BladeMaiden

If it is the truth that only the most bland, straight forward methods will work it is kind of sad. I would hope that people would care about a way to make their player better and interact with the community but I've seen the way that some people react to @member tags and I think their is some degree truth to your point. That being said, I don't see the harm in trying something new and seeing where that takes us, sometimes people can surprise you. You never know if you'll hit a home run if, you never swing the bat.

@uphillmoss SO BB!!! Wooooo!

Good Job Reapers!! I am so proud of you boys!!

I am

I like that fact that you write a legit comment and call it a shameless post, when you could legit just put ...both teams played well. lol

Then why play it?

Nighthawks starting it off on the right foot!

When you only check to see what your save % is at and then you found out you won! Go CGY!!

54 shots @Beaviss is trying to kill me confirmed!

You underestimate the ability of the new VHL Crowd, we have a hungry bunch of newbies that would all want to win and we would also let an awards comity make the final judgement if you are really worried about the likes and comments. There is always a million ways you can chip away at ideas but I think this one might have an easy fix.

I actually love the idea of making things more competitive. For the record, you are one of the first people I would think of when selecting a brand director because I know someone with your passion would motivate the shit out of people, plus i know how much you hate to lose lol.

Literally every idea ever hangs on the buy in factor of the people you are aiming it at. VHL itself only exists on that principal that people buy into the sims sports experience. If this was something our core members bought into it could be fantastic. I am not saying it is a guaranteed hit, just food for thought and something that i thought would work with our loud and proud members. Idk why but I have a image of Dalhberg calling ppl out in a tweet and #ing haterade and this kinda fits how I see our player base atm. In the end it is an idea and one i have been waiting to share. I do think this would gain more traction than a tournament because we really don't do media battles on the forum for anything else.

Battle Of the Brands! What did Brands do for the league? · Added more to the individual identity of our league · Gave much needed contact money to rookies · Subsidized players who wanted to take low contracts for their GMs What was lacking about brands? · A format that made site members buy into the concept The Goal of My Idea: To revamp the brand format and bring back the much-needed contrgact boosts in a way that promotes site activity and allows both member and the new brand directors to have fun. Lets get into the competitive spirit and earn some cash ! The Math: 15 paid contracts x 8 teams = 120 cash contacts ranging from $2,000,000 to $500,000 With each team having $2,000,000 (x2), $1,500,000 (x1), $1,250,000 (x2), $1,000,000 (x2), $750,000 (x3) & $500,000 (x5) (That is not including the tops ups that were given to the 4 unpaid roster slots on each team that were also $500,000) The Proposal: To make this feel more like real sports I am suggesting that brand directors would hire players that they feel would best represent their brand. Players would sign on for a ranked spot in the roster (Higher ranked slots get paid out more money at the end of the season) It is both the players and the brand director's job to add to the brand thread. At the end of the season the most popular brand aka the brands with the most likes, comments and hopefully the best media presence would get ranked higher, becoming top tier bands that can pay more money to it's players. There would still be a mandatory number of VHL and VHLM players allowed on each brand payroll and all media created for the brand would have to be original. I feel with the number of active and creative people we have in VHL this might be a good way to make brands an active useful part of our site again. Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 1st Place Brand 2nd Place Brand 3rd Place Brand 4th Place Brand 5th Place Brand 6th Place Brand 7th Place Brand 8th Place Brand $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,250,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $750,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $750,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 (Note: This chart has the same amount of cash being given out as brands did, and this could be easily altered to fit the sites needs, I just thought it would be good to keep the value the same for the sake of this suggestion) I was also thinking the would be fun to name the brand tiers and give them some fun classifications. For example, the bottom tier could be “claiming bankruptcy” or “No Name Brands” while the top tiers could be “Owns the Market” or “Gold Standard Brands”. Like I was stating I really think the site could have a lot of fun with this idea and it would bring back some jobs. As a note for the job aspect of this Brand directors would be responsible for content being added to their brand every week and keeping the brand pages active, as well as declaring their roster of contributors and making sure they fit the brand (Nicest guy on the site should not be on Haterade…lol)

I’m just so many levels of sad and here you are on fire ? lol

JB Rift all done

Lol if it was anyone else i might rage but you know you can get away with murder when it comes to me

Whelp that just happened.. 0.0

#WhenYourGoalieIsTheBetterPlayer Can’t even be mad though lol

@Sharkstrong with 3 assets!! 0.0 on fire already ?

@Green oh captain, my captain. You’ve done us proud.

Yes @Josh. this was a very nice surprise ??

In any other situation yes, but when it comes to shit talking i think you guys might be out gunned by some of these new guys but who knows prove us wrong

@Matt_O I would just like to point out a fundamental flaw with this post, you don't state what the difference between the tiers are ... I am more confused at what this is supose to say each time I look at it ...

@Jubo07 has been doing this since he became my agm, team sigs let’s the whole team look cohesive and I am just lucky to have my right hand man making these amazing sigs for the team. Bet Helsinki would have some sweet looking ones, I saw your jersey swaps and they look nice

@Jubo07 that looks sooo good