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The point of this was 100% to be a discussion about TPE in relation to our current engine, not pushing for V2. V2 IMO has far too many issues to be worth using. It’s a huge pile of changes that haven’t been proven to be effective at getting normal results all for the sake of having 2 extra stat lines; that’s basically all it adds. There’s no real point. I don’t deem myself a TPE whore at all. Maybe I am and I just don’t realize it but I haven’t donated with my last 3 players, I haven’t written a single HoF article, I basically never win the lottery, and the only uncapped stuff I ever get is the ridiculously easy stuff everyone gets. Personally I don’t find that’s a TPE whore, that’s just using the cap basically. I say all this because my build is definitely affective while only needing 990 TPA and I earn enough TPE to 100% fight depreciation. It didn’t touch me in S6 or s S7 and considering I’m already over 1/4 of the way done what I’ll need for S8 it isn’t likely to hit me there either. That’s kinda the bigger issue for me. Depreciation was never designed to be 100% fought. It’s supposed to hit people, that’s the point of it. It’s our way of artificially aging players so the younger guys can come in and replace them. With the inflation this high I feel like that is too easy to dodge but maybe I’m just more of a whore than I thought? Not in practice for V1 though. We’ve always had good success and our attributes have always been high. V2 is only where things go completely off the rails. I’ve always responded the same way and I will continue to do so: archetypes add nothing. Any diversity they create is artificial and temporary. They just add BS limitations for no reason. I have even assists to goals basically despite not touching passing until last season and it only being at 70 compared to 99 scoring. Therefore why would anyone who wants a playmaker be incentivized to go for that over a 2 way when they’ll get a bunch of assists and goals to boot? People will figure out which one works the best and we’ll have a meta anyway just with more extra limits for no reason. Archetypes don’t make sense with how STHS is, period.

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Nope, haven’t donated since Miller.

FWIW I don’t think people who hit the cap should really be considered TPE whores. I basically just hit the cap + practice facility every week without anything else major and have 1350 TPE in 6 seasons plus a VHLM season. That seems like a lot from basically just hitting the cap plus the extra free stuff everyone gets.

It was off-season which adds extra for sure with training camp and stuff but still.

These drafts are snake drafts (unless something changed) so you actually pick again and then it starts going back up.

TPE inflation; It’s the boogeyman that the league tries to ignore every few seasons until it becomes too much of an issue and we inevitably need to deal with it. Arguably that boogeyman has gotten bigger than ever before right now so this old grumpy man of the VHL is here to talk about it; mainly since I don’t have that sweet sweet simmer pay this week. Anywho, back in the day hitting 1000 TPE was a major milestone. Hitting 1500 was basically unheard of. Nowadays you’ll recognize that those numbers aren’t particularly difficult. I’ve got 2 seasons left and currently lead active players with 1350 TPE (a lead I expect @Victor to take back soon). Then you’ve got guys like @Beaviss with HHH being at 628 going into only their second season. It’s undeniable that TPE numbers have gotten a bit out out hand when you look at this in contrast to the futures I posted at the start. So what can be done about it? Realistically we have two options. The first is to lower the amount of TPE we’re giving out on a regular basis but realistically no one wants to receive less of something when they’ve gotten used to it. Governments don’t fight inflation by giving out less money right? The other option is to increase the update scale to make it harsher and thus make the TPE -> TPA conversion a bit rougher. It might make it seem harsh but at least then people would get the numbers they are used to without us having players that are finished their build and ready to fight depreciation in their 4th season like I was. Which is the answer? Hard to say. I lean towards the update scale but obviously both mean harder to update which people are going to complain about. As always though I leave it up for discussion, what do you guys think about our TPE inflation issue?

2 goals and the game winner in the SO, I’ll take that.

F - Matt Thompson @HulkHogan

Tag the member who needs to draft after you so they know they’re up. Also please don’t tag the member that you’re drafting, it’s just going to confuse them.

@Josh. should be on it.

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You ruined me

First week of the season usually.

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Apparently. Will be interesting to see what the box scores load but 7 points each in 2 games is nuts.

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Yeah sure

@Members Predictions are now open to be made for S67! This can be found in the portal under the tools menu.

see my edit BTW

You could literally figure it out yourself. Just tag the group and then click on the tag, it shows everyone that has it. I'll even do half the work for you. @Award Committee Scratch the above, that's interesting, apparently it only shows people with that as their primary which is just Phil. In any case I'm willing to give you the list since it's not normally something we keep entirely private but I'm not going to do it just to watch you argue with them so can we be civil? Also the activity argument has basically always been invalid, as annoying as that can be sometimes. We vote for things based on merit, not member and always have. If member arguments were taken into account your buddy Boubabi wouldn't have Cornerstone in the HoF and I believe Ron wouldn't have won a couple of his awards. You're still picking and choosing what you care about to try and fit the metric that you chose it should have been voted on. No one is ever going to be 100% happy with the awards, especially when they are involved. I would have won the Kanou with normal voting (since I had the most first place votes) but I'm more than fine admitting that Pepper had a great run and deserves it as well. You deserved more consideration than the vote implies I don't deny it but that doesn't mean the consideration wasn't there; just ultimately they chose against you. You're acting as if it's outrageous and that Mars was infinitely worse than you when really he played on a slightly worse team which does inflate people's stats; it happens. Ultimately the committee didn't think the inflation was enough that the award wasn't deserved. You still had an amazing rookie season, go off and build on that instead of dwelling on a single award. I had a shit rookie season and am having a great career, it means nothing.