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New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By MusicMan5
2/24/2022 2:57 pm
Please Help

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By TheAdmiral
2/24/2022 6:14 pm
It's done pick by pick over 46 rounds with a period of free agency following the draft to fill out your roster.

Probably best (if you've not done this before in similar games), to spend a few weeks getting familiar with the game before jumping in feet first to opening a league and trying to fill it.

There are several 'League owners/admins' that will be happy to give advice on the pros and cons and of player expectations.

I run three Leagues currently and would say I jumped in too soon initially in opening my first League.

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By MusicMan5
2/24/2022 7:31 pm
thank you! I've done Fantasy GM before but that seems like child's play compared to this place.

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By MusicMan5
2/25/2022 4:40 pm
So you make each pick manually, right?

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
2/25/2022 5:30 pm
You can make a queue of players in the order you want them and when it's your turn, the system will give you the top player left in your queue.

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
2/25/2022 5:31 pm

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
2/25/2022 5:33 pm
The left side is the player list, which can be filtered by position. The middle is your queue, where you set your draft list. The right side is the "AI" list so to speak. It will match your queue, but when you run out of players in your list, the right side tells you who your default pick would be.

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
2/25/2022 5:37 pm


Here is an example to better illustrate the right side. We're still in free agency so I have yet to fill my draft board, plus I pick 31st so I'll wait to do that. The left side is the player's ranking according to my weights while the right side is my "AI" designed draft board. When I start to fill my queue, the right side will reflect those changes, then revert to itself once my queue empties. Hope this helps.

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By MusicMan5
2/25/2022 7:42 pm
It helps a bit, but I'm still a tad confused. Are there a few minutes between each pick? Or does it sim entire rounds at once based on the queues?

Re: New to the platform, just created a league. How are drafts done? Can you do it manually, pick by pick? Or do you have to draft using an auto-queue?

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
2/25/2022 8:39 pm
In the first round, there are like 15 minutes between picks, maybe it's 20. That time dwindles down each round to like 3 minutes between picks at the end.