Renomitsu

38. The VHL playoffs have started and round 1, or the wildcard round, has been complete. Who are your rooting for to go all the way? Why did you pick them? I think I picked the Toronto Legion to go all the way in my predictions, so I guess them. I like TPE and I can't root for Seattle in the playoffs fruitfully this season. 39. Who do you feel is the most underrated team in the playoffs and why? Helsinki. They had a mediocre regular-season record and are definitely going underappreciated, but they've somehow made it through 15 playoff games so far! 40. Who do you feel are this seasons underdogs? Us, duh! I mean, I guess we're bears and not dogs, but everyone's writing us off. You know what that means for the Bears in upcoming seasons. 41. Who do you think will be the playoff MVP? Probably Mac Atlas. Highest-scoring player on the team most likely to go all the way - but he might be skipped over in favor of their netminder Joel Castle. 42. What is your player doing, if playing for Seattle, and not taking part in the playoffs? I don't play for Seattle right now. Soon (tm) though!! 43. How have you been doing overall in life? What's been going on lately? It's going well. I'm moonlighting my weekends away to earn some extra cash and pay off my student loans faster than the vast majority of docs do. I've matched to my dream program for pediatric nephrology (kidney medicine) and couldn't be happier.

Have to leave a lot of information out because it includes 1) a hospital I have previously worked at and 2) all of my personal information. This one is for the Children's Miracle Network and is in USD ($134 CAD equivalent, so 67 entries). I'd like to use 33 for my entries and 34 for @Jeffie43, no particular numbers required. Happy to confirm by sending full screenshot to admins if needed!

$20, but only because I fresco. It's still Golden Monkey.

Hi, happy birthday @Josh

Stockholm, Sweden – There’s a lot of debate as to whether the Bratislava Watchmen or Stockholm Vikings will make it into the playoffs as the 4 seed. 66 (or for some, 67) games into the regular season, the two teams are equal in games played and just a single point apart, though the Vikings hold a substantial goals for (191-174) lead without much of a deficit in goals against (189-186). It’s been clear for the last couple of weeks that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will be a top two seed, sitting a pretty 9 points ahead of the second-place Rome Gladiators and, barring a catastrophic collapse in the last few games of the season should be #1. Some players have commented that it’s nice to “have the buffer” of the Oslo Storm, who currently sit in the doldrums with just 42 points earned – though 19 wins is not a horrid mark for a team in the thick of a rebuild, with several mid-range players above 250 TPE but not quite hitting 400. On the other hand, in a league supposed to be devoted to competition, it’s a bit frustrating for some to see they’re not even attempting to compete.

1. We're entering the home stretch now, with the Vikings winning three of four games against the Bratislava Watchmen to pull four points ahead of their threat to a playoff spot. What's your confidence level heading into this week's match-ups? 10/10. If you don't have confidence in yourself, what are you doing playing pro hockey, right? 2. Who has the team MVP been to this point? Lots of candidates, but I think Pereira deserves it at this point. Hard to pass on a player that is sacrificing as much of himself as he has. 3. What is your secret to success on and off the ice? I'm totally not a moth Nothing specific. 4. Thanksgiving has come and gone in the United States, is your tree up yet? Nope, I don't plan on having a tree this year; I tend to keep totally to myself at home and help decorate communal trees (like one in our workroom). 5. I encountered snowfall on the way to work this morning, have you had to deal with snow yet this season? Sadly no. I really like snow and where I live there's only maybe one snow a year. 6. Rumors swirling out of Chicago are that Corey Perry, who the Blackhawks brought in to be a father-type of mentor for Connor Bedard, has allegedly engaged in extramarital affairs with Connor's mother. On a scale of 0 to 10, how much did Perry understand the assignment? Uh... I have no idea. 6.9?

Stockholm, Sweden – What started off as a miserable VHLE debut last season has turned into a success story for Spanish Moon Moth. The underperforming winged giant barely made it past the 25 point mark for the Bratislava Watchmen in S90, but two-thirds of the way through this VHLE season has managed a startling 62 points. There’s something left to be desired in the team results department, of course – he’s managing a mere -3 in plus-minus to a scarcely-positive stat last season and the Vikings are now fifth in VHLE playoff contention – but his individual success is on display for all to see. “There’s something to be said about offense, certainly,” a representative for the Moth said at a recent press conference, “but the point of the game is to score more goals than your opponent, and Spanish Moon understands that they are at least as culpable on the defensive end of the ice as he is responsible for goals and assists on the other side. It’s a frustrating process for everyone involved and they want to see it through to the end.” Some players are gearing up for what’s sure to be an eventful VHL draft in a handful of weeks; Spanish Moon, on the other hand, is struggling to make sure his team’s season is a long as it can be.

1. Thanksgiving is somehow almost here in the United States, while Canada had theirs all the way back on October 9th. What's your favorite part of the big meal on Thanksgiving? I don't know - admittedly I've worked so many holidays that I haven't had a great chance to celebrate those holidays recently. I loved getting together and just being with family, as is the case for most of my holidays. I don't have a creepy aunt or uncle that's really awkward to be around, so it's all positive vibes for me. 2. The Vikings are on a roll! They've climbed into a playoff spot and with a trade for another defenseman, Swinsola, Stockholm seems to be putting it all together at the right time. How far up the standings can they go? #1! C'mon, sky's the limit. 3. There are some Vikings, such as Spanish Moon Moth, Grimgor Ironhide, and Olober Syko that are performing amongst the best at their positions this season. Do you think any of them could win any awards this season? I hope Ironhide wins best two-way player. I don't particularly care if my own player wins awards, just so long as we can eke into the playoffs and make some noise. 4. What's your favorite Thanksgiving tradition? Going into a food coma after tons of food eheheh 5. What nation really needs more representation in the VHL? Isle of Man! That's what Sunset Moth and I are trying to figure out. 6. What historical figure do you think unfairly gets a bad rap? Probably a whole bunch of figures that we don't know very well because they get dismissed as "horrible foreigners" by the "winning team."

10. Did you do anything special for Halloween? I was working in the children's hospital on Halloween; dressed up as the Cowardly Lion as part of a group costume! 11. Black Friday is approaching. Have any plans to buy anything? IF YOU could, what would you buy? Nope, I'm also going to be working Black Friday and have absolutely zero plans of waking up even earlier haha 12. Thoughts on how your player is doing this season? I wish that my player's performance led to more team success personally. It's hard to watch any kind of good performance on a team that isn't doing well, because that means I'm not performing well in the right way. 15. @Otaznik leads the way for the Bears right now. They've really turned it up a notch to help Seattle. What's their secret? Pure, unadulterated skill. Nothing more, nothing less. 16. @DMaximus currently needs some help to improve their play. Shit happens! Any secret tips that can give them an edge??? No big concerns from me. It'll come with time. 17. @youloser1337 after a rough start of something like 0 points in 5gp, they're now a PPG. What song do they listen to each night before bed for good luck???? There's a recent floorball series from JomBoy media and one of their teams (We Got Ice) made a custom song for scoring goals. I like to imagine youloser's player listens to that.

1. We're sitting at 7-12-3 as of the time of writing. What do you think we can do to improve our record? 2. Grimgor Ironhide is top 10 in points and #1 in hits. How has he managed that? 3. Who's the unsung hero of this season so far? 4. Four of our players are in the top ten for shots taken. Why are we having difficulty winning games? 5. What do you think the future of the VHLE is given the recent contraction? 6. If you could go back and play for the VHLM (sorry, you almost certainly can't now), which GM or team would you want to play for most and why?

1. Season 91 is just around the corner, what are your expectations for yourself entering the new season? I want to be a top scorer and show I'm ready for the transition to the VHL! 2. What does Stockholm need to do to end their current playoff drought? Oof, we unfortunately might need more than this season to scoot our way into a reasonable playoff contention spot. Probably another season or two of smart building. 3. Who has the biggest breakout potential on this team? We're a strong all-round team, which means any of us can break out on any given night. But as far as season-long dominance, I think that's hard to say. 4. What do you believe is the ideal job to have in the VHL? Long-time BOG member with tenure kekW 5. Does fighting still have a place in hockey? It should, but the sim doesn't really use morale in a way that allows enforcing/fighting to be useful for VHL in particular. 6. Where do you fall on the alignment chart? Ooh, definitely Lawful Good. I'm very boring, 100% a goody two-shoes.

10. Halloween is around the corner. Do you have any plans? I'll be working. I'm going to be a flying monkey from The Wizard of Oz! 11. The VHL is throwing a Halloween party. What does your player dress up as? A... uh... a moth. Probably. 12. Looking back, what are some of the best things YOU dressed up as for Halloween? Honestly I remember dressing up as Robin for Halloween and having a lot of fun with it. 13. Do you have any memories of Halloween that stood out for you? I mean, the house that always gave out king-size candy bars and FunDip is a core memory for me. That and a few houses on my street that would absolutely go all-out for Halloween that scared the heck outta me. Those were always a ton of fun! 14. What are some of your favorite treats to get on Halloween? See the above. FunDip is literally just sugar and it was fun to get. 17. Seattle seems to have transitioned nicely into a retool. What are your thoughts on the future of the team? Very bright. No particular reason. 18. How is life for you right now? Absurdly busy, which is why I'm getting all of my point tasks done at 8:30 PM on a Sunday night. I've either been at a wedding or working (mostly working) all of the last 9 weekends with no weekdays off while interviewing, so that's a thing.

Seattle, WA – The Bears are introducing a Moth! After a tragic end to their season with a first-round series loss to Rome, the Moths found themselves in a position to likely be split up at the start of their VHL careers. Indeed, it was too good to be true – with talent that scaled well into the VHLE despite having just a fraction of a season in the VHLM, the Moths seemed to be on an excellent trajectory. The two met their match in Europe, with Spanish Moon virtually nonexistent on the team through the first 55 games of the season before finally picking up a handful of points in the back stretch while Sunset Moth was steady all season long. With the two both projecting as first round picks with good-to-great potential, there were limited options for drafting to the same team – Moscow had a few picks in the top five, positions where either moth might be considered a reach, Riga owned 8 and 12, and Chicago owned 6 and 11. When Seattle took Spanish Moon it was considered a personal victory – but their second selection wouldn’t become available until just after the Warsaw Predators snatched Sunset Moth with 13th overall. In short, Spanish Moon Moth is devastated to be separated from his moth compatriot. Why do things have to be this way? :<

1. What are your thoughts on the Bears playoff performance? It's a bit unfortunate! Going 1-3 when your goal differential is only -1 is disappointing and not at all typical, and it's never a great feeling to go out of the playoffs early-ish. 2. Thoughts on Shrimp and Bogatyrev testing FA? I think it's fair. Player agency exists in the VHL arguably even more than in the NHL and it's a reasonable thing to do if you're looking out for yourself from time to time. 3. Thoughts on all the stuff Bogatyrev has been saying in the media? I have no idea what Bogatyrev has been saying so I can't tell you! 4. Thoughts on the Seattle Bears draft and adding so many amazing members? I'm excited to join the Bears, finally!! 5. What are your expectations for this upcoming season? I am planning on being in the VHLE for this upcoming season, so I don't really know the landscape of the VHL. I'm going to do well on the Vikings and hopefully get them where they want to be. 8. What have you been up to in life lately? Interviewing for fellowship, which is a way of sub-specializing in medicine. I have just one interview left for pediatric nephrology (i.e. kidney medicine like dialysis, kidney injury, and hypertension in children) and going to a lot of friends' weddings!! 9. What is one thing that's positive that you're looking forward to in life? I match to fellowship in just over a month! That's exciting/terrifying.

SPARTAN I did it this time!

1. What is your immediate reaction to our playoff elimination? Are you happy with your individual performance? Rigged! There's no way we didn't win this one I think my player did OK, but clearly Spanish Moon Moth needed to do more to prevent the loss in the series. 2. Heading into the off-season, what are your plans to prepare for the upcoming season? Spanish Moon is probably going to mope and be sad for a few weeks in preparation for being drafted to the VHLE and VHL. Losing is hard. 3. If you take a vacation, are you staying at home to relax or going away to become a full on tourist? Recently and generally in my life I would stay home to relax. However, with some big decisions coming up soon I have to be a tourist. 4. Where is your player headed to next season? Are you excited for whatever is to come? I don't know! That's the spooky part. I'm headed to the VHLE draft, where I suspect my stock may drop because my player is only going to be there for a maximum of one season, and some VHL team is going to try to draft my player too I guess. 5. The FTX Amazon Apple Microsoft Temu Rogers Rorydome sponsored by Shein is undergoing renovations heading into next season, what do you suggest we add? Needs more sponsors. I heard X/Twitter is a great investment right now and totally politically inoffensive. 6. What is a pokemon that you were positive had an evolution as a kid, but it turns out it never did? Kangaskhan. I mean, come on, Cubone -> Marowak -> maybe Kangaskhan made sense, right? I know that's not the order you were thinking of since Cubone truly does have an evolution, but I'd think one Pokemon leads up to Kangaskhan.

After what seemed like a fantastic streak to start the playoffs, the Bratislava Watchmen's streak came to an end in a heartbreaking game 7 that saw the Slovakian team fall to Rome by a full three goals. Bratislava packed up their things and went home before even reaching the finals this season – a disheartening outcome for what seemed like a very promising team. But the post-season wasn’t without at least a few bright spots – many on the team performed reasonably well, and although his plus-minus wasn’t anything to write home about (seriously, in the end it was -1), Spanish Moon Moth could at least say it went better than his regular season. Moth, who with his friend Sunset Moth comprised important newcomers to the European team, led the playoffs with 9 points and 4 goals despite the overall negative box plus-minus, and attempted 25 total shots – a full half shot per game more than his regular season totals. It was the first time the Moth had come close to a point per game (and in fact exceeded it for the playoffs) – meaning the European team has a lot to look forward to last season given Spanish Moon’s glacial start to the season. “We are… very excited, yes,” the probably-humanoid moth thing said, “I understand now how some of our friends on other teams like to defend and I think I can make something of this career.”

1. What will be the biggest challenge when matching up against a strong Rome team? Consistency. I think one of our challenges this season has been consistency game-to-game and that could easily be our downfall against a Rome team I think we're better than (as it turns out, this was the case ) 2. Are you a fan of the new playoff format where only the top four teams make it? Or would you prefer a wild card round be played? For the VHLE? Yeah, I guess it makes sense. I don't particularly care for a wild card round and we recently contracted, so it makes sense that not everyone is included necessarily. 3. If you had to choose between winning some individual awards or winning the cup with your team, which would you choose and why? The cup obviously. I've never been much of an individual accolades person and I'm OK with personal success only after team success. 4. Do you have a lucky piece of equipment that you keep around? Why or why not? Absolutely not. Spanish Moon Moth is someone who believes in their personal fortitude, strength, and skill over superstition (though if the superstition helps I suspect SMM would be open to the idea). 5. You have been tasked with coming up with a mascot concept for the team, but the mascot absolutely can not be a lighthouse. What is your idea? It'll be a destroyed seafaring ship, with the implication being that our maritime infrastructure would fail without us (plus it'd be a weird homage to the angry boats). 6. The NHL will be starting up shortly. Are you optimistic for your favourite team heading into the season? Or are you more worried about their chances? I don't follow the NHL. I know it's crazy, but it's true nonetheless. I've only been playing make-pretend hockey for like a decade.

1. If you were Bratislava GM, which area of the team would you look to strengthen in a trade, and why? Ex-AGM (not you, hylands). dylan is quite mean to me. 2. There has been basically no trade activity around the league, why do you think that is? Probably a touch lower overall activity, plus I think the standings show there are pretty distinctly competitive vs non-competitive teams, so I guess there isn't much marginal benefit to be gained from teams with few resources and poor standings. 3. For those of you that have been VHL drafted, which team will you be graduating to, and are you excited? For the moths that haven't been drafted, do you have a preference or any hopes for the eventual VHL draft? Wherever Sunset goes. Preferably somewhere good, but McWolf and I have been on the same team only sparingly for our entire existences :[ 4. Are you at all interested in becoming a GM in one of the leagues? Or have you had past GM experience? NOPE. I GMed a successful team in the EFL for several seasons and I'm good with just having that experience. 5. Can you recommend me an awesome band that I've probably never heard of? I don't know what bands you know! I love Sammy Rae and the Friends, Lawrence, and Couch. Does that help? 6. If you were in charge of taking the team out to dinner, what kind of restaurant are you taking us to? Thai food. Everyone loves thai food.

Bratislava, Slovakia – Well, it only took 50 games into the season, but it looks like Spanish Moon Moth might finally start contributing. The thoroughly overshadowed centerman-turned-wing (temporarily) has finally caught up to the second-to-last leading point earner on the team in Loki Baker DMD, with 15 total points. The moth was added in the offseason in a supposed blockbuster Free Agent signing and sign-and-trade situation in which Bratislava also was able to obtain defender Sunset Moth. The latter of the two immediately began contributing and currently sits at 32 points, with 10 goals/22 assists as their split and a team-leading 9.62% shooting percentage. On the other hand, Spanish Moon Moth was in the single digits for scoring as of a dozen games ago and has finally hit 15 points, in their case with a 9 goal/6 assist split despite playing 24 minutes a game. Five of these points – a full third of SMM’s total for the season – were obtained in just two games. The first was a September 13th game against Rome where Spanish shot seven times and had a hat trick, the only goals scored by the Watchmen in that game, and the second was a two-goal game against the Cologne Express where Spanish shot another six times – which ultimately made the difference in a 3-2 Bratislava win. With how boom/bust Spanish Moon Moth has been, many fans are still wondering if his signing was worthwhile this offseason – but if he can put up games like this in the last third of the season, hopefully he can continue to quiet his critics.

1. The team has been one of many streaks this season, our most recent being four losses. What do we need to do to turn that around? I'm not advocating for any of us to become Tonya Harding, but perhaps we could use coercive tactics... That's right. Full send into Fighting and Checking. 2. Which team's position in the standings (could be any one of the three leagues) are you most surprised about this season, and why? Ours. WHY AREN'T WE FIRST ;-; The sim is a fickle mistress. 3. Having gone through half a season so far, do you think the contraction to six teams was a positive change? Yes, I'd say it feels overall competitive (save for the Olso Storm) without feeling explicitly coin-flippy against every team. It seems like we're clearly top four and only regularly lose to Vasteras. 4. Who would be your early pick for MVP of Bratislava so far, and why? @McWolf/Sunset Moth, of course How could I choose anyone else? Sunset balances out how terrible Spanish Moon has been, and we've already had a question about how awesome our goalie is so I need to pick a new answer. 5. Do you have anything special in your locker in the dressing room besides hockey equipment? Mothball remover. Don't ask. 6. Which city that hasn't seen a franchise among all of the VHL leagues would you like to see get a team? Atlanta would be an interesting North American Conference add. Or maybe Minneapolis-St. Paul? I thought we used to have a Minnesota team but I might be mistaken.

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1. We are about 1/3rd of the way into the season. Is your player performing how you expected them to? Actually I'm much less involved in the offense than I expected to be. I'm a little saddened by it to be honest 2. Our goaler Jonny Elgar leads the league in save percentage and goals against. How important is an elite goaltender to the team's success? I dunno, I feel like I hear "yes you must max earn" and "goalie TPE doesn't matter at all" sometimes one sentence after another. Is it a random number generator or directly proportional to your TPE? We've gotta get that story and fact straight. 3. If you could be any animal, which one would you be and why? A capybara. Imagine being at one with the world as they always seem to be. 4. If you were stuck at burning man, what lengths would you go to to survive? Why am I at Burning Man? Do I hate money and myself? 5. Are you a beach and ocean type person, or more of a woods and lake type person? Why not both in different weekends? I'm probably a bit more of a woods/lake type person, though if we could do that without the risk of ticks that would be great. 6. What is your favourite nostalgic media to consume? Probably Dragon Age: Origins. Is that too specific?

Bratislava, Slovakia – After an absolutely horrendous 0-4 start, the Bratislava Watchmen have ostensibly righted a ship – their own – and stabilized to a 14-10 record through the first couple dozen games, culminating in a critical 4-2 win over the league-leading Vasteras Iron Eagles just in the last day. “They seemed on the verge of just burning it all down and trading everyone away in an attempt to salvage the season,” one totally-not-dubious source reported to local media, “everyone was open for trade talks and it looked like the Moths were on their way out, yep, totally. Nobody has ever over-reacted to the first sim but this time it happened.” Though the above source refuses to be named and seems to be putting controversial news out for the sake of clicks, which has never happened on the internet before, one player that is clearly struggling is Spanish Moon Moth – one of the free agent commodities from this offseason. His companion Sunset Moth has made a huge impact with the third-highest points on the team (20) as a defensemoth as well as an impressive 52 shots blocked, making the team’s trade seem as though it has paid off in spades. Unfortunately, they’ve only gotten truly half of what they planned on benefiting from as Spanish Moon lags behind with just 4 points generated and a pitiful 3.92 shot %.