[quote author=ItalianStallion link=topic=232.msg2111#msg2111 date=1279134701]<br />Yeah I was approached to captain this season and I would of done it, but I wasn&#039;t even sure if I was going to participate in this season to be honest.&nbsp; But when I found out I could&#039;ve, someone was already chosen for the job.<br />[/quote]<br />yeah, that was totally the reason. and not you rooting for canadiens. yeah.<br /><br />imo the loudest reasons for franchising or not don&#039;t really matter that much. the outcome is more or less the same, so perhaps the psychological outcome or the solution that lets more new people in should be considered.<br /><br />the main argument against franchising, aka &#039;packed teams&#039;, could be also explained with this: nostar+chewy. that&#039;s it, that&#039;s your whole problem with franchising. this overpowered team could win mb with whoever for the third. like, fluffles with his 200+ms would get them to mb. the only reason .WAD failed was the genius pick of map24 for homefield with a pinging runner. nostar learned from his silly mistake and avoids pingers on ping-hating maps ever since. and he wins. franchising gets removed? chewy quits. this season would have been pretty much the same if you retained franchising, but banned chewy for being too good.<br /><br />if you feel (not) franchising gives new players more opportunities, just go that way. the other reasons are just crap like &#039;i wanna play with my buttbuddy&#039; or &#039;i don&#039;t want you to play with your buttbuddy&#039;. that&#039;s wholly personal and only shows how small and stale idl is getting.<br /><br />[size=1][sub]fucking fat american noobs unable to decide without the old continent pros...[/sub][/size]