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Questions about season transition

Breacche
Posted on March 7, 2026 10:19
I'm not sure if I was just unclear about how this should work, but I have 2 questions about the season ending,
1) Were we supposed to keep members and staff? I had >2 million in my organization after finals and feel like that should have been more enough to retain a significant amount of staff and membership.
2) Do I&E funds go to the corps the member won with or to the group they get contracted with for S3?
I probably just didn't understand how the transition was supposed to work but I'd love some clarity.
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StrudelMarchingArts
StrudelMarchingArts
Posted on March 7, 2026 12:49
In addition, I wasn't aware that the organization financing opportunities (fundraisers) were designed around "1" being a flat ROI with anything lower than 1 resulting in money lost. For example, investing in Yard Work can yield 0.9 - 2.5, where 0.9 is actually a loss of funds. I (perhaps dumbly) thought that 0 would be a flat return and 0.9 would be a yield on top of the principal invested. After now being in a position where my organization will likely go bankrupt next season, is there a way the system for fundraising can be explained more on the page for it? Maybe provide some examples. If I understand it correctly, this means the only fundraiser where you will not potentially lose money is the March-a-thon since it has a yield of 1.1 - 2.5.
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MercySMH
MercySMH
Posted on March 13, 2026 02:44
I was also expecting to retain staff or members... I thought that was the reason they got loyalty boosts if they went to I&E. I was hoping to build a legacy of some sort with my staff members.
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director
director
Posted on March 19, 2026 09:40
Staff and members will either stay or leave based on their loyalty. The higher the loyalty is the higher chance they will stay the following year - however even a loyalty of 99 doesn't mean they will stay. Also if you do not have enough funds at the end of the season to carry over for salary for the staff then they will leave. Staff can also retire, and will also automatically retire once they get too old. Members will also retire after a certain age but will also leave once they age out of each division. If you have the funds and the space a member can also move from a lower corps to the next corps. Just like in real life there is no way to force a member or staff to stay.
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MercySMH
MercySMH
Posted on March 19, 2026 10:33
@director said:
Staff and members will either stay or leave based on their loyalty. The higher the loyalty is the higher chance they will stay the following year - however even a loyalty of 99 doesn't mean they will ...

odd that 100% off my staff and members didn't stay then... even with the I&E bonus for the members who placed well. I feel like the current calculations for it are extremely unrealistic. I'd expect at least one member to stay. I am pretty sure I had enough to retain staff members who did not retire, but again nothing. I feel like a graphic should be included to let users know whats happening instead of them having no idea.
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director
director
Posted on March 20, 2026 03:09
There is a major bug in the code that I am working on. I found the issue, but implementing the fix.
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