Post by sec21critic on Sept 1, 2007 22:49:16 GMT -4
Everyone who still wants to be part of this pool please read this entire message.
The deadline has passed for new entries. Now it's time to refine things a little bit...
Last year, I had about 25 people show an interest in the pool... and only 17 entries ( I was forced to put in two teams myself... one in each division). Up until draft day, I was expecting all people to appear where and when they were supposed to for the draft. That obviously didn't happen... and I don't like it when that happens.
This year I'm taking steps to avoid these unwanted surprises. My goal in this pool is to streamline as many aspects of things as possible to allow for a more enjoyable experience for everyone. One of the ways I'm going to do this is to get confirmation from everyone who is still interested in joining up.Some of you have already done this... some have not.
When I mean confirmation, I mean I want an MSN email address. I want to be able to contact you as best I can on the night of your respective draft (unless you submit a draft list, of course). As far as I can tell, it's the easiest way to gauge wether certain people are still interested in participating or not.
That being said, I'm creating a list in this thread. It's broken into two sections.
The first section are my "locks". These are people who either I have on MSN now anyway or have submitted to me an MSN address that can be used to contact them (if I haven't added you, do not worry... I'm getting to it).
Those people are:
Score
deer
hockeyfan99
gongshow
pens23
catnut
billy
digitalman
qmaniac
Catatonic Moose
griffin
devilsfan24
porkchop
ballz
Jack Bauer
LeaskIsMyHero
Cats Fan
lirette
Sec21critic (obviously)
This second list is comprised of people who I have no MSN address for. If you appear here, PM me with an address ASAP!
Shaun_M*
Smiley*
lou*
bois
mvp
Krang7
jimmy
qfan69
Canucklehead
bikerboy
johnstrow
moose101
luke34e
Caper18
If this (*) appears after your name, I'm including you in the division alignments anyway, wether I have your MSN or a draft list at the time or not... mainly because these people are returning players and I feel they should get precidence anyway.
That being said, I still need confirmation from all of you in this second list... and there is a deadline. I need MSN or draft list info from EVERYBODY BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 9PM!!!!
If you plan on submitting a draft list, I DO NOT need the list for that deadline... I just want to know if you intend you submit one sometime before your draft day arrives.
Cats Fan... you have mentioned to me about making a list... are you putting together a draft list to send me or is it just a list to follow while attending the draft in person? Let me know.
Simply put, if I have none of the above from you at that point, consider yourself out of the pool. Like I said earlier, I want confirmation from people... and at the same time, I DON'T want things to go slow on draft nights because of waiting around for people who may or may not show up.
Speaking of which... if you are not present at either draft by 7:05PM on your respective draft day, you're most likely not going to be able to participate anyway. If you feel you can't make that time and still want to join the pool, send me a draft list. I don't want to sound harsh... but I also don't want to see other participants who DO show up on time wait around, thereby wasting their time as well as mine. I'm not particularly worried about this sort of thing happenening... and now that a firm rule has been set in place regarding it, I'm even less concerned.
Finally, if you DO NOT HAVE MSN AND ARE STILL INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, LET ME KNOW!!!!! We actually had this happen last year to one older participant who shall remain louless.... I mean nameless... at this time. ;D
If you don't have MSN and don't want to submit a draft list to me, worry pas... I will somehow find a way to incorperate you in this pool.
As for those planning on emailing me a draft list, I'd like to have it by at least noon on your respective draft day... so if you're doing one up, I'll need it by either noon on the 10th or noon on the 12th.
Before the long weekend is over, I'd like to get the divisions lined up in some preliminary fashion. With 22 people whom I consider "locks" already, it'll probably be two divisions of eleven to start... those numbers will obviously increase as people inevitably send me their confirmation. In the event the number of confirmed participants reaches 31, you will see the two divisions turn into three... which would mean three drafts will take place. This is of course a very hypothetical situation and I'm just throwing it out there to give people a general idea of how I plan of organizing the pool from the outset. Frankly, if I get 31 confirmed participants out of 33, I will be very surprised... and very happy.
That's all for now, folks. You'll all get new info as I come up with it.
Cheers,
Sec.21critic
Commish
The deadline has passed for new entries. Now it's time to refine things a little bit...
Last year, I had about 25 people show an interest in the pool... and only 17 entries ( I was forced to put in two teams myself... one in each division). Up until draft day, I was expecting all people to appear where and when they were supposed to for the draft. That obviously didn't happen... and I don't like it when that happens.
This year I'm taking steps to avoid these unwanted surprises. My goal in this pool is to streamline as many aspects of things as possible to allow for a more enjoyable experience for everyone. One of the ways I'm going to do this is to get confirmation from everyone who is still interested in joining up.Some of you have already done this... some have not.
When I mean confirmation, I mean I want an MSN email address. I want to be able to contact you as best I can on the night of your respective draft (unless you submit a draft list, of course). As far as I can tell, it's the easiest way to gauge wether certain people are still interested in participating or not.
That being said, I'm creating a list in this thread. It's broken into two sections.
The first section are my "locks". These are people who either I have on MSN now anyway or have submitted to me an MSN address that can be used to contact them (if I haven't added you, do not worry... I'm getting to it).
Those people are:
Score
deer
hockeyfan99
gongshow
pens23
catnut
billy
digitalman
qmaniac
Catatonic Moose
griffin
devilsfan24
porkchop
ballz
Jack Bauer
LeaskIsMyHero
Cats Fan
lirette
Sec21critic (obviously)
This second list is comprised of people who I have no MSN address for. If you appear here, PM me with an address ASAP!
Shaun_M*
Smiley*
lou*
bois
mvp
Krang7
jimmy
qfan69
Canucklehead
bikerboy
johnstrow
moose101
luke34e
Caper18
If this (*) appears after your name, I'm including you in the division alignments anyway, wether I have your MSN or a draft list at the time or not... mainly because these people are returning players and I feel they should get precidence anyway.
That being said, I still need confirmation from all of you in this second list... and there is a deadline. I need MSN or draft list info from EVERYBODY BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 9PM!!!!
If you plan on submitting a draft list, I DO NOT need the list for that deadline... I just want to know if you intend you submit one sometime before your draft day arrives.
Cats Fan... you have mentioned to me about making a list... are you putting together a draft list to send me or is it just a list to follow while attending the draft in person? Let me know.
Simply put, if I have none of the above from you at that point, consider yourself out of the pool. Like I said earlier, I want confirmation from people... and at the same time, I DON'T want things to go slow on draft nights because of waiting around for people who may or may not show up.
Speaking of which... if you are not present at either draft by 7:05PM on your respective draft day, you're most likely not going to be able to participate anyway. If you feel you can't make that time and still want to join the pool, send me a draft list. I don't want to sound harsh... but I also don't want to see other participants who DO show up on time wait around, thereby wasting their time as well as mine. I'm not particularly worried about this sort of thing happenening... and now that a firm rule has been set in place regarding it, I'm even less concerned.
Finally, if you DO NOT HAVE MSN AND ARE STILL INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, LET ME KNOW!!!!! We actually had this happen last year to one older participant who shall remain louless.... I mean nameless... at this time. ;D
If you don't have MSN and don't want to submit a draft list to me, worry pas... I will somehow find a way to incorperate you in this pool.
As for those planning on emailing me a draft list, I'd like to have it by at least noon on your respective draft day... so if you're doing one up, I'll need it by either noon on the 10th or noon on the 12th.
Before the long weekend is over, I'd like to get the divisions lined up in some preliminary fashion. With 22 people whom I consider "locks" already, it'll probably be two divisions of eleven to start... those numbers will obviously increase as people inevitably send me their confirmation. In the event the number of confirmed participants reaches 31, you will see the two divisions turn into three... which would mean three drafts will take place. This is of course a very hypothetical situation and I'm just throwing it out there to give people a general idea of how I plan of organizing the pool from the outset. Frankly, if I get 31 confirmed participants out of 33, I will be very surprised... and very happy.
That's all for now, folks. You'll all get new info as I come up with it.
Cheers,
Sec.21critic
Commish
