12-02-2021, 09:33 PMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote: I think first of all we should acknowledge that this change is something that just stings on a very personal level for a lot of people right now and no amount of purely fact-focused arguments will change that or alleviate that raw emotional pain at this moment.

However, my first instinct is that this is a change that was probably necessary, although I'm a big fan of how long the SHL allows players careers to be compared to other sim leagues and it is painful for me to see this career path become less viable now. I also agree that the communication of this wasn't handled perfectly, people should have been given more notice or we should have found a system that doesn't have the psychologically devastating effect of some players losing 400+ TPE at once.

Long-term however, I think people from the S53 and S54 classes will be fine. I've never been a fan of treating TPE like a highscore and I can only encourage people to let go of that mindset because it's what causing most of your pain right now. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if you have 2000 TPE or 2200, what matters is where you stand in relation to the rest of the league. You guys still get your time at the top of the league, just with a slightly smaller number at the top of your player profile - which won't really matter because everyone elses number will be smaller as well. Maybe your edge will be a bit smaller or shorter than that of the people that came before you, but at the end of the day that's exactly the intention behind this change, for the top of the league to feel less set in stone. Even if you (understandably) hate to hear it: It did have to start somewhere. At the end of the day, "People in the past used to have advantages that ultimately turned out to be bad for our community as a whole, so now that it's my turn I should get those same advantages as well!" is just not a good argument. both in a league like this and when it comes to a lot of real world social issues.

I also don't see anyone having a big disadvantage in terms of alll-time stats or HOF consideration. The current generation of players is set to smash most of the old career records anyway thanks to the new engine and the 66 game seasons that both lead to higher point totals for the very top of the league and to more consistent and generally higher scoring even for people lower on the depth charts. So we are in a new statistical era anyway and since we are still ironing out the problems that came with the engine switch, things will naturally fluctuate a bit from season to season and some players will end up getting a bit luckier with that than others.

I just want to say this is a great post.