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Post by glasspoet on Dec 7, 2014 16:09:05 GMT -5
I decided to greatly expand GST, creating different levels of leagues. I decided Keepers was popular/important enough to warrant 2 leagues, one needing to be a PremiumPro league, thereby having Tournament of Champions ramifications. I decided to have this league rank pretty high in the GST hierarchy of leagues (as per Entry Fee $s). I am glad I did, as it has attracted a high class of GMs and become one of GST's most stable of leagues.
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 7, 2014 16:15:24 GMT -5
2011 -- This league broke off from GST Keepers last year, taking with it the more complicated GST Rules. We did manage to bring City of Champions and Yellow Cap, the 2 top Keeper teams. So there were lots of new faces!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Velvet Elvis 2. Northsiders PK 3. Glassbreakers 4. Shoeless Joe 5. City of Champions 6. Commerce Comets 7. Yellow Cap 8. Drunk Cubs Fan 9. Brooklyn Streetz 10. Rain Down Pain 11. Star wars 12. Fish Bone 13. The Biz 14. She likesmy Sizemore
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. Northsiders PK 3. Commerce Comets 4. Drunk Cubs Fan 5. Velvet Elvis 6. Glassbreakers 7. Yellow Cap 8. Shoeless Joe
This new bunch was a fantastic bunch of GMs. Super competitive and it wasn't long before Keepers and trades were flying around, almost too much to keep track of! Shoeless Joe, one of those, led most of the year DESPITE having drafted WITHOUT KEEPERS.
Believe it or not, City of Champions is not known to be a Dominator, more like a Finals Bloodhound (who GREATLY increased his Finals win% this year)--but he is ALSO known as a Keepers Legend. In the end it was the same old, same old--ANOTHER notch on City of Champions tally!!
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 7, 2014 16:25:47 GMT -5
2012 -- Only 2 teams needed replacing, a keeper league record most likely anywhere.
Regular Season Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. Brooklyn Streetz 3. Same Ole Moon 4. Yellow Cap 5. Northsiders 6. IR Elvis 7. Big Stick 8. Peaking Lights 9. Shoeless Joe 10. Commerce Comets 11. Glassbreakers (Commish) 12. The Biz 13. GAP Pale Hose 14. Drunk Cubs Fan
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. Yellow Cap 3. Brooklyn Streetz 3. Peaking Lights 4. Same Ole Moon 5. City of Champions 6. IR Elvis 7. Big Stick 8. Northsiders This is an advanced Keeper league. Keeper Lists play a big part of this league. Going into the season, I thought Brooklyn Streetz was the clear favorite to finally win in GST. He had a great season, winning a Division and going to the Finals.
However, this league has always been about City of Champions and Yellow Cap. True to form, City of Champions won the Regular Season handily and Yellow Cap won the Championship!
Let me say this: if you want to beat Yellow Cap, do it in the Regular Season or at least the EARLY playoff rounds. Finals--too late! Brooklyn Streetz gave him a run for it this past year, but it was one of GST's most lopsided Finals wins regardless.
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 7, 2014 17:48:28 GMT -5
2013 -- The league expanded to 16 Teams!
Regular Season Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. Big Stick 3. Northsiders 4. GAP in m Pale Hose 5. Drunk Cubs Fan 6. Escalante Alligators 7. Commerce Comets 8. Glassbreakers (Commish) 9. Yellow Cap 10. Brooklyn Streetz 11. Shoeless Joe 12. The Biz 13. Same Ole Moon 14. Honey Nut Ichiros 15. Salty Seament 16. Waterloo Wildcats
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. GAP in my Pale Hose 2. Big Stick 3. Glassbreakers 4. Northsiders 5. Commerce Comets 6. Drunk Cubs Fan 7. City of Champions 8. Escalante Alligators
This might be the 1st time the 2 Top Movers met in the Finals, at least in this league. This was to be GAP's Shining Moment in GST as he POWERED his way through the Playoffs for his 1st GST Championship and to represent this league in the Tournament of Champions!
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Post by glasspoet on Dec 7, 2014 18:12:29 GMT -5
2014 -- We had 3 new GMs take over teams this year. One of them being Score Lords, enough said.
Regular Season Finish: 1. Yellow Cap 2. Brooklyn Streetz 3. City of Champions 4. The Cock Blossoms 5. Glassbreakers (Commish) 6. Big Stick 7. Drunk Cubs Fan 8. Northsiders 9. Score Lords 10. Rookie Legacy 11. Salty Seamen 12 Same Ole Moon 13. GAP in my Pale Hose 14. Commerce Comets 15. Escalante Alligators 16. The Biz
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. The Cock Blossoms 3. Yellow Cap 4. Brooklyn Streetz 5. Big Stick 6. Northsiders 7. Drunk Cubs 8. Glassbreakers
The Living (Keeper) Legend becomes the 1st Team to win 2 League Championships in this league! He had a Full 10-10 Tie Squeaker over Big Stick in the 1st Round, but then MOWED his way through the Playoffs from there! One of our League Rookies took over for the Dead Last Place Team of a year ago and took that team to the Finals, the other two JUST missing out on the Playoffs! Looks good for the future of the league!
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Post by glasspoet on Oct 31, 2015 13:12:44 GMT -5
2015 -- This league came back in full. It's Loaded! All the Big Names! Going to be a Helluva Year!!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Escalante Alligators 2. Same Old Moon 3. Drunk Cubs Fan 4. City of Champions 5. The Cock Blossoms 6. Yellow Cap 7. Score Lords 8. Commerce Comets 9. Glassbreakers (Commish) 10. Northsiders 11. The Biz 12. GAP in my Pale Hose 13. Rookie Legend 14. Kard Sharks 15. Salty Seamen 16. Brooklyn Streetz
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. Escalante Alligators 2. Drunk Cubs Fan 3. Score Lords 4. The Cock Blossoms 5. City of Champions 6. Same Old Moon 7. Commerce Comets 8. Yellow Cap
At first it looked like City of Champions would Reclaim this league for his 3rd time, but it came down to a Father and Son Battle between Escalante Alligators and Yellow Cap, with Yellow Cap the Favorite, though behind. Didn't work out that way -- as Yellow Cap slipped but Escalante Alligators held on and then Swept Through the Playoffs! Like Father, Like Son? Sadly Escalante Alligators did not accept to Represent the League in the Tournament of Champions, so no Grand Championship in HIS future, at least for now. Perhaps Yellow Cap talked him out of it to protect his chances for his 4th Straight?
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Post by glasspoet on Feb 19, 2017 21:47:14 GMT -5
2106 -- We had some Defections, but a couple of Grand Champions Family Rookies stepped Up To The Plate -- so this League was Locked and Ready To Go!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Drunk Cubs Fan 2. City of Champions 3. Yellow Cap 4. No Idea 5. Escalante Alligators 6. Glassbreakers (Commish) 7. The Biz 8. Bone Wars 9. Northsiders 10. Kard Sharks 11. Calfiornia Chrome 12. Same Ole Moon 13. Dee's Drugstore 14. Rookie Legacy 15. Score Lords 16. Brooklyn Streetz
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. Escalante Alligators 2. The Biz 3. Drunk Cubs Fan 4. Glassbreakers 5. City of Champions 6. Bone Wars 7. Yellow Cap 8. No Idea
Once the Grand Champions and League Champion fell back a bit, Drunk Cubs Fan Poured It On and Dominated on Cruise Control!! In the End it was Escalante Alligators winning his Back-to-Back Championship! Like his Legendary Father, he had to be Coaxed to remain in GST, citing lack of performance, but now Seemingly Poised to possibly Continue the Legendary Family Name! I guess Family Roots run DEEP! BUT it Was NOT Easy -- he Won 9-8, 9-8, and then The Biz, who was Just ROLLING through the Playoffs, BATTLED him to an 8-8 Tiebreaker!!
High Win%: .611 Low Win%: .426
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