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I'm sure any rumors are based on the 6/30/2010 12:30:59 AM news post from BB-Edju:

"At the start of each season (for Season 13, later in the season) the draft page will be available with a set of baseline rankings."
-snip-
"'In addition, there will be a "scouting combine" at the allstar break, where every player in the upcoming draft class will show up to be measured."'

So the draft was supposed to be delayed in S13, but the combine was to be at allstar break. If that is true then both should have already been available. A future allstar break was not specified. Since this one has come and gone, it now stands to reason he must have been referring to future allstar breaks, and that the post was just poorly worded.

You can spend 10 points at any point after the allstar break to send a scout to the combine to learn the ages and heights for all 48 players in the upcoming draft class. Scouting points may be spent at any moment until the draft is run, but cannot be carried over into the next season

thats the next few lines.

whos to say the scouting combine didnt already happen , as i understand it we have no input during the combine anyway, its not until after the allstar break that we can send a scout.

the only deadline i believe to be in place is that we will be able to do all of this before end of season.

if not ill be pissed as ive put a good amount of money into scouting this season

i think the quote you provided is worded perfectly:

"At the start of each season (for Season 13, later in the season) the draft page will be available with a set of baseline rankings."

from there on out, everything regarding the system is about how it will work in future seasons, including the allstar break combine.

patience, my friends.

The limitation to future seasons may have been vaguely implied, but was not specified in the remainder of the post. The aforementioned quote advised that the draft page would be available later than the start of the season. This is not incompatible with the understanding that allstar break reference included this season. This is further confused by the fact that changes impacting present and future seasons were discussed. You may feel that sufficient context was provided, but I respectfully disagree that it was perfectly worded. I do agree that patience is needed. The seasons pass by rather quickly.

Last edited by bonespawn at 8/20/2010 3:31:33 AM

So when do we actually use the scounting points? It says we can use the scounting points we get every week to blah blah blah.....there should at least be an update on the draft system to tell us what's going to happen...

Theres not really much point asking about the draft. I'm sure when it is ready it will be announced, anything else is speculation.

dont know bout u guys but id rather have the new draft next season so everything would be fresh and not miss half of the season to be able to use scouting points

You don't miss out on using scouting points. Lets say you have been spending 10k a week on scouting so far. I think it has been about 7 weeks so far. That means you have 14 scouting points. Once the system is released you can use all 14 scouting points straight away. So no harm in releasing it later this season.

As I understand the new system, we haven't really lost any of the season for using scouting points yet, although we may end up having to use them in a shorter time frame. From the news post, it doesn't really sound as there normally would be any spending of scouting points prior to the combine, which should be this week for future seasons. I guess you could go and scout guys just off of the limited basic information that will be available, but that would make it hard to save up enough money to be able to afford the combine.
Even if you were to scout players early in the season most future seasons, you'll still have the same amount to scout this season, it will just be compressed into the second half of the season. So the first week it becomes available, everyone will decide if they want to spend money on the combine and which guys they'd like to watch play a game, and how much money you want to save for second scouting trips. Personally I think if people are paying for the combine, they will likely do the combine on week 1, decide on who to watch in a game in week 2, and then follow-up with some of those players in week 3.
There are 6 weeks left before the draft, so there still is plenty of time to use all the scouting points you've been accumulating this season.

Last edited by Alec Burke at 8/20/2010 12:46:46 PM

oh ok I didnt know
good to know though

i'm very intersted in the new drafting system.

the last one was a pure lotery. i've had gems when i spend 10k a season, and i have had seasons where i spend 40k weekly, but i didn't end up getting a single player about starter potential.

i'm looking forward to the new drafting system.

ow and btw:

usually, when you can submit your drafting ordre, one of the BB's makes a little notice, that everyone see's when (s)he logs into BB. i'd be surprized if they didn't make one of those notices this time, since it's a new drafting system.

so for all those ultra curious guy's, i know it's a pain in the a** to have to wait here, but just give the BB's time. you all will certainly be notified once the new drafting system is in place.

regards

Revo