difference between serpentine and straight

[basketcase 0]

Stupid question.. What is the difference between a serpentine draft and a straight draft?

[Mike FF Today 607]

We'll use as 6-team league as an example.

 

Serpentine Draft...

 

1.01 - Team 1

1.02 - Team 2

1.03 - Team 3

1.04 - Team 4

1.05 - Team 5

1.06 - Team 6

 

2.01 - Team 6

2.02 - Team 5

2.03 - Team 4

2.04 - Team 3

2.05 - Team 2

2.06 - Team 1

 

Straight Draft...

 

1.01 - Team 1

1.02 - Team 2

1.03 - Team 3

1.04 - Team 4

1.05 - Team 5

1.06 - Team 6

 

2.01 - Team 1

2.02 - Team 2

2.03 - Team 3

2.04 - Team 4

2.05 - Team 5

2.06 - Team 6

 

Hope that helps. Basically a Straigth Draft keeps the same draft order in every round. A Serpentine Draft reverses the draft order each round.

[basketcase 0]

Thank you very much..

[ocmod 0]

What if your draft is serpentine every odd round meaning the third round would start a new string of serpentine? Can you manually change that in the Compiler and still have it pull all of the data correctly?

[Mike MacGregor 20]

Hi ocmod. You can change to a custom draft order as described here:

 

1. Go to Draft Buddy's draft input tab. Highlight any one cell under the Overall heading, holding down the mouse button and moving to the right to similarly highlight the cell immediately adjacent to it under the Pick Traded To heading. There should now be 2 cells highlighted, right beside each other.

 

2. Choose Format > Column > Unhide. Two new columns will appear with red text.

 

3. Now, overwrite the formulas in the first column of red text. Simply insert the appropriate team number (based on the order you inputted on the setup tab) for each pick in the draft.

 

The Owner and Team Name info should update automatically as you enter the new appropriate team number. This way you can still keep the Pick Traded To column clean for only trades. Always a good idea to keep clean unaltered backup copies of the Compiler and Buddy before you dive in and do something you may not be able to undo later.