you could try a large sponge filter at the bottom <| sep |> Okay so this is a good place for me to chime in . I just want to preface it by saying I do like you Grandpa , and I ' m not trying to be an asshole here . So , I actually really like the IDEA of affiliations , but after reading comments , especially those by Fat , I ' m pretty well against it . I think it ' s a great idea , it just doesn ' t have a good application . Fringe players will still get stuck in the JSLas a backup RSLer . Some teams will have better depth than others and their farm team will romp the JSL , some teams won ' t have that and their JSL team will lose every game . Again , I ' d like to see it work and I think it ' s cool , but I don ' t see a way that it works well or makes things better for fringe players than our current system . I AM however all for an 8 team RSL and 4 team JSL . There ' s tons of JSLers who are ready to make their start in RSL , but with 6 RSL teams that already have their starting lineup , there ' s no reason for the RSL GMs to call them up . That ' s why guys never break through in the RSL . You can ' t tell me the top JSL players aren ' t ready for RSL . Thats why I wanted to do a JSL first all star team play a series against RSL teams , which we did a variant of . I want to prove that there ' s plenty of us who aren ' t shitters and are RSL ready . 4 JSL teams is fine if we expand RSL , plenty of guys will move out of the JSL from the expansion , and the next recruitment wave isn ' t for another season or two . Having to expand it again in the future isn ' t a huge concern . After all , we ' ve only done the current 66 unaffiliated system for 2 seasons now , affiliations for one , and 84 for one season . Changing the format isn ' t a big deal . Some guys never get help , because they don ' t put themselves out there . I did a lot of figuring out on my own , but I more recently made friends with RSLers and LHLers , and are helping me improve . I put myself out there as a member of the community every day . I ' m posting , I did my RSL and JSL stats despite me having nothing to do with RSL . Honesty , yeah I still get shit on by better guys when I am bad , but as I believe Riven or yParabolay said when another JSLer was arguing about getting shit on , Louis IS bad at pubstars , but we respect Louis . It ' s all about how you carry yourself . I talk to everybody , I post , I know who everyone is , I know how they do , I even make them interested in JSL even if just for one conversation because we ' re just talking in TS . It took me awhile to start getting help , but I now I do pretty frequently from players of a huge range of skills , from RSL starters to LHL legends . TLDR I wish it did , but affiliations won ' t work . The switch to 84 is a good thing and we SHOULD do it . You ' re right , it is hard to get help , but you need to show you care about improving , are a part of the community , and have at least some potential , then you ' ll get it a lot . Hanging out in TS does wonders for these things .