1. apples (3tpe)

6. a. This question is pretty straight forward. This whole season, and the whole playoffs Hamilton was going to be wining the cup regardless and were on a complete tear, completely different than last season. That being said I believe that Texas had the easier route to the finals because personally speaking I think Texas would likely struggle vs Baltimore. (58 words)
b.In my honest opinion both are impressive in their own right, however I believe building a team from the ground up is likely a bit more challenging and impressive because you really need to eliminate that loser culture that develops when you suck that bad, and have users really believe in the team while also expected to perform poorly for a few years.(63 words)
c.A renegade by definition is an individual who has deserted their cause or friend or religion. Effectively someone who goes against what they believe in, such as an outlaw I guess? And a Steelhawk who the hell knows , probably a hawk that fell into a steelmill and got smelted into a hot piece of steel in the shape of a hawk of course. And Helstrom who? (67 words)
d.Because I am way too lazy to even check who is on which team, and don’t really want to dig through history I will be choose Aaron Wilson for the Steelhawks because he had an over 100 pt season this past season, and for Texas I would choose Burloak Sulfurgold because of that name, I think he is on Texas. Also chose Sulfur because he put up some nice points and helped me not finish last in fantasy.(78 words)

12. Milestones + 3 tpe

13. To be completely honest with you, as of right now I do not think of it as an issue at all that there have been only 5 teams within the finals in the past 8 finals. Why you may ask? Well just like in any league there are some teams that tend to be on a high or rather in a position of strength with great talent and management however this does not mean they were always at the top. I do not believe that any one team has an unfair advantage over another, it is all about asset management and building a team that meshes well together and then pray like you have never prayed before that FHM decides to grant you that win because most of a the time, excuse my language FHM is a bitch. If these 5 teams are the same for the next 20 seasons then yea I would say it would be a problem, but I just see this as a few teams being on their high, except NOLA who died after reaching the top. (181 words) 3 tpe

14. So with regards to a team on the outside looking into the playoffs I really do not have a comment, I would like to say however that my team the New England Wolfpack are on the upswing, having come off a great season and a tough but expected loss to the Buffalo Stampede. However, if we are looking at teams that are looking to push towards the finals I can’t believe I am saying this but I really feel that Tampa has a real good shot at pushing for that in the near future. Additionally, Baltimore Platoon is a team that I feel will likely go on to win the cup in the next 1-3 seasons, or get very very close to doing so. I really think that Baltimore is about to become the team to beat, which makes me a bit disappointed because I wanted New England to exceed Baltimore however what Baltimore had just done last season is nothing shy of impressive, so all the power to them at potentially becoming a powerhouse. (174 words) 3 tpe

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