smozoma Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 If you have more questions, add them below and I'll answer them The draft site is not set up yet, but I'll get to it.. for now, the first round will be held on the forum. Draft Order Last time we had a free first round, the B league picked first, so it's A's turn, so Vocally Caged gets the first pick. Draft order is determined as follows: Pts% x 44 games + DNP penalties, higher value means later draft position More playoff wins means lower later position I try to alternate A/B coaches Coaches who move up or down between the A/B leagues get inserted in the middle of the draft. This is so guys moving down don't suddenly have a superstar and dominate the lower league, and so players moving up don't end up with a really low draft pick and have a terrible season in the tougher league. I randomly determined the order for the new coaches (which coincidentally ended up being the waiting list order) Pick Lg Team Coach DNP-44 DNP Pen PTS% PTS ProjPts DftPts PlyffWins 1 A N.J Vocally Caged 0 0 0.375 33.0 33.0 33.0 2 B QUE vinniersmith 0 0 0.341 30.0 30.0 30.0 3 A DAL smozoma 0 0 0.426 37.5 37.5 37.5 4 B CGY Rage93 6 7 0.316 24.0 27.8 34.8 5 A NYR BoKnowsNHL94 0 0 0.432 38.0 38.0 38.0 6 B TOR mcarthurbsu33 2 1.5 0.538 43.0 47.3 48.9 7 A T.B Flamingpavelbure 2 2 0.554 46.5 48.8 50.8 8 B BOS donnybrook94 0 0 0.574 50.5 50.5 50.5 9 A EDM Icestorm NHL94 0 0 0.585 51.5 51.5 51.5 10 B* PIT dcicon5148 0 0 0.227 20.0 20.0 20.0 11 A* CHI Zalex1414 0 0 0.727 64.0 64.0 64.0 1 12 B* WSH hokkeefan2 0 0 0.33 29.0 29.0 29.0 13 A* STL Iceguy94 0 0 0.54 47.5 47.5 47.5 3 14 B* HFD sonoffett87 0 0 0.347 30.5 30.5 30.5 15 B WPG chris1knights@ 0 0 0.677 55.5 59.6 59.6 16 A FLA canadiensfan66 0 0 0.608 53.5 53.5 53.5 1 17 B DET Turd Ferguson988 6 9.5 0.581 39.5 51.1 60.7 18 A MTL Freydey32 0 0 0.688 60.5 60.5 60.5 2 19 B S.J Houlanov 0 0 0.472 41.5 41.5 41.5 1 20 A PHI snoboarder3211 0 0 0.705 62.0 62.0 62.0 3 21 B VAN gihtarman 0 0 0.381 30.5 33.5 33.5 2 22 A+ NYI angryjay93 23 A+ BUF swos94 24 B+ ANA maverickz161@ * moved up/down + new DNP-44 - number of DNPs (44 game schedule) DNP Pen - penalty points due to DNPs (influenced by the number of DNPs) PTS% - points percentage, season 4 PTS - points, season 4 ProjPts - projected points if coach had played all 44 games DftPts - ProjPts + DNP Pen PlyffWins - playoff series wins, season 4 Draft Overview: The draft has two types of draft rounds. In the even-numbered rounds (2, 4, 6, etc), you make a "protection pick" -- this is a pick where you must pick a player who was on your team last season. In the odd-numbered rounds, you make a "free pick" -- you can pick any player, as long as they haven't been picked or protected already (and there are a couple other rules explained below...). If you are a new coach taking over a team from last season, you also need to make protection picks for the team you took over. If you are a new coach and are not taking over a team, then you get a free pick in the protection rounds. Picks are made on the Blitz 94 draft website at http://www.blitz94.com/draftab/makepick.asp. How many players do I need to draft at each position? The draft is 12 rounds. You need to end up with 6 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 2 goalies. Please pay attention to this. Every season we end up with someone with 7 or 8 forwards. How/Where do I make my pick? The draft is held on the Blitz94 website: http://www.blitz94.com/draftab/makepick.asp To make a pick: Wait for your turn (check on the site) Select your name in the Coach dropdown box Select a player from the Player dropdown box Enter your password (which is also your name, unless you would like me to change it) hit 'Submit" Important: read the result to see if your pick was successful. There are some rules that prevent certain picks, explained below... pick a different player if the player you tried to pick wasn't allowed NOTE: there is a glitch in the way the site works. when you submit your pick successfully, it'll still show you in the list of players who haven't picked yet. As long as you get the blue bar that says "You drafted Pavel Bure [F]" (insert correct player name for your pick), things are ok! Click the "Pick another player" link, and you should see that you're gone from the list and your pick is recorded in the tables lower in the page. What are these Rules that might prevent a pick of mine from working? In order to prevent teams from getting totally cleared out of talent (forcing them to pick terrible players in the Protection rounds), there is a rule that prevents a team from losing too many players over the course of the draft. This rule is enforced by the website. The limits are (season 5): 1st round: can lose 2 players, but get to make a protection pick after the 1st player lost 2nd-4th round: can lose a maximum of 3 players to other teams through rounds 1-4 (not including protection picks, trades...). 5th round: can lose a maximum of 4 players to other teams through rounds 1-5. 6th-8th round: can lose a maximum of 6 players to other teams through rounds 1-8. 9th round: can lose a maximum of 7 players to other teams through rounds 1-9. How do I know who was on my team last season? To see who was on a team last season, click one of the "Protect" links on the draft page tables. It will take you to a page showing that team from last year, as well as who was protected or drafted already. How can I see the attributes of the available players? Click the "View Players" link on the draft website. It brings you to a page that displays undrafted players, as well as their attributes. You can get the site to rank the players for you in the order of your preference by using the "Custom Formulas" part of the page. If you value shot power for forwards, then increase the value under ShP and click "Use Custom Formulas".. the page will reload using the formulas you specified and rank the players for you... The "Bias" is a multiplier. If you want to double the value of defensemen, set the bias for defensement to 2.. or 1.5 for +50%.. etc. Play with it, it'll make sense. Or you can simply click "ShP" in the lower table to just order by that attribute. If you want to use Excel, then click the "[Excel] blitz_nhl94_players.xls" link on the View Players page. Are there deadlines? The draft is too slow! For rounds 1-6, deadlines are pretty lax, in order to let people make good picks. I put in deadlines for people if they are being too slow. It's typically something like "if it's the 4th round, your pick is due at most 24 hours after the person 4 picks ahead of you made a pick". So, you need to check the site at least once every 24 hours. For rounds 7-10, deadlines will be in 30-minute increments, known ahead of time. For rounds 11-12, deadlines will be in 15-minute increments, known ahead of time. Protection rounds are 24 hours. What happens when someone missed a deadline? If a coach misses a deadline, they'll be skipped. They can make their pick at any time, but so can the coaches after them (in order). If 12 picks go by and they still haven't picked or the draft reaches a protection round, I'll pick someone for them. I won't be around to make my pick. Can I send you a list of players to draft/protect for me? Yes, you can. Please send me a private message (PM) through the forum with your instructions. I see a "Pick List" feature on the website. What is that? This feature was supposed to automatically make picks for you if you wanted it to, but I never finished it. But you can still use it as a place to store your desired picks for your own reference. The log-in is the same as for making your pick. If you want me to make picks according to your pick list, I can do that, but you need to send me a forum PM so I know to check your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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