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Originally Posted by Qrashman
Maybe someone can tell me if this scenario makes any sense:
We have two simmers in my league. Simmer A sims the end of the World Series. He then uploads the file, not including the "retired.dat" option.
Simmer B downloads the file and sims through November, and this time HE clicks the "include retired.dat" when he uploads the file. Keep in mind Simmer B never had the retired.dat because Simmer A never uploaded it.
Simmer A then downloads the file that Simmer B uploaded, which includes the retired.dat (which simmer b really never had). Thus, Simmer A's retired.dat is overwritten by Simmer B's retired.dat....and now the real retired.dat is gone forever.
I guess my first question would be....when is the retired.dat updated? Immediately following the World Series?
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I'm pretty sure your scenario is exactly why the retired.dat got trashed.
As far as I know, the file gets updated every time someone retires. This is usually on Jan 1, but can happen any time, including if you manually retire players.
Hopefully, Simmer A has a backup?
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