CW50 Draft

[ankitj]

Go ahead with yours, weldone. It will be good to wait for some time before starting a draft which is similar to this one in format.

 

[weldone]

Go ahead with yours, weldone. It will be good to wait for some before starting a draft which is similar to this one in format.

Thanks.

Basically my initial thought is this:

1. 10 drafters, 120 ODI players decided by me. Idea is to end up with best playing XI. Open auction
2. One player = 1 round. So, there will be 120 rounds. Rounds will be 18 hours each - not one minute more, not one minute less. Auction results will be automatically decided (and declared later) after 18 hours. I've picked 18 hours so that no particular timezone gets benefited throughout. When declaring a player, I'll declare the next 1-4 players so that the draft runs seamlessly even when I'm away. [Drafters are expected to know which player is for sale when keeping the 18 hour limit in mind]
3. Total budget per drafter = 15 million. Minimum allowed bid = 50k. Minimum outbid amount = 10k. [e.g., minimum amount required to outbid a 1.5 mn bid is 1.51 mn]
4. I have a method to decide the 120 players, but I won't disclose that fully. They might or might not be the 120 best ODI players ever. I can only disclose that at least 110 among those 120 players have played World Cup Semifinals at some point.

 

[weldone]

5. If one player doesn't get a bid, he doesn't get selected. So, total number of players selected becomes less than 120.

Happy to hear suggestions

 

[Saint Kopite]

Count me in.

 

[Pratters]

Saeed Anwar.

 

[kingkallis]

I am in for new draft as well.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Cabinet96 > morgieb > Saint Kopite

 

[Cabinet96]

Michael Clarke

 

[morgieb]

Ian Bishop

 

[Saint Kopite]

AldoRaine18 > Kingkallis > Pothas.

 

[Saint Kopite]

MARTIN CROWE

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[longranger]

Thanks.

Basically my initial thought is this:

1. 10 drafters, 120 ODI players decided by me. Idea is to end up with best playing XI. Open auction
2. One player = 1 round. So, there will be 120 rounds. Rounds will be 18 hours each - not one minute more, not one minute less. Auction results will be automatically decided (and declared later) after 18 hours. I've picked 18 hours so that no particular timezone gets benefited throughout. When declaring a player, I'll declare the next 1-4 players so that the draft runs seamlessly even when I'm away. [Drafters are expected to know which player is for sale when keeping the 18 hour limit in mind]
3. Total budget per drafter = 15 million. Minimum allowed bid = 50k. Minimum outbid amount = 10k. [e.g., minimum amount required to outbid a 1.5 mn bid is 1.51 mn]
4. I have a method to decide the 120 players, but I won't disclose that fully. They might or might not be the 120 best ODI players ever. I can only disclose that at least 110 among those 120 players have played World Cup Semifinals at some point.

I am interested to be a part of this draft. Thanks!

 

[NUFAN]

Thanks.

Basically my initial thought is this:

1. 10 drafters, 120 ODI players decided by me. Idea is to end up with best playing XI. Open auction
2. One player = 1 round. So, there will be 120 rounds. Rounds will be 18 hours each - not one minute more, not one minute less. Auction results will be automatically decided (and declared later) after 18 hours. I've picked 18 hours so that no particular timezone gets benefited throughout. When declaring a player, I'll declare the next 1-4 players so that the draft runs seamlessly even when I'm away. [Drafters are expected to know which player is for sale when keeping the 18 hour limit in mind]
3. Total budget per drafter = 15 million. Minimum allowed bid = 50k. Minimum outbid amount = 10k. [e.g., minimum amount required to outbid a 1.5 mn bid is 1.51 mn]
4. I have a method to decide the 120 players, but I won't disclose that fully. They might or might not be the 120 best ODI players ever. I can only disclose that at least 110 among those 120 players have played World Cup Semifinals at some point.

What is the benefit of doing just the 1 bid every 18 hours? Its going to take a good 3 months to complete it.

 

[weldone]

Thanks for the interest guys.

That's a good point NUFAN. I've thought about it. Having more than 1 auctions at the same time will make things messy. And if we limit options (e.g. 'bid for only one among these 5'), that's against free market economy imo. Do you have a solution?

One part solution could be to bring down the round time from 18 to 15 hours. That will take care of both the timezone differences and bring down the draft time from 3 to 2.5 months, provided everyone agrees.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Peter Pollock

 

[kingkallis]

The Governor General to bat @ No.6 and be my 5th bowler as well.

CricZo XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar / (22)
2. Arthur Morris / (0)
3. Younis Khan / (0)
4.
5.
6. Charles Macartney / o (0)
7. Richie Benaud o / (0)
8. Mike Procter o / (0)
9.
10. Malcolm Marshall o (42)
11.

 

[Red]

I'd put Macartney to 3 and Younis to 4 KK.

 

[kingkallis]

I'd put Macartney to 3 and Younis to 4 KK.

I am confused about my next pick so it will determine the batting order.

 

[Pothas]

Graham Gooch

 

[watson]

01.
02.
03. Donald Bradman
04. Peter May
05.
06. Clive Lloyd
07. Denis Lindsay
08. Alan Davidson
09.
10. Wes Hall
11. John Snow