The league's most recent expansion is ripe for developing these kinds of hypothetical scenarios, and there is no doubt that the specific expansion teams chosen shaped my course in this league. At the time expansion was announced, the GMs of the London Royals were Sylphreni and Highhaschdi, whose players were at the time on the Colorado Yeti and Baltimore Hawks. High's bid with Dewalt for an expansion team in Berlin was accepted, leading to one GM vacancy in London. Simultaneously, the New York franchise was awarded to bwestfield and woelkers, who was the Colorado GM at the time. This opening in Colorado was filled by Syl, which in turn meant that both GM roles in London needed to be replaced. Had either of these franchises not be selected in expansion, it's impossible to know how the 'line of succession' would have happened in London. Would one (or both) of the GMs stayed on for another season or two? Of course, they would have stepped down eventually and named a replacement, but perhaps the GM role skips over me and goes directly to one of the current London GMs. Thankfully events shaped up the way that they did, and I have the exclusive Royal Guard role in London now instead of being blue.
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