1 Thing I Want to See Added - Better Connectivity / Easier Guidance:
Basing this on my initial experience here and my recent experiences trying my hands at a few similar leagues, I’m starting to realize just how importance connectivity is. We utilize a lot of outside resources like the Index and Twitch Streams. As a co-GM, I understand that it’s my responsibility to share these things with my players, but we want new players to be able to navigate the site with ease. I think adding a link to the index and twitch channel along with a game page schedule or calendar will be of great help to newer players. Accessibility means everything when it comes to growing the league’s userbase. As the person that redesigned the Rookie Welcome page, I am always looking for ways to lower the learning curve and will keep this in mind for my own work as well. (141 Words)
1 Thing I Want to See Removed - Update System:
This is not really a remove request, but more of an update / upgrade preference. I think one of the biggest challenges for new players is also the update system. It takes a lot of getting used to and can be confusing at first even with a guide. It’s one of the things that’s very unique to a sim league and is a necessary evil, but it can certainly be improved. Ultimately, I fully realize that improving it would take a lot of work from someone with programming skills. It’s not something I expect to be implemented easily. However, if there were an automated way to do it (or even a better way we just haven’t thought of), that would be nice. It would also ease the burden on the updaters, which is one of the least liked jobs in the league. (142 Words)
1 Thing I Like – Index & Stream:
For starters, I love the index / boxscores. When I first joined, I just thought it was the coolest thing. Being able to easily break down games stats and even season stats allows us to follow our own progress as players and easily keep track of what’s going on in the league. A lot of leagues do this and it’s a feature of the sim program, but it’s just something I really enjoy. I also enjoy the Game Streaming. It’s something that’s unique to us as far as I know and it really helps us stand out. Being able to root for your time as everyone sees the game unfold is amazing. Some leagues do play by play, but it’s hard to find the PBP and it’s not as fun to read line by line. In other leagues, I just check the boxscores. Here, I have a stronger connection with my team because I can see the games actually play in front of me. (164 Words)
Bonus Thing I Like – The Community:
Tossing this in because I know people are reading these posts and I think it’s worth saying. I love the community here. We’re not perfect. We’ve got our trolls and such. However, I also see the work that so many people put in just to keep the league running day to day and the comradery between teammates. And that makes the obstacles we face worthwhile. Any online community will face challenges. Many don’t last as long as we have. When we face difficulty, we need to focus on overcoming it and not let those challenges ruin the fun for us. Yes, the league can always get better and let’s never stop working to make it better. So many of us are attached to the players we’ve created and the friends that we’ve made here. Let’s continue to work together, so that the league can be around for a long time to come. (152 Words)
Basing this on my initial experience here and my recent experiences trying my hands at a few similar leagues, I’m starting to realize just how importance connectivity is. We utilize a lot of outside resources like the Index and Twitch Streams. As a co-GM, I understand that it’s my responsibility to share these things with my players, but we want new players to be able to navigate the site with ease. I think adding a link to the index and twitch channel along with a game page schedule or calendar will be of great help to newer players. Accessibility means everything when it comes to growing the league’s userbase. As the person that redesigned the Rookie Welcome page, I am always looking for ways to lower the learning curve and will keep this in mind for my own work as well. (141 Words)
1 Thing I Want to See Removed - Update System:
This is not really a remove request, but more of an update / upgrade preference. I think one of the biggest challenges for new players is also the update system. It takes a lot of getting used to and can be confusing at first even with a guide. It’s one of the things that’s very unique to a sim league and is a necessary evil, but it can certainly be improved. Ultimately, I fully realize that improving it would take a lot of work from someone with programming skills. It’s not something I expect to be implemented easily. However, if there were an automated way to do it (or even a better way we just haven’t thought of), that would be nice. It would also ease the burden on the updaters, which is one of the least liked jobs in the league. (142 Words)
1 Thing I Like – Index & Stream:
For starters, I love the index / boxscores. When I first joined, I just thought it was the coolest thing. Being able to easily break down games stats and even season stats allows us to follow our own progress as players and easily keep track of what’s going on in the league. A lot of leagues do this and it’s a feature of the sim program, but it’s just something I really enjoy. I also enjoy the Game Streaming. It’s something that’s unique to us as far as I know and it really helps us stand out. Being able to root for your time as everyone sees the game unfold is amazing. Some leagues do play by play, but it’s hard to find the PBP and it’s not as fun to read line by line. In other leagues, I just check the boxscores. Here, I have a stronger connection with my team because I can see the games actually play in front of me. (164 Words)
Bonus Thing I Like – The Community:
Tossing this in because I know people are reading these posts and I think it’s worth saying. I love the community here. We’re not perfect. We’ve got our trolls and such. However, I also see the work that so many people put in just to keep the league running day to day and the comradery between teammates. And that makes the obstacles we face worthwhile. Any online community will face challenges. Many don’t last as long as we have. When we face difficulty, we need to focus on overcoming it and not let those challenges ruin the fun for us. Yes, the league can always get better and let’s never stop working to make it better. So many of us are attached to the players we’ve created and the friends that we’ve made here. Let’s continue to work together, so that the league can be around for a long time to come. (152 Words)
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