Posted by pick1or2 on 2/8/2026 1:08:00 PM (view original):
I feel it is a BIG advantage to wait like vilefileman is doing because you can see what spots u have to fill and might be able say go after a stud SS in his 9th round instead taking a SS one in 6th round if u know he will still be there as an example. I thought about doing that but wouldn't feel fight to draft that way un fair to players waiting to draft behind me Just my thought. I am totally all for trying to speed this up as much as fairly possible, but difference of 5 or 6 rounds is a big advantage in my opinion. If I was with just one team entered it would not be as much a problem. Oh well I am stuck with nothing to do about it PLAY ON!
Something people should mull about a v5 franchise draft is whether we want to accelerate the drafting even more.
v1 and v2 did every pick from a single team on a day, with very short windows. It took 24 days, but was also 24 days of fun.
v3 is where we switched to doing a round per day instead of a pick per day. Longer windows, and it sped up quite a bit.
There was discussion near the end of that draft on "how fast do we want to be" where some expressed concern about going more than 2 per day.
Based on that, it was set up as twice per day, limiting the length to 12 days.
Right now we are
solidly ahead of schedule, but we have people racing by several rounds. Much faster than in v1 v2 v3.
I think it is awesome, but would not begrudge anyone for sticking with the posted schedule (which does have benefits).
Looking forward, what if future versions did r1 r2 on day one, but accelerated to shorter 2-3 hour windows (not overnight) starting on day 2? I feel like that's the pattern that many of us are choosing anyway. There was a LOT more activity yesterday than on Friday. Maybe that's because more people have free time on Saturday, or maybe it is because the initial picks take more thought and after a certain point there is natural acceleration.
Or maybe the weekend days should accelerate but the weekdays should keep with bigger blocks because many people need to focus on jobs?
I definitely agree that handling two teams is a lot more work. But it could have taken another month for the draft to start if we needed to find 3 more unique owners. I am going to set up the v5 sign up very quickly after v4 games begin, but probably with a delayed draft date (in case we find more owners before the v4 season ends). I think the ideal version is 24 unique owners, and letting the randomization help make sure each experience is different.
2/8/2026 2:09 PM (edited)