Spartan

One thing with this though is that I'd prefer not to have alumni removed from the LR, as we have older members pop in from time to time to comment and chat. Would the GM still be able to manually add users back in?

@BrutalBoost!

Claim 2/4 and bump

@Jakefufu

if you guys tie, can you both get pied please?

Picking up points in both games for Moscow, not bad at all. Love all the rookie scoring! Also hot damn DC, can we get more wins like that first one? That was gorgeous

combination of psychic vision and being vague in my response felt like a good way to draw mild suspicion from the town and avoid mafia interest

I find it pretty standard with the way I play, but I see how others may take it differently. I know what my role is, and I tried to make a play to avoid getting targeted at night. Obviously it backfired, but my suspicion of psychics goes beyond the situation of the game and more because of how much the role can be abused, especially when there's a psychic claim and an immediate corroboration by someone else who so fortunately happened to investigate you. It's usually the ploy of two mafia or two coven members working together. I also think trapper is fairly important enough to not be revealing on D2, as keeping a trapper around can help a lot in the long run, and if by some miracle, I don't get lynched, I will probably get targeted by some killing role tonight.

Considering I got tagged 7 minutes ago and there were already like 6-7 votes against me, I feel some sort of defense is necessary

As I said, there can be more than 1 trapper in the game, so it's not really necessary to be throwing shade at dom. However, history in our games shows that psychic is one of the easiest claims to fake, so I question that validity.

And @bigAL there can be more than 1 trapper in the game fyi

A little deception goes a long way eh? Yes, I'm trapper. I said I visited someone because obviously I can't, and therefore saying I visited someone and the ensuing suspicion would have meant mafia wouldn't target me. Didn't expect a D2 lynch push though, so I suppose my attempt at a big brain play didn't work out. Proceed as necessary!

The disrespect for @MSO94, considering he topped the leaderboard for goalies last season in SV% and GAA.

Considering how psychics have been in our ToS games, forgive me for not trusting Devise's claim considering it's pretty easy to fake, especially with this many people. With mafia in the game, this faction could be pretty big. That being said, I visited someone last night and feel somewhat important enough to not reveal as of yet. I promise more info shall come when I have it . I suppose now I must make the obligatory request for TP tonight.

Solid showing from @WentzKneeFan036 today, and plenty of scoring from all over the roster. Big wins!

1. I mean, the best case scenario is winning the cup. Whether we're in a position to do that is the big question, but I have faith in the folks on the team to step up and get the job done. 2. I think we're just going to get on the ice every day and try to be the best we can be. 3. I don't think this is a decision for me to make, as we're in the business of winning games, not planning on what to do if we lose. 4. In terms of individual awards, I don't think anyone has won anything yet. Would be nice to see some folks win individual awards, but would prefer a championship trophy instead. 5. I think my immediate goal is just to adapt to the Dragons' style of play and continue to build chemistry with my teammates. 6. Winter, I love snow!

unvote ricer meme went on long enough

A more serious response to your post here. I agree that every GM should be taking measures to be engaging or making some effort to engage every member on their team. I relied on my AGM's as well to foster locker room activity when we had all Discord users, and to also help me drive forum LR activity when we had forum only users. The key is just to be flexible with your members and try to understand what motivates each person, because it's all going to be different. I've had some users who really appreciate DM communications, and primarily use that instead of chatting in the team LR. I've had others who appreciate their work being put on a pedestal for everyone else on the team to see and appreciate. Every GM should continually try to take steps to get to know their players better and understand what keeps them engaged and happy. It's something that's unique to every player, and it's something every GM should be thinking about. I think about it a lot as well, and how to engage the most amount of people possible. Now, if what you're looking for is specific ways of getting engaged with or interacted with, I don't think it's particularly difficult to reach out to your GM/AGM and let him/her know that you would like if "x, y, and z" happened. GM's have lives as well, some can't be around all the time to just figure stuff out without being told. I get busy with classes and other life stuff, so I can't really turn a sim league job into a real life managerial time commitment, where I'm trying to fully understand every player on my team. I think it's a two way street, and both players and GM's should be taking steps to figure out how to best engage everyone .

@Victor I hear cries for every team to have forum LR's

fr tho, can we get a d1 lynch for the first time? it's AA, let's spin a wheel or something

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Hell if it counts, I'm happy to do it. But overall, I think there are better ways to be encouraging members and helping them to post decent quality content on forums, and even to hold GM's to a higher standard. I don't think it's particularly difficult to see if players enjoy playing on a team and under a specific GM. If the primary reason for this discussion is to hold GM's to a high standard, then performance reviews can easily be a thing. I think @Berocka held some sort of poll on his own as well, and that was a nice insight to how people around the league feel about GM's. If a GM isn't hyping up his own team, there's a problem. If a GM isn't active at all on forums, there's a problem. But to try to implement a very specific PT that every VHL and not VHLM GM has to do seems like a way to cause burnout. I think VHL.com articles doing a "weekly recap" could be fine, but I'd rather encourage one of my players to write that kind of article and get the TPE for it.

Happy to do this, but I'll just be writing "Moscow Moscow Moscow" until I hit 500 words.