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3rd overall pick goes to PookyTheMagicalBear

1. Racefan12
   
2. PJ.

The number rolled here will get pick #2 (whoever doesn't get picked will get pick #1)

Draft order is noted, though I can't really do anything with it yet with only 11 teams. (Yahoo requires I finalize the team list before it will let me set up a custom draft order.)

If Rhinox has not joined the league by whatever time I log in Sunday morning, I will send an L1 invite to Nero Cain (who will be given Rhinox's draft slot) and finalize the team list once Nero has joined.

part of me feels like Rhinox should retain his slot even if he doesn't join L1 by Sunday. He did express interest in playing and it would be a bummer if he came back at some point to find that he lost his chance and automatically goes back to L2 next year. He could just be busy or have spotty internet and he shouldn't be "punished" for that. We could simply have a "Ramblin Rhinos" team that could be transferred to him if/when he gets back.

Now the downside of this would be there's an inactive manager slot and unless auto draft gifts him a Mith tier team it could be not very competitive which is kinda both unfun and unfair.

If Rhinox doesn't play it does help solve L2 a little....I don't think there's a wrong or right answer b/c I could see it from both perspectives so hopefully, Rhinox just signs up by Sunday and the point is moot but dems my feelings.

That is functionally possible, but a dummy slot would require someone to be in charge of it - we can't functionally have a team with no manager. If everyone is okay with a dummy slot (specifically, if everyone trusts that the person in charge of the dummy slot won't fudge the draft or the regular season to gain some sort of advantage), then I'd be okay setting such a thing up.

I will say that, if that ends up being the route we go and Rhinox doesn't show up until after the season starts, I would personally prefer the dummy team be permitted to rearrange their roster in accordance with Yahoo's weekly projections and to avoid starting players on bye weeks, but not be permitted to add/drop players. This can be discussed if it ends up being the route we go.

In post 94, PokerFace wrote:Will who is in what division be randomized or are people giving some preference on that?
I'd like to be with Rhinox as he is an og from ohio like myself, but if that not happen, its cool.

Out of curiosity, do you have any off-site way to contact Rhinox? Discord, cell phone text, anything like that.

Also, while I'm thinking about it, I'll be setting up the L1 divisions and schedule after the 12th team matter is resolved but before the draft begins. Since we have 12 teams and 14 weeks, my thinking was to have three divisions of four teams each (since that's what was done last year), and designing the schedule so that Weeks 1 through 3 are all divisional games, Weeks 4 through 11 are against the eight non-divisional teams, and Weeks 12 through 14 are all divisional games again. I want to have this done the draft so that weekly matchups cannot reasonably be accused of taking the NFL schedule into account so as to give anyone an unfair advantage (e.g. matching myself up in Week 7 against a team that has drafted five players with Week 7 byes).

I will set a deadline of Sunday at Whenever I First Log In O'Clock for (a) schedule system objections and (b) divisional setup requests. So far my only plan for (b) is putting PokerFace and Rhinox in the same division. Anyone not involved in any divisional requests by the deadline will have their division randomized. (Division names will be the same as whatever they were last year, I forgot there was tradition there.)

doing a dummy account and keeping me out of L1 is what several ppl would want anyways.

Just b/c someone has to manually join doesn't mean they have to do anything and they shouldn't. A dummy rhino account is essentially the same as Rhinox joining and then flaking. You are right that it comes down to trust. Its a question of whats fair but IMO a dummy account would need to be auto-drafted and no moves taken on his behalf (this includes starting players on bye)

If you were in it, it'd still be a dummy slot.

Hey sorry all. I'm still /in. I can draft whenever.

Great, draft is Monday 9pm eastern.

Btw we currently need one person in L1 (at least) to double up in order to get L2 to enough people, please let kdowns know if you’re interested!

L1 teams are finalized and draft order is set. Anyone in L1 with the time an inclination to do so, please double-check the draft order to make sure it does in fact match the order listed in 126.

I'll set up the schedule tomorrow, I have to be out the door ten minutes ago.

EDIT: In case anyone is curious, "Individual draft picks customized" is probably because setting a custom draft order also automatically comes with assigning keepers. I obviously didn't assign anyone any keepers, but I guess the notification popped up anyway.

Division distribution time! I'll be using the division names from last year (Division of Death, Voodoo, mith's Envy) and assigning folks at random, filling up each division in the order they were listed in the previous parenthetical. Note that PokerFace and Rhinox will be in the same division as was requested, which means that:

* If one of them is picked for a division, the other will be immediately added to that same division without a roll
* If we reach the fourth roll for a division and neither of them are in it, they will both be removed from the fourth roll pool (this is why they've been moved to the bottom of the list, which has otherwise been wholesale copied from the ordered list in 115)

Once divisions are created, I'll make the schedule based on mith's schedule-maker spreadsheet from 2016.

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Talitha
   
3. Lady Lambdadelta
   
4. Pickemgenius
   
5. Racefan12
   
6. PJ.
   
7. Kilgamayan
   
8. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
9. D3f3nd3r
   
10. Superbowl9
    
11. PokerFace
    
12. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Division of Death Team 1 (overall Team 1 for schedule-construction purposes).

D3f3nd3r is Division of Death Team 1 (Overall Team 1).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Talitha
   
3. Lady Lambdadelta
   
4. Pickemgenius
   
5. Racefan12
   
6. PJ.
   
7. Kilgamayan
   
8. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
9. Superbowl9
   
10. PokerFace
    
11. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Division of Death Team 2 (overall Team 2 for schedule-construction purposes).

Superbowl9 is Division of Death Team 2 (Overall Team 2).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Talitha
   
3. Lady Lambdadelta
   
4. Pickemgenius
   
5. Racefan12
   
6. PJ.
   
7. Kilgamayan
   
8. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
9. PokerFace
   
10. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Division of Death Team 3 (overall Team 3 for schedule-construction purposes).

Racefan12 is Division of Death Team 3 (Overall Team 3). (They are remaining in the list because I'm too lazy to cut them out and then put them right back in when I can just roll a die that doesn't include them.)

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Talitha
   
3. Lady Lambdadelta
   
4. Pickemgenius
   
5. PJ.
   
6. Kilgamayan
   
7. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
8. PokerFace
   
9. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Division of Death Team 4 (overall Team 4 for schedule-construction purposes).

Talitha is Division of Death Team 4 (Overall Team 4).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Lady Lambdadelta
   
3. Pickemgenius
   
4. PJ.
   
5. Kilgamayan
   
6. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
7. PokerFace
   
8. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Voodoo Team 1 (overall Team 5 for schedule-construction purposes).

PJ. is Voodoo Team 1 (Overall Team 5).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Lady Lambdadelta
   
3. Pickemgenius
   
4. Kilgamayan
   
5. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
6. PokerFace
   
7. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Voodoo Team 2 (overall Team 6 for schedule-construction purposes).

PookyTheMagicalBear is Voodoo Team 2 (Overall Team 6).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Lady Lambdadelta
   
3. Pickemgenius
   
4. Kilgamayan
   
5. PokerFace
   
6. Rhinox

The number rolled here will be Voodoo Team 3 (overall Team 7 for schedule-construction purposes).

Rhinox is Voodoo Team 3 (Overall Team 7). This means that PokerFace is Voodoo Team 4 (Overall Team 8).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Lady Lambdadelta
   
3. Pickemgenius
   
4. Kilgamayan
   

The number rolled here will be mith's Envy Team 1 (overall Team 9 for schedule-construction purposes).

Apologies for the list formatting error in the previous post, I forgot to delete a tag.

Lady Lambdadelta is mith's Envy Team 1 (Overall Team 9).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Pickemgenius
   
3. Kilgamayan

The number rolled here will be mith's Envy Team 2 (overall Team 10 for schedule-construction purposes).

Pickemgenius is mith's Envy Team 2 (Overall Team 10).

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Kilgamayan

The number rolled here will be mith's Envy Team 3 (overall Team 11 for schedule-construction purposes). The final team will be mith's Envy Team 4 (overall Team 12 for schedule-struction purposes).

I guess someone has to be the last kicked picked for dodgeball.

Final divisions:



D3f3nd3r
Superbowl9
Racefan12
Talitha



PJ.
PookyTheMagicalBear
Rhinox
PokerFace



Lady Lambdadelta
Pickemgenius
xRECKONERx
Kilgamayan

Schedule is made.

I did note that Week 10 was already set to be a "Rivalry Week", which appears to simply be a cute flavor gimmick that doesn't have any actual functional effect on anything. I did not change any Rivalry Week settings because we had not discussed anything about it as a group.

In post 115, D3f3nd3r wrote:

1. xRECKONERx
   
2. Talitha
   
3. Lady Lambdadelta
   
4. Pickemgenius
   
5. Racefan12
   
6. PJ.
   
7. Kilgamayan
   
8. PookyTheMagicalBear
   
9. PokerFace
   
10. Rhinox
    
11. D3f3nd3r
    
12. Superbowl9

The number rolled here will get pick #12

Original Roll String: 1d12 (STATIC)

1 12-Sided Dice: (12) = 12

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