Beketov

They didn’t win the cup though, as good as their regular season was. Of course the legitimacy of that first cup is rather in question but whatever haha

We’re at 15 and while I don’t know the record off hand I know Calgary only lost 3 games in season 1 so they probably own it haha.

Why do I keep agreeing to all these pesky theme weeks. Makes me need to actually fit a theme instead of just my usual incoherent ramblings. Anyway, this week if I want that sweet sweet bonus TPE I need to take about brands and shit so let's do that. Fun fact for those of you who don't know, the brands system we announced last season is a very different beast from where it started not long before. I don't recall exactly what it was (though I believe @Banackock originally brought it up) but it was basically just a little side thing that didn't do much. Some points got made and someone brought up a tournament with it which is where things exploded; especially once @Quik got involved. Anyway, you all know where it went. What's interesting is kinda where it all started more or less. See, back in the day we had the super cup which was awesome but also a major pain in the ass since we needed to draft teams for it every 2nd or third off-season (I don't remember how often it ran) and it would make the off-season drag on for way longer than it needed to. I kinda love the Sponsor's Shield for this reason. Because the "drafting" was all done in advance it means that we can get that sweet off-season glory we all want (to help hide all the boring off-season stuff those of us in blue are dealing with) without all the extra hassle. That's great and it should be a lot of fun. Unfortunately it also leads to the problem of all the hype kinda just...dying. Don't get me wrong, brands seemed hyped as hell when it all started but once they got set they kinda just disappeared. I guess that's the whole point of this theme week but still. I wonder if we don't need to figure out some kind of way to keep the hype train and rivalries and what-not going while the tournament itself isn't running. It's something to consider. With the Super Cup there was never hype outside the actual tournament but that's because we didn't know our teams until it was tournament time. I like the idea behind sponsor's more but if we only get a hyped event every 2 seasons and nothing with them the rest of the time it's bound to lose it's appeal. Anyway, I'm reserving my judgement, just figured I'd talk about it. What would you like to see done with the brands system to make it more interesting when a tournament isn't actively being run? P.S Haterade > All

@Enorama this would make a bit more sense with how your updates were looking I suppose. I’m guessing you’ll use the one I had edited in for next week? If so don’t update with those points, just let me know and I’ll make the proper edits.

As per the announcement, logo work requires at least 2 logos to count for the bonus.

3 straight international tournaments for Canada!

Oh shit, I was sent questions and completely forgot to answer them haha. Oops.

Meanwhile I’m keeping my pointless streak alive. Good ole Beketov inconsistency. ?

Just a heads up as well: anyone who gets pay that replaces a PT (simmers, recruitment crew, etc) can claim the bonus with a PT if they’d like but they can also simply claim the bonus TPE in addition to their normal workload. For example, Recruitment crew pay is the full 12 so as long as they are earning that pay they can simply claim and additional uncapped 7 TPE bonus.

@Jubo07 looking to complete his third straight gold as GM of Canada in International play.

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It was something we discussed but ultimately not what we decided on. We discuss a lot of things that don’t actually pan out. The idea was that by having GM simply be like any other job in the league, not linked to a player, GM’s would be able to have their freedom (what GM’s still having 2 players is an argument for) while also having them be draftable to their own teams if they want to. It would have fascilitated GM transitions much easier because there’s no complicated mess of players having to be moved or retired or what-not. Someone just takes over the job and that’s it. Ultimately it was deemed too drastic for the league right now so instead we just formalized some set rules for GM changes which was the main point of the discussion. Sometimes you gotta discuss major changes though just to see how they look.

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Forget about heating up I guess, 0 points in 2 games. Gotta love random sims.

There wasn’t going to be (obviously since it’s 8 hours later) but I don’t really have time today to get it updated and then leave it for awhile and then go on again and sim. I just do it all in one shot.

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@Will you think you could update the VHLM client when you sim tonight? I’ll handle the simming tomorrow but not sure I’ll have time to jump on it twice to get the client done and then the sim later.

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Just a heads up that I have seen this and will get it processed as soon as I can. Unable to download the ratings file which creates the players at the moment. Should get fixed up for tomorrow’s sim.

I’m heating up at the right time boys!