jack

crisis averted
 

Ima make white pee later to this.

@Green this is what I'd do:
 

Damn, that is indeed a nice effect on it.
 
@Ace you might want to see this one

@Green this is what I'd do:
 

Review: I like the composition, but I'd change a few things if keeping with this style. I'd use a super simple text, go all out with the Danish design. Something like Helvetica or Arial in all-caps, black or red, would look really slick I think. Then put a red to white gradient map over the render to keep the whole thing cohesive. Keep at it!

True. 
 
And like...Saturday, haha

While my time in Vegas hasn't been very long, I have acquired three players through waivers. Next year I will be working with only one fourth round pick, but thats ok, we are building for S68. Lets take a brief look at my acquisitions
 
Milton Hilton @DameHoops
 
My first signing ever. While he has only claimed practice facility once, he still isn't lost to the sea of inactivity, although time will tell. His player had five points in thirteen games, not terrible.
 
Jacob Scott @jscott
 
A defenseman that has claimed welfare this week, and also put up very respectable stats for a guy at 36 TPE. While he didn't score any goals, his seven assists is a good start. If he is around in the fourth round I could consider picking him up, depending who is available.
 
Thorny Underyew @jack
 
Of course, now we have Jack. While he only got to suit up for one game, he has made a return to the VHL and remains one of the best graphic makers out there. He recently wrote out his rookie profile, and usually people who do that at least plan on sticking it out for a few seasons. 
 
Petition to let VHLM GMs have GM players, that can just chill on their team for a bunch of seasons. 
 
218 words
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thorny Underyew: The Welsh Walloper

 
LAS VEGAS - MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019
 
Height: 6' 3" - 190cm
Weight: 240lbs - 109kg
Position: Centre
 
Underyew has recently moved to North America to pursue a career in the VHL. His recent signing with the Las Vegas Aces puts him in the right direction, although many are unsure if he can maintain the dominance that he has experienced in the UK. Underyew is from Wales, a country that has had very little homegrown talent make a splash across the pond. Underyew undoubtedly has skill, size, and cunning, but scouts are wary of his perseverance and commitment to playing hockey at the highest level.
 
Thorny has only played in the UK, his most recent stint playing for the Sheffield Steelers. His debut saw him rack up 4 points, including 2 goals. The season was middling for the Steelers as a whole, but Thorny put up excellent numbers. He tallied 22 goals and 18 assists through 48 games played as a rookie.
 
We'll have to wait until S67 to see Thorny suit up, and it's likely that he'll be assigned to a different team, as Las Vegas has only 1 draft pick in the upcoming dispersal draft. This is what we expect to see from Underyew as the 67th season gets underway:
 
Pros
 
Shooting: Hockey is not popular in Wales, and we doubt that Thorny really had too many people to play against for most of his upbringing. We'd hazard a guess that he spent a lot of time practicing his shot, and it sure shows. We've seen him score from nearly everywhere in the offensive zone, from seemingly impossible angles. Below the circles, behind the net, through traffic, while falling down, he can so often overcome adversity and find a way to get the puck in the net.
 
Intimidation: It's not just his size. There is a threatening air that surrounds Thorny Underyew that very few will enter into. People fear him when he's skating down the ice, and it seems to give him an extra edge. He will not relent, he will go straight through anyone that stands in his way. He will likely face more adversity entering the bigger International leagues, but we suspect that his confidence is built-in and will not fade.
 
Game Control: We have seen games where Underyew is able to single-handedly take over and change the pace. His mere presence on the ice can create space and opportunities, as seen with his team-leading +/- of +20 on a net negative team. Expect Underyew to find chemistry with anyone and make his teammates better.
 
Cons
 
Positioning: The UK is not nearly as developed as North America or Northern Europe when it comes to coaching and development. While Thorny certainly has raw skill, we expect to see him looking a little lost at times in the elite context. This will be the number one concern for GMs at the draft looking at Thorny.
 
Discipline: Thorny has a tendency to to take some unnecessary penalties, sometimes costing his team dearly. Expect coaches to come down hard on him, and hope that he listens to that advice, or he may spend more time on the bench—or in the press box—than he'd like to.
 
Communication: Thorny is relatively reserved, and may not adjust very well to the media's and his teammates' expectations. And that accent, who knows what he's saying on the ice?
 
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Thorny will enter the S68 draft class, and is expected to go close to, if not in, the first round.

Thorny Underyew: The Welsh Walloper

 
LAS VEGAS - MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019
 
Height: 6' 3" - 190cm
Weight: 240lbs - 109kg
Position: Centre
 
Underyew has recently moved to North America to pursue a career in the VHL. His recent signing with the Las Vegas Aces puts him in the right direction, although many are unsure if he can maintain the dominance that he has experienced in the UK. Underyew is from Wales, a country that has had very little homegrown talent make a splash across the pond. Underyew undoubtedly has skill, size, and cunning, but scouts are wary of his perseverance and commitment to playing hockey at the highest level.
 
Thorny has only played in the UK, his most recent stint playing for the Sheffield Steelers. His debut saw him rack up 4 points, including 2 goals. The season was middling for the Steelers as a whole, but Thorny put up excellent numbers. He tallied 22 goals and 18 assists through 48 games played as a rookie.
 
We'll have to wait until S67 to see Thorny suit up, and it's likely that he'll be assigned to a different team, as Las Vegas has only 1 draft pick in the upcoming dispersal draft. This is what we expect to see from Underyew as the 67th season gets underway:
 
Pros
 
Shooting: Hockey is not popular in Wales, and we doubt that Thorny really had too many people to play against for most of his upbringing. We'd hazard a guess that he spent a lot of time practicing his shot, and it sure shows. We've seen him score from nearly everywhere in the offensive zone, from seemingly impossible angles. Below the circles, behind the net, through traffic, while falling down, he can so often overcome adversity and find a way to get the puck in the net.
 
Intimidation: It's not just his size. There is a threatening air that surrounds Thorny Underyew that very few will enter into. People fear him when he's skating down the ice, and it seems to give him an extra edge. He will not relent, he will go straight through anyone that stands in his way. He will likely face more adversity entering the bigger International leagues, but we suspect that his confidence is built-in and will not fade.
 
Game Control: We have seen games where Underyew is able to single-handedly take over and change the pace. His mere presence on the ice can create space and opportunities, as seen with his team-leading +/- of +20 on a net negative team. Expect Underyew to find chemistry with anyone and make his teammates better.
 
Cons
 
Positioning: The UK is not nearly as developed as North America or Northern Europe when it comes to coaching and development. While Thorny certainly has raw skill, we expect to see him looking a little lost at times in the elite context. This will be the number one concern for GMs at the draft looking at Thorny.
 
Discipline: Thorny has a tendency to to take some unnecessary penalties, sometimes costing his team dearly. Expect coaches to come down hard on him, and hope that he listens to that advice, or he may spend more time on the bench—or in the press box—than he'd like to.
 
Communication: Thorny is relatively reserved, and may not adjust very well to the media's and his teammates' expectations. And that accent, who knows what he's saying on the ice?
 
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Thorny will enter the S68 draft class, and is expected to go close to, if not in, the first round.

puttin you first on the list!

Now this is a beaut sig.... @jack anytime you want to make one of my players a sig let me know

@MexicanCow123

I'm gonna bump this due to recent discussions

Live S68 Draft Class Rankings
 
Rank Change Player Name Position TPE Team Nat. Member 1   Condor Adrienne D 423 FA VA Green 2   Lance Flowers D 365 FA GB CowboyinAmerica 3 ↑ 1 Thorny Underyew C 313 FA GB jack 4 ↓ 1 Jeff Downey D 305 FA CA JeffD 5 ↑ 4 Luciano Valentino D 297 FA IT Kekzkrieg 6 ↓ 1 Teemu Lehtinen Jr LW 292 FA FI Sixersfan549 7 ↑ 1 Wolf Stansson Jr D 287 FA IS Cornholio 8 ↑ 6 Keven Foreskin (GM Player) D 274 FA BN Esso2264 9 ↓ 3 Frans Eller C 270 FA DK Ace 10   A Red Guy G 270 FA AU .sniffuM 11   Micha Sage LW 266 FA CA AcousticKazoo 12 ↓ 5 Sigard Gunnar LW 265 FA IS Big Mac 13   Raymond Bernard G 265 FA US Mr_Hatter 14 ↓ 2 Owen Nolan RW 262 FA IE studentized 15   Fredrik Elmebeck D 252 FA SE Elmebeck 16 ↑ 6 Willie Dredge RW 224 FA US sjs88speed 17 ↓ 1 Kaspars Claude LW 215 FA IT Bruins10 18 ↑ 3 Seabass Perrin D 200 FA CA Sebster03 19 ↓ 2 Ryo Yamazuki II RW 200 FA JP Donno100 20 ↓ 2 Ricky Johnson D 200 FA CA Midnite 21 ↓ 1 Aamon Grim D 197 FA US aCrypticPancake 22 ↓ 3 Samuel Ross G 196 FA US Brrbisbrr 23   Gert B Frobe D 189 FA US NumberJ5 24 ↑ 6 Jeff Tates RW 184 FA CA PotatoKing 25 ↓ 1 Ryan Busser RW 179 FA CA diacope 26 ↓ 1 Fang Flashback G 179 FA CA uphillmoss 27 ↓ 1 Bruce Grimaldi G 176 FA US Psyduck77 28 ↓ 1 Finnegan MacBurn D 174 FA US DizzyWithLogic 29 ↑ 9 Balentine Kidd C 171 FA GB TukTukTheGreat 30 ↑ 6 Alyksander Hunter D 171 FA CA Jaku 31 ↓ 3 Chad Gilbert C 170 FA US Fire_In_Babylon 32 ↓ 3 Andrej Petrovic D 166 FA RS Tyler 33   Mac Hooper RW 165 FA GB MacH 34 ↓ 3 Bud Knight RW 163 FA US Dilly Dilly 35 ↑ 6 Tony Bolonee D 161 FA US Tbeez99 36 ↓ 4 Jaxon Walker RW 161 FA US hewasajazzman 37 ↓ 3 Justin Rushmore LW 157 FA US street 38 ↓ 3 Case Martell RW 152 FA US Shaka 39 ↓ 2 Block Buster G 147 FA AU Banana2311 40 ↓ 1 Liam Rooney C 144 FA CA elrune1988 41 ↓ 1 Beau Bennett D 137 FA CA Datools 42   Jacob Perry D 136 FA US Liberty_Cabbage 43 ↑ 6 Roadkill Steve RW 127 FA DE stevo 44 ↓ 1 Killy Foilen RW 127 FA AU Aye my name jeff 45 ↓ 1 Jerry Wang RW 125 FA SG ColeMrtz21 46 ↓ 1 Benson Kramer RW 120 FA CA Benson 47 ↓ 1 Jason Connors LW 117 FA US Klrpizza 48 ↓ 1 Ondrej Ohradka LW 115 FA SK animal74 49 ↓ 1 David Wallace RW 110 FA GB Juddy 50   Ryan Chism D 105 FA NZ Jables 51   Mike van Stronk D 103 FA NL Beerfridge 52 ↑ 1 Nate Wright C 102 FA US 73MPL4R 53 ↓ 1 Alex RW 96 FA LV Markoovskyz 54   Nate Telker C 92 FA CA Telkster 55   Keith Harris LW 87 FA CA Ty343 56   Joakim Sakic RW 86 FA SE Gscx420 57 ↑ 2 Ben McGirr LW 86 FA GB cartoes 58 ↓ 1 Jacob Scott D 80 FA US jscott 59 ↓ 1 Denis Lever RW 80 FA US DenisLever 60   Wonona Levantoes RW 78 FA GB oramuda 61   Julian Blackthorn RW 74 FA US LattimoreIsland 62   Hendrix Lapierre C 74 FA CA Lapierre 63   Raleigh Ritchie RW 73 FA GB DangerGolding 64   Cameron Eastwood C 70 FA GB CammyM 65   Tauras Karazija D 69 FA LT ontanis 66   Senor Physique D 66 FA CA Alim123 67   Pavel Dotsk RW 66 FA RU TRed7894 68   Stanley Sawchuk G 64 FA CA Molholt 69   Tomas Hasek C 62 FA CZ SJT29 70   Vladimir Pol RW 55 FA RU AnthonyOuellet 71   Kris Tougher LW 53 FA CA chrissyl93 72 ↑ 7 Alex Armstrong D 51 FA GB dylanjj37 73 ↓ 1 Lukas Schweitzer G 50 FA DE GlowyGoat 74 ↓ 1 Davy Jones D 50 FA CA jon-cent 75 ↓ 1 King Czar IV D 49 FA RU Riggsy 76 ↓ 1 Yeet Dabbersson D 46 FA TH Radcow 77 ↓ 1 Ryan Dingle RW 44 FA AU Robotastic 78 ↓ 1 Jack Danger LW 44 FA US THEMARD 79 ↓ 1 Connor Bregham LW 44 FA US Icedragon25 80   Gordie Burnett C 43 FA US Gordie 81   Patrick OReilly RW 41 FA US brenstl 82   Whiskey Malone D 40 FA US mollymcdeath 83   Justice Irons LW 40 FA US astrogenov 84   Rebacco Black D 38 FA US Rebacco 85   David Souter D 38 FA CA boomshocks 86   Alex Desmond D 38 FA US If_Tuna_Could_Fly 87   Peter Louis RW 34 FA CA CosmicStorm 88   Myles Angellus RW 34 FA CA co2angel 89   Javier Ricardo D 34 FA US Javier Ricardo 90   Brenden Ambrose LW 34 FA US bcadrums94 91   Nash Fields D 33 FA US Nash015 92   Vince Bitter RW 32 FA CA NucksGamer1 93   Milton Hilton LW 32 FA BR DameHoops 94   Matt Lapointe D 32 FA CA MattyIce 95   Leo Duplessis D 32 FA CA Logansanwolvie 96   Ian Walker C 32 FA CA Spartacus 97   Farzu Afzey D 32 FA US farzu 98   Duncan MacLeod C 32 FA HU Jimbo75 99   Baka Lakalakabangalangjangganghang C 32 FA HM Ninetyfourgoalie  
GM Players will go to the team that their user GM's. They will not be drafted but they will be a good goal post to see how you are doing.Includes all players entering the S68 VHL Draft who have added TPE to their player. Once your player has had an update approved by updaters that puts you over 30 TPE, you'll be added to the rankings. 
 
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I’m not completely opposed to discussing the idea, it’s been rewarded in the past, however I don’t care for the way you present your argument. Pointing out every other way to earn TPE and saying “we’ll what about that” doesn’t really make your suggestion any better, it just makes it seem like you hate everything else. At the end of the day all the things you mentioned are fair and even methods that can benefit anyone in the community. Affiliate one is a bit of a stretch since you’d need active affiliate players but you’re taking about 2 TPE per month (roughly 36 TPE over a full career) maximum which is very little. Something like this incentivized only graphics makers. Anyone with no GFX talent can’t compete and anyone with a job that pays enough to not need a PT isn’t incentivized enough.
 
I do agree that our GFX talent has gone downhill, mainly since auto-6 was introduced. There’s no real denying that fact, people put in less effort because they need less effort. I will say though that GFX competitions I don’t think are necessarily a way to improve that quality. More likely you just end up with people being disappointed that they are losing to the same decent members every time. So how do we get our graphics back up to snuff? First I would say we need our  @Updaters to have more free reign to mark PT’s as needing review from @DollarAndADream which we have been doing. Get people putting the effort in again otherwise they won’t be getting their PT; this goes for MS’ as well but we aren’t talking about that. Second I think would be sharing help and resources and comments. This section used to be filled with new digs that people would post for CnC before they posted it as a PT because they wanted max points, there’s no reason that can’t happen now. If people want to improve they can ask for help. Resource sharing in here also used to be a huge thing. People sharing tutorials or PSD’s to help others learn, guiding them with different techniques. This is all still possible, I’ll gladly donate some of my own stockpile.
 
At the end of the day I think GFX will only improve if people want to improve. I don’t think throwing more TPE at a problem is the answer for everything, it just furthers the climate we have of people only doing things if they’ll be rewarded for it. Back in the day we did improve because we’d get better grades and more TPE for it but it was always a minimal difference. Things rarely got graded under 5/6 so that 1 TPE didn’t make people improve: people wanting to improve did. I would love to see the VHL be the leading sim league for graphics that it once was but I’m not sure throwing TPE at the problem is the way to do it.
 
 

haha glad to see it got some more use! I checked your portfolio the other day and you’ve turned godly in your own right man

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