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Yeah! My library used to use Libby and then switched to CloudLibrary. Same same but different. It's still a "library", and at first it pissed me off that you still had to wait your turn to get a non-physical book, but that's fine. Now I do a combo public-service/pirating where I borrow an ebook from the library, rip the DRM off it, and return it. Win win - they hit their numbers and I can read it for more than two weeks!

It kinda needs to be eh? This discussion came up when looking at other leagues’ mod policies. Some five very specific punishments related to very specific infractions, but we need the flexibility to adapt to every situation. We trust our mods’ collective professional judgement to use the rules to keep everyone happy and safe here. Being super specific leaves so many loopholes and gaps because we can’t plan for every possible human action or reaction. Vaguely specific and specifically vague allows the guidelines to be applied broadly when they need to be. The less official version mostly boils down to one of my life mottos: “don’t be a jerk, and respect people by considering how your actions might affect them.”

I finished Dune last week in time to see the movie. Loved the film, can’t believe it stopped when it did. Has anyone continued with the series, and would you recommend it? I’ve heard mixed things about the next book, I don’t know if I’m ready to see Paul continue down that path.

Bonne chance mes amies!

They did say the tasks were ordered most to least important, so if you can’t be nice to them, clearly it’s not a dealbreaker

Yessss guy, welcome to the club!

One last claim for the ol Doodmeister

You guys ever read this book, The Lost Dream: The Story of Mike Danton, David Frost, and a Broken Family? It's the best, most-revealing / traumatizingly scary book about hockey culture I've ever read. It's really important that people interested in changing hockey culture read this book. David Frost is a predator, an animal, a ruthless abuser, but knows how hockey families and people think, and knows exactly what strings to tug on to get what he wants. It's "win at all costs", it's "do whatever it takes to not embarrass yourself in front of the boys", it's "don't be a distraction to the team", it's "me against the world", all those toxic, toxic traits that permeate pro sports and hockey especially. There are some happy endings in this book - Sheldon Keefe was one of the kids manipulated by Frost, and he's turned out alright (I'm pretty proud to be from Pembroke and went to Lumber Kings games all the time when he was owner/GM/coach, trying to rehabilitate his life). But for the most part, it's a lesson to everyone about how being blinded by cultural norms can be so dangerous to our most vulnerable kids, and that the ones that exemplify those dangerous cultural norms are the ones that get promoted to the highest level, and the toxicity ramps up as you climb the ranks. I highly recommend it.

Matty Socks, Groovy Dood, Dakota Lamb, S73’s locks for the Hall of Very Good. I know modding is such a stressful, rough job. I’m not ashamed to say I declined when fong asked me to do it. But I hope this week has made you feel valued and appreciated by the community. Life’s better with you three mods keeping everyone accountable to everyone. You da best.

Yup yup yup. I’m a good group manager, pick me

Clickbaity bullshit. But also that’s nice to see a good, strong, full Houston roster. Nicely done @Moon_50

Friggin groovy article dood We celebrated when I passed Benny earlier this season but I didn’t realize just how FRANCHISE LEGEND the Dood had become. Epic. What a eulogy, we’re so lucky to have you in DC as long as we did wooooo

It’s the only one we have for the person behind the spreadsheet hockey player and it makes me so happy, it’s such a meaningful award. I can’t wait to see the nominees list.

Wooooo congrats! I hope you were able to breath and enjoy the day. Weddings can be so hectic making it perfect for everyone else, you have to take time for you and her too. Amazing, congrats, all the waiting and hard work pays off!

hmph that also didn't work. Maybe I'm just not allowed to have a sig, the people have to pay extra for that

I've tried so hard to make it go away

#freenovember

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No no no this was never the intended outcome. Ideally, a temporary ban allows for some time to cool off, do some soul searching and self reflection, and come back fresh and ready to prove that this isn’t really them. Two weeks isn’t that long, and it could be appealed. 26 TPE isn’t a deal breaker in the grand scheme of things. I get that three or four week bans might drive someone away permanently, so we try to consider that during sentencing, but this wasn’t that. I wish he didn’t leave. I get the guilt and shame of being banned, having your character questions publicly in the cesspool of gen chat, but I really hope past and future offenders take these time-outs as learning opportunities.

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One of you gets 1OA VHLE and one gets VHL. If I get drafted ahead of you two I'm holding out.

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I always max-earn to the cap, but this is bulletin board material to motivate me to go harder. I’ll show you! Also That sounds like a fair ranked order for the The Big Three eh. @rory @dlamb Good stuff Monkey Man. One tip to make this good article great is to tag the players you’re in. I cruise the “new posts” feed and found it by luck, but I would come right here if I got pinged. People want to know when others are excited for their player!