I normally only post when a dumb decision is made so I figure it's only fair to post when smart decisions are made.
Also I agree with Adam that if we're keeping the original Week 1 stats and results, all the errors should be posted publicly so we know exactly how big/small of an issue it was.
Nice job HO.
(08-29-2019, 02:10 AM)ADwyer87 Wrote:First thing's first, the big question, what are we going to do with the week 1 sim: We will revert the results of week 1 back to the original sim. This is not an easy decision to make. Re-sims are unpopular, shown clearly by the public reaction, even by members of the original team found to have suffered from these errors. Another reason is that every team was affected by these errors. They were far reaching, and we have found at least 6 confirmed teams affected by inaccuracies of some kind. There are other choices to do, but all have issues in themselves. For example, we could have a re-sim of the re-sim, but with people already upset about the original re-sim, a second re-sim would undoubtedly be an unpopular decision. We could do a full season reset, but that would cut into the schedule harshly, and would lead to unaffected match-ups being altered, which would likely upset people. As said before, this is not an easy decision, there is not a good option where no one is sad about what happened, we are just looking for what we believe is best, and this is it.Not knowing the full extent of the errors, I think the best decision would have been to get everyone fixed and start the season over. But resims suck so this is an okay decision, especially if most of the mistakes are small.
(08-29-2019, 02:10 AM)ADwyer87 Wrote:How will this affect the rest of the week? Week 2 will be postponed, and the NSFL schedule restructured to accommodate this change. Why will week 2 be postponed? because we will be doing a full audit of the sim file player sheet, to make sure all values are currently correct. We do not wish for the same mistakes to be perpetuated, so we will check over the section with the main errors to make sure week 2 is good to go.IMO should've done this before the original hasty resim but 100% the right call in this situation.
(08-29-2019, 02:10 AM)ADwyer87 Wrote:Next, we have two preventative measures to make sure an event like this never happens again. First, we will move the updater break week from the main offseason week to the weekend following the ultimus game. Secondly, we will focus on making sure preseason games are streamed every season. With how unpopular preseason has been in the past, we allowed for it to slip under the radar. We will step it up, and make sure this doesnt happen again.This is the biggest part. Give people the opportunity to check their attributes (most won't) and then they have no one but themselves to blame if they're incorrect. Future mistakes can be corrected when noticed but the onus is on the user rather than the updaters, a super shitty job where errors are unfortunately understandable especially in offseason updates which are absolute fucking cancer.
(08-29-2019, 02:10 AM)ADwyer87 Wrote:Lastly, what does this mean for future re-sims. We will not have a re-sim for any reason moving forward. It is hard to imagine finding another situation with the sim that has more significance than this one. With us deciding this scenario will not be re-simmed, we almost certainly will not vote for another scenario to have a re-sim.Resims suck this is a good call. I'd leave open the possibility for a resim if something catastrophic happens but I don't expect that to ever happen really.
Also I agree with Adam that if we're keeping the original Week 1 stats and results, all the errors should be posted publicly so we know exactly how big/small of an issue it was.
Nice job HO.