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The Fat Reaper should definitely be their mascot. Too many philly cheesesteaks.

Hello hello my good people of the VHL. I am welcoming you to my first VHL media spot since the year of 2008. If you can remember that media spot, you are old and have a general understanding of how times have changed since then. I’ve been debating doing this for a long time but I’m at the point where I’m getting a little burnt out on the graphics – and while I HATE writing up essays and trying to think of the perfectly structured sentence, I feel like I can truly bang this out pretty quick and claim a few weeks on Miklavz. I am going to rate every single logo in the VHL, VHLM and VHLE. The logos will be ranked by league and depending on how this goes I may even dive into the retired logo - including ones we don’t own, but I don’t think we can get into any trouble for LIKING another logo, can we? The only thing you folks need to remember is this is just my personal opinion. I apologize in advance if I rank a logo that you designed low because in the end, I am just some dumb guy online deciding which picture of the simulation hockey league team I like more. I am going to try and make this an enjoyable read for you folks as I compliment and roast these logos - but honestly, I’m mainly here for the TPE grind and to share my honest opinion of them. For some of these I had a hard time deciding on just because I either liked or hated them equally. So as a tiebreaker I sent them to my fiancé and said “pick one”, where she would kindly respond to me with “I don’t know that one I guess” and despite the lack of confidence in the response I chose it anyway because the quicker I get this ranking out the quicker I can consume that TPE. I am going to start from the bottom which will leave us to the VHLM, so the first logo here will be (IN MY OPINION) the worst logo in the worst league (skill-wise of course). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #10: PHILADELPHIA REAPERS Ok I’m not saying that I started this whole thing because I really wanted to share my two-cents on the Reapers logo, but I will say I was very EEXCITED to provide myself the opportunity to do so. The first time I looked at this logo, I, like any normal person said - “what in the f*ck is going on here?”. At the start, I thought that little bit of white was an eye with this big detailed mother fucker staring directly to the left. This was until someone pointed out that the right side of the graphic is in fact a hood, and therefore a reaper. Now that makes a bit more sense I guess, and from that I noticed its scythe. But I still have to ask what the fuck is on its chin? They kind of look like big ol’ lips, or are they just supposed to represent wrinkles in his robe? I still haven’t figured it out yet and don’t think I ever will. It just gets to the point where I don’t have the mental capacity process it and give up after staring at it for so long. As for the positives, I do enjoy the colors of this logo and kit. I’m a pretty big teal guy so they definitely get my interest there. The yellow and red trim are a nice touch too and I bet the hypothetical jerseys would look extremely cool – but this is in fact a logo ranking, not a jersey ranking. #9: SAN DIEGO MARLINS Now that I’ve said my piece on why I don’t like the Reapers logo – we can now move to “logos I still kind of like but will still say my piece and roast, but also compliment”. This brings us to the San Diego Marlins, which have a baseball team name (Marlins) and sort of a baseball team color scheme (Brewers). The good news is I do like these colors – but here’s what bothers me. I understand that fish in general look dumb, like absolute morons. They just have this stupid look on their face like they’re permanently witnessing the assassination of arch-duke Frans Ferdinand. For the sake of making a logo of a badass hockey team, why in the world would you keep the dumb look on the face. Maybe give it a mean look, or make it look determined? Give it an evil moustache - I don’t know. I just really hate that dumb looking face. However other than that, I still like this logo as a whole. I’m not the biggest fan of having huge text in logos (which I will get to in the next ranking HOUSTON) but the Marlin wraps around the text nicely. I was always a fan of blue/gold teams, and I really like the lighter shade of blue on the trim. #8: HOUSTON BULLS Now I’m not sure how many of you have played the Megaman X games, because they’re kind of old and this is definitely a younger community – but every time I look at this logo I immediately think of these games. It looks like a cross between two mavericks - Spark Mandrill (Megaman X) and Flame Stag (Megaman X2), you can google them if you want to kind of get an idea what I’m talking about. This was actually kind of a tied with the Marlins, but the tiebreaker went to the team my player (Miklavz) has played for… and I really liked those Megaman games… and my fiancé liked it more. The colors are awesome – obviously a bit of a red/orange/yellow flame shit going on – can never complain about fire themed teams. The lightning eyes are pretty badass – but one thing I really have to ask is why the f*ck does this bull have a full-on greybeard. Like I can understand a bit of a chin fur, but this is a full on dumbledore we got going on here, and I just don’t think it works for a bull. Every time I stare at this I feel like it’s about to teach me a dragon shout. The next thing I need to address is having such HUGE text in the logo – it literally takes up half of the whole thing. Yes, we know the damn team is in Houston, it’s written everywhere, we do not need a reminder on the logo – take that out please. #7: LAS VEGAS ACES I actually really like this logo – very simple and sleek. However, it looks like it should be a shoulder patch (secondary logo) more than a primary logo. Obviously, with a Vegas team its easy to just compare them to gambling – a betting chip in the background with a diamond on top and a spade inside of it – lots of poker content going on in this logo – but I just feel like it needs more. In my opinion the older logo is much better, and looks like a vintage hockey logo. That’s my only complaint, I love the color scheme and it’s a nice simple 2D logo. However, its also the least to talk about because it still is pretty plain on its own. I’m also not really sure what’s going on under the spade, because that white is shaped like a paper airplane, which has nothing to do with Las Vegas or an Ace - it could just be something that I’m missing – but its also just a minor thing that doesn’t draw me away too much from liking it. #6: HALIFAX 21ST I have to ask – is that boat supposed to be the titanic? Because it kind of looks like the front of the titanic, with those centered stacks. Anyways, of course when you think of Halifax, you think of the Atlantic – and what’s in the Atlantic? That’s right – Boats! What an absolute layup of an idea for a logo – give that Atlantic Canada team a good ol’ fashioned boat logo. Another layup was to have it encircled in a life saver – simple stuff going on here – but that doesn’t take it away from being a nice logo and better than at least four others. I do like the blue and white color scheme and I mean the whole boat theme makes sense for Halifax. It also just has that look of a traditional hockey logo – a 2D object encircled with some text on the inside top and bottom of the circle shape – almost reminds me of the original Hockey Night in Canada logo. Now, om the “official logos” page, there are actually two logos shown for Halifax. I do like the anchor one a bit more with the rope that wraps around the life saver, but the its not the one listed on the team page. I would assume it would be weird to have two logos with an anchor as its pretty much the Miami Marauders logo as well. Without getting too carried away – this is SIMPLE and NICE, plus I’m an east coaster so there is a little bias that puts this on top of the VHLM bottom five logos. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I realize now that I had a lot more to say about these logos than I thought and approaching almost three weeks of solid TPE claiming. My articles may be awful, but I do enjoy spewing out garbage and starting what looks like is going to be a long series that I may or may not finish. If you managed to read this whole thing I applaud you – and stay tuned for my next series where I do the Top 5 in the VHLM. 1633 Words (Claiming Week 1/3)

Posting this now and will edit - good luck mates. @Ente2997, you're on the clock pal. If this is your first draft, the Top Skaters Form that Spartan posted is the best resource for you. 1. @Ente2997 (Denver Ducks) F - Brendan Telker F - Gunnar Odinsson F - Paul Atreidas D - Reylynn Reinhart D - Scotty Kaberle G - Rara Rasputin 2. @zepheter F - Asher Reinhart F - Matty Fire F - Venus Thightrap D - Kristof Welch D - Sven Reikkinen G - Thadius Sales 3. @McKelvie (GM) F - Duncan Idaho F - That Dude F - Jivere Zolnek D - Hard Markinson D - Tui Sova G - Papa Emeritus 4. @CowboyinAmerica F - Phil The Rock Johnson F - Henry Tucker F - Druss Deathwalker D - Battre Sandstrom D - Aurelian Moreau G - Kunibuni UnGuri 5. @16z (Congo Crush) F - Cabe McJake F - Aloe Dear F - Taro Tsujimoto D - Tom Eagles D - Linus Zetterstrom G - Sirkants Klamasteris 6. @Renomitsu F - Pistil Stamen F - Taylor Mourning F - Tyler Reinhart D - Zeedayno Chara D - Robin Galante Nilsson G - Em Em Flex

Review Great idea, nice to see something other than straight up player graphics. You can tell a lot of effort went into this to make sure that everything is spread out nicely. It would be nice to make a lot more of these. The team colors on the stems work well and I like how you have a gradient for the parent trade. The only knock I have - and this is being picky - is that the title is too close to the logos, you should move it up a little bit to have a thin layer of space between it and the logos. 8/10

I am just really confused as to why there's a fried blurred jim benning in the backgound here haha. The blending is nice and the color works well for a non-hockey/sporty type graphic. I think you should have had that grungey border be equal around the whole perimeter of the graphic, but other than fried JB, the layout of this is really nice. The top text is a bit hard to read but its a nice font that also works well with this the theme of the sig. 7.5/10

RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE November 14th, 2021 1. Its going to be the AGM's first draft - any advice or players to recommend? 2. What big Free Agent do you see signing with a new team this offseason? 3. What do you wish for your player to accomplish by the end of next season? 4. What's the early favorite for next years Continental Cup? 5. Did you get selected for the WHC/WJC? Who are you going for? 6. Do you play fantasy football? If so, hows your team doing?

all done brother

LOL MY BAD. I’ll fix that

@Ahmahere u go

Hey @Demetrius_Demarcus! Welcome to the VHL! I'm not a GM, but usually lurk around the Create-A-Player page to greet newcomers and help get them started so they can work their player to the top . The first thing I would recommend is heading on over to the newcomers guide found in the VHL Portal. You'll find some pretty good explanations on the following topics: Beginners guide to building a goalie How to earn TPE (Capped & Uncapped) The three leagues and their differences For now, you can just sign with any VHLM team (which you will make more sense of when you go through the rules) Cheers

Im in. I can manage as well.

rushed for 6 tpe ngl

Review I think this may be my favorite form you. Extremely well put together. No empty space at all and I love you you have it looking like a painting. The lighting on top of the text is very nice and gives it some depth. The orange paint streaks works so nice with the dark blue. You always seem do an awesome job with creativity and turning abstract pictures into a very clean sig. 10/10

Review You're getting so much better! This is probably my favorite from you so far. I would still recommend to cover some of that texture over his face, but that's my only complaint. The text choice you have is really good, and whatever overlay layer you have that gives it that multicolor effect blends in so well. You have textures going in all the empty space and the sizing of the graphic is quite unique. Good job! 8.25/10

RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE November 7thh, 2021 1. Any offseason travel plans for your player? 2. Who is the Most Improved player on the Reign this season? 3. What is the number one need for Riga this offseason? 4. Who do you think will go first overall in this years VHL draft? 5. Who's the most famous person you ever met? 6. The Edmonton Oilers are looking like a WAGON this year, do you think they have what it takes to get to the finals?

Review One rule of thumb I guess is that a texture sig really can't cover the face of the render because you will get something like that. You want to make sure that the render and specifically the face stands out, so you don't want to blend it as it will flatten it a bit. In the future, just take a soft brush and erase around the face and for this one specifically the text as well. Now with that being said, some overlay on the render of a texture sig is nice and can usually give depth. Your text placement would work better a bit lower. Seems like youre getting the hang of using additional layers and stuff and are improving regardless, just some small stuff needs to be adjusted. Keep it up! 6.5/10

Review: I'm a really big fan of this - love the blue overtone on the whole thing and the lighting you have to bring out the render and make it the focal point. I think the text could be a bit bigger and it might be a little too bubbly for the simplicity of the graphic. Not really feeling the sideways first name either. Other than the text, the graphic is still really nice. The placement of the render and effects of it really makes it stand out where there's not much detail in the background. 9/10

tagging @OrbitingDeath in case u want to use it

RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE October 27th, 2021 1. The season is over and well, we missed the playoffs, what is the biggest positive you took out of this season? 2. How do you think your player did overall, you can provide a rating out of 10 ? 3. Who are your picks to win the Founders and Continental Cup? 4. What is your #1 priority for your player to work on this off-season? 5. If you were offered to go skydiving or dine in the fanciest restaurant in the world what would you pick? 6. Who has been the most surprising team in the NHL this season so far?