So as the draft title says this will be a slightly more wacky/unusual draft. I will start this as the Test Auction Draft draws to a close but I expect there will be a few questions that people will have about how the draft is run so there will be a few days at least for people to ask questions.
Like most other drafts there will be a draft order for odd-numbered rounds and the reverse order in even number rounds. The draft order for all 11 rounds will be done at the same time - Round 11 will be sorted based on the average positions for the odd-numbered rounds before then.
However, each drafter will have 3 'trump cards' so to speak that they can use during their turns as described below
1) At one point during the draft when it is your turn - you could 'steal' the player last picked before your turn. So if Player A picks Sobers, Player B picks Hadlee, Player C could then decide instead of picking a player they would 'steal' Hadlee. Player D could then choose to 'steal' the stolen player from Player C and so on.
However, a player can only do this one time during the draft. If you are immediately after a double-pick you can steal either of those picks but need to mention which player you want to 'steal'.
2) At one point during the draft when it is their turn a player could skip the next person's pick. In the case that you are the 2nd last person in a round and the next person is set to have a double-pick they would only miss the first of their 2 picks.
3) At one point during the draft just before the player makes their pick they can dictate that the next pick from each player has to be from a specific nation or (debut) decade. So Player A may decide only New Zealand players to be picked and then pick Hadlee. Everyone else's next pick also has to be a New Zealand player (Or they can use their 'trump card' and dictate everyone's next pick has to now be players who debuted in the 1890s for example.)
If you are skipped your catchup pick would still need to be a New Zealand player. If your player is 'stolen' your catchup pick would still need to be a New Zealand player. If you miss what would have been your next pick due to picking Bradman (explained below) than when you do catchup on your picks, your catchup pick for this round would still need to be a New Zealand player.
Teams who see a player 'stolen' would catch-up with their 'stolen' pick the next time they pick. So if they have a pick 'stolen' in Round 3, in Round 4 they would make their Round 4 pick as well as replacing their stolen player.
Teams who are skipped would catch-up with their picks 2 rounds after. So if you are skipped in round 3. You would make one normal pick in Round 4 and one normal pick plus the catchup pick in Round 5
Bradman is available but directly picking him would mean you miss your next 4 picks. So if you pick him in Round 1, you miss Rounds 2,3,4 and 5 and pick again in Round 6 catching up with those 4 missed picks. As explained above These catchup picks would still need to meet any nationality/decade rules where required.
However, you can 'steal' Bradman and avoid missing picks. In this case the person who first picks Bradman would still miss their next 4 picks. *Hint* - pick Bradman when the person after you has already used their 'steal last player' trump card.
This would be more of a casual draft to run alongside other drafts so would be thinking 12 hours per pick with timer started from when that person is first tagged in thread.
If someone is timed out they cannot 'steal' a player, skip a player or dictate the next picks have to be from a certain decade or country with their catchup pick - just to ensure there is no incentive for not picking asap. The person who would've been after them can still 'steal' their pick once it is made (replacing any other pick they made after player before them timed out.
Any outstanding picks once these rules are applied would be made at end of draft. So to clarify if your pick was stolen in Round 11, you were skipped in Round 10/11 or if you picked Bradman in Round 7 or later you would make those catchup picks after Round 11.
Like most other drafts there will be a draft order for odd-numbered rounds and the reverse order in even number rounds. The draft order for all 11 rounds will be done at the same time - Round 11 will be sorted based on the average positions for the odd-numbered rounds before then.
However, each drafter will have 3 'trump cards' so to speak that they can use during their turns as described below
1) At one point during the draft when it is your turn - you could 'steal' the player last picked before your turn. So if Player A picks Sobers, Player B picks Hadlee, Player C could then decide instead of picking a player they would 'steal' Hadlee. Player D could then choose to 'steal' the stolen player from Player C and so on.
However, a player can only do this one time during the draft. If you are immediately after a double-pick you can steal either of those picks but need to mention which player you want to 'steal'.
2) At one point during the draft when it is their turn a player could skip the next person's pick. In the case that you are the 2nd last person in a round and the next person is set to have a double-pick they would only miss the first of their 2 picks.
3) At one point during the draft just before the player makes their pick they can dictate that the next pick from each player has to be from a specific nation or (debut) decade. So Player A may decide only New Zealand players to be picked and then pick Hadlee. Everyone else's next pick also has to be a New Zealand player (Or they can use their 'trump card' and dictate everyone's next pick has to now be players who debuted in the 1890s for example.)
If you are skipped your catchup pick would still need to be a New Zealand player. If your player is 'stolen' your catchup pick would still need to be a New Zealand player. If you miss what would have been your next pick due to picking Bradman (explained below) than when you do catchup on your picks, your catchup pick for this round would still need to be a New Zealand player.
Teams who see a player 'stolen' would catch-up with their 'stolen' pick the next time they pick. So if they have a pick 'stolen' in Round 3, in Round 4 they would make their Round 4 pick as well as replacing their stolen player.
Teams who are skipped would catch-up with their picks 2 rounds after. So if you are skipped in round 3. You would make one normal pick in Round 4 and one normal pick plus the catchup pick in Round 5
Bradman is available but directly picking him would mean you miss your next 4 picks. So if you pick him in Round 1, you miss Rounds 2,3,4 and 5 and pick again in Round 6 catching up with those 4 missed picks. As explained above These catchup picks would still need to meet any nationality/decade rules where required.
However, you can 'steal' Bradman and avoid missing picks. In this case the person who first picks Bradman would still miss their next 4 picks. *Hint* - pick Bradman when the person after you has already used their 'steal last player' trump card.
This would be more of a casual draft to run alongside other drafts so would be thinking 12 hours per pick with timer started from when that person is first tagged in thread.
If someone is timed out they cannot 'steal' a player, skip a player or dictate the next picks have to be from a certain decade or country with their catchup pick - just to ensure there is no incentive for not picking asap. The person who would've been after them can still 'steal' their pick once it is made (replacing any other pick they made after player before them timed out.
Any outstanding picks once these rules are applied would be made at end of draft. So to clarify if your pick was stolen in Round 11, you were skipped in Round 10/11 or if you picked Bradman in Round 7 or later you would make those catchup picks after Round 11.
