Post Season Advancement Schedule....

All GM's:

The playoffs will start after advancement on Saturday night 05-04-13 at 11PM EST.

We will advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs on Monday 05-06-13 at 11PM EST.

We will advance to the Conference Finals on Wednesday 05-08-13 at 11PM EST

The Stanley Cup Finalswill begin on Friday, 05-10-13 at 11PM EST.

We will advance to the Off-season on Sunday, 05-12-13 at 11PM EST.

Off-season advancements will be every evening at 11PM EST until the 3rd round of FA signings.

We will advance directly into Season 4 after the 3rd round of FA.  So, we basically have 3 tries to get a FA signed before the season starts.

I believe there will be about 5-6 advancements during the off-season so that puts the start of season 4 no later than May 18th, 2013.


That's 2 weeks for the Post & Off-season.  If anyone has issues with this, notify me soon....once the post season starts, the schedule will not be changed.  I'd love to get it done faster but I don't think it is practical to condense the schedule anymore.  However, if anyone has ideas I'm all ears.

Since I'm not sure of the number of advancements during the off-season, I will keep everyone up to date on the specific start date of Season 4.


GOOD LUCK IN THE PLAYOFFS EVERYONE!!!

Am I in? Not sure I can play if i am

As long as my play opponent can play before 5pmEST or after 3am! Pretty positive I have a CPU opponent in the 1st round though.

I totally understand wanting to speed things along for all the GMs who didn't make the playoffs, but for all that do, isn't making the advancement periods so short kind of penalising guys for doing well?

I mean, trying to get the entire playoffs done in under a week seems a little unfair. That's basically giving guys one chance to play all their games, or too bad... It handcuffs guys if, say, you play a couple games and you get really frustrated because you lost 2 games on some silly goal that shouldn't have gone in, you should have the chance to take a break, and play the rest of your games later. Yeah, you need to be really consistent if you're good, but even the NHL teams get a day off in between games to settle down and gather themselves and prepare themselves for the next game.

If it's just me I'll shut up, I just don't think we should be straying so far from the normal advancement schedule when games are so much more important. The competition is so much more fun when guys feel pressure from other teams, not from the clock...

Alright, well....hmmmmm. I think you make good points and I definitely want it to be fair to everyone. What about every 3rd day? Maybe we could advance sooner if everyone finishes their series sooner....but then we'd be winging it as far as the schedule goes.

Keeping the advances the way they are now would have us down for over a month and not start the new season until sometime in June. I think that's too long.

I agree with Chicago and Islanders lol. A June start for season 4 is much much too long. I think we can "wing" it as long as all series are done. After each advance we can give them every 3rd day to finish. If they aren't finished in the given time we advance. But no reason we can't advance sooner if everyone is done. Tis however poses problems be causes last year we had a lot of guys start their series on the last day. That can not happen this year. It caused a lot of problems last year with guys just waiting until the last day. We have to get these series done ASAP. However Chicago is right when it comes to needing a little break we should be able to take one. Maybe for 1st round we can try to do it the original way that Islanders said. We will only learn by actually trying and experimenting with different methods.

Yeah, I agree that pretty much a whole month for the playoffs and off-season is pretty long, and I like the ideea of advancing everyday at 11pm EST in the off-season. Guys should know who's up for a contract renewal and what their preference is in terms of who to re-sign.

I think every 3rd day is fair for the playoffs, that's pretty much how often we advance now, it's just important that guys get in touch with each other right away when they know who their next opponent is going to be and set up when to play right away. I had a big problem scheduling games with Phoenix last year because he's in England so time differences were a major problem. Phoenix is a good dude and a frustrating opponent, haha, but I think IslandersGM needs to set some rules revolving around timezones and scheduling, I mean, technically this is a North American league, but I feel bad being like "Sorry Phoenix, we'll play when I'M ready...", so the 3rd day rule only sort of works there. Like, noon for me is 3pm for you easterners, and it's 8pm for Phoenix and I think NJ, and people work during the day. 5pm for me is 8pm for you and 1am for Phoenix. Know what I mean?

I'm not really sure how to make that fair, and I'm pretty sure I have a CPU opponent in the first round anyways, but something to consider and set rules for...?

Post on here, message. If an individual does not respond in 24 hours play cpu or sim it. I know i'm new to your league, but I've been in plenty and 3 days should be the limit for completing any series.

I agree with all those things. 3 days would be fair. And you only have to contact one person to schedule games around.

i will try my best to get my games in but you guys need to remember that as a euro its is hard for me to fit games in if its after 12 am my time for me...unless its weekend. I work 7 days a week and its virtually impossible for me to wait up past 12 am my time to get games in if its a week day.... im sure its the same with you guys too if its daytime your end and your at work etc.

Hopefully tho we are all pretty flexible.

Knowing my luck ill prob get knocked out first round anyway.

It was extremely unforunate that my playoff series with dallas suffered last year and the series ended up getting simmed after playing out of my skin against Chicago who was great at making the serious work out.

Hopefully there is more communication this time round if im playing a user

Also may i add that im dont think everyone in the league is registered on here...i think this should be a compulsary requirement that you are so you can message and schedule games here rather than do it via the ps3

Let's just get as much ready as we can now. I'm definately playing in the 1st round and its a CPU so i'll be done the 1st day.

I agree with the idea of 2 days, 3 if it's needed. As long as we all post when our series is done who knows, we could advance in 1 day. 3 days should definitely be the max though.

We're just going to have to work with each other on time differences. Just let your opponent know when you absolutely CANNOT play (at work, etc.) and find a mutual time.

Everyone remember to add a roster page and meet all the requirements to play for the prize.

All GM's:

REVISED 5-04-13

Based on feedback from many of you, here is the revised post season schedule:

The playoffs will start after advancement on Saturday night 05-04-13 at 11PM EST.

*PLEASE NOTE - Advancement of the playoffs schedule will occur when all the series in the round are complete or according to the following schedule, which ever comes first.

**PLEASE NOTE - The Home team of a game has final approval for scheduling games. If the visiting team can not play when the home team is available, home team can play CPU or give visitor approval to play the CPU.

We will advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs on Tuesday, 05-07-13 at 11PM EST.

We will advance to the Conference Finals on Friday, 05-10-13 at 11PM EST

The Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Monday, 05-13-13 at 11PM EST.

We will advance to the Off-season on Thursday, 05-16-13 at 11PM EST.

***PLEASE NOTE - The schedule above will be updated if playoff rounds finish sooner.

Off-season advancements will be every evening at 11PM EST until the 3rd round of FA signings.

We will advance directly into Season 4 after the 3rd round of FA. So everyone has 3 tries to get their FA signed before the season starts.

I believe there will be about 5-6 advancements during the off-season so that puts the start of season 4 no later than May 22, 2013.

Since I'm not sure of the number of
advancements during the off-season, I will keep everyone up to date on
the specific start date of Season 4 as that information becomes clearer.

do we have 24 hours per re-signing period?

KingsGM wrote:do we have 24 hours per re-signing period?

Yes

Did we advance last night?

Penguins GM wrote:Did we advance last night?

Yes, today is the last chance to resign players...then on to FA after we advance tonight.

Ooooo ok. I didn't get online till 1045 pm est so I wasn't aware if we advanced yet or not.

All GMs:

Based the feedback that some of you have expressed, I think it might be a good idea to stop advancement tonight at the point where you have the last chance to send players to the minors or keep them up.

From there, I would suggest we advance to the start of the season on Thursday night at 8PM EST.

I should also say that I'm not clear on why we need to be concerned with stopping at that point (sending players to minors) if waivers are not on. If someone could clarify that for me it would be helpful and maybe we can roll right into season 4 tonight after all.

I'd rather be safe than sorry so if I don't get any feedback tonight before advancement I will stop as noted above.

What's the concern?

Florida GM wrote:What's the concern?

That's what I'm not clear on....it would be a concern if waivers were on and the CPU sends the wrong players to the minors but with waivers off, I don't see any problem.

Also, I just realized that I screwed up the timing on when the season 4 should have started...since tonight is only the second advancement for FA signings, that means the 3rd would be tomorrow night. Originally, I posted that tonight we would advance into the new season it's really tomorrow night. :-(

Let's get some feedback on why we are concerned if we advance right into the season tomorrow night and just make the player movements after that.

I think that should be fine. One last chance to sign guys and then to the season. What will be the season advancement schedule?

We advance on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11pm est.

Ya there is no concern considering waivers are off. Not sure what people were talking about lol? Anywho let's get this season going lol. I'm ready.

Can we even start tonight?