solas

Thanks Will

Clearing the air at least from my perspective. I don't know the full extent of what happened here but I have spoken with a few members through PM to gather more info. I reached out to Spence for more information as well. Anyhow, I'll deal with what I can here and hopefully no hard feeling prevail. As I said before I wish Spence all the best with Chicago. Honestly could not have sent him off to a more dangerous looking team, and the defending champs at that.

Never apologize for sim league affairs, Elsby.
 
 
HEL did you dirty, but CHI is here to plug you into these continental cups.  Come to mama.

thank you

Mingle is AWAKE

WHERE IS MY BANNER
 

 
1 REACT = 1 VOTE

F - Ryan Schwarz
 
@Enorama your turn

Ok done

Jesus Christ

So for the VHL historians, there's always been a team that has stood out like a sore thumb: Avangard Havoc. Taken from the KHL team Avangard Omsk, whoever created the team did not realize Omsk was the place and Avangard was not. This resulted in them taking Omsk out and adding Havoc, resulting in "team name team name" such as Penguins Blue Jackets, rather than one of the words being a place.

However, this phenomenon is not only found in sim leagues, but also in real life. The MLS team Real Salt Lake is an example. Taken from Spanish teams such as Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza, and Real Oviedo, the term "Real" (pronounced Ray Al, not like the word "real" as in the opposite of fake) is Spanish for "Royal" and refers to the team of the monarchy in some way. This makes sense for the Spanish teams, as Spain has a history of being a monarchy. It does not make sense for Real Salt Lake, who is neither Spanish-speaking nor has any historical context with which to claim a monarchy. Salt Lake City is in Utah, which is more Mormon than monarchical. The MLS in particular tried to go a bit too far with stealing European naming conventions, but most of the time it's harmless, such as Toronto FC where FC really just means "football club" and is therefore true.

Which is a dumber team name? Can you think of any other examples of teams where the name doesn't even follow its own internal logic?

Maybe the third time is the charm, much like it was when I completed a three-peat, the first and only of it's kind.

Gonna throw my name in to let u guys know I'm interested in a GM spot

damn y'all getting 12 hour roped extra hard for that one

I apply 👀

ok then

Welcome @Spence King!

Honestly, with no offense meant to anyone else, you might be my favorite current graphics maker in the league.  The lighting is good, the render effects and distortion are fantastic, the use of color and composition is really cool.  The only thing that brings this down a little bit is the kerning on some of the text (like between the y and r, and the v and e).  9.75/10 but only because I like to be unnecessarily picky on what a 10 is.

LFG 🥇