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I wasn't joking at all, all CPUs have 99 LD and EX now. And I was kind of thinking stuff like that as well, because as I was changing everyone's shit to 99, I remembered the TPE we gave GMs to build their backup goalies with. Not that I forgot the backups had TPE (and GMs always have the option of adjusting that but they probably forgot and I never cared to remind them), but I forgot how much we gave them. I think it worked out to like, 230 TPE. Which seems like a lot to me! Or maybe it isn't, I don't know. Anywho, as I was saying, I was also thinking of ideas such as yours, but maybe as a kind of Player Store option or something. Like, a GM could buy more TPE for his backup was my knee jerk thought, but I didn't like that idea for multiple reasons. But giving it more thought (and I don't overly love the idea of changing CPU names because it saves me some brain space when managing and changing rosters and shit), maybe we can give everyone a cheap PS option where they can rename any CPU they choose, and it sticks for X amount of seasons or something, and they're allowed to use the option X times in a season. Alternatively, they can create their own CPU with a custom name and custom amount of attributes. Or, even better/more hilarious, the created CPU still has to have a total average attributes of 40, but they can take some points out of other attributes! i.e., I take 30 points out of Defence for RIG C1, and put it in Scoring. So he has 70 Scoring and 10 Defence. Obviously we'd need to limit this in such a way that CPUs can't be made significantly more competent, but you get the idea.

I've done a little bit of testing on Leadership and Experience. The short answer is that they are...dicey, at best. The thing is, the attributes are supposed to affect morale in some form or another. And morale is indeed enabled, and it changes throughout the season, particularly the team morale. I've noticed individual player morale changes VERY little, and it changes with the entire team. As in, Phil with his 99 LD and 88 EX had the same morale as COL C1 with his 40 everything (although interestingly enough, three COL CPUs randomly have 5 less MO than everyone else on the team. I see no logical reason for this). Looking at the best teams from last season, the players on their team had a morale of 42 or 43, starting from 40. The bad team's players went down to 39. Now, most players on most teams have 40 leadership, and the CPUs don't help that at all (Although I've now just been inspired to change CPU Leadership and Experience to 99), so I don't know if individual player morale would change more throughout the season if the whole team had higher LD and EX attributes? Team morale is a different story. The Vikings morale last season dipped all the way to 1, while Calgary's went up to 93. But again, I don't know exactly how much the individual player attributes affected this. Furthermore, I have no idea exactly how much morale affects the performance of teams and players in general. So in conclusion, the helpfulness of LD and EX is...dicey. Which is why experimenting with it with ideas like this and @mpclardy's on his podcast is smart, because there's really no downside, and we can all learn from it! Now excuse me while I give all the CPUs the Leadership and Experience they deserve after nearly 50 seasons of loyal hockey playing!

Sorry, something might be going on with my email. For some reason a handful weren't in my inbox when I checked it when I simmed inexpliably, so I missed yours and Higgins... I'll load them meow. Sorry about that.

@Higgins I forgot to include Hailey Catrall on my roster submission. Halp plz ty ^__^

Sorry, I'd respond, but I'm currently hanging in my bedroom closet.

E3 the best damn backup in this league.

FAs contributing on every goal! And Weinstein needs more points in penalty shot! (Just kidding, don't waste your TPE on that. Or maybe do, but probably don't.)

I dimmed but literally had to immediately leave the house after, so someone can post the games if they fish!

You don't know your own potential! You'll get 20 at least!

You dildo just post the trade in a day or two then.

I plan for Sharpe to be a terrible hockey player. Straight fighter. He's only decent now because I need him to be!

First goal/point for @Thunderous! Good win boys!

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The Ottawa Lynx are the best and will also offer $1,000,000 for de Rossi's services.

And yes, I did in fact intentionally set up E3 how I felt he wanted to be utilized.