Acydburn

@Members It's that time of year again! The beginning of the VHL Holiday season and therefore the Charity Auction! So this post is our call for items, you can see what has been done in the past here. This gives you an idea of what other's have done if you want to replicate it but feel free to come up with something new. The way the auctions function is simple, we put up the "items" you offer and as members you put your money bids down and fight over who gets it. Once the time runs out the highest bidder takes the prize. So what's this thread for? Well we need to know what to put up for auction of course! So, reply below if you're willing to auction anything, digital, real, or otherwise. You can also offer up incentives for group milestones or cumulative goals. These would be stuff like the Zoo Tycoon 2 stream that @Beketov has done the last couple of years. Essentially if, as a whole, we meet a certain amount of money raised then the milestone is met and the reward is "paid out" to everyone. Alternatively a cumulative goal would be if that specific auction item reaches a certain amount raised so like "$100 = a stream" or something and everyone puts forth money toward the same goal instead of budding against each other. Notes: - We've had amazingly creative auctions the last two years, check out the subforum for ideas for this year. It's okay to repeat things. - Staff will have the final say on which volunteered items make it to the auction. Ultimately some things like permanent discord mutes or something might be funny but we aren't going to intentionally harm the league or do anything illegal for this. - As always, everything must be SFW. - When you bid on an auction item, you are agreeing to pay that amount in full if you win. Do not bid if you aren't willing to pay. - If you sign up to auction off an item or your time please consider it a commitment. If you offer to do something please follow through with it. People are paying for these things so don't ignore them. Once we get the items for the charity auction sorted, we'll set fundraising goals and share the corresponding rewards for hitting each goal. As always @Commissioner have final say if an item is appropriate and what items will be chosen. Volunteering an item in here doesn't mean it will automatically get chosen but putting something in means it can so make sure you're willing to do whatever you say in here. Happy holidays! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

Season 95 Experience Points Congratulations to all @Members for the completion of another successful VHL season, as well as to Riga for taking home the Continental Cup. As always, with the season finished, all VHL players have earned some more experience based on the length of their campaign. In addition, anyone who participated in the VHLM or VHLE in S95 is eligible to claim 3 Experience points. How to Claim Claim experience in the Player Management area by clicking the 'CLAIM UNCAPPED' button, select Off-Season, then select Experience from the dropdown. Enter the amount of Experience you are eligible for as described below and link to this thread.  Once approved, the Experience will be added directly to your player's experience attribute. You do not need to apply it yourself.  NOTE: YOU CAN NOT CARRY OVER EXPERIENCE POINTS EARNED BY A RETIRED PLAYER ONTO A RECREATE  POINTS Full VHL Season - 5 Points Partial VHL Season - 2 points (Less than 72 GP in VHL, unless due to a trade) Playoffs - 2 Points Finals - 1 Point VHLE (Any Amount) - 3 Points VHLM (Any Amount) - 3 Points Example: Axle Gunner played for Riga and won in the finals. They get 5 for a full season, 2 for playoffs, and 1 for finals. For the most part, members of these teams will receive: CALGARY - 7 CHICAGO - 7 DAVOS - 7 DC - 5 HELSINKI - 5 LONDON - 5 LOS ANGELES - 5 MALMO - 7 MOSCOW - 7 NEW YORK - 5 PRAGUE - 5 RIGA - 8 SEATTLE - 7 TORONTO - 8 VANCOUVER - 7 WARSAW - 7

I wanted to thank @FrostBeard and @samx for their time as GMs. With that said, Please Congratulate the new GMs of Helsinki and DC!

SMH I thought I did.. memo to self, don't post when you're high-fiving Jesus.

The league wants to thank @samx and @FrostBeard for their time behind the helms of these two franchises. This leaves us with two GM vacancies that needs filling. If you are interested in the openings, please post in this thread. Please do not contact the Commissioners outside of this thread, we will reach out to the chosen candidate privately. ***Please refrain from making comments regarding any candidates and their "worthiness" of being hired for this job, positive or negative. Any comment that is not an application will be removed to maintain a clean list of actual candidates, and (I hate that this actually needs to be said, but...) any member bashing will not be tolerated.***

Player Information Username: Acydburn Player Name: Brigitta Sandstrom Recruited From: Returning Age: 18 Position: D Height: 80 in. Weight: 250 lbs. Birthplace: United States of America Player Page @VHLM GM

@AJW is stepping down from the Fantasy Zone Manager role. I'm glad to announce that @youloser1337 is going to be taking over the role! This position includes: VHL/VHLE/VHLM Weekly Pick 'Em and pays 4 tpe during the season. Please Congratulate @youloser1337

The league would like to once again thank @jacobcarson877 for their stint as GM of the London United. After consideration of all the great candidates that applied the @Commissioner team has decided it’s time for @Baby Boomer to take their place among the VHL GM ranks as the new GM of London.

This is being done so no one claims we waited till 5 mins before the draft. Obviously you all have seen @jacobcarson877 decided to step down from the GM position of the London United. This leaves us with another GM vacancy that needs filling it. As always the league would like to thank Jacob for his time behind the bench in London. If you are interested in the opening, please post in this thread. Please do not contact the Commissioners outside of this thread, we will reach out to the chosen candidate privately. ***Please refrain from making comments regarding any candidates and their "worthiness" of being hired for this job, positive or negative. Any comment that is not an application will be removed to maintain a clean list of actual candidates, and (I hate that this actually needs to be said, but...) any member bashing will not be tolerated.***

Congrats @AJW you're the new Fantasy Manager.

After doing a fantastic job @Mysterious_Fish is stepping down from the Fantasy Zone Manager role. If you are interested, please apply within. Duties of Fantasy Zone Manager include: VHL/VHLE/VHLM Weekly Pick 'Em This job pays 4 capped a week when fantasy is going on. Apply below if you're interested

At this point feels like we have to do this every single season.... With that said, we do expect our GM's to do their jobs and follow the rules. There is a big difference between leaving your bot goalie in for 1 or 2 extra games. This punishment comes from way more. For that reason, the draft lottery odds are being adjusted as a form of punishment for LA @InstantRockstar who started their goalie 19 times an extra 11. In order to keep things fair to the other teams in the lottery. We as the commissioner team have decided that LA will lose 15% odds of first overall (they will keep the position just not the odds). This 15% will then be re-distributed. The lottery odds this season are: 1. LA - 10.0% 2. Davos - 23.0% 3. Riga - 20.5% 4. Vancouver - 18.0% 5. Calgary - 15.5% 6. Helsinki - 13% In addition LA will lose their 2nd round pick. It is the hope of the league that this will not be an every season occurrence and that it was simply a mistake on the part of the GM's rather than malicious tanking and no further adjustments to the rules will be made at this time so please don't prove us wrong and have to make this a seasonal thing that we punish more harshly. I feel like I say that every season, we expect the GMs to follow the rules. As this punishment continues every season don't be surprised if the punishment continues to be more severe on each occurrence. @Commissioner

Evening! So with myself stepping down, we needed to replace the GM of Prague. With that said, please help me welcome

So this may come as a surprise to some and not to others. After the many seasons as being the GM of Prague I am stepping down. Life has become too hectic for me to handle everything at once so I am giving up my position as the GM of Prague. I will still be a commissioner though so I'm not leaving leaving. I wanted to thank everyone who has been/is on Prague. We were able to finally win a cup for the franchise! So with that said we will be looking for someone to take over as the GM of Prague! If you are interested in the opening, please post in this thread. Please do not contact the Commissioners outside of this thread, we will reach out to the chosen candidate privately. ***Please refrain from making comments regarding any candidates and their "worthiness" of being hired for this job, positive or negative. Any comment that is not an application will be removed to maintain a clean list of actual candidates, and (I hate that this actually needs to be said, but...) any member bashing will not be tolerated.***

So we went a whole season without having to implement this rule again. With that said, we do expect our GM's to do their jobs and follow the rules. There is a big difference between leaving your bot goalie in for 1 or 2 extra games. This punishment comes from way more. For that reason, the draft lottery odds are being adjusted as a form of punishment for Seattle @Banackock who played their bot goalie 9 extra times. While Riga @hedgehog337 did go over the required 8, it was by one game and as I stated earlier there is a big difference between 1 and 9. In order to keep things fair to the other teams in the lottery (and not give an advantage to some over the others) we have decided that Seattle will lose 15% odds of first overall pick (they will keep the position just not the odds). This 15% will then be re-distributed as 3% each to the remaining teams in the lottery. That means the lottery odds this season are as follows: 1. Seattle - 10.0% 2. Davos - 23.0% 3. Vancouver - 20.5% 4. Chicago - 18.0% 5. Warsaw - 15.5% 6. Riga - 13% It is the hope of the league that this will not be an every season occurrence and that it was simply a mistake on the part of the GM's rather than malicious tanking and no further adjustments to the rules will be made at this time so please don't prove us wrong and have to make this a seasonal thing that we punish more harshly. - @Commissioner