11-20-2019, 08:03 PMBlastmeaway Wrote: Biggest Issue with PBP's is that when someone says to rework them they never provide any suggestions on how ideas, how to go about that, and the final result

A lot of this ^ ^ ^ ....

A lot of people are complaining about the lotto and I totally get it. I think this was the first season in the last 3-4 that I got one myself. However, the previous system was super terrible as people were sitting in a thread waiting to post. The lotto was the most simple and fair way that I could figure out to stick within the bounds of our current system.

I have spent a few days monitoring and thinking about this and here's an idea that I think will solve my biggest issue with PBPs (delays while I'm tracking down alternates) as well as the concern of people not being able to get a PBP.

I am thinking something like this: Before playoffs start we post a sign up sheet and people can claim any game they wish in the playoffs, starting in the finals series and working backwards on a first-come first-serve basis. The people that would miss out of TPE in this case would be those that claimed games 5-7 that don't happen. IF we have a billion people we'll work all the way to the first round of the playoffs or whatnot. No more alternates, if a user misses their signed up game we just post the index so we get results quicker.

In terms of not giving away TPE, I think we'd need to give away a lot of $$$ to make it worthwhile. A good PBP is a lot of work.

I'm also open to any suggestions of value.