The Doors Are Open. The Ice Has Been Waiting.
Le Council does not make announcements lightly. Le Council also does not make announcements late—the clocks read 14:00:00 UITC, and the doors are open. You were told this would happen. It has happened. The Almighty Ice spread to twenty cities and Hockay began, and now you can watch it happen from your screen like a reasonable person.
Create your account. This part is not automatic. No account will be conjured on your behalf. Nothing materializes from preregistration alone. You were notified because you asked to be notified—not because The Ice has taken care of the paperwork. The Ice does not do paperwork. Le Council does the paperwork. And Le Council is, right now, waiting for you to fill yours out.
If you registered before this moment, Le Council knows. You are in the records.
All preregistrants will be celebrated. But some preregistrants will be more celebrated than others.
The First Season Ever begins Wednesday at 14:00:00 UITC.
Twenty teams. Ten games on Matchday 01. The skates have been sharpened. The arenas are open and waiting. Twenty rosters full of players who have been preparing for this—whatever this is—and the only thing missing, as of this moment, is fans in the seats.
Between now and Wednesday, Le Council recommends the following:
☐ Take the T.A.P.E. It exists. It knows things. Your team is out there—across twenty cities, six continents, and one Antarctic research station—and the T.A.P.E. will tell you which one was already yours. Do not overthink it. The T.A.P.E. does not reward overthinking.
Find out which team you should pick →
☐ Explore the site. Read the teams. Read the arenas. Every arena has a history. Some arenas have things that are not histories. The Jambono has touched all of them. This is simply true.
☐ Understand the Looneys (Ⱡ). You will have them. You will care about them—this is expected, Le Council has observed it before. You will bet them on outcomes and feel the full range of associated emotions in real time. This is Hockay. This is the point.
☐ Find your seat before Wednesday. The feed starts at 14:00 UITC. JM calls the first play. A puck drops somewhere on The Ice. Twenty arenas come online. The First Season Ever begins—and so does whatever comes with it.
You were here before the doors opened. Le Council noted this.
Now come in. And stick around.