@ all HGL managers, IMPORTANT post about start of HGL Season 5, please read through:
I try to keep this somewhat condensed text this time, but due to complexity of the subject it's not easy as you'll see.
As you all probably have noticed, we've having issues with box score post links not showing up correctly (returning Oops!-error message when opened before match has started).
So there are some things to consider about Season 5 start/postponing/possibility of having to re-arrange some RS matches later:
1. If it's possible and if we don't lose too many Rounds of RS games, I really would want to stick with the HGL rules, which means that match links should be inspected (also match starting time!) before match starts.
2. Set up your lineups now normally for all games, including for first Round(s) matches of Regular Season, but don't celebrate your victory yet fully before we'll get a proper (or any, to begin with) response from BB-Staff about resolution time estimate on this issue. Normal HGL rules about too small lineup etc. are valid also for these matches, if they eventually will be considered as valid match results (see "5." for more information).
3. So these matches that take place before we get a proper reply from BB-Staff (that we feel we can trust from the standpoint of issue correcting timetable) may or may not count. See "5." below.
4. I will not update league tables yet, before we'll see how many Rounds we'd miss/have to reorganize (because that decides whether or not matches would've been valid to begin with).
5. After some consideration I've at this point come to the middle ground-solution (that I think tries to stick with HGL rules as much as sensibly possible, but also hears some of you guys' wishes of accepting all matches as is), so:
- if we would only miss like 4 matches before this issue is corrected by BB (and by 5th RS Round I could verify all matches beforehand), then we can rearrange these Round 1-4 games.
- if correction by BB would take, say, 3-4 weeks, and we would miss (have to re-organize) 8-10 RS games, then I'd be willing to use these existing links without being able to inspect them prior to match.
6. Naturally normal HGL rules apply with these RS matches of first Round(s) that I'm unable to verify; no wrong match specs will be accepted so I hope they're all correctly arranged.
Please also note:
1. There are missing match links on some of you guys box score posts, please correct them before Season 5 is planned to be started tomorrow!
2. I'll now start to fill my own box score post with links, and then will likely reluctantly (as that's almost double amount of work this way as I haven't been able to verify what I copy there first!) proceed to filling box score posts with hopefully correct match links.
3. In the case first Rounds would be decided to be accepted as official results (as I mentioned, decision on that is still pending depending also on BB-Staff answer on box score links-problem correction timeline, that we're waiting!), remember this:
I'm not able to inspect any of these match links, to make sure that they even refer to correct opponent/match. These kind of mistakes have been found out having been made on previous Seasons of HGL on teams' box score posts, so please do check out especially first RS Rounds of your schedule, that they're against correct opponent.
4. If you find out you have had mistakes in your own box score post markings, please inform me by BBMail or by sending forum message, don't just silently change information on your box score post, because then it doesn't update to official HGL schedule and it wouldn't count as official result.
Last edited by Wagner at 5/3/2026 6:42:46 AM