by PAULMINICUCCI » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:42 pm
I am always chomping at the bit to get the draft done, so i always is slower than I want to be but compared to other drafts I have been in, one tour event took us more than three weks from filling the league to starting play.
I would be interested to know if most folks think they do better in a live draft than in the autodraft. that is my perception, I guess partly because when you lose a player you can slip in a reasonable alternative. I recall in 2005 I wanted Randy or Zambrano or Zito and got Mike Wise every auto-draft. I play another nameless sim that has a system for an alternative player. And if you lose your alternative the sim makes a good match like you are in PNC and you want LH starters if you don't get the one you want you get a LH starter that is the next best match. Same with a fielder, if your priority is a number 1 second basemen you get the next best thing rather than a great hitter who is a number 4. So, here, I guess I feel more in control in a live draft. And it is a lot of fun as the draft unfolds.