request: 24 team league 154Gm (2S/2D/6T)

[CH1MA3RA]

This is my first time posting a request in this channel, so I hope there's enough info in these details.

I'm looking for a custom schedule for my 24-team online league.

we have 2 sub-leagues, each with 2 divisions of 6 teams. There is no interleague play, and the 154 games need to be evenly distributed across all teams in the conference (play everyone 14 times). The season should start on April 1st and concluded at the end of September, spanning the 183 days in that timeframe, with a standard 4 days off for the All-Star game scheduled over the M/T/W/Th nearest to July 4th.

Ideally this schedule would have 3 or 4 variations that can be uploaded to provide a different slate of games within this format, so that it's not identical year after year.

TIA

[gmo]

Initially sketching this out I think it works to have two series plus an offday every 7 days. Those two series would be either two 3-game or one 2-game plus one 4-game. So I will proceed with that.

The catch would be that cannot lock onto both season always being Apr1-Sep30 plus having All-Star break over a Mon-Thu. You would be able to set so either always playing Apr1-Sep30, and the break is always Jul1-4 even though that could span any 4 days of the week. Or you could set to lock in make days of the week consistent even though it could mean the season could be offset in the dates like Mar30-Sep28 or Apr3-Oct2 in a given year.

As far as year-to-year variation, the game automatically will mix up matchups if you maintain the schedule. It juggles the slots team hold in their divisions, so what matchups they fill in the schedule is randomized.

[gmo]

#
# 12 team schedule, 154 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 1 subleague with 2 divisions of 6 teams
#
#
# 14 games against each other team in subleague (7H/7A)
#
# Schedule balanced, so make sure setting is such
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games
#
# Team play as many as 9 consecutive days
# Every week has one offday for each team
# Weeks are either pair of 3-game series or 2-game series then 4-game series
#
# Teams play 13 weekend series at home
#
# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# Saturday game times 30%-1:05pm, 20%-4:05pm, 50%-7:05pm
# Sunday game times 60%-1:05pm, 25%-4:05pm, 15%-7:05pm
# Exceptions 1:05pm getaway days (where both teams play elsewhere next day)
#
# Season begins first Monday on or after April 1
# Season ends first Monday on or after September 30
# Season spans 183 days
#
# All-Star Game on first Tuesday on or after July 2 (day 93)
#
# Built 2024-11-16
#

[gmo]

#
# 24 team schedule, 154 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 2 subleagues, each with 2 divisions of 6 teams
#
#
# 14 games against each other team in subleague (7H/7A)
# No interleague games
#
# Schedule balanced, so make sure setting is such
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games
#
# Team play as many as 9 consecutive days
# Every week has one offday for each team
# Weeks are either pair of 3-game series or 2-game series then 4-game series
#
# Teams play 13 weekend series at home
#
# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# Saturday game times 30%-1:05pm, 20%-4:05pm, 50%-7:05pm
# Sunday game times 60%-1:05pm, 25%-4:05pm, 15%-7:05pm
# Exceptions 1:05pm getaway days (where both teams play elsewhere next day)
#
# Season begins first Monday on or after April 1
# Season ends first Monday on or after September 30
# Season spans 183 days
#
# All-Star Game on first Tuesday on or after July 2 (day 93)
#
# Built 2024-11-16
#

[gmo]

The version as posted locks in to start on the first Monday on or after Apr1. So the season could span anything between Apr1-Sep30 to Apr7-Oct6, with the ASG between Jul2 & Jul8.

You could adjust the start_month & start_day values at the top of the file in the SCHEDULE line to change that range.

To make it lock in on Apr1-Sep30, remove the start_day_of_week piece from the SCHEDULE line. That would make the season run Apr1-Sep30 with ASG on Jul2 with no deference to the days of the week.

[CH1MA3RA]

Thank you for working on this! As for the date requirements, is it possible to set it to always be April 1st start, but leave the end date open? And then to have the ASG break always M-TH with the date of it flexible for near the start of July? Maybe using on or after June 28th or something like that?

Much appreciated on what you've created!

[gmo]

Originally Posted by CH1MA3RA

Thank you for working on this! As for the date requirements, is it possible to set it to always be April 1st start, but leave the end date open? And then to have the ASG break always M-TH with the date of it flexible for near the start of July? Maybe using on or after June 28th or something like that?

No, you can only either completely lock in (1) specific dates and thus have the days of the week vary or (2) the days of the week and allow the exact dates of the start, ASG, and end float a little. Cannot have a mix of those.

[CH1MA3RA]

Understood. Thank you for clarifying. I'll definitely be using this schedule!!!