VanIslander
A 19-year ATDer on HfBoards
THE 2011 ALL-TIME DRAFT sign-up begins on the 2nd post of this thread, below:
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*sigh* yeah, I'll pick up the slack. But hopefully most GMs most of the time will be able to access via search command, cut-and-paste and maybe spruce up bios when posting their picks, or as soon as they can afterwards. There will be a Bios thread to post to and I'll follow one round behind and link bios, tying in old bios, updating where need be. But the hope is the lion's share will be spread out, each GM posting what they have researched in making their pick. It doesn't take long. Of course, on a busy day there's no time. I'll also try and add in good info, stats, quotes and reasoning that surfaces on the threads in debates. There is a lot of good discussion, facts and stories shared during the drafts and it's about time to collect and reference them in a growing database. It'll be an ongoing process.VI, if you want this to be as complete and exhaustive as it sounds, referring back to old bios should also be a must, so that the best and most complete bio is carried forward for future reference. It will take a mod to copy the formatting of those bios, though. That's where you come in. You'll probably need to intervene as well, when less-gung-ho GMs just post a pick or a two-line bio. Edit that post, pasting in the body of knowledge that already exists on that player.
*sigh* yeah, I'll pick up the slack. But hopefully most GMs most of the time will be able to access via search command, cut-and-paste and maybe spruce up bios when posting their picks, or as soon as they can afterwards. There will be a Bios thread to post to and I'll follow one round behind and link bios, tying in old bios, updating where need be. But the hope is the lion's share will be spread out, each GM posting what they have researched in making their pick. It doesn't take long. Of course, on a busy day there's no time. I'll also try and add in good info, stats, quotes and reasoning that surfaces on the threads in debates. There is a lot of good discussion, facts and stories shared during the drafts and it's about time to collect and reference them in a growing database. It'll be an ongoing process.
but I think Joe Pelletier is a strong candidate (I've been trying to convince him for a year now) and I could likely find one more.
That would be an almost surreal experience considering he's cited all the time in the MLD/AAA/AA.
I'll definitely be in again this time around. 40 teams would be an amazing experience. However, I prefer having a standard 32 teams with 32 GM's that are into the draft and are committed to making it another great instalment of the ATD than pressuring ourselves to have 40 teams and have 6-to-8 mediocre teams that aren't really into the whole process.
I am right now in Australia for at least another 2 to 3 months. I should be back into the country by late February or in March. Since I should have access to the Internet fairly regularly, having my own team in the ATD shouldn't be a problem. However, depending on when we will start the draft, I might need a Co-GM, especially if we start in January. Because of my situation and the fact that I don't feel we should be in a rush to start the draft, my vote is:
March
February
January
you can leave out the times that so-and-so was 8th in WCHL playoff PIM among defensemen
January
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March
I'll join but would like to be someone's co-GM again, so anyone who's interested let me know. Really enjoying this stuff but have never did an actual ATD before.
Of course I am in. 40 teams FTW. 1000 picks or bust!
I feel I've helped us make major strides towards that. Hedberg and I have both mentioned in the past that this should be the ultimate goal - can you imagine 1000 seventies-style bios? We won't get there, but we should at least be able to have 1000 bios as good as the ones I just did in the AA draft. Eventually.
The reason I say we need a mod, BTW, is because those old threads are locked.
I hope that anytime someone picks a guy I've taken before, they post everything I had in my most recent bio, and find at least a couple more things to throw in.
EB, LF, and TDMM are also responsible for very strong bios too.
I'll definitely be in again this time around. 40 teams would be an amazing experience. However, I prefer having a standard 32 teams with 32 GM's that are into the draft and are committed to making it another great instalment of the ATD than pressuring ourselves to have 40 teams and have 6-to-8 mediocre teams that aren't really into the whole process
we need to align the divisions in such a way that very few teams (or no teams) are in the same division as last draft.
I like his bios. Just like most bios (including yours ), there are some things I ignore, but there's no reason for him to change them. As long as the information is there and easy to read, that's all that matters.
I really hope not. It just doesn't seem like a realistic league with more than 32 teams.
28-32 teams is ideal IMO. Maybe I'm attached to the idea of about 30 teams because that seems to be the ideal in North American sports, but well... I'm attached to it.
Plus, 40 teams would be a nightmare when it comes to playoff time. With 28 teams, you can give the #1 team a first round bye. Just how do you break up the divisions in 40 teams if every team makes the playoffs?
Edit: Another debbie-downer reason: Frankly, I think a lot of GMs will start to lose interest if they have to wait that long between picks.
I would very much like for this to be the case, if at all possible.
It's not hard to do at all. Just use all the teams from one division, as the first teams in new divisions and work from there. If we do 8 teams this time, then no one would have to be in the same division as anyone from last draft. (some broken-up and assembled co-GM tandems notwithstanding) - if we don't have 8 divisions, we can still do it but just make sure teams that had playoff matchups last time get separated. Still pretty easy.