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We are rolling out the brand-new Redemption Pool & Star Queue system, but since this information is being released later than we would like during Week 2, we want to give everyone a fair chance to participate.

Because of this, we are extending the Week 2 deadline. For those in the USA, this now falls on Thanksgiving day. Our hope is that you are already nearly finished with your skin anyway and this will not conflict with holiday plans. If it does, please inform the SSPBL team as soon as possible!!!

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We’re excited to officially launch SSPBL.org, a new website for organizing and presenting SSPBL in a clearer, more structured way. Made by our very own Zitzabis.

This group page will stay active, but the website gives players and organizers a much easier way to follow the season.
Instead of digging through wall posts and threads, everything is now neatly collected in one place.

Here’s what the site offers:

• A clean timeline of the entire season
• Easy-to-read matchup pages with direct links to polls
• A visible section showing active polls so you don't miss one
• Auto-updating bracket visuals for each round
• An interactive bracket that allows you to click names to see their skins and poll threads

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⭐ The Redemption Pool & Star Queue

The biggest addition made possible by the website is a new redemption system that encourages consistency and keeps more players involved each week.

• Submit a skin every week to stay eligible!
  
• You never know when you might get added to the redemption pool. To secure a chance to rejoin the bracket, we encourage you to keep making skins every week!
  (This is optional. If you are done for the season, that's ok.)
  
  
• Redemption Pool = close losses from the previous week.
• Submitting a skin while in the Pool can earn you stars.
  
  
• Star Queue = a priority line based on how many stars you’ve earned.
• Skipping a week removes you from the Star Queue and resets your stars.
  
  
• Redemption Pool resets weekly; stars only reset if you skip.

This system rewards reliability, gives more players a chance to step in as replacements, and adds a fun new layer of strategy to the season.

Those who earned stars but we didn't need them as a replacement, will still get honorable mentions at the end of the season.

Redemption lists and star queue information is all displayed on the website!

Full explanation and strategy guide:
https://sspbl.org/guide#strategy-guide

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