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Vanilla Test Draft (lemon twist Willy Wonka Edition)

shortpitched713

International Captain
Awesome Bitmap!

Will give it another 6 hours to see if someone else wants to replace CricAddict, and I have a bit more time to set up the first round after my work ends. But looks like we're about ready to go!
 
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shortpitched713

International Captain
Here are the (updated) rules:

12 hour timeouts
No Bradman
please @ the next player up, but it is only required when making a challenge (steal) for their player

Snake order every 2 rounds, randomized, with round 11 also being randomized.

Each player will start with 4 points, and will gain an additional 3 points after the completion of round 5.
What do you do with these points? You can challenge (steal), or override the challenge of another drafter. It costs 1 point to challenge for another drafter's pick, but you must do so before the next person makes their pick. It costs 2.5 points to override the challenge of another player. You are not eligible to challenge if you have already made a selection for that round, but remember challenging can allow you to skip the queue! In addition, if a player's pick has already been stolen in a given round, that player's next pick within that round cannot be stolen. Finally, a pick that has already been stolen, cannot be stolen again. Points for all unsuccessful challenges are simply lost, so do keep that in mind as well.

When using your points to challenge, please also include what your current point total is, and always @ the member who made the pick. So if you made a challenge at the beginning of the game your post could look something like this:

Challenge ( or Steal ) for Mark Ramprakash
Current point total: 3
@billybollocks ( the player who made the initial pick )
 
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shortpitched713

International Captain
Here's the first two rounds orders!


Round 1Round 2
kingkallisHimannv
CricAddictshortpitched713
BitmapJOJOXI
JOJOXIBitmap
shortpitched713CricAddict
Himannvkingkallis

@kingkallis , you are first up!
 

shortpitched713

International Captain
Made explicit in the updated rules, a facet of stealing I think was intuitive given the fact a stealer has to @ the original maker of a pick. But, a stolen pick cannot be stolen again by another player, only overruled by the original picker.
 

shortpitched713

International Captain
No it will be more interesting if it is allowed. What will be non-sensical if it is allowed?
Unfortunately, I can't change it now that the draft has started. I don't disagree with you, but such is the nature of an experimental setup and we could use the more open stealing ruleset in a subsequent iteration.

In that setup, I would have stolen Sobers instead of Hadlee, but in this setup I was asleep so couldn't take him. 😅

The only arguments against your way I can think of, is 1) It puts even greater advantage at being lower in a round order, as you can see everyone pick before swooping in at the end of a round, and 2) With a bigger list of participants for a round, there could be more good opportunities to steal anyway, although I'm not as sure on point 2.
 

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