I can only speak for myself, and true to my word I will.
I was in another LR before joining MB's mid way through my first year in the league. I had never joined a sim league prior to this and didn't really know what to expect. I was drafted by a team and was excited to be a part of said team. But there was hardly anyone on, and there just wasn't a lot of chatter. It was unfortunate that the old GM's just weren't able to find time to do their duties and sims were messed up, some of the rookies were left off the depth chart, others were played in the wrong position, updates weren't fully done etc. it just wasn't a good environment for me at the time.
I decided to ask for a trade after going 1-5 and just really not having fun in the league anymore. I didn't want to go inactive but I also really didn't want to stay with the original team that drafted me. I did handcuff my old team a bit as I only wanted to be traded to one team because of a friend that I had currently in MB.
The only issue was my character not only started a rivalry with MB's star safety, and I even compared myself to the co-GM who was the reigning DSFL DBOTY and had talked trash to him prior to joining as well. So needless to say I didn't know if a) they would even be interested in taking me in or b) what that dynamic would bring.
The moment I got invited that LR you could tell it was a different beast all together. Former rivals immediately greeted me like old friends, everyone was active, just shooting the shit, GM's made sure that we knew when TPE opportunities were available. They let us know when the claim thread was updated so we could update our players. Basically they did everything in their power to ensure their LR stayed as active as possible, short of doing the work for us themselves.
This is easily some of the best people you could ask to share a LR with, I came to this team with 1 friend that I knew from outside the league, I can safely say I respect and consider everyone in that LR now friends.
If the LR isn't for you it's not for you, but at some point I have to question whether or not you truly wanted to fit in because these guys are super inclusive
I was in another LR before joining MB's mid way through my first year in the league. I had never joined a sim league prior to this and didn't really know what to expect. I was drafted by a team and was excited to be a part of said team. But there was hardly anyone on, and there just wasn't a lot of chatter. It was unfortunate that the old GM's just weren't able to find time to do their duties and sims were messed up, some of the rookies were left off the depth chart, others were played in the wrong position, updates weren't fully done etc. it just wasn't a good environment for me at the time.
I decided to ask for a trade after going 1-5 and just really not having fun in the league anymore. I didn't want to go inactive but I also really didn't want to stay with the original team that drafted me. I did handcuff my old team a bit as I only wanted to be traded to one team because of a friend that I had currently in MB.
The only issue was my character not only started a rivalry with MB's star safety, and I even compared myself to the co-GM who was the reigning DSFL DBOTY and had talked trash to him prior to joining as well. So needless to say I didn't know if a) they would even be interested in taking me in or b) what that dynamic would bring.
The moment I got invited that LR you could tell it was a different beast all together. Former rivals immediately greeted me like old friends, everyone was active, just shooting the shit, GM's made sure that we knew when TPE opportunities were available. They let us know when the claim thread was updated so we could update our players. Basically they did everything in their power to ensure their LR stayed as active as possible, short of doing the work for us themselves.
This is easily some of the best people you could ask to share a LR with, I came to this team with 1 friend that I knew from outside the league, I can safely say I respect and consider everyone in that LR now friends.
If the LR isn't for you it's not for you, but at some point I have to question whether or not you truly wanted to fit in because these guys are super inclusive