Nice work by Stratford!

sevsdast wrote:

ItDoesntMatter, Sorry for that!

Don't worry about it! Honestly, I'm glad you're so excited about this series. Your four posts here probably put you fourth or fifth on the all-time list in this thread 😂

Anyway, it's looking like my next update will end up being tomorrow morning rather than tonight, but oh boy, is it a big one. (In terms of magnitude, not so much in terms of excitement. I'm trying to build up to the big stuff here.) In fact, there's a good chance you'll get two updates tomorrow. Thanks everybody for sticking with me through such a long hiatus! I'm really glad to see so many people are still following this thread.

sevsdast wrote:

Come on! I have more posts than n00bthtpwnz! Sorry if this offends you but these are facts.

And yes, you may have more posts that they do. But I've already started skimming past most of your posts because they aren't adding to things. Yes, provide input and your thoughts, interact with the creators. But let them tell the story. Provide cities for expansion, new players, team names, etc. when the creator asks for them. Providing good, positive feedback (and yes, constructive criticism is good feedback) is awesome, helpful, and will build the community.

Steelman wrote:

Stickman wrote:

It's nice to see the Neptunes finally have a good run of seasons, after how bad they'd been for so long!  Lots of low scoring games in that series, definitely a great series if you're into the tense atmosphere those games bring!  I've always imagined how mentally tough you have to be as a goalie when in a championship series, there's always pressure to not let goals in while your team is also struggling.  Gotta be hell on the mind, so Bukowski winning the series MVP after that series definitely seems right! Can't wait to see who the expansion teams are!

Bukowski is a great story. He's been steadily plugging away since the infamous Fleece draft trade in 1967, which created a vortex of unrealistically high expectations for him. His early struggles turned him into a popular target of ridicule. He's 12 seasons deep now. He sniffed the All-Star game as an alternate in 1971 but it wasn't until after the Neptunes' collectively bad 1974 season that he started to mature into a top-flight goalie. He's 29 now and hitting his prime late which could bode well for stability at the position while the team is focused on championship runs.

You're also perceptive on the scoring, which has been steadily increasing in volume but got real tight during the championship in particular, putting all the emphasis on the goalies. (Deservedly so, as Ferdy Haight is a living legend at this point, and didn't have a bad series by any means)

I wondered if that was the same guy!  I hadn't had a chance to go back to check!  That really is a great story!

dvdbubba27 wrote:

The site went down for around an hour or so (could have been longer) last weekend. Do you know what's up with that?

Yeah, it was real spotty most of the weekend. Sorry about that. It was a server issue on Boardhost's end and not much we could do about it. Everything seems stable now though.