How about another mock?

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We're thinking of starting another one sometime soon but with a few tweaks I think will make it much more successful than our last one. For those of you not familiar, the basic concept of a mock is to hold a fantasy draft then trade with other teams and then crown one winner at the end of the season. Not exactly how we would run it this time but that is basically how we did the last one.

 

Anyways the fantasy draft will at least be 8 rounds, maybe we'll do the full 12 rounds but that is up to Real Deal and the rest of the board. Only trades allowed are going to be during draft night and maybe a few extra hours for any last minute deals before the window is closed. I felt a big reason the mock didn't work out last time was because the trading period was too long and everyone eventually lost interest. Instead just a day or so after we complete the fantasy draft, which is when interest is at its highest, we're going to start the playoffs.

 

Playoffs would be the big new addition. RD or someone will have to sort out the teams into conferences and seedings and we will begin the playoffs shortly after. The playoffs are actually going to be a debate, team owners will need to provide an opening argument which explains why their team is better and provides some offensive/defensive strategies (such as defending Dwayne Wade or how you intend to score with a monster like Dwight Howard in the post, etc). Instead of judges, every member of this forum is free to vote for any matchup (excluding the participants in the current playoff series). Your team could be inferior to your matchup but with the right reasoning and strategy, you could sway the voters your way. However, if your matchup is a signifcantly superior team then your opening argument might be of little use no matter how good it is.

 

By the way, arguments may be short and sweet or a long analysis, your choice so long as it gets the point across.

 

Here are the proposed rules for playoffs (subject to change):

 

* GMs get one post each to outline why they think they'll win

* GMs then get one post each to counter the points of the other

* All votes are done through posts with a good "reason for voting" post