My player's individual goals were not met, and in a way that rocked me to the point where I begin to wonder how much longer Reginald MacIntyre is going to hold out. I could attribute it to the combination of regression once again pushing him back down, and in particular, lacking strength hurt him a lot with the way the Rage need him to play. Additionally, his demotion to third pair in his old age with younger, higher TPE defensemen was expected and has also cut into his personal statistics. He still kills penalties well, and can be a formidable roleplayer as one of the few defensive-minded skaters in the squad. What I will try to do better this next season is think a lot harder about what I can afford to cut down on during regression, and what I need to build back up straight away. There will be a boon in TPE this offseason and into week one. Beyond that, it's the slow trickle of improvement and hoping he can recapture some old glory. If he makes it a third season into this pattern, it is 99.9% likely it will be his last.

(195)


I'm all for it. I've seen it come to be in the ISFL, PBE, the SFL, and it's been exciting to see. In the SFL especially, it helped garner interest from real-life international players and get them on-board with the league, even across the pond in London. In the ISFL, the development team in London will help get a foothold there for the pro level to adopt one eventually. Out in PBE, we have our first from outside the continent in the coming expansion with the Kashima Foxes. Here in the SHL, we have definite intercontinental interest, especially in real-life Europe. I'm all for some of our members from overseas having a "local" team to identify with.

(117)


I think Great Britain has been knocking at the door the past two tournaments in the FHM era and this third time will be the charm. The Crown will win gold this time around. They've got more defensemen than they know what to do with, so they assigned the more offensive-minded ones to play forward. Even with a bit of an awkward arrangement there, they have top-tier forwards in Nick Brain, Jimmy Slothface, Guy Zheng, Rex Kirkby, Olivier Cloutier, and Jon Forty One. On defense, Dominic Montgomery, Tony Ford, Perry Morgan, and Ray Bork make for a fearsome foursome. In goal is the rising star of Luca Del Vecchio. He's had some challenges, though he's come a long way since the last tournament and has a rock-solid team in front of him to keep things clean for him. The time is coming once again for one of the mightiest international squads in recent seasons to take gold for God and Country. They're going to hang a fourth gold medal around my player's neck.

(173)


I would propose the two could come together in a time like this to remember those in their communities who are downtrodden daily. In New Orleans, the destitute and homeless swelter in the summer heat. In Buffalo, they freeze when winter comes. In both cases, bare necessities are hard to come by and attitudes right now are inward focused, and those who need us most become invisible.

I propose the two teams pitch in together for the cause of homeless aid. Any way that can be helped - getting them necessities on one end and transitioning them into getting an opportunity to make a living on the other. It's not going to be easy to solve and it won't be solved in one fell swoop on any front. There are all sorts among those in need - those whose families have been chronically destitute, former inmates with nowhere to go outside of prison, and even folks who very recently fell hard on hard times. With investment of resources, training, and a campaign to shift the public's attention, a lot can be solved by starting with the poor among us.

(107)


Far and away, it's gotta be Monkey D. Luffy. He not only led the Stampede in points, he got in there for takeaways, fulfilled his duties well, especially with regards to offense, and scored the Cup winning goal. If he didn't have the Cup winner, he'd still be the MVP who set them up in position to get there behind his stellar play. The case can be made for Jimmy Slothface as well, who had similar figures to Luffy. Aside from the Specters not winning the Cup, those penalties he took hurt his case to take it over the hockey-playing pirate captain.

(102)


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