(S49) Late Joiner Thread

jayamshah99

Join date:
[ 06/26/2024 ] https://forums.sim-football.com/showthre...?tid=51808

1 Prompt:
As a newly created player, was the experience intuitive? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the experience of getting started in our league?

I joined the league as a brand new player a little over a week ago. While I've been an avid football fan for a while, I've never done any sports sims before so this was my first experience of its kind.

Being brutally honest, I found the whole thing to be really daunting at first. I joined after seeing a Reddit thread advertising the league, and immediately clicked the link and went to create a player, and joined the Discord a little while after. Eventually, after speaking to some folks over Discord in scouting conversations, I got some tutorials and help with navigating the site, updating my player, making media posts, etc. and now I feel much more comfortable.

I found the following things pretty intuitive just by reading the Rookie Guide:

Creating My Player - The player creation form is really easy and straightforward. It does a good job of explaining what caveats there might be when choosing each position and what options you have for archetype, allocating TPE, etc.
Joining the Discord - It's already pretty easy, since you just need to have an account and click the link. But the link being displayed prominently and mentioned in every documentation material is helpful. Nothing to change here!

The following aspects of starting up were a little more esoteric/needed some additional guidance:

Updating My Player - Maybe it's just because I'm not used to forum-style things like this, but it took me a while to realize that you need to reply to your own player post with your chosen TPE allocations, and even then the format I was supposed to use eluded me for a while. Maybe linking the lemonpoppy page that formats it for you will help, if you can get permission from the creator. (Big thanks to the scout who walked me through my first player update and spot-checked it for me once I was done!)
Claiming TPE - The TPE claim table that's shown in the Guide is really helpful *once you know what it means to "claim" TPE*. It's possible that I'm just terrible with reading comprehension, but it took a few explanations for me to understand what exactly a "Claim Thread" was and why I need to click the "Claim" link in the top-right corner of my posts.

I think overall the Rookie Guide is pretty well-written and a must-have resource for new rookies like myself. These ideas reflect my own experience and what I view as potential areas we can improve it. That being said, I think the biggest reason most folks pick things up pretty quickly is the awesome community we have. Pretty much every scout that reached out in the first few days had some words of advice for me, and were more than happy to answer any questions I had. I'm hugely thankful for all the help I've gotten and super excited to be a part of the league moving forward!

@jayamshah99 10 TPE earned! To claim your TPE link this post to your update thread.