<br />Hi folks.&nbsp; Despite what you might infer from the fact that administration doesn&#039;t take place in front of your faces, the board have been hard at work keeping the IDL fun, fresh, and fair.&nbsp; I would like to officially announce the new rules changes that have been voted in and that will govern the IDL starting with the Winter 2012 season.&nbsp; In the interest of full disclosure, and to dispel false rumors about the board&#039;s opinions on various matters, I have included not only the votes that passed, but those that didn&#039;t pass, and which side of the vote each member was on.<br /><br /><br />[b]The Draft:[/b]<br /><br />1. The first captain determined by the draft order chooses his own spot in the first round of the draft.&nbsp; From there his draft spots are determined by the snake format.&nbsp; Once the first captain picks his draft spot, the second captain picks any spot but the one chosen by the first, and so on, until all draft spots are filled.<br /><br />[list][li]Yea: Mass, Dew, Xen &lt;-- [u]Pass[/u][/li]<br />[li]Nay: Nostar[/li]<br />[li]Absent: Mikehail[/li][/list]<br /><br />2. Draft order for returning captains who played last season should be determined by:<br /><br />[list][li]Last season&#039;s record: Dew, Mike, Xen &lt;-- [u]Pass [/u](No Change)[/li]<br />[li]Total captaining record: Mass, Nostar[/li][/list]<br /><br />3. Draft order for returning captains who did not play last season should be determined by:<br /><br />[list][li]Most recent season: Dew[/li]<br />[li]Total captaining record: Nostar, Xen, Mass &lt;-- [u]Pass[/u][/li]<br />[li]Treated as new: Mikehail[/li][/list]<br /><br />4.&nbsp; New captains should be placed in the draft:<br /><br />[list][li]In a cluster situated somewhere near the middle (like in Summer2011): Dew[/li]<br />[li]In vacant spots (like before Summer2011): Nostar[/li]<br />[li]Spread out throughout the draft in a random ordering: Mass, Xen, Mikehail &lt;-- [u]Pass[/u][/li][/list]<br /><br />5. New captains should be spread out:<br /><br />[list]<br />[li]Evenly: Mass, Nostar[/li]<br />[li]New captains will randomly inherit vacant teams in need of captains.&nbsp; These teams inherit their draft order in the manner of returning captains who played in the previous season.&nbsp; If they inherit draft spots 1-3, they will move down three spaces to spots 4-6 respectively, pushing other captains (even new ones) upwards.&nbsp; If they inherit draft spots 10-12, they will move up three spaces to spots 7-9 respectively, pushing other captains (even new ones) downwards.&nbsp; If they inherit draft spots 4-9, they make no move except when pushed by other moving captains: Mikehail, Xen, Dew &lt;-- [u]Pass[/u][/li][/list]<br /><br /><br />[b]Trading:[/b]<br /><br />All of the following were agreed upon in supermajority by Xen, Dew, Nostar, and me.&nbsp; (Mike was absent.)<br /><br />1.&nbsp; A trade is an exchange between either two teams or one team and the free agency.&nbsp; If between two teams, one team gives one player to another team and receives one other player from the same team.&nbsp; If between one team and the free agency, the team gives one player to the free agency and takes one other player from the free agency.&nbsp; In either case, both player transfers happen at the same time and only under both captains&#039; (or the captain&#039;s) consent.<br /><br />2.&nbsp; Each team may trade any number of times per week, but is allowed a maximum of three trades during the regular season.<br /><br />3.&nbsp; Once a player has been in the roster on two different teams, he cannot return to the roster of the original team for the rest of the season.<br /><br />4.&nbsp; Whenever a team trades a player to the free agency, there begins a 48 hour cold period where that player cannot be instantly traded for.&nbsp; During this period, teams can make a bid for the player.&nbsp; If more than one bid is made, the player will go to the team with the lowest win-tie-loss record of the current season, and tie-breakers will be determined as follows:<br /><br />Head-to-head ascending<br />Strength of victory ascending<br />Strength of schedule ascending<br />Regular season Frag Average multiplied by regular season flag average ascending<br />Coin toss<br /><br />5.&nbsp; If a team is unable to field three players for a match, that team may use any player from the free agency for the duration of the match.&nbsp; This does not count as a trade.<br /><br />However, in the event of a team&#039;s second use of a particular free agent, that team will be forced to make a trade for that free agent.&nbsp; Any player can be traded for this free agent.&nbsp; This does count as a trade under the definition above.<br />