League · Field Guide

The Lexicon

Names, titles, brackets, named rivalries, and the rituals behind them. The vocabulary that makes a league a club, defined.

Field Guide · 01

Titles & Tags

Alpha DILF: the in-season leader — Whoever currently sits in 1st place in the standings. Worn (and lost) week by week. The crown for who's on top right now.
Punching Bag: most points-against — The manager with the most points scored against them across the season. The defense everyone hangs points on.
Pts Engine: highest points-for — The team scoring the most points across the league — highest cumulative points-for. The badge only renders when they aren't already the standings leader (Alpha DILF takes precedence when both belong to the same manager).
Wildcard: playoff berth without a top-5 finish — The highest-scoring team outside the top 5. Earns a playoff berth despite missing the regular cut, sliding into the wildcard round of the championship bracket.
Toilet Bowl Loser: the dishonor — Loser of the Toilet Bowl Final at the end of the postseason (Wk 17) — bottom of the loser-bracket through Wks 15–17. Finishes 12th overall. Bears the trophy nobody wants through the offseason.

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Rivalry Week: Wk 13 — Thanksgiving week. Pre-determined matchups between named pairings (see Rivalries below). The page tints oxblood, the swords come out, and bragging rights compound.
Playoff Picture: Wk 14 — The math week. Who's clinched, who's eliminated, who needs their rivalry-week opponent to lose by 12+. Clinching scenarios are surfaced explicitly.
Wildcard Round: Wk 15 — Seeds 3, 4, 5, and the wildcard play in. Only seeds 1 and 2 get a first-round bye into the semifinal round.
Semifinals: Wk 16 — Four-team round. Wildcard-round winners face the bye seeds. Winners advance to the Championship.
Championship: Wk 17 — Single matchup between the two semifinal winners. Winner is crowned champion and earns a year's bragging rights.
Toilet Bowl: the bottom bracket — The dignified misery the bottom four (seeds 9–12) play through across Wks 15–17. Loser of the Toilet Bowl Final wears the Toilet Bowl Loser tag.

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The Engineering Engagement: Alex × Jacob. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.
The Kappa Kerfuffle: Emily × Stephen. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.
The Trombone Toss-Up: Josh × Nico. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.
The Flint Hills Fracas: Alec × Zac. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.
The Reserve Rumble: MiKayla × Nick. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.
The Mission Melee: Arron × Evan. A pre-determined Wk 13 matchup; the win counts in season standings, but the bragging rights run year-round.

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i. Throne contenders: ranks 1–4 — The four teams with the strongest composite power-rating. The actual championship hunt.
ii. In the hunt: ranks 5–8 — The middle four. Either climbing toward a playoff slot or sliding away from one — rarely static.
iii. Toilet bowl bound: ranks 9–12 — The lower four. Headed toward the Toilet Bowl unless something dramatic shifts in the back stretch.

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Legacy Score: career-achievement metric — Cumulative across every season the league has played. Championship +100, podium +50, playoffs +20, Toilet Bowl Loser −20, plus per-win and per-season points. The /history page ranks managers by it.
Manager Hue: color identity — Each of the 12 active managers has a unique OKLCH hue (chroma 0.16, lightness theme-aware via --manager-lightness). The 7 alumni share a single muted cool gray. Hues are reinforcement, never the only signal — name and avatar always accompany.