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G - Clueless Wallob

 

@Beketov

D - Phil Strasmore

F - John Jameson

D - Skor McFleury

 

@Dom

F - Sergey Preobrazhensky

 

@Beketov

F - Tomas Sogaard

 

@Adrest245

7 minutes ago, Beketov said:

Nah it’s probably fine honestly.

 

@Steve

 

You should have 98 Experience for tomorrow's sim.

On 6/12/2023 at 6:11 PM, Steve said:

I wish it was posted on the date the events page said so my retired player could have claimed it. 

 

@Beketov any reason why I can't just go in and manually apply it to Torq on the back end?

@Nykonax what do I keep telling you

 

48 minutes ago, Pifferfish said:

Well in the VHLE isn't there a range... So as a player you'd have to sit under 350 to stay in the E but anything above your GM could just yank you up? Also I think this affect is stronger in M

 

It's 300 now, but yes. We don't want players to feel powerless in the decision though, we want them to want to go up.

8 hours ago, Pifferfish said:

@EnoramaI strongly feel a couple things about the E so I'll start with one thing I have peddled before. I'm sure you've seen it... But simple change IMO... 3 practice facility in the E.

 

For the older members who can recreate at the TDL and get just up to 200 at the cutoff making joining the E offer more total TPE will get these veterans a huge incentive to join the E, they will then be able to be the glue of locker rooms and make the experience for newer members in theory.

 

As E commish - obviously I love it!

 

As someone who recognizes that we want to be graduating players to the VHL at the highest rate possible, I am hesitant to incentivize people on the cusp (300-400 TPE) to stay down in the E. We had this issue for years with the M -> VHL pipeline where people would want to stay down for the extra 1 TPE PF, even if it meant giving up a bunch of TPE to stay under the threshold at cutoff. Totally illogical, but it was happening. If your VHL team has room and wants you - I want you in the VHL.

Title should be "GMs do your jobs pls" smh. More anti-E propaganda.

 

Also yes, scouting the first 2-3 rounds is bare minimum (call it 30-40 picks total). I'm OK with letting it slide beyond that point. If you're picking someone at like 20th overall without speaking to them, what the hell is your job pay for? It takes two seconds to send a "hey i might draft you, thoughts?" to anyone you're considering picking up on draft day.

56 minutes ago, jacobcarson877 said:

With very few openly praising the VHLE, the quiet minority have become the dominant voice in the conversation. I don’t think there are many people absolutely enthralled by the VHLE, and thus there really is no push-back against whatever people want to say against it.

 

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. People bad mouth the league, so people don't want to participate in it, so it becomes lame, so people bad mouth it, etc.

 

57 minutes ago, jacobcarson877 said:

It has been a long time since the VHLE started, and yet it is still viewed as something new

 

Compared to the M or VHL, it is still very new. I think a large part about the lack of LR culture or what have you is the 80 season head start that the VHL and VHLM each had on the E. Franchises, rivalries, GM histories, records have all had time to grow and nurture in other leagues. I think this will come with time (and an engaged membership) in the E.

 

1 hour ago, jacobcarson877 said:

Another concern I have since becoming a GM, so for a while now, is that our supply of streamers, staff and admins have been sorely lacking when it comes to draft day. We had to beg someone who didn’t even have a microphone to come on and stream the VHLE draft, and while I hear it went well, the league had no plan leading into the draft, and there was no incentive for anyone to step up and do it. I swear there used to be designated streamers, and they used to get pay to do so. If I’m mistaken and that never existed, that really should. Organize the draft dates around when commissioners and streamers can stream, the GM's can figure it out, and that’s coming from a GM.

 

Coming from one of the two guys that ran VHL draft streams for 20 seasons, we never really had say beyond maybe a tie breaker. I was planning to host the E stream myself up until the day prior, hence the last minute scramble. In any other season, we would be hunting for a streamer at least 48-72 hours out if we needed one.

 

Re: pay; it's just podcast pay. If you're already capping out, there's no real incentive. We just did it because we enjoyed it. I can definitely count on one hand the amount of times I have actually claimed a draft stream for any TPE. I think that kind of drive from the membership as a whole evaporated a bit in the post-lockdown world. It's not something reserved for the E, I had to get roped in very last minute to stream the VHL or VHLM drafts a handful of times over the past few seasons despite me trying to take a step back in that regard.

 

1 hour ago, jacobcarson877 said:

There is a lot of bad press to undo in order to turn it around, and that starts with the older members, and carries down into the VHLM, and those players making their decisions on where to play. GM's need to be advocating for the VHLE, hyping their players up to go play there, and making it feel special.

 

Relating to my first point as well. I don't know how we do this beyond policing people's opinions which is obviously a non-starter. I guess... just please be nicer?

4 minutes ago, Grape said:

If it's so fun then you do it then B)

 

I already did it once...

1 minute ago, Grape said:

As for the numbers associated with each hybrid attribute, I can not really say. There’s a lot of balance work involved in putting those together that I do not feel like doing since this was just for fun anyways.

 

But that was the fun part!

After recent events, @MexicanCow123 informed us that he would like to step away from his duties as GM of the Geneva Rush. I want to be very clear when I say that this was his own decision, and we did not forcibly remove him nor did we ask him to resign. Cow simply felt that now was a good time to take a bit of a breather, and we respect that. 

 

That being said, that leaves us in a bit of a tough situation with our draft coming up in just two days and the season right around the corner. Thankfully, there was actually someone preparing for Geneva's draft already. Our candidate here was already planning to draft in Cow's stead and has graciously accepted to step in as interim GM for the entire S89 VHLE season as well, with an option to become permanent if he so chooses.

 

Please welcome the interim GM of the Geneva Rush:

 

 

As announced previously, @UnknownMinion and @Lemorse7 are stepping down from their GM posts this off-season. What's news is that @leandrofg has also requested that we transition him out of the role as well. We thank all three of them for their commitment to Bratislava, Vasteras, and Cologne.

 

Although it's sad to see them go, there's also some excitement as we welcome some new GMs to the Euro fold! Please join me in congratulating the following GMs:

 

Bratislava Watchmen:

 

Vasteras Iron Eagles:

 

Cologne Express:

 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do!

 

Finally, as is a tendency in this league, we have a small rule violation to report. The Stockholm Vikings (@twists) missed their backup goalie minimum starts threshold. They missed the playoffs, so this had no immediate effect. However, as compensation, they must carry over those starts to Season 89. This makes their backup goalie minimum starts 10 for the season.

 

@VHLE GM let this be a reminder that you need to have 8 goalie starts from someone other than your starting goaltender each season. 

 

Happy Eing!

5 hours ago, Beketov said:

Also unrelated to what I’m quoting but just funny in general since everyone here seems to agree that no one cares about it: this is why simmers are always hesitant to add more sims when it’s constantly requested. People think they want more games until they have them and realize there’s really no weight to it so they don’t care.

 

The thought was there when we first implemented it. Non-playoff players had nothing to care about. We thought that introducing something with meaning would make them care about those sims at least, but obviously it didn't.

 

It was worth a shot, it did nothing, time to drop it.

you make that text in microsoft wordart?

Player Information

Username: Enorama

Player Name: Ryan Artyomov

Recruited From: Returning

Age: 17

Position: G

Height: 80 in.

Weight: 250 lbs.

Birthplace: Russia

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Check the rulebook again, idk where you're lookin there bud (I fixed the TPE threshold language in the E rules).

 

2 hours ago, JardyB10 said:

But to me that reads as VHLE contracts. I feel like my VHL contract money should override my VHLE contract. And if it doesn't, remove the former quote from the Rule Book then, because it's obviously pointless in that case.

 

You are correct.

@Spartan  just missing one pick and it's been... 30 hours? Do you feel like DQing @UnknownMinion?

@UnknownMinion technically skipped for a second time but just make your pick ASAP bud. Just waiting on you to pick a D then we're done.