Big Time Draft Site
by texanphil on Apr 15, 2010 10:50 PM CDT
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After much work by my elite staff of programmers working day and night, the Big Time Draft Site is ready for prime time. Well, at least its functional.
After registering, this site will enable you to follow the real draft, and act as Texans GM and pick any player available to play for your Houston Texans. We can all see how good our 2010 season could have been had we followed your sage advice, and we can all see how idiotic yours truly was for picking Tim Tebow at #20.
If you are unable to participate in real time, the site will keep a queue for you and automatically choose your next highest player when the Texans make their selection.
There will also be a shadow draft similar to what Rivers did (whose idea spawned this undertaking) that will take place after the real draft is over, but that code is still in the R&D department currently.
If you'd like to sign up, head on over to:
www.amrinedesign.com/phil/brb-draft/
I just updated the draft order, so that should be current. Let me know if you see any errors or bugs via this or the online email form on the FAQ. Also let me know if anyone wants to help input real draft picks during the real draft. I'll probably need help on Saturday, as they will come fast, and I have three kids.
Thanks, hope you enjoy it.
Promoted to front page. Read and sign up now! - bfd
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This ought to be goo'd or put up on the front page...
Good stuff there. I’m signed in.
I should be able to help out some on that Saturday, but I’ll let you know for sure as we get closer.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Apr 15, 2010 11:15 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Big time rec'd
Im about to sign in.
And just like TDC, I can help out on Saturday. Just shoot me an email if you still need help.
by Jordann on Apr 15, 2010 11:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Seriously,
this needs to be goo’d by everybody.
It’s like sitting in the war room.
Good job man, how long did it take you to put this together?
I worked on it non stop for about three weeks in March with a goal of launching by Apr 1. After testing I ran into some setbacks, there’s still one minor bug that I know of, but its functional now.
I had home issues take priority recently, or it woulda been up a couple weeks ago.
Thanks for all the goo’ness. After all the work, I appreciate it.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
by texanphil on Apr 16, 2010 7:40 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I are waiting for Confirm email
I almost jizzed in my pants!
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
Awesome
I registered.
I’d front page it but I think only bfd, Tim, and Jake have the keys for that.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
nice work
I’m all over it like LenWhale on a bottle of Tequila.
Be judgmental about the actions of the past, be hopeful about the actions of the future. -The Homers Creed
Or like Roesthlisberger
on a drunk 20 yr old college girl.
by Jordann on Apr 16, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That is funny and sad at the same time....
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
Or like Kasey Studdard on VY
Oh wait…
I'll eliminate you like I eliminate gluten from my diet.
by tehGrindCrusher on Apr 17, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy cow, Phil!
This is awesome!
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
Great site
This will let me indulge all of my defensive fantasies.
another sad Rothliesberger commentary...
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
...aaand Rec'ed
That’s awesome.
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
seem to have a problem with the site
account won’t register & I can’t sign in
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
Never mind, had to do it again with another email & name
but I like what I see
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Apr 16, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I just realised that the draft is next week
…and it gave me a chubby. For some reason I was thinking it was still a few weeks off.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
you want me to do things,
like the sun and the moon. IDIOT. I have too many womenz
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
papabear i am not calling you an idiot.
it is from a song by group x called “i just wan bang bang bang.”
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
Better watch it
Or papabear will slap you with his chubby. It’s actually a summer sausage from Hickory Farms.
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ah memories
I remember having a giant summer sausage in the freezer for almost a year in college. We would bring it out just to harrass our quite unassuming roommate.
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
by nolander on Apr 16, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I thought that might be a message for one of your womenz who learned how to surf the net...
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
I keep my womenz interwebz illiterate.
that way i can talk about them behind their back to my guy friends and post their nudies online
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
by Taco Joe on Apr 16, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pics or it didn't happen
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by bigfatdrunk on Apr 16, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
BFD
the gf said she doesn’t give pics to dirty old men unless they are willing to pick up her drinking tab.
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
Dirty old man doesn't even begin to describe me
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by bigfatdrunk on Apr 16, 2010 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
what about..
Dirty old big fat drunk man?
by leacheatsbabies on Apr 17, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
nope
We need to fit bald(ing) in there, too.
Ah, the joys of getting old: more hair growing out of my ears than the top of my head.
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by bigfatdrunk on Apr 17, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Love the optimistic (ing) you threw in there.
Sokay, I’m that way too.
I'll eliminate you like I eliminate gluten from my diet.
by tehGrindCrusher on Apr 17, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Soooo
Dirty old balding fat drunk man lol… being 26 no male pattern baldness yet, Thank God… but i still can’t grow facial hair. (sad face)
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
You can send the pics to me
I’m not old.
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
hmmm, maybe you shouldn't send pics
Trying to stay out of jail these days.
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Yeah Joe
wait a year….lol
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
Oh crap
I mixed you two up.
Joe25: You wait.
Taco Joe: Gimme. NOW.
Heh.
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Lol, although past womenz in my life
have been willing to do questionable pictures, current gf (who is the hottest yet, with 38 H, and a big booty) is technology savvy and refuses due to fear if we break up they will hit the interwebz with a vengeance. lol
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
by Taco Joe on Apr 17, 2010 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'ed!
I should flag it, too, for your being so damn young. Bastard.
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lol
I am going to nau currently tell the 18 yr olds in my class… They think that smashing pumpkins is a classic rock band.
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
Where did you pull the data from?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Theres a FAQ?
Damn this shit is legit
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Hey everybody
Y’all remind us to bump this post up before the draft. K? K.
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Ummm
Don’t we have some sort of Book Draft Thread Depository to put this link in as well?
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
I hate it when you're right
Done.
Are you going to taunt me with more beer pics now?
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by bigfatdrunk on Apr 16, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope
But next I’ll send you neked pics of Taco Joe’s girlfriend….
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
thanks
for the offers to help, and the comments on the site.
I’ve had a couple login issues, but it looks like most have been able to register and login successfully. This is my first effort with username/pw verification, so be gentle.
I’m off to add weightspeed as a column. I can’t believe I left that off. It is, afterall, how most will draft.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
No offense, BUT...
The lower the speed, the better. More velocity with the weightspeed.
I suggest you divide weight by 40 time to derive. Just my opinion, though. :-)
(BTW, if you do this, DWill is #4)
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Also
For future development, we need to add an ass-size coefficient.
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You mean.....
Ass-Mass
A Texas Wannabe, born and raised in New Zealand. Currently located 7539 miles South west of Houston.
by distant_texans_fan on Apr 16, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Ass-Mass (lbs.) X 40 time (sec.) = weightspeed (lb.sec.)
don’t forget your units…sorry I’m a gas engineer.
In all seriousness, weightspeed should be considered among the most telling measurable stats of a players success, even more-so than benchpress or 40-time.
by leacheatsbabies on Apr 17, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Sure, BUT
A slower 40-time means a greater weightspeed. I would suggest that a faster 40 time would be far more conducive to weightspeed, thus, we should invert the 40.
PLUS, the ass coefficient needs to be taken into consideration in the future. After all, JJ should be penalized for that small ass of his versus the ginormity of Okam’s, who should get a bonus.
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by bigfatdrunk on Apr 17, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
/real engineer enters the room
I’m tired of all the fuss about how to truly calculate WS. Please follow the directions below, and we will have all agreed upon the North American standard for determining WS.
Take the weight (lbs) and multiply it by the constant 81.82
Now divide that total number by the seconds it takes said player to run the 40-yd.
Ladies and gentlemen, you now have Weightspeed. And I think we can all agree/concur/ditto this definition, as it is in the units of Lbs*MPH. Enjoy.
And for those of you who need examples (all calculated from TP’s site):
Bruce Campbell = 5297 lbs*mph
Dan Williams = 5175 lbs*mph
Lamarr Houston = 5114 lbs*mph
Mike Lupati = 5110 lbs*mph
Donkey Kong Suh = 4945 lbs*mph
Taylor Mays = 4356 lbs*mph
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
Finally
I was wondering when one of you arrogant all-knowing geeky engineers would step up and help with the calc. Out of which orifice did yo pull out 81.82?
BTW, if you see 1Texan, buy him a 6-pack for me. I’ll pay you back during football season. :-)
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No problem
81.82 = 3600 (seconds/hour) / 1760 (yds/mile)
The 81.82 (divided by seconds of 40-yd) is what puts the calculation into MPH.
And for other engineers, yes this calculation does effectively lock the data from the 40-yd into a static average speed during said 40-yd “trip”.
But I haven’t done differential calculus in 11-12 years. And I plan to keep it that way. So lick ’em.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
I concur
While you’re at it, Shake, would you be kind enough to calculate the constants for the shuttle and cone events, too?
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
I thought the whole issue with Weightspeed
Is that it is Weight PLUS Speed.
If you’re going to go around multiplying weight and speed then your just talking about momentum, and anybody could work that out.
A Texas Wannabe, born and raised in New Zealand. Currently located 7539 miles South west of Houston.
by distant_texans_fan on Apr 18, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Ill now have to add a "Shake" column
or I’ll just replace the BFD column.
This looks better.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Shake column
is now sortable on the draft site, using the above math.
I want to give more credit to faster times, so I’m thinking about multiplying the speed by 10. Getting a sub 300 lber in the top 25 is key for me.
Weightspeed remains intact on the site in its pure, unadulterated form: Weight + speed.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Dump mine
Shake’s is better.
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OR....
Divide the seconds it takes to run the 40-yd into the constant 81.82
This will give you the average MPH of the player. And now this can be added to the player’s Weight for a true “weightspeed” number.
Because currently, you have weight-time….not speed.
I will leave it up to Phil regarding multiplying the MPH by 5, 10, etc. in order to “adjust” the numbers so that assmass is not the reigning factor.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
AND
If you decide to go with the above TP, then you could have 2 columns called Weight+Speed and Weight*Speed.
I love me and all, but I don’t need to see my name as the defining word for a new physics calculation. At least not this week.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
it helps me
deflect all explanations to the originator.
I don’t know, ask Shake.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
are you changing the definition
Of weightspeed?
Blasphemy!
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
by texanphil on Apr 16, 2010 6:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
weight divided by 40 time
is on the site now, under the column, BFD.
It gives far too much credit for having a large assmass, however.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Sometimes, I'm such a dillweed
:-)
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TP -- suggestion
If it is not too much trouble, I believe you need to change all the N/A’s for that category to 0’s. Otherwise, your data will sort the N/A’s with the highest possible rating since letters carry a “higher value” than numbers in the computer’s ranking of alphanumeric characters.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
the sort
is done by the database, which has a 999 in any player with an untimed 40 yard dash.
The site displays N/A if the forty time = 999, so the letter/number confusion is not a player.
With 999 for untimed 40s it puts the fastest times first, and all the untimed guys last. The only thing I could think might be better is if the user selected forty time decreasing to only pull the players with timed forties.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
this is done
If you sort by any of the speed categories: forty time, weightspeed, or shake, it only pulls players who have a valid 40 time.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
by texanphil on Apr 18, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is awesome
Although I read BRB religiously, I very rarely post on here. After seeing this, I just had let you know how awesome I think this is Phil. I can’t wait till next week to be able to partake in all the festivities and the gloriousness that is weightspeed.
I'm not sure I want all my picks on record
lest I consume a bottle of bleach if the Texans don’t make playoffs after drafting Mathews first..
by leacheatsbabies on Apr 16, 2010 3:45 PM CDT reply actions
i've already started to come up with my list of excuses
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
by papabear on Apr 16, 2010 8:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
usernames
it looks like usernames that contain spaces are not verifying properly.
If you need me to reset your account so you can use your primary email address and try again with a username without spaces, let me know.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
usernames that contain spaces
can now be used.
Again, if you need anything fixed on my end, let me know.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
i went around that feature
by using TacoMFJoe
"Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries! Now Go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
Go Texans!
add players below
with the add link.
It sounds like you are trying to edit your empty queue.
The lists of players at the bottom should have an “add” link by each one, click the player you want to add down there.
The edit queue is for re-ordering or removing players already in your queue.
Currently you shouldn’t even see the “edit queue” link if you don’t have any players. I only made this change yesterday, so try again.
If this is not the problem you are having, let me know.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Wow, Phil
I am in awe. Outfreakingstanding.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Apr 16, 2010 10:57 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Awesome Idea Phil
You should patent it before someone else does. Either that or whip one up for every team.
One thing I noticed is that you can only sort things one way. I can view the slowest 40 times and the lowest weightspeeds, but not the reverse.
A Texas Wannabe, born and raised in New Zealand. Currently located 7539 miles South west of Houston.
by distant_texans_fan on Apr 16, 2010 11:17 PM CDT reply actions
simple fix
turn your computer upside down
No, seriously, that may get in there. I am working on the auto draft right now to finish off the functionality, then I’ll try to improve the existing stuff.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Sweet.
It looks pretty in depth. It must have taken you ages to complete.
A Texas Wannabe, born and raised in New Zealand. Currently located 7539 miles South west of Houston.
by distant_texans_fan on Apr 16, 2010 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
..
MoveTheSticks
I think there’s an outside chance that Devin McCourty could go in the top 15… A lot of teams are in love with him.
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
still having username problems
Hey Phil, the login still isn´t working with my username. Could you please reset my email adress (chris.patsch@gmx.net)? Thanks and can´t wait to see what everyone else is raving about
by Scruffy The Janitor on Apr 17, 2010 1:06 AM CDT reply actions
I deleted both Scruffy the Janitor attempts
I changed the registration process yesterday, and spaces in the name should now work.
Try registering again from scratch, and let me know how it goes.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
Very nice
I’m a little wet downtown now
It's hard bein whimpy
by WhimpyJimmy on Apr 17, 2010 4:04 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
He can also take pills for that
Koz should have ideas.
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Awwww shoot!
Ole Whimpy looks like a fool again!
It's hard bein whimpy
by WhimpyJimmy on Apr 17, 2010 10:49 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I had a dream that we drafted Predator
He plays SS apparently. We were all a little confused and disappointed.
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
working great now...
thanks a latte´
by Scruffy The Janitor on Apr 17, 2010 1:45 PM CDT reply actions
I searched
and there are two Chris Browns.
RB and OLB.
I’m just glad there’s no eligible TE with that name.
Dunta's weightspeed was too low
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