first of all, I will accept whatever, it is what it is, feels bad, but cannot be changed
not sure how to call this "advantage", but we play different pools here, in Superbru, KickTipp, FPL, also UEFA/FIFA, and neither will allow you to see opponent picks before lock yours or deadline pass (no matter how late you are and do you have any chance), at least as I am aware, so there is definitely something in that
and regarding last sentence, IMO, you should reveal only picks from already pass deadlines questions, that is what above mentioned apps do, and could be seen as a standard
The picks
ARE locked. The only questions we asked were for answers that weren't clear, when somebody inserted more clubs etc. We were careful that these did not change by much, so you could not pick another players or teams - you could just clarify what you meant.
This is a new competition and your inputs are welcome - please share them. It is a bit more complex than usual and it will take us some time to be able to predict everything.
The last thing we want is that people feel cheated or something like that.
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Considering the picks hiding - we're using Excel sheets. It is modifiable (only by us, but still), therefore it has to be public. If it is not, we are risking that somebody tells us that we changed some answers by ourselves.
That is the reason why we can't show the picks after the games end.
I feel that what I offered is a good way forward and we'll test it like that in the future. Punishing a player who forgets to insert the questions for the 1st game or 2 with an insta-loss for the whole round is a bit extreme and we won't be going down that road.