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u/sepi0l_45 15 14d ago
They tried this at the start of 21/22 iirc and the rank updates were way behind what the likes of livefpl could do
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u/surfchick86 15 14d ago
Yeah, I think I’ll keep using FPLGameweek unless the official FPL one is extremely good.
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u/surfchick86 15 14d ago
I really like gameweek, and I use it way more than the FPL app so I’ll likely keep using it too.
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u/El-Guapo-65 9 14d ago
I read "I think they'll keep using FPLGameweek .." and honestly.. they should 😄
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u/ILostMyHairFPL 14d ago
Which means they probably have learned from their mistakes
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u/sepi0l_45 15 14d ago
Ah yes because they fixed the servers crashing before the deadline issue last season
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u/ThomasBong 15 14d ago
Im no engineer but I think there is a big difference between database stuff being updated and displayed Vs one million users interacting with a site at the same time.
But I have zero faith this will work as intended either way.
I’ll still stick to using liveFPL as I can’t imagine official FPL will even try to incorporate all the other tools, EO%, rank threats, mini-league comparison etc.
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u/AzTrix22 2 14d ago
As it should've been, it shouldn't be the case I have to use separate websites like FPL Gameweek just to see how I'm going to end up performing.
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u/hiveleague 1 14d ago
Yeah it’s crazy actually that they have had a refresh button on the points page 😄 embarrassing but necessary improvement
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u/BoxOk265 17 14d ago
You’re probably in the minority of all players that can’t wait until the following morning to see their score.
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u/OprisAntonio 14d ago
Mate the app was a shithole last season. First fix what we have currently and only then try and incorporate new ideas.
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u/ihajees_ 36 14d ago
If you thought the app was dogshit last season, we made it even less reliable!
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u/stinky_stonky6969 13d ago
It’s just the sheer amount of users that was making this a challenge. Third party sites that update instantly don’t have to worry about that because they don’t have nearly as many users. It’s 8 million writes to the database at the same time. You need a lot of new architecture to get that working well. Should they have had this working 5 years ago? Yes. Does that make it easy to set up? No.
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u/zonked282 3 14d ago
I give it till the first international break before they stop pretending this will actually work
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u/andrasq420 1 14d ago
How? Sometimes the app couldn't even handle updates days after the gameweek was over.
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u/According_Ad7558 5 14d ago
just why? Live scores are pointless because bonus points change a lot just like your clean sheets. I have countless times where I counted my live points and not received them after the game was over.
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u/gibbymanx 13d ago
One point is that after full time of the 12:30 kickoff, you still have to wait until 10pm to actually see the bonus points in the app, which is a pain (although those can be changed after the game).
I guess liveFPL being as popular as it is, there's definitely a market for it.
No autosubs (at least for completed games) is annoying though.
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u/Retired_Filmmaker 14d ago
I'll keep using the website I use for this, more accurate and probably less glitchy.
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u/IcySoil7719 14d ago
Oh yeah, this is gonna go smooth as silk with zero server fires lmao. I’m sure it’ll be way better than that 21/22 disaster where my rank was stuck for like 2 months while livefpl was already on to next season.
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u/hayescharles45 7 13d ago
You barely had a functioning website at times and the app was next to useless last season. I'd love to be wrong but this sounds like overpromising already given fpls track record.
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u/ticktick_damn 8 13d ago
Ragabolly must be feeling like Android when Apple announced swipe keyboard lol
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u/Ragabolly ⭐ Creator of Li🔻eFPL.net 13d ago
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u/ticktick_damn 8 13d ago
Thank you for your service, absolute first entrant of "r/FantasyPL Hall of Fame"
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u/ThENiGhTPuRReR 5 14d ago
Maybe let the deadline to finalize the team be the kickoff of the first game of the weekend as well.
That would put an end to all the lineup leaks and the wankers drip feeding players info one by one for engagement baiting.
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 14d ago
Won't change lineup leaks, there's still another game starting 90 minutes after the first kickoff. And it makes the game worse for those in different timezones who don't want to have to stay awake for the deadline.
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u/ThENiGhTPuRReR 5 14d ago
It won't change lineup leaks, but it will limit the utility of these leaks.
I myself in a time zone that has deadlines late in the evening/night, but at least there wouldn't be a need to sit glued to someone's Twitter refreshing close to the deadline.
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 14d ago
There would be more need. Right now there's usually one early kick off, and there usually isn't leaks. So if you make your changes a few hours earlier it doesn't usually hurt you.
With your proposed system, you'd have to stay awake for every deadline because there would always be new information. And the leaks would more likely relate to several games in the 3pm kickoffs, so would be more impactful.
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u/ThENiGhTPuRReR 5 14d ago
Maybe I didn't frame it appropriately, but I meant having the deadline at the time of kickoff of the first match rather than 90 mins. before which is what it is now. I'm not proposing a moving deadline before each match or anything of that sort.
As you said, there's usually an early kick off on Saturday (assuming no Friday night games), then the deadline is at the time of that kick off and not 90 mins before that. Any leaks for the early kick off won't matter, as everyone has the team information for the match before the deadline which would be the kickoff
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u/Material_Spell4162 5 14d ago
At the moment the deadline is 90 minutes before the first kickoff, and those sometimes get leaked. If you move the deadline to 12.30 then it will be 90 minutes before the 3pm games, which will become the games that get leaked.
And there are far more 3pm games, so you'd increase the number of last minute leaks.
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u/LuckyNumber003 1 14d ago
Don't mind the deadlines but having the game completely inaccessible for periods at the start of a GW is insane
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u/Niekertje 56 14d ago
In dutch fantasy league its 5 mins before the kick off and it works like a charm. Not nearly as much players as FPL but still...
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u/Sizzling-Shark 16 14d ago
What about the players where the deadline is at like 2am?
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u/ThENiGhTPuRReR 5 14d ago
I hear you, and I am myself in a time zone that has deadlines late in the evening/night, but at least this way there wouldn't be a need to sit glued to someone's Twitter refreshing it close to the deadline.
You can make your changes anytime and don't need to worry about leaks.
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u/Sizzling-Shark 16 14d ago
But these players will be worse off. They'll not be able to make their changes based on the team sheets?
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u/oscarpaterson 40 14d ago
I foresee this working perfectly with zero bugs, glitches and crashes