(S23) - PT 5 - A New Leaf

[Nhamlet]

One of the major issues I was immediately turned off by, is the entire banking system as it currently exists. The overly cumbersome google sheets is a killer for mobile devices and even desktops struggle to load all of the excessive and overly unnecessary data. Since much of it is based on user input from players themselves to bankers with the numerous transactions that happen over a week, trying to find relevant data for ourselves feels almost impossible. For one, trying to find our balance is already a longer chore than needs to be because we have to load up the entire document just to see our specific number. A teammate of mine did write a script for a bot to pull this information and it in itself has saved so many users so much time cumulatively because of how quickly it can pull that. Another rough bit is trying to figure out when and how much a media piece has been paid. There is a bit of lag time between media grading and then another when the payout is recorded in the user’s bank account. These are natural but without any quick means to access this information, having to repeatedly access the bank account simply forces individuals even more burdensome waiting. The fact that media pay as well as general transaction logs are separate is a pain for users to try and figure out where their money has gone, if they’ve missed a week or twitter or training.

Ultimately this was a lot of words just to say that the banking google sheets document is too big for its own good and a new system, ideally one that has more automation needs to be a priority for the league as the userbase continues to grow.