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0 Subject: Season 11 PreSeason Plans

Posted by: Farn
- Leader [451044109] Fri, Mar 28, 2008, 12:56

We need to start getting prepared for Season 11.

Season 10 ends with Wrestlemania this Sunday. We may be able to move quickly and get Season 11 started the following Monday (April 7). To do so we all need to be prepared.

Everyone needs to check in and confirm they are interested in managing again next season.

We should be prepared to start our draft by Wednesday evening. This allows everyone to see Raw , ECW, and Smackdown spoilers and still turn in their keepers. If we start Wednesday night we can be finished by Raw on the 7th, if not well before.


So...

1. Are you managing in Season 11?
2. Are you ok in aiming for April 7th to be the first show of Season 11?
3. Can you get your keepers in by Wednesday morning?
4. Are you available to draft from April 2-7?
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50Tree
      ID: 3533298
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 12:25
whoa. wow.
51Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 13:03
And yes, MVP can be had... and yes there is a bidding war... And yes I predict he's coming over to RAW permanently in a few weeks during the April 21st draft lottery (yet to be announced)... so step up those offers - whohoo!! :)
52Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 13:08
I should rename my squad "The Young Lions" right Species?!
53Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 13:37
Don't believe the bidding war. GO's just trying to drive up the price. :)
54Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 13:53
That was easy... MVP just met with Zyre's lawyers and medical team for his physical.

Trade
Zyre acquires
MVP
GO's Season 12 4th Rounder

GO acquires
Pick 3.02
Zyre's Season 12 1st Rounder
55Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 14:02
Trade
GO acquires
Rude's 4.6 trade in current draft
Species 1st Round Pick in Season 12

Rude acquires
Santino "Snoopity Dogg" Marella
GO's 2nd Round Pick in Season 12
56Greg Rude
      ID: 49345221
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 14:04
Confirmed.

Don't forget I get a bobble head doll and your copy of Maria's playboy.

I'm throwing in my old VHS Wrestlemania tapes.
57Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 14:05
If someone trades for Candace I will officially be in the 2nd round of this draft with NOBODY on my team!
58Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 14:08
I'm not sure the wifey would allow that issue in my house.. so go buy it and I'll send you a check for $5.99 :)
59Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 14:14
On a side note, if I manage to beat any of you this season, you should be ashamed of yourself - I'm gonna have Hacksaw as my leading scorer. Hoo!!!!
60Tree
      ID: 3533298
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 15:27
well yea, you just did a Florida Marlins, swapping MVP, Marella, Jericho, and Morrison, which seems absurd to me, since i think that's a solid core that could win this league.
61Greg Rude
      ID: 49345221
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 15:28
At least he kept Uggla.
62 Bobo
      ID: 1122449
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 16:45
Yeah...I am stunned by the moves of GO. Is this the most trade traffic ever around draft time? I know I am still pretty green in this league, but wow...you went all out.
63Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 17:52
do we know if Goatlocker is aware he is on the clock? I'm guessing not because he never left a queue so he must have intended to make his own pick.
64Tree
      ID: 234319
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 21:04
hmmm...MAYBE i'll get that last pick in.. :o)
65GoatLocker
      Leader
      ID: 060151121
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 23:16
All, I'm very sorry for the delay.
I just had one of those bucket of cr*p days at work.
Nothing went right.
And the one time I had a chance to try to get on, the firewall locked out the internet.

Cliff
66Tree
      ID: 234319
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 23:19
no sweat GL. it's only wrestling. damn man, what were you thinking about! this is serious business here! ;o)

hope tomorrow goes better, and damn firewalls to hell!
67Mike D
      Leader
      ID: 041831612
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 23:32
GL, you took so long I finished my draft.
68Great One
      ID: 2241519
      Thu, Apr 03, 2008, 23:42
Cliff did have time to get a trade done! :)
Also, officially at this exact moment I have ZERO players on my team and 8 draft picks left. THAT is amazing.. haha...

Trade
GO acquires
Goat's 1st Round Pick Season 12
Goat's 2nd Round Pick Season 12
Goats 3.10 Current Draft Pick

Goat acquires
Species 1st Round Pick Season 12
Wiggs 1st Round Pick Season 12
Candice
69Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 00:29
I love the Goat. He helped me get that 5th big scorer I needed to make another run at the title. Here's hoping there is some mediocre scorer left by round 4.
70Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 10:36
I can't decide what's more fun: the chaos of the week leading up to the Elimination Chamber deadline in hoops or the past month or so of trades in the RWF.
71Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 10:52
I emailed Cliff...

And I am winning the trading title in both leagues!
72Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 11:34
Geez, all of this action yesterday? WTF? Bad day to be on the road for work!

And not one email to me inquiring about a trade :( lol I guess it would help if I had anything to trade!

BTW, I went to the Kings vs. Clippers game last night, and the Kings had "Olympic Heroes Night", where they honored 3 former Olympians before the game.

BUT THEN.......the trumpets sounded

.......and a version of the Kurt Angle theme song blared through Arco Arena, and Mr. Angle himself came out, mic in hand! (I had actually noticed him previewed in the pamphlet for the night, so it was no surprise, but STILL) Sadly there must not have been enough wrestling fans in the arena to get a good "YOU SUCK" chant during the appropriate notes of the song, but I tried!!

Just preceding Angle's entrance, the Kings had done some stupid people-from-the-crowd contest where you dressed up in one of those dumb sumo suits, and "Slamson", the Kings lion mascot, and steamrolled one sumo person to the ground, and drop-kicked another. They couldn't get up so the PA guy said the contest was over, unless some brave soul could take on "Slamson".

So Angle's music hits, and he proceeds to work the crowd, asking if they want to see him kick Slamson's butt, which received a mild cheer from the 60% of capacity crowd (lol). He's in a suit, and of course he's wearing the Olympic Medal. He takes his coat and medal off, and he tells Slamson they'll do a "test of strength". Slamson gets off to an early lead, but Angle eventually reverses it and gets the upper hand, before breaking the hold and giving the mascot a kick to the nads! lmfao

He holds his arms up in triumph to cheers from the crowd.

At a time out, the PA guy gets him on camera/mic and presents him with a Kings jersey with "Angle" on the back, and noted that he had a courtside seat available. Angle grabs the mic, stands up, and says he'll give the seat to his biggest fan. MIND YOU, the game is about to resume! Angle, undaunted, taunts the crowd a bit and picks a kid from the crowd who gets to sit next to him the rest of the game. Our seats were about 8 rows back so I got to see him interact with people during the game.

They ushered a few VIP's near him during the game, but eventually he ended up having a soldier in uniform next to him, and of course he was genuinely nice to this dude, taking pics, shaking hands, smiling, etc.

It was cool.
73wiggs
      Sustainer
      ID: 04991311
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 11:38
dam, i went back and forth on Murdock, harris and wang, I thought taking wang 1st i might get all 3. I guess not.
74Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 11:44
I've gots Goat's last pick and I have 6 picks left myself! haha... hopefully we can get the last 17 picks done in short order today since the entire last round in Farn, GO and Species!
75Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:01
HAHAHA. Thats one way to speed up the draft: mortage your entire future trying to win one year and end up dominating round 4 the next.
76Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:31
man, we are at pick 3.06 so I figure its time to start making my queue of who to take with my first pick and I hit refresh 20 mins later and I've been on the clock.

And to boot I find a mildly useful 6th scorer with my first pick.
77Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:35
I certainly think the 3rd round is underrated since ECW came about. I see the steepest dropoff from the 3rd to the 4th.
78Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:38
ECW definately made these drafts deeper. And you could realistically argue championships are won by guessing right in rounds 3 and 4.
79Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:49
I can't seem to find it now.......

.....but if my recollection is correct, I believe I own the right to switch 4th round picks with Rude in ANY season.

If so, I am exercising my right this year! That would mean I get 4.06 and Rude falls to 4.10! hahahahaha

Can someone confirm??
80Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:53
Found it. From the Season X Transactions thread:

234 Farn Tue, Apr 01, 2008, 11:22
Mike D owns - the ability to switch 2nd round picks w/ Farn in ANY season, starting with Season 12
Greg Rude owns - The ability to swap 2nd round picks w/Species in ANY season
Species owns - The ability to swap 4th round picks w/Rude in ANY season

I am exercising that option now. I now own 4.06 and Rude 4.10.
81Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:55
What do we do if Rude doesn't have a 4th? cause I own 4.06! :)
82Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:58
If Rude doesn't own a 4th then Species can't swap this season and he is stuck at 4.10
83Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:59
Ooops.

I missed that.

I interpret that as my option is null and void. There has been nothing in these swaps that harms that person's ability to still trade away those picks. No pick, no option for me to swap.

Proceed. LOL
84Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 13:04
Damn, sounds like Species should have went with LOWEST draft pick in that offer. Its all in the wording man!

I'll make the same swap if you really want to jump up. Just give me a little something something... transfer those same rights to me perhaps.
So I can swap with Rude in the 4th of any future draft.
85Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 13:07
Thats not gonna work, cause I'll won't have a 4th for LONG time haha...
87Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 13:38
If Farn or GO can send me an updated scoring sheet (I figured someone has updated it recently?), I would appreciate it.
88Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 13:39
I'll send one to Species, GO, Mike D, and wiggs in a little bit.
89 Bobo
      ID: 3002340
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 14:20
I know they were posted a few days ago...but I cannot find season 13's draft picks...can someone re-post or direct me?
90Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 14:33
post 233
91Macho Man R Savage
      ID: 22337410
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 22:25
OOOOOH YEAH!! Hey there RWF fans ... It's Machhhoooo man RANDY Savage with a season 11 preview of whaaats to come. YEAH!

Here's how I see it. Just like how you see my elbow drop at the last second. YEAH!

The most dismantled team, Team Great One, is looking at a very few points from Victoria, Mudoch and Delaney... not much else going on there just like in Honkey Tonk Man's brain. This team is just coasting until he can replenish the roster with four, count them FOUR, numbbeerrr 1 draft picks. YEAH! Hoooweeeever, for the time being we will be referring to this manager as the Mediocre One! You dig it??!

Nooow we look at Team Goat Locker. Another bottom feeder just like Miss Elizabeth until I brought her up in status. Fat Daddy will come back and give him some points but he's looking like trade bait. YEAH! The Gooooat man has a little investment in the future but nothing like The Mediocre One has.

Also hanging around the cellar is Team Ruuude. YEAH! Another solid core of scorers but no main eventer to propel him to the top 3. This business is about being at the top. You feel me?? I know you do! YEAH!

Two teams that are really finally making a statemeeeeent in the RWF ... Team Zyre and Team Bobo. These teams are just now starting to take shape and are finally here to be reckoned with. Ya dig? Zyre has some high quality scorers in Matt Hardy, MVP and the Goooold Standard Shelton Benjamin. That kid reminds me a little bit of me but he just doesn't have the looks. YEAH! Watch out for this team if Jeff Hardy comes back anytime soon. Bobo is going to outscore 3 teams alone just because he has the punk. That's CM Punk. Is he still in building mode and will just be looking for offers for his #1 scorer? I don't know, but can you pull a rainbow from the sky and twist it around the trees? No I don't think so. YEAH!

Peeeeennnding trades, you are gonna see 5 good teams this year unless someone chickens out and starts trading away talent. Guarrraaaantee you someone will turn yellow! YEAH! Like that Hulk hoooogan. YELLOW! Anyway, I really like this Tree team. He's a contender this year and he wasn't one of the managers that sold the farm. There's a lot of brightness in this kid's future... and I'm not talking about headlights on the free way. YOU DIG IT?? Lots of points from HBK, Kane and Mark Henry if he gets used in the next 6 months as he should. Festus and Jesse could be a nice surpise for Team Tree if the WWE keeps shoving him down our throats like they have been. YEAH!

Regardless, it's going to be tough for Treeeee to take on the likes of Team Wiggs and Mike D. Mike D is another come back team adding John Morrison, The Miz, Y2J, Khali and the tag champs Rhodes/Holly. He's looking at a lot of points, the question will beeee can Mike DDDD handle it. YEAH! I don't think he can, he's gonna be turning yellow like the Hulkster and trade away a few of these guys! OOOOH YEAH!

Team Wiggs is looking a title opportunity but I'm gonna call it right now, he's going to have two back to back bronze medals. Ya feel me???!
Lots of points from Taker, Cena and Kennedy... but I don't think he will do as well with Kofi, Wang Yang and Shawna Moore. YEAH!

Here you go, the top two teams battling it out for the 2nd year in a row... Their last hooooraaaah until they see their stock is at 0.00. YEAH! Team Species Vs Team Farn. Farn will have 2 of the top 3 scorers in HHH and Edge but I don't think he's going to get the points he expects out of JBL and Carlito. As a matter of fact I could see them being benched at somepoint. YEAH! Don't worry this guy is going to make a move to finally bring the gold home, he has too! Can ya dig it!?

Right now i'm giving Team Species his 4th title with a solid core of scoring from Batista, Orton and Umaga. Finlay will be a middle of the road kinda guy like the two lines they paint on the asphalt. YEAH! However, I think he might get some unexpected points from Mr. Dreammmmerrr. Mr ECW!

Here's the breakdown of the standings and even the points! YEAH!

1. Species 3800
2. Farn 3700
3. Wiggs 3600
4. Tree 3500
5. Mike D 3400
6. Zyre 2800
7. Bobo 2700
8. Rude 2300
9. GoatLocker 1800
10. Great One 1100




92Mike D
      ID: 11338514
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:00
Well well well......At this time we were going to show you more clips of Randy Savage but we couldn't dig them up, but even if they did our stations don't encourage us to use black and white footage. People have come from miles around and put there money down just to hear the sweet molotic sounds from the quint essential studdmuffin Mike D.

You ask if I can handle it? I'm so hot I gotta get in the sona just to keep cool. I don't know what I'd do if I woke up in the morning and I wasn't me. I'm Mike "Bigger and better than the Titanic, because only 400 women went down on the Titanic" D!!!!!

Weapons of Mike D-struction.....the favorite to win this league......put those floppy disks away here comes the man with the biggest hard drive in professional wrestling.........and I've got more RAM than you can handle.
93Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:04
I love the analysis, even if you have gone from being one 80's star to another. :)
94Macho Man R Savage
      ID: 22337410
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:10
Ohhh Yeah! I just pulled up some rare footage on Mike D ... Check it out. YEAH!!

95Farn
      Leader
      ID: 451044109
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:23
I can dig that.

Macho, I really hope your analysis of JBL is off. If he goes from a feud with Finlay to the main event at Backlash for the title to not getting points I'm definately in for a long season. Here's hoping you took a few too many leg drops to the head from Hogan.
96Mike D
      Leader
      ID: 041831612
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:26
He must have. He's got footage of his brother Leapin' Lanny Poofo on there, without the long hair, beard, and after the additional hormone treatments.
97Mike D
      Leader
      ID: 041831612
      Sun, Apr 06, 2008, 23:27
And to think I still have my old Macho Man tee shirt (blows his nose in it and flings it).
98Species
      Dude
      ID: 07724916
      Mon, Apr 07, 2008, 11:32
lmfao - nice job Macho Man! Goes to show you how little they work on these interviews beforehand! Talk about winging it!

If someone (or a few) can review my writing of our rule changes for accuracy I would appreciate it.

Let's start this MF'in party baby! Season 11 starts TONIGHT! Wooooooooooooooooo!
99Greg Rude
      ID: 22337410
      Mon, Apr 07, 2008, 12:28
I am way more excited about the Season 11 opener of RAW than the NCAA final!
100 Great One
      ID: 4231419
      Mon, Apr 07, 2008, 12:51
Only 1100 points?! crap! :)
I am now looking to package a 2nd rounder (with Regal probably) for a decent scorer.
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