Regular Drafting practice
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Posted on June 1, 2010, 11:33 p.m. by DeckBuilder345
Looking for a group of 8 people who can reliably meet maybe 1x a week or even 1 x every 2 weeks, or heck even 1x a month on a thursday at say around 9:30 pm to practice drafting in the new drafting feature that has been added to the website. anyone interested?
I am cool with that idea. If you get a regular group together. I would like to try it with varying blocks though, not just standard.
June 2, 2010 9:42 a.m.
I think I'm going to put the latest draft starting on the front page to get some traffic to them. =)
deckbuilder -- if you start them and are patient, you can build up a group. I'll make sure eyeballs see the draft.
June 2, 2010 9:43 a.m.
I'm interested in doing it. Gotta be at the right time of course :p.
June 2, 2010 3:22 p.m.
What time is 9:30 in England? I'd definitely be up for a regular meet.
June 2, 2010 3:23 p.m.
where are all u guys from then? cos im from the UK, just thinking time differences.
June 3, 2010 2:02 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #15
HA! 9:30pm pacific time on a thursday is actually if i am doing this right is 5:30 am friday in london.
YeaGo! are you in for this practice drafting? I didn't see you say you were but you did post several times....so i wasn't sure.
I have the list so far as - Myself, Squire1, Kram130, Mistergreen527, Merubhanot,Randplaty
By my count that is 6 people interested 7 if we have YeaGO! who want to participate. Meaning we need 1 more person even if all can participate at what ever time we agree on. We will of course have to figure out a time that people want to do this. I don't know where everyone lives but evenings are typically better for myself, and depending on how often
June 3, 2010 2:07 p.m.
I count DeckBuilder345, squire1 , randplaty, kram130, merubhanot, Xander574, mistergreen527 that makes 7 unless yeaGO! is in then we have the full set. I am in Florida so the EST time zone for reference.
June 3, 2010 2:15 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #18
Thank you for the recount squire1 . Guess we need to hear if yeaGO! is in or out, and try to settle on a time.
June 3, 2010 3:30 p.m.
im in it sounds like an interesting idea i would be up for drafting with you all
June 3, 2010 4:08 p.m.
ThaXecutioner says... #20
It seems you guys already have your 8-man group going, but I figured I'd drop a note in here to say that I'm always pretty active around the site (even at the times mentioned - 11:30pm CST/9:30pm PST) and am always up for drafts.
June 3, 2010 4:35 p.m.
well we now have enough people, just settle on a time and we are good
June 3, 2010 4:48 p.m.
KrazyCaley says... #22
Count me in too if you all don't have enough people.
-C
June 3, 2010 5:04 p.m.
Argh, found this thread too late! I'd definitely be interested. Maybe a second group could form? Have 2 tables?
June 3, 2010 6:57 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #24
Does 9:30 pm pacific work for everyone? That was the time i originally had intended to post ... i realize my original post wasn't very time zone specific however. depending on how often we plan to do it, 9pm pacific might be reasonable as well for my schedule.
June 4, 2010 2:42 a.m.
I could do that depending on frequency and day of the week.
June 4, 2010 7:54 a.m.
mistergreen527 says... #26
9:30 p.m. PST works for me on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
June 4, 2010 10:49 a.m.
I could probably do 9:30 PST on Mondays, Weds, or Thurs.
June 4, 2010 12:10 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #28
I was originally shooting for Thursdays and it sounds like that time is generally available so far for people on Thursdays. How often would people want to do this? every other week? 1x a month? every week? I think every other week might be a pretty reasonable schedule. What are others thoughts on how often they would like to practice?
June 4, 2010 2:26 p.m.
Looks like I'll have to drop out guys, 5:30am isn't a time I thought even existed!! good luck with the draft practice tho, ill keep my eyes peeled to see how it turns out
June 5, 2010 4:03 a.m.
Well, if it's this Thursday (Friday Morning for me) then I'll be in for it. I'm working the night shift this Thursday night, thus I'll be up until 8am friday morning. If 6.30 pst is roughly 8 hours behind then it will be 2.30am on Friday over here in the UK me thinks...
But yeah, this Friday morning for me is fine :)
June 5, 2010 5:28 a.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #31
We stalled out a bit on our momentum for a regular draft practice while improvements were being made to the draft mechanism. The thing seems to be stable at this point so lets move forward with drafting practice. I am thinking the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:30 pm pacific.
I would like to start on the 24th of June for our first run.
If people can show up at 9:15 then we can start promptly at 9:30.
June 15, 2010 3:39 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #32
Just a reminder first day of draft practice is tonight!
June 24, 2010 10:43 p.m.
rockleemyhero says... #33
I'm a little late...but if you ever need an extra count me in! I'm usually on anyways...
June 25, 2010 1:18 a.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #34
@ rocklee - we ran it last night with 5 so i would say yes your presence would definately be welcome. Aiming for the 2nd and 4th thursdays of every month at 9:30 pm pacific. Please feel free to join us, as i would like to get up to a full 8.
June 25, 2010 12:17 p.m.
Hey all,
I did a lot of updates and things should be working smoothly now! Happy drafting!
June 27, 2010 3:36 a.m.
weird.... musta been my fixes to get it working in IE. I can't win!
ps: fixing =)
June 27, 2010 12:22 p.m.
ThaXecutioner says... #38
It's working for me in the room I currently have up, and I'm using Firefox.
June 27, 2010 12:26 p.m.
Many thanks for this drafting tool... One thing I'm wondering, how possible once the knot's are ironed out to have an option to auto-include bot's into the empty seats so that drafting by yourself doesn't become mundane? :)
I understand if it won't be done, hell I'd be scratching my head on that one too! :)
June 28, 2010 2:38 p.m.
It wouldn't be too difficult... depending on how you want these bots to behave. =)
I could have it just pick randomly but that seems kinda bland. I could have it pick the most popular pick, but that also seems kinda weird cause it would be hate-drafting too much.
So... yeah. Maybe now that most stuff is fixed it will become more popular so we don't need bots. Personally I think playing with bots seems kinda lame. But I could see their use.
June 28, 2010 2:42 p.m.
I know someone that might have some ideas on it. He might be able to create an AI for it. He is one of those real programmers and he is a member, I will not dime out his name quite yet. I can ask him if you want though
June 28, 2010 3:30 p.m.
DeckBuilder345 says... #42
I am taking suggestions for next weeks draft practice. we did the current ROE/ROE/ROE format, so i would like to change it up some.
Just a reminder next draft will be July 8, 2010 at 9:30 pm pacific. Please try and arrive 15 min early if possible to ensure a prompt start time. I am leaning towards a conflux/ conflux/ shards draft, but will listen to everyones suggestions.
July 2, 2010 7:07 p.m.
SocialistElite says... #43
I would say Shards/ con/ con would be better, but I could really care less.
July 2, 2010 7:33 p.m.
atlantis55555 says... #44
i play mono green devotion and winning against control decks is a real problem. here is my deck hydra devotion i would really appreciate it if someone could comment.
DeckBuilder345 says... #2
No one is interested in practicing drafting with our handy new drafting practice tool here on this site? Not even 1x a month?
June 2, 2010 2:18 a.m.