Tournament of Champions II Update

The second Tournament of Champions is happening this Spring

This is a way for us to say thanks to our loyal users with a nice prize - $250 and a sweet Championship Ring - seen here. Last year, people met some new faces and tried out new ways to play and generally had a good time - join us.

This is a promotional contest purely intended to provide some fun for folks that are interested - absolutely no entry fee required.
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Invites are going out to the top Qualifiers, when the player pool has been locked in, we'll get this started.

Qualification Rules Refresher
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TOC II Tournament Format

The Leagues

  • Four 8-team leagues - the two WS participants in each league are merged into one Final Table, with the winner declared Tournament Champion.

  • These are actual 8-team leagues. This is a change from last year as we have added the ability to run smaller leagues and don't have to work with unowned teams.

  • Users are grouped by where the want to coordinate the draft (Forums or Discord), and randomly after that.

The Draft

  • The season begins with a full team draft, to get everyone as close to equal footing as we can make it. This is a 24-round, serpentine draft, with the draft order determined by random draw.

  • Every player in the league will be dropped to free agency at the outset, and that free agent list is the draft board to choose your players from.

  • The draft can take about a week to complete, with each owner usually making multiple picks a day.

  • Keeping things moving - We will help leagues facilitate these drafts to the best of our abilities. The reason that leagues are limited to 8 managers each is to keep the drafts at a manageable length. We're all busy folks - if a league feels their draft is moving too slowly, we'll reserve the right to implement a 12-hour maximum clock before auto-picks are assigned, and will replace an owner if they repeatedly receiving auto-picks.

  • There is no trading or free agency involved in the league - you draft your team, you run your team, bing bang boom.


FAQ

Q - Can I rename my team? A -Yes please do.

Q - Is there still a new league fatigue bug that gives the very first starter more rest than normal? A - As far as I know, yes.

Q - Is there really a $75 million salary cap A - No, there is no salary cap, you can spend as much as you can on 24 players, and everybody gets a scrub #25

Q - How do playoffs work? A - In first round, top 4 teams make the playoffs, and then winners of the first round make the Final Table. At Final Table, top 4 teams make the playoffs, and two round playoffs determines the champ.

Q - Can we trade? A - No trading.

Q - Why is the draft 24 players? A - Even number of rounds, everyone gets a chance to start the same number of rounds in serpentine draft. 25th player is a 50k scrub.