SUPERBOWL SUNDAY -- Games will be played as scheduled

[ogron]

UPDATE: There will be no delay. Games will proceed as scheduled. Hope to see you all Sunday!

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I'm still discussing it with all the captains, but the general consensus thus far is to NOT cancel the games for Week 4.

For one, the Superbowl is at 6:30pm EST, and the final TWDT game is at 5:00pm EST, giving people one hour to go to their Super Bowl parties or set theirs up if they're hosting -- that won't accommodate everyone but I think good % of players, that is tight but enough time to do both TWDT and SB. There are also many Europeans and people who don't care about football who will be unaffected by this.

The primary reason, though, is that delays always kill the momentum of the league, and the two-week gap is anathema for long-term showrates -- many people who aren't very active and don't have the constant reinforcement of showing every Sunday simply stop showing altogether, and we never get those numbers back.

The delay for Easter last year was a disaster, and all the hard work put into TWDT 2015, was somewhat sullied by it, which is why I started the league earlier this year, and Finals finishes one week before Easter. A delay would put Finals on Easter day, forcing a second delay.

We've had a lot of proposals (shift the games from 3/4/5 to 2/3/4, move the games to Saturday, put all the Week 4 games into Week 5 at 330/430/530), but I think the best solution is to simply do nothing and have the games as scheduled, keep the pace and momentum of the league going, work hard to get borrowed players to where they are needed, and just power through with a worse turnout and slingshot onto Week 5.

[Crescent Seal]

but the general consensus thus far is to NOT cancel the games for Week 4.

false, majority of captains are in favor of postponing the games.

in favor of postponing = cres, maketso, skatarius, mean gene

in favor of 0 changes = ogron, mhz, tiny

undecided = dreamwin

[ogron]

Mean Gene is for playing the games on Sunday, and skatarius has waffled between both positions. Moreover, experienced, veteran players like Ease have emphatically said "do not delay it kills league."


#RememberEaster2015

[Crescent Seal]

Mean Gene is for playing the games on Sunday, and skatarius has waffled between both positions

mean gene favors postponing the games and skatarius has clearly stated his opinion on this now.

[WillBy]

Nobody being able to field a team kills the league much faster.
It's really impressive for any new players (lol like there are any) to see you run a league where half the teams show.
Seems par for the course from these league ops though. Ogron with selective hearing, rofl

[Rab]

I think we have to skip it, there's no point turning up knowing your team isn't turning up, could be a complete no show.

[Shadowmere]

I disagree with skipping and agree with keeping the schedule as is.

The schedule has been known for some time now and like last time, nothing good will come out of rescheduling.

[olde]

Ease have emphatically said "do not delay it kills league."

So one guy will show, dont cancel guys! LOL #ComeOnMan

For one, the Superbowl is at 6:30pm EST, and the final TWDT game is at 5:00pm EST, giving people one hour to go to their Super Bowl parties or set theirs up if they're hosting

Finals finishes one week before Easter. A delay would put Finals on Easter

A. One hour before is not enough. Most people its an ALL DAY event. Beer/food runs " yeah hold on guy i cant hang out or grill" I need to play my spaceship game first" lolol most ppl do have lifes "i know shocker"

B.Who cares about delays, the game is called continuum, it never ends!

C. Also the same people been showing up for 20 years, dont think they are gonna stop now.


#Delay

[Voth]

should probably cancel the games for this weekend, just sayin

[Tiny]

Move it earlier if they need to, but do it soon.

[kthx]

Just play the games on fucking Saturday, is it really that hard to do?

[Racketeer]

Well you have seen what delaying twdt does to the league;so play the games and don't postpone and see what happens. You only need 5 for wb and jav and 8 for base...out of 200+ people signed up, it shouldn't be that hard.

Or, as said above, move to Saturday or an hour earlier on Sunday. Either way, an announcement should be made today so everyone knows.

[Ricko]

I dont care/mind either way (sure im british, but I watch the SB), but isn't the point of TWDT to let people get exposure to game time in a competitive league who don't usually, and playing with new people?

If some 'starters' cant show sunday then it allows other people on the team get game time. What's the point on even drafting or having more than 10 guys on a twdt roster if it's the same starters for every league every single week? Doesn't that defeat the objective of captains thinking ahead and drafting a solid roster, not just a solid starting line?

[MHz]

For all of the reasons mention hence forth, I say no delay. I'd be open to playing on Saturday, or even a week day evening, but this seems unfeasible for a lot of people. With Zizzo in the Alps and Mango. last seen 10 days ago, it would probably be in my interests to delay, but frankly it kills the momentum to break for 2 weeks, and I don't mind fielding lines from my low value players anyway. As Ricko said, that's kind of the point of TWDT.

I even asked some of my American players what they thought:

1:Commodo> pp, can u make this sunday or are you watching the superbowl?
1ee pee sock> twdt is more inportent
1:Commodo> lolk
1:2pacZ> rofl pps such a white boy
1:2pacZ> ill be here as well
1:Commodo> nice
1:2pacZ> we got a sick twdt lineup
1:2pacZ> dont think we ever gonna lose
1:Commodo> you guys even gonna watch the superbowl?
1:2pacZ> yeah gonna go to tgi fridays
1:2pacZ> resturant
1:2pacZ> watch it
1ee pee sock> yaa

So it's really a non-issue, you can play TWDT and go out to watch the Superbowl. Those people who make it a 'day event' - great, but that's on you.

[milosh]

I'm grateful for the important inclusion of TGI Fridays from that snippet.