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Balanced Averages Budget draft

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JOJOXI

International Captain
Himannv said:
To illustrate, say my turn comes up at 3 am and I'm obviously asleep at the time. When I get back online at 7:30 am someone else has picked ahead of me. If it was the player I wanted, I'd be annoyed because it's still technically my turn but I've lost out because I was understandably asleep at the time. It's just not a great way to start a morning.

Let's say I was awake at 11 pm and I know my turn is a couple of picks away, if I leave the pick I had in mind with someone online at the time, my pick gets made on time and doesn't impact the folks on the other side of the world plus I wake up next morning and see that I've got my first choice pick. Even if the pick I sent in was taken ahead of me, it matters not as that's all fair in the game of drafts and I can pick someone else at that point with considerably less frustration. Sure, the draft might be a little bit slower, but it is certainly a more fair approach.
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That's a fair point, what would your thoughts and others be on 6 hour timeouts, more room to be able to see if you'll be up soon and send a pick and would lead to fewer longer gaps even if not to the extent of the existing proposal and easier to follow as a rule as well. I am not too fussed if it stays as it is currently either. I guess the downside of 6 hour timeouts is if you happened to miss out on picking you aren't missing out to just 1 person picking but potentially several people if the people after you in the draft are all online simultaneously

Think its probably best to have the next round run as usual and delay any change for the round after with people able to put forward their viewpoints?
 
Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
JOJOXI said:
That's a fair point, what would your thoughts and others be on 6 hour timeouts, more room to be able to see if you'll be up soon and send a pick and would lead to fewer longer gaps even if not to the extent of the existing proposal and easier to follow as a rule as well. I am not too fussed if it stays as it is currently either. I guess the downside of 6 hour timeouts is if you happened to miss out on picking you aren't missing out to just 1 person picking but potentially several people if the people after you in the draft are all online simultaneously

Think its probably best to have the next round run as usual and delay any change for the round after with people able to put forward their viewpoints?
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6 hour timeouts are alright I think.
 
ankitj

ankitj

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Himannv said:
The whole half and half thing is too complex for me to follow. Just tag me when I'm up.

EDIT: I have to admit I'm not a fan of the weird timing setup. 8 hours per pick is fine and a fair amount of time. If you might be unavailable when your turn is almost up, just leave your pick with someone else who is online at the time. Works well enough in some other forums I'm on and we normally have 16 teams.
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+1 to this
 
Teuton

Teuton

International Captain
we'll just leave it as regular 8 hr time outs for the next round then. Are there an other opinions? We have 2 votes for leaving as normal.

I do encourage you to leave your pick with someone online if you have a pick coming up and you aren't going to be online
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
I dont mind the 4 hour rule but if it is not something everyone is on board with, I am fine with 8 hour turns too.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
On another note, just as clarification. Your 5 bowlers still subtract their batting avg to your overall total right (while adding their bowling avg)?
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Teuton said:
No - only the top 7 batting averages count
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Ahh! But that means that guys like Kallis/Sobers who are likely to be in top 7 and 5th bowlers will have both their batting avg's added and bowling avg's subtracted?
 
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