SOM will be dead in a few months

The key -- win some playoff credits so you don't have to give this incompetent company any money. I can play for awhile that way, not as as many teams as I typically would have going. But if I want to buy a team -- maybe, maybe not -- I'm taking the Druid's advice and doing it through PayPal. This whole episode pissed me off and gives me time to pause, and think again. 'Nuff said.

Well I just thought of a new metric we could use as an avatar-style rating system. It quite takes the title of the post full circle.

It's the DTTL: Delta time to live, also known as the happy indifference rating.

So, it is the difference between your personalized life expectancy and the life expectancy of SOM.

DTTL= (Personalized life expectancy) - SOM Life expectancy

(+) Rating: Unfortunately this means you are likely to need to find a new hobby before you die. Or, hope for an error in your personalized life expectancy (maybe eat french fries daily). But on the flip side you may live longer if you do nothing, and can hop in to DrFreeze's softball for seniors schtick.

(-) Rating: Great news! SOM will likely outlive you so you can ride into the afterlife in full confidence that you can continue smoking, drinking, avoiding exercise, and basically still guaranteeing a happy sunset. SWEET!

Thanks for the details. No clue why they only emailed some of us. I had fraudulent transactions attempted within 48 hours of the email, so that seemed accurate.

I have no idea why they wouldn't offer playoff credits for the commissioner leagues. Seems like an easy fix to me.

Perhaps with all of pandemic driven additional business, they are sitting tall in the saddle again and are taking their online customers for granted.

Absolutely-- it should be an easy fix right? Like a no brainer. A manager bought 12 teams or even 6 teams-- and you literally take away the entire prize for winning.
If it were me, and I invited a bunch of family/friends to tryout the online game of the first time-
they happen to win a credit and voila you likely have a new customer. If not and their buddy just won a credit, there's a good chance they might think 'I want to run it back'.

Insert self destructive analogy here - its pretty unbelievable to me that this should even have to be pointed out.

I rarely use "moderator" in the subject heading in my e-mails to SOM as an attention getter. I just asked to be such in order to delete spam. I sent this one tonight though:

Subject: Moderator check in - the Hack

Hello,

I don't know if anyone at SOM keeps an eye on the forums. If not, read this thread in the ATG forum for the current tenor on the hack event. Many were were not notified via e-mail that the hack had occurred.

There are also threads in the 20XX, "60's, 70's, .....", and ILC forums in which managers posted their negative experiences with the event. Dozens have done so. A small percentage of managers use the forums so the total number of affected managers is much larger.

At a minimum I would suggest updating your e-mail notification procedure. If you choose to go beyond that to keep your loyal customers I'm sure that wouldn't be frowned upon.

Bob (Palmtana)

(link to this thread)

Cheers Bob

In this day and age all kinds of businesses are getting hacked sadly. Hackers are among the moneyed skilled and relentless programs in todays world. So buy a prepaid gift card pay SOM that way and enjoy it!

Crickets

I love this game and I am not going anywhere.

I'll play on credits. Only will last but so long.

Come on Nev, full disclosure and honesty here. You win so much I doubt you had to actually buy at team in a decade.