How is the online draft software working?

Bodie · Post by **Bodie** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:22 am

Just curious if anyone who has already completed a draft could provide any feedback

nolencole · Post by **nolencole** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:45 am

works great....Tom or Greg are only a click (HELP button) away.

AA

Chi_Town_FEW · Post by **Chi_Town_FEW** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:23 am

Dont think this question fits here but dont want to start a thread.How long are the Online Championship drafts taking about. I have a draft Saturday and trying to figure out what to do with the kids. Buy Rango or ship them out.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:31 am

Originally posted by Chi_Town_FEW:
Dont think this question fits here but dont want to start a thread.How long are the Online Championship drafts taking about. I have a draft Saturday and trying to figure out what to do with the kids. Buy Rango or ship them out. 14-teamers are taking about 2 hours and 45 minutes

12-teamers are taking about 2 hours and 30 minutes

Chi_Town_FEW · Post by **Chi_Town_FEW** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:20 am

Thank you.

gomizzouman · Post by **gomizzouman** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:18 am

Overall, I think it is working well. There are a few possible improvements for the future, but nothing that is a real problem.

1. Would be nice to do pre-draft prep/rankings by position instead of overall.
2. One in a while, a player will stay in the queue that has already been drafted.
3. Would like to see an option for auto-pick ONLY if players are in the queue (mainly for slow draft purposes).

Overall, these are minor enhancements and the site is working well.

Chi_Town_FEW · Post by **Chi_Town_FEW** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:30 am

Yes, software is good. Have done a couple of slow drafts so far, albeit most from my iphone, but no problems. One thing some people mentioned early on was to be aware that there are two different buttons you can hit to choose a player. The draft player button above the player rankings will draft the top player on the list or the player that appears directly above it when a player is chosen. The draft button below your queued players will draft the highlighted player, NOT the top player in the que. If you a picking a player from the que use the draft player button below the que. Be careful there. That is about it. Happy drafting.

[ August 24, 2011, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: Chi_Town_FEW ]

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:35 am

Originally posted by Chi_Town_FEW:
Yes, software is good. Have done a couple of slow drafts so far, albeit most from my iphone, but no problems. One thing some people mentioned early on was to be aware that there are two different buttons you can hit to choose a player. The draft player button above the player rankings will draft the top player on the list or the player that appears directly above it when a player is chosen. The draft button below your queued players will draft the highlighted player, NOT the top player in the que. If you a picking a player from the que use the draft player button below the que. Be careful there. That is about it. Happy drafting. Of the more than 40 drafts we've run this is without a doubt been responsible for 95-99% of the issues people have encountered. Once it's explained to them it's a "Ahhh, OK" type of thing and there isn't a problem again. But this is something we'd look at - do you guys think we need two draft buttons? It was added for the NFBC because the baseball players preferred to have a second button. But if most people don't believe it's necessary perhaps we can look into going with just one beginning next year.

Chi_Town_FEW · Post by **Chi_Town_FEW** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:40 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
quote:Originally posted by Chi_Town_FEW:
Yes, software is good. Have done a couple of slow drafts so far, albeit most from my iphone, but no problems. One thing some people mentioned early on was to be aware that there are two different buttons you can hit to choose a player. The draft player button above the player rankings will draft the top player on the list or the player that appears directly above it when a player is chosen. The draft button below your queued players will draft the highlighted player, NOT the top player in the que. If you a picking a player from the que use the draft player button below the que. Be careful there. That is about it. Happy drafting. Of the more than 40 drafts we've run this is without a doubt been responsible for 95-99% of the issues people have encountered. Once it's explained to them it's a "Ahhh, OK" type of thing and there isn't a problem again. But this is something we'd look at - do you guys think we need two draft buttons? It was added for the NFBC because the baseball players preferred to have a second button. But if most people don't believe it's necessary perhaps we can look into going with just one beginning next year. [/QUOTE]I like the two buttons. Like you said, it is the "ah..." thing. Just thought I would point that out since that seemed to be the only thing to be aware of when drafting.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:42 am

It's a great point Bob and I'm glad you brought it up. I'd love to get some feedback from people and find out if they think we need the second button or not.