SHL is a place where I have spent a lot of time. Much more when I was younger, but I still come here to gain TPE, watch how things have changed and to talk with some users. I am here from S26 and Aumy Jr. is my second player. Before I start - don't get me wrong. I'm not thinking about retiring at this moment, but when that time will come - I probably won't be spending my time to create a new player and here are some reasons why.

New regression update
This is probably one of the most biggest reasons why. Where should I start? I have done almost every single possible PT and weekly training. I have skipped 1 SMJHL training and Activity Check because of suspenssion plus two extra weekly trainings because I lack money. Skipped one PT in an entire career. It means - I lost 25 TPE in total. We can call it 30 TPE instead of 25 (maybe I forgot something I've skipped). However, I'm at 1950 TPE at this moment and next season is my regression season which means... I won't make 2K TPE club. And I wouldn't even probably make it if I wouldn't lose those 25-30 TPE. Funny, right? I think this is just straight disrespectful to users who actually spend a lot of their time and work with their players. Plus, to make it even more funnier... I JUST HAD MY SIXTH SHL SEASON AND NEXT SEASON I AM REGRESSING. ONLY SIX SEASONS AND THIS FELLA IS REGRESSING! This is just a complete mess. My player was created on S43 when he had his first full SMJHL season. It was created on previous year's October. That means - it's only one year old. Seems like it will be maximum of one and a half year until new player is destroyed because of regression. Long story short - it's just stupid in my opinion and completely disrespectful to hard working users who try to max out their player by spending a lot of their time here.

League not really caring about people
Yes, we have some donation campaigns sometimes and other stuff to help people, but I'm talking about users in this case and not people in general. It just seems like league don't care about people. I don't know what's their main goal, but I (personally) didn't saw questions about regression and other previous big announcements we've seen. It just seems like they announce stuff and then watch people reacting to it (and not even changing anything if they don't like it). It seems like they have few people discussing about some stuff and if they all want it - they announce it. There isn't no talking with users who are the most important thing of this community. What would this league be without basic users who are players? However, it just seems still disrespectful.

Weird and ignorant PT's
Respect to Slash, because he is doing a lot of job, but those PT's sometimes are just too ridiculous. And I'm not afraid to say it even in my PT's when I finish them. Same (or very similar) PT's from last season or just not related to hockey. Like, we had one about bingo this season. For real? Alright. Only personal opinion and others might like these type of PT's, but I thought it should be about hockey because this is a HOCKEY LEAGUE.

Media grading
Yeah. As a user who only gains SHL cash from contracts and media - it's a mess. Sometimes I go under limit and I don't have money for training. Then I decide to make a media (like this time). But there's a big chance if I will make it on Monday or Tuesday - I won't even be able to make a training that week. It might be graded only next week and money added to my balance too. And you aren't able to buy training by typing them that you will have money because your media is being graded at this moment. Well, at least I wans't, because they said it's not allowed. Weird. Not a big issue, but still happens once per season at least.

Toxicity
It's obvious that leagues like this are full of trolls and toxicity, but I think I'm old enough to understand that I don't want to surround myself around this stuff anymore. I don't read forum that much anymore, because it's toxic. I rather go to Dragons locker room on Discord and have some friendly talks or chats with people who are supportive.

I was a very active user here, but now I'm doing just simple tasks to earn some last TPE and these are the reasons why. Made this media just to get some cash for my last few seasons and trainings. Plus, I wanted to show people how slowly this league is going downhill. 

Don't get me wrong though - there are some positive stuff aswell and I'm not only about negativity here. It's cool to have a place where to do something you like. Hockey is a close sport to me and it's amazing. It's cool to talk with new people aswell and it's even more amazing to have such great teammates as Calgary Dragons. Love to be here! It's just frustrating to see things I mentioned above.

However, it was a really cool place to me, as I just said. It was cool to spend time achieving your hockey dream and talk with new people. I will still spend time here. I won't retire now - I'll see when my player is destroyed because of new regression rules and then I will do it. Maybe few seasons are left here. Will try to hold my player for as long as I can since I won't create a new one and I want to help Dragons win a championship. Good luck to everyone in IIHF, WJC, off-season and even in new season. Hope something will be fixed in the future, so users just don't dip.


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