Let me say first, you at least had someone you knew who already knew about how this works. I had no background period, when I joined in March. Some of the suggestions I see in the replies are similar sentiments I expressed in the rookie discord. I got lost a few times, working my way through the forums and trying to learn discord on the fly, and in return it hurt my player's career because I kept missing scouting interviews. There was a point where I just gave up and decided to wait for the draft before I got serious ---- didn't know the major ramifications of going this route.
It's been about 2 months and there are still some issues I have difficulty with: tracking down correct personnel, finding proper essential links, getting almost NO responses when I use forum PM unless the person contacts me first. There other things I just ignore at this point, but I'll save that for later.
I try to be more resourceful and not seem clueless, but too many times it's easier to track in on more experienced people and siphon what you can from them. I've had a few questions, about media, contracts, and other issues where no one could answer the question, regardless of the channel I was in. I haven't looked in a while because I dont know when I need to, but I hope the essential links tab is updated AND I wish they left brief descriptions about when you need that link. Moreover, putting that same subsection in the forum would help consolidate and better streamline the rookie learning curve.
Likewise, a directory of key personnel, outdated or not, would also be essential to list in the forums in that same subsection. The discord should also have a pinned list of essential usernames in each welcome channel, i.e. list the rookie mentors in the rookie channel, list the media, graphics, and podcasts graders in their development channel. I've been here since March and I JUST figured out that the users listed to the right on the discord pages are the ADMIN staff.
I just learned last week about what helps your draft stock. I think it should be mandatory that DSFL GM's, or their head scouts, greet all new users in the rookie discord along with the rookie team and then explain what they look for in a player so the player knows what to expect. They can also act as a subsidiary of support staff.
I dont want to steal you thunder because I'm working own my own piece too. I honestly think they are scared of belittling new people by not trusting them to think and adapt on their own but I believe that it's necessary to make them feel okay for being confused and overwhelmed and try to mitigate that isolated frustration that you, myself, and others have had and will have in the future.
It's been about 2 months and there are still some issues I have difficulty with: tracking down correct personnel, finding proper essential links, getting almost NO responses when I use forum PM unless the person contacts me first. There other things I just ignore at this point, but I'll save that for later.
I try to be more resourceful and not seem clueless, but too many times it's easier to track in on more experienced people and siphon what you can from them. I've had a few questions, about media, contracts, and other issues where no one could answer the question, regardless of the channel I was in. I haven't looked in a while because I dont know when I need to, but I hope the essential links tab is updated AND I wish they left brief descriptions about when you need that link. Moreover, putting that same subsection in the forum would help consolidate and better streamline the rookie learning curve.
Likewise, a directory of key personnel, outdated or not, would also be essential to list in the forums in that same subsection. The discord should also have a pinned list of essential usernames in each welcome channel, i.e. list the rookie mentors in the rookie channel, list the media, graphics, and podcasts graders in their development channel. I've been here since March and I JUST figured out that the users listed to the right on the discord pages are the ADMIN staff.
I just learned last week about what helps your draft stock. I think it should be mandatory that DSFL GM's, or their head scouts, greet all new users in the rookie discord along with the rookie team and then explain what they look for in a player so the player knows what to expect. They can also act as a subsidiary of support staff.
I dont want to steal you thunder because I'm working own my own piece too. I honestly think they are scared of belittling new people by not trusting them to think and adapt on their own but I believe that it's necessary to make them feel okay for being confused and overwhelmed and try to mitigate that isolated frustration that you, myself, and others have had and will have in the future.
