Auction draft

[marc71178]

We should first nominate the players we would like to have in the side and then the bidding starts later, right?

Correct - when the list goes up tomorrow, I'll also announce what group of players will be the second round. In your email, I'll require your nomination for round 2.

 

[silentstriker]

I'll go down in order.

The highest bid of the round gets that player, then I look at the next highest bid for any other players in the draft and so on till someone's left with Akmal.

in which order? Meaning if I plan to submit 2 high bids for akmal and engineer but if you got to akmal first I'd get him even if engineer was my #1 choice and I was also highest. Mybe we should rank them in order that we want them when we submit bids.

 

[marc71178]

I look at the highest overall bid first, so if you want to rank how you wish to go for people, then make a higher bid for the player you want more.

Example (3 players) - AA, RTD & Watto.

Manager 1 bids $2m for AA, $1.5m for RTD and $100k for Watto
Manager 2 bids $2.5m for AA, $2.1m for RTD and $50k for Watto
Manager 3 bids $1.8m for AA, $1m for RTD and $500k for Watto

The highest bid is looked at first, so Manager 2 gets AA for $2.5m.
Next I look at the highest remaining bid, so Manager 1 gets RTD for $1.5m.
Manager 3 is left with Watto for $500k.

 

[silentstriker]

Makes sense, thanks.

 

[NUFAN]

How do you mean?

The bids are all silent as each person only has 1 bid on each player. I provided a list of keepers so far so that people would know who not to nominate.

I mean you've listed 11 keepers but said 14 people have listed a keeper and time is not even up. Why were the keepers listed online before some people had nominated a keeper because obviously they are going to nominate a keeper not yet listed.

 

[marc71178]

It was a heads up, so that I don't have to select too many players to make the round up.

We're now up to 17 entries, and there's been 3 more different keepers selected, making my job a little easier.

 

[silentstriker]

I think you might just want to pick based on CW rankings? E.g, Akmal in there just to stick someone with that unfortunate choice.

 

[marc71178]

Akmal was nominated so he's in - to be honest his record isn't that bad and so he'll be a potentially cheap option for someone to give them more leeway in later rounds.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I think Akmal's a good one to throw in the mix. It'll mean people trying their desperate best to not get stuck with him first up. On the other hand, like Marc mentioned, it'll benefit someone who would prefer to get him real cheap and save his resources for the rest of the lineup.

 

[marc71178]

Round 1 - Wicketkeepers

So, we have 17 selectors - a very pleasing number:

Blakus
flyonthewall
G.I.Joe
Himannv
honestbharani
Marcuss
metallics2006
Michael7777777
Nnanden
Noble One
NUFAN
Pothas
pskov
silentstriker
Simon
slowfinger
Somerset

14 different keepers were nominated, so I have added 3 of my own choice meaning the keepers up for being drafted are as follows:

K Akmal
L Ames
M Boucher
MS Dhoni
J Dujon
F Engineer
G Evans
A Flower
A Gilchrist
B Haddin
I Healy
A Knott
R Marsh
J Russell
K Sangakarra
D Tallon
C Walcott

What you need to do now is place bids for the keepers by email. You don't have to place bids for all keepers, but bear in mind that if you don't have any successful bids, then you will end up with whoever is left and will pay the highest price bid for any other keeper (so if someone bids $1.5m, that's what you'll pay for the remaining player) - so it makes sense to put some sort of bid in for every keeper!

Also in your email, can I have a nomination for round 2 - this round is for batsmen (including predominantly batting all-rounders)

Good luck all, and the deadline is 6pm GMT on Sunday 17th.

 

[silentstriker]

How many do we nominate - 6 each?

 

[honestbharani]

sent

 

[marc71178]

How many do we nominate - 6 each?

1 nomination each round please.

 

[Shri]

I am getting Akmal off ebay for $2.99.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I am getting Akmal off ebay for $2.99.

You're getting ripped off. Thats too high a price, unless of course he's still in his original packaging.

 

[Shri]

You're getting ripped off. Thats too high a price, unless of course he's still in his original packaging.

Bargain price. There was a strap on offered with the product. Will take the strap and dump the main product in the sewer.

 

[slowfinger]

How much money do we get?

 

[marc71178]

$10,000,000

 

[G.I.Joe]

That question has been asked so many times, I'm beginning to suspect we're getting real world money.

 

[Simon]

Sent, really hope I end up with someone on this list who isnt Akmal.