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 Posted - 10/27/2011 : 17:33:58
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How do trades work?
We have made modifications to the TRADES system. Please reread.
First and foremost...
NEVER use the EDIT POOL / MANAGE POOL TEAM ROSTERS page to conduct trades. Leave the original rosters alone once they are set up! You only ever have to edit the original rosters if you made a mistake when you input them originally. If you have already mistakenly changed the rosters thinking you were doing a trade then you must go back into them and set them up to the originally intended roster….then start reading below….
Turning the Trades system on:
The Pool Administrator conducts all the trades. If you are not a pool administrator you CANNOT conduct trades. By default the trades are turned off. The administrator must turn them on to conduct official trades via the Trades System. Go to the TRADES page (in the left menu) to turn the trades on.
Here you will find 5 tabs; "Trade Type", "Trade Dates", "Conduct Trades", Trade Log, and Trade Rules.
Trade Types:
Here you turn the trades on or off. To turn the trades system on select either Replacement Trades or Split Trades.
- A Replacement Trade means that you trade away ALL the points of the first player and pick up ALL the points of the second player.
- A Split Trade means that you keep the points of the traded player up to the trade date and start collecting points of the acquired player after the trade date.
Trade Dates:
Once you have established whether you will have trades and what type of trade you will do, you must then select the dates at which you would like to make your trades. You can do this in the "Trades" section of the pool (see the menu on the left) Select the "Trade Dates" tab.
Here you can have virtually unlimited trades dates enabling you to trade players on every single day if you wished. The amount of dates you add is optional; you can have only 1 or you can input unlimited trade dates. The system will use these dates when processing the trades. Simply add a trade date using the calendar format supplied and click ADD - Then repeat as needed. When you add the dates is up to you because the trade dates are retroactive. If you don't have time to input all the trades before the trade date, don't worry. Once you input the trades the system will recalculate your pool iwht the new information.
Conducting a Trade:
When your trade dates are set up you will then need to conduct the trades. You can conduct them by going to the "Trades" page in the left menu. Select the "Conduct Trades" tab at the top. Please select the trade date from the drop down list and then the team you wish to trade on. The page will refresh and you will see an "Add Trade" button, click that. Now 2 input boxes will appear. In the left box choose the player you want to trade away and in the right box choose the player you want to acquire for that pool team and click "save". That's it! Repeat for each trade, selecting new pool teams as needed.
Viewing a trade:
After a trade is conducted the traded player remains visible in the pool team's lineup in black print for the trade date and the following day. However the following day and for the rest of the pool they are displayed in white. This is so others can see that player's contribution to the total points of that trade group. Of course they will not continue acquiring points. The newly acquired player's points may at first be zero. If you just conducted the trade today then the system will need to refresh before they show. The system refreshes daily at approximately 2:00am PST. All split trades will be backdated to the trade date (in case you input the trade date late it’s all good).
Trade Log
Now by clicking on the "Trade Log" tab everyone can see the trades history at a glance. You can view the date of the trade, the pool team involved, both players involved, and the date the trade was input into the system. This will allow everyone from the admin to the poolies, and our tech support team see all the pertinent info involved in each trade.
Help
In the "Help" tab you will find these very rules that you are reading now. We will keep this updated.
TROUBLE SHOOTING
I can't see the new players yet:
Keep in mind that in a trade the points for the new player take effect the day AFTER the trade date. What this means is that the old players collect points up to (and including) the trade date – naturally his points are displayed the following day. The newly acquired player begins collecting points the day after the trade and the points will show up the day after they earn them of course. So in summary, you’ll see the new player’s points in your pool two days after the trade date. If you have already set up a trade and you want your trade to take effect a day earlier just delete the trade and add it in again - but change the trade date so it is a day earlier. The system will refresh that night and adjust the points accordingly.
Trading from team to team (ie: drafted players):
Trading from one team to another is admittedly not that obvious in the system – certainly an area of improvement for us. But here’s how you do it. You will need to trade one of the players in question off of the first pool team in exchange for a dummy player (type D-U-M-M…and you will see the 10 dummy players) Save that trade. Then go to the other pool team and drop the player he wishes to give up for the other pool team’s dropped player. Then go back to the first team and pick up that player and drop the dummy player. Done.
Players Swapping:
Swapping is not considered to be a trade. We realize that sometimes NHL players are added to your pool teams accidentally or a team may select an injured player and everyone allows him to swap him out etc. So an administrator can swap players at will without affecting trades by simply going to the EDIT POOL / MANAGE POOL TEAM ROSTERS page and editing the players on the pool team. It would be just as if he was setting the pool up originally. Just go into any team and swap the players needed. If you do it this way you will swap all of that player's points for the new player's points. You can always swap back if you like. Swapping is not considered a trade.
Things to Remember:
1) Newly acquired players start collecting points the day AFTER trade date and are displayed in your pool 2 days after the trade date.
2) If your pool is set to be a DRAFT style of pool then a pool team can only acquire a player in a trade if the player is not owned by another team. If that player is owned by another pool team, then they must be dropped from his current team first and then acquired by the new team. If you try to select a player already drafted the system will alert you.
3) The newly acquired player's points may zero out until the system refreshes at 2:00am PST.
4) You may have assigned different point values for forwards, defense, goalies so be sure to acquire players from the same position. By default if a player is selected to be an Enforcer then the acquired player will be an enforcer too. You can disable the enforcer from the EDIT POOL / MANAGE POOL TEAM ROSTERS page.
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POOL TRADES - NEW MODIFICATIONS! 
