The most frustrating part of the draft for me is the 1st round, because people will take the full 12 hours, killing immersion for everyone else. For me, the most fun part of the draft is from round 5 on when most of the people who don't care are on OTTO and the people who do care are drafting pretty rapidly. The first round SHOULDN'T be the biggest drag, but it is. In order to have a DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA, people are going to need to come to terms with the fact that not everyone will be able to attend (maybe even me!). Therefore, EVERYONE should pre-study and build a draft board through their first pick (ie if you pick 8th, make sure you make a TOP 8 DRAFT BOARD). With the draft coverage and the draft tool I have already provided, this shouldn't be difficult. I know this would be a huge change for the WBL and ya'll are resistant to change. So lets talk about the PROS and CONS of building a draftboard so that most/half the league can have a fun live event.
Con: You'll have to actually look at the draft class in order to build a draft board.
Con: If the live event happens when you aren't able to attend, your pick will come from your draft board.
Pro: You'll get my draft tool to help you analyze the class
Pro: You'll get my draft analysis to help build IMMERSION
Pro: The people who can attend the live draft will get the experience of watching the entire first round of the draft in about an hour
Pro: A WBL social event!
If we do a live draft, I will provide my draft tool and an analysis thread like this every year because it helps me stay IMMERSED AF to build a draft board. If we keep doing the normal boring AF 1st round draft where you time HAVE NOTS kill my immersion and it is unlikely that I'll do a draft tool or analysis because it is hard for me to care enough.
So, I made a poll in the beginning of the thread. LIVE DRAFT or NO LIVE DRAFT. If you agree to LIVE DRAFT, then you agree to build a draft board if you are unable to attend.