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Press Conference for week starting July 20th - end July 26 1. You have been selected to be part of the very first LA stars team how do you feel? 2. what is one goal for your player this coming season? 3. How do you think our team will do this year? will we make the playoffs? 4. Looking around at your teammates who do you think will put up the most points? 5. If you could rebuild your player what would you change? 6. Cats or dogs? why

I have no memory of being 13 to be honest with you. I know I graduated 8th grade that year and that's about it.

For the next couple weeks I am going to do Mickey's story in the Vhlm. Mickey's first season was season 70. He was picked up early season by the Yukon rush. The team at the time was struggling and was last place in the league. Mickey didn't care though he just wanted to play. The first season was rough. Mickey was unsure of what he was doing which led to him not playing great. There were multiple mistakes in the way he decided to build his character and didn’t exactly know how to get a good amount of TPE. It was a bit of a struggle to say the least. After a couple weeks with the help of lots of other people he finally figured out how to build himself to become the best player he could be. Around the trade deadline of season 70 Mickey would be traded from the Yukon Rush over to the Mexico City Kings. His first new team since he first came into the league. Although scary at first Mickey started to fit in and joined the team for playoffs. They would make it to the first round and be eliminated in a sweep. Althougha disappointing way to go out his first season he was happy to gain the experience. Mickeys points for the first season looked like this: Regular season: 70 games played, 10 goals, 14 assists, 24 total points and a -34 plus minus rating. He also had 32 penalty minutes in his first season. His first look at the playoffs looked like this: 4 games played, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 total points and a -1 plus minus. He would have 2 penalty minutes in his first playoff performance. After this year Mickey would be up for the draft. He was not expecting to go super early but hoped for the best. He would be picked 25th in the vhl draft by HC Davos Dynamos and would be picked 22nd in the vhl draft by the Yukon rush. He was very excited to go back to his originalteam and see what he could do. He was also super excited to be picked up by Davos and seewhat the future held for that team. But at that time his main focus was just making sure he gotall the TPE he could before the next season started. Training camp came around and Mickey tried super hard to get himself well prepared for the upcoming season. Mickey would stay with the Yukon Rush for the full season working his butt off to make his way up the lineup. This was definitely so much better year for him in all aspects. Putting up double the points he did the season before. He had finally started to find how he wanted his player to work and what was working best for him. In nexts week's article we will look at his stats from season 71 and look at his final season in the vhlm season 72 what many might consider his breakthrough year in the league. word count: 513

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@GustavMattias secretly only traded me because I am now part of a management of a different team

Thank you! I hope to help us get to a championship;)

1. well it will be my first year in the Vhl so I hope to just get a decent amount of points and do ok for myself. 2. I think probably sonnet 3. Riga. I don't really have a preference 4. yes I would change slightly. when I first started I used points on useless stuff. 5. im under 18 so for legal purposes i will not answer this question 6. Im going to be bias and say LA because im the AGM so I have to have some faith.

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thank you!!

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1. Score more than Miami would be nice. I don't what's been going on I honestly thought this series would be alot easier. 2. you got us so far in the regular season you can do it here too! 3. peaches and mangos 4. no. I thought we would loose 1 maybe 2 tops. 5. Im ok with it. I messed it up at some point but seemed to have fixed it. 6. The sims 7. 7 logs an hour

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1. 120 points 2. 4 3. regular season because it's alot more time and work put in then playoffs. 4. a defense that is solid but can also play offensively when need. 5. raspberries probably 6. pre game eat food. post game also eat food.

1. what is there not to love? I think it really gives the team confidence. 2. the fact that it has to end and we start to get too comfortable. 3. so-so. not great not bad. was hoping for more goals 4. I hope better but who knows 5. I mean I don't work cause im a student but if I didn't have school I would sleep all day. 6. no clue what that means 7. it's been bleh. I've definitely been better. 8. biology for sure.

looking to become a agm. I don't have experience but am ready to learn and do whatever is needed of me. I am able to run STHS although I don't have experience I do have to ability to use it. I try to be super active in lockers and am kind to anyone I meet. Although I may not have experience I am a very hard worker and will get jobs done. I want experience and want to get involved more in the community

applying. I don't have previous experience but I am very willing to learn. I've been trying to get into management for a while just haven't gotten the chance. I would love this opportunity.

thank you so much for this!! I appreciate it so much!!

Thank you!!

Community. A word we often use to describe the vhl. We are just one giant community all here to have fun and meet new people. Everyone has had different experiences and thoughts on the community as a whole. I decided to talk to some people asking them six questions about the vhl community in general. Before I get into their responses I want to share my own experience. The questions I asked were as follow: How long have you been on Vhl? 2. Generally, how has your experience with the community been? Positive or negative? 3. Do you feel as though you have been accepted into this community well? 4. Do you feel as though you can be yourself here? 5, What would you like to change about the community? 6. Has being part of this community changed you at all? Good or bad. My replies? I’ve been in the vhl for 3 seasons so however many months that is. Generally speaking, it has been a very positive experience. Most people I’ve met have been extremely nice and welcoming. I have definitely met some amazing people. I do think I’ve been accepted well for the most part. There are always going to be people who maybe aren’t as accepting but for the most part, everyone has been great. At first, I didn’t feel as though I could be myself but now I definitely do feel as though I can be who I am and don’t have to piper ah sort of front on. I think for the most part it’s a very good strong community. I think I would change the fact that sometimes locker rooms are completely dead for days at a time. I wish it wasn’t like that but it’s also understandable because people do have other things to do. I think it has changed me to an extent because it has taught me how to interact better with people from all walks of life. I went and talked to 8 different people about their own experiences on this platform asking them the same questions. The responses are as followed: Question 1 ranged depending on the play, some being here for a couple of months to some being here for over a year or longer. One person interviewed (Renomitsu) has been here since 2010. Which is the outlook of things it is nice to have a difference of when they came on because that can change things? The 2nd question I got a lot of the same answer. Mostly the same answer. Everyone talked about how for the most part it has been a very positive and rewarding experience. No one had any real bad things overall to say about how the community was. I was told that it definitely has changed into a more positive place over the years when it might not have been in its earlier days. The 3rd question which I think is a super important one also got a lot of the same answers. They were all yes I feel very well accepted. They felt as though they could all be themselves and were accepted by the community. This I think is amazing to see because the more accepting as a community we are the more people will want to join. The 4th question very much goes along with the 3rd one with do you feel like you can be yourself. Once again it was an overwhelming amount of yes. They all felt as though they could be themselves within the community which is also very important. The next question was what they wanted to be changed. The most popular answer was that there is a lot of drama or that things are taken too seriously or not serious enough in some cases. Zetterberg said “you shouldn’t hold it up against someone if it isn’t a constant behavior” which I get that sometimes things are said. They aren’t meant to be mean but can be taken that way. Then someone gets hurt and holds it against that person for a long while. The other part of this was people thinking that there were times where nothing was done or not a lot was done in a situation and then a repeat situation would happen. Multiple people said they would like to see that changed. Renomitsu said that they feel as though people can always speak their minds because they are afraid of what other people will think. He always feels as though we should hold everyone to an equal standard and that standard should be high for everyone. I agree that everyone should get the same punishment and be able to speak what is on our minds. Cow said he didn’t feel as though any changes are needed but did applaud that more mods are being hired. The last question I assumed would be mostly no which was true. There were some cases although they said they were changed. Rayzor for example has said that he felt as though he has learned to control his language more and although he isn’t perfect he has gotten better with it. I think this was a very interesting experiment to see. It’s also nice to see that for the most part, the community is a very positive place for all people. This really speaks to the people running the server and how they have grown it. From what I heard it may have not been the best in the past but it seems to be a lot better. This is amazing to hear. Props to all mods, commissioners, and anyone behind the scenes who helps make this community a great place. If anyone below would also like to answer the questions feel free to do so. I’ll try to react to as many as possible. To anyone who participated thank you even if I didn’t use your name directly. I really do appreciate it. I do know now everyone will have these same views but from what I see this is a very kind and amazing community. 1015 words

1. Honestly idk to be honest. I think someone with good scoring abilities but I don't have anyone specific in mind. 2. Based on current standings and how things are going probably Houston. 3.mayve I think it's possible. Is like the most loses a record cause that might be broken lol. 4. Yes I have and will continue to try and get one 5. Yes 6. Idk maybe but not in the near future. 7. Peru just cause I like the name

Im just gonna pretend I know what's happening and go along with it