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The forums are the game, tbh.

Originally posted by yello1

Player interest seems to decidedly wan as teams enter the mid to late regular season as teams clearly drop from contention and others lock in playoff appearances.

Bolded the key part.

Shortening the season would not stop people losing interest because playoffs are approaching. It would just make it happen more quickly every season. If you shorten it to 12 game regular season, then instead of people being locked in by week 12, they would be locked in by week 9. If you shorten it to 8 games, then people would be locked in by week 5 or 6. In any event, the bad teams will figure out they have no shot around mid-season, and they will start to lose interest.

In the end, you are just playing a shell game....moving the problem from here to there, but are not actually accomplishing anything.

Games every day would only be bad for coordinators. Given that only a small percentage of GLB coordinates, it might be a good idea.

Originally posted by Time Trial
It is also summer in the Northern Hemisphere and for those of us with long winters, we aren't too keen on spending our days on the computer.

Peace Chad

Originally posted by Plankton
Bolded the key part.

Shortening the season would not stop people losing interest because playoffs are approaching. It would just make it happen more quickly every season. If you shorten it to 12 game regular season, then instead of people being locked in by week 12, they would be locked in by week 9. If you shorten it to 8 games, then people would be locked in by week 5 or 6. In any event, the bad teams will figure out they have no shot around mid-season, and they will start to lose interest.

In the end, you are just playing a shell game....moving the problem from here to there, but are not actually accomplishing anything.

You missed the idea

Its not less games

But less DAYS

Games every day, two games a day maybe.

So that you get all the game but less of the yawn, and you positively DO shorten the time folks are out of it in terms of DAYS, not games.

Originally posted by jdbolick
Games every day would only be bad for coordinators. Given that only a small percentage of GLB coordinates, it might be a good idea.

Yeah

Only place it hurts dot owners is in the tactics changes or in temp boosts for a game or swapping equipment.

Originally posted by yello1
Yeah

Only place it hurts dot owners is in the tactics changes or in temp boosts for a game or swapping equipment.



people still temp boost

Yeah, those people are what I like to call "losers".

This would change building, amirite? Or will we just have 40 day offseasons.

Originally posted by T2
This would change building, amirite? Or will we just have 40 day offseasons.

Would still change it with leveling faster, anyway for anyone the actually does tactics 2 days is a pretty quick turn around as it is. Terrible idea.

Originally posted by yello1
Would it make sense to fire off the regular season more quickly so that this long dry spell of player ambivalence is reduced or avoided?

You could do it as easily as making regular season games fire every day rather than every other day.

This would make me quit.

Originally posted by yello1
Or you could even amp it up and make regular season games fire TWICE a day.

This would make me rage-quit.

Serious reply for serious thread.

Originally posted by Novus
This would make me rage-quit.

Serious reply for serious thread.

Agreed, every 2 days is quick enough.

Originally posted by Thundercat_12
people still temp boost

I do sometimes with Decliners.

Originally posted by T2
This would change building, amirite? Or will we just have 40 day offseasons.
Originally posted by DarkRogue
Would still change it with leveling faster, anyway for anyone the actually does tactics 2 days is a pretty quick turn around as it is. Terrible idea.

Ahhhh yeah. I confess didnt think about the details on this one.

That would be an issue.

Originally posted by Novus
This would make me rage-quit.

Serious reply for serious thread.

Seems to be the consensus.

Just a bit of a bummer, Pacific Pro has had one forum post in the last two days, on the 11th. South Atlantic Pro has not had a post since August 10th (two days ago).

Funny how people in most of the minor leagues have more cares than Pro and WL. Forums down there are always active.

Here's the thing though. While it might seem like an answer to what seems to be a small problem, does it not (very possibly) lead to newer and bigger problems? And then the hue and cry to "change it back"? I don't mind changes if it's forward progress. I am not fond of changes that seem marginal or worse. And I believe this kind of change falls under that premise.

Originally posted by jdbolick
Games every day would only be bad for coordinators. Given that only a small percentage of GLB coordinates, it might be a good idea.

And this is true which is why what I'm saying is also true. Coordinators are important to the function of the game. And most probably feel things are tight (time-wise) already. This kinda shows up with the usual "Speed up the post season/pre-season" threads. For myself, I enjoy the down time from GLB. Helps me step away and take breaths which, in turn, makes me fired up when the season is ready to go again. Take this away and you set yourself up for burnout. Even the soccer mmoprg game I enjoy, which has a quicker turn around, has plenty of "off-time"... they only play 2 to 4 games a week and give us over a week off between seasons. I am grateful for this as it allows my to enjoy that game as well as this one.

So, overall, I'd much prefer to leave it as it is. Will you have some "bored time"? Sure. But don't you have a life besides this? And wouldn't it be nice to not feel forced to spend too much time here so that it doesn't intrude on things outside of GLB? That's my take and my reason for saying no to the OP.