Victor

They're winning me back over, win over Argentina was top class. Finished top of group and then lost to a Portugal no one was impressed with in 2016 though.

Edwin Preencarnacion @Quik

Sorry I picked Germany to win the tournament every year since 2008 apart from 2014.

We certainly have a very good goaltender

Despicable behaviour forcing your way out of Toronto.

Fuck Argentina

Titans Americans Meute Wranglers

3-0 que

VAR is not for weak referees, some conviction is really needed even if they did ask you to have a look.

Dragon McDragon @Will

made america shit again

Real would be foolish to go for a near 30 year old - its also not really what they do. Kane is the perfect fit (or Icardi) but I think he actually wants to stay.

It's Sunday and that can only mean one thing - panic Fan 590. 1. I am disappointed with the poll on long PTs being split over numerous weeks. I feel that the poll is initially skewed against the option to go back to how it used to and more importantly that people are not thinking about the greater good. So I will propose something slightly different - if people want to be rewarded for writing longer MSs then we should do some combination of the following: - increase the capped TPE for a longer MS by 1/2 TPE depending on length - provide uncapped TPE for longer MSs - compensate longer MSs with a combination of the same 6 TPE but also Player Store money 2. I remain unconvinced by my allocation of points in the World Cup hardcore predictions but the spreadsheet in the pinned thread is now updated: https://vhlforum.com/forum/419-world-cup-2018-extravaganza/ Get in on the week 3 action! 3. I don't like that in the new portal update this is called a Fan 590. How is a new member meant to know it's called a Fan 590? That name hasn't been used in like 10 years.

Mr. Cast

1. Were you expecting to be drafted by Riga / were there any other teams you would have liked to go to? 2. Which has been your favourite player so far? 3. What are your long term plans with Preencarnacion - e.g. free agency, HOF aspirations, etc. 4. Your World Cup favourites at the moment? 5. What is love?

1. It's disappointing to see, I think people are being selfish by going for what is a fairly minimal benefit to the detriment of league activity. However at least I can see what the public opinion is now so will adjust my argument accordingly - possibly a hybrid system of TPE and say player store money and/or uncapped TPE might be beneficial. The fight for weekly submissions continues in my mind. P.S. I think the poll is inherently biased against option 3 based on its wording but won't be pursuing that further. 2. Been veering between Spain and Germany since before the tournament - so far haven't seen anything to convince me otherwise but of course at the same time haven't been convinced by either of them. Will stick to Spain at the moment but would also like to see some of Portugal, Belgium, and Croatia in the semi-final. 3. It's always hard to predict how things will go on such a bad team so just not being completely awful is pleasing. The RotY race is close but I don't think I'll get involved in that so just maintaining point-per-game pace would be useful at the moment.

Worst European team by some distance, quite underwhelming tbh. Hopefully Argentina next.

Dzyuba

Will cry if he gets golden boot tbh.

It truly is coming home.

We were doing quite well for 40 minutes.

Get Daring Do off this team!

1. Very happy - have wanted to play for Riga for a while being my actual home town (or birthplace I guess more than home town). Great franchise, good GM, past success and set up well for the future both with S61 and looking forward. Should be a fun ride. 2. No, I was open to all teams but Riga was my #1 destination the whole way through. 3. I like to aim high so Rookie of the Year, but that often comes down to the level of competition, so just a season which won't hurt my HOF aspirations in the long run will be good enough. 4. I think New York are still the strongest roster and will make up for last year's heartache. Helsinki are worse, Calgary and Davos aren't there yet in my mind. 5. Generally the contenders require the most effort due to more updates to go through - I think Helsinki might have been the worst because I needed to wait for their whole squad to be depreciated in the portal and then check their updates. That said, finding some of the random FAs that Seattle or Toronto sign is also a bit annoying.

The most impressive teams so far are Russia and Belgium - i.e. the 2 teams who have faced some of the tournament's worst teams. Granted, Uruguay and England struggled more against those teams - still very inconclusive evidence. Meanwhile, all the favourites are uninspiring to downright awful. Exciting stuff. And longest start to a World Cup without a 0-0! Batshuayi's quest for a goal that game was also hilarious.

Absolute scenes.