[DevSop]

Apr 7, 2023 13:55:40 GMT -5 MayhemNX said:

Got really confused there because I missed the trade. If AJ hadn’t gone that would’ve made this pick harder. He damn sure probably won’t be up on my next go.

20. Maxwell Jacob Friedman MJF.

He and AJ were the top two names on my list. Gonna have to re-evaluate.

[deadphishbiscuits]

Apr 7, 2023 8:03:14 GMT -5 bcoop said:

15. The Undertaker (Mark Calloway)

Didn't realize you were part of the Jerk Family tree

Jerks!

Great pick

[deadphishbiscuits]

Apr 7, 2023 13:55:40 GMT -5 MayhemNX said:

Got really confused there because I missed the trade. If AJ hadn’t gone that would’ve made this pick harder. He damn sure probably won’t be up on my next go.

20. Maxwell Jacob Friedman MJF.

Jerk!

Damnit.

😆

[Matte]

Whenever I would run the draft, it was easier to keep track of trades to update page 1 when there was a separate thread for all the trades, rather than having to comb through an entire page or more of posts to find something that I might have missed. Your mileage (along with Dash's, Leo's, Shark's, anyone else who tends to update page 1) may vary on that. Maybe I'm just getting stuck in my ways in my old age (traditionally, trading had its own thread).

[deadphishbiscuits]

21. Its STIIIIIIING!!!!!!!

[Leo]

Apr 7, 2023 14:17:09 GMT -5 Matte said:

Whenever I would run the draft, it was easier to keep track of trades to update page 1 when there was a separate thread for all the trades, rather than having to comb through an entire page or more of posts to find something that I might have missed. Your mileage (along with Dash's, Leo's, Shark's, anyone else who tends to update page 1) may vary on that. Maybe I'm just getting stuck in my ways in my old age (traditionally, trading had its own thread).

I open up a window on my phone and one on my laptop for easy cross referencing while updating. What might help with the confusion is the old rule, that nobody does anymore, is putting who is up next after you. By the way SG is up now. 

[Mr. Dashbee]

Apr 7, 2023 14:17:09 GMT -5 Matte said:

Whenever I would run the draft, it was easier to keep track of trades to update page 1 when there was a separate thread for all the trades, rather than having to comb through an entire page or more of posts to find something that I might have missed. Your mileage (along with Dash's, Leo's, Shark's, anyone else who tends to update page 1) may vary on that. Maybe I'm just getting stuck in my ways in my old age (traditionally, trading had its own thread).

After discussing with Leo and Hodgey, we are going to close the trade thread and keep all trades in here. That's hoe we've done it recently and it has been working.

[Eric O'Mac]

Apr 7, 2023 14:28:30 GMT -5 deadphishbiscuits said:

21. Its STIIIIIIING!!!!!!!

I use to like you.

I still like you, but I’m mad at you.

I thought Sting would make it back to the back of round 3.

[DevSop]

I just wanna check if we made a decision on how voting is going to work this year and hoping it’s not one group of 16 like last year.

[DevSop]

Apr 7, 2023 14:51:51 GMT -5 Mr. Dashbee said:

Apr 7, 2023 14:17:09 GMT -5 Matte said:

Whenever I would run the draft, it was easier to keep track of trades to update page 1 when there was a separate thread for all the trades, rather than having to comb through an entire page or more of posts to find something that I might have missed. Your mileage (along with Dash's, Leo's, Shark's, anyone else who tends to update page 1) may vary on that. Maybe I'm just getting stuck in my ways in my old age (traditionally, trading had its own thread).

After discussing with Leo and Hodgey, we are going to close the trade thread and keep all trades in here. That's hoe we've done it recently and it has been working.

Probably need an edit in the rules then since that says there should be a trade thread where all trades are posted and confirmed.

[Sportsguy]

2 rounds in a row where the guy I was going to pick goes one pick in front of me, what a fun draft. So I have 3 options here. A. Re run a feud I've already done in one of these drafts. B. Take another face here to replace Sting. C. Hope my Sting replacement slips another round and take another heel now.

Option C it is. And this is where as always I point out this is my favorite big man of all time.


22. Vader



Dev up

[DevSop]

Apr 7, 2023 17:07:25 GMT -5 Sportsguy said:

2 rounds in a row where the guy I was going to pick goes one pick in front of me, what a fun draft. So I have 3 options here. A. Re run a feud I've already done in one of these drafts. B. Take another face here to replace Sting. C. Hope my Sting replacement slips another round and take another heel now.

Option C it is. And this is where as always I point out this is my favorite big man of all time.


22. Vader



Dev up

Fuck you so very much.

[DevSop]

I had a Vader write-up and picture all ready to go so who cares…

23. Kevin Owens


Titan up

[TitanUp]

24. Roddy Piper

The Hot-Rod and CM Punk Dream Team on the microphone has now officially been established.

[Leo]

Apr 7, 2023 16:12:35 GMT -5 DevSop said:

I just wanna check if we made a decision on how voting is going to work this year and hoping it’s not one group of 16 like last year.

We're discussing it. The number of participants does lend itself well to head to head match ups and even divisions. But we also like the fairness of group voting and use of the powerball (avoiding no show wins and someone missing the playoffs in a tough division). So, ideally, we'd like to incorporate the powerball use into the head to head or have smaller block voting than all 16 together. 

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 7, 2023 19:22:36 GMT -5 Leo said:

Apr 7, 2023 16:12:35 GMT -5 DevSop said:

I just wanna check if we made a decision on how voting is going to work this year and hoping it’s not one group of 16 like last year.

We're discussing it. The number of participants does lend itself well to head to head match ups and even divisions. But we also like the fairness of group voting and use of the powerball (avoiding no show wins and someone missing the playoffs in a tough division). So, ideally, we'd like to incorporate the powerball use into the head to head or have smaller block voting than all 16 together. 

As the most vocal critic of the powerball system, 4 polls of 4 would work just fine. (More than 4 in a poll is too much to keep track of easily.)

[Sportsguy]

Apr 7, 2023 19:40:51 GMT -5 Road Warrior Shark said:

]As the most vocal critic of the powerball system, 4 polls of 4 would work just fine. (More than 4 in a poll is too much to keep track of easily.)

This.

[Cliffsnotes]

Apr 7, 2023 19:22:36 GMT -5 Leo said:

Apr 7, 2023 16:12:35 GMT -5 DevSop said:

I just wanna check if we made a decision on how voting is going to work this year and hoping it’s not one group of 16 like last year.

We're discussing it. The number of participants does lend itself well to head to head match ups and even divisions. But we also like the fairness of group voting and use of the powerball (avoiding no show wins and someone missing the playoffs in a tough division). So, ideally, we'd like to incorporate the powerball use into the head to head or have smaller block voting than all 16 together. 

I would like to avoid having to study and judge 16 cards and voting in a 24-48 hour period. It’s too much, especially if I’m having a busy day or two, and it probably yields less conversation regarding the matchups and feedback on what was good and bad.

So whether it is 8 head to head matches, or two groups of 8, or something in between, it would be ideal to stagger the voting in the first three rounds. Maybe one batch on Monday and one batch on Wednesday.

[cole1982]

25. Mr Perfect Curt Hennig

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 7, 2023 22:02:03 GMT -5 cole1982 said:

25. Mr Perfect Curt Henning

Fuuuuuuuuck

[Chris Eco]

I almost took MJF first! Very sad to not have him - especially against Michaels - but kind of validated to see that wasn't viewed as insane. Yes, there's a lot of cheap heat in the man (his agent has a podcast called Cheap Heat!), but I think he's a generational talent.

(Piper [EDIT: and now Hennig, shoot] and Sting also, well, stung for my never-drafted list. I apparently did take Vader once, though I don't remember it.)

Edit: With Dash coming up, some quick stats:

I never figured out how to count #0 picks vs. #1 picks (or whether a #0 makes all other picks lower), but if we just treat #0 and #1 as both #1 picks, we have three gentlemen tying their past highs: Randy Savage (#1 in OO10 and OO16), Steve Austin (#1 in OO11) and Eddie Guerrero (#3 in Pun17).

Bret Hart, believe it or not. has hit a new high with #5, up from #7 in OOMini11 (the year of three separate drafts OOver there). Other new highs are less surprising as new highs: Dax Harwood (at #4, up from #50 last year), Gunther (#17, up from #23 in Pun's 21), and MJF (#20, up from #47 in Pun's 21).

No all time lows yet, and there might not be any for a while - only three wrestlers outstanding have an all time low about the 60s (but of course, everyone who debuted after 2008 can't beat their all time low of "not picked" in the first draft).

[TitanUp]

Apr 7, 2023 22:02:03 GMT -5 cole1982 said:

25. Mr Perfect Curt Henning

I was so tempted to take him and had it typed up but in the end I went Piper but boy I love Mr.Perfect. Awesome pick!

[Mr. Dashbee]

He doesn't fit my draft theme, but he doesn't fit my territory. So I'm going with value.

26. Seth Freakin' Rollins

[Mr. Dashbee]

Hodgey:

27. Dean Ambrose / Jon Moxley

Leo:

28. Cody Rhodes / Stardust

[cole1982]

Apr 7, 2023 22:29:09 GMT -5 TitanUp said:

Apr 7, 2023 22:02:03 GMT -5 cole1982 said:

25. Mr Perfect Curt Henning

I was so tempted to take him and had it typed up but in the end I went Piper but boy I love Mr.Perfect. Awesome pick!

Ha! Interesting enough if you went Perfect I probably would have gone Piper.