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Update on pre-season process:
I added all match links to official scores thread, but please note that I didn't yet check almost any of the match specs (correct time and day; 1 match of Swan River Serpents is due to known problems accepted to be played 55 minutes before the official HGL match time) from every teams' own box score posts, so for now I basically trusted match specs are ok and that needs to be verified at later time.

If you have not sent all challenges for Season 2 yet, and league schedule seems to you as completely bolded, see workaround from my previous post, on EDIT #4, here: (327516.41).

If you want to go through teams box score posts (to verify match specs are correct), you may do so voluntarily to help with the pre-season process. Nothing is required of anyone (of any "regular manager") though. But if you will participate in that project, please do the work carefully to avoid mistakes in inspection process.

I went through almost all of them last night and didn't find a single issue. Would be great if others did this too. It is easy to make mistakes. However, it is looking good, Wagner.

Thank you for your help, MrJ and LennuK., that's appreciated!
Like you mentioned, it is easy to make mistakes, so it is always positive thing to have another pair (or two) of eyes to go through such a lengthy list.

Only few entries missing in box score posts, which sort of prevents me of giving 'good to go'-status for some teams in this post in which I follow the progress of pre-season process, here: (327516.16).
Please note, that I'm just in a process of verifying every teams own box score posts, so some of you of course would already deserve to be marked as 'good to go' (*GTG*) for Season 2.

@everyone with not completely completed box score post:
1. Please check your post if it has a link on every Round of Regular Season - if not, add a match link!
2. Please check team names - if for instance you have for example BUC (Buckner Bandits) written in your box score post, please correct them (for example BUC>SRS).
3. @WiMaOlCa: I know your box score post is delayed this season, and that has been accepted (and approximate schedule discussed about). However, as a one more reminder: when you´ll have time, please create the post.


Last edited by Wagner at 7/11/2025 5:47:26 AM

Update on pre-season verification process:

As for the actual schedule (for which match links were copied from teams' own box score posts), I still didn't run a check whether all league schedules matches are at correct time, but I´d intuitively want to trust a check ran by LennuK. and by MrJ (MrJ also checked schedule, or most of matches anyway).
What I also didn't do this season is check out methodically each and every entry for correct days in each team box score (by comparing it to official match days for S2), however I didn't at least notice any faulty days (which could only be produced by manager editing my box score post accidentally or intentionally in wrong way after copy-pasting it to his own post).

Almost all box score posts of teams have now been verified to be correct, and therefore good to go for Season 2.

Required actions in terms of teams' own box score posts::
- WiMaOlCa; missing box score post (known issue, will be sent to Scores Thread before Season 2 starts)


Please note that all match links have now been added to the schedule, so in that sense we're good to go, and nothing will stop Season 2 starting in time.

EDIT: Edited pre-season post to reflect recent situation, here: (327516.16)

Last edited by Wagner at 7/13/2025 6:18:22 PM

Thanks for pointing it out, a small oversight from my side, but I now corrected it.

Thanks for pointing it out, a small oversight from my side, but I now corrected it.

Very small indeed, but luckily easy and fast to correct so thanks for doing it!

- Club Trouville; R14 link missing (SRS)

done

3. @WiMaOlCa: I know your box score post is delayed this season, and that has been accepted (and approximate schedule discussed about). However, as a one more reminder: when you´ll have time, please create the post.

Thanks for your undertsanding, it's done
Wish all a good season

Last edited by WiMaOl at 7/14/2025 1:02:58 AM

@WiMaOl:
Thank you for creating box score post, and with that the pre-season process is (practically) completely finished! Also thank you for taking time to organize matches, even though you were in a more difficult position than normally to do that.

@everyone:
Only sligtly more than an hour until Season 2 tip-off, and we're likely going to have some quite even (or if not, at least interesting) matches on Round 1!
Including WMO vs. HB, where 4th in HGL on Season 1 (WMO) defends his position/success against a strong newcomer HB (with $464K Season 1 Top 8-salaries). I´d also expect my Round 1 match against Chucarro's Club Trouville to be quite even... And we´re going to see a meeting with 2 new-to-HGL teams in EOS vs. VPO. While Top8-salaries, in which VPO is ahead, sometimes play a big role in determining winning probabilities, there's always certain kind of surprise element in the air especially when teams face for the first ever time.

We also have 5 totally new teams this season, so that should add another interesting element as these 5 have probably never played against HGL teams before. In addition, we're going to add another country with more than 1 participating team, in form of Italy, so more "local rivalries" are introduced to HGL too.
Speaking of which, in addition to Suuret Muinaiset - another Finnish team - I'm looking forward to the Nordic local rivalry due to new additions of Hårdboll (Sweden) and BC Eos (Estonia). (Latvian Lielupes Melnās Sirdis isn't too far away either, so theoretically he's also almost a local opponent for us).

As for winning your most important rivalries, a reminder to especially new managers: in HGL we don't rate teams based on scoring differential if you have the same amount of wins (than the team your team is being compared to), but the decisive factor is which team has won the Regular Season match between those teams. So take extra care to place your tactics and lineup for matches against your closest rivalries that are essential for your Regular Season success!

What kind of expectations/goals you all have for the whole season, or for Round 1 matches?

Please contact me by BBMail or send message here in Official Thread(s) if you end up having problems or questions. There are many helpful managers in our HGL community, so while I won't be online every day, you might get a quick answer to your question if you send it to this Official Thread.

Again, good luck for everyone for Season 2!

Last edited by Wagner at 7/14/2025 6:24:49 AM

Well done, Wagner.

My expectations are pretty simple. Although I know I will lose every game again this season, I am hoping to lose by less against teams I have played before. These are my mini goals and realistic.

Looking forward to seeing if Hadar can go back-to-back, or if someone has the team to take him out this season.

Good luck everyone.

Well done, Wagner.

My expectations are pretty simple. Although I know I will lose every game again this season, I am hoping to lose by less against teams I have played before. These are my mini goals and realistic.

Looking forward to seeing if Hadar can go back-to-back, or if someone has the team to take him out this season.

Good luck everyone.

Thanks MrJ, and that shows a good example of right spirit and perseverance, which is definitely something that's needed with HG projects. Those goals are also interesting way to measure your development against certain other HGL team. For instance, my Round 1 match against TRO ended up on 13 point differential, when on Season 1 I won by 10, so not big difference there. However, teams are on different stages of development (either likely getting better or worse in coming seasons compared to current situation, which team age comparison post from Season 1 tries to predict) so I'm looking forward to see also some big differences on scores compared to Season 1 matches.

Speaking of mini goals, you made it to the Hadár's list of Best collective performance of the evening (here: (327517.35)), which was a great achievement in itself... 13 steals for your team. Maybe it was the first time on that list, I'm not sure about that though? That's better than any of other 15 teams were able to produce on Round 1, so all these small victories within your journey can make the long process feel worthwhile if you consider this kind of milestones important (as I for example do, as I love stats).

League table after Round 1 updated on traditional places (on both official threads), so it can be found for example from here: (327517.4).

Last edited by Wagner at 7/15/2025 7:01:35 AM

Thanks for your words, Wagner. Yes, my first time on Hadar's list. I'll take it!.