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The Fourth RedCafe Sheep Draft
- Thread starter The Stain
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To rephrase the question above: Are players, for the purpose of this draft (or round, at least), limited to one national team (viz. the first one they were capped for) even if they have caps for several?
Example: Lothar Messadona was first capped for India, then went on to play for Brazil. I pick Brazil as my country - successfully. Nobody picks India successfully. Can I then grab Lothar? Or is he out of bounds, because he is considered to represent India and India only?
Example: Lothar Messadona was first capped for India, then went on to play for Brazil. I pick Brazil as my country - successfully. Nobody picks India successfully. Can I then grab Lothar? Or is he out of bounds, because he is considered to represent India and India only?
My understanding is you need to be India to pick Messadona.
Messadona is India only.
Messadona is India only.
There is no way to gauge the risks in this. You may choose a hidden gem only to find it blocked when the most obvious gets unpicked.ah but there are many risks, depends on which one
Just go with your instinct and feel free to hurl abuse at The Stain when things don't go well.
Aye - I suspect that's the case.
Feck it - no Messadona for me, I'll go with something more straight forward.
Pelealdo?
Submitted. How many more are left to submit?
Submitted
So which one of you fellas has decided to go down the evil route and attempt to block others' picks?
Yep. Or Yashenbauer, perhaps, if I decide to go more defensive.
Isn't that what the first two picks are meant for?
I submitted 4 minutes after the criteria was announced so mines definitely a block move.
Oh, crap, I was doing it wrong all along, then...Isn't that what the first two picks are meant for?
20 managers mean many diverging strategies so the outcome is unpredictable.
You've got to stick with Iran now mateOh, crap, I was doing it wrong all along, then...
I'll take that. All of the cool long names will make the my team fill up the whole field without much effort.
It was a great way to narrow down the pool without arguing over which players are superhuman and which not, right? Mmmmm...I liked it
Messadona is Indian and seems to have had a lot of curry last time I saw picks of him.
@Edgar Allan Pillow
I still go back and laugh at this from time to time
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-second-redcafe-sheep-draft.399759/page-47#post-16967463
I still go back and laugh at this from time to time
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-second-redcafe-sheep-draft.399759/page-47#post-16967463
How many picks submitted?
So we are clear here, this draft will require an immense amount of admin legwork. It won't be run according to managers' patience.
A strict schedule has been put together which works fine for The Stain and I to coordinate and cover for each other. We will have things to throw into the mix later as special events while Picks 2 and 3 are playing out so you are entertained, but we won't be constantly chopping and changing times subject to when all picks are in.
Good. I'm happy to know that we'll be going through a regular schedule. At least we won't be dealing with stuff like extra-long delays or anything like that (hopefully).
Thanks.
The deadlines are set in stone but if either of us are around when all picks are in you'll obv get longer (until the next deadline) for the next pick. If the deadlines are shit for you then get an AM (this last bit was directed at everyone).
OP updated. PM's incoming
Well, no need for PM's, just read the bloody OP.
I just read through the OP, and I really am looking forward to this draft. The Power Cards and Budget will make things really interesting as the draft progresses.
No bids or usage of cards for R1. Consider this round a freebie (in all aspects). You're welcome.
Very good. Bamboozle and sheep, really. Sheepoozle.
One question about the bidding: I don't get the "increments of 1M" part: You pick a player who meets the criterion, and then add a bid. And then you either land him or not - as far as I can see, you can't up your bid at any stage, since the player simply gets blocked if multiple managers enter identical (highest) bids.
ETA Nevermind, I see what you mean now: 11 or 33, not 10 or 30, etc. I just thought it involved some kind of regular outbidding process at first.
One question about the bidding: I don't get the "increments of 1M" part: You pick a player who meets the criterion, and then add a bid. And then you either land him or not - as far as I can see, you can't up your bid at any stage, since the player simply gets blocked if multiple managers enter identical (highest) bids.
ETA Nevermind, I see what you mean now: 11 or 33, not 10 or 30, etc. I just thought it involved some kind of regular outbidding process at first.
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Surely "Baaamboozle" is the way to go with the name
And the 1m increments just means I could bid 11m instead 10m, and wouldn't need to better your bid by the usual 5-10m amount
Or at least it's my understanding
The budget part sounds nuts. Won't that mean there is pretty much a zero possibility of sheep as it's highly unlikely 2 players bid on the same player with the same bid?
I meant no 30.5M bids.
Exactly, it's like a closed envelope single shot tender in multiples of 1M.
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Hm. Yes, you've a point there. And the more specific the bids are, the less likely it is that the bids will be identical.
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Fair point. Budget use only applies in Pick 1 @The Stain.