Social Wrighty presents Forum Sheep game for 2024 - Round Five Underway

[Mr. Brownstone]

well, that's just great. Now I'm going to have to rethink my question. Perhaps another letter.

Oh, and you better believe if Bradley Clyde comes up I'm putting half my cap on him.

Good to see you finally appreciate greatness!

 

[Wrighty]

Hey Wrighty do you think a minimum of 20 eligible players for each round might be too many? It will obviously get more difficult to have that many eligible as the game progresses & the remaining player pool reduces, however it also could limit the ability to ask trickier questions that require a bit of knowledge to uncover the gems. If we just leave it at minimum 20 players then I wonder if it just becomes a game of salary cap management & a bit 1 dimensional?

It was about 20 in the dragons tail and that worked well. Half the 20 will be nuffy players don't forget. Let's start with 20 and can re-evaluate part way through if needed. If I made a decision now I would need to run some simulations.

In other news I have changed a detailed rule. To allow more flexibility the minimum bid will still be $100K but you now can increment upwards in minimum $1K amounts instead of $10K. This means bds must be rounded to the nearest $1K .ie $118,000 is allowed $118,547 is not.

 

[Wrighty]

Hey Wrighty is it worth having a preseason practice round to get a feel for the game? Or are we straight in and learn as you go?

22 rounds plus a Wrighty round will give plenty of time to recover from a slow start where you are figuring things out.
My advice to all of you is to really go to school on the first two rounds to learn the patterns and bidding patterns.

 

[tajhay]

How to do a silent bid
1. In the Reply Editor, in the menu you have an icon at the rightmost location which when hovered on says 'For Wrighty'. Click it.

2. You will be presented with something like this

3. Write your message within that inside the area of the tags i.e.

4. Note if you screw up and write the message in the tags i.e. [ inside here] your 'silent' bid will not be silent and everyone will be able to see it. Believe others 'mistakes' at your own peril.
5. Only wrighty and myself will be able to see these messages.
6. You can test it out prior to the game to ensure you understand how to do this. If it doesnt work, read the instructions again and try again until it does.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

[wrighty] testing… I’m going to do a strange bid in the game and muck up the hidden message so everyone ‘accidentally’ sees it leading them on the wrong course [/wrighty]

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

[weighty] remember I’ve got that standing bid set up for $1.5m on Bradley Clyde for all silent auctions ok, as we discussed [wrighty)

 

[Wrighty]

How to do a silent bid
1. In the Reply Editor, in the menu you have an icon at the rightmost location which when hovered on says 'For Wrighty'. Click it.
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2. You will be presented with something like this
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3. Write your message within that inside the area of the tags i.e.
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4. Note if you screw up and write the message in the tags i.e. [ inside here] your 'silent' bid will not be silent and everyone will be able to see it. Believe others 'mistakes' at your own peril.
5. Only wrighty and myself will be able to see these messages.
6. You can test it out prior to the game to ensure you understand how to do this. If it doesnt work, read the instructions again and try again until it does.

Thanks so much tajhay the special for wrighty button sounds brilliant. Thanks for coding that up.

 

[Wrighty]

[weighty] remember I’ve got that standing bid set up for $1.5m on Bradley Clyde for all silent auctions ok, as we discussed [wrighty)

I get the feeling Bradley Clyde is turning into the key target.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

I get the feeling Bradley Clyde is turning into the key target.

Best forward of the last 4 decades. Actually that comment excludes a certain hooker.

 

[Worried2Death]

well, that's just great. Now I'm going to have to rethink my question. Perhaps another letter.

Is it Rick Stuart with a silent P

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Is it Rick Stuart with a silent P

Why is everyone discussing my all time favourite players? This isn’t fair, the game is rigged!!

 

[Wrighty]

tyrael has confirmed and is on schedule to lead round one

I will post some final details in a few days

Final Drafting order after one person didn't confirm (there will now be 21 rounds instead of 23)

Random Order (Round Master Order)​

1. Tyrael
2. Mr Brownstone
3. Muddogz
4. Inruin
5. Cces
6. Defence
7. BillySpleen
8. Naumai Footy
9. Boats n Hoes
10. Wizards Rage

11 Wizards Rage
12 Boats n Hoes
13 Naumai Footy
14 BillySpleen
15 Defence
16 Cces
17 Inruin
18 Muddogz
19 Mr Brownstone
20 Tyrael

21 Wrighty Round

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Might have been asked already however does England include Great Britain given England barely played prior to this century.

 

[Wrighty]

Good point. Let's go with yes.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

I’m getting nervious.

Feel like Brownstones got his whole team locked in (with backups) and I’m still figuratively watching my potential selections run up sand dunes…

Was Bradley Clyde a good sand dune runner?

 

[Wrighty]

I’m getting nervious.

Feel like Brownstones got his whole team locked in (with backups) and I’m still figuratively watching my potential selections run up sand dunes…

Was Bradley Clyde a good sand dune runner?

By memory I think he has something like three titles to his name in these games so he is stiff competition. If I were you Wizards I would centre your strategy on feinting to take T-Rex and at the last minute bidding on someone else. Sure fire way to success.

 

[Wrighty]

Question for the group now we have ten contestants instead of 11 I could diddle slightly with the 20 minimum eligible players rule per round and bring it down to 18. Or is that just screwing around at the margins and leave it at twenty.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Question for the group now we have ten contestants instead of 11 I could diddle slightly with the 20 minimum eligible players rule per round and bring it down to 18. Or is that just screwing around at the margins and leave it at twenty.

I don’t think 1 less player makes much difference but I do still think a 20 minimum is too many.

 

[Wrighty]

I don’t think 1 less player makes much difference but I do still think a 20 minimum is too many.

I want to have enough eligible players so that all ten contestants can mathematically on average expect to successfully pick up a player each per round. I feel comfortable changing to 17 or 18?

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

I’m getting nervious.

Feel like Brownstones got his whole team locked in (with backups) and I’m still figuratively watching my potential selections run up sand dunes…

Was Bradley Clyde a good sand dune runner?

Clyde would have smashed the sand dunes, probably the fittest player in the game back in the late 80’s & early 90’s.
Re my build up - barely had time to think about it, my SuperCoach pre season has been very limited also. Crazy busy end to the year!!