LGHL, LGAHL & LGCHL Delayed

I took a year off, 2 weeks is nothing. Good decision.

 

Don't worry, there is a small minority of us who neither get the lag or live for this.

 

If you didn't fuck up last year, you could have been the owner to change the vote from 14-2, to 14-3 (which was "archived" before a full vote could be taken, but you get the gist.)
You haven't played the preseason, so you have only hearsay to base your opinion on. If you poll the owners (which I did) then you would know that it was an absolute shit show.

This is an EA issue. It's not a Tris issue, or a Brodie issue, or an ownership issue. EA is fucking us. Quitting the league doesn't hurt EA. They already have your money and have no intention of giving it back if you quit LG.

They, once again, released an unfinished game, and it was a judgment call on whether we should wait or not. I had said days ago that we should make up our minds quickly, and not wait to the last second, but I think some people were holding out hope that it would be magically fixed by today. It isn't. So our choice was "play a broken game" or "wait and hope that it gets fixed." I'm comfortable putting my name on the second option.

 

A large % of the owners ( not all ) wanted it done this way. Keep in mind how much effort it takes as management. This pause makes it so that we are more ready and that SJ gets to stay intact.
Were sorry for any issues this may cause but its 2 weeks.......play club with your LG teams?

 

This gives us time to see if there is a way for a temp fix of the button delay, adjust to the new procedure and more use of the new OCR.

Those of you who think this is "a patch will come in 2 weeks" are dead wrong, If it does it does, if not it doesn't. Some games took 45+ minutes to last week because of this issue. The players play 3 games a week. The management take every night to get people. So before you go ahead and open you're mouth complaining more, think of the other standpoints.

 

Really bud? Pot shots at me now?

I do recall telling you to check yourself and maybe go back to the AHL if you're struggling at the NHL level. I struggled last season. Look where I am now...

Anyways, that's really neither here nor there, but thanks for derailing the discussion. Let's keep the frustrations aimed at the game rather than at the selection of people picked this season to be owners.

 

Will there be a new preseason schedule? Or will we just be making up as we go? @Tris10

 

It sounds like this was an overwhelming decision by all the team managers and LG Staff. That is what I gathered from McDonald's message in your alerts.

I agree with those that say ea can't be relied on to fix this problem seeing how they haven't fixed so many recurring problems in this series. The difference with this issue that gives me hope is the fact that the LG community has never been recognized in the past like they are right now. There are way too many people presenting undeniable facts that point directly at EA being the problem. This cant be blamed on any other party and the largest community that supports their product is demanding this input delay to be fixed. This is a very interesting point in their franchise. They HAVE to deliver what we need in order to maintain our community's integrity. Having said that I support the delay personally but also understand the frustration this creates.

 

Stop crying guys. I don't like the delay but just do something else for 2 weeks. who wants to play 2k? Ballers hmu

 

Show up for preseason games? That'd be helpful.

 

Tris, i have a few questions? How are you forced to delay the season now when this same exact problem was already voted on and addressed and Brodie informed us all there will be no delay in the season? Was there some different problem with the servers we all didnt know about? Or did the people who complained about the decision just whine and complain until you gave into their demands?
I just want to know why, all of a sudden, this league which i have been apart of for sometime seems to be making frantic last minute decisions. If you guys need help getting organized, id be more than willing to help.

 

Here's my understanding of the series of events this past week:

1. There was quite a startled group of managers/players when we found out a host button delay (and to a much lesser extent, general lobby lag) existed in lobbies where our league games HAD to occur as a result of no club challenge option.

2. As the week progressed and more people played their preseason games, it became apparent that this was an EA issue and not a particular ISP issue.

3. Voting polls were created in both the main LGHL forum and the private management LGHL forum. As Brodie previously described in this thread, obviously the players were okay still playing as they dedicate 1.5 hours/week to the league. The opposite was true with the managers as the veteran league guys know the time commitment necessary to build a successful team and we (including myself in these accolades so ) voted in favour of delaying. A few new owners/managers urged us to play and a few guys were okay with any decision

4. Despite a majority of the leagues backbone (our Owners/Managers) suggesting that we should delay, it was decided with a push from Tris that we should attempt to play. This caused an issue in SJ in particular and caused a lot of discomfort with league owners who have a ton of experience doing what they do best for our league.

5. With the league already down one set of management, other Owners became extremely vocal about why they were being ignored. I have no problem admitting that I was on their side and was disappointed in the league. Some owners felt that the level of commitment to deal with this new hurdle would have been wayyyy over their expected commitments, so managing a team would not be an option. I too echoed these sentiments and an argument enraged with overwhelming support to delay.

6. The League was faced with a difficult possibility of management teams falling apart and quitting, thereby delaying the season in a different stance. With such an underwhelming willingness of the leagues players to step up and become Owners (as witnessed in the Ownership signup thread prior to S22) the league could not have possibly overcome this revolt. The only possible solution was to listen to the majority of the leagues Owners and heed their advice.

Obviously this run down had some bias in it but if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I have my opinions on why we should delay although I would have been ready to play as well. The host lag and general lobby lag hit me hard but not all of my players endured it. I understand the frustration of some but in the end the league needed to lean on the guys who make the league run, and the correct decision was made.

 

Should have been just 1 week for all. It doesn't seem like people were ready tonight. I could have been wrong. This is a game people should just deal with the the game EA gave us. Hopefully they can fix it but this is the same team that delayed EASHL on NHL 15. Two weeks is too much time in my opinion. We just got to face the fact that we have all be rammered.

 

@Jay Rulez you missed the unlimited IR aka free quit.

 

I just dont see how the league lets SJS's management hold a gun to its head. Should have just let them cry and take their ball home.

 

What happened with SJS?