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Overview
My name is John (aka Juiced JC) and I am going to be the Commissioner of the 3rd annual Baseball Daily Players Championship tournament. I am a 365 player just like you and I will be participating in the tournament as well. My role as Commissioner is on a volunteer basis to give players who love the Daily format a chance to compete for a tournament championship for the third straight season. Before signing up, please read the rules of the Daily game if you are not familiar with it. It is a very unique format for Strat-O-Matic in which cards get introduced to the set throughout the season as players debut in MLB, and all cards change on a daily basis based on MLB player's performance throughout the actual 2024 MLB season. So if you like Strat-O-Matic Baseball and you like Fantasy Baseball, this game is right for you. Here are the rules of the Daily format: https://365.strat-o-matic.com/help/rules/baseball#baseballdaily
Signups and "First Come First Serve" Explanation
The deadline to join the 2024 Daily Tournament is Sunday May 26th at 10:00 PM Eastern time. However, you are not guaranteed to be a participant if you wait until the deadline to join, because we are operating signups on a first come first serve basis. The first 24 people who sign up will automatically get a spot. If we do not reach 24 people signed up we will not run the tournament. Assuming we get to 24, we would need at least 7 new participants in order to move forward with an additional league. For example, if we get to 31 participants (24 + 7) we will guarantee a spot for those 31 and form 3 leagues each round, and if we get to 43 (36 + 7) we will guarantee a spot for those 43 and form 4 leagues each round. Why do it this way? Well there are less players of the Daily format then other 365 games so we are unsure of the interest in this tournament, even in it's second year. Also, it will be very hard to find "filler" teams with less overall players of this format. By signing up you are committing to playing all 3 rounds of the tournament and will therefore require 3 Strat 365 credits in order to play. Please be aware that the 2nd and 3rd rounds will start one week after the previous one started, so you will have to manage 3 Daily teams at one time throughout the main part of this tournament. If interested, please sign up for the tournament in this discussion forum thread: https://forum-365.strat-o-matic.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=654064&sid=da1a451daa4f13a3fff046cce92263f9
Tournament Format and League Play
The tournament will consist of 3 rounds of leagues using the 2024 Baseball Daily set. All leagues (including the championship round) will use the default for Daily leagues of a $100 million salary cap and a 5% penalty throughout the season, and they will all be auto-draft format with waivers two days after the draft with no restriction on the ballpark being used (repeat ballparks are allowed). The leagues will be assigned via a random generation done by the commissioner using a random list generator. If there are 3 or more leagues per round (36+ participants) the random list will be generated each round. While it is random, there is a chance you will end up in multiple leagues with one or more other participants - it's just the nature of the randomness. If there are only 2 leagues per round (24 participants) the leagues for all 3 rounds will be determined in this way from the results of ONE random list generation (details to come later). The results from each game of each league will count toward the overall standings. Every regular season win you get in a tournament league will be one point toward your cumulative tournament total that will be displayed in the standings on the tournament page (link to be provided when ready). All 4 playoff teams in each tournament league will receive 5 bonus points toward their cumulative tournament scores. All teams reaching the finals in their tournament leagues will receive another 5 point bonus. All teams who win their tournament league championship will receive an additional 5 bonus points. So if your team wins 100 games in the regular season and then goes on to win the league championship, you would receive 115 points for that round - 100 for regular season wins, 5 for making the playoffs, 5 for making the finals, and 5 for winning the championship. At the conclusion of the 3rd round of tournament leagues, the top 12 teams in the cumulative tournament standings will form the championship league. All ties will be broken in the following tie-breaking order:
1. Championships won
2. Finals made
3. Playoffs made
4. Regular season total wins
5. Regular season run diferential across all 3 rounds combined
5. Coin flip
The divisions in the Championship Round will be aligned in the following way: Division 1 - 1st, 6th, 7th, 12th; Division 2 - 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th; Division 3: 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th. The championship round will use the same format as the first rounds of the tournament - $100 million salary cap and the 5% penalty throughout the season using the auto-draft format with waivers two days after the draft and with no restriction on the ballpark being used (repeat ballparks are allowed). The winner of the championship round league will be the 2024 Baseball Daily Players Championship winner!
Tournament Communications
At the beginning of each round I will then send an email invitation to every participant to their assigned league via the Strat 365 invitation functionality. Some people have trouble receiving these email invites. Please check your junk folder / email filters if you don't receive them, or check with Strat 365 support to see if they have an old email address on file for you. The league assignments and pass codes will also be shared here on the Discussion Forum. Please note that I will not be sending private messages with the pass codes unless people don't join within a few days of league assignment. So if you do not receive the email invitation, look for the league assignment and pass code on the Discussion Forum. Since we are using a trust model and sharing the pass codes publicly, please make sure that if you are a tournament participant that you join the correct league, and if you are not a tournament participant that you do not join any league. If you join a league in error you will be removed from it. You will only have a few days to join your assigned league. It is important to note that you can/will lose your spot in the tournament if you do not join your assigned league on time. So, it is important that you check in here at this Discussion Forum regularly.
Key Terms / Definitions
Tournament Participants - These are the 365 strat members that have signed up to participate in the tournament.
Tournament Commissioner - This is the person organizing tournament activities. This is a 365 strat member who is participating in the tournament, not a strat employee. The commissioner will however be in regular contact with 365 support to resolve any issues and assist with any setup. If there is any dispute about rules interpretations or if a decision is required to resolve a conflict of any kind, the commissioner's decision will be the final decision.
League Closer - The commissioner will assign one closers for each tournament league. The closers can join their assigned league at any time, but they are to wait until the correct 12 teams have joined the league before they set their team as “Ready for Draft”.
League Fillers - Fillers are 365 strat members who are taking up league spots if we start, or end up with, a total number of participants that is not divisible by 12. Filler teams scores do not count toward the overall tournament standings. There are two types of fillers - guest fillers, who are not tournament participants , and participant fillers, who are tournament participants who are entering a second team for that round of the tournament (but only their primary team's totals count).
Key Dates / Deadlines
Please note that the leagues for each round will start on the same day and that start date will be preset for each league created.
Sunday May 26th - Deadline to join 2024 Baseball Daily Tournament (at 10:00 PM Eastern Time)
Monday May 27th - Round 1 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 1 leagues created
Thursday May 30th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 1 league
Monday June 3rd - Opening Day for the Round 1 leagues
Monday June 3rd - Round 2 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 2 leagues created
Thursday June 6th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 2 league
Monday June 10th - Opening Day for the Round 2 leagues
Monday June 10th - Round 3 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 3 leagues created
Thursday June 13th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 1 league
Monday June 17th - Opening Day for the Round 3 leagues
Wednesday August 21st - Round 3 leagues complete
Thursday August 22nd - Final 12 teams determined and Championship Round league created
Saturday August 24th - Deadline for all Championship Round teams to join the league BEFORE this date
Monday August 26th - Opening Day for the Championship Round
Sunday October 1st – Daily cards freeze (end of MLB season)
Saturday October 13th – Championship round rosters freeze (Game 141)
Thursday October 31st – Tournament championship round complete
Winner Prize
TBD
Notes and Disclaimers
Please note that Strat-O-Matic Baseball Daily game is dependent on a stat provider for daily card updates, including injury rating changes, and any unexpected results are outside the control of this tournament and this tournament's commissioner. All tournament participants are playing with the same set and same circumstances each day even if something unforeseen happens.
Also note that the rosters freeze at the 141 game point for all leagues but in the Daily Format the player cards keep changing. It is also worth noting that the player card updates end once the MLB regular season ends, so the Championship Round will have "frozen" cards for a portion of it due to the timing (likely around the game 126 point and throughout the playoffs).
It is possible that a particular rule or clarification was missed in advance. Please be aware that although the commissioner may put a decision to a vote or may consult with 365 support, any decisions in such matters are made by the commissioner.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if I have left out any important details.
Juiced JC
My name is John (aka Juiced JC) and I am going to be the Commissioner of the 3rd annual Baseball Daily Players Championship tournament. I am a 365 player just like you and I will be participating in the tournament as well. My role as Commissioner is on a volunteer basis to give players who love the Daily format a chance to compete for a tournament championship for the third straight season. Before signing up, please read the rules of the Daily game if you are not familiar with it. It is a very unique format for Strat-O-Matic in which cards get introduced to the set throughout the season as players debut in MLB, and all cards change on a daily basis based on MLB player's performance throughout the actual 2024 MLB season. So if you like Strat-O-Matic Baseball and you like Fantasy Baseball, this game is right for you. Here are the rules of the Daily format: https://365.strat-o-matic.com/help/rules/baseball#baseballdaily
Signups and "First Come First Serve" Explanation
The deadline to join the 2024 Daily Tournament is Sunday May 26th at 10:00 PM Eastern time. However, you are not guaranteed to be a participant if you wait until the deadline to join, because we are operating signups on a first come first serve basis. The first 24 people who sign up will automatically get a spot. If we do not reach 24 people signed up we will not run the tournament. Assuming we get to 24, we would need at least 7 new participants in order to move forward with an additional league. For example, if we get to 31 participants (24 + 7) we will guarantee a spot for those 31 and form 3 leagues each round, and if we get to 43 (36 + 7) we will guarantee a spot for those 43 and form 4 leagues each round. Why do it this way? Well there are less players of the Daily format then other 365 games so we are unsure of the interest in this tournament, even in it's second year. Also, it will be very hard to find "filler" teams with less overall players of this format. By signing up you are committing to playing all 3 rounds of the tournament and will therefore require 3 Strat 365 credits in order to play. Please be aware that the 2nd and 3rd rounds will start one week after the previous one started, so you will have to manage 3 Daily teams at one time throughout the main part of this tournament. If interested, please sign up for the tournament in this discussion forum thread: https://forum-365.strat-o-matic.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=654064&sid=da1a451daa4f13a3fff046cce92263f9
Tournament Format and League Play
The tournament will consist of 3 rounds of leagues using the 2024 Baseball Daily set. All leagues (including the championship round) will use the default for Daily leagues of a $100 million salary cap and a 5% penalty throughout the season, and they will all be auto-draft format with waivers two days after the draft with no restriction on the ballpark being used (repeat ballparks are allowed). The leagues will be assigned via a random generation done by the commissioner using a random list generator. If there are 3 or more leagues per round (36+ participants) the random list will be generated each round. While it is random, there is a chance you will end up in multiple leagues with one or more other participants - it's just the nature of the randomness. If there are only 2 leagues per round (24 participants) the leagues for all 3 rounds will be determined in this way from the results of ONE random list generation (details to come later). The results from each game of each league will count toward the overall standings. Every regular season win you get in a tournament league will be one point toward your cumulative tournament total that will be displayed in the standings on the tournament page (link to be provided when ready). All 4 playoff teams in each tournament league will receive 5 bonus points toward their cumulative tournament scores. All teams reaching the finals in their tournament leagues will receive another 5 point bonus. All teams who win their tournament league championship will receive an additional 5 bonus points. So if your team wins 100 games in the regular season and then goes on to win the league championship, you would receive 115 points for that round - 100 for regular season wins, 5 for making the playoffs, 5 for making the finals, and 5 for winning the championship. At the conclusion of the 3rd round of tournament leagues, the top 12 teams in the cumulative tournament standings will form the championship league. All ties will be broken in the following tie-breaking order:
1. Championships won
2. Finals made
3. Playoffs made
4. Regular season total wins
5. Regular season run diferential across all 3 rounds combined
5. Coin flip
The divisions in the Championship Round will be aligned in the following way: Division 1 - 1st, 6th, 7th, 12th; Division 2 - 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th; Division 3: 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th. The championship round will use the same format as the first rounds of the tournament - $100 million salary cap and the 5% penalty throughout the season using the auto-draft format with waivers two days after the draft and with no restriction on the ballpark being used (repeat ballparks are allowed). The winner of the championship round league will be the 2024 Baseball Daily Players Championship winner!
Tournament Communications
At the beginning of each round I will then send an email invitation to every participant to their assigned league via the Strat 365 invitation functionality. Some people have trouble receiving these email invites. Please check your junk folder / email filters if you don't receive them, or check with Strat 365 support to see if they have an old email address on file for you. The league assignments and pass codes will also be shared here on the Discussion Forum. Please note that I will not be sending private messages with the pass codes unless people don't join within a few days of league assignment. So if you do not receive the email invitation, look for the league assignment and pass code on the Discussion Forum. Since we are using a trust model and sharing the pass codes publicly, please make sure that if you are a tournament participant that you join the correct league, and if you are not a tournament participant that you do not join any league. If you join a league in error you will be removed from it. You will only have a few days to join your assigned league. It is important to note that you can/will lose your spot in the tournament if you do not join your assigned league on time. So, it is important that you check in here at this Discussion Forum regularly.
Key Terms / Definitions
Tournament Participants - These are the 365 strat members that have signed up to participate in the tournament.
Tournament Commissioner - This is the person organizing tournament activities. This is a 365 strat member who is participating in the tournament, not a strat employee. The commissioner will however be in regular contact with 365 support to resolve any issues and assist with any setup. If there is any dispute about rules interpretations or if a decision is required to resolve a conflict of any kind, the commissioner's decision will be the final decision.
League Closer - The commissioner will assign one closers for each tournament league. The closers can join their assigned league at any time, but they are to wait until the correct 12 teams have joined the league before they set their team as “Ready for Draft”.
League Fillers - Fillers are 365 strat members who are taking up league spots if we start, or end up with, a total number of participants that is not divisible by 12. Filler teams scores do not count toward the overall tournament standings. There are two types of fillers - guest fillers, who are not tournament participants , and participant fillers, who are tournament participants who are entering a second team for that round of the tournament (but only their primary team's totals count).
Key Dates / Deadlines
Please note that the leagues for each round will start on the same day and that start date will be preset for each league created.
Sunday May 26th - Deadline to join 2024 Baseball Daily Tournament (at 10:00 PM Eastern Time)
Monday May 27th - Round 1 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 1 leagues created
Thursday May 30th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 1 league
Monday June 3rd - Opening Day for the Round 1 leagues
Monday June 3rd - Round 2 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 2 leagues created
Thursday June 6th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 2 league
Monday June 10th - Opening Day for the Round 2 leagues
Monday June 10th - Round 3 leagues membership will be randomly generated and Round 3 leagues created
Thursday June 13th – Deadline for all teams to join their Round 1 league
Monday June 17th - Opening Day for the Round 3 leagues
Wednesday August 21st - Round 3 leagues complete
Thursday August 22nd - Final 12 teams determined and Championship Round league created
Saturday August 24th - Deadline for all Championship Round teams to join the league BEFORE this date
Monday August 26th - Opening Day for the Championship Round
Sunday October 1st – Daily cards freeze (end of MLB season)
Saturday October 13th – Championship round rosters freeze (Game 141)
Thursday October 31st – Tournament championship round complete
Winner Prize
TBD
Notes and Disclaimers
Please note that Strat-O-Matic Baseball Daily game is dependent on a stat provider for daily card updates, including injury rating changes, and any unexpected results are outside the control of this tournament and this tournament's commissioner. All tournament participants are playing with the same set and same circumstances each day even if something unforeseen happens.
Also note that the rosters freeze at the 141 game point for all leagues but in the Daily Format the player cards keep changing. It is also worth noting that the player card updates end once the MLB regular season ends, so the Championship Round will have "frozen" cards for a portion of it due to the timing (likely around the game 126 point and throughout the playoffs).
It is possible that a particular rule or clarification was missed in advance. Please be aware that although the commissioner may put a decision to a vote or may consult with 365 support, any decisions in such matters are made by the commissioner.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if I have left out any important details.
Juiced JC