Media Serial Stats: S31 List Assessment and Posting Stats - End of Season Report

[Chipmunk]

1. Acquire Sim from developer (undisclosed sum).
2. Patent and copyright Sim.
3. Outlaw creation of any other leagues unless under licence from SFA, subject to branding directives.
4. Rename Qooty to SFA.

PS: I like the first part!

The developer is playing the long game if they were hoping for acquisition or royalty deal!

It’d be much easier to trademark ‘**** the sim’ and watch the cash roll in.

 

[Marlowe]

Marlowe's team salary cap idea can finally be implemented!

More to come on that soon. Watch this space.

 

[Mobbs]

I sympathise with Mobbs' desire for drama. It'd be fun if the Wonders and Royals just merged for a season for no reason. We're all so attached to these fake clubs and their identities and take them so seriously.

Merged for one season and then separated again the season after? Haha that'd be awesome. That would be a talking point in S42!

 

[Marlowe]

Merged for one season and then separated again the season after? Haha that'd be awesome. That would be a talking point in S42!

Yeah, something like that. Fun and crazy. We're not bound by financial obligations, after all, like you said. Nothing really holding anything back.

 

[Mobbs]

Yeah, something like that. Fun and crazy. We're not bound by financial obligations, after all, like you said. Nothing really holding anything back.

Love it!
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[NaturalDisaster]

So the Gold City Wonders thing is happening?

 

[Marlowe]

So the Gold City Wonders thing is happening?

I'd rather we be called the Royal Wonders.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

I sympathise with Mobbs' desire for drama. It'd be fun if the Wonders and Royals just merged for a season for no reason. We're all so attached to these fake clubs and their identities and take them so seriously.

Nah, we need to have the West Baghdad Furies, three way merger between the Wonders, Furies and Bombers to create a monstrosity of a club that boasts 15 premierships.

 

[Marlowe]

Nah, we need to have the West Baghdad Furies, three way merger between the Wonders, Furies and Bombers to create a monstrosity of a club that boasts 15 premierships.

I am all for this too.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

So the Gold City Wonders thing is happening?

Yes, but only so I can delist cadsky.

 

[Mobbs]

Nah, we need to have the West Baghdad Furies, three way merger between the Wonders, Furies and Bombers to create a monstrosity of a club that boasts 15 premierships.

And no bye. You're a thinker!

 

[Mobbs]

Sorry serial_thrilla ... continue!

 

[T2B_]

This is coming from the perspective of a S30 Rookie and part of the S30 Expansion bids, so please forgive me if I'm saying anything out of line here--


I think it's important to look at the recruitment of rookies from season to season regarding the overall "health" of the SFA. New voices, new ideas and new opinions are one thing that can keep the SFA from becoming stale. Unfortunately it has appeared that the S31 Rookie class is smaller than recent rookie classes and overall less engaged with active participation. What made previous rookie recruitment drives more successful?

In S30, I believe the Expansion bids (The Vampires & the Serpents) did an excellent job in recruiting a wide range of posters into the SFA and Millky95 & haydo should be congratulated for that. Between them they recruited Supersuns T2B_ MC Bad Genius VandoHawk Bradesmaen Muddiemoose tony & myself to the SFA. That's 9 regular contributors to the SFA across four different clubs, some of which have now graduated to club LG's.

Expansion can help with the improvement of the league as a whole, I just think we need to rethink how it is positioned. Instead of it being behind closed doors for months, it should be out in the open. Either way I think it's way too late for an Expansion Club for S32 to be proposed, however if someone was serious about adding a team for Season 33 (so Jan 2022), I think they should be looking at announcing themselves now, make their unique brand identity known and starting to recruit rookies that can participate in the S32 Season with established clubs on "loan". There is already Bid Continuation rules in place that allow rookies to freely move to expansion clubs in their second season and would not only increase the rookies in the SFA (because expansion captains more naturally look further and wider than established captains), but also increases the legitimacy of a S33 Expansion bid if they can point to 10-12 current players who can represent them in the future.

Thing about expansion bids in my view is it's always likely to generate extra engagement and interest, even if they don't get up in the end, so I think it's something that should be encouraged thinking about at least. One of the big reasons I joined was because of the excitement of joining a new venture that could be kind of a 'disruptor' team, and as a rookie that was quite attractive, especially as the team was a bunch of us coming together for the first time. Y'know, a bit less intimidating perhaps when you're all finding your feet together rather than being a newcomer to an established team, with their own established styles. If that makes any sense...
And as you say, expansion captains probably typically look a little further and wider in their search for rookies.

 

[serial_thrilla]

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IN: The Half Back (Furies), Test Tickle (Bears), kdavva74 (returning), Volbeat (returning), Stronzo (returning), DockerDen5215 (rookie), Rad Roo (rookie), Spanna_ (returning), toxic (returning), Lord_Flashheart (returning).

OUT: pantskyle (Demons), BEEG (retired), DapperJong (delisted), Morganashlee (delisted), craffles (Wonders), Randomizor (delisted), iGNITER (delisted), leobarryustar (delisted), Papa Juggs (delisted).

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A big question after Season 30 was what was going to happen to the Warriors. They had a shocker on all fronts, with poor on-qield performances and a greatly reduced level of match thread engagement compared to Season 29. Was S30 a return to normal after the aberration of S29 - or could TheInjuryFactory revitalise the Wazzas and get them back on the wagon?​

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The very first thing TIF did was trade pantskyle (31.1 ppw in S30) to the Demons. Was this a wise move? Probably. After getting rid of some very dead wood (see the lower half of their S30 posting chart) and stealing Test Tickle (41.1 ppw in S30) from the Bears he got to work sliding into the PMs of several former players. toxic, Lord_Flashheart, Stronzo, Spanna_ and Volbeat all hark from the rookie classes of Seasons 18 and 19 and were seduced back to the Warriors in the off-season. The Half Back chose to join the Warriors in a shamefully obnoxious display at the end of last season, whilst plenty of people were pleased to see kdavva74 make a return to the league after a brief sabbatical. To top it off, the Warriors wrangled rookie DockerDen5215 from the Furies, and also secured a second rookie in Rad Roo.​

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As a result of this movement the Warrior match thread activity skyrocketed this season - even surpassing what was achieved in Season 29. An average of 17.18 match thread posters a week was the second highest in the league, as was their total posting output of 9,808 posts. Importantly unlike last season they weren't overly reliant on their Top 5 posters for content (63.08%, compared to a whopping 84.56% last season). They topped the league for the number of posters averaging over 10 match thread posts a week (15) and were one of only three clubs to click over 600 match thread posts in a week six or more times this season.​

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EKA Medal prospect DockerDen5215 was their most prolific poster with 108 ppw, and he was ably supported by their core from last season: Tonga Bob (from 90.5 to 90.8 ppw), NaturalDisaster (from 71.1 to 72.9 ppw), TheInjuryFactory (from 58.5 to 51.8 ppw) and zackah (from 15.4 to 15.8 ppw), along with the returning kdavva74 (from 22.5 to 40.4 ppw). Building on that were successful recruits Lord_Flashheart (29.2 ppw), The Half Back (26.8 ppw), Test Tickle (24.6 ppw), Volbeat (10.6 ppw) and toxic (7.2 ppw). This increased activity also saw improvements from a few established Warriors: RelaxMax (0.9 to 29.2 ppw), Dinsdale (10.4 to 21.6 ppw), Freofalcon (from 1.2 to 11.9 ppw) and TubbsFarquhar (3.0 to 11.2 ppw).​

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The only concerns for the Warriors would be a small number of players losing interest as the season progressed. kdavva74's, Test Tickle's and Lord_Flashheart's activity dropped off after Round 11, whilst touted future leader harry000 was mostly absent this season. Raveneyes was not seen after Round 6, and a few of the recruits failed to fire, such as Rad Roo (0.3 ppw), Stronzo (0.5 ppw) and Spanna_ (1.1 ppw)...but you can't win them all. There is not much to be done to this list in the off-season beyond re-engaging with a few of the players who dropped away. ​

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Grade: A+​

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[Dav]

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IN: The Half Back (Furies), Test Tickle (Bears), kdavva74 (returning), Volbeat (returning), Stronzo (returning), DockerDen5215 (rookie), Rad Roo (rookie), Spanna_ (returning), toxic (returning), Lord_Flashheart (returning).

OUT: pantskyle (Demons), BEEG (retired), DapperJong (delisted), Morganashlee (delisted), craffles (Wonders), Randomizor (delisted), iGNITER (delisted), leobarryustar (delisted), Papa Juggs (delisted).

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A big question after Season 30 was what was going to happen to the Warriors. They had a shocker on all fronts, with poor on-qield performances and a greatly reduced level of match thread engagement compared to Season 29. Was S30 a return to normal after the aberration of S29 - or could TheInjuryFactory revitalise the Wazzas and get them back on the wagon?​

The very first thing TIF did was trade pantskyle (31.1 ppw in S30) to the Demons. Was this a wise move? Probably. After getting rid of some very dead wood (see the lower half of their S30 posting chart) and stealing Test Tickle (41.1 ppw in S30) from the Bears he got to work sliding into the PMs of several former players. toxic, Lord_Flashheart, Stronzo, Spanna_ and Volbeat all hark from the rookie classes of Seasons 18 and 19 and were seduced back to the Warriors in the off-season. The Half Back chose to join the Warriors in a shamefully obnoxious display at the end of last season, whilst plenty of people were pleased to see kdavva74 make a return to the league after a brief sabbatical. To top it off, the Warriors wrangled rookie DockerDen5215 from the Furies, and also secured a second rookie in Rad Roo.​

As a result of this movement the Warrior match thread activity skyrocketed this season - even surpassing what was achieved in Season 29. An average of 17.18 match thread posters a week was the second highest in the league, as was their total posting output of 9,808 posts. Importantly unlike last season they weren't overly reliant on their Top 5 posters for content (63.08%, compared to a whopping 84.56% last season). They topped the league for the number of posters averaging over 10 match thread posts a week (15) and were one of only three clubs to click over 600 match thread posts in a week six or more times this season.​

EKA Medal prospect DockerDen5215 was their most prolific poster with 108 ppw, and he was ably supported by their core from last season: Tonga Bob (from 90.5 to 90.8 ppw), NaturalDisaster (from 71.1 to 72.9 ppw), TheInjuryFactory (from 58.5 to 51.8 ppw) and zackah (from 15.4 to 15.8 ppw), along with the returning kdavva74 (from 22.5 to 40.4 ppw). Building on that were successful recruits Lord_Flashheart (29.2 ppw), The Half Back (26.8 ppw), Test Tickle (24.6 ppw), Volbeat (10.6 ppw) and toxic (7.2 ppw). This increased activity also saw improvements from a few established Warriors: RelaxMax (0.9 to 29.2 ppw), Dinsdale (10.4 to 21.6 ppw), Freofalcon (from 1.2 to 11.9 ppw) and TubbsFarquhar (3.0 to 11.2 ppw).​

The only concerns for the Warriors would be a small number of players losing interest as the season progressed. kdavva74's, Test Tickle's and Lord_Flashheart's activity dropped off after Round 11, whilst touted future leader harry000 was mostly absent this season. Raveneyes was not seen after Round 6, and a few of the recruits failed to fire, such as Rad Roo (0.3 ppw), Stronzo (0.5 ppw) and Spanna_ (1.1 ppw)...but you can't win them all. There is not much to be done to this list in the off-season beyond re-engaging with a few of the players who dropped away. ​

Grade: A+​

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No.1 posting outfit in the league

 

[PMBangers]

There's a lot of PMBangers about DockerDen5215 numbers, hate to see it

 

[Senor M]

Thing about expansion bids in my view is it's always likely to generate extra engagement and interest, even if they don't get up in the end, so I think it's something that should be encouraged thinking about at least. One of the big reasons I joined was because of the excitement of joining a new venture that could be kind of a 'disruptor' team, and as a rookie that was quite attractive, especially as the team was a bunch of us coming together for the first time. Y'know, a bit less intimidating perhaps when you're all finding your feet together rather than being a newcomer to an established team, with their own established styles. If that makes any sense...
And as you say, expansion captains probably typically look a little further and wider in their search for rookies.

You were lucky that you had a "group" of rookies to move from the Vampires across to the Dragons together. Do you think that if say an existing club went and found a group of 5-6 rookies for S32 that they incoming rookies might feel more welcome as part of a "Rookie Gang" and embrace the SFA more than if they were one of two rookies at a club?

You could ask the same question of any of the "Groups' from last season if that collective 'rookie' group helped you adjust to the SFA?

The 3 Amigos (Muddiemoose tony guero)
The Roys Trio (Supersuns BLUEALLTHRU RobR)
The Dragons Gang (MC Bad Genius VandoHawk Bradesmaen & T2B_)

Did you feel that you adjusted better to the SFA by having other rookies as team mates?

 

[serial_thrilla]

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IN: pantskyle (Warriors), Heardy_101 (rookie), Azarole (returning).

OUT: Wise Guy Sam (delisted), Lion Around (delisted), Deaneus! (retired).

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Generally considered one of the more stable lists in the SFA, the Demons had a relatively quiet season in Season 30 as a lack of on-qield success led to less engagement from the snow bunnies. To attempt to fix this, Demons skipper manangatang recruited pantskyle (31.1 ppw in S30) from the Warriors. Was this a good idea? Probably. They also had rookie Heardy_101 join their ranks, as well as a returning Azarole in Round 8. Out the door went a couple of inactives and unfortunately Deaneus! retired mid-season.​

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There was a general improvement in activity across the board for the Demons this season, and although their posting numbers didn't skyrocket compared to Season 30 (7,244 up to 7,646), the average number of Demon posters per week increased from 15.38 to 17.06 (3rd highest in the league). They had a league-high 9 players contributing more than 5% of their posts and their Top 5 only contributed 51.65%, which was the best (read: lowest) in the league. Their 12 players with an average of over 20 posts per week was the real telling statistic though, as the Demon list continues to be the benchmark for depth.​

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Their three most prolific posters from Season 30 actually had significantly reduced output, which shows how much their previously mid-tier posters stepped up. Callums_Guns (from 95.0 to 63.5 ppw), cooney (from 69.6 to 44.1 ppw) and Tarkyn_24 (from 45.4 to 29.0 ppw) dropped, but there were big gains from the likes of Proper Gander (from 15.3 to 23.6 ppw), Headless (from 23.5 to 36.8 ppw) and sante (from 0.7 to 11.1 ppw), whilst pantskyle (33.6 ppw) and Azarole (24.9 ppw) ended up being great additions.​

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There's not a heap to worry about in this list. The likes of Proper Gander, Dero (8.9 ppw), Yakker (22.1 ppw) and moginie (22.1 ppw) had some quiet weeks, but it was rare that they didn't show up at all. They'll be on the hunt for a couple of rookies to keep it fresh and replace a bit of the accumulating dead wood, but I suspect it'll be business as usual in Season 32.​

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Grade: A+​

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[Tonga Bob]

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IN: The Half Back (Furies), Test Tickle (Bears), kdavva74 (returning), Volbeat (returning), Stronzo (returning), DockerDen5215 (rookie), Rad Roo (rookie), Spanna_ (returning), toxic (returning), Lord_Flashheart (returning).

OUT: pantskyle (Demons), BEEG (retired), DapperJong (delisted), Morganashlee (delisted), craffles (Wonders), Randomizor (delisted), iGNITER (delisted), leobarryustar (delisted), Papa Juggs (delisted).

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A big question after Season 30 was what was going to happen to the Warriors. They had a shocker on all fronts, with poor on-qield performances and a greatly reduced level of match thread engagement compared to Season 29. Was S30 a return to normal after the aberration of S29 - or could TheInjuryFactory revitalise the Wazzas and get them back on the wagon?​

​

The very first thing TIF did was trade pantskyle (31.1 ppw in S30) to the Demons. Was this a wise move? Probably. After getting rid of some very dead wood (see the lower half of their S30 posting chart) and stealing Test Tickle (41.1 ppw in S30) from the Bears he got to work sliding into the PMs of several former players. toxic, Lord_Flashheart, Stronzo, Spanna_ and Volbeat all hark from the rookie classes of Seasons 18 and 19 and were seduced back to the Warriors in the off-season. The Half Back chose to join the Warriors in a shamefully obnoxious display at the end of last season, whilst plenty of people were pleased to see kdavva74 make a return to the league after a brief sabbatical. To top it off, the Warriors wrangled rookie DockerDen5215 from the Furies, and also secured a second rookie in Rad Roo.​

​

As a result of this movement the Warrior match thread activity skyrocketed this season - even surpassing what was achieved in Season 29. An average of 17.18 match thread posters a week was the second highest in the league, as was their total posting output of 9,808 posts. Importantly unlike last season they weren't overly reliant on their Top 5 posters for content (63.08%, compared to a whopping 84.56% last season). They topped the league for the number of posters averaging over 10 match thread posts a week (15) and were one of only three clubs to click over 600 match thread posts in a week six or more times this season.​

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EKA Medal prospect DockerDen5215 was their most prolific poster with 108 ppw, and he was ably supported by their core from last season: Tonga Bob (from 90.5 to 90.8 ppw), NaturalDisaster (from 71.1 to 72.9 ppw), TheInjuryFactory (from 58.5 to 51.8 ppw) and zackah (from 15.4 to 15.8 ppw), along with the returning kdavva74 (from 22.5 to 40.4 ppw). Building on that were successful recruits Lord_Flashheart (29.2 ppw), The Half Back (26.8 ppw), Test Tickle (24.6 ppw), Volbeat (10.6 ppw) and toxic (7.2 ppw). This increased activity also saw improvements from a few established Warriors: RelaxMax (0.9 to 29.2 ppw), Dinsdale (10.4 to 21.6 ppw), Freofalcon (from 1.2 to 11.9 ppw) and TubbsFarquhar (3.0 to 11.2 ppw).​

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The only concerns for the Warriors would be a small number of players losing interest as the season progressed. kdavva74's, Test Tickle's and Lord_Flashheart's activity dropped off after Round 11, whilst touted future leader harry000 was mostly absent this season. Raveneyes was not seen after Round 6, and a few of the recruits failed to fire, such as Rad Roo (0.3 ppw), Stronzo (0.5 ppw) and Spanna_ (1.1 ppw)...but you can't win them all. There is not much to be done to this list in the off-season beyond re-engaging with a few of the players who dropped away. ​

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Grade: A+​

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[Headless]

Nice work, serial_thrilla.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Nice work, serial_thrilla.

And you've always said that.

 

[Headless]

And you've always said that.

Careful.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Careful.

Oop!

 

[serial_thrilla]

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IN: Bonz (Wonders), BringBackTheAnchor (rookie), Chief (returning).

OUT: AceAndy (retired), Hatchy1992 (Swamprats), rota69 (delisted), SaltPeter (delisted).

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After their incredibly prolific Season 30 with a fresh list, the Dragons were bound to settle into a more sustainable groove in Season 31 - and that they did. With the exit of skipper AceAndy (76.9 ppw) to obscurity and Hatchy1992 (16.4 ppw) to the Swamprats, new captain serial_thrilla looked to recruits Bonz (29.8 ppw in S30) and Chief to fill the void. They also managed to lure rookie BringBackTheAnchor to the club to compliment their large cohort of rookies from the last two seasons.​

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Despite the large drop off in posting numbers, the Dragons were still ranked 4th in the league for total posts (7,753) and average posters per week (16.0). They were also one of the few clubs that managed to see minimal drag in activity as the season progressed; in fact, other than during the Round 15 Mobbs Minecraft fire sale, the Dragons were posting between 300 and 600 posts all season. They were one of four teams to never drop below 300 posts, whilst only the Royals (zero) surpassed 600 fewer times than the Dragons. There were also good contributions across the list as they ranked second in the league for the number of posters averaging more than five posts per week (15).​

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Whilst the very consistent performance of Bonz was admirable (69.0 ppw) and small gains from the likes of Strigoi (from 71.4 to 78.2 ppw), MC Bad Genius (from 26.4 to 27.7 ppw despite a month-long hiatus) and a returning fumbler (from 0.0 to 10.0 ppw) complimented a solid entry from BringBackTheAnchor (12.4 ppw), generally the Dragons saw drops in activity. serial_thrilla (from 141 to 93.1 ppw), Matt_352 (from 96.4 to 19.3 ppw), T2B_ (from 93.5 to 41.1 ppw), A Swallow (from 56.1 to 35.9 ppw), Blaze Storm (from 39.8 to 6.6 ppw), Stoods (from 40.3 to 4.3 ppw), Bradesmaen (from 21.7 to 11.5 ppw) and Knifey Spoony (from 26.0 to 9.0 ppw) all reduced in output. Yet I feel that this was more to do with the Dragons reading their opponents better this season, as a average match thread percentage of 52.40% was probably a better fit than last season's 55.89%.​

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Concerningly there's a reliance on their Top 5 posters for output, with their share of 69.55% of their posts being the third highest in the league. And their 6 posters with more than 20 posts per week is on the lower half of the league, which suggests that although they have a long tail of posters each week, many of them are not massive contributors. ​

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So a season of maturing from the Dragons, but I think a couple of established recruits plus some rookies will be needed to stop things getting stagnant. Veterans Pie 4 Life (9.1 ppw) and Ljp86 (10.0 ppw) keep going around, but some new blood is always good to keep them on their toes.​

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Grade: B-​

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[T2B_]

You were lucky that you had a "group" of rookies to move from the Vampires across to the Dragons together. Do you think that if say an existing club went and found a group of 5-6 rookies for S32 that they incoming rookies might feel more welcome as part of a "Rookie Gang" and embrace the SFA more than if they were one of two rookies at a club?

You could ask the same question of any of the "Groups' from last season if that collective 'rookie' group helped you adjust to the SFA?

The 3 Amigos (Muddiemoose tony guero)
The Roys Trio (Supersuns BLUEALLTHRU RobR)
The Dragons Gang (MC Bad Genius VandoHawk Bradesmaen & T2B_)

Did you feel that you adjusted better to the SFA by having other rookies as team mates?

Without wanting to hijack stats_thrilla's thread and I'm also a bit hammered right now so apologies if I get anything wrong or nonsensical, but I would say absolutely. Being a part of a mini rookie gang in what was already a healthy rookie class overall no doubt was a benefit in settling into the SFA. Also a healthy class of rookies also means more healthy competition amongst themselves (EKA, Torch, Gun etc), which obviously helps with engagement too.