Originally posted by BYANG
Sorry, I have different opinions about recruiting.
Take my own team as an example.
We are a group of friends in real life who want to play GLB together and have fun.
Recruiting only means picking up some important pieces to us.
We don't completely replace our friends with higher level total strangers, like some teams may do.
I get to know them because my players play on other teams.
I trust in them, and they trust in me as an owner, and the decide to have their higher level players join my team.
My team gets better every season, and it shows on our record.
I'm not bragging. I'm just quoting what I saw from League forum.
However, I still don't feel as much fun as I should be getting if I'm in another league, not with USAORG/LOL dominating APL like this.
Championship is our ultimate goal and we're certainly heading toward that direction, but it's not an immediate goal.
Having fun is more important to me.
Sooner or later, my friends and players on our team are going to lose interest and want to leave my team, because they don't feel the fun we should be getting.
Where's the fun in that!?
Where's the competitiveness in that!?
Let's face it. We don't have a realistic chance at the Conference Championship, not to mention the League Championship.
However, we beat Lions Champion or very high seeds in scrimmage games consistently, the latest victim being Angola Dream.
I know it didn't mean much because they are scrimmages, but it means something for me to consider what Elephant Conference will be without USAORG/LOL.
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Take Zambia Zombies as an example.
They won AAA and got promoted to APL last season.
They are a great team and very organized, and it doesn't need any more proof.
And now they are on the verge of disbanding. It will happen as soon as the end of Season 6.
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Take Tsavo Maneaters as an example.
They are a great team to start with in APL snice Season 3. They recruit very well. They have great gameplan because they beat us and most other teams consistently.
See where they are now??
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I do think my team have a realistic chance to beat Tsavo Maneaters or Zambia Zombies.
Guess it will make it "competitive".
Too bad I never have the chance to prove it against Maneaters, and will only have 1 season left with Zombies.
It makes me feel sad about APL.
Please don't tell me to sell my team and leave APL, because I'm sure some people will start saying bad things to me.
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I see not many people are picking up on me or blasting me, and I deeply appreciate it.
I think teams and players should stop arguing with SheVegas, and start thinking what we're saying.
Very well written, and exactly what I have been saying...No where in any pro league of GLB has one team won the league every season...it sucks for us owners who have been here from day 1....We mention this fact, and we get blasted by new teams, saying...you whine to much, game plan better, recruit better...Yet these teams get blasted by Org in the playoffs every season...To top it off Org says what a great competitive league APL is...yet nobody outside of the APL, agrees with this...they see it for what it is....A dominate team beating up on weaker competition....Again Byang I respect you for speaking up.
Jason
Sorry, I have different opinions about recruiting.
Take my own team as an example.
We are a group of friends in real life who want to play GLB together and have fun.
Recruiting only means picking up some important pieces to us.
We don't completely replace our friends with higher level total strangers, like some teams may do.
I get to know them because my players play on other teams.
I trust in them, and they trust in me as an owner, and the decide to have their higher level players join my team.
My team gets better every season, and it shows on our record.
I'm not bragging. I'm just quoting what I saw from League forum.
However, I still don't feel as much fun as I should be getting if I'm in another league, not with USAORG/LOL dominating APL like this.
Championship is our ultimate goal and we're certainly heading toward that direction, but it's not an immediate goal.
Having fun is more important to me.
Sooner or later, my friends and players on our team are going to lose interest and want to leave my team, because they don't feel the fun we should be getting.
Where's the fun in that!?
Where's the competitiveness in that!?
Let's face it. We don't have a realistic chance at the Conference Championship, not to mention the League Championship.
However, we beat Lions Champion or very high seeds in scrimmage games consistently, the latest victim being Angola Dream.
I know it didn't mean much because they are scrimmages, but it means something for me to consider what Elephant Conference will be without USAORG/LOL.
--
Take Zambia Zombies as an example.
They won AAA and got promoted to APL last season.
They are a great team and very organized, and it doesn't need any more proof.
And now they are on the verge of disbanding. It will happen as soon as the end of Season 6.
--
Take Tsavo Maneaters as an example.
They are a great team to start with in APL snice Season 3. They recruit very well. They have great gameplan because they beat us and most other teams consistently.
See where they are now??
--
I do think my team have a realistic chance to beat Tsavo Maneaters or Zambia Zombies.
Guess it will make it "competitive".
Too bad I never have the chance to prove it against Maneaters, and will only have 1 season left with Zombies.
It makes me feel sad about APL.
Please don't tell me to sell my team and leave APL, because I'm sure some people will start saying bad things to me.
--
I see not many people are picking up on me or blasting me, and I deeply appreciate it.
I think teams and players should stop arguing with SheVegas, and start thinking what we're saying.
Very well written, and exactly what I have been saying...No where in any pro league of GLB has one team won the league every season...it sucks for us owners who have been here from day 1....We mention this fact, and we get blasted by new teams, saying...you whine to much, game plan better, recruit better...Yet these teams get blasted by Org in the playoffs every season...To top it off Org says what a great competitive league APL is...yet nobody outside of the APL, agrees with this...they see it for what it is....A dominate team beating up on weaker competition....Again Byang I respect you for speaking up.
Jason