Sturminator
Love is a duel
Hi kids. Allright, ATD 2014 will be a 26 team, no-trade draft, with opposite conference voting (non-divisional/opponent voting in the finals) used as the 2nd and 3rd playoff voting tiebreakers. There will be four phases to the pick allocation process:
1) Random allocation of top-5 picks. Teams can opt-out of this process if they do not want a top-5 pick.
2) Early allocation of draft slots to GMs who voted in every round of the playoffs last year. This includes GMs from the following list:
Preferences will be submitted as an ordered list of five. GMs can opt-out of this process if they want to be allocated in the main pool, or randomly in round 4. I will resolve the allocation of picks in this round according to a simple algorithm:
It is possible that a GM may get none of his top-5 choices in such a system. If that turns out to be the case, I will contact that GM via PM, and allow him to choose his draft position from the list of what's remaining.
3) Allocation of the main pool of draft picks. This will proceed through the same procedure as above for the remaining GMs, with one exception: GMs who are not awarded any of their top-5 picks will fall into round 4.
Here are the phase 3 GMs:
4) Random allocation of the remaining picks.
Every team needs to PM me with draft preferences, when I ask for PMs in this thread. There will two distinct rounds of PMs.
Round 1:
- all GMs will indicate if they wish to be in the top-5 pick pool.
- GMs from the phase 2 pool will submit an ordered list (1 - 5) of their pick preferences. (*please, put it all in one PM, guys*)
Round 2:
- GMs from the phase 3 pool who have not already received a top-5 pick will submit an ordered list (1 - 5) of their pick preferences from the picks remaining after phase 2 results are posted.
Not submitting preferences will be interpreted as an opt out of the relevant phase. So if you're in the phase three pool and you don't want a top-5 pick, you don't need to send me a PM in Round 1 saying that you wish to opt out; you will be automatically removed from the top-5 lottery by not cluttering my inbox, and you will have my eternal gratitude.
Similarly, if you truly do not care where you pick, you can ignore this thread completely, send me no PMs, and your team will be assigned a pick in phase 4, which might actually be kind of interesting.
1) Random allocation of top-5 picks. Teams can opt-out of this process if they do not want a top-5 pick.
2) Early allocation of draft slots to GMs who voted in every round of the playoffs last year. This includes GMs from the following list:
BraveCanadian
tony_d
MadArcand
BillyShoe
Rob Scuderi
VanIslander/Hedberg
TheDevilMadeMe
Hawkey_Town
Preferences will be submitted as an ordered list of five. GMs can opt-out of this process if they want to be allocated in the main pool, or randomly in round 4. I will resolve the allocation of picks in this round according to a simple algorithm:
- the lowest preference number corresponding to a certain draft pick wins if the pick for that GM has not already been assigned.
- assignment of picks will go from low to high. All of the #1 preferences will be assigned first (with the possibility that there will be conflicts and some GMs may not get their choice). Then the #2s, etc.
- in the case of multiple preference numbers of equal value (eg. three people submit the #8 pick as their first preference), the winner will be determined by random drawing.
It is possible that a GM may get none of his top-5 choices in such a system. If that turns out to be the case, I will contact that GM via PM, and allow him to choose his draft position from the list of what's remaining.
3) Allocation of the main pool of draft picks. This will proceed through the same procedure as above for the remaining GMs, with one exception: GMs who are not awarded any of their top-5 picks will fall into round 4.
Here are the phase 3 GMs:
jkrx - Detroit Red Wings
Dwight - West Island Lions
Velociraptor - Belfast Giants
chaosrevolver & Dreakmur - Montreal Shamrocks
Jafar - Montreal Canadiens
King Forsberg - Modo Hockey
JFA87-66-99 - Pittsburgh Bankers
monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires
markrander87 - Victoria Salsa
Hobnobs - Rögle BK
papershoes - Kenora Thistles
bluesfan94 & Nalyd Psycho - Kansas City Scouts
Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
SchultzSquared - Salt Lake Golden Eagles
Stoneberg - Halifax Citadels
ResilientBeast - Edmonton Eskimos
ted1971 - Quebec Aces
87and71 - Pittsburgh Hornets
4) Random allocation of the remaining picks.
Every team needs to PM me with draft preferences, when I ask for PMs in this thread. There will two distinct rounds of PMs.
Round 1:
- all GMs will indicate if they wish to be in the top-5 pick pool.
- GMs from the phase 2 pool will submit an ordered list (1 - 5) of their pick preferences. (*please, put it all in one PM, guys*)
Round 2:
- GMs from the phase 3 pool who have not already received a top-5 pick will submit an ordered list (1 - 5) of their pick preferences from the picks remaining after phase 2 results are posted.
Not submitting preferences will be interpreted as an opt out of the relevant phase. So if you're in the phase three pool and you don't want a top-5 pick, you don't need to send me a PM in Round 1 saying that you wish to opt out; you will be automatically removed from the top-5 lottery by not cluttering my inbox, and you will have my eternal gratitude.
Similarly, if you truly do not care where you pick, you can ignore this thread completely, send me no PMs, and your team will be assigned a pick in phase 4, which might actually be kind of interesting.
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