Cricket draft

KM

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Anyone interested in this?

Will do an 8 man or a 16 man depending on the participation.
 

The Man Himself

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If everybody agrees than Kallis is among game's greatest and 2nd only to Sobers as all-rounder (OK, maybe Imran Khan joint 2nd), and gives it in writing, then I will play. Of course this means Kallis will be in my team, by default.
 

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The Man Himself said:
If everybody agrees than Kallis is among game's greatest and 2nd only to Sobers as all-rounder (OK, maybe Imran Khan joint 2nd), and gives it in writing, then I will play. Of course this means Kallis will be in my team, by default.
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Feck Kallis yo!
 

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Why are you banning players....or well as far as I can see, one player....is there more to this?
 

KM

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Three players can be banned.

How about Bradman, Kallis and Imran Khan?
 

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So seven in so far.
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What type of draft would it be?
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Normal regular draft. The order will be decided by a random generator and the order would be reversed after the first round. You'll select the best available player according to your needs and then there'll be matchups.
 

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paulscholes18 said:
I'm in
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Donaldo said:
Yeah, I'd be in.
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VanGaalEra said:
Yeah, why not.
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Skills said:
In
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Akshay said:
I could be in if you need me for the numbers. Don't really know enough about previous generations to do it justice, but I'd probably learn something.
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Boycott said:
I'm game
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Mani said:
I'm in...Thanks MJJ
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paulscholes18 said:
I'm in
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So all of you in then. I'll be the draft master. We need one more.

However if we get more then I'll increase it to 16.
 

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Yeah why not. Just to be sure, drafts have a 24 hour window or something, right? I may not able to reply/engage in discussion during office time.
 

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The Man Himself said:
Yeah why not. Just to be sure, drafts have a 24 hour window or something, right? I may not able to reply/engage in discussion during office time.
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It'll be twelve hours in this case. 24 hours is too long a time.
 

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1. @Donaldo
2. @VanGaalEra
3. @Skills
4. @Boycott
5. @paulscholes18
6. @Mani
7. @Akshay
8. @The Man Himself
9. @crappycraperson
10. @bhuvan_chris_23

So that's ten then.

Let's see who else participates.

What rules do you guys want? I'm thinking of assigning a country per round and if two players make the same pick, then that player will be blocked and there'll be another round for picking. If your player is blocked in the second round then you get a sheep i.e a below standard player of my choosing in your team.
 

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For those who can't understand this will be how it works

The gluttons for mutton are back: it's the Third Redcafe Sheep Draft.

What's a sheep draft and how does it work?
  • Before every round, I will post new criteria. Every manager has to PM me their pick that meets the criteria.
  • 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.
  • For any manager biting off more mutton than they can chew, they will be allocated a sheep. These will be allocated by the Sheep Committee.
That sounds complicated, give me an 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.
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But instead of a criteria, I'll give you a country and you shall pick from that.
 

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In if this starts next week. Out otherwise. @KM can you pull me into the mod pm to see the carnage?
 

KM

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NM said:
In if this starts next week. Out otherwise. @KM can you pull me into the mod pm to see the carnage?
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Well you just have to pick in this week for the first three round, the actual game will take time. Actually I might need some help organising it, can you co-organise?
 
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