Overtime Central

Yes there seems there was a problem with the site this week and many had issues making picks. I have received all those who submitted picks by email and I will be replying to them individually. I will enter all the picks by tonight; however, you may change them for any upcoming game as the site is working now.

What seems to have happened is the auto score/standings updater mistakenly ran on July 25, and since there were no games that day, it left an incomplete standings update which is required to view the current standings of all your teams. After Thursday’s game the standings were updated correctly allowing everyone to make picks again.

To explain further, the fact was the link to your team was not available, however you could still make picks by manually entering the URL for the contest page for your team, for example:

http://overtimecentral.ca/contests/2005-CFL-Pool/50-percent/

or you can bookmark that page or any other contest page (Make Picks, Standings, etc.). The bookmarks will work as long as you are logged on.

Despite that, we will be making the necessary changes and improvements to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Thanks for everyone’s patience.

Overtime Central will be on hiatus until July 31. Don’t expect any posts or improvements to the site during this time. Updates to the contest standings will happen automatically, along with reminder emails thanks to the wonders of today’s technology. Also, new polls will be offered once a week.

The only thing that could bring the site down is a major power outage; however the site should be back up when power is restored. If you find the site is not accessible you can always email your picks to admin@overtimecentral.ca.

Upon our return, look for the first update to the CFL Draft contest. Hopefully our batteries will be recharged as well so we find the time to implement the changes to fulfill the final vision we have for the site.

We always look forward to your feedback. Leave your comments here, discuss among yourselves and we will respond when we return.

The CFL.ca website poll this week is regarding the primary roll of the CFL site. The question is What is (or should be) the most important feature on cfl.ca?. The leading answer as of the time of this post is Statistics and live scoring with 57% of the vote. I ask all Overtime Central members to vote for this option if they agree. You can vote once a day. Hopefully an overwhelming response for this answer will lead the CFL to continue to improve these features of their site.

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