The 2014 RealGM Soccer Forum Draft (Sign-Up Here)

Post #41 » by **LittleOzzy** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:01 pm

Matty wrote:When does this draft start?

Looks like as soon as two more people sign up.

Man of Steel · Post #42 » by **Man of Steel** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:53 pm

in!

Will win this one for J-mezzy again 8-)

bbms · Post #43 » by **bbms** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:06 pm

may I?

ZUDAMAGIC · Post #44 » by **ZUDAMAGIC** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:27 pm

Guess we got 20

treiz · Post #45 » by **treiz** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:51 pm

Think we're good to go now. If you want kdawg, I'll help you out with the start up of this

Ted Lasso · Post #46 » by **Ted Lasso** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:56 pm

How are we making 20 work?

treiz · Post #47 » by **treiz** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:08 pm

Ted Lasso wrote:How are we making 20 work?

Could probably do like a knockout stage where we can set a bracket

Or 4 groups of 5, top 2 goes through then the 3rd placed team on the group have to face each other to qualify for the knockout stages.

Just throwing stuff up in the air here

Boognish · Post #48 » by **Boognish** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:56 pm

Do a rough power ranking and pull from pots for the groups

treiz · Post #49 » by **treiz** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:54 pm

Could use the results from last time as a rough power ranking :dontknow:

Maex · Post #50 » by **Maex** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:29 pm

It is a pity, but I have to pass. I wouldn't be reliable due to some changes in business and personal life atm.

I am sure I will enjoy to read your inputs and ideas and may give some comments as well.

Ted Lasso · Post #51 » by **Ted Lasso** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:08 pm

How about this?

- 5 groups of 4.
- Group winners advance.
- Poll among second placed teams to determine 3 more Quarter-finalists.
- Possibly allow draws during Group Stage in order to increase variety of final standings.
- Would ensure minimum of 3 & maximum of 6 matches for each participant.

Regarding the draft, personally, i would enjoy having some alternates to the starting 11.

Post #52 » by **Next Coming** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:28 pm

Sitting it out again so I can throw shade at all y'all's teams. If Busi doesn't go Top 5 this thing is a joke. LOL!

Post #53 » by **5DOM** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:55 pm

If treiz and Turco each gets a team and Boognish joins, we should be only a couple away from a 24-team game. We can then do whatever UEFA's doing for the next Euro.

edit: actually starting from R16 will take too much time. 4 groups of 6 teams each, pick best 2 from each group, then go straight to QF?

Ted Lasso · Post #54 » by **Ted Lasso** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:02 am

5DOM wrote:If treiz and Turco each gets a team and Boognish joins, we should be only a couple away from a 24-team game. We can then do whatever UEFA's doing for the next Euro.

edit: actually starting from R16 will take too much time. 4 groups of 6 teams each, pick best 2 from each group, then go straight to QF?

That would actually mean one extra match, no?

Post #55 » by **5DOM** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:06 am

Ted Lasso wrote:
5DOM wrote:If treiz and Turco each gets a team and Boognish joins, we should be only a couple away from a 24-team game. We can then do whatever UEFA's doing for the next Euro.

edit: actually starting from R16 will take too much time. 4 groups of 6 teams each, pick best 2 from each group, then go straight to QF?

That would actually mean one extra match, no?

4 threads (w/ choose-best-two-out-of-six polls) for the group stage, which means you could be one-and-done very quickly :lol:

4 for QF's
2 for SF's
1 for Final

I dunno about others, but I didn't find the judging part of the draft to be all that fun anyway. For me it was all about drafting

Ted Lasso · Post #56 » by **Ted Lasso** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:24 am

5DOM wrote:4 threads (w/ choose-best-two-out-of-six polls) for the group stage, which means you could be one-and-done very quickly

I'd rather we didn't do that because it eliminates head-to-head match-ups in the Group Stage but i'll go along with what the people want.

if we do reach 24, and you want to expedite things, we could either have;

- 6 groups of 4 and move straight to QFs by voting on the best 2 second placed teams

or;

- 8 groups of 3. More threads i suppose, but this would mean a minimum of 2 & maximum of 5 matches for each participant.

Post #57 » by **kdawg32086** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:29 am

With 20 signed up, why not just do 4 groups of 5, with the top 2 from each group advancing? Then we can randomly decide the draw for those final 8 and go from there...

Ted Lasso · Post #58 » by **Ted Lasso** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:35 am

kdawg32086 wrote:Why not just do 4 groups of 5, with the top 2 from each advancing? Then we randomly decide the draw for those final 8 and go from there...

Yeah, that works just fine. Especially if people are committed to sticking around for 4-7 matches.

Post #59 » by **5DOM** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:35 am

20 works too. Thought there may be more who would like to join. I'll share a team with Boognish if we decide on 20.

Post #60 » by **kdawg32086** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:40 am

Just posted the discussion thread. I am going to close the sign-up thread and cap it at 20 teams so that we can get this started while the iron is hot.