*** VD 10 Commentary Thread ***

[johnnya24]

Congrats, Feral.

I'm really annoyed at myself. Starting out, I used vd2 numbers as my reference point, with the logic being that if I aimed for the top scoring stat in each category, I'd do well. Not so much. There were a few categories that went much differently than expected. For example, I beat the best Runs scored for Career (19122) and Best Year (1765), yet I only scored 4 and 6.5 points in those categories respectively. I beat BY WHIP (1.862), but only scored 8 pts. But that didn't hold true for all ratios - I missed BY BA from vd 2 (.3379), but still scored 9 points.

And if I pick Jim Rice 78 instead of Cesar Cedeno, I don't lose any Career SB points and finish 6th. Grr...

Yeah I was doing something similar with projections, but because VD2 was a deeper draft on account of KO's, I knew the numbers were going to be shallow.

[The Feral Slasher]

I wasn't really sure how the stats were going to compare to previous drafts. I just hoped to get 25 points in Career hitting, and 50 in the other groups and then hope that 175 points would be competitive. In the last three rounds I was thinking just about anyone could win it. I wasted a lot of energy chasing career avg, and ended up with 3 points anyway. I decided I could gain more points by concentrating on SB for my last two picks.

[heyelander]

Feral killed vintage drafting.

[The Feral Slasher]

Feral killed vintage drafting.

It wasn't me, I have an alibi and witnesses....

[johnnya24]

Johnny, can you update the spreadsheet to completion so we can save it for posterity?

All done.

[The Feral Slasher]

Happy Birthday Hacko !

[The Feral Slasher]

Soooooo...are we going to start VD11 after the holidays ? Any preferred format ?

[johnnya24]

Soooooo...are we going to start VD11 after the holidays ? Any preferred format ?

I think we should ...

The 3 options that people seemed to prefer were:

1. Franchise (which will need little bit of work, but nothing major ... I've yet to speak with mjl)
2. Left over draft (left over players from VD10)
3. The final of the 3 period drafts (Vintage or Modern ... can't remember which)

[heyelander]

I think we should ...

The 3 options that people seemed to prefer were:

1. Franchise (which will need little bit of work, but nothing major ... I've yet to speak with mjl)
2. Left over draft (left over players from VD10)
3. The final of the 3 period drafts (Vintage or Modern ... can't remember which)

Yep

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[hacko]

I am in

[johnnya24]

I'll do stuff tomorrow.

[Pogues]

I'll do stuff tomorrow.

I'm totally doing stuff tomorrow.

[heyelander]

I'll do stuff tomorrow.

I'll probably do some stuff tomorrow too

[Long John]

I have many things to do today.

I would very much like to be in. My professional life is extremely chaotic right now (much more so than normal) and may not clear up until the summer. We'll see where I'm at when we get this one going. The spirit is willing.

[johnnya24]

I've got some things to do first.