[quote author=Jenova link=topic=232.msg2041#msg2041 date=1278771508]<br />Franchises gave potential opportunity to have phenomenally skilled players all reside on one team.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Uh, kinda.&nbsp; Probably the most stacked teams in IDL history were Season 5 DMR (Chain, White, Fast, Shakal) and Season 7 SPE (Denny, Bones, METALBLACK and Goatface), but neither went all the way.&nbsp; So you&#039;re kinda right, but team stacking isn&#039;t guaraneed success - at this point it&#039;s actually statistical failure.<br /><br />[quote author=Jenova link=topic=232.msg2041#msg2041 date=1278771508]<br />I&#039;m unsure exactly how draft order is decided (presumably not by skill) but simply put this allows for stacked teams. It would essentially enable one captain to obtain their two top picks with little interference.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />It&#039;s a little complicated.&nbsp; Teams have a given amount of time to franchise a player, if they don&#039;t then they get an extra pick before the &quot;real&quot; draft starts.&nbsp; Draft order itself is (in reverse) mb winner, mb runner-up, best to worst regular season record.&nbsp; So in some ways yeah, it is skill.&nbsp; Actually most ways it&#039;s skill; it&#039;s one of the best changes we made in Season 5.<br /><br />[quote author=Jenova link=topic=232.msg2041#msg2041 date=1278771508]<br />You could have a really good captain such as Nostar or Ralphis franchise someone like whiteboy, and still be eligible for a high ranking pick.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />This doesn&#039;t happen anymore because Nostar and Ralphis always do really well in the regular season and thus get a shitty draft spot the next season.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s foolproof, you&#039;ve probably got 2 or 3 ways it can fail in your mind already, but so far it&#039;s working.&nbsp; Season 7 SPE is an example where a dominant captain picked up a dominant franchise player and had 1st pick on top of it, but still let the masterbowl slip away.<br /><br />[quote author=Jenova link=topic=232.msg2041#msg2041 date=1278771508]<br />This doesn&#039;t exactly favour new IDL captains, or captains who have a &quot;bad record&quot; with previous seasons. I&#039;m almost positive that nobody would have actually wanted to franchise with me.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />You might be surprised whom players want to play with.&nbsp; Whiteboy&#039;s a good example of an unpredictable player in that regard.&nbsp; One of the most interesting things about IDL is learning to play at a high level with players you&#039;ve never played with before.&nbsp; Plus, most players love playing with a dominant player, and you&#039;re currently one of the top runners in the game, so I wouldn&#039;t sell myself short if I were you.<br /><br />EDIT: quote was messed up and it bugged me so i fixed it