Gangs

[Fiberwyre_P2P]

To solve the problem of people not being able to play with their friends, you could introduce a "package deal" system in the draft system.

People would be able to sign up for the draft as a group, and if one of them got picked, the leader that picked them's next turns would automatically go to picking the rest of the package (not all at once, just like normal, one pick per turn). To keep it fair, the other people in the package would still have to be able to be picked by other leaders, but they'll be guaranteed to get in the same gang if no one else picks them before the auto package picks.

I would probably just go with a maximum group size of 3. Who has more than three friends anyway? :P