Everything is the same but playoffs are different? Why do you constrain me in such a manner? But I suppose I’ll play along. This universe had the great Texas Renegades lift the cup. The big difference? S52 in this universe is 5 seasons ahead of the SHL. With the extremely deep prospect pool, changes to FHM, and some smart GM decisions (I see you Dan!) Texas is a very well performing team. While regression is always a hurdle for those that are aging, but the massive amount of TPE being gained by those senior members are keeping regression at bay and the cup will be coming to Texas to start a long stint of time in the great state. The cup shall be recreated in Texas size and as a matter of fact, I think we’ll dedicate a ranch to it and charge admission so the other teams can come see what it looks like.

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3/16





I’m very excited for the additional attribute options available in FHM. In STHS I always wanted to create a pass-first playmaker and I think that FHM is going to make that so much better. I struggle to pick a single attribute to say I’ll focus on the most, but excited to factor in things like offensive and defensive read vs just using a generic defensive attribute that covers about 10 different things. My goal is to fit the teams needs as much as possible so going to mix in a fair amount of defensive attributes as well to make the player a bit of a 2-way guy. As a center clearly I’ll invest into faceoffs and speed will be a big one but I’ll be sure to mix in a fair amount of agility and try to work out a pretty well rounded center. As I get further along in TPE I’m sure I’ll pick up some of my scoring game, but that’s not a priority at this point.

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5/16



Training training training. With the move up from the SMJHL to the SHL and Texas using a completely new coaching system Ivan will be hitting the gym and the ice extremely hard to have a great rookie season. As the rules and approach to the game are changing for the upcoming season I think it’s anyone’s game and just putting in a lot of time and practice will pay dividends. My rookie class is shaping up to be quite heavy so it’ll take a substantial amount of effort to show at the top of that class, but I’m in to win so I will do what is necessary to make that happen.

That being said – so far it’s been a big party over in Anaheim. I stayed with the team a season longer than I should have (according to some) with the hope that we’d lift that cup. It was a bit of a slog and we had our share of ups and downs, but at the end of the season we won the last game and that’s what matters. I’ll miss these guys but I’m pumped for the bigs.

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8/16



Hard against. This is a terrible idea for sports that have a “Best Of” series. This can work for things like the Super Bowl where it’s over and done with in a single day, but this would gut attendance over the course of 7 games. As much as I love to watch my favorite teams play and went out of my way to go to a finals game there is no way I could do this for a week or more. You want to have both teams get a shot at home ice and utilize their fanbase to their advantage and this would ruin that. If it aint broke please don’t fix it.

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10/16





Well hindsight does allow me to answer this with much more certainty but ahead of this I was pulling for San Francisco when considering the front office staff. While STHS does like to shit on any strats you have, JayWhy and Grapehead have a ton of combined experience. That being said – Luketd is a crazy analytics guy so I wouldn’t be surprised if he worked out some crazy formula to exploit any hole he found in SFP.

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11/16


My experience in test sims have shown that the evenly distributed time works out in your favor more. Assuming your top 3 lines aren’t heavily unbalanced this allows for players to get some rest and not be quite as tired. As those top lines are generally on the PP things can really get tough if they start pulling a ton of ice time. Even out the lines a bit and put some fresh legs on the ice.

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12/16


They say you can learn a lot about a woman by the contents of her purse and I’m positive I can learn a ton about DaftRainCloud from his internet history. I’ll admit that I went through his posts on the site to try to get an idea of what I’d be getting into but DRC is pretty tame on the site. Some obligatory comments here and there, regular role-playing PTs, and a few non offensive questions here and there. What’s your secret DaftRainCloud? I know you have something hiding there… I shall see.

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13/16



SENT!

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