Author Topic: Draft Towers (Read 319718 times)

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4640 on:** April 11, 2021, 01:01:15 pm »

T20 cricket would be hard Sarge. I watch a fair bit of cricket but wouldn’t really know where to start with that one. I would imagine there’s less stats to go off than if you were picking something for Test cricket.

PM Anywhichwayucan if you need some help though!

Sarge · « **Reply #4641 on:** April 11, 2021, 01:15:40 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on April 11, 2021, 01:01:15 pm

T20 cricket would be hard Sarge. I watch a fair bit of cricket but wouldn’t really know where to start with that one. I would imagine there’s less stats to go off than if you were picking something for Test cricket.

PM Anywhichwayucan if you need some help though!

Sarge · « **Reply #4642 on:** April 11, 2021, 01:17:20 pm »

Do a test one then?

Thats the stopping for a cuppa one right.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #4643 on:** April 12, 2021, 10:08:01 am »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on April 11, 2021, 01:01:15 pm

T20 cricket would be hard Sarge. I watch a fair bit of cricket but wouldn’t really know where to start with that one. I would imagine there’s less stats to go off than if you were picking something for Test cricket.

PM Anywhichwayucan if you need some help though!

Think T20 is easy enough because we’ve seen them all play. Shouldn’t be a WG Grace lurking to mess with Prof’s ‘simulation’.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4644 on:** April 12, 2021, 10:11:26 am »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on April 12, 2021, 10:08:01 am

Think T20 is easy enough because we’ve seen them all play. Shouldn’t be a WG Grace lurking to mess with Prof’s ‘simulation’.

Haha true. Was going to pick Thomas Lord myself.

Max_powers · « **Reply #4645 on:** April 12, 2021, 04:02:04 pm »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on April 12, 2021, 10:08:01 am

Think T20 is easy enough because we’ve seen them all play. Shouldn’t be a WG Grace lurking to mess with Prof’s ‘simulation’.

Now we just need to convince Prof to spend his next 2 months building a T20 simulator. We could even run the draft in the World cup format in the simulator.

Samie · « **Reply #4646 on:** April 12, 2021, 05:20:29 pm »

How about an Olympics draft? We've never done that.

Trendisnotdestiny · « **Reply #4647 on:** April 12, 2021, 05:40:55 pm »

I was thinking we might do another Anonymous Draft this Summer (but much less complicated) -- more like the first one.

Instead of doing a World Cup draft again --- how we replicate the Euro 2021 (same teams but with 1 wildcard and 1 round of steals)?

Tell me to piss off if this does not sit well --- as the last anonymous draft was too long and complicated.

El Lobo · « **Reply #4648 on:** April 13, 2021, 12:09:12 pm »

Quote from: Trendisnotdestiny on April 12, 2021, 05:40:55 pm

I was thinking we might do another Anonymous Draft this Summer (but much less complicated) -- more like the first one.

Instead of doing a World Cup draft again --- how we replicate the Euro 2021 (same teams but with 1 wildcard and 1 round of steals)?

Tell me to piss off if this does not sit well --- as the last anonymous draft was too long and complicated.

Yeah good shout mate, if you've got the inclination to run it again!

Elzar · « **Reply #4649 on:** April 13, 2021, 12:14:57 pm »

Quote from: Samie on April 12, 2021, 05:20:29 pm

How about an Olympics draft? We've never done that.

Could work this..

If people were into enough things, you could draft:

100m
200m
400m
1500m
Marathon
Rowing 4 (but just go off their olympic form in any rowing events)
Swimmers
Long jumpers

etc etc for how ever many events you wanted

Then rather than drafting teams against each other you run the events and everyone drafts their winner of the event (fastest PB isn't always an indicator of who would win for the races)

Elzar · « **Reply #4650 on:** April 13, 2021, 12:15:38 pm »

Happy to run one if we can think of an idea, but will hold off on a football one for now to give a break.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4651 on:** April 13, 2021, 01:27:20 pm »

Probably a boring one but have we done just a UK based football draft. Was thinking maybe you have to select one player who’s played the standard number of games we go off for a club in each of the following cities:

Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
London
Birmingham
Sheffield
Leeds
Newcastle
South Coast (Brighton/Bournemouth/Southampton/Portsmouth)
Norwich/Ipswich
East Midlands (Forest/Derby/Leicester

Can easily swap out Glasgow for somewhere else if we just do English clubs. Would need a bit of strategy for when you pick your star names and do you get them from the smaller clubs first.

Might be a shit idea.

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #4652 on:** April 13, 2021, 01:49:49 pm »

Quote from: Elzar on April 13, 2021, 12:15:38 pm

Happy to run one if we can think of an idea, but will hold off on a football one for now to give a break.

I said this a while back but wouldn't mind an all-time band draft. Six members, any combination of voice/instruments but no outside writers or external musicians, and no two members who've been in the same group with each other.

Elzar · « **Reply #4653 on:** April 13, 2021, 01:56:44 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on April 13, 2021, 01:27:20 pm

Probably a boring one but have we done just a UK based football draft. Was thinking maybe you have to select one player who’s played the standard number of games we go off for a club in each of the following cities:

Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
London
Birmingham
Sheffield
Leeds
Newcastle
South Coast (Brighton/Bournemouth/Southampton/Portsmouth)
Norwich/Ipswich
East Midlands (Forest/Derby/Leicester

Can easily swap out Glasgow for somewhere else if we just do English clubs. Would need a bit of strategy for when you pick your star names and do you get them from the smaller clubs first.

Might be a shit idea.

I was considering these kind of rounds for an English football Sheep Draft! Would be really fun trying to plot and research each area.

"COVID19 No travelling abroad Holiday Draft"

Samie · « **Reply #4654 on:** April 13, 2021, 02:48:59 pm »

How about a draft we're each of us get's a randomly selected World Cup or European Championships (all tournament's post 1970) and we pick a team of players who played in that tournament?

Max_powers · « **Reply #4655 on:** April 13, 2021, 04:17:08 pm »

Quote from: Elzar on April 13, 2021, 01:56:44 pm

I was considering these kind of rounds for an English football Sheep Draft! Would be really fun trying to plot and research each area.

"COVID19 No travelling abroad Holiday Draft"

This gave me a non-football draft idea.

A travel draft. Each drafter picks 5 cities to visit as part of a holiday tour. They have to sell the voters on why their tour is the best.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4656 on:** April 13, 2021, 04:26:44 pm »

Quote from: Max_powers on April 13, 2021, 04:17:08 pm

This gave me a non-football draft idea.

A travel draft. Each drafter picks 5 cities to visit as part of a holiday tour. They have to sell the voters on why their tour is the best.

Lastrador · « **Reply #4657 on:** April 13, 2021, 04:33:39 pm »

Quote from: Sheer Magnetism on April 13, 2021, 01:49:49 pm

I said this a while back but wouldn't mind an all-time band draft. Six members, any combination of voice/instruments but no outside writers or external musicians, and no two members who've been in the same group with each other.

I like this.

tubby · « **Reply #4658 on:** April 13, 2021, 04:42:05 pm »

None of these are really tickling my bum hairs, am I all drafted out?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4659 on:** April 13, 2021, 05:07:12 pm »

Quote from: tubby pls. on April 13, 2021, 04:42:05 pm

None of these are really tickling my bum hairs, am I all drafted out?

I mean, by rights you all should have been all drafted out about 3 years ago you relentless motherfuckers!

Sarge · « **Reply #4660 on:** April 13, 2021, 06:21:08 pm »

Mine was a great idea, just saying.

Sarge · « **Reply #4661 on:** April 13, 2021, 06:21:30 pm »

Quote from: tubby pls. on April 13, 2021, 04:42:05 pm

None of these are really tickling my bum hairs, am I all drafted out?

Well its not all about you now is it?

Max_powers · « **Reply #4662 on:** April 13, 2021, 06:39:31 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on April 13, 2021, 05:07:12 pm

I mean, by rights you all should have been all drafted out about 3 years ago you relentless motherfuckers!

We have big squad and we rotate our players to keep them from burning out. I stepped away for a few months to get some rest and my drafting appetite is back. The rest do the same.

Trend is like Mbappe of the drafting world. He wants to play every draft. That's one reason why we have cricket drafts, so that he is forced to rest.

Max_powers · « **Reply #4663 on:** April 13, 2021, 06:40:58 pm »

Quote from: Sarge on April 13, 2021, 06:21:08 pm

Mine was a great idea, just saying.

Same the travel draft would be a good idea too I think. People can do write-ups to sell thier tour.

Trendisnotdestiny · « **Reply #4664 on:** April 13, 2021, 07:52:51 pm »

Quote from: Max_powers on April 13, 2021, 06:39:31 pm

We have big squad and we rotate our players to keep them from burning out. I stepped away for a few months to get some rest and my drafting appetite is back. The rest do the same.

Trend is like Mbappe of the drafting world. He wants to play every draft. That's one reason why we have cricket drafts, so that he is forced to rest.

That’s is a fine analogy - except all you fuckers owe me a World Cup win 😂😂⚽️💋

Samie · « **Reply #4665 on:** April 15, 2021, 12:59:47 pm »

Right how about my 4/5/6 of Clubs Draft but Version 2.0?

We could start with 4 of Clubs v2.

Lastrador · « **Reply #4666 on:** April 15, 2021, 01:59:55 pm »

Quote from: Samie on April 15, 2021, 12:59:47 pm

Right how about my 4/5/6 of Clubs Draft but Version 2.0?

We could start with 4 of Clubs v2.

The best thing about that draft was people picking clubs just to pick one player and then getting screwed. That is a must, so whoever picks him first wins, no most appearances shit.

Samie · « **Reply #4667 on:** April 15, 2021, 02:03:48 pm »

Not sure you're remembering it well. All clubs had to be represented in the XI you picked.

So in the 4 of Clubs Draft all 4 of Barca,Liverpool,Ac Milan and Bayern players had to be repped. Same goes for 5 and 5 of Clubs drafts.

Lastrador · « **Reply #4668 on:** April 15, 2021, 02:08:01 pm »

I'm talking about the one that Max run, where people picked the likes of New York Cosmos and LA Aztecs and shit for a couple of players, and some got screwed and had to pick some yank clogger.

Samie · « **Reply #4669 on:** April 15, 2021, 02:11:52 pm »

And I was talking about MY draft series.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=314762.msg12937892#msg12937892

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #4670 on:** April 15, 2021, 03:23:11 pm »

Quote from: Samie on April 15, 2021, 02:11:52 pm

And I was talking about MY draft series.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=314762.msg12937892#msg12937892

Good god. Wasted me second pick on a goalkeeper. Awful days. CB's Baresi and Koeman as me first and 3rd pick. Glen Johnson in there aswell. gruesome. still managed to beat anywhich though.

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #4671 on:** April 15, 2021, 03:26:40 pm »

who was whispering death again??

Samie · « **Reply #4672 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:35:40 pm »

Reboot of the 4 of Clubs draft? With 4 diffrent teams. Version 1.0 was done in 2014, so we're all picking same players then?

El Lobo · « **Reply #4673 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:42:15 pm »

Different teams then surely to mix it up a bit?

How about Real Madrid, Juventus, Dortmund and United?

Samie · « **Reply #4674 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:46:02 pm »

First 3 is great, I'd knock out Mancs and put in an Ajax.

El Lobo · « **Reply #4675 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:51:11 pm »

Quote from: Samie on April 16, 2021, 12:46:02 pm

First 3 is great, I'd knock out Mancs and put in an Ajax.

Yeah was going for the four 'rivals' to the original ones we used

Real and Juve are easy ones. Then it starts getting a little thin on the ground, Dortmund would be tough I think. Was thinking Arsenal or Chelsea but again once you're past maybe 9/10 obvious players it starts getting a bit grim.

Ajax is a shout though.

Real, Juve, Ajax and Dortmund has a nice '90s CL' ring to it.

Trendisnotdestiny · « **Reply #4676 on:** April 16, 2021, 01:28:32 pm »

My only concern is that I continue with my personal streak of 0 for 15 drafts (not counting non-footy ones).

My goal is to be first and only drafter to do 50 drafts without a fucking win --- that has never been done ***

*** RAWK draft historian please feel free to correct me.

Betty Blue · « **Reply #4677 on:** April 16, 2021, 01:52:24 pm »

Quote from: Trendisnotdestiny on April 16, 2021, 01:28:32 pm

My only concern is that I continue with my personal streak of 0 for 15 drafts (not counting non-footy ones).

My goal is to be first and only drafter to do 50 drafts without a fucking win --- that has never been done ***

*** RAWK draft historian please feel free to correct me.

The top 5 as of Feb. 2015. I stopped counting after that. So probably SPS hit 30+ and Lobo is on 200 (didn't he win one recently though?).

Sir Psycho - 23 drafts - 0 wins
AWWUC/Katie - 22 drafts - 0 wins
Aldo/Whispering Death - 18 drafts - 0 wins
El Lobo - 20 drafts - 0 wins
HoinkDoink - 15 drafts - 0 wins

Trendisnotdestiny · « **Reply #4678 on:** April 16, 2021, 02:14:12 pm »

Quote from: Betty Blue on April 16, 2021, 01:52:24 pm

The top 5 as of Feb. 2015. I stopped counting after that. So probably SPS hit 30+ and Lobo is on 200 (didn't he win one recently though?).

Sir Psycho - 23 drafts - 0 wins
AWWUC/Katie - 22 drafts - 0 wins
Aldo/Whispering Death - 18 drafts - 0 wins
El Lobo - 20 drafts - 0 wins
HoinkDoink - 15 drafts - 0 wins

My next mission --- to vote for Lobo in every draft from here to eternity!!!!

El Lobo · « **Reply #4679 on:** April 16, 2021, 02:18:49 pm »

Too late for that Trend, I've got one now