Steve

Can you share where to click. I am bad at "Where's Waldo"

Well Ottawa remains the best team in the M despite losing a couple of players due to some rule that was broken. I guess second chances aren't really a thing in the league anymore but I don't know enough about it to point fingers. We made adjustments and finished strong, that's what matters. Max did much better than I expected. Finished over a point per game even though scoring wasn't really the direction I planned for. Checking and defense was what I wanted and he seemed to be fine on both fronts. I have some build options going forward and that is a good thing. Speaking of builds. What planet has hockey players do really well with no passing and max scoring and defense? Is this an exploit? Seems broken no matter how I look at it. If this is a simulation, what is it simulating? Not the NHL as no passing would see your career never get off the ground unless you were an old school defenseman, which everyone doing this “meta” build isn't. Oh well, another thing not to worry to much about. I am sure everyone has known about it for a long time so a fix isn't in the future. Now for the playoffs. It will be a fun ride that I hope ends with Ottawa getting another cup. Good luck to all.

Review: Another top tier graphic from you. I think the thing I like about your style is how you blend the background to the render, very impressive. Placement is spot on and I do like the brush font. I think the only thing I could see is that the jersey logo looks a bit strong. Amazing work, very talented. 9.5/10

Review: Your design is solid and I know you don't pump out a lot of graphics so that makes this even better. I like the render, though could be placed either more center of to the right. Also could be larger as you have a very tall canvas. I like how you got rid of the NHL logos but missed the helmet. Your logo swap is just off a tad as it is on the white strip on the jersey. Maybe that big orange cloud is serving a purpose. Overall it's good to see you make something. Keep up the fine work. 7.5/10

1. To play on a good team and contribute. 2. Fix the exploit with the no passing meta FFS. 3. I have no regrets. As a checking defenseman to get over a ppg and finish on the plus side, it's more than I expected. 4. To win the cup. 5. At this point, all the other teams are a threat. 6. I think the cup with a sprinkle of personal awards would be a good balance but winning as a team comes first.

It looks like Ottawa is losing a couple of players to an technical issue. Will we still dominate? Will we win another cup? All questions that we will soon find out the answers to. I predict that we will overcome anything that comes our way. We are so deep it should actually help us in certain ways. I say we will be fine and make a good run for the cup. I appreciate the fans and we won't let them down. Playing in the league should be fun and if you enjoy your part on a team, you should do the best you can not only for your team but for the fans. At the end of the day, that is who we are playing for. The Ottawa organization really treats it's players good. We had a major overhaul to the locker room and now we have nice shower stalls instead of that garden hose everyone fought over. We no longer have to run across the street to use the toilet at McDonalds, we have our own proper restroom now. They even supply the toilet paper, amazing. What a great Christmas party we had. The team bonded as we watched the Charlie Brown Christmas...again. Well, I hope everyone got what they wanted for Christmas. I certainly did. Stay safe and healthy and I will see all of you on the ice.

1 Christmas is finally here, what are you going to gift to your teammates? I am giving everyone the infamous "Soap on a Rope". 2 If your player could ask anything to santa, what would you choose? (more tpes? a new stick? or maybe a new team?) Peace on earth and good will to mankind. Oh, and front teeth. 3 What is your favorite christmas movie? (mine might be strange, but it is the gremlins) I really like the whole family to sit around the TV and watch some wholesome John Wick movies. Brings a tear to my eye everytime. 4 What is now your favorite christmas song? One of my favorites to listen to is Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". 5 What are you planning to do while the VHL is on a break for a couple of days? I think I will just keep to the training program I have and call it good. 6 Now, here an other hard question, if me and @16z had to fight santa and rudolf, who would win? Well Santa is a softie so nothing to worry there. Rudolf will go crazy and kick the shit out of you every time.

Review: A very good start to the world of making graphics. You will make mistakes as you learn but really, you did a fine job with an early attempt. The text/font work just fine and in time you will get even better at it. Text is the hardest part of a sig. If I had to give any tips or suggestions, it would be to learn to cut out your players. Mastering that is huge and will take you a long way. Great beginning. 7.5/10

Review: I really am a fan of this design. I love how you made this look. I like the mural look to it. You did everything right with this concept art piece as there is no wrong with this design. I hope to explore more of this style. I am a huge fan of this. Great job. 10/10

I just made a graphic, enjoy it or not. It's the holiday season. Let's all have fun and enjoy what we have.

Day 12. Happy holidays

Day 11 post

Post Toasties

It's that time of the year again. You know, you should be kind and happy around everyone. Being a banger of a defenseman, it's not easy to be friendly when you are knocking some other team's top forward on his ass. Our coach pulled me aside and told me to be kind when I am out there hitting players. So, for the sake of a friendly holiday season, I now knock you on your ass and then say “Thank you, have a safe holiday”. Seems to work as I feel the love from the opposing teams now more than ever. I got hit into the boards and the first thing out of that players mouth was, “Take that you goon”. What a great compliment to give. I felt all warm and fuzzy inside. Going forward, I think I will continue to “bond” with the players I hit. I think the league will be a better place if we all say something nice after a bit of roughing. Also, I went through a popular fast food restaurant the other day. When it was my turn to pay at the “next window”, the counter person told me the car in front of me paid for my lunch. What a novel idea. I was so impressed I drove back around, ordered another lunch, drove to the window and said. “The guy behind me is going to pay for my order”. I left and I hope that guy felt good about paying for my lunch. Main thing, stay safe over this holiday and steer clear of any of the crazy stuff going on in our world.

Review: Well this looks like a fun project. I think your design choices are solid. I like the background and the contrasting color palette. Text looks simple yet the effect and overall look of the text is great. About the only thing I would say that could have been worked on longer is lining up the logo swaps better. Getting the angles right is not easy sometimes and even when they are technically in the right spot, they sometimes look off. Oh, and get rid of the NHL collar logo. Great job, I really like this theme. 9/10

Review: I really like this design. You did a good job with the shoulder patches. Background looks fitting and overall the format looks balanced. I think the font and text looks good though maybe a small contrasting inner shadow or glow would make it stand out a bit more. Great job though. 9/10

1. Very normal in this league to have a few bumps on the road to the cup. 2. I would play our game with the great players we have. Nothing needs to be changed. 3. The fans of course. 4. In the shower or the actual locker room? 5. The hat that holds 2 beer cans and has a straw to drink them with. 6. I am afraid the lynx would take your lunch money.

Day 9 post

Happy Birthday Josh. My little warrior is growing up....

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