Brandon

@eagle_3450

The boys are back in town

Great work on this signature, love the colors on this and how much it stands out. Big fan of your render choice, text placement and overall sizing of everything as well, as it brings in the focal point front and center. Only suggestions on this would be to add a potential light source at the top for some lighting, and potentially drop the sharpness of the signature down by about 25%. Nicely done! 9/10

Really unique signature. At first glance, I thought you could do a bit more with the background potentially. But after looking at it for a while everything about this has grown on me. Lighting is really well done and ties this up really well. I'm a big fan of the mask swap you did, along with the effect you put on the logo to give it a bit of wear. Neat effect you did on the text with the cut going through, nice work! 9/10

Doing god's work

With only 20 games left in the season, and four playoff spots to be up for grabs, the VHLE is looking competitive as ever. At least for Istanbul, who is sitting 5th in the standings and 3 points back from the Geneva Rush for the 4th and final playoff spot. As the final stretch begins, Istanbul is looking to up their pace with all of the training that they have been putting in behind the scenes. What it comes down to is execution, and we will see how the final games play out. Whether or not Istanbul gets a playoff spot is entirely up to them, as they play Geneva in 8 out of their last 20 games. These 8 games will have a drastic effect on the standings, so each team will be looking to perform their best and take the game with a win in regulation. While Geneva has found tremendous success in both their top 2 lines, led by Eldon Escobar @TeeJay11 and Bob Chicoine @PoignardLeclerc11 who have both been lighting up the league. Istanbul has struggled to find consistent secondary scoring in their forward lines behind Connor Wilson @LeBron Jamezz for most of the season. Although that narrative may be changing with Jason Argos @Insypher and Landon Wolanin @jacobcarson877 who have both picked up their offensive play tremendously in the last 20 games, putting the game on their stick and taking over games at times.

1. I think as a team we are doing great, line 2 really has stepped it up the last few sims. I think the thing holding us back is my player doing absolutely nothing as of late. Hopefully that changes with the full build this week. 2. Love it. Although it can get a bit repetitive at times, but I wouldn't change it for the world. The way I am, autonomy is valued above everything for myself. 3. I think scoring depth comes in handy when it is needed most in the playoffs. Hopefully our top line can gel more to get back to the pace we were at to start the season! 4. People call it Mayvember in Vancouver where I am because it rains so much during this month. April was beautiful, but the last 2 weeks have been pretty wet. We tend to get a false spring in April, then skip right into Summer in June. 5. I think Red ends with 10 and Ed ends with 5. 6. I have a smoothie most mornings. 1/2 cup grounded up steel cut oats + 1/3 cup greek yogurt + blueberries / banana / strawberries / raspberries + flaxseeds + hemp seeds + chia seeds + 1 scoop whey isolate protein powder + 1 cup milk is usually my go-to

It's been quite the struggle of a season for Tomas Sogaard this year. 44 games into the season, and Sogaard is sitting at 13 goals, and 9 assists. Despite playing 1st line minutes on the opposite wing of Connor Wilson (22-25-47), the impact hasn't been there on the scoresheet. Notably, Sogaard started the season at a quality pace, but it's been in the last 20 games where his production has absolutely fallen off a cliff. We caught up with Sogaard quickly for some comments: "Unfortunately I put a lot of my time into training my offense this season, and the bounces haven't gone my way. I'm now shifting my time training on the ice towards defense, I want to win more battles down low and help the team in whatever way I can. We're on the edge of a playoff spot, and we need every game. I'm pretty disappointed in my performance so far, but I'm hopefully that I'll turn things around when we need it. Playoffs are my main priority, and then it's game time."

1. I would go with 1000 word essay. But I'm a very essay-everse person. Literally chose classes in university that didn't have essay's built into the coursework. I'd rather take exams 10/10 times than right a 10 page essay. 2. Dallas is proving to be stronger than I expected. I thought it would be Calgary in 6, but being up 3-1 in the series first. 3. I'd have to go with HOF. It's exceptionally hard to get into the HOF, can't pass on that one! 1. Is your player outperforming or underperforming your expectations before this season in the VHL / VHLE / VHLM? 2. What VHL team do you think has the best logo? 3. What is your favorite dessert?

Extremely creative signature. Big fan of the coloring and background layer choices that you made. Feels really clean, while also not being empty at the same time. I'm always impressed by your creativity and execution of font / positioning / sizing for text. Great blending and darkening of the sides combined with the lighting makes an overall fantastic sig. 9.5/10

When your signature loaded on my screen, I literally said DAMN out loud. First off, love the coloring of this signature and your choice to incorporate a bunch of different blues. Combined with the blending, this signature pops really well. Great choice of font, I probably would have tried to do a clean font, but this fits so much better. Overall, the signature feels aggressive but in a controlled way, while also being very easy to look at. 10/10

2. Geneva, we need to get those W's against them to enter the playoffs 5. Baseball + Hockey I always had superstitions. Baseball was a specific number of things I would do when entering the batters box. In hockey, it was the order in which I put on the gear, way I taped things. 6. Stuffed crust is fantastic fresh, although I prefer non-stuffed crust if I'm heating it up the next day 7. Pepperoni + Bacon is my go-to 8. I would say either Italy or Greece. Never been to Greece, but been to Italy a few times 9. I'm an espresso or nothing type of person. Although I usually have to make it because coffee-shops make it insanely strong

Those are two spicy looking teams

Claim 4/4

Thanks for the mention! Can't complain about a hat-trick, although the one stat I truly care most about is GWG's

Thank you father @youloser1337 for blessing us with more uncapped TPE P.s. Wanna add me to the notification list

Damn Moscow be catching strays

Really interesting way of using the space, especially the text. The way you structured it is perfect, and lends to an easy focal point. I enjoy your usage of colors (way more adventurous than I could have pulled off), and grain, especially on the text to make it blend seamlessly. The rotated font on the right side is sneaky sick as well. Not sure what I'd change really, possibly increase the lighting / color dodge lighting on the render even more and even make this a 375px wide sig (even though that is probably a heinous crime). This a really well done signature, well done. 9.5/10

1. For myself, transitioning to adulthood and actually growing up would be needing to cook / plan out every single days meals. I love cooking for someone else or other people, but I'm lazy when it's just me. 2. I think defensemen meta will be exposed pretty quickly, probably within the first 2 seasons. I'm already seeing some stand out builds that use TPE more efficiently than others, and perform exceptionally well. 3. Probably mainstream, although I'm not really a top 40 person 1. Is the season going how you predicted? 2. If you plan to re-create a player in the future, what position would you choose? 3. Do you have any pets? If so, what type?

It's been an extremely competitive and hard fought first 10 games for every single team in the VHLE this season. A surprising statistic to showcase just how close it's been, we've seen 12 of the 40 televised VHLE games, or 30% of games, go to overtime (and in most cases a shootout) to decide the winner. One things for sure, the fans are getting their money's worth. The goalie's are all putting up incredible save %, and the games are closer than they have ever been. With a mere 6 points separating the top and bottom of the standings, anything can happen over the course of the next 62 games. As team's train, find their chemistry, and players individually improve throughout the course of the season, we may see some shakeups throughout this standing. But let's be real, you want to know why Bratislava is really on top. The Answer? Special Teams and Penalties. It's an often overlooked aspect of the game, and it's currently where Bratislava is truly shining. They are not only 1st in Powerplay, but also 1st in Penalty Kill. Oh and did I mention that they have taken the least amount of penalties by a significant margin? Bratislava is currently outworking the opposing teams for the puck, and drawing many penalties because of this. Not only that, but their special teams execution is beating the next team by a whopping 2% in each category. We'll see how it shakes up as the season progresses, but if team's aren't able to crack the special teams of Bratislava, there may be some tough games ahead for many teams. Especially ones who can't keep themselves out of the sin bin. I'm talking to you Istanbul, Vasteras, Geneva, and Cologne One things for sure, this is going to be a fun ride of a season.

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Max earners till death. Peep back in the beginning of S86 season when we are all 800+ TPE. S83 draft class gonna be hype. Also shoutout to @jacobcarson877, one of the most active people in the lockerroom, and an absolute grinder with his build and TPE.