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Dropping some questions so folks can get their TPE! 1. Over the past few sims, our Power Play has struggled mightily. What do you think we need to change in order to make it successful? 2. Hammar Voss is 5th in the league in points, and 2nd amongst defensemen this season. What is he doing well that gives him this much success? 3. Moscow currently has 4 players over a point per game, is this something we can maintain? Can more players make it to this level of production? 4. Management has offered players the ability to pick one drink for the locker room for free. What drink do you choose and why? 5. Management is also considering purchasing all players a new pair of headphones for travel. What would you recommend the team receives? 6. Fall Out Boy and Bring me the Horizon are doing an NA tour this summer. If you could see any artist/group live, who would you see and why?

Web scraping the portal is fairly easy, making a dashboard is a bit trickier due to all the different inputs. I've wanted to get portal API access for a bit now for other personal projects but that went on the back burner a while ago. Might need to circle back on that and see if I can get access without fucking up the server load.

Tl;dr - Listen to my podcast with Berocka and Gus!

Maybe we should stop with the vodka after wins

Not too much though, we saw how yesterday went.

Loaded team, hope Nico can keep up

Updated for S87

G - Brandt Fuhr Group done!

@Johnny_HX

Making final pick since it's been over 6 hours since the group finished D - Ak92 Wit da Hoodie

I mean, bring them up in the GM chat you are part of. The chats exist, I'm not going to advocate for all three leagues to have a shared chat. That'd be fairly unproductive since each league has different areas of concern and improvement.

I think we're done right @Hogan? Roster needs updating

@UnknownMinion and @GioSivo both of you can pick since you need different positions Cole won't be up for a couple hours so I doubt he makes the DQ pick in time, so we'll just keep moving

F - Mason Jones @OrbitingDeath

@DMaximus and @Novanod, you guys are free to make your picks now since you need different positions

Fixed and updated the roster post to atone for my mistake

I believe I have to make up 3 picks D - Tavish DeGroot F - Mason Jones F - Yun Chiang and Kaleeb has a goalie so G - Henry Tucker Jr Should finish the DQ team

@KaleebtheMighty

@N0HBDYis DQ'd @Gustav Not sure who's up next as I'm on mobile and walking out of the office, will do the make up pick when I get home. Whoever is next can continue

I think this is just an overall GM challenge, not one specific to you and you shouldn't feel like a bad GM regardless. I have struggled as well in the past because I'm not super organized and forget to check in on people frequently enough. I've lost prospects to inactivity as well. I think it just takes constant reflection on what we do as GMs and a willingness to change up your approach to see what works and what doesn't. Cheers for being open-minded and willing to speak your mind!

I'll start by saying the resources and tools you mentioned overall in your post are fantastic, and your approach for LR activity is also great. At the same time, I will acknowledge that from personal experience this is one of the least effective methods for actually getting a member to do something new, or to teach someone something new. I have rarely had success with team pings to get prospects or non-max earners to do a task or claim things. I find that the only time I have success is with one on one interaction and outreach by me. I'm not trying to flame your approach or say you're doing it all wrong since the LR component is great for retention. I just think that the approach for development could be tweaked. Plenty of newbies will just mute the team server or role pings and never see them again. DM's can be blocked as well, sure, but I've found that reaching out directly and bringing a personal approach is a lot more effective. We can't always expect new players to self serve and be independent even if we centralize resources, they still need guidance with a personal touch - that's what GM's are for.

That makes sense, and then the next season I know Masu was having laptop issues and said he'd be quitting after the season. But then 4 seasons in the E on the same team with no improvement or change in earning shows the core issue.

I mean we've pointed fingers certainly, and I have no issue with it. But none of the GM's who covered the player in question for this thread are still GM'S in the M. 81 LVA saw a transition mid-season due to a CoC punishment and the player was traded mid-season to a GM who quit immediately after the season. 82 PHI was the last season iirc for a GM who was having technology issues and then stepped down due to not being able to perform their duties. Seems a lot like unfortunate timing for this player, but the overall point that every GM needs to do better is still valid.