ColeMrtz

Update the list you poser

#FireGustav

nice

Gustav's voice threw me for a loop, just not what I was expecting

Esso is the best AGM I've ever had, definitely worth your attention

Jerry Wang is bad. He's so bad, in fact, that one may go as far as to call him dead weight. The sophomore winger who came out the gate on fire has been put out in glorious fashion. Opening the season with 6 points in his first five games, has since only put up 3 points over the course of twenty-one fucking games. So what happened? How does someone open the season so strong and then fall off the face of the earth? Well the answer lies nearly 5000 miles away in Malmo, where it is rumored that Wang and Malmo defenseman Jerry Garcia have been seen with a variety of substances. This comes following news of new drug testing standards being put in place by the VHL after Davos AGM Joe Proto went missing following similar circumstances between him and Garcia. Vancouver affiliates are attempting to track Wang down before their upcoming game against Seattle, but little progress has been made on returning him to the Canadian franchise. 169 (nice) words

Claim part 2 electric boogaloo

Congrats @Proto! Give Davos a good bunping

1. We are on to a good start, how do you feel about that? Can always do better, we came out strong and got a lot of good performances from the guys we were expecting and the guys who were just getting their shot, but never time to rest on your laurels. 2. With the line changes what do you think about them? Im producing again so I don’t mind it 3. How have you felt so far about your performance? Started hot and then burnt out fast, I’m hoping to get back to at least PPG pace. 4. With the second lines slow start who do you think will be our teams best performer? Only time will tell, it’s hard to make much of what we’ve seen considering how all over the place Simon likes to be. 5. What do you think about our chances this season? Good, very good. The group we’ve got has everything it will take and more. 6. What is most important to our team? Chemistry I’d imagine, make sure everyone’s working well together so the boys (and girls) can always be buzzing.

Press 1. At 8-10-3 we sit 7th in the league, tied in points with both Toronto and Malmo. Where do you think we should be? 2. After a couple of struggles, i.e. losing to Davos a lot, what do you think needs to change? 3. If you had to give the NA conference a power ranking, what would you say? 4. McWolf has been representing the Americans on the point boards, coming in 4th among all defensemen. How has his performance affected our program? 5. What do you do off the ice to improve your game? 6. Who has had the most surprising season thus far, either by player or team?

No pls

well then I have 1 weeks worth of VHL.com articles

I had a couple people say the same but I already labelled the first one part one so I needed to finish it lol, plus I have claims for like 6 weeks in VHL.com now

So I spent the time I probably should have used finishing my CS project writing up a new TPA scale for skaters, and left it as a part one. Part 2 is going to be covering goalies, and reworking their TPA scale. I'm not going to give you the whole in depth analysis I did with players, highlighting the stats the SimonT put high and what was left alone, because I'd be highlighting everything. Just for shits and giggles I'll show you one goalie and you can see what I'm talking about. 80+ // 90+ // 95+ // 99 Marc-Andre Fleury SK SZ AG RB SC HS RT PC PS EX LD 91 73 92 90 91 90 91 81 78 76 80 (I'm assuming PC is PH on the STHS client as it's the only thing that differs) 3 attributes below 80s and only 5 below 90s. It's a little out there. However, we don't necessarily need to reign goalies in all that much, generally goalies struggle in the VHL and have been left to the sims mercy (or lack thereof). Few portal-era goalies (and even before) have crossed that 1000 TPE threshold, but as much as I'd like for that to factor into how I create the scale, at the end of the day everyone had the same opportunities to earn, and as a result the 1000 TPE elite standard will carry over into this scale. Here's what to keep in mind: 1. Goalies have less attributes to upgrade than players, naturally this would call for a steeper scale. 2. SimonT claims HS, RT and SC are the only primary attributes, and looking at HoF goalies that seems to hold true. 3. Not all secondary attributes are created equal, even SimonT addresses this with some attributes having no labels at all. This makes making a goalie scale, somewhat of a delicate practice. We have to make some judgement calls on a lot of attributes to avoid making things too convoluted. So for our Primary Attributes, let's take HS, RT and SC like Simon says (haha nice) and tie RB in as well. That leaves SK, SZ, AG, PC, PS and LD as Secondary Attributes. Due to the Primary/Secondary Attribute split being 40/60 rather than 50/50 like it was for players, we are going to adapt our TPA ratio slightly as well. Just throwing what I'd deem a reasonable split, let's go 700 on Primaries and 300 on Secondaries. Before you throw your hands up and yell at me for the primary scale, remember goalies have four Primaries to a regular skaters six. TPA: 30 // Spent TPE: 0 // Cost per Level: 0 TPA: 50 // Spent TPE: 20 // Cost per Level: 1 TPA: 60 // Spent TPE: 40 // Cost Per Level: 2 TPA: 70 // Spent TPE: 80 // Cost Per Level: 4 TPA: 75 // Spent TPE: 105 // Cost per Level: 5 TPA: 80 // Spent TPE: 140 // Cost per Level: 7 TPA: 85 // Spent TPE: 185 // Cost per Level: 9 TPA: 90 // Spent TPE: 245 // Cost per Level: 12 TPA: 95 // Spent TPE: 320 // Cost per Level: 15 TPA: 99 // Spent TPE: 416 // Cost per Level: 24 The scale starts roughly the same as the player scale, allowing for rapid early development but quickly hits a wall, with over half of total TPE costs coming in at 85+ TPA. Not unlike the player scale it forces a goalie to be proficient in 1 or 2 primaries while your others take the toll. Using 700 TPE you could get 2 90s and 2 75s, or push some attributes further while losing others. This will force goalies to diversify, opting to build HS/RT going for a fast, raw style vs SC/HS for a very flashy, controlled netminder. RB likely won't get built into the 90s, but its importance to the sim relative to the other Secondaries makes it important that it stays in this category. So with Primaries settled, we can move on to Secondaries. TPA: 30 // Spent TPE: 0 // Cost per Level: 0 TPA: 60 // Spent TPE: 30 // Cost per Level: 1 TPA: 70 // Spent TPE: 50 // Cost per Level: 2 TPA: 80 // Spent TPE: 90 // Cost per Level: 4 TPA: 85 // Spent TPE: 115 // Cost per Level: 5 TPA: 90 // Spent TPE: 150 // Cost per Level: 7 TPA: 95 // Spent TPE: 200 // Cost per Level: 10 TPA: 99 // Spent TPE: 260 // Cost per Level: 15 A little more aggressive than the player Secondary scale but not by much. The amount of Secondaries are equal to those in the skaters but the reduced total of attributes required some amount of combating. You could get all six to a flat 70 should you spend 300 TPE, but odds are players will specialize. Let's say you dock LD, PC and SK, now you have ~82 in AG, SZ and PS. Same principles as the players just scaled for a different model. And in true disrespectful fashion, I will take Rhett DeGrath (sorry @STZ) and mold him to the new scale. Rhett DeGrath - 1286 TPE -1003 TPA SK SZ AG RB SC HS RT PC PS EX LD 60 70 90 80 60 90 95 50 30 30 38 Staying (somewhat) true to form, DeGrath keeps his high AG build which should focus on HS and RT, and as such RT reaches a 95 while HS hits 90. This build puts DeGrath at 3 Primaries 80+, 2 of which are 90+ and 1 Secondary at 90. I honestly think this scale in particular may be a little too harsh, and could do with a little scaling back, but this is more a framework while the I stand by the player scale. Anyways, here's my pitch on the goalie front, have a flame war down below. 960 Words

This is a BOLD statement

Recently the Blues/BOG/I'm not really sure who was wholly responsible incorporated a new limit on VHL pension in the name of "fighting TPE inflation". Since they are now actively taking steps to right a known issue, I'd like to reintroduce the concept of a new TPE scale. To start, let's look at some of the big names in the NHL and see what our lord SimonT says they're attributes should be. THE ELITE These guys cap every week, donate, take advantage of every TPE opportunity available to them, you get the gist. These are the top players in the league, and so my example players will be Connor McDavid, David Pastrnak, Alex Ovechkin, Brent Burns, and Victor Hedman (arbitrary guys considered to be among the league's "best", goalies will be covered separately). So apparently the league file being used in the web client I found is from several seasons ago (Datsyuk, Jagr, Sedins still playing, McDavid not drafted yet, etc.) so INSTEAD we will look at Steven Stamkos, Sydney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Erik Karlsson, and Roman Josi. 80+ // 90+ // 95+ // 99 Steven Stamkos CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 63 40 79 85 71 88 76 70 96 64 90 64 75 Sidney Crosby CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 55 36 77 90 68 93 79 92 90 64 88 70 86 Alex Ovechkin CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 74 46 77 80 85 91 30 64 99 61 93 74 88 Erik Karlsson CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 55 36 79 87 68 78 30 74 69 77 68 64 61 Roman Josi CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 56 39 82 82 73 74 30 73 66 84 66 64 67 As we can see, the best offensive players in the league only have 1 attribute cross the 95 threshold, and doing so only results in a 2-3 90+ build. Trying to round out a player may reward you with 4 90 attributes, but that's really all that is attainable outside a couple of minor attributes achieving 80s. What's also interesting to note is the heavy emphasis on defensive difficulty. I pulled these 5 players off of the web clients Top 50 by points, so I may have missed a true defensive defenseman, but these guys have substantially lower attributes across the board, except for defense which only reaches the 80s once in Roman Josi. After poking around a little more Alex Pietrangelo has an 87 DF rating, but even he only has 3 80s in his build, much like Roman Josi. Drew Doughty has 1 80 and its his DF stat. Okay so what we've learned is SimonT smokes meth. After seeing a gross disparity of offensive stats compared to defensive stats, I checked player point totals expecting blown out of proportion numbers, yet the career high (Steven Stamkos) out of all players was 201 pts in 207 GP. So it must be goaltending, which surprise, it was. Goalies have AT MOST 2 stats under an 80 with about half in the 90s. I am just shocked that this is how this system was meant to be set up. Also I really don't like it. So scratch all of that, I refuse to propose that DF is an impossible stat to build while goalies have stupid high attributes, so instead let's take what was reasonable from SimonT. 1. Elite players should have AT MOST 2-3 stats in the 90s, maybe 4 if you get a ridiculous amount of teep. 2. Not all attributes are created equal, some have a greater effect than others. 3. Even the best of the best suck at some things. Which leaves us with the fun part: math. Let's set some new standards, shall we? Generally a star player will EARN 1000 TPE, so we will base our scale on a 1000 TPE build. We will also start stats at 30 TPE, to make things a little more work. We can call SK, CK, PH, PA, SC and DF our "Primary Attributes" as they seem to be the ones with the most direct affect, while FG, DI, ST, FO, PS and LD will be our "Secondary Attributes". Starting with a Crosby/Ovi comparison, Ovi has maxed out a Primary Attribute and hit 90s in 1 Primary and 1 Secondary. Crosby hasn't maxed anything, but has hit 90s in 4 Primary Attributes. Now to call the difference between 4 90s and 1 99/ 1 90 equal is ridiculous (as is calling Crosby and Ovi equal), so we're going to tone that back slightly. Assuming a 75/25 split in spending TPE on Primaries and Secondaries, we can use 750 TPE to break down our Primary Attribute scale. TPA: 30 // Spent TPE: 0 // Cost per Level: 0 TPA: 50 // Spent TPE: 20 // Cost per Level: 1 TPA: 65 // Spent TPE: 50 // Cost per Level: 2 TPA: 70 // Spent TPE: 70 // Cost per Level: 4 TPA: 80 // Spent TPE: 120 // Cost per Level: 5 TPA 85 // Spent TPE: 155 // Cost per Level: 7 TPA: 90 // Spent TPE: 205 // Cost per Level: 10 TPA: 95 // Spent TPE: 265 // Cost per Level: 12 TPA: 99 // Spent TPE: 361 // Cost per Level: 24 This scale forces a 1000 TPE player to specialize more, and limits their building capability. If you attempt to round out all five Primaries, you could hit 85 in all of them assuming you stole 25 TPE from your secondaries, but assuming a player would build their 90s, they can only hit 3 of them reasonably while docking the last 2 at 70s. For example, a 90 SC, SK and PH build would only be able to get PA and CK to 70 if they were to round it out. Even leaving CK at base 30 would only get PA into the low 80s. But with Primaries being so cost intensive, what about Secondaries? TPA: 30 // Spent TPE: 0 // Cost per Level: 0 TPA: 60 // Spent TPE: 30 // Cost per Level: 1 TPA: 70 // Spent TPE: 50 // Cost per Level: 2 TPA: 80 // Spent TPE: 80 // Cost per Level: 3 TPA: 90 // Spent TPE: 130 // Cost per Level: 5 TPA: 95 // Spent TPE: 165 // Cost per Level: 7 TPA: 99 // Spent TPE: 205 // Cost per Level: 10 The Secondary scale is slightly more forgiving, but a lot more aggressive at the same time. With the exception of some RP players most Secondary Attributes aren't built that high, and as such they are much easier to build than Primaries, i.e. the 50 TPE difference in getting to level 80 and the 70 TPE difference in getting to 90, however staying true to the 75/25 model you won't be able to build these very high, with a fully rounded build achieving just 70 TPA in five of the 6 attributes while a specialized one would be broke at a 1 95/1 80. So what would an elite player look like in the new TPA scale era? Let's look at our current league's elite, namely Hunter Hearst Helmsley or HHH himself. Due to his (practically) straight 99s I am going to assume the goal was a physical two-way player, so let's focus on CK, SC and DF first, with a secondary focus on ST. Hunter Hearst Helmsley - 1243 TPE - 1243 TPA CK FG DI SK ST PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD 85 30 50 70 80 70 85 85 95 95 30 30 75 HHH would have (if I built him which is probably horribly wrong sorry @Beaviss) 2 Primaries at 95, 2 Primaries at 85 and 2 Secondaries at 80+. This not only seems more balanced but sounds like a reasonable build to expect of an elite player. The scale's early forgiveness allows for a quick development to being average (70s/80s) but a grind to get to a truly elite level. This scale should not only be good for reigning in TPE inflation but also should help bring more competitive/realistic sims. Obviously this is just my 2 cents and I know well the comments are going to be in flames but I think this is a step in the right direction should the league choose to take it. 1,407 words

This entire article was literally just “fame garners media attention” with a dash of trying too hard. You’re basically just as “bad” as the people you critique in your article, using the fame of someone else to draw attention to yourself. The only difference is the media generally has the common human decency to respect that these people died.

@Cxsquared tendy still maintained a .827 because of the 62 shots

That jersey swap is so clean

Doesn't affect me but do people who have been able to claim pension still allowed to or does this change affect all members

What brought you to the VHL? What are you goals with your player? What made you pick the Hounds?

After a rookie season in Davos where the Singaporean winger struggled to stay afloat, Jerry Wang has broken out in a big way during his first few stints in Vancouver. No sophomore slump here, playing on the first line with Michael Gary Scott and Denver Wolfe, Wang has managed to rack up 6 points (2-4-6) through his first 5 games, ranking him 5th in the league among right wingers for points. Even more impressive however is his league topping +8, which is tied only by linemate Denver Wolfe. In fact, 4 of the top 5 skaters in the league for +/- hail from Vancouver, with Wang and Wolfe sitting on top with +8 each, Scott only just behind them with +7, and star defenseman (or woman in this case) Tzuyu sitting 5th with a +5. Wang isn't the only young player off to a strong start in their new home either, with goaltender Jimmy Spyro posting a shutout in his first VHL game against the Toronto Legion. Are any of these things sustainable, well only time will tell, but for now Wang and the rest of the Wolves look poised for greatness. 191 words

This looks like a complicated mask for bullshit and I don't know what to make of it

It's that time of the season where I apply again, I don't have a player eligible at this point so I'd be open to working with any nations team as the conflict of interest is no longer there.