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Historically we’ve given the YouTubers too much freedom with the scripts I think and it has led to a lot of them making that comparison because it’s the easiest to explain. Problem is that easy to explain and accurate are two very different things. You certainly aren’t the only one given that wrong impression. Yes but also time = member loss. It’s an inevitable thing, the longer people are here for the more likely they are to leave. The data points from more than a few years ago are more of “well that’s interesting” than they are valid to a discussion like this because ultimately people get tired over time and leave for various reasons we can’t control. I mean the immediate mindset that it’s going to fail doesn’t help much but yes, you are right: why focus on recruitment when retaining seems like more of the concern? Because we have to, at least at this stage. Because of the gap created by S80 players not being forced to retire the usual influx of recreates doesn’t exist this season which means we need to basically build a draft class from the ground up and hope our efforts that have gone towards retention have helped. That or we brute force so many members that even an 8% success rate is a decent amount, the old Beaviss recruiting method from covid times.

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10 technically with 4 vs. 5 in each conference doing the wildcard round.

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Most times* Ultimately the portal’s stats are a database made up of the players that it contains. To have it be completely correct we would have to go through and add every single one of the hundreds of players that existed before it and would require their individual season stats to do that, many of which we don’t have.

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Tbh I wouldn’t have even gotten as close as you did so I would hardly say that haha

Kinda wild to see that we are a month and a half into the year and despite “low recruitment numbers” we’re already like halfway to our annual total from pre-2018. Given that I became blue in September of 2017 I will be taking the credit for the boom; you’re all welcome.

They do but things cooled off a good bit before that anyway. It's just kinda one of those things where back in the day there was intense competition between the different leagues all fighting over a small pool of the same members. Now that fighting doesn't really exist because we've just decided to try and make it easier on people to be in multiple leagues instead of being so focussed on "no, these are OUR members, keep your hands off" kinda mentality. People still have their "primary" league of course but it's way less likely for anyone to be in only one league now.

I don't even know what I was going for... Edit: Oh wait, yes I do. Stupid phone, it's fixed. Honestly most people aren't gonna actually read the bits and bobs of this.

Wow that’s a lot of applications… tons of good options here, we have decided to bring @Arce and @leandrofg on for the time being and we will see how the queue is looking before deciding on any others.

Theme week generally must be done during theme week. Any specific reason?

Hello @Members! It’s that time of the season again, theme week! Of course, that also means that the Trade Deadline is Monday, February 20th at 3pm EST. This also means that anyone wishing to re-create for the S89 draft can do so starting at midnight that same day. --- Most of you aren’t here for that though. You just want that sweet sweet theme week TPE. So, for this season, we've decided on a theme of: Maybe you want to talk about historic rivalries, maybe you e been battling it out with a specific team or a specific player your career, maybe you just want to reminisce about how much better rivalries used to be (back in my day…). It doesn’t matter just make it on theme! To earn your Theme Week TPE, write an article, create a graphic, or record a podcast with some connection to “rivalries”. --- In order to claim the theme week bonus of 6 Uncapped TPE, simply submit your Themed PT (Graphic, Media Spot, or 6-TPE Podcast), and claim it as normal. After claiming the PT portion, you can use the same link, and claim the uncapped portion as follows: Claim Uncapped > Other > Doubles Week. (Note: you do not need to post your link in this thread to claim either portion of TPE). Make sure to tag your articles with “theme week” so we can collect all the great work in one easy-to-find spot. If you have already submitted a Point Task for this week, or are in the midst of claiming a multi-week Media Spot/Podcast, you may still submit a Theme Week PT this week, and claim the capped portion on the next available week, following your multi-week claim. Also, if you have a single job that pays 6+, you may claim the theme week bonus as long as you complete your duties for the week. If you are in the EFL or SBA and have completed their most recent Media Week, you may use that to claim the Uncapped theme week bonus, but a PT must be completed this week in order to claim the Capped portion, whether that is completed here or through Affiliate Welfare. Note: Only players who are S88 or older may claim the theme week bonus. @VHL GM @VHLE GM @VHLM GM

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