Media The Action of Becoming Larger or More Extensive

[omgfridge]

I feel like this is just a sneaky way to trick posters into signing up to the Gumbies.

Thanks mate, you're in as captain.

 

[GremioPower]

The greatest advantage of expanding to 14 clubs would probably be on the fixture.

With two different new teams against which to play, we could possibly get rid of the doubles. Two 13-game seasons, plus Finals, would also allow having more off-season tournaments like the SoO [and/or some other competition].

It could actually improve things around Sweet.

 

[Cap]

Phew, was worried someone saw me eating at the SFA cafeteria

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

So we will add 2 more teams and weaken the rest of the competition. I'm not convinced but happy to be proved wrong.

You must be a continually happy poster*, given your consistency in being wrong.

* Oops. You are not posting at the moment. That is a shame.

Meanwhile, I have no skin in this debate but looking at Mobbs' beautiful Sweet I note some coastline. Surely it is time someone grabbed the cchance to establish The Barrier Reefers.

 

[U2tigers]

Expansion, such a dirty word.

Never been a fan myself, and besides the Demons and Bombers will need to have over 7 active players a match missing out a spot in their side before the league should think about it.

 

[grumbleguts]

I would very much like to know what a munipality is.

 

[Zoops]

Team 13 and 14...

 

[damicky]

Ladies and gentlemen

It’s that time of year again when haydo dusts off his annual vanity project, lures a handful of posters in secret squirrel fashion and lifts his posting activity to make people think he’s actually contributing something to this board.

That’s right, it’s expansion time!

To haydo’s credit, he actually told his co-captain this time however one of the major drawbacks of expansion in the past has been flaky posters peddling teams for their own self-interest. We’ve seen haydo’s multiple snake-themed teams, @Millky95’s Pennsylvania Vampires (what were they thinking?) and @tgrs’ West Gate Trolls. The common theme among each of these expansions has been this – none of these posters were consistently and actively contributing to the board in the couple of seasons leading up to their bids. While recent activity is not a prerequisite, BLUEALLTHRU could launch an expansion bid and it would have more credibility.

That said, there is an appetite for expansion. Posting activity is up across the board and, more importantly, the number of people contributing to match threads has remained above pre-Covid levels. While activity isn’t the be all and end all, the health of the board does rely on activity to a certain extent. Without activity, people get bored and go elsewhere for entertainment.

So consider this my application for not one but two new teams to enter Sweet FA.

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Two?!

Yep, two. The last time expansion came up in season 29, two teams were the preferred option to reduce the need for a bye as well as to not exclude teams from special rounds (eg. Heritage Round). That’s not to say we can’t put together one really good team and run a season with an odd number of teams but why not cover all bases.

Why are you doing this?

Well, If we’re going to expand, let’s do it together and let's do it right. The last expansion bids were headed by “serial quitters” and happened behind closed doors with an incommunicative admin that refused to work with the clubs. The result was one weak bid and one perceivably weak bid. As The Filth Wizard put it:




It also helps that I’m an active contributor to the board with no skin in the game.

What do you mean by 'no skin in the game'?

Here’s the kicker – I don’t have any plans to join either team. The rules specifically preclude anyone from playing for more than one team and I’m not about to leave my current team in the lurch. These teams will truly be your teams. Sweet FA’s teams. You nominate. You recruit. You name, you design, you everything. I am merely facilitating the process.

OK, so how is this going to work?

Prospective players will sign up in this thread or by contacting me via PM. Those who sign up via PM will not have their identities revealed but their interest will be recorded discreetly in the OP so everyone can see the progress of the bids. From the pool of players collected, captains and leadership groups will form organically and they will set about filling out their rosters, naming their teams, building their identities, etc. When each team feels they are ready to move forward with their bid, it will be officially submitted to the admin for a vote by the clubs (regardless of the progress of the other bid although both may choose to launch concurrently). While some details will be decided privately by the players involved, the process will be public and everyone in the Sweet FA community will be invited to contribute to the construction of these teams.

Furthermore, I will not be initiating a single PM for this venture. If these teams are to get off the ground, it will be because you want them, not me. If they don’t get up, they don’t get up.

You're pulling the piss, right?

No. These will be serious bids built by you, the Sweet FA community.

Some basics:

• Any new team(s) will be compliant with the rules surrounding new clubs​
• Both teams will be based at (different) grounds in @Mobbs’ world of Sweet and adopt a name that reflects that area​
• Neither team will sport any moniker associated with snakes​
• Each team will have a unique identity (name, colours, jumper, etc.) from each other and existing Sweet FA clubs​

Expansion can be a touchy subject at times but the primary tenet is in the name – it should expand the league. Not just in the number of teams and names on lists but in character. Expansion affects everyone so why not let everyone participate in expansion, even if you won’t be joining a team.

Most importantly, this should be fun so let's make it so.




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I will interview the potential Captains (even if Supersuns is one of them)

 

[Tigerturbulance]

I'd like to join



can someone wake me up when we get there

 

[I Dont Care]

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Get that ****ing red thing off my ****ing house, dipstick

 

[Tigerturbulance]

The greatest advantage of expanding to 14 clubs would probably be on the fixture.

With two different new teams against which to play, we could possibly get rid of the doubles. Two 13-game seasons, plus Finals, would also allow having more off-season tournaments like the SoO [and/or some other competition].

It could actually improve things around Sweet.

this is an anti-expansion thread,
please post any rational, supportive comments that may support expansion in another thread,
we anti-expansionists want to get worked up and express our rage in a safe place
thank you

 

[Tonga Bob]

Can it be larger AND more extensive?

 

[Agent93]

Can it be larger AND more extensive?

As long as you visit the right surgeon.

 

[Pickitt]

Barrybran

Alright so people, lirmi is a town soon to be small city south east of rhilpisa.
I'm building the stands for it which will be the biggest in the Sweet/MC world so a team would be suitable.
The other possibility is to have a second league (Only Lore) with Rhilpisa, rural Shea, north lirmi and tittybong.
I am 100% on board with Lirmi FC being the next powerhouse in the SFA however with a large budget stadium with top resources

 

[Bonz]

Personally I think we need a team with the Unicorn Nickname (allow yourselves to literally take jokes at your own expense)


Also if we didn't break away from tradition we wouldn't have salted caramel, tomato relish in egg and bacon rolls or inflatable buttplug's so personally I am all for expansion.

In fact you could say I am pumped up by the possibility.

 

[Millky95]

@Millky95’s

Shit campaigner can't tag

Thread is invalid

lol

 

[Pickitt]

Possible other clubs:
Waverly: Already built ground though it's the former home of the ESH.
Rhilpisa: Mount buller already acts as a snow place, rhilpisa is fully rural with ice ect.
Lirmi: Best Option, stadium being built and thriving city to go with it.
North Lirmi: Probably will just be in the Lirmi/Rhilpisa District league.
Koalas: Maybe
Darkness Eternal: Active in S1-3

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Expansion is happening every day in the Sweet FA as a result of people's calorie-rich diets and sedentary lifestyles.

 

[DenieD]

Expansion is happening every day in the Sweet FA as a result of people's calorie-rich diets and sedentary lifestyles.

perfect time for someone to open up an extra-large pants shop. pantskyle get on it.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Noobz0r it's your time to shine.

Remember the Titans.....

 

[pantskyle]

perfect time for someone to open up an extra-large pants shop. pantskyle get on it.

 

[DenieD]

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I'll order 2 pairs of your largest skinny jeans.

 

[Barrybran]

I'll order 2 pairs of your largest skinny jeans.

What is the largest size skinny jeans can be before they're no longer considered skinny?

 

[DenieD]

What is the largest size skinny jeans can be before they're no longer considered skinny?

There is no limit if you weigh 500kg and your legs are thicker than most train carriages.

 

[pantskyle]

I'll order 2 pairs of your largest skinny jeans.

Two or three legs?