So, I fucked up. In trying to upgrade the utilities to the OOTP 11 version I somehow managed to delete our entire BLB SQL database. Under normal circumstances this wouldn't be a big deal but it also appears that my backups haven't worked successfully since March. My normal backup routine is to create a backup and have it automatically FTP over to our hold host which has unlimited file storage. Unbeknown to me, the old host has been deleting these files as this is apparently a violation of their terms of service.
The last good backup I have is from March 13. With this backup I can recover most of the regular utilities. We will lose some data from the last round of all-star and award voting, but this isn't a deal breaker.
The big issue is that sometime during that time period I made significant changes to the Financial Utility that may not be possible to re-create and I definitely don't have the time to re-create at the moment. The data in the utilities would be so out of date/inaccurate that it's not even worth using.
The problem is without the cash reserve, the small market teams are at even more of a disadvantage. I know several of them had $10m+ in their cash reserve and were set to receive even more from the latest round of luxury tax.
My proposal is that we take the time right now to come up with a financial system that is more balanced and can be maintained completely in game without any complicated external record keeping. I know people are anxious to get started again but it's not fair, in my opinion, to continue with a system that is even more tilted towards the large market teams than it already was.
Ultimately the decision on how to proceed is Clay's decision but just wanted to explain what the situation is now and what impact it has on the league.
The last good backup I have is from March 13. With this backup I can recover most of the regular utilities. We will lose some data from the last round of all-star and award voting, but this isn't a deal breaker.
The big issue is that sometime during that time period I made significant changes to the Financial Utility that may not be possible to re-create and I definitely don't have the time to re-create at the moment. The data in the utilities would be so out of date/inaccurate that it's not even worth using.
The problem is without the cash reserve, the small market teams are at even more of a disadvantage. I know several of them had $10m+ in their cash reserve and were set to receive even more from the latest round of luxury tax.
My proposal is that we take the time right now to come up with a financial system that is more balanced and can be maintained completely in game without any complicated external record keeping. I know people are anxious to get started again but it's not fair, in my opinion, to continue with a system that is even more tilted towards the large market teams than it already was.
Ultimately the decision on how to proceed is Clay's decision but just wanted to explain what the situation is now and what impact it has on the league.
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