criteria.
Before we go further, here's a simple example.
Let's say A, B, C, D and E are playing the draft.
I announce the criteria - Round 1 - pick a player who was a World Cup winner.
All 5 managers PM me their picks as follows :
Pick 1 :
A : Pele
B : Pele
C : Ronaldo
D : Maradona
E : Matthaus
According to the rules, A and B don't get any players and their picks are BLOCKED. C, D and E successfully sign their players. So, at the end of the deadline I will post something like this :
Results of Round 1, Pick 1 :
A : Fail (Pele)
B : Fail (Pele)
C : Pass
D : Pass
E : Pass
Blocked List : Pele.
Important : I will NOT announce the names of successfully drafted players till the end of the round. So the managers going into the second/third attempt will not be knowing which players apart from the ones that were blocked due to duplicate entries are not available.
Now, A and B have to submit again for the same criteria as their second attempt. Let's say :
A : Maradona
B : Beckenbauer
And I announce after 24 hours :
Results Round 1, Pick 2 :
A : Fail (player already drafted)
B : Pass
B gets his pick as it was not picked by another manager in the same attempt while also not being drafter earlier. A misses his pick again even though it was not picked by another manager in the same round, it was drafted by someone else earlier.
Now, A has to go for a third and last attempt. Let's say :
A : Beckenbauer.
And I announce :
Round 1, Pick 3 results :
A : Fail (player already drafted).
Full round results :
A : Sheep
B : Beckenbauer
C : Ronaldo
D : Maradona
E : Matthaus
A again fails, as B had already successfully drafted Beckenbauer which A wasn't aware of.
So, A ends the round without any player and will be assigned a sheep.
End of example.
- A sheep pick will be decided by other managers at the end of the round. A sheep pick is a rubbish player, and one who will be a clear weakness for any team. This is a way to punish the manager who failed in all his 3 attempts in a round. The sheep pick for a round must meet the criteria of the round.
Only successful drafters for the round will be allowed to nominate sheep picks. Anyone of them can also reject a nomination if he thinks the pick is unjustified for any reason.
Important : I as a mod reserve the last rights to assign the sheep picks. All the managers must be careful in nominating sheep picks, and it should absolutely not coincide with the position of the players already drafted by the manager who needs the sheep pick. This is a basic code of conduct and I expect everyone to respect it. Conversely, I can also deny a nomination if I feel it is too good to be a sheep, which would be rare.
- As I said, every round will have a new criterion, so the number of total criteria would be equal to the number of rounds. The new criteria will be posted only at the end of the current round. So, you won't be knowing what kind of players will fall into the next criteria, hence you should cover the difficult positions (Keeper and defense) as early as possible. There could be rounds based on scoring records, for example. So be prepared for all scenarios.
- Important : In the view of the previous point, every manager MUST have a goalkeeper by the end of round 9.
Draft related details :
The deadline for every pick would 24 hours from the point I post the criterion.
There will be 16 managers.
There will be 12 rounds in total. There might be rounds which allow you to pick more than one player.
NO NAMING of unpicked players. Even though there is no order in this, this rule still applies.
If you miss a round completely, you will get a sheep.
OVERALL TIMELINE : This applies to the whole draft and WILL NOT change. All criteria fall under this and I will not repeat this in every round. And the timeline is :
All players born "after" 30 October 1960 are available to pick.
That is Diego Maradona's date of birth, which means he is not available. Since this is the first sheep draft, the timeline is a bit relaxed with enough players in the pool for everyone to experiment, take risks and end up with a desired team.
The Tournament
Once we have drafted all teams, the same format like all other drafts follows. There will be straight knockouts till we reach the final. The matches will be decided by public voting and a winner will be declared in the end.
All managers are expected to post player profiles and PM me their formation and tactics before their game is scheduled.
Reinforcements
There will be 2 reinforcements after every knockout round. Details will be revealed when the time comes.
I hope that was clear. Any doubts, please raise them in the thread.
The 16 managers :
@antohan
@Balu
@Thisistheone
@crappycraperson
@Chesterlestreet
@VivaJanuzaj
@Gio
@Cutch
@Edgar Allan Pillow & @Brwned
@Pippa
@Polaroid
@MJJ
@Stobzilla & KM
@Jayvin
@sullydnl & @NM
@Snipers Breath
Those are the 16 entries.
Before signing up, please make sure you will be available for at least a month and would be able to check redcafe at least once every day.
THE REVISED DEADLINE RULES
For every round :
1. Pick 1 will span 24 hours.
You can change your pick anytime till the last minute of the deadline.
2. Pick 2 and 3 will span 12 hours.
You CAN NOT change your pick once you have sent the PM, so be absolutely careful. Hence, in both pick 2 and 3 of every round as soon as everyone has submitted his pick, the results will be revealed. If you are not sure about the pick, don't send early, in case you want to observe discussions or whatever, but once I get the PM it is set in stone for me.
This way we will potentially save 1 day in every round compared to previous rules which is a huge improvement. What we did yesterday is the perfect example of what these rules would apply.
Also,
A new criteria will always start (that is Pick 1) around noon and not at night.
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