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But as I said, my thought about this was, written today, that if we can get a reply soon from BB-Staff, with their realistic/trustworthy approximation on schedule when they're going to correct this, then we'll be wiser. If we don't receive message from them, I presented an option with initial number of matches that I thought would be still likely very reasonable to reorganize (4).

To repeat, in that message I presented one possible timeline/deadline that we could use for this exceptional Season 5:

1. Maximum of 4 missed (uninspected) matches at the beginning of Season 5, and we'd do the reorganizing process for those 1-4 first Rounds (played after current RS Round 17.

2. If, on the other hand, there would be 5 or more matches at the start of RS Season 5 that we can´t verify before match starts (meaning BB wouldn't solve that problem before that), we would:
A) accept all match links now having been made (even though pre-match inspection would be impossible) until to the moment box score links work again and pre-match inspection becomes possible, meaning that results from current match links would remain valid until problem is solved by BB, and
B) we would return to usual pre-match inspection routine during RS of Season 5 as soon as BB has fixed this issue, meaning that all wrong match times (that are not 3.30PM EET DST) would also count as unaccepted matches.


One of the options of course would be to check out those matches (after they've been played, for being correct opponent, court balance and correct day) and ignore match time inspection altogether until BB fixes this issue. But as I said, BB has created this problem, so I'd like to believe they want to solve this quickly.

To quote myself above (to make most essential part of that long message stand out), all others in addition to MrJ may also comment what they think about this, that is this maximum of 4 match limit clear and reasonable (reasonably small amount of matches) as a limit/deadline of reorganization/not reorganizing matches?

Downside of course would be that before BB-Staff would give us a reply and estimate on correction timeline, then we wouldn't know if 1-4 of these first RS matches (currently announced match links) would count as scores, or would reorganizing be needed.

On the positive note, we would be able to stick with our normal rules and practices with only minor effort (from "regular" manager), if BB corrects this on time.

So as said, you all may comment on this if you so wish, as it's a tricky situation and it would be interesting to hear what also others who haven't voiced their opinion think of this?

And to stress this, while I have strong opinions on some things, I genuinely want to hear from people.

There are also some other middle-ground options (that can be formed from the quoted message), that can be considered as solution, or even possibly use that last unnumbered option from above quoted message.

But key here is that if you have some opinion of it, please voice it out now (especially if you still haven't - some managers have made their first preference clear directly or indirectly, but of course their further input on this is just as welcome), because latest decision time on this issue will be tomorrow before Season 5 starts. If you feel strong about it, I would find it positive that you even state your opinion again.

I see both points here, so people might well be able to affect the decision by giving their opinion on this, and possibly some grounds why they feel like it (if they want to share it).

If nobody comments though we can start Season 5 by choosing my proposition of maximum of 4 matches (that would cause reorganizing of those unconfirmed matches), or if lots of opinions are against that, then we can consider using those current links before BB fixes this issue (as I wrote at the last chapter of my above quoted message).[/

Last edited by Wagner at 5/3/2026 1:15:06 PM

Links are working

I accepted my two games
post updated

Links are working

Thanks for sending message about this - it's certainly great news!

Thanks for update, I'll updated your progress to one of my follow-up posts.

Links are working

Thanks for sending message about this - it's certainly great news!

All is well in the world... :D

We'll see about that - I still haven't had chance to inspect all links ;)
But yes, it does make things far less complicated for us.

Anyone interested in either:
A) having a double-check on match times on schedule posts, and/or
B) writing about their team/their goals for HGL Season 5(, and)
(C) especially for LennuK., as you have the fresh Season 5 data on hand; would you be interested in writing some kind of Season 5 preview? Totally fine if you don't have time, but I was asking also because you did a fine job with that last time around).

LA-LennuK. (Bc Eos) did once again fantastic job with providing us with typical comparison tables he's known of (to provide at the beginning of each HGL Season), and they'll be released soon. However, editing them with BB-text editor takes longer than you'd expect (if you haven't ever done so with large-ish amounts of data), and as I have only less than hour to use for HGL right now, I need to focus on inspecting those match links on HGL schedule.

EDIT May 4th at 3PM EET DST:
- I ran a check of schedule on Season 5; all links are available and as far as I noticed, correct (someone can double check if they want to, another pair of eyes never harms)
- I didn't have time to check everyone's own box score posts as for game times being correct. One wrong game time (at ED's box score post) was noticed though, due to WMO having different (correct) match time in their post.
- current problems with managers box score posts has been listed here: (331391.62)

Last edited by Wagner at 5/4/2026 8:13:46 AM

HGL 1. round, season 5:

Best collective performance of the evening

Point: 115 : KK Stihija & BC Eos
Defense: 67 : Rajdersi
Tot. Rebound: 58 : BC Rajaleidjad
Off. Rebound: 19 : Wagner College & BC Rajaleidjad
Assist: 27 : BC Rajaleidjad
Steal: 11 : BC Eos
Block: 11 : Madrid Chotis & KK Stihija

Personal best performances of the evening

Point: 48 : A. Maksimavicius (Vilniaus „Vilkai“)
Tot. Rebound: 21 : D. Vikblad (Hårdboll)
Off. Rebound: 13 : D. Vikblad (Hårdboll) (tied record for regular season)
Assist: 10 : E. Favaro (Virtus Portici)
Steal: 4 : E. Eriksson (Hårdboll)
Block: 6 : B. Espasa (Madrid Chotis)

The shooter: M. Bensala (WiMaOlCa): 6 Three points scored

The best performer: M. Kavazić (KK Stihija), M. Veetõusme (BC Rajaleidjad) & A. Maksimavicius (Vilniaus „Vilkai“): Rating: 16,5

Last edited by LA-LennuK at 5/5/2026 6:20:32 AM

RS Round 1:
Monday, May 4th, 2026
BC Eos | 115 - 108 | Vindicta
(138830118)

A game that was a lot closer than expected to be on paper, so great fight, Jioshoo! It was a true point-by-point game, where no team was able to really dominate. Only towards the end of the 4th quarter I had reached a somewhat relevant lead to hold onto. As there was no obvious star player of the game, I was pleased to see al my starters bagging at least 16 points in the game. While I displayed worse shooting across the board compared to Vindicta, I was able to best them in rebounds and especially in the offensive board, which probably tipped the odds of this game to my favor. Great game, Jioshoo, and good luck for the next ones!

So, a short preview of the season based on the stats I have in hand (will be published by Wagner later).

Salary-wise, most teams are a lot closer than in the previous years. While we currently have 3 teams boasting a top-8 salary of over 600K - KKS (626K), LMS (628K) and EOS (613K) - it's gonna be interesting to see, if that will shift some of the dominance away from our serial champion VPO (418K), who lost 9,1% of their last season's salary. But as we know that salaries alone don't decide the winners, it's gonna be interesting all the way and alongside VPO, KKS and LMS, I would further tip RAJ (493K) and VIV (463K) to once again be some of the favorites go go far in the POs in the end of the season. Currently we have whole 10 teams with salaries between 271K and 425K, which makes the fights for the PO spots interesting in general.

In terms of roster ages, we have 5 teams, who got younger. Alongside of VPO (1,2 y younger), also FRE (0,9 y), HB (0,7 y), BCR (0,6 y) and ALA (0,1 y) have added some young blood to their top-8. While, HB still has the oldest top-8 on average (31,4 y), 3 further teams are now over 30 years of age, when considering the top-8 averages - WAG (30,4 y), ED (30,3 y) and LGM (30,1 y). On the other hand FRE continues to have the youngest top-8 with 23,5 y average age, further 3 teams have a top-8 average below 25 y - EOS (24,3 y), HGK (24,6 y) and ALA (24,9 y).

Altogether, it has been interesting to see, how all of the teams have been developing over the past seasons.

My player Dorion catched 18 rbds this afternoon in his game vs the VINDICTA squadron. We only lost by 4, which is a very goof performance for the club.
I hope the season will be as hopefull than this game ;)