The gluttons for mutton are back: it's the ODI cricket sheep draft
What's a sheep draft and how does it work?
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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ODI Rules from the 2019 cricket world cup
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.
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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1. @12OunceEpilogue
2. @The Cat
3. @Edgar Allan Pillow
4. @harshad
5. @V.O.
6. @Norris
7. @Mani
8. @NM
9. @Himannv
10. @Michaelf7777777
11. @paulscholes18
12. @crappycraperson
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ODI Rules from the 2019 cricket world cup
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