RunnerBert11

I'll be the first to admit when I responded to this post I was a little perturbed as I actually did put a fair deal of effort into this sig, at the same time I can see where you are coming from as far as the pixelated look and overall quality, as they do look poor. I will also admit that I am very green to photo-editing and I am using GIMP which I recently found out about and downloaded when I joined this league. In that respects I will admit it takes me a fair deal of time to put together some components that may take a skilled photo-editor a few minutes to accomplish. I also see that my guys name is only one single font opposed to the two different fonts with a team name or position sometimes used, but I thought that the theme and idea of the retro throwback kid picture looked better with just a plain "kiddie tag" (lil' bertie) opposed to the full name, team and position. I will say that your graphics are far better quality, but at the same time I don't think that my graphics are lacking time or effort and I believe the amount of layers and effects I attempt to add are suffience and inline with what I am seeing as a norm across the league.
 
@DollarAndADream On that note I would like to say I am sorry for dragging your graphics into this and I do appreciate the fact that you take your role seriously and actually look into and question some of the time, effort and quality of the PT's that are submitted. I would like to formally apologize for this little exchange and hope we can put this behind us. Being recently drafted into the VHL I hope to stay around the league for quite some time to come, and don't wish to make any enemies or get on the bad side of anyone, especially someone who has the reputation and long standing history within the league like you do. Have a great weekend, sorry again and good luck to you and your team in the upcoming season. Cheer!

@K1NG LINUS Hope you like 'er!

1. You're one of the league's most highly-rated new members from this past season. Who would you say helped you out the most on your way to success? It's actually hard to narrow down to just a single individual, it was actually just a combination of different people in and outside of the locker room willing to help out and lend advice when needed.
2. You more or less played center all season due to the lack of centers in Minnesota. You switched position, however, a bit late in the season, really only in time for the playoffs. Did you see Meyers moving to center as a move to be made for the long-term future? Yea exactly, I played center the entire season to fill a void on Minnesota, which agruably was the tipping point in our road to the cup, but ultimately made this move so that the future VHL team I land on knows that my intentions going forward are to be a center and a force on the dot!
3. We've seen a lot of new guys getting hired as GMs lately. Why not you, the new guy with AGM experience? I have actually not tried to apply for any GM positions as I was wanting to get a little more experience with the league and STHS before I try to branch off and take the reigns.
4. At what point do you see yourself getting drafted, and by which team? I'm not entirely sure which team, but I would say I am going to be falling either late 1st round or early 2nd round.
5. Let's say you were currently sitting around 180 TPE, and could go up to the VHL or sacrifice a very small amount of TPE to stay down. Which would you choose given that you'd still be in Minnesota? If that were the situation I don't see any reason to hustle off to the big show, I certainly would've stuck around for another season in the VHLM, but as far as Minny goes, I was a free agent so I would've been draft eligible and would've most likely changed the 1st round of this years draft.
6. You were passed over by Team USA during World Juniors, and you'll likely pass the 350-TPE cap for Juniors when they roll around next season. How soon before you finally break into the World Cup? That's a good question and I was a little shocked by the Team USA decision, not so much as to who got the chance ahead of me, but that fact that so many older players were still available to play in the World Juniors, I hope it doesn't take but another season or two for me to get a chance to represent my nation in the World Cup!
 
@GustavMattias Thanks for the ?'s brother!

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Overall nice simple design. Nothing is underwhelming about this, the creative font really ties it all together nicely. Nice touch with the background as well.

lol next time prison mike will come out

Im on board with either idea, I could see how some would be resistant to option one since it requires any additional required energy or effort, but I do agree that the 5 and 6 are illogical. 

To me it's like a hotdogs and buns situations, where you get buns in packs of 8's but hotdogs in packs of 10's, doesn't work out for anyone and you end up having to get extra buns (questions) or throw out hotdogs (questions go unanswered).
 
When we originally were discussing the ideas and possible changes the presser job never came up, but I do like that idea since it would ensure that the press conference thread is always alive and active.

[Review] HOLY SHIT!!! I love it! You expect me not you push you up against the wall biotch!? Sorry, anyways nice looking graphic. Not sure if you added it or it was on the background, but I like the light streak that's coming through on the towers, helps break things up and keep the eyes moving. Overall great graphic, but I'm legitimately scared for the Mississauga organization knowing Prison Mike Beau Buefordsson is at the helm.

[Review] Nice graphic and nice season! Very similar season to my player, 22, 25, 47 and we joined just about the same time. I like the font you used and I also really like the texture you have over the background that adds that dots look. I'm not quite sure what's going on in the lefthand corner with the Hali logo, is that over a knight cutout? Hard to tell with the logo over top, but I get what you're doing, just not sure what it's placed on. Overall nice graphic and nice season, see you in the VHL!

Im on board with either idea, I could see how some would be resistant to option one since it requires any additional required energy or effort, but I do agree that the 5 and 6 are illogical. 

To me it's like a hotdogs and buns situations, where you get buns in packs of 8's but hotdogs in packs of 10's, doesn't work out for anyone and you end up having to get extra buns (questions) or throw out hotdogs (questions go unanswered).
 
When we originally were discussing the ideas and possible changes the presser job never came up, but I do like that idea since it would ensure that the press conference thread is always alive and active.

Looks small now since I had to knock down the size to be able to hit the size restrictions. 

Looks small now since I had to knock down the size to be able to hit the size restrictions. 

Looks small now since I had to knock down the size to be able to hit the size restrictions. 

(Minneapolis, MN) The stage is set and the Minnesota Storm are in the driver's seat with the series returning to home ice. They split the first two home games with the 21st, but went into Halifax and cleaned house taking both games and any bit of momentum Halifax had remaining from their lone win in Min. To add insult to injury the Storm won the 2nd game in Halifax rather easily, rounding out the night with a 6-2 victory and Shane Mars registering the Founder's Cup finals hat trick! Last night the city was relaxed and peaceful, a calm before the STORM you could say! As the city wakes up this morning the parking lots are filling up and fans are unloading their grills and baggo boards to kick off the possible Founder's Cup victory party with some good ol' fashioned Midwest tailgating as the sun is peaking up. The brats are sizzling, brews are cracking and bags are flying as the mood is as optimistic and lighthearted as they come for the fans that compile the sea of red that is clearly visible to air-traffic passing overhead. Can the Minny players bring home the cup tonight or will Hailfax take another game in MN and extend the series to a game 6. Only once the puck drops will the rest of this story be written.
 
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Quite the trick there Mars
 
This is looking all MN all of a sudden!

Not surprised, knew Hali was going to be tough and has been for us all season long. Not worried though, they took one from us, no reason we can't return the favor. LETS GO MINNY!

Hell of a game boys, way to grind out that win! Slate has been wiped clean, time to run away with it.

Fuck, let's go to Hali and kick their asses. It won't be the first time we have won there this season. Let's go Minnesota

Not surprised, knew Hali was going to be tough and has been for us all season long. Not worried though, they took one from us, no reason we can't return the favor. LETS GO MINNY!

I have decided to make a thread to share all of my VHL-related memes. Feel free to add your own too!
 

Expansion is a big topic, when a league decides to it, there is a lot of thought that goes into it, and a big process that has to happen in order to not only make it happen, but make it happen properly. The first order of business when the VHLM decided a second expansion was necessary, was finding the right GM's to call these teams home. With three new teams, came three new GM's and this week we have the pleasure of introducing my team, the San Diego Marlins. 
 
A lot of people know me, some people do not. I am a 15 year "veteran" of the site, we'll call myself a partial veteran because my activity as everyone now knows has been very spotty in the past. However, in my prime, I was a guy who could make 1000 TPE players, I could last in the league, I was capable of being a good GM and I was able to really make a name for myself. I've come back and fought for an expansion team for that very reason, to go back into my prime. 
 
I was then tasked at hiring an assistant GM. I had a lot of great applicants, but one stood out among the rest, and that would be MexicanCow. He's been an absolute pleasure to have early on, active, helpful, up front and always asking questions, he's the ideal person to have alongside you, and as long as he remains as active as he's been, we'll be a dominant force. We've got plans ahead to take over this league by storm, big things are going to happen, and I'm glad you all get to bare witness. 

Truthfully If my first answer stands I don't mind I looked and did the research and answered the best I know I could but recently people have been bringing up weird things about an exception in one of the answers I thought was not an option. The whole thing made me confused and honestly since I don't know the history I trust them more than I trust my own knowledge. 

Chico Smeb snipes it late in the 3rd to go up 5-4 

Congratz @rjfryman on the impressive point milestone! Great season for you this year!