Scattergories, Season 31

Scattergories is a "blind draft" league in which teams are built with owners submitting lists like the table-top party game "Scattergories."

In Round 1, all owners submit a list of 12 players.

• Any player submitted by only one owner becomes part of that owner's team, exclusively.
• Any player submitted by two or more owners is eliminated from the player pool.

In Round 2, each owner submits a list of players equal in number to his remaining roster spots.

• For example, if you submitted 4 unique player names and 8 duplicates in Round 1, you would make an 8-player list in Round 2.
• If you have 9 players after Round 2, you would submit a list of 3 players in Round 3, etc.

This process repeats until all 12-man rosters are completed! (It normally takes 5-7 rounds)

Rules

• Owners may submit their Round 1 ballots via sitemail to beloud as soon as they're ready.
• I have my Round 1 ballot ready, and I will reply with my ballot to the first 3 submissions each round so you can verify that everything is on the "up and up." (I will also reply with my ballot to any owner who requests) Please title the subject of your sitemail "Round 1 Ballot, 1st Rd Ballot" or something similar.
• Beginning Round 2, owners will have a maximum of 48 hours to submit their ballots. I will be strictly enforcing this rule. Holidays, weekends, etc. will not be excuses.
• We will switch to a 24-hour time limit to submit ballots once we get to the 4th round depending on how the draft goes.

Please submit your lists in the following format: (Firstname Lastname)

Patrick Ewing
Dikembe Mutombo
Alonzo Mourning
Allen Iverson
Othella Harrington
Greg Monroe
DeJuan Summers
Hollis Thompson
Reggie Williams
David Wingate
... etc.

• Make sure your spellings are correct.
• Do not include the player's position or additional info.
• Do not include commas or use bullet points
• Do not use last name only or "last name first" format or use nicknames, etc.
• You do not have to include the player's season. You decide which season to use when you build your team.
• No salary cap, no clones

No need to sign up. Just send me your Round 1 ballot to secure your spot!

Congratulations to our Season 31 Champion:


gerryred !!!

I’m in but I won’t submit my ballot until we get closer to filling.

In

Owners who have submitted ballots

1. beloud
2. bsubroncoos
3. ysw128
4. goetz93
5. coachcroft
6. amerk1180
7. riftonapple
8. gerryred
9. copernicus
10. dlsmooth74
11. Sephy13
12. chewy3344
13. Uofa2
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I don't know if this is causing others to wait to submit ballots, but I would like to know who has entered or declared intent to enter without submitting a ballot yet. The reason I wait is that I have been keeping a spreadsheet of everyone's opening round 1 ballots and I look for patterns and frequent player's from each user. If I don't know who is going to sign up, that will change who I submit on my ballot.

Please feel free to add me and Uofa2 to the list to show that we are closer to filling than needing 13. That might help others jump in to take the remaining spots. Thanks for running this beloud. This is always a good league.

bump = I only got two rounds into pretz before filling - need more