[cmdroverbite]

Suggestion: The game should send a series of, oh, say, five personal messages during the first five days after the start of the game, or the first five days after the inaugural draft. These "Welcome Messages From Your Personal Assistant" would be a sort of micro-mini tutorial walking new GMs through the interface, telling them where to find the free agent list, the trading screen, etc.

E.g.: "Welcome GM! We're all hoping you have a long and fruitful career with the Cincinnati Snouts! Now's an excellent time to get one of your scouts to work gathering intelligence on the league, or possibly looking for talent overseas. To scout your league, [blahx3], to scout overseas, [blahx3] To learn more about scouting, read page xx of the manual or page xxx of the Game Guide.

This option should be on by default when installing but able to be turned off permanently in preferences.

Reason: The beginning of the game is a bit abrupt, with little fanfare and little guidance for the first-time player -- and much as we'd like to believe otherwise, lots of people like to fire up a game without so much as touching the manual.

Priority: Medium.