Originally posted by SheVegas
Matty Piglet-The Org did not have a draft?Yes the ORG did have a draft.
When the draft was assembling, hundreds of players put themselves up for it. Why? because they thought that the owners & GMs inside USAORG were going to create quality teams with fun atmospheres.
I was on Lefty Wall's South American team which joined the ORG right before the draft (now known as USAORG Cartel). I basically owe all of my "success" in GLB to Lefty. He found me and helped to correct my moronic builds. Lefty is a GLB genius as far as player builds go. He is a good guy and was a great owner.
When I started learning more about USAORG, I had a center that was going to be available so I thought I would put him into the draft. I did this because Lefty was a quality owner compared to the other owners I had experienced, and if he was vouching for the new ORG teams I would take his word. Also I thought it would eliminate a lot of the headache of openly putting my player on the free agent market. Luckily I was drafted by Hokie, who really assembled a quality roster, and IMO had the best foresight, planning, and yes, luck with the agents he drafted for his team.
You have insinuated that all of these players were "waiting" and teams were already assembled and just moved to APL or something. I guess you could say that but that's not really what happened IMO.
Now, did the draft give the USAORG teams an unfair advantage? I guess you have made your mind up on this already. Here's what happened though:
the USAORG teams were able to get quality players line up to join because of the reputations of the people involved with USAORG. I see this as part of the game... people like me are going to gravitate towards success. I don't know how you can stop this from happening SheVegas. Look at the new Africa A leagues .. the best teams there are assembled by guys with known reputations (MonkeyMan, Drew Ryan, etc.).
When you start as an new owner with no reputation, I'll concede you have to work a little harder to convince guys to join your team. THIS IS PART OF THE GAME. Accept it, work hard to build your rep, make your team better, and move on. I don't know what you want us to do. You complain and want us to leave APL... I say make your team better. Lowering the level of competition to win? Not something I would want to do, but it's your team.
IMO Legionnaires have conducted ourselves pretty fairly on the forums considering how hated it appears we are. We could have went the Cobra Kai (or Laggo lol) route but we have never started any trash talk to my knowledge, we have only responded. The fact that you somehow negatively portray our public support of our teammates is laughable ... that's exactly the type of team that I want to be on personally.
And as for Coyotes and "gutting", I said from the start (you can look back in the forums) that I would take their side. Yes "gutting" is unfortunate for competition, but you have to allow friends to stay together in an internet networking type game. If you don't then this game loses a lot IMO. I never will fault anyone for wanting to stick together with their friends. Laggo is a goof and never really bothered me either, especially since he pushed so many people's buttons effectively. I usually find that stuff harmless and funny but that's my opinion and I can see why he upset some people. We were fortunate to land a lot of the Coyotes but it took a lot of work on Hokie's behalf to do so. This is why I love playing on his team, he is a tireless worker. Anyway I digress...
So there's my manifesto about a lot of USAORG/APL stuff. I know it won't make a lot of people change their minds but I hope it helps to explain where we are coming from. Hopefully it wasn't a complete waste of time.
