LIVE Draft - ATG V?

[Orbital]

How soon before Live Draft will be enabled for ATV 5? My friends and I would like to know if it's worth waiting or not. Any ETA or guesses? How long does it usually take after a new league is launched.

[Mr Baseball World]

The live draft app is a relatively new thing. I would expect for 2009 it will be ready as soon as the cards come out or within a week. ATG V has issues with multiple cards for the same player and my understanding is that the problem getting those to work has delayed the live draft for that. there is a league that has shown up of late as a live draft that would suggest they are close but...........

You might want to conssider the live draft at diamondope.com. You can go as low as 2 minutes per pick. Once done there you would have to load your teams at TSN as though it was an autodraft. It would also have to have a salary cap but if you don't mind those things, you could avoid the wait.

[pkwmati]

Here is a direct quote from Bernie on 1/16, regarding Live Drafts for ATG5:

<<I don't have an ETA for fitting our Flash-based app for ATG V, sorry. Which means definitely don't expect it within the next month, and then beyond that I'll have to work it in to whatever our schedule brings (2009 season, etc.). It has proven itself to be more ambitious of a project than I can deliver on at this time. This doesn't mean that I am forgetting about it, though - it's a project I look forward to completing.

The good news is that I'm working with Adrian on making his new draft software more integrated with our site. While his software lacks the immediacy and real-time action of our Flash app, it more than makes up for it in its flexibility, which I think will ultimately make it appealing to a wider audience. >>

If you are interested I have set up an ATG4 live draft for 2/3 at 9PM.

[Orbital]

Thanks for the information, guess that takes care of my answer. Really appreciate the help. :)