Improving TMBSL written rules (299 views)

[Herby New Year!]

This thread is an attempt to improve the accuracy and precision of the written rules of TMBSL 6.0.  

If there are rules that are out of date, ambiguous, or otherwise could be improved, feel free to provide comments below.

[Herby New Year!]

The term "processing period" needs to be defined with respect to buyouts.

The rule for extending second round picks needs to be updated to reflect current league policy. Currently the rule reads that contracts can be extended for a third year at the end of the second year. The rule should be revised to read that contracts can be extended for a third year prior to the end of the second year. The word "at" is not current league policy.

[Odin]

this thread could actually be useful

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“Teams will otherwise have 24 hours starting from sim 1 to get under the hard cap, after which they will begin being penalized 2,500,000*x over x years, with x being the number of days they have been over the cap. Example: the Celtics go over the hard cap and remains that way for 72 hours. They are penalized 7.5 million for 3 years. This rule is not in effect once the playoffs end.“

This is not the current league policy.

[Odin]

yeah its more like 24 hours after eric notices then a random forced amnesty.


which i am fine with btw

[Herby New Year!]

We should change the way expansion works to provide expansion GMs a written explanation of the situation they will inherit.

This can be a form message that they have to reply "Accept" to in order to actually be the GM of a team.

[Herby New Year!]

The scouting director reduces the cost of up to seven rookie scouts by 5000 currency to a minimum of 5000 currency.

It is unclear who is covered by "rookie." Based on how this coach has been employed, it appears to be intended to apply to undrafted players. But it is not clear whether it applies to drafted players during the draft (after the period for scouting undrafted players has ended) or to on-roster scouts of "rookies" during their rookie season.

"[R]ookie" should be revised to read (or include) "undrafted player."

Some suggested revisions include

"reduces the cost of up to seven undrafted player or rookie scouts by 5000 currency . . . "

OR

"reduces the cost of up to seven undrafted or drafted player scouts requested before [training camp/free agency] by 5000 currency . . . "

OR

"reduces the cost of up to seven undrafted player scouts by 5000 currency . . . "

[eric]

updated

[Herby New Year!]

League rules have been updated to include "editing the first post of trade threads will result in a 10k currency fine on the first offence, +10k for each following offence."

An improvement to this rule would be to fine any edit to a post in a trade thread relevant to the assets being exchanged.

An example is that post 1, I say I'm trading Clyde Drexler to Trofie for pick 1.5.

He accepts.

But I forgot that I needed to include salary coming back to me.

So I post a third time saying it is Drexler for 1.5 plus George Lynch and Marc Gasol.

Trofie decides that he actually wants to include Vin Baker, not Marc Gasol. So I edit the THIRD post.

Trofie accepts.

[Trofie]

I'm not interested in Drexler

[Odin]

can the formatting be improved

[Herby New Year!]

For next season, the draft inactivity timer has changed to the following: If a GM has been inactive for 24 hours after they are eligible to pick, they will be skipped for the rest of the draft, unless they make trade or forfeit the skipped pick(s).

Is that rule really intended to prohibit them from making a pick?

Consider whether the rule should read: If a GM has been inactive for 24 hours after they are eligible to pick, they will be skipped for the rest of the draft, unless they make the pick, trade the pick, or forfeit the skipped pick(s).