Twin Cities River Monsters' Terribly Named and Too Hard to Type News Blog for Baseball Stories 2045.14
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:28 pm
TCRMTNTHTTNBBS #14
Thurs Nov 29th, 2045
Recalci T. M. Thrope
So, for those of you that are confused. I privately asked the GM about what I consider a proliferation of very short TN that barely, if at all, meet the requirements as stated in our rules. I fear that the ability to write 200+ ten line TN a season is dangerous to the league balance, in that the PP can be used to do things like build stadiums, increase budget, and create cash.
First off, this is in no way an attack on any league member. It is the responsibility of the GB to provide feedback and adjust the rules as necessary.
After I stated to the GB that a copy and paste of a form changing 15-30 words seems to not meet the requirements, I received feedback that it could.
A different GB member told me that all submissions for PP are subjective to review, and points can be adjusted up or down after the season. I asked for clarification of the minimum amount, since it appears to be less than the the stated rules in the constitution:
What constitutes a sufficient Team News report? In order to qualify for the points, your Team News writings must be original, owner-created content. Copying and pasting from your OOTP team page will not count. You must have at least two solid paragraphs of original, owner-created written content. One sentence is far less than a paragraph. Non PPT-worthy postings should be pinned in your Team News forum or posted elsewhere on the board. Also, please post each news item as a separate thread for easier tallying.
I think that a good number of TN over the last few season have very loosely, if at all met that description. Again, my fear is our financial system being impacted by the ease of generating PP through TN.
TN have always been the problem, in my mind, because sometimes you write one that takes an hour, and sometimes you can say everything you want to in five minutes. And they are all worth the same (unless the total is adjusted after the season which is another entire can of worms)
There's not a lot to be done about this.
In my often immature way, to prove a point, I engaged in a proliferation of very formulaic TN. In roughly an hour, I cranked out 10 TN that appear to maybe meet requirements. Maybe. But there have been a good number written like this over the past few years. I wasn't sure that the GB members understood how fast this really can be done. Maybe they did. But the answer is FAST. Like super fast. Like 200 PP in ten hours fast. Over the course of a season, if I spent say 2 hours a week doing this, I could earn 480 PP. Just two hours a week.
Anyway, as is often the case with me, there is generally a better way to handle things. I don't always get it right.
Apologies to the GB members for the abrasiveness of my engagement in this discussion. I'm fairly concerned with the TN proliferation in recent years. Much of it is due to the passion some GMs have for their teams, but to think that the ease of accruing a WAR chest of PP doesn't play a role is a bit naïve in my mind.
Thurs Nov 29th, 2045
Recalci T. M. Thrope
So, for those of you that are confused. I privately asked the GM about what I consider a proliferation of very short TN that barely, if at all, meet the requirements as stated in our rules. I fear that the ability to write 200+ ten line TN a season is dangerous to the league balance, in that the PP can be used to do things like build stadiums, increase budget, and create cash.
First off, this is in no way an attack on any league member. It is the responsibility of the GB to provide feedback and adjust the rules as necessary.
After I stated to the GB that a copy and paste of a form changing 15-30 words seems to not meet the requirements, I received feedback that it could.
A different GB member told me that all submissions for PP are subjective to review, and points can be adjusted up or down after the season. I asked for clarification of the minimum amount, since it appears to be less than the the stated rules in the constitution:
What constitutes a sufficient Team News report? In order to qualify for the points, your Team News writings must be original, owner-created content. Copying and pasting from your OOTP team page will not count. You must have at least two solid paragraphs of original, owner-created written content. One sentence is far less than a paragraph. Non PPT-worthy postings should be pinned in your Team News forum or posted elsewhere on the board. Also, please post each news item as a separate thread for easier tallying.
I think that a good number of TN over the last few season have very loosely, if at all met that description. Again, my fear is our financial system being impacted by the ease of generating PP through TN.
TN have always been the problem, in my mind, because sometimes you write one that takes an hour, and sometimes you can say everything you want to in five minutes. And they are all worth the same (unless the total is adjusted after the season which is another entire can of worms)
There's not a lot to be done about this.
In my often immature way, to prove a point, I engaged in a proliferation of very formulaic TN. In roughly an hour, I cranked out 10 TN that appear to maybe meet requirements. Maybe. But there have been a good number written like this over the past few years. I wasn't sure that the GB members understood how fast this really can be done. Maybe they did. But the answer is FAST. Like super fast. Like 200 PP in ten hours fast. Over the course of a season, if I spent say 2 hours a week doing this, I could earn 480 PP. Just two hours a week.
Anyway, as is often the case with me, there is generally a better way to handle things. I don't always get it right.
Apologies to the GB members for the abrasiveness of my engagement in this discussion. I'm fairly concerned with the TN proliferation in recent years. Much of it is due to the passion some GMs have for their teams, but to think that the ease of accruing a WAR chest of PP doesn't play a role is a bit naïve in my mind.