[HRBaker]

Commodores; .500 season and will remain in Gold.

Classics; .500 season and will remain in Bronze.

Stars; Wildcard chance at moving up to Silver.

UPDATE: Got by Wildcard, but lost in Division Series - will stay in Bronze.

Rail Kings: Should move to Iron "IF" they don't get beat by a Wildcard.

UPDATE: Lost World Series but will jump to Iron.

Overview

The top three teams are pretty much marooned into the Gold-Silver-Bronze template for the balance of this version, which will most likely result in being abandoned at the All-Star break.

On the other hand, the recently started Rail Kings, with an overall record of 374-112, will continue their slow march to whatever level they, too, will find as their saturation point. If they continue their initial luck and keep climbing, I'll stick with them, but if they falter into the G-S-B template mentioned above, then I'll wait till v26 to see if I want to try again.

I really can't stress enough how F2P players should have an option to play each other. I understand that folks that spend money want the "chicken fodder" to beat up on, but an additional option to play each other would go far in keeping us involved longer.