I think you have valid concerns, but I think some of it is just the nature of sim leagues in the end. We can help make the new user experience better, but some of that requires many more tools that we dont quite have in place yet (that im sure are in development now but stil lnothing we can fix immediately)
I think adding the names of HO and RMs would be helpful for sure
Some things even then I'm not sure we could ever change. The tabs argument confuses me a bit. 3 tabs seems like very little? I have more than 3 tabs open very often haha. maybe im in the minority there. But mainly im just not sure how we could combine that all. You have to have a separate post for your create a player, no matter what we do that always has to be the case. the rookie guide and rookie video could be combined to one post? but im not sure that really solves much in the end. sure you have one less tab, but now any time you want to read the guide you have to scroll a bunch, and any time you want to pause the video you would have to lose your spot in the rookie guide and try and find it again afterwards, I have to imagine that removes all the positive points of having one extra tab free?
I think I can understand the perspective of a lot of explanation posts, I just think it is more or less better than the alternatives. We could either not explain things which I think would suck for many people, or we could consolidate it all into one massive post. But that one massive post would be HUGE, explaining sim leagues in its entirety is a substantial task. I have to imagine new people seeing that would be immediately overwhelmed and discouraged. It would also probably be hard to find exact info as well, if you have a specific question about X thing it would be hard to locate it all. Hell the rule book is hard to find exact rules in, and thats not a diss on the rule book at all, its just that when you have all comprehensive things then digging for that specific nugget is a chore. Us experienced users can use informed guesses to find it easier, likely new people would not have this luxury
I think adding screenshots might be nice but linking i think is also helpful. Both would have their uses. I personally prefer links as a form of learning, kind of a "hey take me exactly where you want me to go", a step by step kind of thing, but I understand not everyone is the same and do see the merit of adding screen shots
I'm not gonna lie, could be my small boomer brain, but your proposed rewording to the phrase about updates confused me a lot lol
With the forums I think Mori said it all. discord has helped us a lot with our league I think and in general is better, but thats just personally my thoughts. You can message anyone on the site if you wished! I dont think anyone would miss your message that way. also Do Not Disturb is a setting that should get rid of the notification.
About the grading issues, you would want to talk to JKortesi81 about them I believe. He does a great job and im sure wouldnt mind any input you have, he's worked hard at reforming media iirc
As for the rookie league chat, I can kind of agree? but also think in general we try to be as welcoming as possible. Ive never seen anyone who wasnt willing to answer a question for you, in all my experiences we are a very helpful bunch. I'm not sure how we would fix that personally. And while I get some off topic discussion can be distracting, I think for a lot of people that kind of discussion helps a lot. I think it helps everyone mingle and gets rid of what can sometimes be a clique-y league. I know S18 rookie chat was always popping,I think if we cracked down on a lot of off topic discussion then it would have led to a lot less people sticking around. thats just my thoughts on it
Some links definitely could be cleaned up, i agree with that
as for the secret rules in the last paragraph, im kind of confused as to what you mean by that?
Thank you very much for your input! sorry for the long response, Im just reading this and trying to think about the viability of addressing some of your concerns. In the end i know lots of people have concerns, just coming up with things that actually fix them without causing other problems is the biggest issue
I think adding the names of HO and RMs would be helpful for sure
Some things even then I'm not sure we could ever change. The tabs argument confuses me a bit. 3 tabs seems like very little? I have more than 3 tabs open very often haha. maybe im in the minority there. But mainly im just not sure how we could combine that all. You have to have a separate post for your create a player, no matter what we do that always has to be the case. the rookie guide and rookie video could be combined to one post? but im not sure that really solves much in the end. sure you have one less tab, but now any time you want to read the guide you have to scroll a bunch, and any time you want to pause the video you would have to lose your spot in the rookie guide and try and find it again afterwards, I have to imagine that removes all the positive points of having one extra tab free?
I think I can understand the perspective of a lot of explanation posts, I just think it is more or less better than the alternatives. We could either not explain things which I think would suck for many people, or we could consolidate it all into one massive post. But that one massive post would be HUGE, explaining sim leagues in its entirety is a substantial task. I have to imagine new people seeing that would be immediately overwhelmed and discouraged. It would also probably be hard to find exact info as well, if you have a specific question about X thing it would be hard to locate it all. Hell the rule book is hard to find exact rules in, and thats not a diss on the rule book at all, its just that when you have all comprehensive things then digging for that specific nugget is a chore. Us experienced users can use informed guesses to find it easier, likely new people would not have this luxury
I think adding screenshots might be nice but linking i think is also helpful. Both would have their uses. I personally prefer links as a form of learning, kind of a "hey take me exactly where you want me to go", a step by step kind of thing, but I understand not everyone is the same and do see the merit of adding screen shots
I'm not gonna lie, could be my small boomer brain, but your proposed rewording to the phrase about updates confused me a lot lol
With the forums I think Mori said it all. discord has helped us a lot with our league I think and in general is better, but thats just personally my thoughts. You can message anyone on the site if you wished! I dont think anyone would miss your message that way. also Do Not Disturb is a setting that should get rid of the notification.
About the grading issues, you would want to talk to JKortesi81 about them I believe. He does a great job and im sure wouldnt mind any input you have, he's worked hard at reforming media iirc
As for the rookie league chat, I can kind of agree? but also think in general we try to be as welcoming as possible. Ive never seen anyone who wasnt willing to answer a question for you, in all my experiences we are a very helpful bunch. I'm not sure how we would fix that personally. And while I get some off topic discussion can be distracting, I think for a lot of people that kind of discussion helps a lot. I think it helps everyone mingle and gets rid of what can sometimes be a clique-y league. I know S18 rookie chat was always popping,I think if we cracked down on a lot of off topic discussion then it would have led to a lot less people sticking around. thats just my thoughts on it
Some links definitely could be cleaned up, i agree with that
as for the secret rules in the last paragraph, im kind of confused as to what you mean by that?
Thank you very much for your input! sorry for the long response, Im just reading this and trying to think about the viability of addressing some of your concerns. In the end i know lots of people have concerns, just coming up with things that actually fix them without causing other problems is the biggest issue
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