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The "dashboard" is the screen you see here listing all your leagues.

The Internet is a wonderful thing.

Previously, some of you had noticed something strange about team construction and game simulation in Football GM.

One of the most common feature requests has been to add an All-Star Game.

This post has nothing to do with basketball or sports or video games.

The annual message from the owner has long been a quirky feature of Basketball GM.

I deployed two changes today in version 2019.08.31.0916.

No huge news here, sorry, but there are a few minor improvements in version 2019.08.18.0097: A lot more tables (such as Draft Summary) are searchable, filterable, and downloadable.

I'm going to deal with a very important question today.

Today I added some new achievements to Basketball GM.

Today I added some achievements to Football GM.

For a long time, Basketball GM has let you view draft classes up to three years in the future.

So you want to write a sports simulation game.

One thing I like about Basketball Reference is their Frivolities page.

Today I made a few changes to the draft lottery.

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year!

I just deployed a new version of Basketball GM with three changes: The ability to change from a soft cap (default) to a hard cap.

In the bad old days, before about a year ago, new leagues started with a bunch of randomly created players.

When you're trying to make a trade, you can click the "What would make this deal work?"

Today I released an update to Basketball GM containing a lot of small improvements to the UI.

When I make a small improvement to Basketball GM, it feels silly to write a whole blog post about it.

Today I released a new feature: difficulty levels!

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This feature has been requested a million times, but today it's finally here: draft day trades!

In the great novel "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J.

This probably won't be noticeable unless you have played hundreds, or even thousands, of seasons in the same league.

Minor new feature in version 2018.04.08.66: you can now set the stadium capacity for each team.

A lot of things have changed!

Today I released a new beta of Basketball GM featuring big changes to player ratings.

Basketball GM has long had awards every season - MVP, Rookie of the Year, etc.

Earlier this week I added a bunch of advanced stats to Basketball GM.

I rolled out a few new features over the past week, all aimed at one goal: more stats.

One of the cool things about Basketball GM is the time scale.

You can now view the draft lottery live, as it happens!

Basketball GM 4.0 was released a week ago.

Google made me do it.

This is not an April Fool's Day joke!

Thanks you everyone for testing the first beta!

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On March 18, 2015, Basketball GM passed 1 million seasons played.

This applies to new leagues only.

Until today, Basketball GM was hardcoded to always have 2 conferences, 6 divisions, and 16 teams in the playoffs.

Previously, player names in Basketball GM were generated based on a list of name frequencies in the US in 1990 published by the US Census Bureau.

The default teams now have logos!

Basketball GM has long supported a "Shuffle Rosters" option when you start a new league from a file.

Performance in leagues with many seasons has long been an embarrassment to me.

At the God Mode screen (accessible from the Tools menu), there are now 10 new options you can use to customize your league: Enable/disable injuries Numer of games per season Quarter length Minimum roster size Salary cap Minimum payroll Luxury tax threshold

Previously, injuries in Basketball GM had no lasting effects.

Just 9 months ago, Basketball GM crossed the one million seasons played threshold.