emidas

+10 Joe Kelly

I accept! Thanks for the offer

Player Information Username: emidas Player Name: Joe Kelly Recruited From: SisterLeague Age: 16 Position: LW Height: 73 in. Weight: 190 lbs. Birthplace: United States of America Player Page @VHLM GM

2020 wild

I agree.

Here are some very quick excerpts from DMs with Bek. This has been the main line of communication between our leagues since November. I am only including the pertinent parts here as I don't want anyone to feel called out, or fingers pointed. January 6, 2020 - January 7, 2020: E: " I would 100% never expect you to fire anyone based on how our BOD feels. That's just a silly precedent." Bek: "Obviously you do recognize that I’m not going to fire someone who does amazing work for us because your BOD doesn’t like him; just as I’d never expect you to do so though. It wouldn’t be right." As you can see, I rightfully state we don't expect anyone to get fired based on how our BOD feels about members. Bek acknowledges this. Our stance gains even more clarity in our next correspondence. February 16, 2020: E: "I have mentioned you reaching out to our BOD and our Admins, but I will be frank when I say I do not expect anything to change so long as that behavior still exists from the top down." Again, nothing about firing. Just mentioning that we don't want to partner while that behavior comes from the top. E: "Our BOD is not asking you to fire anyone - they are merely saying they don't want anything to do with an affiliation where an Admin speaks so poorly of us, and says the things he does." Again, re-iterating we don't want anyone fired, merely the behavior to stop, especially from the top. I have been the one handling correspondence between the leagues on our side (to Bek), and quite frankly, I'm a little irritated seeing what I say to Bek being misrepresented so openly in the VHL. At no point have we come out and stated, "fire this person". In fact, as you can see (and as Bek has acknowledged), we want the behavior from the top to change, not the person(s) fired. I have stayed out of this and most back and forth between leagues to keep a peaceful line open between Bek and myself. But I am really, really, really sick of seeing this get misrepresented and the general member base of the VHL lied to about this. This will be my only post in this thread. Any further correspondence can be handled in the PM Chain or DMs.

+12 SBA

+12 SBA

SBA +12

Works for me, I accept

Helsinki 4-3

+12 SBA

Player Information Username: emidas Player Name: Midas Howe Recruited From: SisterLeague Age: 18 Position: LW Height: 80 in. Weight: 250 lbs. Birthplace: Antarctica Player Page @VHLM GM

Agreed

just here so I won't get fined

(Posting this with express permission from Beketov) Hey everyone, you may (or may not) know me from the SBA. I'm here today to gauge interest in our community for a side project I am working on with Molholt. Now, before I go further - a lot of the elements are wildly different than the typical point task league. That's why I am here to gauge interest - to our knowledge, this hasn't really been done so much (if ever), so we aren't sure what to expect in terms of interest. First things first, this will be a baseball league run by OOTP, using a backend similar to SBAO (or, for those here not in SBA, something that functions similar to the VHL Portal). Let me run through some bullet points about this new league. Baseball, which brings with it OOTP, probably the best sim engine on the market quik sim. Each season will last two weeks, meaning up to 26 could happen in a calendar year. Random player creation. No starting archetype or base attribute list, every player is randomly generated by OOTP (with some requirements). Decide what position you want to play and then see what your starting point is! Do you have some potential for the future, or are you a solid player already? How will it impact your build strategy? No manual player regression or forced retirement. Players can play until they retire in-game. Careers in less than a year. With quik sim and no career length, experience an entire career in less than one calendar year! Player progression and regression are ON in-game. This means you can develop naturally in addition to your own points being applied, and will regress naturally. Injuries and suspensions turned ON. Given the quik sim nature and no limit on career length, missing time for injuries isn't a huge detriment and brings with it much more realism. No point tasks. You do not have to write an article, create a graphic, record a podcast or do anything of the sort to earn points. Subscription model. The league would be setup with a subscription model, meaning that if you're a monthly subscriber you get a lump sum of points each season to apply to your player(s). Given that two seasons would be within a month, each month would be two seasons worth of points. Low Price Point. I'm thinking $5/month gets you one pitcher and one hitter. Once created, they'll be in the system. Any month you subscribe you'll get points for both of them for two seasons. Potential for more players/levels if there is desire. Automation. No requirement for jobs. Updates will be handled by the system I am building specifically for this. Simming done by Molholt. No need for any other jobs. Potential Monetary Prizes. There is potential to reward league MVPs, Cy Youngs, etc., with a monetary reward. If there is a buy in for GMs then there is potential to pay the championship GM each season, etc. Just a thought right now. Low Effort. With no tasks to do, simply show up and enjoy your player's development and career. Chat with other players, decide on free agency, see where you get drafted, etc., all without worrying about writing an article or making a graphic each week. Because this is so wildly different, we are gauging interest before we devote a ton of time to it. I know it's out there compared to the standard leagues such as the SBA, VHL and EFL and even the money leagues like the SHL and PBE. However, with the two of us behind it and our passion for not only sim leagues, but baseball as well, I think this could be a really fun community to be a part of. I also think it could attract a completely different group of people that might find some interest in this that then filter over into our standard sim league community. Start them off with low effort and get them hooked, bring them over here. I think it's important to throw out there that we aren't competing with the SBA, or the PBE even, or really anyone in the sim league community. Our subscription model will also not find its way to the Affilite Trio of the SBA, EFL, or VHL - this is a separate endeavor entirely. Let us know what you think. Would you have interest? What elements are exciting for you? What elements would turn you away or cause concern? Hit me up here or on Discord anytime if you have thoughts, love to hear them! Link to our site, where you can sign up for the SimLB mailing list: https://www.simlb.com/ Link to our Discord: https://discord.gg/t7VJXUg

I'll PM you.

This isn't true...

No problem. Note there are a few columns in the members table you'll have to iterate in order to get the notification to show. If you look into it more seriously, I can point you in the right direction. It was about the same amount of work, honestly. Doing it how I did allowed to me learn and understand the IPB backend better than their techs do for other projects.

You could manipulate notifications on the forums the same way we automate forum posts over in the SBA. There's a table for notifications. EDIT: Can't spell words

That's not exactly accurate

Question - would this apply to someone like me, who created a player maybe 4 years ago, did 1-2 updates, and never got drafted (to my knowledge anyway)?

How did I know it would be your name I found on this comment.

Emidas Blair Forward Points +/-

By Renee Young Every sports fan is a member of a cult. They may not realize it, but it’s the truth. We live in a world where to be a fanatic over sports is not only acceptable, but expected – and our favorite players and teams are our deities, our prophets, our idols. To not behave in this manner is strangely frowned upon, but we do not question it – largely because it is so easy to fall prey to this cult. Yet, the cult does have its benefits – brotherhood among men, the euphoric feeling of watching your favorite player or team win a big game, the awe of watching a once in a lifetime feat being achieved. For something that has such a negative connotation, these all sound like solid reasons to join the cult known as sports fanaticism. As with any cult, there are also downsides. The crushing blow that accompanies losing a big game, the heated rivalries that can erupt between you and your fellow brethren over something as simple as the name on the front of your jersey, and the terrifying conclusion that your favorite superstar can indeed be mortal. We all know this in the back of our minds to be true – nobody lives forever, nobody plays forever. But we always expect our superstars to be perfect, to always succeed and to never show weakness. When we finally accept this as fact, the illusion presented before us unravels ever so slightly and shows us something important: even when we know about the illusion, we would rather believe in its absolute truth than to question it. Why would we rather knowingly accept the illusion than to acknowledge the truth? We would rather think of our athletes as immortal and capable of anything than to feel the fear that accompanies losing an idol. To potentially have our deity, our prophet thrown to the wolves and devalued in our eyes would be sacrilegious, a sin above all sins. For someone who has believed in the message for most of their lives, this is unacceptable and does not even cross the mind. Yet, somewhere deep down, we know this to be true. It is why the fanaticism behind sports has lasted as long as it has, and will withstand the test of time. When one prophet falls, another will rise to take his place. Yet, not all prophets are created equal. If there is one thing to take away from this piece, let it be this – the same superstar you bled for a decade ago is a different man than the one you bleed for today. Let them know that you recognize their individual contributions to your fanaticism – that will mean more to them than you will ever know. Renee Young is the editor-in-chief of the VHL Weekly, and will be working tirelessly to bring you a new edition every week during the VHL season