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a. I don't think having many players from few teams gives a conference an advantage. The players are all pulled based on certain criteria and it just happens to come from fewer teams on one side. I do think it makes the games a bit worse since the all star game is to celebrate the whole league and having so many from so few teams hogs all the spotlight for just those teams.

d. Hodor is a fan favorite and league favorite. His classic catch phrase, "Hodor!" touches the hearts and souls of even the most decrepit slimes that humanity has to offer, and exposure to his angelic voice is even a sanctioned rehabilitation method for psychopaths and is being included in psychology class text books. People like him.


I think there must be some correlation with all star team members and tpe. Generally those with more tpe perform better than those with less, and I think there's generally a larger correlation with player performance and all star team membership. Teams that do well usually elevate all their players, and generally teams that do well have a fairly good correlation with high average TPE. Thus, high TPE teams (which contain high TPE players) tend to get players into the all star game. There are occassional situations where high TPE players on low TPE teams are relied on heavily for their contribution which gives them a good chance to really stand out on a bad team with good numbers if they're the ones doing the heavy offensive and defensive lifting. In both situations, though, the players getting g recognition are those with high TPE, so I think high TPE correlates with all star participation.