Spartan

@Beketov upgrade to 1.3 I've had enough of 1.1

I got to see Heavy//Hitter live this past weekend which was awesome, but this relates to the VHL because it's also what @Grape's been spending the last 24 hours calling Malmo. Pretty surprising that three series' went to 7 games, I fully expected Moscow and Davos to go the distance despite us rolling them in the regular season. I admittedly never looked around the EU in prior seasons and really considered teams as threats and chalked off playoff losses to myself just not doing a good enough job, but @Alex has consistently built solid threats over in Davos so I'll give him a nod for that. Maybe I'm just a cynic, but saw the Malmo loss coming from a mile away. Insanely talented and well-performing Victory Cup winning team gets a first round exit? That's pretty much the story for most Victory Cup winners these days. There really is something in the water for Wild Card winners and I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes a Riga/Seattle cup finals match up either. I'm not going to sit here and debate if Malmo's moves were good or bad, but their players enjoyed their season and wanted to stick together. Unless a full team is on board with a new GM coming in and dismantling a playoff roster, there's not much you can even do in that position. Make the best of it and commit to developing young players over time and avoid impulse moves without having a read on the market and league. Other than that, I'm hopeful that Moscow is still in playoffs by the time I get back home this Friday. It'd be nice to be at my own home office and be back to sleeping in my own bed after three weeks away. Right in time for the new Apex season, woohoo. Good luck Riga.

That's Victor not me, I just would chat about it somewhere in discord down the line

Have I brainwashed this guy or something Now quit shitting on other GM'S, your trade value is low enough already smh

You were eliminated from playoffs not me, we have playoffs to focus on

Very much alive panda Congrats @Alex and GG to you and Davos

All I got out of this was Woods is going to keep Woods-ing Hope life doesn't beat you up too badly, good luck with the endeavors!

You're much nicer than I'd have been if I wrote this. "Buying too soon/selling too early" are what I'd have called blatant mismanagement and shitty trading, along with the "sitting pat" equaling a GM being too lazy to engage players in a rebuild and they slowly all go IA or decline to stick around. Maybe it's hard in this era to expect 16 GMs to be able to run teams at high levels, especially sitting through tough rebuilds. But it doesn't seem like rebuilders even focus on the success of young players since they all seem to go IA or try to join a different team.

That's how you know you're getting bounced early. Moscow ain't winning shit now

Just need another Moscow stint with a skater it seems

It's definitely weird for some max earners to come to Moscow after being used to being the top dog in the last few seasons of their prior VHLers careers and in the M as well. Unless we're just starting a rebuild, you're coming in at the bottom of the totem pole. Your job is to just not be a liability and develop as much as possible. We have other people to play the main roles, and in your case being the 3D is not a glamorous role at all. But it's good to see that you've taken it well and are motivated to chase the stars ahead of you. It's funny to see the people you listed as the stars on the team and to think back to who each of these folks had to sit behind when they first joined Moscow. Ruutu and Rashford sat behind Gunner and Alone/Lewis. Obuz was 2D behind Leif Reingaard. Woods had to sit behind Obuz of course (as she sadly still does), and Mav had to learn behind Rashford/Analfist. Everyone pays the dues when they join, it just makes them better in the long run! Excited to see the jump from Harrington for next season

Bust alert

Thanks for being our backup for a couple seasons, glad we got you onto a team

1. I think it's a good sign that our performance can continue. We were doing well against the EU before the TDL, if no one made moves, we should continue doing well in theory. 2. Well if you believe in the Victory Cup curse, seeding is pretty important. We've won enough Victory Cups, I'd rather not get the 1 seed in the EU. 3. I'd nominate Pombo @samx for a made up award called "best supporting cast" if we're stealing ideas from Golden Globes awards. Great step up this season and is having a quietly fantastic season! 4. Well Satou isn't on the team yet, but in LVA he's been quiet for the most part, just focusing on his game and trying to get VHL ready. 5. Self Hell by While She Sleeps, banger and our theme for our continental cup win 6. Probably that 4 EU teams are tanking and have been tanking but their future outlook isn't getting any better. A little talked about but not enough.

0 busts woohoo

I'll make sure not to leave 300k in space next time to make the most of our cap lol

Oops I gave Knight fake news....sorry

Though I guess I did change jobs somewhat recently so I can update this thread, regulating derivatives (basically two parties trading contracts based on some asset, could be a commodity like oil/wheat/gold or could be trading financial instruments like interest rates on loans or currencies). It's not a government job but government adjacent I guess? Anyways it's a lot of verifying that big ass companies or high asset companies are following the rules for trading derivatives and futures so we don't have another 2008 crisis and that companies that work with retail customers don't defraud them through illegal market practices by colluding to influence market prices or wildly trading without having the capital on hand to cover losses.

That's not even my title lol, what the department is

I switched over into regulating derivatives/futures

How am I only now finding out that you were an auditor lmfao

Yea p much feel like it'll be a 0 trading league unless contenders are forced to overpay. Just becomes even duller to be trying to make trades at any point of the season. Not a bad idea though to increase bad team player interest but it'd be real nice if the GMs themselves drove the player experience vs needing the league to do it for them.