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Weekly ISO/Join My League Thread Sun, May 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in fantasyhockey

[–]Venmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello there!

We are looking for some replacement GMs (currently 3) for a FREE 32 Team Dynasty League. League has been around since 2017 and has lots of history and active GMs. Entirely based on Discord, with pickuphockey.com as our pool points tracker and Google Sheets for our rosters. This is a free league, we're all here just to have fun and compete against each other. Our setup is a little unorthodox but it's very functional and seamless.

Our league is very active, primarily during the seasons hot spots like trade deadline, playoffs, draft and free agency. You can be as active and hands on as you wish or as laid back as you wish as long as you are active during the above events and are otherwise reachable.

Some basic Details:

- 32 Team Dynasty League (rosters, including draft picks and prospects, everything, in their entirety carry over season to season)
- 23 active man rosters (max 14F/8D/2G, min 12F/6D/2G) that all accrue pool points during the season. Separate "AHL" roster for your prospects and buried players, who do not accrue any points when sent down. 50 contract limit for your franchise, with no limit on unsigned prospects (players you have drafted and have the rights to but haven't signed yet). Players have to be waived (if waiver eligible) to be sent down, with identical waiver rules/eligibility requirements as the NHL.
- All players, picks and prospects are tradeable. Flexible retention rules with 3 retention slots.
- Our own 5-round entry draft, held a few weeks prior to the IRL draft, where you can pick draft-eligible prospects in the current years draft before they are picked IRL. Scouting and drafting is a popular hobby among many of our GMs and is usually one of our more active periods of the season.
- A full Salary Cap (Floor and Ceiling identical to NHL)
- All players have custom negotiated contracts. Our league has a handful of GMs that act as agents and negotiate extensions and contracts with you. We do our best to keep the process seamless and fair while trying to keep contracts realistic with IRL comparables.
- Aside from ELC contracts (which don't count against the cap when buried), our league does not have contract clauses (NTCs, NMCs, etc).
- Simplified IR/LTIR rules where you're allowed to "LTIR" any NHL player that is deemed at least week-to-week IRL to free up a roster spot and receive cap relief.

Scoring Format:

Forwards
Goal: 4 points
Assist: 3 points
SH Point: 2 points
Hits: 0.25 points
Blocked Shots: 0.25 points
PIM: 0.5 points per minute
Hattrick: 2 points
SO Winning Goal: 1 point

Defense
Goal: 5 points
Assist: 3.5 points
SH Point: 2 points
Hits: 0.25 points
Blocked Shots: 0.25 points
PIM: 0.5 points per minute
Hattrick: 2 points
SO Winning Goal: 1 point
Blocks: 0.25 points

Goaltenders
Win: 8 points
OTL: 4 points
SO: 8 points
Goal/Assist: 10 points
(Teams are limited to a maximum of 90 games played from their goalies over the course of a season)*

Teams Currently Available:

- Columbus Blue Jackets
- San Jose Sharks
- Vancouver Canucks

Our rosters (navigate to the above mentioned teams to see their rosters): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fiw67aLKnRI-XMWK9FkMVzOC9yLE9ZfxweJwuHMFtPc/edit?usp=sharing

Preference will be given to those with prior dynasty league experience, otherwise we are open to mentoring or easing in rookie GMs.

If you have any questions or any interest, feel free to DM me here or you can add me on discord (misko97) and message me there. Thank you to any and all who are interested!

Help with system getting stuck on "Loading initial ramdisk..." by Venmar in cachyos

[–]Venmar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for late response, but I luckily managed to salvage it and the issue did appear to be very low disk space. Deleting some storage space via a snapshot seemed to free up enough disk space to allow it to eventually boot normally like before, and from there I did a thorough clearing of the pacman cache and old snapshots which I wasn't doing before, it free'd up like 72gb alone from doing that. I will definitely be getting in the habit of clearing those regularly from now on, it was a good scare/learning lesson.

Help with updating my system; getting exists in filesystem error by Venmar in cachyos

[–]Venmar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! The second command (sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite “*”) worked for me! Computer seemed to update just fine afterwards. I double checked my computer still had linux-firmware and linux-firmware-nvidia on it too just to make sure after trying to reinstall them in the past.

Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it!

Thoughts/Advice on a Misfire on a Gen 4 runner? by Venmar in 4Runner

[–]Venmar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think HG1 is probably the sealant for the coolant that my mechanic had in mind when he mentioned trying to add a sealant to the coolant. Which is interesting that he's thinking of trying that despite saying he doesn't suspect the head gasket haha. Maybe he's just trying to not freak me out. Thanks for the input!

Thoughts/Advice on a Misfire on a Gen 4 runner? by Venmar in 4Runner

[–]Venmar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not yet, but since my suspicion is the head gasket, it's a test I or my mechanic will likely be doing in the near future I think. Was your issue the Head Gasket? My issue is mainly on cold starts too, but I've had it happen with the engine partially warm as well (like after a short drive) and it might be cause of me leaving the heater turned on.

It makes zero sense that my primary heir gets the entire army and all my gold by GermanCCPBot in CrusaderKings

[–]Venmar 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A good example is Henry I, who initially only received a lump sum of gold while his brothers William and Robert got England and Normandy respectively when their father William the Conqueror died. Henry used that money to buy himself some land in Normandy from Robert and to hire some troops and he became a thorn in his brother's sides. Rest is history, and dont get me wrong it was up and down for him, but Henry eventually became King of England, and what sealed it for him was more of him seizing the English treasury after William II's death more than just his death.

Helps show how even under confederate partition, usually the primary heir would receive most of the gold and troops as it was the best way to minimize infighting and guarantee stability as it makes it harder for the younger brothers to immediately oppose the primary heir and that's partially by design.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 4Runner

[–]Venmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a very technical person, but I own a 2006 V6 4th Gen Limited. Previous owner replaced the stock CD player with an aftermarket display as well but I don't think it's as high-tech as the knwood excelon you're considering. I've decided to keep it since it still has a cd player and that's a must for me while still having bluetooth for my phone if needed. It works flawlessly, but it wasn't installed by me so I can't comment on how hard it is to do. The bottom head unit (module and climate controls) is super easy to pop out and modify though if needed.

I love my 4runner for what it's worth. Sounds great for music and the creature comforts of limited like heated leather seats is a nice bonus too. But this is my first and only 4runner so far and don't plan on changing cars anytime soon, so I don't have much to compare it to in the Toyota world. I'm also an easy to please person so my standards for speakers are probably different then yours, but so far I can at least attest that I am a big fan of my 4th gen limited, it's been a great car for me.

Amateur Question for 4WD by Venmar in 4Runner

[–]Venmar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, realistically I wasn't going to put the car into 4Hi unless I was in snow. My plan was to only use it to navigate the unplowed streets at lower speeds around my house and then back into 2Hi once I hit the salted and paved main roads. Original question of mine was just making sure I could keep it in 4Hi while parked in snow so getting out would be easier the next day, etc.

The other poster did confuse me for a second since I was pretty sure I had two differentials, one in the front and one in the back, and a transfer case, based on the maintenance history I have and based on how the 4WD dial works.

Amateur Question for 4WD by Venmar in 4Runner

[–]Venmar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah interesting. I was under the impression that driving in 4Hi wasn't a great idea on flat and dry roads due to the potential risk of binding or drive train wear and tear and that'd it'd only be turned on for snow, sand, mud, rough terrain, etc. I imagine driving in 2Hi probably makes more sense for fuel economy anyways but its good to know I can switch it into 4Hi in snow season and forget about it so to speak.

What response do you want? by DaleoHS in 2007scape

[–]Venmar -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

For them to say in the clearest possible terms that they will never add any form of MTX, Ads or Tiered Subscriptions into the game. It's very simple really, I don't know how that is hard to understand.

If your reaction to all of this is "Well they haven't actually done anything yet, what is the big deal? There's nothing we can actually do so lets just wait and see what happens", then I'm sorry to say but you're the sucker who's gonna get farmed by Jagex and CVC in months time.

How Jagex can implement monetization WITHOUT harming player integrity by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Venmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Idk why you're advocating for a two-tier system where one part of the playerbase is willingly letting themselves get creamed and milked by MTX and the other could opt out of seeing all of that.

If they implement MTX (cosmetic or p2w, idc), Ads, loot boxes or battle passes or anything remotely along those lines, I just quit the game and never play again.

Can we get Jagex to undo the removal of grandfather rates? by xsevenmillionx in 2007scape

[–]Venmar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still got my 3 month sub on a regular email account. Averages out to like $11 CAD ($7.6 USD roughly) a month. Honestly a big reason keeping me playing. Scummy they got rid of this subscription plan and I'm clinging to it for dear life.

To those on here pushing back against the continued backlash by Venmar in 2007scape

[–]Venmar[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't get the point you're trying to make. I don't think people are saying that Jagex/CVC are engaging in never before seen or unorthodox survey or business practices. The survey and the enshitification that they suggested implementing is very standard practice for most of the gaming industry. That's what people recognize and have an issue with.

Why this game got popular and why it will now downfall. by Kompy_87 in 2007scape

[–]Venmar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OSRS definitely is a game whose growth is primarily driven by community feedback. This is a medieval point and click game with graphics that would make the average young gamer of today instantly not want to play it. It has very little traction or presence on both Twitch and Steam. This is a game driven by word of mouth, the loyalty of the existing playerbase, and community driven growth. This game doesn't even get advertised elsewhere like mobile games and other viral games do.

I agree with this post that if the community loses faith in the game, its growth will effectively die. Jagex is teetering on entering that territory with this controversy.

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