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From: T.M.

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203539.26 in reply to 203539.25
Date: 1/8/2012 10:34:24 AM
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Haha that's because Faina is apparently just too good. Plus the other team was the worst in the league, even among bots. But still, not losing is kind of disappointing. I'm hoping not to have to forfeit twice, because that's more training minutes lost. Still, owning the league scoring record is nice.

From: T.M.
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203539.27 in reply to 203539.26
Date: 1/13/2012 10:04:45 AM
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So excited that I get to go back to winning games...

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203539.28 in reply to 203539.27
Date: 1/15/2012 7:57:29 PM
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Just looking at my team's stats. Offensively, the team as a whole is shooting 56.6% from the field, led by Catapang's 73.2% from the field. Only two players (Smiley and Himadas) are shooting below 50% on the season, and both of them compensate with exceptional passing. No one is below 40%. We also average almost 56 rebounds and 36 assists per game, to go with 10.3 steals and 9.9 blocks. Just dominant. And those stats would be better if we hadn't tanked several games to hopefully get a top draft prospect. I think we're ready to get out of here.

From: T.M.

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203539.29 in reply to 203539.28
Date: 1/20/2012 3:41:13 PM
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I just want to take this moment to point out that, despite deliberately losing two games, with one game to go I have broken your point differential record (1145 to 1132). I say this now because tomorrow's forfeit will nullify that victory, and though I don't regret it in the least, I still consider it something of a team milestone to be even on the same level as the Bunny Humpers in one category at least. Hopefully the Tornadoes can add "former V.101 champions" to that list of shared accomplishments.

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203539.30 in reply to 203539.29
Date: 1/21/2012 10:38:35 PM
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Oh man, I really hope you come into my league. The same level as my team!?!?!?!?! How dare you say that! Haha, just kidding, your team is amazing, I will actually say the opposite of what I said, and ask for your team to not come into my league...

From: T.M.

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203539.31 in reply to 203539.30
Date: 1/21/2012 10:59:02 PM
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Your team is probably still better than mine, this is true. I didn't mean to say otherwise; I doubt my team even as it is now would go 16-6 in your league, and I'm positive that we'd never beat your team as it stands right now. At the same time, you're probably right in not wanting me in your league, for two reasons: (a) my team is pretty decent in its own right, especially offensively, and especially compared to other D.V teams that could promote into your league, and (b) I have a very good chance of drafting/selling one of my two main trainees, which along with the promotion bonus would set me up nicely to pick up any complementary players I might need. Plus although my team has never learned how to beat yours in a fair match, they do know how to inflict pain and injury on your players both on the court (ask Choy Soo Jung about that scrimmage earlier this season) and by means of occultists and voodoo dolls (remember when I predicted Pringle's injury??). So no, you really don't want my team to show their ugly faces in IV.32.

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203539.32 in reply to 203539.31
Date: 1/26/2012 11:04:24 PM
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Ok, Sneaky Bastards (46471) is a team of jerks. They forfeited the scrimmage tonight, so McNeill and Iriarte only got 36 out of 48 possible minutes for training purposes. I'm super irritated about that. Seriously, if YOU offer the scrimmage, at least have the courtesy to put three or more players in it, for crying out loud! That combined with the forfeit on Saturday means that only two players (Smiley and Faina) get full training this week in 1v1 forwards. So mad...

The BB gods had better grant Smiley a triple pop (which isn't out of the realm of possibility) to make up for this.

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203539.33 in reply to 203539.32
Date: 1/27/2012 10:03:54 AM
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As some sort of compensation, Smiley double-popped in DR/IS and Faina double-popped in HA/DR. No pops for McNeill or Iriarte though thanks to Sneaky Bastards (whose team name is oddly appropriate).

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203539.34 in reply to 203539.33
Date: 1/27/2012 10:50:13 AM
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Wow...I didn't get any pops this week...
well 1 OD pop for C. Jung, but idc about that..

From: T.M.

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203539.35 in reply to 203539.34
Date: 1/27/2012 4:14:54 PM
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Yeah, well the reason Smiley improves so fast is because week in and week out in practice he always has to put up with coaches and players from last season telling him, "If Cliff Pringle were in your position, he'd be doing much better," or "When Cliff Pringle was at this point in his career, his defense was already considerably better than yours," etc., inevitably followed by, "We're paying you a higher salary than Pringle made his rookie season, and aren't you supposed to have greater potential than he does? So why the f--- aren't you better than him already?" It's a good incentive for him to get better, I think. Hence the 16 pops so far this season.

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203539.36 in reply to 203539.35
Date: 2/3/2012 10:19:24 AM
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And Smiley finishes the season with a double pop from pressure training, OD and handling both to 9, for a total of 18 pops on the season with a level 4 trainer. Obviously there's a major asterisk in that 5 of those weeks were 1v1 or JS forwards, which give a lot of total pops, more than, say, single-position pressure training, but still, 18 pops is pretty darn good. Next season he and maybe the new draftee if I keep him will be doing a few weeks of JS so Smiley can be decent offensively in D.IV, enough to take some pressure off Faina and McNeill, but other than that I'm hoping to do a lot of pressure training. Expect the total number of pops to likely be way down if I can follow through on that resolution.

(naturally I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some bots don't auto-draft one or both of the players I'm looking at)

One downside is Smiley is projected to have a salary of $8371 next season, so there will likely be some roster changes coming.

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