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Mani

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So as of now the confirmed participants

1. Harshad
2. Boycott
3. NM/Prath
4. Akash
5. Anant (prefers a partner)
6. The Red Viper
7. Mani/ @Ijazz17
8. Skills
9. RDCR07
10. Interval
11.RedTiger

Come on guys. Take part. It's a fun thing to do.
I think its time to start new thread @Varun
 

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Yeah if @NM is fine, I'll go solo to fill the numbers. Maybe ijazz can do so too. So that's 2 more. Then you and crappy can join it will be 15.
 

anant

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How about we rather reduce the teams to 8? Just merge a few teams?
 

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The draft was just 1 manager short last time and I stepped in. Tbh, I prefer footy drafts more as I stopped following cricket seriously some years back. If you are really in need of managers, can step in....
Going to keep it simple with a snake draft so it won't require too much time.

Thinking of a 3 player limit per country though to make it a bit interesting.
 

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I can do it. Team with Prath or go solo. We need to have a time limit or we will be arguing how Jack Hobbs was better than Len Hutton or WG Grace.

EDIT: Seriously - an all time test draft will be boring as we just use stats. IF it's all time I'd only play with Prath as I can't be bothered to argue about players I've never seen
 

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I dont have the time to go solo. Either I pair with someone or I can't do this. Way too much on my plate right now.
 

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@Varun why don't you join him? Anyway it's snake draft know
No time to play this. I can help him at times if he wants but my involvement will be minimal.
I can do it. Team with Prath or go solo. We need to have a time limit or we will be arguing how Jack Hobbs was better than Len Hutton or WG Grace.

EDIT: Seriously - an all time test draft will be boring as we just use stats. IF it's all time I'd only play with Prath as I can't be bothered to argue about players I've never seen
Time limit for sure. Just need to decide when onwards.
 

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I won't mind joining @RDCR07 as his AM, if Varun isn't playing
 

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would there be enough players for an Ashes draft?
 

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That is soooooooo complicated and it's going to take ages to complete.
We took about 1-2 days per round, and the current snake is going at a little more than a day per round, so about the same. It requires a fair bit more work on the mod's side, but it's not particularly complicated for the players. Does feel like a bit of a lottery at times though.
 

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For the next draft I think every team needs a AM (preferably matched up by different time zones) and the time should be reduced to 6 hours.
 

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It's very difficult to get that level of interest unfortunately. The previous T20 draft had only 8 teams participating.
 

anant

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It's very difficult to get that level of interest unfortunately. The previous T20 draft had only 8 teams participating.
Instead of going for 16 teams, we can try for just 8 teams. Think that can solve the problem.
Should we not get 16 players we can still go for 8 teams. Teams with AM get 4-6 hrs per pick, teams without AM get 6-8 hrs