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Inter conference play begins!

	Playoff	Div
Owner	Teams	Lead	pts
pexetera	5	4	86
mptrey	5	2	82
dBKC	5	1	80
benhoidal	4	2	83
kinoa1	4	2	82
dh555	4	2	80
copernicus	4	2	76
jcred5	4	0	69
ysw128	3	1	67
tarheel1991	3	1	66
robusk	3	1	66
gerryred	2	1	64
goetz93	2	1	56
ashamael	2	0	64
20ks	2	0	62
dskantor	2	0	57
jpevans31	1	0	61
24kpyrite	1	0	59
jhsukow	1	0	58
samuelyork93	1	0	55
pharrop	1	0	52
longtallbrad	1	0	43
bds9992	0	0	49
amerk1180	0	0	43

Crazy that the top two owners haven’t played each other yet. Not once in five seasons.

Leading your division in 4 out of 5 leagues is just insane. Well done pex.

Posted by longtallbrad on 6/24/2020 12:48:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 6/24/2020 9:07:00 AM (view original):
I said something...wish me luck

Just read it. Very well said. Thank you.

I think both you guys stated the points well. As someone said, glad the SIM Basketball community is made up of such good guys.

As for the Savage League...been a major disappointment and reinforces to me I don’t know what I am doing. Will keep experimenting though.

Posted by longtallbrad on 6/24/2020 12:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jhsukow on 6/23/2020 11:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/23/2020 10:51:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 6/23/2020 9:57:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/23/2020 5:35:00 PM (view original):
Seble lives!

How quickly that thread devolved into right wing sh** posting doesn’t give me great vibes about the larger WiS community.

Yeah, I made the mistake of clicking the "show post" on a post that was below the low thresh hold of quality set by WIS and promptly exited said forum.

Thanks for the warning.

I was in that thread early, for better or worse, and saw all the posts that were eventually semi-hidden by seble.

I've been sitemailing back and forth with the individuals who raised a ruckus over WIS' statement - to some extent agreeing with parts of their worldview, and in other cases explaining that I have a different perspective, and telling them why I as a white dude participated in a Juneteenth rally. I'll let you know when minds change, spirits converge, and stars align.

Sounds very much like a professional mediator.

Posted by robusk on 6/24/2020 1:55:00 PM (view original):
As it relates to Savage, I think it was a mistake for me to join this league as I take all this stuff too seriously. Seeing a 1-4 cycle sends me on kind of a spiral and ends up affecting my mood the rest of the day.

same, actually. Seeing 4 of my 5 teams go 3-7 or worse (after starting strong in 4/5 leagues) for five straight days had me in a bad state. When this league started, I was starting my day by checking the site out. Now I wait till I get to work where I'm already unhappy lol

Posted by ashamael on 6/24/2020 5:18:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 6/24/2020 1:55:00 PM (view original):
As it relates to Savage, I think it was a mistake for me to join this league as I take all this stuff too seriously. Seeing a 1-4 cycle sends me on kind of a spiral and ends up affecting my mood the rest of the day.

same, actually. Seeing 4 of my 5 teams go 3-7 or worse (after starting strong in 4/5 leagues) for five straight days had me in a bad state. When this league started, I was starting my day by checking the site out. Now I wait till I get to work where I'm already unhappy lol

I think I've spotted my misstep, which is helpful. But it doesn't do anything to make this season go by any faster.

I am absolutely terrified of ****** off season 2 Robusk and Ash...I feel like LeBradford Smith after embarrassing Mike...payback is coming

Ashamael: and then he SMed me: “Good game, Ash”

Posted by robusk on 6/24/2020 3:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by longtallbrad on 6/24/2020 12:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jhsukow on 6/23/2020 11:39:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/23/2020 10:51:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 6/23/2020 9:57:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/23/2020 5:35:00 PM (view original):
Seble lives!

How quickly that thread devolved into right wing sh** posting doesn’t give me great vibes about the larger WiS community.

Yeah, I made the mistake of clicking the "show post" on a post that was below the low thresh hold of quality set by WIS and promptly exited said forum.

Thanks for the warning.

I was in that thread early, for better or worse, and saw all the posts that were eventually semi-hidden by seble.

I've been sitemailing back and forth with the individuals who raised a ruckus over WIS' statement - to some extent agreeing with parts of their worldview, and in other cases explaining that I have a different perspective, and telling them why I as a white dude participated in a Juneteenth rally. I'll let you know when minds change, spirits converge, and stars align.

Sounds very much like a professional mediator.

Ah. He's on to me. I can't help it. I need tranquility around me so that I can fiercely preserve my inner sea of tranquility. I've realized that it's not really an altruistic motive.

Posted by robusk on 6/24/2020 1:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by longtallbrad on 6/24/2020 1:23:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dBKC on 6/24/2020 12:54:00 PM (view original):
I’m proud of my basketball guys btw. Way less % of a-holes in here than the other sports forums from the look of it.

Agreed. I will say that I've never encountered any ideological rants or squabbles during my (more limited) time spent on the NFL game. Not sure where these fellows spend their WIS time...although it looks like one is a mainstay of the hockey game.

From 07-11 I was pretty active in the Non-Sports forum and there was almost none of this. It was almost entirely just good natured banter. I think its transformation has really been in the last 5 years or so.

Hmm. So, roughly the same time that the 2016 national election season went into full-blown surreal mode. Interesting...

Posted by dBKC on 6/24/2020 5:38:00 PM (view original):
I am absolutely terrified of ****** off season 2 Robusk and Ash...I feel like LeBradford Smith after embarrassing Mike...payback is coming

Ash and I have been SMing about it some and I think we made the same mistake. I think I can adjust in the future, I am just not sure it is worth the mental drain.

Outside of progs I don't play a lot of uncapped leagues. I can see they are an entirely different species. I should have studied them some before the draft. I had no data on them really.

If two of the best owners in all of SIMbasketball sit out, the league will be a lot less savage