[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=504.msg4858#msg4858 date=1317671171]<br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Obviously, options 3-6 are arguable, impossible, or outrageous.&nbsp; You don&#039;t need to tell me why.&nbsp; In all likelihood we will stick with 1 forever, with the possibility of moving to 2.[/quote]<br />Why not try 2?&nbsp; How outrageous is it to never try anything new?&nbsp; How the fuck can you learn or see if anything is better if you don&#039;t change?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />uh, you might want to read that again when your vision isn&#039;t clouded by the foam evaporating from around your mouth. he said 2 is the only realistic alternative.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=504.msg4858#msg4858 date=1317671171]<br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]This also includes the possibility of picking your spot in a snake draft[/quote]<br />Again how can you determine how captains pick their spot without any ranking of some kind such as discussed above (numbers 1-6)?[/quote]<br /><br />try practicing read comprehension a little more. i wrote we&#039;d be using option 1 from mass&#039; list in my previous post. yes, it&#039;s a form of ranking, but lessened by a degree.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=504.msg4858#msg4858 date=1317671171]<br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Since the current system is based on past season record, we have to decide what to do with new captains who do not have a past record.&nbsp; The traditional method is to have them randomly inherit the draft spot of retiring captains.&nbsp; This seems illegitimate for obvious reasons[/quote]<br />The current system is OK but really isn&#039;t not a system so much as a hodgepodge stop gap.&nbsp; It&#039;s flawed because it only works for certain captains and anyone new doesn&#039;t apply for it which means the whole thing is sort of broken and dumb.[/quote]<br /><br />i&#039;m so lost.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=504.msg4858#msg4858 date=1317671171]<br />[quote author=MassVC link=topic=504.msg4856#msg4856 date=1317668334]Finally, I want to say that if the administration is going to make any changes to the draft, those changes will probably not be made for this coming season but for next season.[/quote]<br />Um, WOW, I hope you are sincerely joking about this.&nbsp; Is the IDL run by some bureaucratic juggernaut incapable of change now?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />DUDE, we changed stuff after solidifying the agency and people went for torches and pitchforks for it. also i believe IDL always shunned shock changes and rather went with glacial evolution.