Yes Xen, we need(ed) more sign-ups.&nbsp; Also, I&#039;m about to ban Capo unless that bitch gets naked and starts moving again.<br /><br />[b]Some topics for other threads:[/b]<br />[list][li]Ah, Memories: The Franchising Years![/li]<br />[li]Draft Pick Trading: The Prostitution of the IDL[/li]<br />[li]No Homer or No Homer[i]s[/i] Club: How Large Should IDL Be?[/li][/list]<br /><br />No matter how each of these discussions gets resolved, we still have to have a draft order!<br /><br />[b]Can a team with Legion beat a team with Ralphis under any draft system?[/b] Yes.&nbsp; Legion, Nostar, and Jenova can beat Ralphis, MadV, and Mandolore every time.&nbsp; Traginus.&nbsp; And there are possible draft systems where this can happen, although none of them are very good.<br /><br />[b]Can the IDL be made completely even through a draft revision?[/b]&nbsp; Not entirely, no.&nbsp; A completely even league would result in a tie outcome for every game, and there would be no way of determining who makes it to the playoffs.&nbsp; This is stupid and, fortunately, impossible.<br /><br />[b]Can the IDL be made [i]more[/i] even through a draft revision?[/b]&nbsp; Absolutely, as these simulations and reason are clear to show, and if evenness is a good quality in a competitive league, then the draft should be revised to make it as even as possible.<br /><br />[b]The Major Issue at Hand[/b]<br /><br />I am concerned with finding a draft system that compensates for captain [i]skill level[/i].&nbsp; In order to do this, we have to assess the skill level of each captain as well as the skill level of each player in the free agency.&nbsp; This isn&#039;t an unfamiliar practice.&nbsp; We do it every day when we pick teams in priv, captains do it when they draft players, and we&#039;re doing it right now when we say that initially Legion doesn&#039;t have a very good chance capping against Ralphis.<br /><br />Ralphis is correct that there is something illegitimate about this.&nbsp; Player skill level is to some degree a matter of opinion, and who can say whether Naut or Clim is the better CTFer?&nbsp; On the other hand, player skill is largely objective.&nbsp; Jenova is actually better at this game than I am, and nobody would disagree with that.&nbsp; If Jenova and I are both captains, and if we want to even things out, then I should get a higher pick than he gets.<br /><br />I think Nostar&#039;s tier system is a good way of compromising between the solid objectivity of some skill difference comparisons (mine and Jenova&#039;s) and the fuzzy subjectivity of others (Naut&#039;s and Clim&#039;s).<br /><br />If we need objective statistics to ground these rankings, we can find some.&nbsp; We could use career win-loss statistics; Jefferson can write an equation combining frag and flag per-rounds and ratios; personally, I think the best one to use would be average draft order since it comprises the collective opinions of past IDL captains.&nbsp; Although, because statistics are often misleading and in this small and short-lived league imcomplete, a better system would be to have five intelligent and doom-skilled individuals (EDIT: nevermind, the board are clearly idiots) list the captains&#039; skill levels from best to worst, assign points, count up the points, break ties with a vote.&nbsp; 10 minutes.&nbsp; Opinions are made objective with surveys.&nbsp; Gandhi was actually a good man because most people are of the opinion that he was a good man.<br /><br />Bones:<br /><br />I like the direction you&#039;re heading, except I think we need to compensate for captains&#039; skill levels rather than experience levels.&nbsp; The fact that LordBritish is new to captaining doesn&#039;t mean that he&#039;s not a great player with excellent leadership abilities.&nbsp; If he randomly gets first pick and drafts Chewy and Rottking, he will easily win this season, and as I guess Strangle tried to help point out, easy wins aren&#039;t fun for the winner or the loser.&nbsp; LB should get a later pick because he&#039;s better than the rest of us, which would quickly be determined by any of the above-mentioned methods.&nbsp; In the same-way, Legion shouldn&#039;t be pushed down to 6th pick just because 5 other captains quit and he didn&#039;t.&nbsp; He still deserves an early pick, and I think he needs it if he&#039;s going to have a shot at taking the Master Bowl.