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Draft order works off the win/loss record of the entire 16 teams in your league. For example the worst win/loss record gets the first pick, second worst win/loss record gets the second pick etc. "Ties in the standings are broken first by number of forfeits (indicated by a * next to the number of losses a team has), followed by point differential, then points scored." So in your league you have the 2nd best record so will be picking 15th (2nd last)

Currently you have 15th pick. (Second last).
What pick you get is determined by your season record. So everyone is ordered by how many games they have won.
If there are two people on the same number of wins, then the system checks to see if any of them had a walkover (forfeit). If one of the teams has a forfeit they will be placed lower than the other team.
If neither team has a forfeit, then it will check the Points Difference (Points you scored - points scored against you).
Whoever has the highest Point difference will be above the other team.
Hope that makes sense.

Okay guys,thanks a lot! Very very helpful. You guys couldn't have made it any clearer :)
I love this game and its community,best ever!

First I want to say that I think that the new draft system looks really good. It is obvious that people in same league will share their information and that this will be much more valuable than with old system. Would have been nice if this was not as easy it is right now. Because if weight, star rating and potential is fix value, i.e. same will be shown for two different users if player is fully scouted, it will be pretty easy to use this information to combine each others information and avoid that two users both scout a poor player.

As a small response to Naker in the suggestion thread. If you have done scouting combine I think that it might be wise to not use scouting combine. All depends on what your goal is though. I am drafting quite early but not first so won't be able to get best draftees as there are very active users that will draft ahead of me so I instead focus on finding best guards, both to potentially train them myself and for selling a high quality player to other team.

But I again want to give some credit to BB for what looks like a very good draft (and fun for active users) system. This system will be very beneficial for those that draft early. I would spend very little on the draft if I was a top team with this new system. That is for sure but I think that it makes sense also to be like that. Only importance now is to not make it too beneficial to opt for a good draft position. It should be costly to lose games on purpose namely.

Does anyone have a good system yet if you only invested 10K in scouting but are going to finish high in the standings? A friend of mine is asking what to do. He will probably pick last or 2nd last in a fairly active league.

Last edited by HeadPaperPusher at 8/26/2010 8:59:35 AM

Does anyone have a good system yet if you only invested 10K in scouting but are going to finish high in the standings? A friend of mine is asking what to do. He will probably pick 1st or 2nd in a fairly active league.

You are contradicted,but I assume you meant he picks last or second last..I'd suggest he does the group showing because the top listed players will get picked before his turn comes..I found 4 5 ball players in the group,and most probably I'll get one of them.

I'd suggest he does the group showing because the top listed players will get picked before his turn comes..I found 4 5 ball players in the group,and most probably I'll get one of them.

Thanks. I did mean he will pick last or 2nd last (editted).

The problem with your theory: who is in your top list is sort of random. I mean, in general, the top players will be there. But everyone has a different scout error assigned to their list so it is more difficult to share information.

As for the person who one balled you: I assume you have a different idea?

It is a rough estimate about their talent.Even if he finds a top talent among the top 10 players he will most likely miss on him,so it's better to try the group demonstration and find a gem there.

Are you supposed to be allowed to do a scouting combine and a group demonstration, because I just did a combine and now both buttons are ghosted?

I am having the same problem. I did a scouting combine and now both buttons are ghosted. I still have 16 points left.

This should now be fixed.

Please let me know if it is not.

I think with few dollars invested, and low pick in the draft the best thing to do is the combine, and the group demostration. This will give you a solid idea on 12-15 possible players to draft, and 12-15 or more that you absolutely don't want to draft. As you know, knowing who not to draft is almost as valuable as knowing who to draft.

With a group of 12-15 possible draft choices, you are sure to get at least 1 of those, if not 2. It won't be a guarantee that the guy you get is what you were hoping for, but I think this way gives you the best odds for landing a solid prospect.

If you do the combine, and then use the rest of your points to scout/interview specific players, you are limiting your pool of potential choices to 4-8. Additionally, you probably have a handful of 1 or 2 ball prospects that will prove to be 4 or 5 ball prospects once the group demonstration is completed.

So if it were me, I would rather have the initial assessment/combine/and group demonstration to be able to have a good idea on the majority of the list, rather than targeting a few specific guys that may show good results or not, and then the few good ones may be gone by the time you pick anyway. Seems to me that would be a horrible waste of scouting resources to invest into 3-4 specific prospects only to have them drafted before you even make your pick, and then have nothing but blind picks for the other 40-44 prospects.

Thanks. Much appreciated.