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I think it does frustrate and diminish the enthusiasm people have for the game, particularly the newer players, when they expect things like the draft to come out on one day, but have to wait sometimes 24+ hours later. My suggestion is quite simple (at least I think it would be), have the date of release of the draft lists on Tuesday (potentially at a particularly time for each country) but have them processed as they are being processed now, with the information withheld until that stated time.

I know it won't make a difference to see it immediately, but I generally want the info asap to be able to talk with friends, get excited about the next season, etc. and new players are particularly excited but have this prolonged wait from the official date it should be released. An added benefit may see more activity within national forums/off-site communications at that particular time. And finally, it will cut down on the 'i dont have my draft lists yet' posts on the help forums.

There are still at least six hours left in the day in North America. They will still probably come out today.

I think the reason for the "delay" at the moment is because I feel they changed the way they are doing the draft lists. Last season, if I remember correctly, the countries were done in order, so USA got their draft list before Australia for example. This season though, I believe they are doing the draft processing behind closed doors, and as soon as it is finished every country will receive their draft lists at the same time. So the USA will not get their draft list before Australia, they will get it at the same time.

I don't know how this makes sense. Seems easier to just send out the lists as soon as their done. You won't make everyone happy but you'll make enough happy.

Plus people who don't have their lists yet can see if country so and so got their lists already they can think, "That's not too far from me, we should get our lists pretty soon then."

Maybe I'm wrong, or Canada was different than Australia, but I remember my list not being available until late in the evening last season as well. Just some predictability would be nice is all I'm saying.

I agree that I prefer the other way. I'm not saying it makes more sense. I am just saying that I think that is what they are doing.

I agree that it would be nice to know exactly when the draft is coming out.
Perhaps just a message on the main news page to indicate when the draft process has actually started, and perhaps even list what country is currently being worked on?

I am sure they do their best and do it as fast as they can. I'll bet the BBs are just as keen as the rest of us to see their draft picks. One way things could improve is a little more communication. If every few hours there was an official progress update it would relieve the tension. You have to keep the customers happy and excited and more communication is always good.

There are 7 posts made during the offseason with 2 pertaining to the world cup final.
That leaves 5 posts as updates. And those 5 posts aren't very detailed.
Also, most people here do not follow updates via twitter.
Perhaps it would be possible, that every offseason, a checklist of what needs to be done and in what order can be posted on the news page. And then a tick can appear next to every event that is completed. Perhaps the time of each event starting on the list can be posted next to the event. And perhaps an eta for completion.

So:
Promotion bonus - completed
new leagues created - completed
rivals created - started at 12pm server time. Estimated time until completion: 2 hours
draft - Not yet started


Obviously this is just an example, but I think it would drastically improve things.
People/users like to know what is happening all the time.