Ok we have ten sign-ups but I am pretty sure one is a double, I need people here to confirm which team they are.
As of now I have the following signups (please confirm this is correct in this thread):
1. Who's Your Padre? -
UncleSam
2. Snells Like Teen Spirit -
Da Letter El
3. saberslasher's MVPs -
saberslasher11
4. Laurel Best OC Record 2024 -
Laurel
5. Sunny's Stars -
sunny004
6. Saved by the Bell -
Clouds
7. Indian National Cricket Team -
Dead by Daylight
8. Frozen Joey -
joey
9. Joshua's Smashers - Unclear
10. Joshua's Blazers - Unclear, this appears to be the same person signing up twice
Finchinator gragson CrreamyKitty were you planning to sign up? Also, is one of you Joshua? If so, please delete the double sign-up.
We are good to go with either 10 or 12 teams. I want all signups to
CONFIRM IN THIS THREAD by the end of the weekend. Any teams that are not confirmed I will delete from the league (I will try to reach out to each of you before doing so, obviously).
Once the team list is finalized I will send out a survey monkey link to determine what day / time to run the draft. It is currently set for 4 PM PST on March 9th, but at least one manager has expressed that it is unlikely they can make this time so consider this tentative / likely to change.
In terms of the 10$ buy-in that we discussed, once again I am happy to sponsor international folks or those who can't spare it (I'd appreciate if one or two others could also sponsor someone if need be). Idea basically being that if there is a little money on the line it will encourage activity / make the league a lot more competitive, and also to give people at the bottom of the standings something to play for (there will be a 10$ prize for whoever wins 7th aka the non-playoff tournament). This will be handled on venmo once the team list is finalized (I'll send my Venmo details in a PM and then handle the payouts).
In your signup confirmation, please indicate whether A. you need a sponsor, B. you are good to send me 10$, C. you would be ok with sponsoring one other person (aka sending me 20$ but getting the winnings from both of your teams). If C. please arrange with one of the people who need to be sponsored (I think only DBD indicated this).
Prize pool for 12 teams would tentatively be 40$ for first, 25$ for second, 3rd 20$, 4th 15$, 5th gets 10$, and 7th gets 10$. This means that no matter where you finish in the final standings of the regular season, there will be something to play for in the playoffs (1st - 6th make the 'top bracket' playoffs, 7th - 12th make the 'consolation' playoffs). As such, even if you get off to a terrible start, it is still worth coming back and trying your best to put together the strongest end-of-season roster you can for the playoffs. If we only get 10 sign-ups then I'll re-work the prize pool accordingly.
Finally,
if you sponsor a team, I am going to ban trading between your teams. I think this should be obvious why it needs to be stated. In general trading is quite rare in a non-keeper league anyway, most public leagues that I play in have 3-5 trades total (12 teams) and most of those are for inconsequential players.
The league can be found here:
League Link
To get the ball rolling, I am confirming for
Who's Your Padre, and can sponsor
Indian National Cricket Team.
