The Update, it fixes nothing! (AKA: why is everyone so excited about Update #16?)

[Joe Ross]

In the NFL last year, the Colts rested starters after they locked up the best record in the league. This caused them to lose their last two games of the season. It then helped them in the long run (playoffs), because everyone was healthy.

That's a closer analogy to 6v0.



About 10 years ago, the NHL didn't like teams playing for ties in overtime. So, they changed the rules such that you the same number of points whether you tied or whether you lost in overtime, and you got additional points if you won in overtime. That seems equivalent to the change the GDC made. I don't really follow Hockey, but presumably that wasn't enough for the NHL and a few years ago they got rid of ties altogether and now go to shootouts after overtime. It took years for the NHL to make those changes, and the GDC only has a few weeks of play-time for each game.