Mr Bohannan

Okey, so I saw the name of the topic and I got excited to see a different type of gfx than the usual signatures, so I clicked and was bit confused - is this a wallpaper for a mobile phone or what type of wallpaper is this? Anyhow putting that question aside and talking about the image itself then I am quite happy with it. It is simple, nice colours, follows the team colour pallet and there is really nothing extra. I could totally see this as my background on my phone if I would be a fan of this player. My rating: 7/10

After sending out the highlight reel slash showcase edit, there was silence for around 2 or 3 days. During those days Matt continued to work out and practice as much as he could and did not allow the fact that no one has reached out yet to bother him. At the end of the day he understood that the coaches and management of the teams are busy people and it is not like they just sit around and watch highlight reels all day long, so he knew that it will probably take a week or two before anything will happen. Unexpectedly but in a good way he suddenly received a phone call from one of the VHLM teams and they said that they had seen the footage and they would be interested to sit down at talk to him about a contract to play for them. He passed the call to his manager and meeting was set. Before he knew and was ready to go to the first set meeting, his phone was buzzing like crazy and he had a meeting set after a meeting. His daily schedule changed from just some workouts at the gym to fully booked days at various locations and towns. Next two weeks went quick and were crazy as Matt sat down with almost all the teams in the league and listened to their pitch to him. He could have waited longer to see will the other teams get in touch, but he believed that there were plenty of offers and it was time to choose before he loses the chances. This was the very first time when he had such a decision to make and it was hard as hell and he kept going in circles and circles not knowing which team he should sign with. The offers were different but each of them had their own touch to them which made it extra hard. Slowly, slowly Matt started to make up his wishes, needs and expectations from the teams, therefore narrowing down the number of teams that fit his requirements until he was left with one - Saskatoon Wild! He dialled up the number and when the coach picked it up he said "Hey coach, this is Matt Avens, we spoke a week ago about me playing for Saskatoon Wild! I would like to accept your offer!" After that a contract was written up with all the details and Matt officially became the player of Saskatoon Wild team in VHLM!

1. What do you think of your player's performance after 6 games? - At the moment I am very happy. No goals, but 3 assists which I am totally fine as I dont mind being a team player. Im happy I am part of the scoreboard as much as I can. 2. Do you think our goaltending tandem gives us an advantage this season? - For sure! Goaltender is the difference between us loosing a goal and better the goaltender, bigger the advantage! 3. Who do you think will finish first in the VHLM? - Hopefully we will! haha 4. Did you watch the NHL expansion draft? If so, what did you think of the team selected? - I did not watch it, but I was informed about the picks. It was interesting choices by Seattle, but after the draft it made more sense than during it. 5. What was the temperature for you today? Here is was 36 degrees Celsius, which is about 97 fahrenheit. - Oh dang, the whole week it was around +30 by Celsius, but as it was humid heat it felt like +35. 6. What did you do over the weekend? - Worked! haha

Missing out on the draft due to some visa issues Matt finally arrived in states and it was time to do some portfolio. Yeah, he could have done it back in UK, but he wanted to do it in the states to not just make the protfolio but also show that he is already here and ready to go in no time. His manger already had made contact with some YouTube channel that specialises in filming different extreme sport videos like skateboarding, bmx'es and so on, so the next day after arriving they met up, talked about a plan and started to shoot the footage. The filming happened in two locations - gym and hockey hall. The first day was the gym shoot where Matt was just doing his usual training routines from back home, showcasing his agility, strength and speed. The gym shoot was rather simple as it had no time restrictions on it due to the fact that they used a small local gym. The next days shoot was bit different as it was in an ice hockey hall. Matt's manager managed to gain access to an empty rink for 1 hour, but it had to be in and out thing. No extra 10 minutes, no nothing. So without wasting time the whole team went straight in and starting the filming. Thanks to the plan that was done the day before, everyone knew what to do and it was nicely split 10-15min each type of shoot to get the best footage they could showcasing Matt's skills. All was done in an hour and now it was time to wait for the footage to be edited with some extra highlight footage from actual games back home. Around a week passed and the result was presented. After watching it Matt was excited to send it out to all the organisations that he might play for and that's exactly what he did. Not long after the first offers from organisations started to come in...

I will agree with what the reviewer above me said about the simplicity and with that ticking all the boxes that such graphic should do. Unfortunately for me the whole picture is little bit too pale. I dont mean that I want some crazy colour schemes now, but I kind of would like to have a little bit of personality by adding some parts that do stand out, besides the text. The stick could have stayed in the original colour or indeed as the person said above - a logo could have been put in the background as the design itself is nice, but it has too many empty spots for me. It almost feels like this is a templated design that any team could use by just adding their logo in the background and changing the colour scheme to the teams colours. My rating: 7/10

I can appreciate the attempt to use the Unite Kingdom colours and the London Bridge design to it, but the overall quality is bit rough. The render cut is a bit sharp as well, but we all learn with time and practice. I also think I see you tried to do "jersey swap" by placing the teams logo on the player. On the right hand render I would have erased or cut out the part where the stick should go over the logo, instead of leaving the logo on top of the stick. My rating: 5/10

1. With golf out of the question due to the weather, how have you been spending the offseason? Oh, I got the indoor golf set with the virtual ball and the projector. 2. 8th seeded Miami was able to defy the odds and take home the Founder's Cup. What do you think was their key to success? Winning the games and probably the players! 3. Are you excited for the VHLM draft? Who do you think goes first overall? This is too early for me to say as Im still browsing the league and all its players. 4. Who will you be cheering for in the offseason's World Cup? Fellow Europeans! 5. What video games have you been playing recently? A bit of Overwatch. The heat has been taking its toll to not have energy for stuff like that. 6. Who do you think wins in a fight, Steve Eso or Alex Zouzouambe? Steve!

I dont know why I keep making signatures when I stated, that I dont like to make them hahah

Wow, that is some serious number. Who would have thought! Congratulations on being around for so long and Happy Birthday!

I appreciate everyone who did come forwards with their offers and my apologies to those who did not manage to do their pitch, but I went through all the team info pages and was disappointed to see that almost no one managed to change their info and add jersey designs since 2018 when the threads were made, so that was the deal breaker for me as it showed me a little bit of how you take care of your team. It might not be important, but in the end it is your presentation and you guys failed in that. All that being said the choice is made - #SaskyBois it is!

At just age of 17, Matt Avens, believes that it is time to aim high, as high as he can, and join the VHLM league with the potential future in VHL. You could easily lose focus and interest in what you're doing if the fun you had was around the fact how good you were or at least you think you were. Very often, and that was the case for Matt as well, you have than natural talent for something, in this case for sports, and you at young age just dominate every other kid around you who does not have the same X factor what you do. You keep growing and growing and you get to a point where in order to move on in your career you cannot play with the same kids no more and have to join teams and leagues and that is when you meet players that are either the same as you - talented, or you meet kids who are hard workers and have reached the same skill lever, if not even higher, than yours. From scoring 5 goals per game you go down to none or few in couple of games and then you realize that the talent you had is not enough no more. The hard work is what is gonna keep you at the top from now on, therefore you either lose interest as you don't have that work ethic or you start grinding the game as hard as you can. For Matt, joining VHLM, is the next step to play against the best there are as the grind as of right now has become too easy.

I hate signatures, never been good at them.

I literally just submitted my own signature for this weeks capped TP and decided to check out what are others doing and what is the level I'm competing with. Oh booooy! First of all I do really like the colour choices even they might feel bit dark and sad. They definitely do not give a positive vibe that the peace sign should give. Also I've seen quite a lot of signatures in this specific style of making the player render very dark-ish, sharp, rough like (not sure how it's done). I like it in general, but yet again, if I look at the idea of the Peace sign and the meaning of it, this signature gives me more of apocalyptic vibes. Of course this is just my humble opinion and the feel that the signature is giving. For me it is hard to say how much actual work has been put into it, so I can only comment on the whole looks of it. Overall nice work and if it would be brighter and give more positive energy I would give one rating higher. My rating - 7/10

Appreciate you being nice hahha!

With the first glance of the so called "graphic" that you submitted I would have not rated it more than a 1/10 as I don't feel like text over a plain picture from google could be considered as a graphic, but then I saw that you actually, at least, attempted to do a "jersey swap". I mean this is far from ideal, but I guess you did find the right colour RL team jersey, so you did not have to bother yourself with changing the colours and you did put on the VHL teams logo over the original RL one. So I will give you the "nice try" as obviously you can tell that you do not work with graphics at all, haha! My rating - 2/10

1. Which season was your first in the VHL? - I believe it was season 55. Don't remember which team I played for. 2. Which season was your best? Why? - I guess the same season 55 as I did not play next season. 3. Which season did you win the most trophies (team or individual)? What are the name of the trophies? - Yet to win any trophy or even properly attempt to win any. 4. How many season your first player took to go in the VHL? What did you do to accomplished that? - Like I mentioned, I retired the same season I joined, so I did not make to the big leagues. 5. What is your favorite name you saw in the VHL as of right now? - Let's go with Anze Miklavz as that is the first name I just saw by scrolling up this thread haha. 6. Would you like to have a managment role (VHL commissioner, VHLM commissioner, GM, AGM, etc.)? If yes, which one? - Probably not, at least not at this moment. Any of these roles seem to require to do a lot of work and Im here to just enjoy myself.

All good! Thanks for reaching out!

Tried my best. Not really good at these!

Player Information Username: Mr Bohannan Player Name: Matt Avens Recruited From: Returning Age: 17 Position: LW Height: 75 in. Weight: 207 lbs. Birthplace: United Kingdom Player Page @VHLM GM

Shiiiet! This reminded my of Canada vs Latvia game in Sochi!

Ou shiiet! Super! Looks really fucking cool! Like Im usually not happy with sigs that others make me, but this one is lit! The only questions I would like to ask is - can I use it and can I re-size it to smaller size(bit too big)? Anyhow paldies vecīt!

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