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See above. Also this isn’t a guaranteed replacement for future expansion. It’s simply a gap measure to ensure that if we end up in a situation where expansion does make the most sense we have time to implement it without teams all being full.

Expansion requires consistent filling. Let’s say you add 2 teams, that’s 40 roster spots. At the end of a good recruiting season we could likely have 40 extra spots filled but what if it’s a bad recruiting season? Or he’ll what if a lot of guys just graduated to the VHL? Expansion opens up the major possibility, as it always has, to end up with teams running next to no players because they are permanently present and need players. Using the farm system as an overflow doesn’t have that problem. When it isn’t needed we can just not post the games from it but when it is needed it’s there.

In all likelihood we won’t save juniors as a full “league” on the portal unless it becomes something that’s relatively full every season. So chances are stats from it will appear on player pages but that’s it for a portal presence.

The ease of it comes from using the STHS farm system, IE when a pro game is Simmed the equivalent farm game is simmed. This means not needing an extra simmer, more GM’s, etc. Unfortunately every team needs to have a farm team, you can’t just say there are 12 pro teams and 4 farm teams. It’s best to think of it not like another league or like an expansion but just overflow. I also should have pushed for this next season when I could have thrown the work of making all the bots and stuff at @Devise like usual haha. Gonna be a lot of setup for me this year.

It’s a lot tougher than people think. I didn’t get it until Thompson who was my 10th player. I think @Victor took awhile as well.

Money wise I don’t believe it was much, if any. Just a tiny bit of extra hosting and another domain. Man power was also very limited, basically just Will after my initial mock-up design. Man hours would be the biggie. @Will can attest to how many hours they original portal took him to code but I’m guessing it’s a lot. Mind you he was also self taught so that probably made things take a bit more.

I can’t see Russia being able to write a law that covers any president aside from their own. Putin is just doing that to protect himself.

To be fair at the time they hadn’t called it. Also what would Russian law have anything to do with the US? Or do you mean figuring out some way to enact a version of it himself?

I mean I'd rather it be removed tbh. I was the one who proposed separating GM's from their players and never remotely wanted the auto-claim system in the first place. Certain past GM's (who shall remain nameless) complained until I conceded the auto-pick rule but I've never liked it. Honestly the fairest solution is the simplest one: You want your player then draft him or trade for him like any other player. If you don't have a pick you think will be high enough to do that then trade up, like you would any other player. In any case, this is being discussed with the BOG, has been for a bit now. It won't be implemented for this draft because that's not remotely fair for the GM's that already made their plans around it months ago but hopefully in time for S76.

Funnily enough Trump hasn’t tweeted to bitch yet. Fox hasn’t called it so he probably doesn’t know.

CNN just projected Biden as President! We’re done! It’s over!

Arizona has been a weird one. Some places called it and then took it back, others never called it, others called it and never took it back.

Hi @Josh!

The joys of the forum, it can grow endlessly and it will always be here. We have a topic in the blue forum that’s on page 178.

Can North Carolina and Alaska just jump on board please so that Biden is literally leading in every remaining state? That would be nice. Won’t happen, and doesn’t need to, but would be nice. As much as I have LOVED this topic blowing up so much on the forum I’m ready to be done with this election.

To be fair when you said it he was still down. Only by like .2% but still down.

We have a Biden lead in Georgia! I repeat a Biden lead in Georgia! This is not a drill!

How about 61 goals then?

Sure, I’ll lose again. I’ll also manage again if you want me to.

When @hedgehog337 rebuilds he REALLY rebuilds. I don’t think many of our active people right now were even around the last time Riga wasn’t competitive enough to at least make the playoffs.

Better dead than a Democrat amirite?

Hitting more means PIM’s, nothing can be done about that. I’d argue it’s impressive in itself to spend that much more time in the box and still only be down 4 points.

Boy that is one shallow ballot. Also, 4 points less but more goals + defensive numbers. Just saying

I described the process earlier, would take 2 seconds. I do it like 40 times a day to mask cuts.