Sand League discussion and banter thread 2021-22

Discussion in 'Games & Fantasy' started by kopiteinkc, Jul 25, 2021.

  1. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    2nd or 3rd sounds good to me, even if it runs a bit longer, the weekend should speed up the draft a lot. Worst case scenario we have a finish on the following monday for the final few picks which is still roughly 4 or 5 days before season kicks off.
    The 30th just seemed too early and id imagine theres still a few transfers to take place between now and then, the less players needing to be considered post draft the better.
     
  2. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    August 3 seems like a good compromise - anyone disagree with August 3?
     
  3. Ryan Baer

    Ryan Baer Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Jul 24, 2021
    August 3 works for me
     
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  4. Romil Patel

    Romil Patel Member

    Toronto FC
    Canada
    Jul 25, 2021
    August 3rd sounds good to me too!
     
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  5. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I added BigSoccer usernames to the first post - if you click on those you can send a message on here to the user.

    During the draft the best way to keep moving is to message the person on this site that you have made their pick and they are "up" next

    If you have your settings set correctly you should get an alert on your email that you have a bigsoccer message waiting for you

    I have a google spreadsheet set up by Journeyman that I will email the link to after Hal sets the draft order - the spreadsheet reflects the draft order and places to drop your player names into.
     
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  6. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    The draft itself will take place on this site - we will create a separate thread to do that and only draft posts should go in there to avoid clutter.

    We can use this thread for general banter during the draft or to alert everyone you will be offline for an extended period of time

    If you have questions about the draft let us know - we have a couple of founding members in this division so we should be able to help

    it's a serpentine draft 1-8, 8-1 for 15 rounds. No player can choose a player that has already been picked and you still need to adhere to the $100M limit on the official FPL site.

    Players must be in the site database - so not just a confirmed transferred player but FPL has to have added him and assigned a price value.

    Hal will user a randomizer tool online to generate the draft order 1-8.
     
  7. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    Ive had a name change for this season, "The Rising Son"
     
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  8. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I edited the first post just now to show that change - thanks
     
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  9. Norm Coyle

    Norm Coyle Member+

    Jul 14, 2015
    Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    August 3 sounds good to me too Mark, if you can please post new sand league code when available, thanks!
     
  10. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I was waiting to see if Hal could just edit the old league or not. Or just kick out last year’s promoted team that is showing up.
     
  11. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    just ask him to leave the league. he probably didn't realise he auto joined it. Worst case scenario just have 9 in the comp and ignore his results, it isn't head to head so his inclusion in the league does not affect our league at all really.
     
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  12. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Very true - so we just need Ryan in there and we have all 8 of us entered
     
  13. Ryan Baer

    Ryan Baer Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Jul 24, 2021
    Sorry, in there now. Does anyone know if it's possible to have 2 different teams assigned to the same account? Right now I made a separate account from my other FPL entry. Also working on changing my name
     
  14. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    Thats how most of us work I think but you cant have 2 teams within the same account sorry
     
  15. Mal (smash ya out)

    Aug 3, 2012
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    August 3 works for me to
     
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  16. Epikoinos

    Epikoinos Soccer player-coach-manager-journalist

    Arsenal, Real Salt Lake, Forward Madison
    United States
    Jan 6, 2004
    Oregon, WI
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All good with August 3
     
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  17. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    No I don’t think so / just use a different email for open team
     
  18. Ryan Baer

    Ryan Baer Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Jul 24, 2021
    Got it. When will the draft order be released?
     
  19. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    I thought today, but we dont need it technically till the weekend so theres no rush on it
     
  20. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Hal will be taking care of it soon I presume
     
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  21. Ryan Baer

    Ryan Baer Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Jul 24, 2021
    2 clarifying questions on the rules:

    1) I assume we're responsible for keeping the total budget of the team below the 100 that the official game requires. Do people just track this on their own as they draft?

    2) Are trades allowed during the season, or does the game just follow the same rules as the official game post-draft?
     
  22. Bilbo43

    Bilbo43 Member

    Liverpool FC
    Australia
    Aug 24, 2020
    If you use the spreadsheet it should keep track of your budget.
    You probably should slowly build your actual classic team to represent your drafted team as well.

    Youre allowed to transfer normally through the season but you need to announce it on the forum first before someone else does.
    I suppose you could offer a trade with someone with a like for like position, but i am not sure if there is a rule against that
     
  23. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Track yourself as you draft - once the draft is over you enter your team in the official site and it has to fit into the 100M limit

    For trades and transfers we will have a new thread on here where they have to be posted to be official - there is a 24 hour window after the last pick is made in the 15th round- in that window no transfers are made. Then it’s open season on any player not previously picked

    This becomes important if a player not in the database is added to the game during the draft - the player list is frozen once the first pick is made so after the 24 hour window it’s first come first served

    The date stamp on posts made here determine who picked up a player first

    We also have a google sheet that I will share that tracks everything thru the season

    The transfer thread that will be created on this site tracks it thru the season and is the final determination of who got a player first and is required for any transfer to be legal
     
  24. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Trades with other players have happened before - both players need to post on here they agree and detail the trade
     
  25. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Hal and I exchanged messages and I will run randomizer today
     

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