The problem with all this flexing ahead of time will be near the end of the season. If people are playing too many games now, you are waiting before the playoffs start. Each 3 game series is worth 5 days wait. Get too far ahead and people could lose interest in the league before the playoffs start.
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Official MLB 10 League: Zep's a No Show....again
- Thread starter LJ11
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The sum of the first series. Nine games not attempted.
Two - (Washington / Minnesota) ( Chicago Cubs / St. Louis) (Tampa Bay / San Fransisco)
Three - Boston / Houston
One player has quit.
Is it fair to wait around week after week for people not to show up when I'm receiving invites to play right away?
The initial plan this year was to go multiple seasons. It hardly looks like we are going to complete one at this pace. People need to play more and enjoy playing against one another. Simple as that.
Two - (Washington / Minnesota) ( Chicago Cubs / St. Louis) (Tampa Bay / San Fransisco)
Three - Boston / Houston
One player has quit.
Is it fair to wait around week after week for people not to show up when I'm receiving invites to play right away?
The initial plan this year was to go multiple seasons. It hardly looks like we are going to complete one at this pace. People need to play more and enjoy playing against one another. Simple as that.
The Frankman
Banned
Whoa multiple seasons? LJ11 never said that to my knowledge...
I was planning out the league when Zep wanted to give it a go. LJ just was passed on the load, I'm not sure if he is on board going forward in that regard.The Frankman said:
I'm hoping this can step up in popularity. The NBA and NFL are the top dogs...I was hoping to at least UFC the shit out of this league.
Mrbob said:
No, I can't advance multiple weeks. I gave people the flexibility to move ahead because shit happens in life, vacations/business trips etc, and you could plan ahead. Didn't want anyone going more than 3 weeks ahead of the current week. People ignored me, they have free time and play ahead. In the end, they're going to have to wait.
People are ignoring a lot of shit, or rather some people. Not feeling the injuries either, I should have listened to Denog. If I had an option to hit the reset button I certainly would, get rid of what I consider dead weight, people who play like twats, and start fresh.
Interested in what the rest of you have to say?
Edit: We can always do more seasons, but you have to start a fresh league at the end of the season. We'll see how many want to do another one, if anything we'll run a smaller league, I'll probably down for it if I have time.
The flexing helps IMO. Last year was terrible.LJ11 said:
Week One.
Sanjuro: OH BOY TIME TO PLAY!
Nobody shows up.
Week Two.
Sanjuro: OH BOY TIME TO PLAY!
Nobody shows up.
Week Three.
Sanjuro: OH BOY TIME TO PLAY!
Nobody shows up.
Ideally, yes we play the schedules. With a larger league and with more questionable people added to it I'm absolutely going to play when people are asking me to.
Can you start a new season, but bump up the advance? For example can you still make three game series, but perhaps make advancing happen in 1 day? This way once all the games are done we can advance to the next week right away and not have to wait a long time.
I remember being stuck on advancement last season as well because I had to wait for the timer to go down before I could advance.
I'm not against the flex, but this league is gonna flop on the tail end of the season if everyone has their games done and we are waiting for the clock to strike 0 before the postseason starts.
I remember being stuck on advancement last season as well because I had to wait for the timer to go down before I could advance.
I'm not against the flex, but this league is gonna flop on the tail end of the season if everyone has their games done and we are waiting for the clock to strike 0 before the postseason starts.
Just to be clear, I'm more interested in how some of you will feel if I restart this shit...lol.
We've already lost one person, I would knock out a couple more, and start fresh.
Edit: Bob, I think the shortest is 3 days, we can do 3 days and if someone needs the extra day I can hold up the advance.
We've already lost one person, I would knock out a couple more, and start fresh.
Edit: Bob, I think the shortest is 3 days, we can do 3 days and if someone needs the extra day I can hold up the advance.
Yeah, Bob has the right idea. The only problem again is having more people who are unreliable.
"Yeah I'll get that in today" - Posted two weeks ago.
I wish they gave more options honestly. The commissioner should have the ability to advance series by teams. Even better allow them to advance on their own. If they don't play then they are replaced by Gary Coleman.
"Yeah I'll get that in today" - Posted two weeks ago.
I wish they gave more options honestly. The commissioner should have the ability to advance series by teams. Even better allow them to advance on their own. If they don't play then they are replaced by Gary Coleman.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Damn well I hope I make the short list. :lol
The Frankman
Banned
oh wtf at a restart. really?
Injuries are a part of the game. It makes people watch their lineups/gets bench people in, I suspect a few of you are ignoring pitch counts/fatigue anyway. I say keep 'em on, and I have the Mets. :lol
Injuries are a part of the game. It makes people watch their lineups/gets bench people in, I suspect a few of you are ignoring pitch counts/fatigue anyway. I say keep 'em on, and I have the Mets. :lol
That is a good point about fatigue. Probably best to keep it on then.
I'm just thinking about flex scheduling and how fast we can get a season in. 20 teams on a 5 day schedule is 100 days. 20 days on a 3 day schedule is 60 days. This is a big difference in terms of time needed to get games in. Especially if we are going to try and roll multiple seasons. People who are playing are hopping ahead anyway, why not cut down the wait time needed for the postseason?
I'm just thinking about flex scheduling and how fast we can get a season in. 20 teams on a 5 day schedule is 100 days. 20 days on a 3 day schedule is 60 days. This is a big difference in terms of time needed to get games in. Especially if we are going to try and roll multiple seasons. People who are playing are hopping ahead anyway, why not cut down the wait time needed for the postseason?
Rorschach said:Even when someone shows up, it's a crapshoot getting the game in because of connections.
I've had a busy few weeks and it was hard squeezing games let alone squeezing replays in. I've still managed to get serieseses in though! Was planning on getting some more in today.
You connection is a result of loving Al Davis. No one else seems to be having issues.
storybook77
Member
So is Migs still in or should I not even worry about my games against him since he's my next opponent. I might be around later tonight but later tomorrow evening will probably be more likely since the Braves and Mets play tonight.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I am ok with a restart. I am ok with trimming the leage. I am not a big fan of all this flexing because it is messing up my pitching rotation and a person can't plan ahead for key matchups.
The Frankman
Banned
Just to clarify if we're doing to do a reset there better be a good reason for it. I haven't really seen a good one so far... only 1 person has quit.
*insert Mets 2009 season.gif*
You get 3 wins since Mig is out. Tell LJ11 ASAP.storybook77 said:
...Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
*insert Mets 2009 season.gif*
turnbuckle
Member
I'm cool with a restart or continuing. The beginning of the season got mired in confusion over what was expected and it feels more like everyone is on the same or close to the same page now. We could just chalk up the current season as being our "spring training" and hit the reset button. I would like to go multiple seasons, but if we lose flex scheduling I think were going to lose a lot of consistent participation.
Injuries on or off or sliders set to limit them : any is cool by me.
I just want to play, and I've found games with fellow gaffers tend to be far more enjoyable.
Injuries on or off or sliders set to limit them : any is cool by me.
I just want to play, and I've found games with fellow gaffers tend to be far more enjoyable.
Oh I'll send you hate mail KB. Just you wait.Kingbrave said:
As for restarting, I'm stuck waiting on people now so I don't really mind what the decision is. It's not like we are 8 weeks in and all of a sudden are restarting everything. Some people have more than the first 3 done but then again some people only have one done and they barely got that in on time. The people who are more active in the thread always seem to be around to play or have to wait on the people who are barely around at all. I get that people have life shit to worry about but they should have realized that the league would take a certain amount of commitment.
Whatever the decision ends up being I don't really mind. All I really want is a good system in place where we have people who are committed to play their games on time and there is little to no bullshit involved.
The Frankman
Banned
LJ11 said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
The unreliability of the netcode in this game makes me hate this game. I am not sure if I can put up with a season of this. MrBob and I just played a game that was filled with so many lag spikes, it made strategy secondary to guessing. I hate losing because I give up meatball triples to hitters
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I have forwarded the ports. I have wired. Bob bought a new modem. MLB's netcode just doesn't work well with us, or it just doesn't work well. Given the numerous issues people have had, I would say it is the latter.Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
The Frankman
Banned
Did someone PM him yet?
Then I guess scratch the port forwarding?
I'm not in denial that the netcode is far from perfect, it is certainly playable though. Last year I played over two-hundred games online using a shared internet connection wireless from my laptop. This season maybe around fifty games or so using ethernet. With all that the total of unplayable/laggy games doesn't even reach ten.
The majority of the problems for me comes from the feature hindering PSN. The most frequent cause of problems has been just the game's coding in general (game freezing/pitcher not coming to the mound/ball stuck in play/etc.).
I'm not in denial that the netcode is far from perfect, it is certainly playable though. Last year I played over two-hundred games online using a shared internet connection wireless from my laptop. This season maybe around fifty games or so using ethernet. With all that the total of unplayable/laggy games doesn't even reach ten.
The majority of the problems for me comes from the feature hindering PSN. The most frequent cause of problems has been just the game's coding in general (game freezing/pitcher not coming to the mound/ball stuck in play/etc.).
turnbuckle
Member
Yeah, I'd say about half the games I've played online are almost as smooth as if it were a local multiplayer match. There was a day last week that the connection was awful no matter who I was playing, but for the most part lag hasn't been much of a factor. You'll get the occasional spike here and there, but ever since I replaced my modem a few weeks ago MLB online has mostly been great.
Yeah I don't have a huge problem with it *once I'm actually in the game.* It does feel different from playing offline (check swings, pitching meter), but it's not horrible besides the lag spikes every now and again that result in you totally missing a pitch.Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
The problem with the lag spikes that causes the occasional "bad pitch" is that it can be the difference in a game. Unlike most EA Sports games and multiple other games, the netcode in MLB is so bad at times during the game, it can cost you the game. And that is not what I want.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Lj i can play today if ur around.
