solas

Jungkok has accepted Chicago's offer.

Also congratulations @Emi on becoming the 82nd member of the Triple Gold Club!

Super proud of all my Team Mercenaries, who have made this a World Cup I'll never forget! A team filled with quality individuals, reunited a fearsome WJC line, and we send Jacques Lafontaine into retirement a Gold medalist...
 
This is the way.
 
@BladeMaiden @Renomitsu  @PatrikLaine @bigAL @fonziGG  @SirRupertBarnes @MattyIce @fishy  @JigglyGumballs @Emi @solas @SlapshotDragon
 
GOLD. MEDALISTS!!

Mercs have done it again! 2 golds in 3 tournaments! Camus can not be stopped.

Helsinki receives:
S78 TOR 3rd
S79 TOR 3rd
 
Toronto receives:
Jon Webber
 
 
This trade has been accepted by all parties and is pending league approval.
 
 

phoebe bridgers 👀
punisher is such a great album

phoebe bridgers 👀
punisher is such a great album

phoebe bridgers 👀
punisher is such a great album

Helsinki receives:
Yuuto Kira Cloudera
S79 CHI 2nd
S79 CHI 3rd
 
Chicago receives:
 
Spencer Elsby
S79 HSK 4th
 
 
This trade has been accepted by all parties and is pending league approval.
 
 

😲

I think a good rule of thumb for any voting system, be it BOG, Award Committee, or whatever, is:
 
ACTUALLY MAKE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR VOTES AND JUSTIFY THEM IN VOTING THREADS.
 
Obviously I'm not here to point fingers and I don't even know who voted for what (that's not my business to know anyway) but I can think of multiple instances where someone won an award based on one person's argument...and I'd assume everyone else just silently agreeing and not contributing. I've been guilty of the same at times (including one season where I straight-up forgot to vote), so don't take this as me putting myself on some sort of moral high ground as that isn't the intent.
 
I actually agree with the concept of votes being released publicly (as in, I'd be fine with it if Victor came in and listed off everyone I voted for; I can take whatever heat anyone's got), but I do worry about how that would be used. I don't want to see people getting personally attacked, accused of voting to serve their own interests, voting to help their own predictions, and whatever else that would probably constitute a Code of Conduct violation worthy of punishment if it didn't inevitably gain popular support if it were worded well enough.
 
...which I think brings up an interesting debate. As a member I'd certainly be interested in seeing who voted which players for which things and who didn't (I don't even have access to that information myself). As someone in the BoG I'm fine with my own votes being plastered all over the forums or Discord, because as stated earlier, I get that people are going to get irrationally angry over some stuff and, if that happens over my votes at any time, it's nothing I haven't dealt with before either on here or in real life. That's my own situation. I can't speak for other people on this, because it should be fairly obvious that being trashed for your own opinions isn't something that anyone actively wants, regardless of whether or not anyone's actually cool with it happening. And also regardless of whether or not anyone's cool with it happening, if specific people being singled out and put down becomes something that routinely happens every season...is that really the way we want the community to go? Is it really the look we want to give off, especially to newer people right before their first big draft(s)? This community is great most of the time, but let's be honest--threads can get messy. And they often do when the topic is controversial.
 
So my opinion is this: transparency = good, definitely opening the door to drama and potentially opening the door to harassment = no good. Either way this goes, there's a big negative to point to.

hi it's rory, here's my suggestion thread for 2021!

here's why voting sucks:
-secret ballot
-secret reasoning
-only half the eligible voters voted and it really skewed the votes imo

here's my fix:
-lots of active people now, so re-make the awards committee
 
thanks!  

Definitely did not see this coming.  A huge thank you to everyone for their kind words and to the HOF committee for giving me this amazing honour!

I'm taking a bit of a break after Jensen's retirement since real life is super busy at the moment but hope to potentially come back to this awesome community at some point in the future

Kyl Oferson - Kris Rice - Thomas Landry II 
Cinnamon Block - Matty Socks
Zamboni Driver
 
The Chicago Phoenix were powered by the 47 goals of Kyl Oferson @Nykonax , who finished with 97 points. Kris Rice @Ricer13, an unsung hero on the Moscow Menace, finished with 105 points in his final season, as did Scotty Campbell Trophy finalist Thomas Landry II @Doomsday of the Prague Phantoms. Cinnamon Block @omgitshim finished just shy of 100 points in her final season, and Matty Socks @fishy continues to add to his brilliant career thus far with an All-VHL Second Team selection. Zamboni Driver @Tape-to-Tape had another big season in net for the Helsinki Titans, and rounds out the All-VHL Second Team!!

Kyle Oferson

LANDRY FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY

Congrats @solas 😍