Posted by eestreet on 10/14/2020 9:04:00 AM (view original):
i havent read through all the posts on this subject so if i am repeating something my apologizes. i believe if you want more people to enjoy this and more importantly more return users i think you need to make a more even playing field for new users. when i first started playing 8 years ago i thought what a great idea and how much fun this could be. after about a year or two of trying everything, reading threads, pretty much learning all i could i got really discouraged. Placing new users in the same leagues with players that have thousands of games under their belt just isnt fair and even worse just isnt fun and i completely abandoned the site until just recently (since i became unemployed). i am hooked again but i can see the same feelings coming on and that is why bother?
I think eestreet has hit on a crucial point too long neglected by the various owners and operators of this site over the years.
It is important to create a beginners' section for the Open Leagues and a more Advanced Section so that those just joining are not completely overwhelmed AND taken advantage of.
It is important to have a standard sitemail to send to those who form their first team and post it explaining what AAA are, how they work, how to find out who they are and why that is important; to reduce somewhat the number of advised PA and IP in the Draft Center which open sabotage of new players here; to advise strongly to read the Forum and especially the Best OF series posted and collected by contrarian23 of various contributors, and tell them that the AAA will be their real bench and they should only really use the WW to trade in the low price players for someone good as they replace those with the AAA. This should be in an introductory sitemail that once it has been written once, can be automatically sent by the site to all newbies here.
All newbies should be eligible to join the rest of the population in the more advanced section of Open Leagues after say their 5th team.
No one should be eligible for the beginners' section after their 20th team. Maybe even after their 15th.