"Be the GM" DRAFT: Write-up due June 5th at 11:59 PM!

[76ciology]

I DL'd it for XBOX 360

[ZarcMumoff]

Eyeatoma...your pick will be at 7:30 PM EST on Tuesday, May 10th (Day 2 of draft). It'll be the 4th pick on that day. So if you can't make it, send me your Top 5 (Or like a Top 8 depending upon how many people miss their pick on the 1st day).

[phifans]

OK, I'll improve my offer,
1 I'd like to offer my first(14) and my #4(17) round pick for a first(top 10) and a late round pick
2 I'll offer my #2(17) and #3(14) for a late #1 (15~30) and a late round pick
Anyone interests ?

[eyeatoma]

PK5, that's 5 am in the morning for me...Is there anyway it can be moved forward one hour?

So 8:30 ET?

That would be starting the draft later by 1 hour...

[tk76]

Corrected:


BTW, this is the link to the most recent official 2k11 PC roster patch I could find: http://nbaspot.com/download/file.php?id ... 48cd3794d5

It is from 5/1/11, so recent : http://nbaspot.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=943

I can't find the actual values since I only have 2k10.

[ZarcMumoff]

Draft Times Schedule: Monday May 9th
The time (EST) listed is when the pick must be in by.
1. San Antonio Spurs - Eellsy - 6:00 PM
2. New York Knicks - Turner4MVP - 6:30 PM
3. Portland Trail Blazers - Tension - 7:00 PM
4. LA Clippers - OOGReco - 7:30 PM
5. Houston Rockets - Numb3rs - 8:00 PM
6. Memphis Grizzlies - jumivi - 8:30 PM
7. Miami Heat - KrazySixersD - 9:00 PM
8. Toronto Raptors - capped_out - 9:30 PM
9. Detroit Pistons - PatronJames - 10:00 PM
10. Milwaukee Bucks - South Jersey - 10:30 PM
11. Washington Wizards - Knux-Future - 11:00 PM
12. Charlotte Bobcats - 76ciology - 11:30 PM
13. Phoenix Suns - PK5 - 12:00 AM
14. Atlanta Hawks - phifans - 12:30 AM
15. Indiana Pacers - ETphoneHome12 - 5:00 PM TH NEXT DAY

Updated so we do 15 picks a night.

[ZarcMumoff]

PK5, that's 5 am in the morning for me...Is there anyway it can be moved forward one hour?

So 8:30 ET?

That would be starting the draft later by 1 hour...

I just added another pick every night so that everyone will have only two time slots (unless they trade, of course). This should also help with the Euros/Asian living people on here...should give them at least every other round to be able to make their pick without e-mailing me.

I really rather not...that's pushing to 1:00 AM for picks. Even though I stay up late, I know other people do go to bed early. Like I said, just send me a Top 5 or 8, or whatever you desire.

[eyeatoma]

PK5, that's 5 am in the morning for me...Is there anyway it can be moved forward one hour?

So 8:30 ET?

That would be starting the draft later by 1 hour...

I just added another pick every night so that everyone will have only two time slots (unless they trade, of course). This should also help with the Euros/Asian living people on here...should give them at least every other round to be able to make their pick without e-mailing me.

I really rather not...that's pushing to 1:00 AM for picks. Even though I stay up late, I know other people do go to bed early. Like I said, just send me a Top 5 or 8, or whatever you desire.

I don't think that's really fair, considering, the Asians/Europeans will be the majority of people who will have to sacrifice with time...Even with my request, I have to be up at 6 am to make this pick...Other people need to stay up till 1 am, and that might not be for every round...

I don't see how 1 am is extreme for people...Sure they have to get some sleep because they get up early, but I reiterate, as there is a fair number of Euro/Asian participants, it only seems right to spread the load so that everyone is sacrificing a little bit, as opposed to only international users having to...
The last pick of the day is at 12:00 am...There's not much difference between 12:00 am and 1:00am when you're already up...But there is a huge difference between getting up at 5:00 am in the morning and 6:00 am...

Also, I might be wrong, but by adding another pick in the night, doesn't that make me the 3rd pick for the next day instead of the 4th? That effectively moves me to a 7:00pm ET time slot as opposed to the original 7:30pm ET slot, which mean I have to be up at 4:30 am in India as opposed to the original 5:00...Not sure if that's the case, but if I interpreted this additional time slot correctly, it debilitates me even more

[tk76]

eyeatoma, it sounds like you are the 4th pick that day.

So that means you have the previous 11 hours in order to rank your top 4 picks and send them to PK5. You will definitely get one of your top 4 choices. I realize that is less than ideal, since you miss out on getting trade offers during your 30 minute slot (but you can make trades for those 11 hrs between the 14th and 15th picks)... but PK5 is here almost every minute of the draft, so I think it is fair for him to get to choose what time works best for his schedule.

[eyeatoma]

eyeatoma, it sounds like you are the 4th pick that day.

So that means you have the previous 11 hours in order to rank your top 4 picks and send them to PK5. You will definitely get one of your top 4 choices. I realize that is less than ideal, since you miss out on getting trade offers during your 30 minute slot... but PK5 is here almost every minute of the draft, so I think it is fair for him to get to choose what time works best for his schedule.

tk76...I understand what you're saying...What i'm saying is to share the load, so everyone has to deal with odd times, as opposed to only the international users...

The majority of users who will be participating and mailing their picks in will be International if we go by the current schedule. You might not have to do it every round, but every other round for sure. It just takes a lot of fun out of doing this draft, when you can't make your own choice. Starting the draft later isn't that extreme at all for US users, but its a huge difference for international players...

[tk76]

I don't disagree with what you are saying and acknowledge you make a fair point. But ultimately PK5 puts a ton of work into this, so we need to support what he is able to do.
I don't know, maybe there is some alternative?

[eyeatoma]

I don't disagree with what you are saying and acknowledge you make a fair point. But ultimately PK5 puts a ton of work into this, so we need to support what he is able to do.
I don't know, maybe there is some alternative?

I hope there can be...PK5 says he stays up until 1 am, so it won't bother him...Now, if he can only be at the draft by 5pm ET, that makes sense for him to push it down by 1 hour, because he'll already be there.

If his main concern is with the users, I hope we could all come to a consensus.

Would most people be okay with sharing the burden, and everyone having an odd hour here and there, as opposed to only international users having to mail in picks?

Who are the users who don't stay up to 1 am? It wouldn't be everyday that you would have to do this, and it's only for 6 days actually...

[ZarcMumoff]

PK5, that's 5 am in the morning for me...Is there anyway it can be moved forward one hour?

So 8:30 ET?

That would be starting the draft later by 1 hour...

I just added another pick every night so that everyone will have only two time slots (unless they trade, of course). This should also help with the Euros/Asian living people on here...should give them at least every other round to be able to make their pick without e-mailing me.

I really rather not...that's pushing to 1:00 AM for picks. Even though I stay up late, I know other people do go to bed early. Like I said, just send me a Top 5 or 8, or whatever you desire.

I don't think that's really fair, considering, the Asians/Europeans will be the majority of people who will have to sacrifice with time...Even with my request, I have to be up at 6 am to make this pick...Other people need to stay up till 1 am, and that might not be for every round...

I don't see how 1 am is extreme for people...Sure they have to get some sleep because they get up early, but I reiterate, as there is a fair number of Euro/Asian participants, it only seems right to spread the load so that everyone is sacrificing a little bit, as opposed to only international users having to...
The last pick of the day is at 12:00 am...There's not much difference between 12:00 am and 1:00am when you're already up...But there is a huge difference between getting up at 5:00 am in the morning and 6:00 am...

Also, I might be wrong, but by adding another pick in the night, doesn't that make me the 3rd pick for the next day instead of the 4th? That effectively moves me to a 7:00pm ET time slot as opposed to the original 7:30pm ET slot, which mean I have to be up at 4:30 am in India as opposed to the original 5:00...Not sure if that's the case, but if I interpreted this additional time slot correctly, it debilitates me even more

I understand why you are mad. But these are really the only time slots I can do. As much as I want to accommodate everyone, it isn't possible.

So my dilemma is screw up half the people, or screw up everyone. I'm going with the former because I said during the whole sign up process how this was going to be. Mainly, between 6 PM and 12AM. Everyone who is International did sign up for this, knowing the times could be screwy. It's too late to change things drastically.

I do apologize, and wish there was a way around this that is easy for everyone. I'm open to doing it another way next time, but at this point, I really don't want to change the whole setting of the draft.

No, you are right. I wanted to change it so time slots are as normal as can be for everyone.

[ZarcMumoff]

I don't disagree with what you are saying and acknowledge you make a fair point. But ultimately PK5 puts a ton of work into this, so we need to support what he is able to do.
I don't know, maybe there is some alternative?

I hope there can be...PK5 says he stays up until 1 am, so it won't bother him...Now, if he can only be at the draft by 5pm ET, that makes sense for him to push it down by 1 hour, because he'll already be there.

If his main concern is with the users, I hope we could all come to a consensus.

Would most people be okay with sharing the burden, and everyone having an odd hour here and there, as opposed to only international users having to mail in picks?

Who are the users who don't stay up to 1 am? It wouldn't be everyday that you would have to do this, and it's only for 6 days actually...

For the most part, I can be here at any time from 4 PM to 1 AM. But the majority of it isn't about me...it's about what I told everyone else when they signed up.

[tk76]

Well Monday is still a while away. So PK5 can make a small change in the schedule or leave things as they are... and there is plenty of time for everyone to get with the program. But he puts in the work to make this happen so it should be left to him to decide if a change is feasibile.

[Numb3rs]

I would rather we have something set in stone as soon as possible so I can know when I have to pick and also to have enough time to move picks that I won't be available to take.

[Numb3rs]

phifans, your #2(17) and #3(14) for my #2(25), #3(5) and #12(25)?

[phifans]

phifans, your #2(17) and #3(14) for my #2(25), #3(5) and #12(25)?

It's a fair deal , but I don't think it will make much impact or diffrences from my current situasion.
What about My : #1(14) and #2(17) for your #1(5) and #3(5) ?

[Numb3rs]

Nah I'm definately not trading my #1.

[ZarcMumoff]

I would rather we have something set in stone as soon as possible so I can know when I have to pick and also to have enough time to move picks that I won't be available to take.

As far as I'm concerned, the time isn't changing. Not because I want to be stubborn, but just because making a drastic change after I got everyones commitment twice looks bad on my part. Not that I'm not willing to change things, but something like that is just to drastic.

You don't need to move the picks. E-mail me your top 5, 8, 10, etc. I'll make the pick for you. I know it isnt the "sexiest" thing to do, but it worked well last year.

I'll show you guys an example of what I mean by the top 5 or 10...dead tired right now.