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Phuket Files a Name Change

Le Permanent Council·

Le Council processes ownership changes on the Exchange without comment, as a matter of procedure, several times a week. It does not usually write about them. It is writing about this one because the filing that accompanied it exceeded, by some margin, the space provided on the form for accompanying remarks.

The Filing

The share ledger at phk crossed the majority threshold on the 6th. The holder is Tiinyhandz, inducted to the Hall of Fame for Best Podcast Host in Season 1, host of the community program Hockay Today, and, as of the 6th, majority owner of record for the club formerly known as the Phuket Parrots

Majority ownership carries a documented set of privileges. Le Council did not invent the naming privilege and will not editorialize on whether it should exist. It exists. It was exercised. The club is now the Phuket Podcasters.

The submitted statement, reproduced here in full because Le Council's procedure requires attaching owner remarks to the public filing when the owner requests it, and this owner requested it:

"Look, parrots just parrot things back. Podcasters? We talk endlessly until everyone else surrenders. As owner and host, I'm officially rebranding us to the Phuket Podcasters. Our new game plan is simple: skate hard, hit harder, and record a mandatory 2-hour post-game episode directly in the opponent's locker room before they can take their skates off."

Le Council notes that "mandatory" is not a designation Le Council recognizes, that the opponent's locker room is not property the filing entitles the holder to, and that none of this appears anywhere in the Exchange's actual rulebook. Le Council notes this, and moves on, because moving on is also procedure.

What Changes, What Doesn't

The Andaman Pavilion keeps its name, its capacity, and its Festive designation — the modifier that elevates scoring for both sides was not supposed to apply to visitors as generously as it does, and ownership changes do not touch modifiers. Nobody has corrected that in three seasons. Nobody is starting now.

What changes: the name on the sweater, the two colors on the wall, and the mark above the tunnel. New palette, new logo, effective with this filing. Historical results, past broadcasts, and every game already on the record keep the name that was true when they were played — Le Council does not revise the past because the present asked nicely.

Closing

Le Council has no further remarks on this filing beyond the ones already made above, on the record, at some length. The club is the Phuket Podcasters now. The next visiting team to The Andaman Pavilion should plan accordingly, and should bring their own microphone, because the home broadcast will not be sharing.

The game continues. Stick around.