All Pro Football 2k8 - Season 3 Draft Thread - Draft Has Started!

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The teams are set. My wife literally drew names from a hat while standing in a towel. She's a good person to do something that random right after jumping out of the shower.

Anyway, the names have been picked, the draft order is set. You all have access to the spreadsheet. If you don't, then PM me and let me know.

This is how it will work.

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- Check this thread as frequently as makes sense for you. If you're on the clock please be mindful of the time of others. We want this to go quickly.

- Feel free to use sorting to help you figure out who to select. Drop this spreadsheet into your own copy, whatever you need to do. Just please be careful not to erase any data and not to leave the spreadsheet in a sort order you chose. Leave it in the default sort by last name of the player, order.

- Do not change the sorting on the Owners sheet

- Once you've made your selection type in the player's name in "Selection" column of the "Owners / Draft Order" sheet for the row of your pick. This way we know who each person selected and when.

- On the "Players" sheet find the player you wish to select and put your name in the "Picked By" column for that player. For ease of use if you go to the "Formula" tab there is a drop down of all of us. So pick yourself that way if you'd like. That way we're all spelled the same way each time and can be grouped, sorted later by who picked which players.

- Also on the "Players" sheet for ease of use please select the first and last name of the player you just selected and click "Strikethrough" on the Edit tab. This way we can quickly see at a glance if someone is off the board.

- Post back to this thread stating that you're done selecting and name who's up next on the draft board.

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Sorry if this all seems obvious, but I wanted to be clear. Hopefully if we follow these steps it will go quickly and smoothly and efficiently.

I'm anxious to see who gets drafted early, what strategy everyone employs, etc. Is Ben Coates a top 10 pick? How many bronze sneak up the draft? Do we wait and hope the other 9 guys don't select that prized silver player? Should be fun. Good luck everyone. Have fun.

Grumpicus, you're on the clock. Go!

Oh, and to add some pomp to the whole affair, please announce your draft pick with...

"With the 1st pick in the 2008 All Pro Football 2k8 draft, the Longhorns select..."

That would be great. A picture of the player holding a team hat would be bonus.

Well of course my name came out first. You used a Saints cap. Woot!

Edit with my pick coming soon...

Grumpicus wrote:

Well of course my name came out first. You used a Saints cap. Woot!

Edit with my pick coming soon...

That's why I threw that picture in. I figured you'd find humor in it and someone else would accuse me of fixing it, perhaps. Either way, still funny.

Okay, now that I'm actually thinking about drafting, this is pretty tough. I created a copy of the spreadsheet where I added columns to start slotting guys I wanted.

With the 1st pick in the 2008 All Pro Football 2k8 draft, the St. Paul Revolution select Jerry Rice.

After 2 seasons of not getting it down on the ground, we've got ourselves a new Offensive Coordinator and he's got big plans.

Jayhawker, you're on the clock.

With the 2nd pick in the 2008 All Pro Football 2K8 draft, the St. Louis Gunslingers select CB Terry McDaniel.

It's crazy. But it just might be so crazy that it works!

Ruthlessmuffin, you're on the clock.

DSGamer wrote:

The teams are set. My wife literally drew names from a hat while standing in a towel. She's a good person to do something that random right after jumping out of the shower.

Wrong pictures man! You linked to the wrong pictures!

I was going to ask about trading pics/players, but then I tried to figure out how it'd work in my head and it made me head hurt, so nevermind.

I saw that Ruthlessmuffin, was up so I called him on his cell phone and asked me to post for him.

With the 3rd pick in the 2008 All Pro Football 2K8 draft, Ruthlessmuffin select QB Dan Marino

frankiemumbles wrote:

I saw that Ruthlessmuffin, was up so I called him on his cell phone and asked me to post for him.

With the 3rd pick in the 2008 All Pro Football 2K8 draft, Ruthlessmuffin select QB Dan Marino

Since I think this is legit, I edited the docs.

Prederick, you're on the clock.

That means you're on the clock, Prederick.

With the 4th (and obviously, awesomest) pick, Prederick selects RB Barry Sanders.

Who's on the clock?

I'm sure this will get smoother soon.

Elliotx is now on the clock!

I also took the liberty of updating the google doc. I have put numbers in fron of each of the owners that have picked, so that we can easily sort by owners pick. Maybe we should do that with each play as well.

Is everybody using the google doc, because once you log in, you can edit it your self. You can also use he player list to sort by position, tier, name, or even ability.

With the 5th pick, Elliottx selects RB Christian Okoye.

In case you were wondering, DSGamer is now on the clock!

This may take awhile after Elliotx ripped DSGamer's heart out.

Jayhawker wrote:

In case you were wondering, DSGamer is now on the clock!

This may take awhile after Elliotx ripped DSGamer's heart out.

Naw, I have my draft board. Okoye was definitely up there, but I have guys I can slot in after him. My #1 need was addressed. Whether #2 can be addressed is a different story. I have to wait 9 picks to see.

With the 6th pick of the 2008 All Pro Football 2k8 Draft, the Kailua Sharks select TE Ben Coates.

frankiemumbles is now on the clock.

DSGamer wrote:

Naw, I have my draft board.

You have a board? I have a sharpie and some crude drawings on a piece of printer paper.

With the 6th pick of the 2008 All Pro Football 2k8 Draft, frankiemumbles Selects QB Steve Young

Who's on the clock?

I know I can check the spreadsheet, but I'm going to be a jerk and keep posting that until people remember.

Firesloth is on the clock

PS New Flash Ben Coates goes Blind and gets hands cutoff in lawnmower accident.

firesloth is now on the clock!

Snore - bet you saw that 1 new message and thought it was Firesloth!

firesloth sucks.

He picks ... wait for it ... EARL CAMPBELL!

ertic, you're up!

The Albuquerque Bandits take:

Cornerback Willie Brown

Who's on the clock?

Uh, Bagga is on the clock, and make that a double! Two picks from Bagga, and we roll right back to ertic.

10. Emmitt Smith
11. Todd Christensen

The Albuquerque Bandits take:

Outside Linebacker Greg Lloyd

Firesloth is back on the clock!

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frankiemumbles
DSGamer
Elliotx

Firesloth picks Ronnie Lott.

frankiemumbles is on the clock.

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