Mock Draft Competition

dorkestra · Post #1 » by **dorkestra** » Mon May 11, 2015 8:46 pm

Who is interested in competing for the 2015 Mock Draft Crown? I want to see LloydFree, Cammo, Slow Paced, reanimator, Fischella, EMG at a minimum. Rules can be negotiated. I was initially thinking weighing the picks with number one being most valuable and decreasing thereafter. Anyone else interested? Marcus?

1. dorkestra
2. Slot Machine
3. EMG
4. skywalker33
5. Avalanche
6. LloydFree
7. babyjax13
8. Gobert
9. birdsEAThornets
10. PMOTT3
11. princeofpalace
12. bwgood77
13. Cammo101
14. Ruzious
15. wildvikeswolves
16. nodeal
17. Moooose
18. DeBlazerRiddem
19. Howard Mass
20. Village Idiot
21. psimanic1
22. MrBigShot
23. BruceO
24. coordinator0

No-Man · Post #2 » by **No-Man** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:29 pm

Is this suppose to be about guessing right?
Because my mocks are not really about that.

Slot Machine · Post #3 » by **Slot Machine** » Tue May 12, 2015 1:40 am

I'd be interested.

dorkestra · Post #4 » by **dorkestra** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:19 am

Fischella wrote:Is this suppose to be about guessing right?
Because my mocks are not really about that.

Yeah about predicting the actual order of players picked.

dorkestra · Post #5 » by **dorkestra** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:19 am

Slot Machine wrote:I'd be interested.

Awesome. I'll update the OP to reflect who is in.

skywalker33 · Post #6 » by **skywalker33** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:04 pm

Are you going to do it interactively, while the draft is going on ?? or passive, submit your draft and score it based on results ?

EMG518 · Post #7 » by **EMG518** » Thu May 14, 2015 11:45 am

Fischella wrote:Is this suppose to be about guessing right?
Because my mocks are not really about that.

You could submit a different one for the competition if youre interested.

You can count me in by the way Dorkestra. I am all for some friendly competition.

EMG518 · Post #8 » by **EMG518** » Thu May 14, 2015 11:46 am

skywalker33 wrote:Are you going to do it interactively, while the draft is going on ?? or passive, submit your draft and score it based on results ?

It would have to be passive I imagine. It would be too difficult to keep track of everyone during the draft, not to mention picks are leaked before being made.

dorkestra · Post #9 » by **dorkestra** » Thu May 14, 2015 12:33 pm

EMG518 wrote:
skywalker33 wrote:Are you going to do it interactively, while the draft is going on ?? or passive, submit your draft and score it based on results ?

It would have to be passive I imagine. It would be too difficult to keep track of everyone during the draft, not to mention picks are leaked before being made.

Yeah interactively would be great, but I don't know of a way we could effectively do that.

dorkestra · Post #10 » by **dorkestra** » Thu May 14, 2015 12:33 pm

skywalker are you in?

skywalker33 · Post #11 » by **skywalker33** » Thu May 14, 2015 10:13 pm

dorkestra wrote:
EMG518 wrote:
skywalker33 wrote:Are you going to do it interactively, while the draft is going on ?? or passive, submit your draft and score it based on results ?

It would have to be passive I imagine. It would be too difficult to keep track of everyone during the draft, not to mention picks are leaked before being made.

Yeah interactively would be great, but I don't know of a way we could effectively do that.

Draft is usually televised, you could give everyone one post per pick BEFORE it's made otherwise points/selection forfeited.

I'll think about it but seems I am a novice compared to a few of you....I got time to do some research so I'll get back to you on it.

dorkestra · Post #12 » by **dorkestra** » Fri May 15, 2015 12:05 am

The only problem is that message boards aren't even as fast as something like a chatroom or live draft room. Also, my major hesitation with that is that RealGM tends to go down during major times for basketball. I'm not counting on it for the draft. It's unfortunate, but something I have noticed over the years.

In terms of being novice, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Honestly, none of us have anything to lose but our dignity really (if we happen to have any left in the first place)

Avalanche · Post #13 » by **Avalanche** » Fri May 15, 2015 4:43 am

Interactive wouldn't work anyway, just follow Woj and you would be 2 picks ahead of the actual draft :lol:

I'm not publishing a mock anywhere this year, but hey ill put one together for this, why not

skywalker33 · Post #14 » by **skywalker33** » Sat May 16, 2015 9:41 pm

Due on draft day ??

LloydFree · Post #15 » by **LloydFree** » Sat May 16, 2015 9:45 pm

I think I'll give it a try.

babyjax13 · Post #16 » by **babyjax13** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:56 pm

I'm in, too. 1-60 or just 1st round?

goober · Post #17 » by **goober** » Mon May 18, 2015 11:02 pm

Why not.

Zion Wembanyama · Post #18 » by **Zion Wembanyama** » Tue May 19, 2015 6:04 am

I'll play.

dorkestra · Post #19 » by **dorkestra** » Tue May 19, 2015 10:24 pm

Okay guys, I am thinking of the following:

1. Play just the first round to keep it simple

2. Scoring:
a. Formula: (31-Pick Number) * Number of spots difference between the player you picked and where he ended up getting picked
b. Interpretation: Higher scoring is worse and the top picks are weighed more than the picks at the bottom of the draft.
Nothing too fancy, but I think that should be fair.

Other considerations include:
People who submit later have an advantage. Why? Because they have the advantage of potentially more information about team's preferences or rumored deals as well as the advantage of viewing other competitors picks which can influence them to make strategic decisions. My thought is that there is no major money at stake and I don't see any big deal in advantages being granted to those who have appreciation for good timing.

Any major issues with any of the above - let me know.

Avalanche · Post #20 » by **Avalanche** » Tue May 19, 2015 11:18 pm

Just have a cut off date for posting them, whatever it might be

But sure, sounds good