ATD 2017 Draft Thread IV

[Theokritos]

Okay. So these are the GMs who have voted so far (actually I've only got 9 ballots):
Dreakmur, JFA87-66-99, Johnny Engine, King Forsberg, Namba 17, seventieslord, Sprague Cleghorn, tinyzombies, tony d.

 

[seventieslord]

Okay. So these are the GMs who have voted so far (actually I've only got 9 ballots):
Dreakmur, JFA87-66-99, Johnny Engine, King Forsberg, Namba 17, seventieslord, Sprague Cleghorn, tinyzombies, tony d.

wow... there are a couple who have clearly checked out, and one who's said he's still voting, but I don't know what to make of a lack of votes from:

jarek
BenchBrawl
chaosrevolver
HT18
Iceman
Leaf lander
MadArcand
markrander87/stoneberg
monster_bertuzzi
Voight

...we should at least be able to count on these 10, plus ResilientBeast, right???

 

[jarek]

You guys know I just moved, right? Among other things..

I'll get my votes in soon. By tomorrow.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I will vote tomorrow

 

[VanIslander]

Okay. So these are the GMs who have voted so far (actually I've only got 9 ballots):
Dreakmur, JFA87-66-99, Johnny Engine, King Forsberg, Namba 17, seventieslord, Sprague Cleghorn, tinyzombies, tony d.

For the record, Namba 17 voted on behalf of our team. (I am moving to a new province this week! Packing everything I own in the world is making me wanna go minimalist...)

 

[seventieslord]

For the record, Namba 17 voted on behalf of our team. (I am moving to a new province this week! Packing everything I own in the world is making me wanna go minimalist...)

I could never go minimalist. Hockey books take up a lot of space and i like it that way

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Hey, 9 votes is all they are getting on the latest history board project

I'll vote tomorrow, as well.

 

[Theokritos]

Hey, 9 votes is all they are getting on the latest history board project

To be fair, they only have 13 eligible voters to begin with. (I've warned them before that you always have to expect some of the voters to drop out ...)

9 out of 25 on the other hands is a real headscratcher.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

To be fair, they only have 13 eligible voters to begin with. (I've warned them before that you always have to expect some of the voters to drop out ...)

Yes, that's really why those projects shouldn't be run with fewer than 20 eligible voters. I know you had to convince me not to cancel the best Europeans project when we couldn't get 20.

9 out of 25 on the other hands is a real headscratcher.

yes, but... teams that do poorly in the ATD regular season often stop paying attention and don't vote. It's pretty common to see 50% turnout in the playoffs in the ATD. It usually doesn't drop between rounds 1 and 2 though, thankfully.

Anyway, just give us one more day, and it seems like you'll have several more.

 

[Theokritos]

yes, but... teams that do poorly in the ATD regular season often stop paying attention and don't vote.

There are 16 teams who made the playoffs. The regular season rankings are unknown to them. (In some cases people might have a reasonable assumption, but then: their assumption could also be wrong and if anything people are rather too optimistic than too pessimistic about their own team.) Yet eight of those 16 participants haven't submitted a ballot so far.

 

[MadArcand]

Just voted.

Bad timing for me with both round 1 debate and voting as I'm vacationing right now.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I've only received 10 ballots so far. (And I am also unaware of the deadline that has been mentioned)

Oops, i thought I added you to the pm I sent out. My apologies

 

[Iceman]

I'm out of town until the 29th and I was stupid enough not to send my votes in before I went... sigh.

I can vote I guess but it would probably look pretty shady from the phone and everything given the amount of ballots submitted and what votes from 1 person can damage.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

My votes are in...a lot of difficult choices, but the Robson was especially tough

 

[seventieslord]

I'm out of town until the 29th and I was stupid enough not to send my votes in before I went... sigh.

I can vote I guess but it would probably look pretty shady from the phone and everything given the amount of ballots submitted and what votes from 1 person can damage.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we still want your votes in. We want a greater quantity, quality and diversity of opinions considered.

 

[Iceman]

I think I speak for everyone when I say we still want your votes in. We want a greater quantity, quality and diversity of opinions considered.

Fine, I'll get them in tomorrow. ;-)

 

[jarek]

OK I voted.

 

[seventieslord]

yeah no problem, the deadline was only Sunday

 

[Voight]

I sent mine now, explained to RB & Theokritos that i had a family issue come up during the weekend and this completely slipped my mind, all good now.

 

[Theokritos]

I've got 13 complete ballots now, plus two ballots in need of resubmission (incomplete/series results missing).

No submissions so far from:
BenchBrawl
broad
chaosrevolver
ck26
Cyborg Leclair or Cyborg Yzerman
EdmontonExpress or Wrigley
Iceman
Leaf Lander
markrander87 or Stoneberg
monster_bertuzzi
rmartin65

 

[VanIslander]

Cyborg Leclair or Cyborg Yzerman
EdmontonExpress or Wrigley
markrander87 or Stoneberg

"I thought you were going to do it."
"No. I thought YOU were going to do it."

All the communication skill of a married couple.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Maybe we should start allowing people to vote on their own series next year? That would surely increase voting participation

 

[seventieslord]

Maybe we should start allowing people to vote on their own series next year? That would surely increase voting participation

I would not only support that, i would support implementing it immediately.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Maybe we should start allowing people to vote on their own series next year? That would surely increase voting participation

I would not only support that, i would support implementing it immediately.

What was the reason for not doing it in the first place? It's been like this ever since I've been around

 

[seventieslord]

What was the reason for not doing it in the first place? It's been like this ever since I've been around

I'm not sure it was ever explicitly stated as such, but I believe the general mindset has been, "it's one thing to give someone a first place vote in the regular season as a reward for voting, but in the playoffs, that would just be too much..."