I just spotted a mistake and have now corrected it. Roooob's price was 38, not 42.

WTF                        Roooob                           38                 10

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It's been crazy drafting. Some teams are making odd picks while some people get passed on. Guess it's just based on managers and lack of experience, due to it being the first season.

Oh whoops, yeah you are same bucket, was thinking you were one higher. As for link and description: I didn't expect everyone that read post to click link.

I click on every link sent to me. Which is why I am currently on Viagra and am sending $1,000 to a Nigerian prince. Apparently he's gonna pay me a lot more once he gets home. I'm excited.

Sorry Jeff, I think you've been scammed, If we're on about the same Nigerian prince, I already gave him the £1999.99 he required to get back home, and he's sort of promised me I'll get most of his money, not sure there's going to be much left for you.

I think I'm starting to agree with what was said earlier about adding a 4v4 RoR into the mix as well, there are just so many more players than slots, seems a shame to me.

dude there's 2 groups. Everyone will probably be able to participate.

I think a general tendency for some of the clubs have been heavily undervaluing the players. This has led to the situation we're in now, where a few clubs compete for a couple of top players, but will have to pay some rather ridiculous prices for them, whereas the teams who bid high early on had to pay less for what some would consider better players. This could both be seen as a problem with the economy: Base prices should perhaps have been higher to better reflect on the value of the players, but I'm more inclined to blame it on the managers not being familiar with the format yet, leading to some managers not bidding as much as they perhaps should have (or perhaps some of them just look further into the future and think about their economical situation for the seasons to come).

I want to ensure I give managers a chance to pick as many top 6-7 tier players as possible. In the 5 rounds so far, only 5 players in the top 7 tiers have not been signed by a club(and they may still be picked in round 7). I don't see managers having to pay more in the later rounds as a problem with the economy. In a traditional market, if you are late and scrambling to complete your team, you pay over the odds. Higher base prices will force managers to buy lower tier players, which leads to an imbalanced Group A. It also leads to a lot of good players being forced to play in Group B, due to the economy.

If someone, ends up overspending in the later rounds, it is because they haven't done well. If you look at some of the teams, they have great balance and are strong contenders for the title already in my opinion. I think most managers will agree that the amount of money available and the pricing was a good balance, and allowed them to pursue the players they really wanted.

As far as familiarity with the format goes, managers have to adapt. I think a sample auction gave them a taste for what was to come. The staggered rounds ensured that even a bad round or two, is something they can recover from. There is no excuse for misplaying round 2 onwards in the auction, as everyone got see how the process worked and could learn from it.

I think I'm starting to agree with what was said earlier about adding a 4v4 RoR into the mix as well, there are just so many more players than slots, seems a shame to me.

We originally started with 6 clubs and 335 slots. I wasn't sure we would fill them. The number of sign ups have exceeded all expectations. We've since added another Group B with six clubs to double the slots to 670.

When the deadline for sign ups expired, we had only 645 slots filled up. So, I've allowed additional sign ups with the condition that they can only play in Group B(so I can get the auction for A started). We've now had an additional 185 sign ups taking the total to 830. There have already been a few drop outs, and I expect a few more to drop out.

Around 16 players may miss out currently. If so, we can modify the format for the next season accordingly and plan for the additional intake. The last thing we want is to have more slots than players, because then we're in a position where the league has to wait for sign ups before we can have an auction/begin.

will there be a promotion/relegation system for managers league then since there are 2 groups?

Yes. The bottom club is relegated from A, and the winner of Group B is promoted.

Motd, can you post a list of who has dropped out please?

how does playing in B effect your worth though. Say 1 of those good players is in B, the rest in A...and that player goes 10-0. What then? You don't want to jack their price way up if playing against less competition.

Really surprising auction, haven't expected all that craziness (hedja)

Everything I have been doing may look crazy, but there is method behind the madness. I will explain once the bidding has ended what I set out to do from the start and how I have managed to play the bidding process out exactly how I planned to from the start (you could argue that my plan was bad but that is a different discussion).

Edited 3/1/2016 17:34:03

Why use that format for quotes instead of just using quotes? I'd argue that is your worst decision yet but that's a different discussion.

No, hedja's worst decision was buying ps. There's really no justification for that.

@MotD I fully agree, I was merely commenting on the situation from my perspective.

guys.. I looked at all the auction rounds and I can't find my name in it???? I clearly signed up and I am in the list at the starting page. Could this please get fixed?

Well, those who were late should be available in round 7 I think, or t B.

But it also doesn't say my name in round 7... I hope I am still in.. :/ Btw, I am not going to be a stupid B player. I am good and I don't want to be in with some kiddos who don't know how to play.