In Drafty's original auction draft format, teams clamor for the highest bid in a free-for-all bidding war. The timer resets as new bids come in until it finally expires and the high bidder wins.
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In the silent auction draft format, each team enters a secret blind bid and when time expires, the top bids are revealed and the highest bid wins. When two teams tie for the highest bid, the timer resets and all teams get another shot at capturing the high bid - a real psychological battle.
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In the poker auction draft format, teams take turns bidding on each player. Once a team folds, they cannot bid on the current player anymore. This bidding sequence follows the draft order - starting with the team who nominated the current player - and continues until all teams but one have folded.
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In the classic snake draft format, teams must choose a player to draft within the alotted time limit. They can queue up a list of players in case they can't attend the draft or their time expires when they're on the clock. At the start of each round, the draft order reverses.
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In the round robin draft format, teams must choose a player to draft within the alotted time limit. They can queue up a list of players in case they can't attend the draft or their time expires when they're on the clock. At the start of each round, the draft order repeats.
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Set a max bid and sit back while the Drafty A.I. does the bidding for you. Never accidentally overspend again!
Change timers any time during your draft, including the master time limit, nomination time limit, reset time after a new bid, and more!
Pause the draft at any time and pick up where you left off another day.
Use a Drafty Clubhouse to assign keepers to teams, then the draft room will import them and adjust budgets automatically.
Eliminate an hour of downtime from your draft with Drafty's innovative Freeze Tag nomination format, the default format in all auction draft rooms.
Tough bidding decision? The More Time Plz button adds 10 seconds to the auction timer, usable once per team per player auction.
Configure a 2nd phase for your draft, like switching from snake to auction or from real-time to slow draft.
Make your draft room match your league personality. Put your league logo and 2 images in the middle of the action for great laughs and/or brand placement.
Protects drafters from accidentally placing a new bid immediately after the price suddenly jumps.
Drafty draft rooms are responsively designed for smartphones and tablets, so you can easily draft from the golf course if that's your thing.
Drafty draft rooms look great in HD, so enhance your in-person draft day experience with an awesome digital draft board.
Our autodraft is getting better and better. There's still room to grow but we're on a mission to have the best autodraft AI for auction drafts.
We've created an addictive little mini-game to help you get through the offseason. Every pick you make influences Drafty's player rankings, so thanks for playing! Look for your high score on the leaderboard.
Drafty is the only site that invites the user community to influence player rankings. Drafty Player Rankings are updated in real-time, so they're always current and reflect the drafting preferences of real people like you.
We are working to make this new help panel a robust and relevant spot to handle your support questions. Whether you're in a draft room, on a blog article, or on our front page, this panel will [eventually] be where you find all the most relevant resources to meet your needs.
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