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Effort: 2/2 - Everything's here Look: 2.5/3 - Almost gave this a 2.75. All in all, I like the look of this, epecially the text, but some of this I'm not a fan of. The coloring on the render seems a bit oversaturated to me, and the cloud stocks on the outside of the sig make it look a bit washed out, as does the lighting. I'd personally move the render a bit further down and add more lighting on the face to emphasize the render as the focal. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 5.5/6

Effort: 2/2 - Effort is definitely visible here. Look: 2.75/3 - I just feel like a bit more stock work could be done here, particularly on/around the render. I do really like the lighting and the text but this just feels a tiny bit simple. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 5.75/6

Effort: 2/2 - Yep Look: 3/3 - It's awesome, but my only issue is the flag choices just because we don't have separate teams for Finland and Sweden, and the Czech and German teams would both be team Europe. Although I'm assuming you used the flags just to fill space since six flags might look a bit weird and stretched out. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 6/6 FINAL GRADE: 6/6

Effort: 2/2 - Of course Look: 2.75/3 - Going to have to agree with sheriff here. I really like the general look of this but it could use a bit more. Also the text is a bit too far down on the image. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 5.75/6 FINAL GRADE: 6/6

Effort: 1/1 - Just like your other video, this has a good amount of effort put into it. Look: 2/2 - Honestly, I really like this. The editing, effects, music, etc. are all great and done really well. IMO this is better than the Team Canada video you made. Quality: 3/3 - Good music, good editing, good video quality, everything's here. Total: 6/6 FINAL GRADE - 6/6 Sunday is close enough to next week, right? I imagine you can just claim this as soon as next week starts, the time of grading shouldn't matter.

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Effort: 2/2 - Definitely. There seems to be enough layers to this, not to mention that it often takes a good amount of work to get the render to stand out from the background like that when making a manip. Look: 2.5/3 - I really like the blurring and lighting in this, you seem to always be good at that kind of thing. Not sure how I feel about the stock work though, the grunge stock doesn't seem to go well with the rest of the sig. Maybe something smoother might work better to fully take advantage of the style you're using. Normally I don't care much for text with a gradient, drop shadow, or inner shadow because it tends to over-complicate things, but this works decently well. I'd suggest removing the drop shadow on the text, maybe remove or lower the opacity of the gradient outline, and change the text color to something like red, just to simplify it a tad. This was honestly almost a 5.75 from me, but it's too close so I'll let the next grader decide. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 5.5/6

Awesome to see another football sim league, especially with what looks to be really solid leadership and planning. Always enjoyed football sims, can't wait until this starts.

Effort: 2/2 - A bit simple, but there's nothing wrong with that as long as it's not lazy. Look: 2.75/3 - Went back and forth between a 2.75 and a 2.5 here, but the more I look at this, the more I like this. The text is nice, the coloring is consistent, and the stock work/brushing looks really good here. The lighting could use a bit of work here in my opinion, maybe to draw a bit more attention to the face/upper body of the render. The yellow in the center of the sig below the text, while it has the potential to look nice, overpowers the rest of the sig. It could work in some circumstances, but the render doesn't stand out enough from the background to draw the eyes away - the yellow is essentially the first thing that the eye is drawn to and that's not good. Overall, a good sig though. Creativity: 1/1 Total: 5.75/6

Effort: 2/2 - Yep, JC and everything. Look: 2.75/3 - Just a few minor issues. The contrast is a tad too high on the render, plus the render's face is oversharpened. While it does have the right focals, the face area is just too bright - the sig is dark enough that a darker face should still stand out enough. Maybe a tiny bit more stock work could help this sig out, but that's just me nitpicking. Otherwise, I really like the sig. Really like the text on this, plus the general flow of the graphic is nice. Creativity: 1/1 - Mhm. Total: 5.75/6

Effort: 2/2 - Of course. Look: 3/3 - One of my favorites from you, easily. Love the coloring and stock work, maybe a bit more blending would help and the text could be a tad larger, but this is great. Really like this. Creativity: 1/1 - wow you suck Total: 6/6

Effort: 2/2 - I can see the effort here. Stock work, background, what looks like some render effects as well. Look: 2.25/3 - You've got the basics down, but I feel like this needs a bit more polishing up. I don't really think the coloring (background color, stocks, etc.) works here - you've got green in the background, orange/yellow in the stock work, and blue and orange in the render. Try to stay with maybe a few hues here, something like an orange/blue/white color scheme or something. I'm not saying all your stocks need to be the same exact color, but consistency helps in improving the look of a graphic. Next, there's too much empty space on the left side. It's nothing glaring, but the render's a bit small and some bigger text and possible some darkening on the far left side would improve it. Finally, the lighting needs work. The render looks a bit too bright, maybe if it was darker with some slight lighting on the left side of the face/jersey it might look a bit better. I can see you've got potential and are familiar with making sigs, just keep working at it and you'll be getting 6s in no time. Creativity: 1/1 - I can't see why not. Total: 5.25/6

Effort: 1/1 - Pretty clear effort here, lots of detail put into each player with both the stats and the teams/players used. Look: 3/3 - Nothing to really criticize you for here. The text/text boxes aren't my personal favorite, but that's moreso personal taste so I can't and won't dock for that. The transitions are nice and smooth and the music and sound goes along well with the video. All in all, well done. Good to see a video submitted as a PT, don't think there's been one for a while. Quality: 2/2 - The clips are all consistent quality and edited well. My only issue was that the quality of the clip used for Smyl wasn't to the same quality of the other clips, but that's only one small thing, nothing to dock for. Total: 6/6

Vasteras’ Offense Surging It seems like only yesterday that there were complaints from fans about a lack of scoring in Vasteras. Now, things seem to have turned around for the Iron Eagles. The team has worked their way back to second in the European Conference and fourth in the VHL. Eggly Bagelface has continued his incredible play in goal, as he sits in second in the league in save percentage and goals against average. However, Bagelface and the Vasteras defense have been playing incredible all season. What has changed recently is the team’s offense. The dynamic duo of Keiji Toriyama and Willem Janssen has proved to be absolutely crucial to the team’s success. Janssen and Toriyama, the team’s two top scorers, combine for 103 points on the season. Toriyama, who centers the first line, has continued his breakout scoring from last year, and might even have the chance to break 100 points for the first time in his career. Janssen, the team’s captain and one of the faces of the franchise, has had a career year so far – should he continue this pace, it will be his first season with over a point per game. Can Vasteras’ top line continue their increased scoring pace? Are Bagelface, Toriyama, and Janssen enough to carry the Iron Eagles to a playoff run? Only time will tell.

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Fucking VAS LW1 screwed us out of a win.

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Name on other forum: Turd Ferguson Name of other forum: SHL Direct link to other forum: http://theshl.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=33966

I'll apply. I've been a GFX grader in the past in multiple leagues (VFL, MFA, SSN v2, etc.), plus I have about 3 to 4 years of GFX experience in sim leagues. I'm also very active and I've been in this league for a while, so you can rely on me to consistently get the job done.