Posted by kbc167 on 5/31/2014 3:43:00 AM (view original):
nachopuzzle, what do you think about the recent cascade of changes in HD? Think they're on the right track? Hopeful that some of your suggested changes will come to fruition?
Well kbc, thanks for asking about my opinion on the current changes, I have been following them rather closely. What's your opinion?
Let's not forget that only a very small number of the proposed changes that were listed in the polls were actually my own personal suggestions, the vast majority of them came from the HD community at large (and even then I wasn't able to incorporate them all).
With that being said, in general, I am a fan of the new changes. I think it's worth pointing out, that in the flurry of new updates, there seem to be three that have the most significance: roughly (1) availability of past player ratings, (2) giving coaches the option to choose players' listed positions, and (3) changed the logic for PIT selection. And of those three, two were actually listed options on the "Cosmetic" polls, with "availability of past player ratings and stats" being the #1 most popular overall choice in the portion of the poll.
Though, and more importantly, I think HD is on the right track because of the renewed interest the admins (specifically the aloof & mythical seble, haha) have in improving the HD experience...and a VERY large part of this is the increased frequency of communication/interaction between seble and the HD community. Which will only be a positive as the admins, in my opinion, make more significant changes to the simulation.
...and I wasn't gonna leak this, but what the hell...For those of you that aren't aware, the only people that can see which selections individual users made in a poll are the site administration and the user that created the poll. And, since seble took part in the user polls himself, I am privy to seeing which individual selections he actually made...and here is what they were:
Engine
#1 - remove fastbreak & fullcourt press as individual sets
#2 - remove fastbreak & fullcourt press as individual sets
#3 - make current offenses more unique or different from other sets
Recruiting and Jobs
#1 - greater variance +/- in freshmen entry IQs
#2 - increase DI firings
#3 - increase DI firings
Cosmetic
#1 - availability of past single season stats and ratings for individual players
#2 - give coaches the option to select which position a player is listed as
#3 - allow coaches to save multiple depth charts
As a disclaimer, I want to say that I'm not making any assumptions as to what his individual choices meant or if they meant anything at all (he could have been voting as a coach himself or his choices could indicate what direction he plans on taking the engine or they could be subtle counter-intelligence operation), BUT
since the time of his votes he has actually made the corresponding changes to his #1 and #2 choices for Cosmetic improvements.