As far as making the game better, I disagree.   Due to the lack of support in this thread, I don't think very many people agree with you.

I should also add that "time management" is a valuable skill.

There is a difference between time management and a lack of available time. While you may have 8+ hours of access to a computer at work I do not, that has nothing to do with skill or with time management or does it mean you did a better job, it just means you had more time..

The lack of support in this thread means nothing. The people most likely to support this idea are  people with lack of time, and those people are not likely to spend their limited time coming to  this forum.

I came to this forum to make a suggestion, I never thought I would make more than 1 post in this thread, but here I am on page 5.. Over the years of playing HBD and GD I have  gone through levels of frustration over what I considered time constraints that could of just as easily been avoided, and without a doubt in my mind it has caused a decrease in the amount of owners playing this game. As each situation arises my frustration moved closer to apathy, and as I edge towards apathy I care less and less about this game. This last year I have given up on HBD and the people who run the game, and  I plan on dropping my teams considerably over the next 12 months, with the first team coming in a week, I am not sure how many teams I will keep as I will at least keep the 2 teams I commish and long term I expect those 2 to be the only teams I play on this site..

The thread above this thread is about idle worlds, alot of people have cut teams or quit altogether because of the time constraints in this game, you want to increase ownership quit being so time restrictive when its not needed. I have already started playing another baseball game on another site, I currently have 2 teams and over time I will probably start to move over there, that game gets a lot more attention than HBD and is by far more user friendly. I also love the live play by play replay, something WIS should consider as it makes a major reason in the enjoyment of that game. I am not saying the game is better just different.

Your time management is poor.  You lack the ability to get to the point.   I'm almost certain we had one of these discussions before when you either A) forgot to do something or B) didn't make the time to do it.   Personal responsibility.

Yep, I am better off just cutting teams, thats the best thing for everyone.

As a commish, I'd rather seek an owner who has time to manage his team than have an owner who doesn't.

Yep, I am better off just cutting teams, thats the best thing for everyone. No need for anyone to complain about idle worlds just find owners with better time management skills. .

Yes, I am agreeing with you.Its better off for everyone concerned to seek someone with better time management skills. Idle worlds are best for everyone. It's best for the enjoyment of all owners, and its best for the bottom line of WIS. WIS does not need more customers  and the player base and WIS does not need speedy turnovers. What company wants to increase their profits.

And myself as commish I would rather retain my long term owners than have them tell me that they are quitting because of time. But thats me, I prefer to retain long term owners rather than recruit a new owner who has no history in the world.

If you want to play in good worlds, you want owners who have time to manage their teams.   Those who don't often say something like "This situation has soured me on this team, its now like a bad in game memory I would rather not follow me for multiple seasons. I might change my opinion later as it won't effect me for 80 days and maybe I will calm down, but the way I feel now I don't want to spend the next 5 seasons being ticked off every time I play this team", drop their team and leave the mess for someone else.   Retaining long-term owners who get their panties all wadded up when they miss a deadline isn't a priority of mine.

Not a problem for you, you don't want me in your world and I don't want to be in your world. That has nothing to do with my suggestion. If time is too be made a priority over quality of ownership then by all means keep the status quo, WIS does not need more customers and worlds don't need less turnover rates.

Posted by MikeT23 on 11/6/2011 5:44:00 PM (view original):
If you want to play in good worlds, you want owners who have time to manage their teams.   Those who don't often say something like "This situation has soured me on this team, its now like a bad in game memory I would rather not follow me for multiple seasons. I might change my opinion later as it won't effect me for 80 days and maybe I will calm down, but the way I feel now I don't want to spend the next 5 seasons being ticked off every time I play this team", drop their team and leave the mess for someone else.   Retaining long-term owners who get their panties all wadded up when they miss a deadline isn't a priority of mine.

Yes, I find it a turnoff on any game that chooses to handcuff owners by placing time restrictions on owners when its not needed. If I want to play a game that chooses to increase luck I will play a game of flip the coin.  I can understand a person like you who has more available time to desire others to be handcuffed, its in your own best interest to increase the luck factor of time when you have time. If its my own fault I will live with it. Like you said, the world I am in will be better off without me. When I quit if they ask me to stay I will use that line of reasoning how the world is better off without me.

Time restrictions are always needed.  Otherwise, we're back to my "Everyone push the OK button so we can move to the next event" sarcastic suggestion.  Not sure why you don't see it, other than for your selfish reasons, but it's true.  HBD isn't life or death.  If you miss something, worlds do not end.  But, for those waiting to play the game, waiting to make sure everyone is good to move forward is a massive waste of time.    As I mentioned earlier, I was trying to start a season in Coop on a day that was good for everyone.  It quickly became apparent that such a day didn't exist.   Holding up the game for an individual is bad business.

Time restrictions are needed,. Why not reduce the time requirement from 2 days to 1 day? or 1 day to 15 minutes?
Creating a arbitrary time for no reason is not needed and should not exist. In this case the time is listed at 2 days when it could be at 6 or 7 days, there is no reason for a 2 day time limit. I dont see why you dont see that, or you do see it but you enjoy the advantage of time.

Of course its selfish, time is a factor to me and I would like to play the game, that does not mean its a bad suggestion. As commish of 2 worlds I see how many owners quit this game or cut teams because of time, if when reasonably possible you should increase the time limits and you will increase the amount of owners playing this game, in this case I gave a suggestion that would increase the time limit without changing the world schedule.