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+2 TPE - Milestones




So last IIHF was an interesting one for team USA. We made quite possibly the worst run of it in the round robin games that I've experienced in over a decade of participating in IIHF tournaments (not 100% sure on this just a feeling I have that I'm pretty confident about). Then we proceeded to really kick it into gear in the playoffs and made some miracles happen. I think this season, we will bounce back a bit from our round robin and have similar playoff success. Hard to say if it'll be a repeat based on the fact that it's just 1 game series there, but there is a chance. Then again, they still have me on the team and I'm old as dirt, so maybe it won't be as magical as I think. It may be my last season there though so I want to make it count in a big way.


I chose team USA initially because it was where sort of the backstory of my player put him. He is a Swedish American with his mom's side being Swedish and his Dad being American, also born in American. But I think in part I went with that backstory because I am also American. I grew up playing hockey in America and have a lot of knowledge of sort of the paths people take to the NHL so I had this sort of mental history of my player already locked in from that experience (sadly I was a touch not good enough to make it myself).





So this is unfortunately kind of easy (the first part). This is a game, and as much as talks about donator status not having any sort of influence whatsoever (I've heard even the little badge beneath your name pushed it for some people), the league as a whole would make money from having in-game benefits to donations. Yes people would leave, but the league would live on much like any of your favorite games did after you left when they went full on pay to win. But it's perfect too, because we have recently implemented a full on loot box system that could be leveraged in ways that don't necessarily have to cost a ton of money to implement. We would repurpose the lootbox system to fulfill the role of PTs, training, all that fun stuff. Free players certainly would get their shots at doing it as they have, but paid players could spend money, like real money, to roll the dice and maybe get a PT pass, some extra cash, Twitter passes, AC passes, additive salary bonuses (that don't count against the cap). You know, the standard EA approach to a game. I of course would invest approximately $45k of that $2mil into paying people to repurpose the card loot boxes into it, and pocket the rest as I know I wouldn't see a dime of the future profits if someone else was funding it all.



I create the most over-powered piece of equipment there exists - the Mystile. Unassuming in appearance, the Mystile provides unmatched potency in the heat of the battle. The Mystile supports 6 available slots for Materia, and more importantly, 3 of them can be paired together. That means if you combine a Slap Shot Materia that boosts the power of your slap shot, and an Accuracy Materia that can be used alone for a general boost or paired with something to boost it, you can clap absolutely bombs from beyond the blue line that will smoke any goalie. You could combine a Checking Materia with a Balance Materia to consistently deliver clean, calculated hits and knock your opponent to the next golf course, and give reverse hits that make you barely lose a stride. The best part is, the Materia grow while you have them equipped. That means that the more you use it, the stronger you get.