I decided to double-post and give you an idea of what the straight draft would have looked like last season. It&#039;s not accurate because captains might have choosen differently given different spots and different players but it helps give some concreteness to this abstract possibility of what a change in the draft system might look like. For the sake of argument I have tiered the captains how I would rank them in skill, it&#039;s flexible for sure. I gave them corresponding players from last season&#039;s draft order, only I used the straight draft style. I stated the current season&#039;s draft order for quick reference, don&#039;t let it confuse you. Ignore player overlap, there can only be one Tony and Lordbritish gets to have himself every night free of charge.<br /><br />[size=1]Pick 1 - SPE<br />[Would pick 4th this year]<br />MassVC<br />Nostar, Rottking, Tony<br /><br />Pick 2 - FLS <br />[Would pick 1st this year]<br />Legion<br />Whiteboy, Metalhead, MadV<br /><br />Pick 3 - BSK <br />[Would pick 12th this year]<br />Clim<br />Chaindude, Xenaero, Prime<br /><br />Pick 4 - DMC <br />[Would pick 3rd this year]<br />Nautilus<br />Bloodstrike, Joshsmith, Beast<br /><br />Pick 5 - BBC<br />[Would pick 10th this year] <br />Prime<br />Blair, Midian, MassVC<br /><br />Pick 6 - KNF<br />[Would pick 9th this year] <br />Strangle<br />Shakal, Collision, Aerial<br /><br />Pick 7 - KGB <br />[Would pick 7th this year]<br />Tai<br />Mikehail, X-Ray, Dosu<br /><br />Pick 8 - TKV<br />[Would pick 8th this year]<br />Rus<br />Saber, dewww, turSKA<br /><br />Pick 9 - EBL<br />[Would pick 6th this year]<br />Hatred<br />Gilgamesh, Kov, Reckless<br /><br />Pick 10 - DMR <br />[Would pick 2nd this year]<br />LordBritish<br />Lordbritish, Mandolore, Ourhero<br /><br />Pick 11 - SXP <br />[Would pick 5th this year]<br />Humanbones<br />Rust, Goblin, Higgs<br /><br />Pick 12 - SUC <br />[Would pick 11th this year]<br />Ralphis<br />Devastation, DR_Noob, Dawsonation<br />[/size]<br />----------------------------------------------<br /><br />I did this late so bear with me if there are mistakes.<br /><br />You can clearly see that this favors the teams that pick first in a big way. However, it also makes teams look alot more even. Looking at this list of teams I can&#039;t tell you who would win IDL, I can&#039;t even narrow it down to 3. Maybe 2 LBs would be too much for this world to handle but all the other teams look REALLY FUCKING EVEN and would probably result in extremely competitive games. I want to reiterate that my personal belief is that this draft type is a little too slanted in the direction of lower skilled captains but maybe if you reversed the 4ths it would be more to par. I actually wouldn&#039;t mind playing in this IDL, and looking at it on paper, I think it encourages good players to go into the draft. I know white has been on struggling or frustrating teams for a while and this system (while Metalhead and MadV are terrible examples) might land him on a team he can lead to the promise land, instead of one he has to begrudgingly drag through the mud. It also bodes well for newer players (in this example Kov, Reckless, Mando, Ourhero, higgs, DR_Noob) to be on teams with tenured captains who know how to win and how to motivate players to perform for them.<br /><br />All around, for an even and competitive IDL, it makes sense to go in this direction.