The Reality Draft: Main Thread (Finals)

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OK, here is the next edition of the ever popular fantasy draft games.

The Reality Draft:

Theme: 16 managers fight for title in a snake draft with some real life hurdles thrown in.

Overall Rules:
O1 - All players born on or after 01-Jan-1950 and on or before 01-Jan-1985 are eligible, excepting those covered in rule O2 and M10.
O2 - Preliminary round where each manager picks one GOAT who will be excluded from picking for this draft.
O3 - One reinforcement player per round excepting T3 below.

Draft Boss Rules:
B1 - All matches will be for 24 hrs
B2 - All draft picks will be on 8 hr intervals. More time can be granted on Boss's sole discretion (in case of quick picks).
B3 - No Assistant Managers. It wastes more time. But non-playing members can act as a 'scout' recommending players. Manager have the only say in teams. Scouts cannot vote for manager's games.
B4 - Playing managers vote count twice. Please honour the code and avoid tactical voting.
B5 - Once posted, the pick stands. No changing. Take care before you post.

Theme of Draft (Reality) Rules:
T1 - Each manager will nominate 3 players for DoF Interference Pools (one each of forward, midfielder, defender) + 1 player for Legacy Pool in order snake order. This will be randomized and awarded at specific pick rounds during drafting.
T2 - All DoF and Legacy players MUST play in Round 1. Only exception is player is covered in T5 below.
T3 - RiOFL: For Quarter Finals, one random player from winning managers Round 1 playing 11 will 'forget his drug test and get suspended' thereby not being available for Quarter Finals. Two reinforcement picks to be available from loser pools.
T4 - Hargriefs: For Semi Finals, one random player from winning managers Quarter Finals playing 11 will be 'injured' and not available for Semi Finals. Two reinforcement picks to be available from loser pools. The player suspended in Round 1 will now be available.
T5 - Refer Method of Drafting.
T6 - The injured players (T4) recovers in time for the finals.

NOTE:
- DoFI pools are GOAT level players.
- Legacy Pool player will be a good player (not a sheep), but not a standard draft pickup who has been recruited with your predecessor and carried over to you. Example: Carrick, Kuyt, Hargreaves etc.

Method of Drafting:
M1 - The Legacy pool will be randomized and one player awarded to each manager.
M2 - Managers pick Player 2
M3 - DoF Interference Midfielder Pool will be randomized and one player awarded to each manager.
M4 - Managers pick Player 4
M5 - DoF Interference Forward Pool will be randomized and one player awarded to each manager.
M6 - Managers pick Player 6
M7 - DoF Interference Defender Pool will be randomized and one player awarded to each manager.
M8 - Managers pick Player 8
T5 - Tevezobola: One of players picked till now decides he does not like you and goes AWOL to Argentina.
M9 - Managers pick Player 9
M10 - Promoting Youth. Recruit a player (not GK) born on or after 01-Jan-1990. Must play in Round 1.
M11 - Managers pick Player 11
M12 - Managers pick Player 12
M13 - Managers pick Player 13

Advantage Rules (Not Mandatory)
A1 - Any team using WM (2-3-3-2) or MW (3-2-2-3) for Round 1 will be awarded three bonus votes.
A2 - Any team not using 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 Diamond will be awarded two bonus votes in Quarter Finals.
A3 - Any team not using 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 will be awarded two bonus votes in Semi Finals.
 
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Blocked Pool

Gullit
Rijkaard
Platini
Redondo
Thuram
L. Ronaldo
Giggs
Zidane
Baresi
Maldini
Ronaldinho
Maradona
Zico
M. Laudrup
Matthaus
van Basten

T-Bola Blocked Pool

tardelli
lahm
Ardiles
Makelele
Gerrard
Bergomi
Ribery
Brehme
Daglish
Iniesta
Jugovic
Rio F
Simonsen
Nesta
Puyol
Cannavaro

DoFI: Forwards
Del Piero
Romario
RvN
Shevchenko
Raul
Stoichkov
Batistuta
Hugo Sanchez
Rivaldo
Allan Simonsen
Rummenigge
Weah
Rossi
Henry
Bergkamp
Shearer

DoFI: Midfielders
Tardelli
Robson
Breitner
Scholes
Socrates
Pirlo
Neeskens
Iniesta
Gerrard
Ricardo Bochini
Falcao
Figo
Xavi
Schuster
Keane
Davids

DoFI: Defenders
Cannavaro
Passarella
Sammer
Lahm
Nesta
Bergomi
Hierro
Zanetti
Stam
Oscar Ruggeri
Scirea
Desailly
Cafu
Kohler
Brehme
Rio

Legacy Pool
Solskjaer
Angelo Di Livio
Miguel Angel Nadal
Mascherano
Ljungberg
Brolin
Zambrotta
M. Senna
Enzo Francescoli
Fernando Morena
Gallas
Cocu
Puyol
Prosinečki
Camoranesi
Keown
 
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Teams at Draft End:

01. Annahnomoss - (3. Tardelli) 1. Cocu 2. Gentile 4. Amoros 5. Rossi 6. Gascoigne 7. Scirea 8. Bossis 9. Littbarski 10. Sterling 11. D. Alves 12. Preud'homme 13. Simeone
02. Chesterlestreet - (7. Lahm) 1. Mascherano 2. Nedved 3. Neeskens 4. Beckham 5. Henry 6. Júnior, 8. Buchwald 9. G. Neville 10. J. Rodriguez 11. Augenthaler 12. Rocheteau 13. Van Breukelen
03. Joga Bonito - (4. O Ardiles) 1. Keown 2. Baggio 3. Figo 5. Weah 6. Søren Lerby 7. Cafú 8. Koeman 9. De Rossi 10. Juan Bernat 11. Sanchís, 12. Zenga 13. Rafael Gordillo
04. Raees - (2. Makelele) 1. Morena 3. Socrates 4. Conti 5. Stoichkov 6. Ballack 7. Zanetti, 8. Costacurta 9. Terry, 10. Pogba, 11. D. Villa 12. Belodedici, 13. Casillas
05. antohan - (3. Gerrard) 1. Ljungberg 2. Boniek 4. Effenberg 5. Raul 6. Luis Enrique 7. Hierro 8. T. Silva 9. Ferrara 10. Götze 11. Vieri 12. Abidal 13. Chilavert
06. BorisDeLeFora - (7. Bergomi) 1. Zambrotta 2. Tigana 3. Robson 4. Cerezo 5. Del Piero 6. Klinsmann 8. Lucio 9. Popescu 10. Koke 11. A. Cole 12. Donadoni 13. Cech
07. ctp - (6. Ribéry) 1. Brolin 2. Lato 3. Xavi 4. Guardiola 5. Shevchenko 7. Kohler 8. Carvalho 9. Kakà 10. Carvajal 11. Evra 12. Schumacher 13. Paulo Sousa
08. Skizzo - (7. Brehme) 1. Solskjaer 2. Cabrini 3. Schuster 4. K. Förster 5. Hugo Sanchez 6. Barnes 8. Deschamps 9. McGrain 10. Marquinhos 11. Michel 12. Fillol 13. Butragueño
09. MJJ (Theon) - (4. Dalglish) 1. Di Livio 2. Souness 3. Bochini 5. Rivaldo 6. McGrath 7. Sammer 8. Campbell 9. Totti 10. Ricardo Rodriguez 11. Peter Schmeichel 12. Elkjaer 13. Crespo
10. Jayvin - (3. Iniesta) 1. Gallas 2. Vieira 4. Lizarazu 5. Romario 6. Overmars 7. Desailly 8. Blanc 9. Xabi Alonso 10. Hazard 11. Gianluigi Buffon 12. Boban 13. Mendieta
11. Stobzilla - (8. Jugovic) 1. Camoranesi 2. Hansen 3. Davids 4. Balakov 5. Batistuta 6. Irwin 7. Passarella 9. Pires 10. Strootman 11. Mauro Silva 12. Bezsonov 13. Southall
12. Aldo - (7. Rio) 1. Senna 2. Hagi 3. Pirlo 4. Schweinsteiger 5. RvN 6. Tresor 8. Camacho 9. Gerets 10. Neymar 11. Montero 12. Pfaff 13. Cantona
13. The Red Viper - (5. Simonsen) 1. Prosinečki 2. Robben 3. Scholes 4. Vidic 6. Eto'o 7. Stam 8. Rui Costa 9. Dunga 10. Rafael Da Silva 11. Kahn 12. Sagnol 13. Sergi
14. VivaJanuzaj - (7. Nesta) 1. Francescoli 2. Seedorf 3. Breitner 4. Vierchowod 5. Rummenigge 6. Savicevic 8. Verón 9. Adams 10. Alaba 11. Reuter 12. Van Der Sar 13. Trezeguet
15. harms - (1. Puyol) 2. Blokhin 3. Falcao 4. Roberto Carlos 5. Bergkamp 6.Bonhof 7. Ruggeri 8. Willy Ortiz 9. Stielike 10. Varane 11. Kaltz 12. Krankl 13. Zubizarreta
16. crappycraperson - (7. Cannavaro) 1. Nadal 2. M. Kempes 3. Roy Keane 4. Jan Ceulemans 5. Shearer 6. Prohaska 8. Briegel 9. Ayala 10. Kroos 11. J. L. Ferreira 12. Dasaev 13. Hoodle
 
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What sort of quality should the interference picks be?

Got answer in PM: GOAT quality.
 

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Player Block Pool - L. Ronaldo

DoF Interference Pool: Forward - Stoichkov
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder -
Pirlo
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - Bergomi
Legacy Pool - Brolin
 
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I am in. Fairly new, so might make a few mistakes. Feel free to correct me if I do though.

Player Block Pool - Zinedine Zidane

DoF Interference Pool: Forward -
Hugo Sanchez

DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder -
Andres Iniesta

DoF Interference Pool: Defender -
Javier Zanetti

Legacy Pool -
Marcos Senna

EDIT: Van Basten banned. Replaced him with Hugo Sanchez
 
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We will see about that Edgar. My interference players are picked just according to my plan. :cool::nervous:
 

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Player Block Pool - Frank Rijkaard
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DoF Interference Pool: Forward - Romario
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder - Bryan Robson
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - Daniel Passarella
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Legacy Pool - Nigel Winterburn
 

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Player Block Pool - Fernando Redondo

DoF Interference Pool: Forward - Shevchenko
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder - Scholes
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - Lahm
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Legacy Pool - Javier Mascherano
 

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Participation confirmed. My nominations for the pools are:
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Player Block Pool - Lilian Thuram
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DoF Interference Pool: Forward - Raul
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder - Giggs
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - Nesta
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Legacy Pool - Freddie Ljungberg
 

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Participation confirmed. My nominations for the pools are:
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Player Block Pool - D. Maradona
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DoF Interference Pool: Forward - G. Weah
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder - M. Platini
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - M. Desailly
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Legacy Pool - P. Cocu
 

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Shit, didn't think Maradona would go this early. Had thoughts on picking him if he slipped through the first rounds.
 

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This sounds awesome. Thanks for the tag, but I don't have the time to play at the moment.
 

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Where is everyone?
Errr, you should probably establish who is playing in the OP? I may actually have some time to faf around with this, although 40s and Thuram being out annoys me.

I've no idea how the random stuff will work out. I was keen on trialing it but some teams will just get completely fecked over by that. I think you will REALLY need to consider doing a ranking of the top 8 before having games since some may lose interest after the four interferences completely shaping/mis-shaping their team.
 

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Player Block Pool - L. Ronaldo

DoF Interference Pool: Forward - Ronaldinho
DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder - Ballack
DoF Interference Pool: Defender - Maldini
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Legacy Pool - Brolin
Errr... does this mean Ronaldinho can't be blocked? Or Maldini for that matter? You'll probably need to re-run some of these picks as Block should take precedence.
 

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Player Block Pool:
L.Ronaldo, Zidane, Rijkaard, Redondo, Thuram, Maradona
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DoF Interference Pool: Forward
Ronaldinho, van Basten, Romario, Shevchenko, Raul, Weah
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DoF Interference Pool: Midfielder
Ballack, Iniesta, Brya Robson, Scholes, Giggs, Platini
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DoF Interference Pool: Defender
Maldini, Zanetti, Passarella, Lahm, Nesta, Desailly
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Legacy Pool
Brolin, Marcos Senna, Nigel Winterburn, Mascherano, Ljungberg, Cocu
 

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Errr... does this mean Ronaldinho can't be blocked? Or Maldini for that matter? You'll probably need to re-run some of these picks as Block should take precedence.
They can be.

You can nominate anyone for blocking even though managers before (example Annah) have chosen them in DoF pools. Block pools take precedence and Annah will have to revise later.

@Aldo
@crappycraperson

Put your pool nominations in.
 

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Errr... does this mean Ronaldinho can't be blocked? Or Maldini for that matter? You'll probably need to re-run some of these picks as Block should take precedence.
Here you go...

You can nominate anyone for blocking even though managers before (example Annah) have chosen them in DoF pools. Block pools take precedence and Annah will have to revise later.
 

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Errr, you should probably establish who is playing in the OP? I may actually have some time to faf around with this, although 40s and Thuram being out annoys me.

I've no idea how the random stuff will work out. I was keen on trialing it but some teams will just get completely fecked over by that. I think you will REALLY need to consider doing a ranking of the top 8 before having games since some may lose interest after the four interferences completely shaping/mis-shaping their team.
Near 10 people signed up in other thread. You can sign up here and post your nominations too.

I will randomize the lists and allocate the DoF and Legacy pools in the respective rounds. All 3 DoF interferences will be GOAT players in different positions and WILL happen at the beginning of the draft. So teams will have ample times to decide on system/players to fit them in. Only the Legacy and probably Youth rounds will have players that don't usually make the top picks.

Edit: The last few games have been 60's +, so I relaxed it a bit to include 50's. Adds to quite a bit of excellant players!
 

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Nice to know I'm not part of the "in" crew as I wasn't tagged :(

Can't play this one anyway, go on holiday in 3 weeks. Happy to be an AM though.