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SCACE
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Jan 7, 2009 17:15:04

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Originally posted by Drachir
Originally posted by JuniorMcSpiffy

Originally posted by Drachir

Hypocrites!

Love to hear the.... **ahem**.... "reasoning".... behind that one.

Very simple although I edited it out of my frustration with Oceania Pro but before it got edited you quoted. Nice job.

I have always been known to express my opinion and might as well go there now. Talk about the high-roadism and the sportsmanship of the game, etc. yet not being practiced what is being preached. My 2 cents worth.

We're just having a little fun with you.

HaplosDog
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Jan 7, 2009 17:32:10

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Originally posted by SCACE
Originally posted by Drachir

Originally posted by JuniorMcSpiffy

Originally posted by Drachir

Hypocrites!

Love to hear the.... **ahem**.... "reasoning".... behind that one.

Very simple although I edited it out of my frustration with Oceania Pro but before it got edited you quoted. Nice job.

I have always been known to express my opinion and might as well go there now. Talk about the high-roadism and the sportsmanship of the game, etc. yet not being practiced what is being preached. My 2 cents worth.

We're just having a little fun with you.

Because this season might be our last chance.

SCACE
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Jan 7, 2009 17:33:06

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Originally posted by HaplosDog
Originally posted by SCACE

Originally posted by Drachir

Originally posted by JuniorMcSpiffy

Originally posted by Drachir

Hypocrites!

Love to hear the.... **ahem**.... "reasoning".... behind that one.

Very simple although I edited it out of my frustration with Oceania Pro but before it got edited you quoted. Nice job.

I have always been known to express my opinion and might as well go there now. Talk about the high-roadism and the sportsmanship of the game, etc. yet not being practiced what is being preached. My 2 cents worth.

We're just having a little fun with you.

Because this season might be our last chance.

style points

Drachir
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Jan 7, 2009 17:53:10

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Originally posted by HaplosDog
Originally posted by SCACE

Originally posted by Drachir

Originally posted by JuniorMcSpiffy

Originally posted by Drachir

Hypocrites!

Love to hear the.... **ahem**.... "reasoning".... behind that one.

Very simple although I edited it out of my frustration with Oceania Pro but before it got edited you quoted. Nice job.

I have always been known to express my opinion and might as well go there now. Talk about the high-roadism and the sportsmanship of the game, etc. yet not being practiced what is being preached. My 2 cents worth.

We're just having a little fun with you.

Because this season might be our last chance.

Is everyone else getting relegated?

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HaplosDog
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Jan 7, 2009 18:13:28

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What's happening to your SA quad, Drachir? The team looks very depleted and your chemistry is in the dumps. Are you bringing players from over there to your OPL team to try and make sure you don't get relegated here?

Drachir
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Jan 7, 2009 19:52:26

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Originally posted by HaplosDog
What's happening to your SA quad, Drachir? The team looks very depleted and your chemistry is in the dumps. Are you bringing players from over there to your OPL team to try and make sure you don't get relegated here?

Rebuilding. I had higher turnover on that team than usual and with the level of players on there it couldn't be competitive this season. Aussie rebuilt 3 seasons ago and honestly we were fortunate to not get relegated during the first season of rebuilding. This game is constantly changing because what works one season doesn't work the next. I am smart enough to know that trying to figure this game out is too much work for one person and allow my coordinators/coaches handle all that.

Seriously all the crap talk aside the ones that are still in the Pro Leagues have earned it and know the game well or surround them with people that knows the game well. It is going to be more challenging this season to prevent relegation for a good team in most Pro Leagues.

I just noticed that you GM on the Las Vegas Flying Elvis is in USA PRO. Great owner and good to see you have some good people on that team mdibias33 who owns TD Parker was on American Cardinals and was Special Teams Coordinator of that team way back when we were in EE but requested the move to USA.

Tim Harper
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Jan 17, 2009 18:34:24

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Originally posted by SCACE
Hey guys,

This has been in my head for a while, because you know, work sucks, so thinking about random GLB stuff makes it suck less!

O-PRO is on the map more than ever I think, and with the teams scheduled for promotion, its only getting better. I think now more than ever, we as a league have the opportunity to come together and brand ourselves, starting in PRO and hopefully catching on down the ranks.

USA PRO has the levels, and the fact that some Americans feel that they must prove themselves in the USA league. But with their high level guttings and recent losses to other regions, the allure, I believe, is falling.

Western Europe has a great pedigree, but seems to be a very quiet league that you don't hear from much. Very tough, but a quiet confidence.

South America is loud. Much louder than they probably should be, given the beat downs they can receive at the hands of other PRO leagues -- but they have some amazing teams at the top. They have the branded Sombrero that everyone should be aware of.

Canada is solid. They play in a lot of tournaments and friendlies, and have some personalities over there, love 'em or hate 'em. Not nearly as quiet as W.Europe PRO, but a solid group.

Then there are the also rans (SE Asia, E.Europe, Africa) who you rarely hear from...though SE Asia seems to be a bit more vocal these days.

I have one recruit coming in who decided to join Melbourne not just because we have a solid team that has achieved success over a short period of time -- he was amazed by the activity in our own forums, and more importantly from a regional point of view -- he felt that the Oceania PRO forums were the
best kind of active of all the PRO leagues.

So what do we do with this? I think we have a rare opportunity to shock the GLB community and take O-PRO to the top, both in quality of competition and league activity. The catch is, it takes all of us uniting to achieve it. I also think working together on this will make the game that much more fun for those on the fence about the prospects of their GLB interest, now and in the future.

So, where do we go from here?

Branding Oceania PRO

- Logo or Symbol
----- We need something like the Sombrero that we can add to our avatars that people immediately associate with our region.

- Oceania Weekly (or in GLB terms, every other day) News
------ Our own sports section complete with game write ups, team additions and subtractions, GM/Owner/Player interviews, etc. Yes, the latter part means we'll have to be open with each other.

- O-PRO Website
------ History of Oceania PRO, champions, records if we can locate them, current teams and management, etc. Just a place where potential new recruits can learn more about the league at any time. Obviously someone with website experience to set it up, and then quickly train or explain to volunteers how to update it.

- Team Uniforms including Oceania PRO Logo
------ hold

Hold for more ideas...have some, but have two conference calls this afternoon

Oceania PRO - The Class of GLB

While South America takes the loud approach, I suggest we take the "high road" approach when challenging other leagues -- everything with a tough of class -- sure, we can still have fun banter pre-game, but after the game, win or lose, ALL CLASS -- which means no putting the other guys down, no excuses for losses, etc.

I'd also like to see us challenge every other PRO league each season -- not every team has to participate in the tourneys (friendlies aren't all free, as we know) but I think this would go a long way to showing other leagues and potential recruits that Oceania is the Class of GLB.

Again, this type of thing helps all of us in drawing people to Oceania, just like the above branding pieces.

Hold for more ideas

I'll keep this post updated, and would ask that a mod sticky this for now if some or everyone is interested in pursuing this, for the better of Oceania PRO as a league and Oceania as a region.

I'm willing to do a bunch of the leg-work and planning because I am in GLB as deep as I am because of this region and the other agents I've gotten to know in my time here. I strongly believe this is the best region in GLB by far, and I'm not afraid to admit it -- in fact, I want us all to shout it out a bit more than we do.

If you're in, or have any ideas, please post here. If I'm completely nuts, just tell me, I've got thick skin!

Cheers,

Matt Scace
Owner, THE Melbourne Thorny Devils

FAIL

Linker2596
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Jan 17, 2009 18:36:33

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Wow was that seriously necessary? Why don't you just go back to USA and stop junking up our great forums.

Tim Harper
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Jan 17, 2009 18:43:27

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Originally posted by Linker2596
Wow was that seriously necessary? Why don't you just go back to USA and stop junking up our great forums.

Your forums were junk long ago.

Linker2596
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Jan 17, 2009 18:48:49

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Originally posted by Tim Harper
Originally posted by Linker2596

Wow was that seriously necessary? Why don't you just go back to USA and stop junking up our great forums.

Your forums were junk long ago.

What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper
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Jan 17, 2009 18:55:34

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Originally posted by Linker2596
What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper brings people together.

Linker2596
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Jan 17, 2009 18:58:05

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Originally posted by Tim Harper
Originally posted by Linker2596

What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper brings people together.

You're definitely not bringing anyone together.

Tim Harper
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Jan 17, 2009 19:05:50

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Originally posted by Linker2596
Originally posted by Tim Harper

Originally posted by Linker2596

What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper brings people together.

You're definitely not bringing anyone together.

No?

Linker2596
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Jan 17, 2009 19:08:51

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Originally posted by Tim Harper
Originally posted by Linker2596

Originally posted by Tim Harper

Originally posted by Linker2596

What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper brings people together.

You're definitely not bringing anyone together.

No?

I still have no idea what you are talking about.

Tim Harper
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Jan 17, 2009 19:09:57

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Originally posted by Linker2596
Originally posted by Tim Harper

Originally posted by Linker2596

Originally posted by Tim Harper

Originally posted by Linker2596

What good does it do you to come in here and spam?

Tim Harper brings people together.

You're definitely not bringing anyone together.

No?

I still have no idea what you are talking about.

Really?

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