I was startled by low grades at the most recent mid-term in Tark. I tend to be admittedly overly cautious with study hall (haven't lost a player in 59 seasons) and naturally was keeping a close eye on it with the new engine. The first semester didn't seem to require significant adjustment, but I had four players in the 2.0-2.4 range and three more 2.5-2.9 at second semester mid-terms.

I did wonder if schedule problems had anything to do with this. I.e. as many people have noted, on at least three of the last four nights the a.m. games have been delayed several hours, with betting lines for p.m. games being posted before a.m. results in those cases. Is it possible some practices and study halls were skipped when the games didn't go off in time?

Whatever the possible cause, I wondered if anyone else had similar trouble in Knight or other worlds which have had delays.