Pre-Season GMAT: Discussion

Post #1 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:11 am

All discussion here. No sign ups yet. Posting this thread to share and discuss new ideas.

Rules:

1.) All rosters must be completely up-to-date before trades will be approved. See roster thread for more details regarding what must be included in your roster post. I will be super strict with roster pages. You will not be able to trade If your roster gets out of date.

2.) Trades will be approved right away as long as they meet all roster/CBA requirements.

3.) I reserve the right to veto trades as league manager should I feel the trade is collaboration. There will be a new system I will be implementing on vetoes. If I feel a trade is game threatening bad, (or I receive 5 emails from other GM's) I will create a new thread with a voting poll for it. Veto or not. The league will decide as a whole. You will not flood the discussion thread with bashing and hate against the GM or GM's. You will send me an email. That is all.

4.) In this "veto" thread each team will have ONE - 150 word post to state their case, as to why it shouldn't be vetoed. These cases should be taken into consideration when voting yea or no to the deal. Once the thread is up, it will be left open for 24 hours. At least 70% to get the deal vetoed. This will be the only discussion about the trade. That is all.

5a.) Money will be in play this game. Each team starts out with 3,000,000. Buyouts will be 500k more then the total salary.

6a.) Salary cap is set at 60 million, luxury tax is set at 75 million, and the hard tax is set at 100,000,000.

7.) Free agent contract limitations will be based on the CBA.

8.) Teams must spend at least 75% of the cap during the “regular season.”

9.) Draft order will be based on submitted rankings and then the draft order will be done through the RealGM Lottery Simulator.

10.) Final game rankings will be based on how much your team has progressed from beginning to the end. This will be a general ranking system as which many are used too. This is Gm a team not own a team. Simple = better.

11a.) You may only trade picks four years in advance, so 2018 max. We are playing until 2014 this game.

11b.) There are no restrictions on picks traded.

11c.) All trades should state clearly protections involved.

11d.) All protections must be listed on picks, even future picks.

12.) In order to be crowned winner, full write-ups and rankings must be submitted.

13a.) Failure to give me proper notice that you need a replacement will result in a suspension from these games for one game after this one.

13b.) It's up to the commish of the next game to enforce this rule.

14.) I reserve the right, as commish, to add rules as I deem fit to protect the integrity of the game. (which I will be finding new to add shortly.

15.) If you loose a FA in Free agency, you will not quit. You will not complain, and you will continue playing the game. If you get a trade vetoed, you will not quit, you will continue playing and you will finish it out with full write ups and rankings. If so, you will not be able to play the next game as well.

16.) FA will be fair. I will not go by highest dollar value wins the player. It will be determined on how the player feels. Ray Allen will not sign a 3 year deal with the Bobcats at 2 million per, but rather sign for the minimum with the Miami Heat for one year. It will be realistic. It will be money first, fit second, but fit will be weighted higher then usual. I hate seeing guys go to rebuilding teams because they have more cash. Thats not how it works in real life and not how it works in THIS game.

Breakdown of responsibilites:

Approve Trades: MadNESS, UK-Raptor, Sambone, BirdmanPresents

2013/2014 Draft: Sambone (depending in date)

Free Agency: mostly MadNESS (With consideration from Mods via AIM on tough calls)

2013/2014 Playoffs: BirdmanPresents (If not on vacation)

2014/2015 Playoffs: BirdmanPresents (If not on vacation)

Playoff/Draft Rankings - Write ups - Final Rankings: EVERY GM!!!

Tentative SCHEDULE:

Day 1: Teams announced / Roster up
Day 2: Trading
Day 16: Trading ends
Day 17/18/19: Update Roster and Send in / Post Rankings
Day 20/21/22: 2013 / 2014 Playoffs and Draft (Trading starts during draft with 2014 salaries)
Day 29: Trading Ends
Day 30//31/32: Update Rosters and Send in / Post Rankings
Day 33/34/35: 2014/2015 Playoffs
Day 36: Final Rankings
Day 37: Winner announced

Other:

Post #2 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:14 am

Implement number one: email the top 5 teams you want to me.... No posting the top 3. This way, there's no pregnant chatter at all. It's a more complete lotto. If there's multiples, I will email you back and ask for your 6th, 7th, ect choice. I will create a spread sheet on excel and make it fair for everyone.

Also, Karm if playing, and the winner of the previous game will email their choices.

Post #3 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:15 am

MadNESS wrote:Implement number one: email the top 5 teams you want to me.... No posting the top 3. This way, there's no pregnant chatter at all. It's a more complete lotto. If there's multiples, I will email you back and ask for your 6th, 7th, ect choice. I will create a spread sheet on excel and make it fair for everyone.

Also, Karm if playing, and the winner of the previous game will email their choices.

Do not email me now. Once sign ups start, do it then.

Post #4 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:17 am

Implementation two: I will be stricter then Roc with rosters this time around. I will NOT approve trades unless they are correct and formatted properly. I hate sloppy rosters, they ruin the game.

Karmaloop · Post #5 » by **Karmaloop** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:05 am

And while the completely blind fold regarding teams in theory makes sense, we're going to have issues with people asking for the same teams.

MadNESS wrote:Implementation two: I will be stricter then Roc with rosters this time around. I will NOT approve trades unless they are correct and formatted properly. I hate sloppy rosters, they ruin the game.

Really like this rule.

Post #6 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:29 am

I have a lot more ideas, but I'm going to sleep soon.

Post #7 » by **roc** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:12 am

MadNESS wrote:Implementation two: I will be stricter then Roc with rosters this time around.

that is not even possible

Saul Goodman · Post #8 » by **Saul Goodman** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:37 pm

Can we please please please do the 2015 NBA playoffs/finals? Its very ideal for players who took their team from lotto to contenders to reap the rewards. it would be a good definitive ending as well, crown the 2015 champ, rankings.

Post #9 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:47 pm

Saul Goodman wrote:Can we please please please do the 2015 NBA playoffs/finals? Its very ideal for players who took their team from lotto to contenders to reap the rewards. it would be a good definitive ending as well, crown the 2015 champ, rankings.

I like this as well. I think something like this:

15-20 days of trading
rankings
2013 / 2014 playoffs / draft
FA
7 days of trading
rankings
2014 / 2015 playoffs
write ups
rankings

what you guys think?

UK-Raptor · Post #10 » by **UK-Raptor** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:06 pm

MadNESS wrote:
Saul Goodman wrote:Can we please please please do the 2015 NBA playoffs/finals? Its very ideal for players who took their team from lotto to contenders to reap the rewards. it would be a good definitive ending as well, crown the 2015 champ, rankings.

I like this as well. I think something like this:

15-20 days of trading
rankings
2013 / 2014 playoffs / draft
FA
7 days of trading
rankings
2014 / 2015 playoffs
write ups
rankings

what you guys think?

I think that sounds perfect although we only need 14 days of trading IMO to start with.

Im also up for approving trades if you need help.

Post #11 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:12 pm

If you willing to do it the old way, Checking rosters, double checking math... Before and after trades to make sure the deals work with 125% or 150% depending on luxury taxes... quoting and approving the trade in the trade approval thread.

....Then you can do that part with me.

Thats what I want. If so, your in!

BirdmanPresents · Post #12 » by **BirdmanPresents** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:13 pm

Saul Goodman wrote:Can we please please please do the 2015 NBA playoffs/finals? Its very ideal for players who took their team from lotto to contenders to reap the rewards. it would be a good definitive ending as well, crown the 2015 champ, rankings.

I will run playoffs again for this game (pending the schedule like I told Ness as I have some other commitments) and yes I will run two sets of playoffs for both years. I was going to do it for the last GMAT but after the way the game ended I decided against it.

Post #13 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:22 pm

please reveiw and read the rules / responsibilites / schedule and let me know of any thoughts, ideas, or otherwise.

Post #14 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:13 pm

I just sent out about 95 emails requesting some old vets to play. Hopefully some return. Sign up tread will be open as soon as the winner is announced. Sometime tonight. Keep an eye out.

Saul Goodman · Post #15 » by **Saul Goodman** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:00 pm

BirdmanPresents wrote:
Saul Goodman wrote:Can we please please please do the 2015 NBA playoffs/finals? Its very ideal for players who took their team from lotto to contenders to reap the rewards. it would be a good definitive ending as well, crown the 2015 champ, rankings.

I will run playoffs again for this game (pending the schedule like I told Ness as I have some other commitments) and yes I will run two sets of playoffs for both years. I was going to do it for the last GMAT but after the way the game ended I decided against it.

Greatly appreciated!

Karmaloop · Post #16 » by **Karmaloop** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:00 pm

MadNESS wrote:I just sent out about 95 emails requesting some old vets to play. Hopefully some return. Sign up tread will be open as soon as the winner is announced. Sometime tonight. Keep an eye out.

Put me down for Detroit I suppose.

Post #17 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:04 pm

Karmaloop wrote:
MadNESS wrote:I just sent out about 95 emails requesting some old vets to play. Hopefully some return. Sign up tread will be open as soon as the winner is announced. Sometime tonight. Keep an eye out.

Put me down for Detroit I suppose.

I need a real winner announced from the previous game please.

Karmaloop · Post #18 » by **Karmaloop** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:05 pm

I announced LakeShowAK7 as a winner. If you want to recognize someone else as the winner, go ahead but that's who did everything correctly.

Post #19 » by **MadNESS** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:07 pm

Karmaloop wrote:I announced LakeShowAK7 as a winner. If you want to recognize someone else as the winner, go ahead but that's who did everything correctly.

alot more rankings were posted, as well as alot more corrected rankings.

as well as an outsider ranking.

ak7 · Post #20 » by **ak7** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:15 pm

MadNESS wrote:
Karmaloop wrote:I announced LakeShowAK7 as a winner. If you want to recognize someone else as the winner, go ahead but that's who did everything correctly.

alot more rankings were posted, as well as alot more corrected rankings.

as well as an outsider ranking.

After he closed the rankings! I'm the winner by default! #winning

Tbh, I don't even care. Like two people actually play the game to "win."

The outside rankings weren't even done right either though.