have noticed that salaries up here are NOT comparableDamn really ? Looking at median income for both places Seattle ' s higher so I ' m curious what industries seem lower here ? <| sep |> LeaguesWhile this situation you describe is certainly ideal in a perfect world , I don ' t know if it ' s necessarily the best solution for us right now . We ' re very likely moving to a system of 6 LHL , 8 RSL , and 4 JSL teams next season . This seems to fit the general talent level we ' re at currently . I ' d personally love to see this system you describe in place , but I think we ' ll see a lot of negative fallout given the distribution of talent especially in the JSL . It ' s also quite apparent that the leadership of the RSLJSL are very much against any form of affiliation unfortunately . Training CampsIf there are people that are going to take it seriously , I ' ll definitely consider setting something up . I ' m not putting up with any half assed bullshit , memes , etc . If I do it , you are there to listen and learn . I ' ll have a pretty short leash for people who clearly aren ' t going to take much away from it . If you can ' t handle being told you are wrong , please don ' t bother showing up . Regardless of whether of not I do this , you have to understand that nobody taught us how to play . There was far less infrastructure available for us veteran players when we joined . It ' s a culture that we were assimilated into , and it ' s one that we are just used to now . I ' m willing to help change that , but that doesn ' t mean many others will follow me . LHLJSL RelationshipsSince before it ' s creation , I ' ve been of the opinion that the JSL should play on LHL days . There ' s very little involvement in the JSL from LHLers because it would require us to show up 5 days a week . Most of us have been down that road at some point before and aren ' t too keen on going back . Assuming that the days the JSL play on doesn ' t change , I think we need to see more effort from RSLJSL GMs to actually coach their teams . That means more than setting up scrims , telling them they ' ll do better next time , or giving them other useless feedback . Being a good GM is more than just putting a team together , it ' s leading the team and working with your players to get the most you can out of each one . You don ' t have to be an LHL player to be a good coach . JSL OperationsI won ' t comment too much on this topic as we don ' t know how things are going to be under a new BoC . Things could potentially change a lot without DaBeeZy ' s involvement , and I think Riven brings a very different approach to the Board . I have full expectations that the quality of all 3 leagues will continue to improve moving forwards . PubstarsI love the concept of PubStars , but I still don ' t like what it ' s done to our community . There ' s no where else to play ever , and I think that ' s awful for newer players in their first 12 seasons . It ' s not their fault , but having a new player on your team is a guaranteed loss from the start most of the time . That ' s really frustrating to deal with , and it isn ' t even something you can choose to not deal with . If I don ' t like my team in a normal pub , I can leave and someone else will take my spot , it doesn ' t matter . In a PubStars game , I don ' t have that luxury . Along the same lines , if I have a player who is trolling or AFKing in a normal pub , I can kick him so that we can get someone who will actually play instead . I can ' t do that in PubStars , so it ' s a default 4 v 5 if one player becomes a problem . While I don ' t care about my elo , I do still care about winning the game . That ' s why I ' m playing . Feeling like the cards are stacked against you from the start is incredibly annoying . PubStars is obviously the preferred place to play , but it ' s not the only one . Just because there are PubStars games going , doesn ' t mean we can ' t play somewhere else too . It would be great if the 10 people who sit in the server waiting for the next game would go somewhere else to play instead . You are refusing to go play in a pub because you are afraid of getting into the active pub . What kind of logic is that ? Oh no , if I leave to go play in a pub , I ' ll miss this pub ! Come the fuck on . Competitiveness with anonymity breeds toxicity . Give the community a game mode where winning has even some marginal value to it , and the level of toxicity will rise . This shouldn ' t really be a surprise to anyone who has played LoL , DotA , CSGO , etc . I know I can certainly do better about controlling my chat usage during the game , and I ' m sure others can improve as well . It will never be eliminated outright though , so in order to keep playing , you will have to be able to handle some of it . You probably shouldn ' t be playing a skill based , competitive , online game if you can ' t . Even so , I ' d like to see a much heavier admin presence in the server . TLDR Affiliating the leagues is great in theory , but won ' t work as well as you and I might hope given the spread of talent right now . I ' ll definitely consider hosting a training camp . That said , I ' m not dealing with players who aren ' t going to take it seriously . The LHLJSL relationship issue is hard to fix with the leagues playing on opposite days . Most LHLers don ' t want to show up 5 days a week . The JSL operations should be better this season . Riven brings a lot to the table and the BoC is constantly learning how to best run the league . PubStars is bad for new players , and we can still play pubs that aren ' t PubStars . It ' s still the same game whether it ' s in the PubStars server or not . Toxicity will never be eliminated in a game like this . We can work to reduce it , but it will never go away . There was toxicity in pubs before PubStars too . A heavier admin presence would definitely help .