Alternate Reality Game 3: Starting From Scratch - Rules Thread
 

Year 1:

Step 1: In Year 1, we will each draft 33 veteran players. Note that you may trade players or draft picks at any time other than Weeks 7 through the Super Bowl. The draft order is shown below, and will be serpentine.

Step 2: In Year 1, at the end of the veteran draft, we will hold a one-round "remainder draft" where each owner will select a team. They will then have access to any players on that team who are NOT already drafted in Step 1. The draft order is shown below, and will be serpentine.

Step 3: After the real NFL draft, we will hold a draft where you can obtain rookies via the NFL selection process. The draft order will be the reverse of the Step 1 draft order, and will be serpentine.

Step 3a: We will then hold a coaching draft, where teams draft head coaches, offensive coordinators, and defensive coordinators. The draft order will be randomly generated before the selection process begins.

Step 4: At the end of training camp, each owner will look at their available players obtained in Steps 1, 2, and 3, and they will select a final 53-man roster.

(We now wait while the NFL season is played. Note that there will be no injury replacements, no mid-season roster pickups, or any other changes.)

Step 5: At the end of the season, you will prepare a summary of who started at each position, totaling 16 games. For example, you may have Brett Favre starting all 16 games, or if he was hurt part of the year, you may have Brett Favre starting 9 games and Joey Harrington starting 7 games. If they were your only two QBs and both went down after 1 start, you'll start Favre 1 game, Harrington 1 game, and "Scrub" for 14 games. "Scrubs" will be the equivalent of off-the-street free agents.

Step 6: For each division, a public poll will be set up on chiefsplanet. Owners will be encouraged to discuss their team strategies and rosters, including their systems, their use of specialists, and anything else that they think sets their team apart. Voters will be asked to pick the best team in the division, and the results of the voting will be the order of finish in the division.

If the number of voters isn't sufficient, the owners can discuss taking the poll to other boards as well, but hopefully we'll have enough interest on chiefsplanet.

Step 7. The winners of each division will then go head to head, with random matchups. We will have two playoff games with similar voting and lobbying to Step 6, and the winners of those playoff games will then meet in a similar poll to determine the champion.


Years 2 and beyond:

Step 8: The draft order will be determined as follows:

- the Super Bowl winner will pick last
- the Super Bowl loser will pick second-to-last
- the playoff loser who won their division with the largest percent of total votes in the division race will pick third-to-last
- the other playoff loser will pick fourth-to-last

Among all teams who didn't make the playoffs, we will run a poll asking voters to select the THREE best teams. The draft order will be in reverse order of those poll results, with the team receiving the fewest votes getting the first pick in EACH draft step to follow.

Step 9: Each team will drop to 33 players at this point.

Step 10: We will then hold a seven-round free agent draft, where (in draft order before any trades), players can sign any active player not currently on another owner's roster.

Step 11: We will then hold a "remainder round" draft (in draft order) similar to Step 2.

Step 12: We will then loop back and use Steps 3 through 7 again.

Note that you may trade players or draft picks at any time other than Weeks 7 through the Super Bowl.

Steamers own the rookie draft... ;)

I was trying to trade him my rookie picks as well. I completely forgot that you gave him all of yours.

Round 1
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Peyton Manning, QB
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Matt Ryan, QB
3. Honolulu Hulas - Adrian Peterson, RB
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - Chris Johnson, RB
5. KC Kings - Tom Brady, QB
6. San Antonio Scorpions - Michael Turner, RB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Joe Thomas, LT
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Larry Fitzgerald, WR
9. Cleveland Steamers - Drew Brees, QB
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - Calvin Johnson, WR
11. Greenville Marauders - DeAngelo Williams, RB
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - Matt Cassel, QB
13. Chattanooga Choo Choos - Ben Roethlisberger, QB
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Phillip Rivers, QB
15. St. Louis Commodes - Andre Johnson, WR
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Demarcus Ware, OLB
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Patrick Willis, ILB
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Shawne "roidman" Merriman
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Tony Romo, QB

Round 2
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Brian Westbrook, RB
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Ed Reed, FS
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Aaron Rodgers, QB
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Mario Williams, DE
15. St. Louis Commodes - Matt Forte, RB
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Jared Allen, DE
13. Chattanooga Choo Choos - Roddy White, WR
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - Julius Peppers, DE/OLB
11. Greenville Marauders- Jonathan Vilma, LB
10. Tuscon Tittie Twisters- Jay Cutler, QB
9. Cleveland Steamers - Randy Moss, WR
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Eli Manning, QB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Jon Beason, ILB
6. San Antonio Scorpions - Mathias Kiawanuka, DE
5. Kansas City Kings - Osi Umenyiora, DE
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - James Harrison OLB/DE
3. Honolulu Hulas - Jerrod Mayo MLB
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Haloti Ngata NT
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Albert Haynesworth DT

Round 3
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Justin Tuck DE
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Ryan Clady, OT
3. Honolulu Hulas - Joe Flacco, QB
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - Terrell Suggs, OLB/DE
5. Kansas City Kings - Vince Wilfork, NT
6. San Antonio Scorpions - Carson Palmer, QB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Greg Jennings, WR
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Richard Seymour, DE
9. Cleveland Steamers - LaDainian Tomlinson, RB
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - Stephen Jackson, RB
11. Greenville Marauders - Chad Pennington, QB
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - Kevin Williams, DT
13. Chattanooga Choo Choos - Nnamdi Asomugha, CB
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Reggie Wayne, WR
15. St. Louis Commodes- Walter Jones, OT
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Jake Long, OT
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Joey Porter, OLB
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Marion Barber, HB
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Troy Polamalu, SS

Round 4.
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Dwight Freeney, DE
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Donovan McNabb, QB
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Brandon Marshall, WR
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Darrelle Revis, CB
15. STL Commodes- Brian Urlacher, ILB
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Reggie Bush, RB/WR/KR/PR
13. Chattanooga Choo Choos - Bob Sanders, SS
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - Anquan Bolden, WR
11. Greenville Marauders - John Abraham, DE
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - DeMeco Ryans, ILB
9. Cleveland Steamers - Shaun Rogers, DT
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Casey Hampton, NT
7. St. Louis Stallions - LaRon Landry, FS
6. San Antonio Scorpions - Branden Albert, OT
5. Kansas City Kings - Braylon Edwards, WR
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - Ray Lewis, ILB
3. Honolulu Hulas- Eddie Royal, WR
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Dwayne Bowe, WR
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Steve Smith, WR

Round 5
1. Fort Wayne Dancers, Marcus Trufant, CB
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Lamarr Woodley, OLB
3. Honolulu Hulas- Antonio Cromartie, CB
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - Trent Edwards, QB
5. Kansas City Kings - Micheal Roos, OT
6. San Antonio Scorpions - D'Qwell Jackson, ILB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Aaron Kampman, DE
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Karlos Dansby, ILB
9. Cleveland Steamers - Terrell Owens, WR
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - Marques Colston, WR
11. Greenville Marauders - Wes Welker, WR
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - TJ Houshmandzadeh, WR
13. Chattanooga Choo-Choos - Maurice Jones-Drew, RB
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Asante Samuel, CB
15. St. Louis Commodes - Chad Ocho Cinco, WR
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Champ Bailey, CB
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Charles Woodson, CB
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Lee Evans WR
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Steve Breaston, WR

Round 6.
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Derrick Johnson, ILB
18. Milwaukee Mud ducks - Anthony Gonzalez WR
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Ted Ginn Jr. Wr
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Clinton Portis, HB
15. St. Louis Commodes - Tony Gonzales, TE
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Jason Peters, OT
13. Chattanooga Choo-Choos - Antonio Gates, TE
12. Memphis Malt Liquors - Brandon Jacobs, RB
11. Greenville Marauders - Michael Griffin, S
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - Jason Witten, TE
9. Cleveland Steamers- Chris Samuels, OT
8. Burlington Blue Barracudas - Cortland Finnegan, CB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Darnell Dockett, UT
6. San Antonio Scorpions - DeSean Jackson, WR
5. Kansas City Kings - Frank Gore, RB
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - John Henderson, DE/DT
3. Honolulu Hulas - Alex Brown, DE
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Jay Ratliff, DE
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Oshiomogho Atogwe, FS

Round 7
1. Fort Wayne Dancers - Lance Briggs, OLB
2. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Shaun Phillips, OLB
3. Honolulu Hulas - Santonio Holmes, WR
4. Los Angeles Purple Cobras - Bart Scott, ILB
5. Kansas City Kings - Devin Hester, WR,KR,PR
6. San Antonio Scorpions - Domonique Rodgers-Cromartie, CB
7. St. Louis Stallions - Ronnie Brown, HB
8. Burlington Blue Barramundi - Steve Slaton, HB
9. Cleveland Steamers - Julian Peterson, OLB
10. Tucson Tittie Twisters - Jordan Gross, LT
11. Philadelphia Battery Tossers - Glenn Dorsey, DE
12. Memphis Malt Liquor - Marcus McNeil, LT
13. Chattanooga Choo-Choos - Trent Cole, OLB/DE
14. Las Vegas Red Lights - Leodis McKelvin, CB
15. St. Louis Commodes - Kyle Vanden Bosch, DE
16. Bradenton Super-Manatees - Jammal Brown, OT
17. Knoxville Kiffins - Chris Long, DE
18. Milwaukee Mud Ducks - Robert Mathis, DE
19. Atlantic City Hitmen - Bryant McKinnie ,OT

Documentation of Trades through Veteran Draft Round 18.

Round 7
PBT have GM pick
Round 8
LAPC have FWD pick
SLS have BBB pick
GM have PBT pick
TTT have SAS pick
CCC hold HH pick
Round 9
TTT have CCC pick
TTT have KCK pick
MML have TTT pick
CCC have LAPC pick
BBB have SLS pick
PBT have MMD pick
Round 10
TTT have CCC pick
BSM have MMD pick
MML have CS pick
MML have LAPC pick
KCK have TTT pick
TTT have MML pick
SLS have BBB pick
LAPC have BSM pick
Round 11
CCC have the LAPC pick
PBT have FWD pick
LAPC have MML pick
LAPC have CCC pick
BBB have SLS pick
Round 12
LAPC have SLC pick
CCC have the LAPC pick
MML have CS pick
TTT have KCK pick
TTT have SAS pick
Round 13
CCC have SLC pick
SLC have LAPC pick
BSM have MMD pick
MML have TTT pick
LAPC have CCC pick
Round 14
TTT has SLS pick
BBD have CCC pick
CCC have SLC pick
FWD have CS pick
SLC have LAPC pick
CCC have TTT pick
SLS have BBB pick
Round 15
TTT has BSM pick
CCC has GM pick
SLS has TTT pick
BBD has KCK pick
BSM has BBD pick
SLC have LAPC pick
TTT have CS pick
Round 16
BSM has TTT pick
MML has SLS pick
MML has BBD pick
BBD has BSM pick
BBD have CCC pick
FWD have CS pick
Round 17
BBD have MMD pick
MML has BBD pick
TTT hold CS
BBD hold ACH
CCC has GM
Round 18
BBD have MMD pick
SLS have TTT pick (via MML)
FWD have CS pick
MML have FWD pick (via Los Angeles)
LAPC have FWD pick, but traded it away
GM have PBT pick
LAPC have BSM pick
CCC has GM

Pestilence already has this, but just in case I need to edit anything....

Year 1:

Step 1: In Year 1, we will each draft 33 veteran players. Note that you may trade players or draft picks at any time other than Weeks 7 through the Super Bowl. The draft order is shown below, and will be serpentine.

Step 2: In Year 1, at the end of the veteran draft, we will hold a one-round "remainder draft" where each owner will select a team. They will then have access to any players on that team who are NOT already drafted in Step 1. The draft order is shown below, and will be serpentine.

Step 3: After the real NFL draft, we will hold a draft where you can obtain rookies via the NFL selection process. The draft order will be the reverse of the Step 1 draft order, and will be serpentine.

Step 3a: We will then hold a coaching draft, where teams draft head coaches, offensive coordinators, and defensive coordinators. The draft order will be randomly generated before the selection process begins.

Step 4: At the end of training camp, each owner will look at their available players obtained in Steps 1, 2, and 3, and they will select a final 53-man roster.

(We now wait while the NFL season is played. Note that there will be no injury replacements, no mid-season roster pickups, or any other changes.)

Step 5: At the end of the season, you will prepare a summary of who started at each position, totaling 16 games. For example, you may have Brett Favre starting all 16 games, or if he was hurt part of the year, you may have Brett Favre starting 9 games and Joey Harrington starting 7 games. If they were your only two QBs and both went down after 1 start, you'll start Favre 1 game, Harrington 1 game, and "Scrub" for 14 games. "Scrubs" will be the equivalent of off-the-street free agents.

Step 6: For each division, a public poll will be set up on chiefsplanet. Owners will be encouraged to discuss their team strategies and rosters, including their systems, their use of specialists, and anything else that they think sets their team apart. Voters will be asked to pick the best team in the division, and the results of the voting will be the order of finish in the division.

If the number of voters isn't sufficient, the owners can discuss taking the poll to other boards as well, but hopefully we'll have enough interest on chiefsplanet.

Step 7. The winners of each division will then go head to head, with random matchups. We will have two playoff games with similar voting and lobbying to Step 6, and the winners of those playoff games will then meet in a similar poll to determine the champion.


Years 2 and beyond:

Step 8: The draft order will be determined as follows:

- the Super Bowl winner will pick last
- the Super Bowl loser will pick second-to-last
- the playoff loser who won their division with the largest percent of total votes in the division race will pick third-to-last
- the other playoff loser will pick fourth-to-last

Among all teams who didn't make the playoffs, we will run a poll asking voters to select the THREE best teams. The draft order will be in reverse order of those poll results, with the team receiving the fewest votes getting the first pick in EACH draft step to follow.

Step 9: Each team will drop to 33 players at this point.

Step 10: We will then hold a seven-round free agent draft, where (in draft order before any trades), players can sign any active player not currently on another owner's roster.

Step 11: We will then hold a "remainder round" draft (in draft order) similar to Step 2.

Step 12: We will then loop back and use Steps 3 through 7 again.

Note that you may trade players or draft picks at any time other than Weeks 7 through the Super Bowl.

Round 8
19. ACH - Jamal Williams, NT
18. MMD - Bradie James, ILB - Traded to BBD, then MMD
17. KK - Shaun Ellis, DE
16. BSM - Tommie Harris, DT
15. SLC - Nick Mangold, C
14. BBD - Keith Rivers, LB, trade to BSM
13. CCC- Ty Warren, DT/DE
12. MML - Kris Jenkins, NT - Traded to BBD
11. GM - Dallas Clark, TE
10. TTT - Rashean Mathis, CB
9. CS - Flozell Adams, OT
8. SLS - Kellen Winslow, TE
7. SLS - Amobi Okoye, NT
6. TTT - Gaines Adams, DE
5. KCK - Barrett Ruud, ILB
4. LAPC - Dustin Keller, TE
3. CCC- A.J. Hawk, LB (Via Trade with Sully)
2. GM - Andre Goodman, CB
1. LAPC - WR Antonio Bryant
Round 9
1. FWD - DT Marcus Stroud
2. PBT - Darren McFadden, RB
3. HH - Ryan Diem, OT
4. CCC- Ernie Sims, LB
5. TTT - Kenny Phillips, FS
6. SAS - Chad Greenway, OLB
7. BBB - D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT
8. BBB - Vincent Jackson, WR
9. CS - Steve Hutchinson, G
10. MML - Greg Olsen, TE
11. GM - Jon Stinchcomb, OT
12. MML - Roy Williams, WR
13. TTT - Thomas Howard, OLB
14. BBD - Bernard Berrian, WR
15. SLC - Devery Henderson, WR
16. BSM - Adrian Wilson, SS
17. KK - Ryan Grant, RB
18. PBT - Corey Webster, CB
19. ACH - Hines Ward, WR
Round 10
19. ACH - DeAngelo Hall, CB
18. BSM - Chris Snee, G
17. KK - Levi Brown, LT
16. LAPC - Donald Penn, LT
15. SLC - Jake Delhomme, QB
14. BBD - Rocky Bernard, DT, trade to ACH
13. TTT - Lofa Tatupu, LB
12. TTT - Sedrick Ellis, DT
11. GM - DJ Williams, OLB
10. KCK - Terrence Newman, CB
9. MML - Matt Schaub, QB
8. SLS - Ron Bartell, CB
7. SLS - Leroy Hill, OLB
6. MML - Kevin Smith, RB
5. KCK - David Stewart, RT
4. MML - Kirk Morrison, LB
3. HH - Marshall Yanda, G
2. PBT - Jonathan Stewart, RB
1. FWD - David Harris, ILB

Round 11
1. PBT - Kerry Rhoades, S
2. PBT - Carlos Rogers - CB
3. HH - Dusty Dvoracek, DT
4. CCC- Jared Gaither, LT
5. KC Kings - James Farrior, ILB
6. SAS - Eric Weddle, S
7. BBB - Nick Collins, S
8. BBB - Chris Canty, DE
9. CS - Alan Faneca, G
10. TTT - Jerricho Cotchery, WR
11. GM - Justin Smith, DE
12. LAPC - Antrelle Rolle, FS
13. LAPC - Brandon Meriweather , SS
14. BBD - Nick Barnett, ILB, trade to BSM
15. SLC - Brian Waters, G
16. BSM - Kurt Warner, QB
17. KK - Donald Driver, WR
18. MMD - Chris Horton, SS
19. ACH - Dan Koppen, C
Round 12
19. ACH - Erik Coleman, FS
18. MMD - Freddy Keiaho, OLB
17. KK - Chris Hope, S
16. BSM - Santana Moss, WR
15. LAPC - Dunta Robinson, CB
14. BBD - Leonard Davis, OG
13. CCC- Chris Gamble, CB
12. MML - Curtis Lofton, MLB
11. GM - Jason Brown, C
10. TTT - Marshawn Lynch, RB
9. MML - Richard Marshall, CB
8. BBB - Adalius Thomas, OLB
7. SLS - Jeff Otah, RT
6. TTT - Duane Brown, LT
5. TTT - Jeff Faine, C
4. CCC- Aqib Talib, FS
3. HH - Broderick Bunkley, DT
2. PBT - Lawrence Timmons, ILB
1. FWD - Joe Staley, LT
Round 13
1. FWD - Owen Daniels, TE
2. PBT - Vernon Davis, TE
3. HH - Stacey Andrews, RT
4. LAPC - Brandon Flowers, CB
5. KC Kings - Ellis Hobbs, CB
6. SAS - Paul Pozluzny, ILB
7. MML - Gibril Wilson, S
8. BBB - Parys Haralson, OLB
9. CS - Andre Gurode, C
10. MML - Charles Tillman, CB
11. GM - Will Allen, CB
12. TTT - Leon Hall, CB
13. CCC - Shawn Andrews, OG/OT
14. BBD - Antoine Bethea, FS - traded to KC Kings
15. SLC - Yeremiah Bell, SS
16. BSM - Laveranues Coles, WR
17. KK - Davin Joseph, G
18. BSM - Brandon Mebane, DT
19. ACH - Antonio Pierce, MLB

Round 14
19. ACH - Larry Johnson, RB
18. MMD - Will Smith, DE
17. KK - Ben Grubbs, OG
16. BSM - Chris Cooley, TE
15. CCC - Luis Castillo, DE/DT
14. BBD - Tony Ugoh, LT, traded to MMD
13. BBD - Ken Hamlin, FS
12. TTT - Cliff Avril, DE
11. GM - Greg Ellis, DE
10. CCC - Adam Carriker, DT
11. FWD - Felix Jones, RB
8. TTT - Reggie Nelson, FS
7. SLC - Daryl Smith, LB
6. SAS - Ryan Kalil, OC
5. KCK - Cullen Jenkins, DE
4. SLC - Larry Foote, MLB
3. HH - Kamerion Wimbley, OLB
2. PBT - Thomas Davis, OLB
1. FWD - Patrick Kerney, DE
Round 15
1. FWD - Nate Clements, CB
2. TTT - Mike Patterson, DT
3. HH - Sheldon Brown, CB
4. SLC - Bertrand Berry, DE
5. BBD - Quentin Jammer, CB
6. SAS - Justin Blaylock, G
7. SLS - Channing Crowder, MLB
8. BBB - Vernon Carey, OT
9. MML - Stephen Cooper, ILB
10. SLS - Jahri Evans, RG
11. CCC - Pierre Thomas, RB
12. SLS - Tanard Jackson, FS
13. CCC - Derrick Harvey, DE
14. BSM - Kris Dielman, G
15. SLC - Ronde Barber, CB
16. TTT - Elvis Dumervil, DE
17. KK - Zach Miller, TE
18. BBD - Logan Mankins, G
19. ACH - Donnie Avery, WR
Round 16
19. ACH - Willie Colon - RT
18. MMD - Antoine Cason, CB
17. KK - Jason Jones, DT
16. BBD - David Diehl, LT
15. SLC - Barry Cofield, NT
14. BSM - Jarrad Page, FS
13. BBD - Antoine Winfield - CB
12. MML - Roman Harper, S
11. GM - Chester Pitts, G
10. PBT - Jeremy Trueblood, RT
9. FWD - Aaron Sears, G
8. BBB - Nick Hardwick, C
7. SLS - Kelvin Hayden, CB
6. MML - Olin Kreutz, C
5. KCK - Todd Herremans, OG
4. LAPC - Nate Washington, WR
3. HH - Kawika Mitchell, OLB
2. PBT - Harvey Dahl, G
1. FWD - Vernon Gholston, DE/OLB