*** VD 8 Commentary Thread ***

[heyelander]

We won't be starting before Friday ... we don't even know what we're doing yet.

First Poll created...

[The Feral Slasher]

So what are we thinking for the next draft? Couple of possibilities that have been raised:

* Re-do of VD 7 with a couple of tweaks.
* 1920-2012 draft using only players who weren't drafted in this one
* 1920-1969 draft

I'd vote for the third option. Second choice would be re-do using players who weren't drafted. I think part of the reason VD 7 was so fun and challenging is that it was a new pool of players (or a much more limited one, I should say), so there weren't established values and it wasn't immediately clear what strategies people were taking (even to the ones trying them out). A straight re-do doesn't seem as fun, but that's me.

Thoughts?

I think the other poll indicates we need a poll for this. We probably also need a poll of who is going to participate.

[The Feral Slasher]

I think the other poll indicates we need a poll for this. We probably also need a poll of who is going to participate.

So...how do you make a poll anyway ? I tried to create a new thread and clicked to make a poll, but it didn't show up in the post preview and there was no where to put the options

[heyelander]

if you click the make a poll box, you then have to submit the thread (as if you were done and posting it) and the poll screen will come up. It is kind of counter intuitive.

[heyelander]

At some point last night, while watching the 700 kids in my cousin's HS graduating class be called one by one up to receive their mock diplomas, I found myself musing... "This seems like a surprisingly disproportionate amount of kids with last names beginning with N." My dad sitting next to me didn't share my enthusiasm for the statistical curiosity. I told him... if there's one thing I know it is the proportions of last initials across a population...

[The Feral Slasher]

At some point last night, while watching the 700 kids in my cousin's HS graduating class be called one by one up to receive their mock diplomas, I found myself musing... "This seems like a surprisingly disproportionate amount of kids with last names beginning with N." My dad sitting next to me didn't share my enthusiasm for the statistical curiosity. I told him... if there's one thing I know it is the proportions of last initials across a population...

Were there any kids named Xavier or Young with high GPA's and great SAT scores ?

[johnnya24]

I've already sent a memo to myself dated 2040:

From: Me

To: Me

Re-evaluate the value of N.

... I'm a foreign national, my ex-business partner lived in Pakistan, and I use(d) gmail ... if I forget my password I can always just ask the NSA.

[heyelander]

Zachary Heinemann was one of the 6 (yes, there were 6, why not just give it to everyone?) valedictorians in the class. but that's a draft of a different nature.

[johnnya24]

Zachary Heinemann was one of the 6 (yes, there were 6, why not just give it to everyone?) valedictorians in the class. but that's a draft of a different nature.

That sounds like our entire education system. Quality be damned, let everyone have a go. I went to my niece's sports day last week. It was just a succession of relay races that everyone had to participate in.

[heyelander]

I've already sent a memo to myself dated 2040:
From: Me
To: Me
Re-evaluate the value of N.
... I'm a foreign national, my ex-business partner lived in Pakistan, and I use(d) gmail ... if I forget my password I can always just ask the NSA.

This is the kind of pre-draft planning that I never think to do...

[Pogues]

No appreciation for the finer points of life...

[The Feral Slasher]

I agree with El D, all that terrorist and spying talk is exhausting...let's get VD8 rolling.

[heyelander]

So is option 2 really a suggestion or a typo? Should it be 1970-2012?

* Re-do of VD 7 with a couple of tweaks.
* 1920-2012 draft using only players who weren't drafted in this one
* 1920-1969 draft

[johnnya24]

It would be better if we just suggest one of the options or this will go nowhere.

I'll take 1920-69 ... but I don't really care.

[heyelander]

It would be better if we just suggest one of the options or this will go nowhere.

I'll take 1920-69 ... but I don't really care.

In... but I really like the redraft with reduced player pool idea at some point.