Gustav

I wasn't here at the same time as @boubabi, and therefore I'm not going to vote. Don't know the guy, am staying out of serious discussion.

Welcome back to WEEK TWO of roasting! Take a look at who we're taking down today... Fucking roast me my dudes. Joined in August last year, drafted hella late in VHLM, drafted 1st overall in VHL. It's definitely gone to my head. We're roasting @Enorama, and let's make it a good one. To sign up, and read the rules, click here. Below, I'll tag everyone who signed up. If you were tagged and don't want to be, or if you weren't and you do want to be, let me know.

Hi there @Telkster and welcome to the league! I'm GustavMattias, GM of the Mississauga Hounds, and I'm here to offer you a spot on our team. If you sign here, be warned that we won't be winning a cup this season, and that wins may be few and far between. We're a fun group with an active locker room, though, so if you'd like some nice experience for the remainder of the season, and you're fine with not being great, we might be the team for you. In any event, welcome to the league once again--good luck, and feel free to ask whatever questions you may have, no matter where you go! -Gustav Edit: I don't have much common sense and forgot to include this: when you decide where you'd like to sign, make sure to quote that offer and say "accepted"

I've had this idea for a while, but it wasn't until @BladeMaiden wrote up an idea of her own that it occurred to me that I should actually go out and do something about it. As we all know, brands were viciously murdered by Quik and the gang after the last tournament, cutting out a vital part of my enjoyment for this league--just kidding, I didn't care about brands one bit, and that's exactly what the problem was. I signed with Viking, collected my paycheck, and looked at nothing at all through the whole tournament. If I might be bluntly honest, what does signing with a brand get you in terms of satisfaction, or general league-related good stuff? Money, and that's it. I signed with the only brand to offer me a paid spot, and after collecting my measly $500,000, more or less checked out completely. I couldn't tell you what we did. I couldn't tell you how we did. I couldn't tell you who won the tournament. Sure, I knew all these things at the time, and commented on some game threads for potential golden heaps of lottery goodness (and the league knows how I feel about that already, so I'll move on from lottery talk), but I forgot them as soon as I closed out of the thread and got on with my life. So what would keep players coming, and keep them coming back? In this world of TPE inflation, I refuse to introduce the idea of extra TPE rewards, as much as I like collecting a few uncapped every once in a while. What I'm suggesting is that we do the exact same thing, but with an improved pay structure. Here's what I mean: A spreadsheet illustrating Jolt Juice endorsements of S65. Many thanks to @Nykonax for this info As you can see, twenty roster spots exist on every brand team, fifteen paid, four unpaid, and one for the brand executive's player. If we're talking about Jolt Juice, only Arnor Sigurdsson and Apollo Hackett signed on without receiving some sort of payment, so if everyone else on the team thought just the same way as I do, fifteen players collected their paychecks and immediately stopped caring. So, what can we do about this, without handing out TPE rewards to everyone who participated and contributing to the inflation problem? What I'm proposing is a structure which pays players at the end of every tournament based on both individual and team performance. Under the former system, the average player received $800,000 for their services, executive players included. I don't intend to change that with my system, but my system gives a bit more variance than the previous. Basically, sign with a brand, without any discussion of payment, and then receive payment later, to be determined based on what actually happened rather than the player's perceived value at the start. To make it equal parts individual and team performance, first we'll slice the pay above in half, to get: 2x $1,000,000 1x $750,000 3x $625,000 (I'm throwing in what used to be the executive player's pay here) 2x $500,000 3x $375,000 5x $250,000 4x unpaid Here's what, under this system, we'd see for individual pay, which I think would be best done based on fantasy points--you don't get But, this system drops out of the good and drops into the meaningless pretty quickly, so to make it more interesting, while keeping the average pay the same, I'd suggest: 3x $1,000,000 3x $750,000 2x $625,000 2x $500,000 2x $250,000 8x unpaid This is to maintain a competitive atmosphere among members of a team, which would, in theory, make the brand tournament a bit more interesting. So, what about the team part? As we covered earlier, your average player earns $800,000 for participation in the tournament. We took away half of that money for the individual player performance payment covered earlier, and now we'll go about distributing the other half. Basically, we'll ensure that each team receives an average of $400,000, yet again. Here's what I say: 1st place: $1,000,000 2nd place: $750,000 3rd place: $500,000 4th place: $400,000 5th place: $250,000 6th place: $250,000 7th place: unpaid 8th place: unpaid So, yes, it's still possible to be unpaid--we'll have up to 16 unpaid players in every tournament. But--we'll also have our 2-million-dollar players, and everyone will have the opportunity to go for big money. The main difference isn't the difference in pay; it's the fact that the games actually matter for payment rather than simply being there. Is this viable? Possibly. But should we even bother?

If we didn't lose 5-1 in the other game I'd say this is Malmo's revenge for yesterday's performances. #fixthelottery

I have an idea...let's either blow out Vancouver or get blown out by Vancouver in every single game this season.

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Who needs brain cells when an entire VHLM team worships you without question

One hundred SIXTY NINE

ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR

Vuuna Haaka came in with a nice solid game here...too bad he's inactive, because I'd congratulate him if he weren't. @Banana2311 with the SHUTOUT though!

Outshot by 10, but nice job by Johnson holding it down in net. Garcia scores with two seconds left in the first, too...bet the home crowd was counting down to help out the team there. #fixthelottery

How did I miss this one? Interesting. Good game from Jerry on both ends of the ice, and I like seeing Pajari picking up his usual 8 hits... #fixthelottery

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Moscow Riga Calgary Helsinki

"lose" just kidding love you bana

I didn't apply, but obligatory FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY nonetheless

Helsinki 4-2

@cody73 join the defenseman club! I like it. Also, let me add that, with @Enorama's deserting of the defenseman club, the league has seen a net change of zero defensemen today.

Garcia moves up a spot in the defenseman rankings I guess? Still confused.

I picked Randoms and Cast for my fantasy team this season thinking I'd regret it, but so far it's worked out just fine. Surprised Thompson isn't in the conversation for best two-way. He's usually great on both ends of the ice, and this season isn't much of an exception. Even though Garcia doesn't deserve anything here, obligatory FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY

Hi there @Malte Ålander and welcome to the VHL! I'm GustavMattias, GM of the Mississauga Hounds, and I'd like to extend you an offer to join my team for the second half of this season. Should you decide that the Hounds are the team for you, I'd like to first warn you that we won't be winning any cups, or many games, this season. So, if winning is your thing, I'd suggest you wait for other offers and sign elsewhere. That being said, however, signing with the Hounds will get you immediate placement on the second line, with potential to move to the first if you're active. Lots of ice time is to be had here, and I'd love to have you on the team! All in all, welcome once again to the league, and wherever you go, good luck and feel free to ask me any questions you might have. -Gustav