Interesting stuff about the SMJHL vs SHL and rookie years. At the end of the day, I don't think that I'd ever quit the SHL because it bored me. I never have quit for that reason.

It's the chaos of the league that I struggle with. It's the all the banned and suspended players, all the tinkering with the update scale, and the real or even possible use of the league's weapon of mass destruction, the tampering rule. You're putting a lot of your time and effort into something that's built on quicksand. All the other stuff about activity, my player's performance and whatnot is fairly trivial. It will take care of itself if the environment remains good and if someone else doesn't blow up my whole team just as I'm getting started.

To bring things full circle, that's the reason behind the thread. This time, I know what I'm getting into. The rules are indeed the rules and must be followed. It's up to others who have more invested here than I do to change them. I'm looking for a way to keep it casual, make it to an SHL team that has a chance to build something, without getting so invested in the SHL that I freak out when the whole thing blows up around me. Less activity is more. I need to keep my distance to enjoy this. The consensus seems to be that I need to get 500 TPE to reach my goal. Anything more is gravy.