*Why scheduling in the ISFL should change

[JuOSu]

This problem has been brought up so many times. But is there a solution ever proposed? Sim order or reverse sim order is time efficient for a streamer, been there done that. And as part of the Berlin team, I never had issues with when my team would play. And if 2am start times are a problem, try 3 am start times. But again, I see the problem, I don't see a proposed solution. And there never will be. User experience is key, but time efficiency for whoever is recording and compiling the video is just as key. And again, I am saying it as a former streamer.

I mean I did propose one: Make a schedule ahead of the season (basically just once) where every team approximately plays in each spot the same amount of times. It's not that hard. You just give the daily list to the streamer and he does that order.

Based on what is that schedule made? And what if we need to flex games in the last weeks when there are playoff implications? And where do you flex those games? First or last? There are so many fine points that will require SO. MUCH. EFFORT. And it's basically not worth it. It already takes long enough to record and compile the video. Because the viewers demand 1080p vids.

I don't understand the first question. You just take 14 numbers and build the schedule in a way where every team has around the same times in each position of the 7 possible places to play in. The playoff implication is an interesting one, sure. Could just leave it as it is planned or just build the schedule for only 13 weeks to allow flexing in the last week.

I am really not sure what you think is so much effort there. You really only need to do it once because then you can just use it every season with different teams as different numbers. This doesn't in any way make the time to record the video longer lol

The scheduling is already complex enough with each team only having to play four of the seven teams in the opposite division, meaning the teams you play change from season to season. So you'd effectively have to look at each week's schedule separately and move games around, while also checking back to see if you have spread the teams right. Which IS extra effort. And subjective. The current system is objective, following the sim order either from left to right or right to left, and time efficient. I remember answering to this when I was a streamer. I wanted to flex games around like crazy. Recording two or three videos made me realise how pointless it would be. Follow the sim order, don't waste any time, and avoid making mistakes. Especially if you don't have a video editor and have to use the record function of OBS for a whole video instead of recording each game separately and then slap everything together in a video editor.

Alright maybe you misunderstood what I was saying. You don't need to change the schedule itself, just when which game is shown. So making the order is much easier, you don't need to change the schedule itself. It's literally something that can be done within an hour with not a ton of effort and never has to be done again until we expand next. I really don't get the argument that recording things in a different order is complex or different, you just write down the order and then stick to it. It's no different than left to right or right to left.