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Good points have been made by all.
I remember THE GREAT Cristino mentioning that he was trying something new with his semis team (over confident, or not his normal park, I am not sure the reason). He was the well deserved one seed. And I was the 36th seed only by the seat of my pants.
I know I was overlooked, and that's okay. Even the newbie Linda thought she would beat me ( no offense, but come on, take a peak at the lifetime records. And another guy from my division, Steve said I was the luckiest player ever, despite my +110 run differential to his +5 or whatever)... ...
But upsets happen quite frequently in real sports, we saw several in the NFL playoffs this weekend. And they are going to happen in Strat-O-Matic too. THAT SAID I ABSOLUTELY AGREE HIGHER SEEDS HAVE EARNED their place and should be rewarded. But you will never make it so the top 12 seeds make it every time. It doesn't work that way in real life either.
The same way it was explained to me that a better player should be able to win in any stadium, SHOULDN'T a better player be able to adjust from a BAD AUTO DRAFT? Isn't it part of the game and part of being the best (per the famous JEEP and others)?
At the same time I agree with EVERYONE that there is a ton of luck involved with the AUTO DRAFT.
So call me crazy and naive, but the only way to really make it fair is for 12 guys to commit to a 90 minute totally LIVE DRAFT.
That would be my solution. But I guess getting 12 people to show up online at the same time is IMPOSSIBLE??
I remember THE GREAT Cristino mentioning that he was trying something new with his semis team (over confident, or not his normal park, I am not sure the reason). He was the well deserved one seed. And I was the 36th seed only by the seat of my pants.
I know I was overlooked, and that's okay. Even the newbie Linda thought she would beat me ( no offense, but come on, take a peak at the lifetime records. And another guy from my division, Steve said I was the luckiest player ever, despite my +110 run differential to his +5 or whatever)... ...
But upsets happen quite frequently in real sports, we saw several in the NFL playoffs this weekend. And they are going to happen in Strat-O-Matic too. THAT SAID I ABSOLUTELY AGREE HIGHER SEEDS HAVE EARNED their place and should be rewarded. But you will never make it so the top 12 seeds make it every time. It doesn't work that way in real life either.
The same way it was explained to me that a better player should be able to win in any stadium, SHOULDN'T a better player be able to adjust from a BAD AUTO DRAFT? Isn't it part of the game and part of being the best (per the famous JEEP and others)?
At the same time I agree with EVERYONE that there is a ton of luck involved with the AUTO DRAFT.
So call me crazy and naive, but the only way to really make it fair is for 12 guys to commit to a 90 minute totally LIVE DRAFT.
That would be my solution. But I guess getting 12 people to show up online at the same time is IMPOSSIBLE??