have u ever missed a pick
we got alot of newbies
i think it is imperative to have a 12 hr limit to impose an air of impending urgency to pick.
Actually, we have 17 of 20 GMs back from the last draft. (TC, Hed and mullin are the exceptions).
John Flyers Fan, Spit, Evil Sather and pnep have draft experience. Nalyd filled in for Murphy2 in the last draft, and was in the minor league draft. We know what he's capable of.
Under BM's format, we have two confirmed newbie GMs: arrbez and EagleBelfour. LapierreSports (who might be the best newcomer to HF Boards this year) and Pwnasaurus (who appears to be very knowledgeable) are on the wait list. And honestly, I think the best thing for a GM is to sit back, track a draft and get a read on the GMs. It helped me a lot when I entered in the fifth draft.
As for time limits: my suggestion would be to keep the 24/18 split from the last draft. While it was agitating at times, we still got the damn thing done in two months. (If we run with 28, getting it done in two months would be a major miracle, no matter how reliable the GMs are). I would suggest 24 hours for the first six rounds, 18 hours for the next six, and 12 for the final 12, with the usual drop-downs if you don't pick on time. There is no excuse, with the number of GMs in this draft, for not PMing a pick to another GM.