2021 will be a hallmark year for the ISFL. The league has entered young adulthood, nearing the end of its twenty-sixth season (still hard to believe sometimes!), and by this point there seem to be two things that everyone can agree on - the best strategies have already been figured out, and DDSPF16 needs to be sunsetted. As the prompt mentioned, the migration to the new sim is a massive change for the league. Now, full disclosure, being one of the members of the Sim Migration Team, I have a little more insight into the coming changes and am a little biased, but whatever it's a point task submission so it doesn't matter, right?
What we are going to see with the new sim is a complete shake-up of the status quo. The top teams will most likely still perform near the top as TPE is still very relevant, but what we will see is the entire hive mind of the league melting away. No longer will the quote unquote "best" anything continue to be so. Even as someone who has been intimately involved I can't even begin to say what's good or bad (correction - nothing is bad in this new system). All of the new changes with players and strategies will lead to much more diversity in the league which, I believe, will lead to an overall better user experience.
Teams won't all have exactly the same strategies when it comes to building a team, which I think will make Free Agency and the Draft much more enjoyable and unpredictable. With this new system we are implementing you can finally build a strategy to match the team you have, instead of making your team fit the "best" strategy. Sim testing will be going away, but in its place we are going to see team scouting and a lot more emphasis on your opponents and not just yourself. We also won't have perceived win rates, so it will be hard to say who is actually a heavy favorite any more. I think this will DEFINITELY lead to a much better experience for everyone, as there are few things as deflating as having an 80% win chance and then being upset (which happens all the time in real life).
In closing, 2021 will be one of the best years in the league's existence.
What we are going to see with the new sim is a complete shake-up of the status quo. The top teams will most likely still perform near the top as TPE is still very relevant, but what we will see is the entire hive mind of the league melting away. No longer will the quote unquote "best" anything continue to be so. Even as someone who has been intimately involved I can't even begin to say what's good or bad (correction - nothing is bad in this new system). All of the new changes with players and strategies will lead to much more diversity in the league which, I believe, will lead to an overall better user experience.
Teams won't all have exactly the same strategies when it comes to building a team, which I think will make Free Agency and the Draft much more enjoyable and unpredictable. With this new system we are implementing you can finally build a strategy to match the team you have, instead of making your team fit the "best" strategy. Sim testing will be going away, but in its place we are going to see team scouting and a lot more emphasis on your opponents and not just yourself. We also won't have perceived win rates, so it will be hard to say who is actually a heavy favorite any more. I think this will DEFINITELY lead to a much better experience for everyone, as there are few things as deflating as having an 80% win chance and then being upset (which happens all the time in real life).
In closing, 2021 will be one of the best years in the league's existence.
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