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I have a problem... I cannot make login in the new site... why? do I have to register again?

By the way I'm new here... and I don't want to make all the tutorial again...

Last edited by faltinhas at 8/14/2009 7:51:47 AM

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Amazed to see people criticize the "suggested player buy" - that and the headlines are my favourite new features!

Really excited for chat too - should be great for those close playoff matches...

ok, tks!

I like the new features, but I DONT like the new page at all.....I hope it will never be implemented....sory guys...

It's definitely going to be implemented.

Like the new site.

Noticed on the team stats page that the drop down menu only includes seasons but no private league way of sorting like the current version of the team page. Would like to be able to sort out scrimmages as well.

My Players number do not display correctly on the new site. For the moment the only issue i found

For me the new layout just feels like a minor update of the earlier. While I see that it has the potential to become better than the old one I would say that it is tight race between them currently.

I strongly believe it is a good idea to simplify (shorten) the main menu in order to make it easier for beginners to navigate the site without panicking. However, I do not believe that the implementation has reached all the way yet.

Especially the team page seems really messy at the moment. It is cluttered with three (3) different menus; the main menu at the left, the team links at the right, and some weired combination of the two and some other items as a drop down menu.

Just in the same way it is also cluttered with three banners; the BB banner, the team headquarters banner, and the team banner. That looks very odd I must say, and is a really waste of space. Of course I could get rid of my team banner in order to cleanup the page, but that does not sound like a very attractive solution.

In general a lot of pages are actually cluttered. Especially all the small numbers that are cluttered all over the schedule page and the “rating balls” cluttered all over the forum (what's the idea with this?) give a very messy feeling.

With all that said I still believe that you are on the right track, but you really need to think of what's the real message or purpose of each page and don't clutter every page with “bric-a-brac”.

My suggestions on the new format:

1. Weekly Stats is too hard to find. I know the Training section on the Manage My Team page shows the top 5 players, but I want to see everyone.

2. The "Looking to buy a new player?" box is neat, but I'd like to be able to customize it. I keep getting ads for guys my tiny little team couldn't possibly afford. Even a simple, un-customizable filter (like maximum price based on the team's level) would make this much more useful.

3. In Stats, I'd love to see Games Started in addition to just Games Played. Every basketball stat book I've ever seen has made this distinction. And it makes it easier to identify starters on opposing teams.

4. Federations should be easier to find from the new short menu. From the new menu, you'd barely know they exist. I think it will prevent new supporters from discovering and using this feature.

5. The new page with the league news, like "so and so has expanded their arena" or "your trainer says training is complete"? It used to be in the new layout but I can't find it anymore. Anyway, it's a good feature. (ETA: Never mind, I found it, you have to click the "Buzzerbeater" breadcrumb. Maybe its placement could be more intuitive, like putting it on the League page since it is league-related news?)

Last edited by Jerry Midwest at 8/14/2009 7:31:36 PM

It's currently just based upon how much money you have in the bank - we look for a player in your price range whose auction ends soon. There are a lot of further things we've considered with this box, and we're open to suggestions.

I think that on the transfer search having a little tick box, giving you the option to use this search criteria for the player in this box would be great.


Btw - I find it a really good upgrade. Lot's of nice stuff in there :-)


Last edited by Blacksword at 8/15/2009 3:04:10 AM