subvertadown

Quick check-in before September

Added 2021-08-23 11:32:53 +0000 UTC

Hi Patrons!

Sorry if I've been a little more silent than I hoped, in between my Reddit posts, but I wanted to send just a quick note to say: thank you for your early support this season!

The reason: I've been busy putting the finishing touches on my tools. I hope you'll appreciate some of the improvements-- my target is one more week....

Good luck in the meantime, and I'll be back soon.

/Subvertadown

PS--

If I were you, I'd probably be curious about what is happening behind the scenes. Most of it is because I totally ditched last-year's files and created everything anew, from the bottom up. Here are some of the current tasks:

(1) Getting my new "advanced" models implemented, instead of current placeholders. The fantasy projections that you see now are actually "halfway" models, like the ones that did so well on Reddit. They are definitely good enough for now. But I will soon switch to my new, advanced models-- they are more complex and require some programming, as I transfer them to operate within spreadsheets. You will see some numbers changing.

(2) Preparing the sheets for future-week data import and processing; linking the model to future weeks' incoming football data. (Currently it's only set up for week 1, so I could advise on the draft.)

(3) Preparing the sheets for-future week "adjustments"-- to automate the task of accounting for lineup changes and injuries. (Right now it only works for off-season changes.)

(4) Formatting of my different outputs. As you see, there are 5 Patreon tiers and 1 Reddit "tier", and each tier will get its own content / customized report. I'm completing the designs for each output type.

(5) Re-writing the output scripts. I'm not fully satisfied with the way my pdf/html outputs are functioning. I need to learn to program it to: (a) only update when there's data changing (b) delete all "temporary files" that get generated every time someone accesses the reports. I'm not an Apps/script programmer by day, so this will take a little learning!