DraftPlanet is not closed.

Draft discussion is now encouraged in the Lounge. This format has been followed in the past and fell by the wayside.

We've had a discussion within this thread and reached a partial compromise. I don't know exactly what it looks like but I have a general idea of what I think would be positive for ChiefsPlanet. I'm looking to regular participants in DraftPlanet and The Lounge to help fill in the blanks with their own cool ideas.

The following is not yet etched in stone. There's a lot of pertinent discussion throughout the thread.
DraftPlanet will remain open until one week after the Combine. Draft gurus will be encouraged to start and/or ask for threads to be moved to the Lounge. We want to encourage football discussion in the Lounge and we hope Draftnits will seek to share their knowledge with the GenPop. Finally, DraftPlanet will remain open year around but new threads will be moderated by Draft moderators and moved to the Lounge or kept in DraftPlanet based on a yet-to-be determined criteria which is up for discussion.

Originally Posted by Dante84

What's frustrating is that there is typically high level conversation in a lot of those threads, which many have come to appreciate.

If it moves to the lounge, it's going to water it down heavily, and dissolve into name calling and ignorant posters shitting all over intelligent takes....

It's nice in DP because while it is a more refined convo, it's not exclusive and anyone can hop in and join in should they want. By being in the lounge , I fear it'll get crowded with douche (people trolling). How about letting thread starters boot worthless trolls on those threads, should it move to the lounge?

Not sure that functionality is available but I'm not opposed to the discussion of creating a higher standard of discussion for draft threads with a penalty of being removed from the thread.

[Direckshun]

The trolling will come, regardless.

As will people complaining about too many football topics.

Sigh.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by PGM

Like tk said...See now you are acting like you are above other people and that's what will bring the trolling. Just like the day of the draftmasturbators.

No no... Not saying it's a "better than you" thing at all... I just think the gen pop might intimidate some of the guys from there into posting less... Or arguing more.

The lounge is way feistier and fickle, which I love and certainly engage in, and dp is kind of a zone where it's more friendly debate.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Good start. I presume most casual followers are most interested in your rounds 1 & 2 prospects - maybe an occasional list of sleeper picks, especially from area colleges. With that in mind, how can you whet the palate of Lounge followers while keeping Draftniks happy?

Well, that would come naturally with the Mock off-seasons. We are constantly changing the picks and adding new players along with information about them. I like adding videos to go along with my suggested prospects because it's nice to see them in action so that other people can form their own opinions as well. No 2 mocks are ever really the same, especially not in this draft. There are so many different prospects that you can choose from and plenty of holes on the team.

People in the general public will naturally become more aware and develop a wider view of the draft class with each new Chiefs mock off-season that comes out between now and the actual draft. What we do in FA will change things to a degree. Who we decide to release will change things, who we re-sign will change things, etc.

[Direckshun]

Yup. DraftPlanet has been the home of cordial debate about football and prospects.

It is nothing like the acidic abuse of the drafturbators from 2009.

[Dante84]

If dp is a circle jerk, well, let us jerk in peace. And come on in if you wanna jerk too.

No reason why threads of similar nature can't exist in two places.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Dante84

No no... Not saying it's a "better than you" thing at all... I just think the gen pop might intimidate some of the guys from there into posting less... Or arguing more.

The lounge is way feistier and fickle, which I love and certainly engage in, and dp is kind of a zone where it's more friendly debate.

Yeah lounge is no holds barred for sure...which makes it great and sad in one swoop.

[booger]

Can we hire cam girls for the casino and tip them with casino cash yet? Or is that project still tabled?

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by booger

Can we hire cam girls for the casino and tip them with casino cash yet? Or is that project still tabled?

That...

needs to happen

[booger]

Originally Posted by Dante84

That...

needs to happen

Amen my broham

Originally Posted by Direckshun

The trolling will come, regardless.

As will people complaining about too many football topics.

Sigh.

Dang. No wonder you love mock drafts. It's your only opportunity to hope as a Chiefs fan.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Wait till chiefscafans main board mock takes over this place!!

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Dang. No wonder you love mock drafts. It's your only opportunity to hope as a Chiefs fan.

The light has been switched on. Now you see.

This is how we cope with the pain. Daydreaming about what might someday be.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

The trolling will come, regardless.

As will people complaining about too many football topics.

Sigh.

Free agency will be coming before the draft, and it doesn't have its own forum. Why aren't you creating threads about that in the main forum if you want a higher level of football discussion?

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Dang. No wonder you love mock drafts. It's your only opportunity to hope as a Chiefs fan.

I do my hoping/dreaming by playing Madden 14, simulating the 2013 season, and then going through the entire off-season. I then proceed to go 19-0 with a 80-0 average margin of victory in 2014. Success.