Ott = Snott said:
All in all, here's my proposal;
- Start all over from the point the team's all protected their 3 players.
- Come up with a fair set-up. The "teams in head" thingy is usually the best idea.
- Instead of asking entire boards, have each board have 2 representative's who announce the pick and who have the power to pick on their own may the board not come to an agreement. If the time-limit expires, you could settle the pick with one of the team's representative's as well.
- Hire more comissioners. 2 Isn't gonna cut it, I propose at least 5.
Just my two €0,02 ..
at this point I don't think there is any reason to start over... the idea to have boards vote on each pick is both positive and negative.
On the one hand it takes time... on the other you find out just how much support you have from the team boards in this, and it creates participation among fans in this idea, and you know who's best for the team's management positions.
I think the idea to start off with was to have this board to board mock until the 5th round or so... by that point each board would have a thread about GM voting, and vote for their team GM... then find the rest of who would be team management (AGM and scout)... after that point all the picks would be given by that GM after consulting (or getting votes) from the rest of his or her team... this is also the point where the rules page and website would be available for everyone.
So that would really take care of the pick problem at that stage, but prior to that you want to assess 2 things - 1, just how much interest there is on each board, and 2) through these open discussions on each board, each team can decide who's best suited for the GM position to represent them, and then the GMs can decide who is best suited for the other management positions.... sorta like a practical interview process.
After pick 5, the rest of it goes to the team management to pick.
The second issue, with commissioners... we have that addressed in the rules book... again we're waiting for the website to finalize and we will post the detailed rules there.
I have gone through and tried to put together a very detailed rule book covering everything from specific rules to how it fits with the FHL system - so even FHL newbies can learn the game quickly... it's also all focussed towards trying to keep the league realistic... all in all it's about 30 pages now, and we're setting it up in such a way that you wouldn't even have read it all - just go to the sections through hyperlinks to the parts that deal with the things you need to know now (I know it's long, but it's detailed and covers everything including the SIM, and set up hopefully in a way which will be easy to follow and go to specific parts).
I'm waiting for some feedback on all this from the other commissioners (we have 3 in total - JB, myself and habsgirl who is experienced in running quite a few FHL leagues and is our webmaster right now setting up the website, message board and the FHL SIM on it)...
but what I've added in the rules is a way to get the league community (GMs, AGMs, and scouts) involved in the commissioner's process... there are different committees set up where they (elected or selected depending on the committee) will be incharge to run things... this takes time off our hands, so that we can commish the league easier.
anyways, the rules book will clear up most of these questions, and we'll post it when the site is ready for further discussion.
Also put right into the rules where GMs (or teams) can change rules through majority voting in the offseason (so rules aren't changed mid-season)... setting up a GMs conference as well each offseason to discuss rules.
Again the point is to put this game in the hands of the GMs with us setting the framework of a realistic league.
Hopefully if everything falls into place, 3 commissioners will be enough, when you have all teams participating in basically "commishing" the league (I know that's not a word
)... if not then we'll add commissioners through seasons, giving the options to those that have run on committees and have demonstrated that they would be good for the job through their unbaised decisions on the committees and the committement they've shown to the league - can even leave this to a vote, where after season 1, for example, the league votes on who they wish should be added to the commissioner's office from all those that are part of the league community.
anyways, once the rules page is up with the website, it'll clear up a lot of this.