CW Premier League - Draft Thread (Slight changes - see OP)

[Athlai]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

The CPL Season 1 database is updated to August 2009. I'd be willing to supply the Season 2 one which is updated to about two weeks ago and is far more sophisticated in how it deals with different competitions (it'd also allow everyone to pick whoever they liked) but as the draft has already started and people have been picking on the given criteria already it might be a bit unfair.

Don't really think any of the chosen players would dip all that much from CPL season 1 to 2's database besides Ponting and Murali. And since they have soooo much form behind them the dip shouldn't change the fact that they are world class all that much.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

The CPL Season 1 database is updated to August 2009. I'd be willing to supply the Season 2 one which is updated to about two weeks ago and is far more sophisticated in how it deals with different competitions (it'd also allow everyone to pick whoever they liked) but as the draft has already started and people have been picking on the given criteria already it might be a bit unfair.

That's kind of why I've decided to stick with the old, yeah. Too quick

However if people are happy to use it then I'm happy to use it too.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by GingerFurball

Is round 2 reversed?

I was thinking of randomizing it again, but since people want to do it reverse I'm happy to do that.

EDIT: For some reason I can't edit the OP... I've got the picks down on spreadsheet though. Could a mod fix that for me?

[Shri]

Originally Posted by Spark

but since people want to do it reverse I'm happy to do that.

[vcs]

Originally Posted by Spark

I was thinking of randomizing it again, but since people want to do it reverse I'm happy to do that.

EDIT: For some reason I can't edit the OP... I've got the picks down on spreadsheet though. Could a mod fix that for me?

You can't edit posts after 24 hours or more have passed. I remember making a thread about this in the Site Discussion forum once. I think it should be permissible to update opening posts in threads of this nature for as long as necessary.

[marc71178]

Originally Posted by Spark

I was thinking of randomizing it again, but since people want to do it reverse I'm happy to do that.

Has to be reversed to try and even out the fact that those at the bottom of round 1 have already missed out on the best picks so deserve a shot at the best of the rest.

Random is bound to put some people at the bottom twice in a row.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by vcs

You can't edit posts after 24 hours or more have passed. I remember making a thread about this in the Site Discussion forum once. I think it should be permissible to update opening posts in threads of this nature for as long as necessary.

That's a pain. Is that inbuilt into the site code or is it an option that mods can fix?

[vcs]

Originally Posted by Spark

That's a pain. Is that inbuilt into the site code or is it an option that mods can fix?

I think it can be done. But I think only mods have the option of editing posts that are more than 24 hours old.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Spark

That's kind of why I've decided to stick with the old, yeah. Too quick

However if people are happy to use it then I'm happy to use it too.

Looking at the picks so far, I don't think anyone would be pissed off by the use of an updated roster. In fact, since Trott has been picked, I'm thinking people didn't quite grasp how old the old one was.

Decision needs to be made extremely soon though.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by vcs

You can't edit posts after 24 hours or more have passed. I remember making a thread about this in the Site Discussion forum once. I think it should be permissible to update opening posts in threads of this nature for as long as necessary.

Spark will be a mod of the subforum for this anyway so it won't matter.

[weeman27bob]

Use the newer one in my opinion. Can't see any harm in it.

[Athlai]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

Looking at the picks so far, I don't think anyone would be pissed off by the use of an updated roster. In fact, since Trott has been picked, I'm thinking people didn't quite grasp how old the old one was.

Decision needs to be made extremely soon though.

GIMH can't quite grasp that cricket exists outside of the latest Ashes winning English team.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

Looking at the picks so far, I don't think anyone would be pissed off by the use of an updated roster. In fact, since Trott has been picked, I'm thinking people didn't quite grasp how old the old one was.

Decision needs to be made extremely soon though.

Yeah it does make things different.

How much impact would the new database have on existing players? For example, would Tendulkar be far more awesome in this version, and Clarke/Ponting much less?

[Athlai]

Tendulkar would be slightly better and Clarke/Ponting slightly worse. While recent form is important to the system, if a player is still playing and is an all-time great like Punter the difference in his batting won't be huge.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Spark

Yeah it does make things different.

How much impact would the new database have on existing players? For example, would Tendulkar be far more awesome in this version, and Clarke/Ponting much less?

Pretty negligible difference with all the players taken so far bar Trott I'd say.

The important thing is that, irrespective of the time difference, the system I used in the second database is far more accurate and far more suited to a competition of 16+ teams. Reckon it'd feel more fun and accurate to have players by their current abilities anyway.