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I wouldn't mind trying 36 teams if it means more vet GMs would be interested. Seems people are wary of going over 32 though because of the gong show last draft ended up as.
 
The more teams the better. If Dreakmur, an experienced GM, wants to take part then I have no qualms. I'd rather an even number though so let's put a call out for another GM.
 
tony d said:
The more teams the better. If Dreakmur, an experienced GM, wants to take part then I have no qualms. I'd rather an even number though so let's put a call out for another GM.
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34 is an awkward number. I'd much rather either 32 or 36. 40 is too much.

Dreakmur sounds like he does't necessarily want his own team, but if he (edit: or other vet GMs or good history posters) does, I'm fine with going to 36.

Oh and technically Dreakmur has the rest of the day to decide whether to take hobnobs spot if we do stay with 32 (you know, since hobnobs has under 500 posts and we would make a special exception for him to let him in).
 
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I really don't care if we have 32-33 or 35 teams. I REALLY think we shouldn't push for more teams and accept GM's that may not finish the draft. 33 is very fine, we will find a away to make it work. If other experienced GM's want to participate, fine, but don't push for GM who are unsure if they want to participate. We need to learn from last draft!

Just my 2 cents.
 
EagleBelfour said:
I really don't care if we have 32-33 or 35 teams. I REALLY think we shouldn't push for more teams and accept GM's that may not finish the draft. 33 is very fine we will find a away to make it work. If other experienced GM's want to participate, fine, but don't push for GM you are unsure if they want to participate. We need to learn from last draft!

Just my 2 cents.
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I agree. The only searching for other GMs I would do would be to send a PMs to a few guys who are very active on the history board. I definitely wouldn't put out a general desperate call for GMs like last time.

But if we're capping at 32, I won't do that.
 
TheDevilMadeMe said:
I agree. The only searching for other GMs I would do would be to send a PMs to a few guys who are very active on the history board. I definitely wouldn't put out a general desperate call for GMs like last time. But if we're capping at 32, I won't do that.
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If we end up with 33 teams, I'm more than happy and willing to team up with a Co-GM. :)
 
EagleBelfour said:
At this point I would prefer 33 to 36. I don't mind adding teams for experienced GM's like Dreak though.
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Not to take a position on whether this is a good thing, but since the plan was to leave hobnobs pending until today, the spot should really go to Dreakmur (if he wants it) with hobnobs as the 33rd.
 
Okay, looks like we'll have 32 teams when you guys figure out the co-GM situation.

Still need full names for:

vancityluongo and Hedberg: team name TBA
Hawkey Town 18: Chicago ?
 
TheDevilMadeMe said:
Still need full names for:

vancityluongo and Hedberg: team name TBA
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We are going to be the Winnipeg Saints

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seventieslord said:
Tdmm, I guess mr. Bugg joining means that your message to me was moot.

Good to have you back.

Personally, draft size doesn't matter to me. Make it big, make it HUGE! I wouldn't mind. Imagine if we did an 80-team draft with 2000 picks, utilizing all the great research done by the hardcores in the MLD and beyond! Imagine, guys we see as 4th liners on 2nd lines, guys we see as AA players on 3rd pairings.... would be interesting.

Or, on the other hand, an "atd all stars" draft only forf guys who have been in, say, 4 atds. A dozen teams, co-GMing mandatory to ensure quality picks all the way. Think of the crazy 4th lines and 3rd pairings we could build... Ed Belfour as a backup (!!!) And so on.

I guess what I am trying to say is, after all this time, seeing the same names in the same spots on everyone's rroster every time gets tiring. Last year was a nice change from the usual and I would welcome anything besides the usual 28-32 team structure.
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Are we really likely to be able to pull off a particularly greater amount? The larger the draft gets the more holes you leave for irresponsible GMs to get in.

Less numbers is more feasible, but then it seems late to try and implement that.
 
Hobnobs said:
Since there seems to be a scare that I might be scewing the draft up how about we co-GM and everyones happy.
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Just so you are aware. This is only a concern cause the last draft was, as someone put it, "an absolute gong show" with GMs going inactive among other things...in the end, the draft left an unpleasant taste in many individuals mouths. We do this once a year, so it does mean a lot to some.
 
I can understand some veteran GMs getting tired of this or that , but as far as I'm concerned I've never been that excited before a draft.I don't want it to be too long and a circus , but at the same time if all GMs are known to be responsible I don't see how it could become a circus.

Seventieslord's suggestion of a 12 experienced GMs team draft also leaves a bad taste in my mouth , after all the time I invested and am still investing in this thing to be pulled aside like this would be pretty disgraceful.
 
BenchBrawl said:
I can understand some veteran GMs getting tired of this or that , but as far as I'm concerned I've never been that excited before a draft.I don't want it to be too long and a circus , but at the same time if all GMs are known to be responsible I don't see how it could become a circus.

Seventieslord's suggestion of a 12 experienced GMs team draft also leaves a bad taste in my mouth , after all the time I invested and am still investing in this thing to be pulled aside like this would be pretty disgraceful.
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Let's move forwards instead of backwards here. We just had some very high quality GM's sign up again which is very promising. A few GM's have shown interest in Co-Gm'ing in order to make things a little easier and have a solid 32 teams.


Personally it doesn't matter to me how many teams we have, but it seems as though 32 would be the perfect amount (even divisions, a target by a lot of us before sign ups started)

Once we finalize the teams and GM's, I like the idea of the random.org for the draft list and divsions. Have a Mod run the draft list and then we determine the divisions from the draft list.
 
I would still prefer to see names in a hat and a youtube announcement :thumbu:

But random.org is fine! Anyway, I'm happy that almost all the GM in this draft are returnee and people we can count on.
 
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