[zevus]

re; randomness

i've done 99% exclusive iron tourneys, and it shows me as having 21 tourney wins. one of those is the 0 variant daily late iron (I also came in 3rd/4th on a second one, and I also got bounced in the first round in another, three in the last week -- it fills too quickly).

the other 20 are from the 16 team tourneys.

i can see 115 on my "your tournaments" list (it only shows the last week?), with 11 of those being winners. this is with zero variant cards ever used in any of 'em.

for the drafts;

i have a mix of 16 person speed drafts and regular drafts, i can see 47 on my week history of which 3 are winners (though i have 9 draft wins in total -- seemingly I've gotten worse at picking drafts). one of my recent wins was with the legendary "Butts Waggner" at 3rd base.

... well, rly it's almost entirely random. just make sure you have enough pitchers and enough position players, 2 catchers, a workable depth chart, etc.

can't expect very detailed simulations with how fast it's cranking them, right?

ever notice how after the all star break in the league play, the metrics all shift in order to try to normalize the stats? there's always some godawful amount of teams that just drop off after doing very well in the first half. probably the same type of stat integrity occurs in drafts and tourneys. actual bodies are far more important than the card ratings