State of the League Address:
We currently have 15 active GMs in GOBL. Which is pretty close to where we always have been. Most of us have been here the whole time, but there are a few good editions that joined after the start.
We have been running the league for close to 2 1/2 years now. We played 10 seasons worth of baseball between OOTP 16/17. Gave everyone a clean slate with OOTP 18 and are about to start our 3rd season.
Some changes on the table;
How do we add more GMs to the league? I fear that if the we aren't keeping the discussion here, than we risk losing members that have been with us all along, but opening up the league to others and forcing all chat to Discord would be an option that could see new GMs join.
The issue is, all important league communication does need to happen on one source. I simply don't have the time to check a bunch of places to get what needs processed completed before each sim.
And on the issue of time, I haven't really had it when it comes to operating my own team.
My daughter is more active now that she is a couple weeks shy of 1 year old, and I'm currently having a house built ------ So, with all that said, I'm not likely to be putting up the funds to continue running a league that I'm only partially invested in at this point.
Currently, server hosting+domain is paid for through March 2018. That does not mean that the league will be be over then, but we will need to collectively pay the $120/yr or have someone else take over the operation.
Not a post I really wanted to make, but it's the reality of the situation right now. I still enjoy the league even with our 50% human GMs, but we need to make a few decisions and find out if the league can continue to go forward past March. It's not much of an operating cost, but I'm just not getting the value out of it that I would like at this point.
If you'd like to discuss any of the issues above, I really suggest hopping into our Discord server.
Discord:
https://discord.gg/wdXWWWu
If you have a discord account of a different name, please let us know who you are when you join.