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CAPTAIN ELSBYYYYYY @Spence King

Lee Xin Participation HOF

Tyler was Pavel, actually. Manship was Andrei. I only know this because I wrote Tyler's HoF builder article.

1. Which ocean would you want to sail across? And with what type of vehicle would you use to do so? Either the Indian or the Atlantic for me. Arctic is too cold, obviously, and I think the Pacific is too big (it gets really remote in some places, which I think would make me uncomfortable. And I refuse to acknowledge the "Southern Ocean". I think I'd go with the Indian since I'm already familiar with the Atlantic. And I'd probably choose some sort of small yacht. 99% of the time, I think yachts are needlessly ostentatious and stupid but in this case it'd be useful because for such a long trip I'd want to have some kind of interior that feels like a home rather than just a sailboat. Maybe a houseboat? 2. It's now the offseason. What could we have done better? A lot. I think our team was built really well but the performances just weren't there, particularly in net because we lost a lot of games where we outshot our opponents. 3. If there was one thing you could tell your parents/loved ones, what would it be? That I care about them and appreciate them. I think they know that but I do owe a lot to them and I like people to know that I'm grateful for what they do for me. 4. Are you a white light or yellow light person? I've honestly not thought too much about that. White light can be a bit much sometimes, but I think each one has its place. 5. Do you keep up with your flu shots every year before the flu season starts? Not too often. I got one about two years ago I think though? I feel like that's something I should do. 6. Have you ever came across someone that really made an impact on you? If yes, who was it? I tried and failed to come up with a jokey answer here because I can't come up with a real one, so instead I'll just choose the cop out answer and say I don't know. I would say I'm fairly empathetic, so people do have an impact on me, but I don't ever have one story that changed my viewpoint on life immediately. I feel like it happens slower than that for me. Or maybe I'm just too young and that hasn't happened yet. Who knows, really.

Is this where I apply for the GM job?

Well. That was awkward. What went wrong? LA's depth maybe? Also worth noting there was no firecat posting. Who's the first person you're going to take golfing, now that we're not playing hockey? Myself. I need to be alone after JPC's playoff performances, and also because I don't want anyone seeing how bad I am at golf. I haven't played since, like, middle school/early high school and I wasn't strong enough to drive the ball very far back then. We have a lot of unrestricted free agents this season, who would you like to see re-sign and make a return? All of them because I like it here. I mean, ideally it'd be nice to get the depth from S75 back but I don't wanna be the guy to say that I don't want people to be my teammate any more because that seems mean. Chicago doesn't pick until the 3rd round this year. Do you think we'll be able to uncover some hidden talent with our late picks? Talent would be nice, but I'd like a funny name personally. I feel like with where our team is development-wise it'd be hard to make place for a prospect. Unless Geojeff is planning to rebuild the team and trade all of us away. It's almost the offseason, which means it's almost vacation time. Where will you be spending our time off, in our COVID-free simulation world? At this point I don't even know anymore. I guess I would go somewhere that's warm and would be unlikely to have anything hockey-related going on. Gotta have an escape. The Caribbean sounds nice. Also on a different note I've always wanted to see a national park so maybe somewhere like Yosemite? Who's the funniest teammate you had all year, and why? I can't pick one person in particular. I feel like everyone else has got the dynamic of the locker room down in their previous answers so it's hard to really build on that. There's not really one particular person who's the funniest, sometimes there's one person who drives the conversation but I think overall it's the team atmosphere that's great here.

Reminds me of when we used to use player headshots back in like S30-S40. I'd be a fan of this if there was an easy way to put it in the portal

can't believe jeffrey pines won the fa cup! congrats rory!!

Make sure you don’t count the ones I play badly in

It's time to get back out there and defend our title. How do we stack up against the rest of North America this year? I think pretty much all of the top four teams are pretty close considering how we ended up in the standings. I still believe we're the most talented team in the conference but our depth has been reduced from last year so The top of EU this season has looked threatening, which NA team (if any) has the best chance to knock them down a few pegs in the cup finals? Tough to say honestly. Disregarding Chicago, I think a lot of the teams left have a good shot to be honest. Toronto could have a good chance if Hornet turns it on, LA has strength in depth, and you can never really count out Seattle (especially with their talent this year). Call it now- which of your teammates is taking home the Kanou (playoff MVP)? Robin Winter for sure. Which of our new additions made the biggest impact for us in the regular season, in your opinion? Gotta be Elsby. Leading the team in assists and being tied for the most points is really good - especially as a defenseman. Also shoutout to Jungkok for his goalscoring output. June 4th of this year is a date that's been hyped up a little bit. What do you think is going to happen on that day? Some people might do some dumb things. Maybe I'll meet up with a friend I haven't seen in a while, or go to the movies, or something. I feel like I don't even know what to do for social activities. If you could choose the slogan or motto for our playoff run this year, what would it be? sarah

After seeing @Sonnet's VHL merch store article I got some inspiration for more VHL merch. I'm a big fan of the idea of shirseys but I also wanted to give a try to some other things (also because I've ran out of sigs to submit). I'd probably go with different designs for other teams.

it's very rushed because I forgot to do a PT until tonight so I liked the idea but it's not up to my usual standards

Playoffs are around the corner, and we're neck-and-neck(and neck) with the Legion and Bears for first in the West. What do we need to do to set ourselves apart from the others and claim that coveted top spot? Well I'm answering these late so the season's already finished, and by this point we've already gotten first. So whatever it was, I guess we've already done it. It's pick on a teammate time! Which of your fellow Phoenix has the strangest superstition? I mean...I guess the counting is a superstition in a way. @Quik also does this thing where he puts a bunch of water in a sandbox to try and make cement, then shows it to the rest of the team. I don't get the point of that. You have to clean the sandbox every time. fishy claims that counting helped lead us to our championship in s76. Do you think that boost will continue this year, so we can start counting championship rings as well? I certainly hope so. If anything, the sheer power coming from our 10,000+ counting total could have even more of an effect than last year. When are you most active in the VHL: during work/school, or when you have total downtime? Downtime for me. It's basically impossible to be checking the VHL when I'm at work, save for my break time. Although downtime doesn't necessarily guarantee activity for me. If you could choose between the forums or Discord exclusively for communication within the VHL, which would you choose and why? You know, it's funny, if it wasn't for this team and the experience I've had with JPC I would've said the forums but now I think I'd go with Discord, if only because I actually get to have conversations with people more often. But that's only if I had a choice between the two - I don't think I'd ever want to completely get rid of the forum, there's too much nostalgia in it for me. What would the ideal mascot for the Phoenix look like? What would be their name? I'm going to eliminate an actual Phoenix because that's just too obvious. I'll go with @Sonnet's dog Lucky because he's cute and seems very happy all the time, and that's the sort of energy I'd like our team to have.

Sadly no, I got PS ~2 years ago and haven’t gone back

Nice to see you back and making graphics again!

Disagree. I like the idea of a logo based on Aztec culture but the headdress in the logo is much more reminiscent of a war bonnet than the ones you see there. Maybe I’m getting into the weeds here, but it always struck me as “generic Native American logo #3” that the VHL picked out and asked a designer to change the text on rather than having any actual connection to Aztec culture.

MOURINHO OUT also fuck the super league

so here is a hastily-done signature instead. Also, what if Vasteras was still around? I'd probably be playing for them which is the idea behind this signature.

1. These questions are going up on a Wednesday; are you generally good about not procrastinating, or are you the type that gets everything done in the last minute? No way, I procrastinate all the time. I guess it depends on what I'm working on though, sometimes I get the inspiration to work on something earlier - but if it's work, it's usually done in the last minute. That was true for me throughout college. 2. What's your drink of choice? Doesn't have to be alcoholic, but it can be. I don't drink alcohol very often but if I do, I guess I'd go with a Corona. If it's non-alcoholic that's a tough decision because there's a lot more to choose from. I like flavored lemonades, I had a blackberry lemonade recently that was good and the peach lemonade at Wendy's is nice too. I might go with a smoothie too, if that counts. I mostly drink water though to be honest. 3. Chicago's been at roughly .500 for the last handful of games, what do you think we need to change to get back to form? Stop allowing so many shots on goal. Or at least JPC needs to play better in net, I feel like we let in too many goals in general. 4. What the hell is Warsaw doing this year that's making them so good? I mean they were good last year and now without a strong Moscow team in their conference there's nothing holding them back, plus they've still got a well-built roster. So I think maybe a part of it is them staying strong (maybe even getting better) compared to their competitors. 5. If you could redesign any logo in the league (VHL or VHLM), which would it be and why? What would you do differently? I feel like my answer is pretty obvious here - I don't want to beat a dead horse so I'll try to be brief, I'd redesign Mexico City's logo to be actually accurate instead of dated and stereotypical. Or even just a generic "Kings" logo, that'd be better than what they currently have. On a lighter note, I'd also say Philadelphia and LA are two logos that I'd want to change. 6. It's alternate universe theme week! Which alternate reality would you like to live in most? To be honest I feel like most alternate realities that come to mind from like, movies/TV/books would all be worse to live in than ours. Probably because a fantastic world with no real problems wouldn't make for a very interesting story. (I'm sure there's probably at least one story like that that's interesting, but I can't think of one). I would, however, like to live in an alternate reality where the Vasteras Iron Eagles still exist, and maybe you could be reading a media spot about that sometime soon

1. Who's the best member in the VHL? What makes them the best in your opinion? You can even state the worst member, that was what I wanted to ask anyway The worst member is obviously @JeffD because he is inactive and GMs should be active and writing PTs about their teams every week. I am also deliberately choosing not to name a favorite member so as to maintain my cool and marketable lone-wolf image. (Shut up, stop laughing at me.) 2. What's the best thing you have read or saw on twitter/instagram? I don't really use Instagram. I do use Twitter, but to be honest it's just a neverending scroll for me a lot of the time. So I don't know if I could point to a particular thing. Also I'm too lazy to find something to link here. 3. Who do you think is the favourite among the fans here in Chicago? Elsby surely has to be up there because of the impact he's had coming in as captain in his first season. Probably Mingle as well because of all his seasons as captain too, and Socks for being one of the team's first draft picks. 4. If you got stuck in an elevator and it shakes every 10 seconds, what would you do? Would you have a plan to escape this chaotic madness? Probably not. I'd just panic. I'm not particularly good in stressful situations, normally I just kinda shut down. And the kind of situations I get stressed in are much less dangerous than that so I can't imagine what I'd do there. Who knows, maybe the adrenaline might make me a little more decisive but I wouldn't bet on it. 5. A flat earther came up to you preaching about the flat Earth theory. How would you react? Try to engage as little as possible. Probably give them a lot of "hmm"s and "oh?"s and so on. Pay just enough attention so that it seems like I'm listening but not too much, then hope they tire themselves out or get bored. 6. How many hours do you think gorlab sleeps in a day? I like to imagine he alternates between sleeping no hours one day and 16 the next. 7. With our team having a ton of ageing players. What do you suggest is the next move for us? Gracefully age into the sunset until our core is retired, then we'll all leave and let Jeff rebuild the team on his own this time. See if he can do it without our and Hogan's help. 8. How much white claw is actually in Lidia's body on any given weekend? I'd say it flows through his veins. According to Google there's about 40 liters of blood in the average human so uhh...let's go with that.