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Post by glasspoet on Nov 30, 2014 12:45:12 GMT -5
While this is listed as a Beginner Level Pro League, I'm not so sure it is. While it is primarily filled with Beginning Pros, there is enough GST Regulars involved to make this a Very Highly Competitive League! The League Concept is quite interesting. As Big Movers have to eventually pay for their moves -- it might be ahead of its time! The strategy level increases out of this world! Once in the Playoffs, all teams have free and unlimited moves!
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Post by glasspoet on Nov 30, 2014 13:05:58 GMT -5
2012 - I went into the inaugural season not sure of just how this League Concept would work. It ended up working quite well, earning this league a valued spot in the GST Conglomeration. GST Regulars filled out the Roster for Year 1 -- more so than following years.
Regular Season Finish: 1. Drunk Cubs Fan 2. Spin Doctors 3. City of Champions 4. Glassbreakers (Commish) 5. Redleg Fever 6. Icewater Storm 7. Big Stick 8. Brick Squad 9. Rain Down Pain 10. NY Walking Dead 11. Moonbucks 12. Braves 13. Screwballs 14. Easy Money 15. Yes 16. Vottomatic Victory 17. Pet's Phils 18. Myrtle Beach Mermen
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. City of Champions 2. Big Stick 3. Brick Squad 4. Glassbreakers 5. Drunk Cubs Fan 6. Spin Doctors 7. Redleg Fever 8. Icewater Storm
The League Purse ended up larger than many higher Entry Fee leagues. The Competitive Level was very TIGHT, with things only decided right at the very end. Everybody seemed to use a different strategy concerning moves (and otherwise, as always in GST). The lowest Win% was .432, which is testament to how Competitive this league really was!
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Post by glasspoet on Nov 30, 2014 13:26:00 GMT -5
2013 -- Some GST Regulars dropped out, as they went in search of Larger Paydays, but the league filled up even larger!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Big Stick 2. My Orioles 3. Dataminator 4. Brooklyn Streetz 5. Glassbreakers (Commish) 6. NYTS 7. Moonbucks 8. Redleg Fever 9. Screwballs 10. GrabSomePineMeat 11. Spin Doctors 12. Icewater Storm 13. Hoosier Daddy 14. ATL Renegades 15. Denver Doldrums 16. Braves 2013 17. Easy Money 18. Homeruns 2013 19. DC Cubs 20. BgBlue650
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. NYTS 2. My Orioles 3. Big Stick 4. Brooklyn Streetz 5. Dataminator 6. Glassbreakers 7. Moonbucks 8. Redleg Fever
Believe it or not, this 20 team league was even tighter than before! Unbelievably so. The High Win% was only .554 and the Low Win% was .444! I mean C'Mon Man!! NOTHING was decided until late! The High Moves was 58. The Purse was a League Record! NYTS won a lot of the money with barely over a .500 Win%. Side Note -- this is one of the few cases in GST where the Winner took the money and ran. Boo!
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Post by glasspoet on Nov 30, 2014 14:12:10 GMT -5
2014 -- While many of the GST Big Guns were missing, this league is filled with many GMs who themselves have BECOME GST Regulars over time -- so this league was again filled to the max with GST Regulars, which means I was fully expecting the League Purse to get even LARGER. The league didn't disappoint either!
Regular Season Finish: 1. Moonbucks 2. Hoosier Daddy 3. Glassbreakers (Commish) 4. Denver Doldrums 5. My Orioles 6. Heavy Hitters 7. Big Homeruns 2014 8. Easy Money 9. Screwballs 10. Spin Doctors 11. Saskatoon Sabercats 12. You D'Arnaud More 13. Dataminator 14. Grab Some Pine Meat 15. Bad News Bears 16. Batmen 17. Redleg Fever 18. Braves 2013 19. Score Lords 20. California Chrome
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. My Orioles 2. Hoosier Daddy 3. Glassbreakers 4. Moonbucks 5. Big Homeruns 2014 6. Denver Doldrums 7. Easy Money 8. Heavy Hitters
The league did NOT disappoint! The League Purse was a League Record -- one that seems destined to NEVER BE BEATEN EVER!! Only 3 teams maintained the minimum $5 investment, and for the first time, while close, none made the playoffs. The Competitive Level did not drop A LICK either! The lowest Win%s were .443, .452, .461! Show me another 20 team league with those kind of Low Win%s (outside GST) and I'll EAT YOUR BOOT right now! The Competitive Level was EXTREME, with nothing decided right until the last. Let me give you an example: As expected, teams at the bottom of the league quit investing further money into the League Purse -- but Spin Doctors, who was in that position late couldn't resist and sent in another $5, whereupon he went from the bottom to 10th in the last weeks. He didn't make the playoffs, but you have to wonder, if he hadn't had that extended lull, could he have won it ALL in a league THAT TIGHT??! Very PROUD of My Orioles, who came back from his Finals Loss of last year to beat ALL the GST Regulars this year, and in convincing fashion (in the Playoffs)!!
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Post by glasspoet on Oct 18, 2015 16:16:32 GMT -5
2015 -- Once again Max Full with a combination of GST Regulars and New GMs.
Regular Season Finish: 1. My Orioles 2. Batmen 3. Heavy Hitters 4. Big Homeruns 5. Screwballs 6. Toilet Town Browns 7. DC Cubs 8. Braves 2013 9. Redleg Fever 10. Hoosier Daddy 11. Mariner Madness 12. Score Lords 13. Glassbreakers (Commish) 14. Emerald Monster 15. Dataminator 16. Lil Gray Armpit Hair 17. Money Down da Drain 18. Dream Seams 19. Denver Doldrums 20. California Chrome
Championship Playoff Finish: 1. Braves 2013 2. Heavy Hitters 3. Big Homeruns 4. Batmen 5. Toilet Town Browns 6. DC Cubs 7. My Orioles 8. Screwballs
We didn't QUITE beat last year's Record Purse, but we came Darn Close! It was Intensely Competitive throughout the year. The Lead changed hands weekly! The Playoffs didn't solidify until the Finish Line! In the end, My Orioles took his League Championship into a Regular Season Championship this year! But he couldn't contain the Chasing Teams in the Playoffs. Braves 2013, who only SQUEAKED into the Playoffs won a Hotly Contested Playoffs! Quite a Change of Scenery from his 18th Place Finish last season!!
High Win%: .583 Low Win%: .423
note this league promotes teams at the bottom to quit purchasing moves. (sometimes erroneously, as their Cellar Bethren who don't give up often get On A Roll and SQUEAK into the Playoffs -- its just THAT CLOSE in the Standings until right at the end).
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