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G - Sirkants Klamasteris Take us home @Enorama!

Members should pay for the right to manage a team! We’ll hold their player hostage and give them no TPE while they’re GM! Groovy Dood depreciates -6 each week I have the honour of being commissioner!

Hmm this sounds like a lot like it could be a Career Task: Veteran Presence!

Good job adding in some absolutely ridiculous ones like expanding the World Cup so no one knows which of these are real

Come on out TPE vultures, there’s a job opening! Big thanks goes to @16z for doing this job as long as he did. Is it a coincidence that he had to quit this job to go be a VHLM GM? I dunno, I don’t hire them, but having a job on your resume is a pretty darn big deal. VHLM Fantasy is a pretty routine job, the procedure is tried, tested, and true. Be good at Google Forms/Sheets. Be reliable in posting predictions and results weekly. Don’t be a jerk. Apply below. Comment why you’re the right pick for the job (so your resume gets some publicity ) or by DM. Remember: if you tell me why you’re bad or that you’re not going to get the job, you’re not going to get the job.

LOL seriously??? That’s awesome, well done BOOM. There’s a story to be told there.

D - Jolly Greene Giant @BrutalBoost

Oi you buncha wankas, quit yer doggin and let’s find us a baddie eh

1. I (selfishly) like Eno's philosophy of high risk/ high reward bets on first gens through the draft. I should not have gone first overall in my draft haha it hasn't always panned out in recent seasons but the feeling of succeeding with new people who haven't before is huge. 2. Bill Nye for the HoF (34th, to Davos). Dude has science on his side. 3. 4. We've got a pretty great (one-sided) rivalry with LA, and having Jiggs on our side now will make those victories over Jeffy Pines even sweeter. 5. Dutch Blitz is a great one, my family loves Sequence too 6. Be the AGM

:ded: never heard this before, but absolutely love it

The S78 World Junior Championship Medal Ceremony Before we begin, I have to give a big shoutout to all our GMs, players, and fans who made this tournament possible. You make this happen. I might build the hype but you are all the passengers and conductors. Thank you! Our Legendary GMs: Team Canada - v.2 Team USA - Zetterberg Team World - Darth Kaprizov Sr. Team Asia - BrutalBoost Team Europe - Matt thunder On that note, let me present the first award of the night: The Cheerleader Award The Cheerleader Award is something I invented because of the support and awareness needed to make this tournament successful. The Cheerleader Award is for the team who builds the best hype train, screams the loudest, and obsessively cares about the WJC. This year’s Cheerleader was a GM who pumped up their team in and out of the tournament with hype graphic announcements and pumping players’ tires at draft time. Your S78 Cheerleader Award winner is: His Team World ‘shops were just legendary. Speaking of legendary, our friendly neighbourhood VSN WJC Correspondant Ledge and/or Dairy kept a close eye on the tournament: S79 WJC Round Robin Review We all knew that this WJC was going to be bizarre when Team Canada started winning. And win they did, in droves, finishing tied for 1st seed with a 6-2-0 record, but gaining first place via the goal differential tiebreaker, in which they led massively. The top 4 RR scorers belonged to Canada. Team World, however, is a decorated team, and they surprised very few en route to the same record as the Canadians. Comprised of the best players from all the less-represented nations, this edition of World’s only two losses came at the hands of their counterpart Canada and the eventual champions Europe. Speak of the devil, the Europeans started off a bit slower, but their supercharged roster had to pay off sooner or later. They had a rollercoaster of a round robin, going 4-3-1 and never getting a streak greater than 2 games, but the 8 initial games as a group allowed the squad to gel and they went into the elimination rounds full of confidence with a 6-4 win over World to cap off the RR. After two straight seasons of boffo performances from the typically basement-dwelling Asian team, this edition took a step back. With a roster largely made up of castaways, Asia still managed to take down Europe in their proudest effort of the tourney. With a 2-5-1 record, they didn’t squeeze into a semis bye, but at least they stayed out of last place. Team USA has been historically bad at the WJHC. It was a bad omen when two S80 players made the cut, and although they both fared well, I can’t say the same for the Americans as a whole. They finished 2-6-0, falling two points short of Asia for the place in front of them. They had only one player at a point per game pace. GOLD MEDAL Team Europe GM: Matt thunder Captains: C - Anze Miklavz A - Jared N Jr A - Napoleon Bonaparte SILVER MEDAL Team Canada GM: v.2 Captains: A - Nathaniel Minion A - TheCHEESE A - Shane Lazeski BRONZE MEDAL Team Asia GM: BrutalBoost Captains: C - Bogdan Turnov A - Willy Myers A - Vasilly Grigorev --- Honourable Mentions Team World GM: Darth Kaprisov Sr. Team USA GM: Zetterberg TOURNAMENT MVP: From Team Canada, the leading scorer was not only a ridiculous 2.1 PPG, but was not even a forward! Your tournament MVP is: -- ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: F - Alex Johnson, Team Canada (8-5--13) F - Darth Kaprizov, Team World (8-4--12) F - Otto Numinen, Team Asia (0-14--14) D - Nathan Powers, Team Canada (9-12--21) D - Vasili Grigorev, Team Asia (5-7--12) G - Papa Emeritus, Team Europe (0.928 SV% tournament wide, 0.948 SV% in medal rounds) Thank you to everyone who made this tournament happen. This year's edition was exceptionally difficult, and included GM resignations, games played under protest, STHS issues, and schedule changes. The resiliency of the GM team was unparalleled, and the WJC couldn't have happened without their unwavering support. As always, the men behind the curtain deserve a special shoutout. Josh and RJ make this thing happen. RJ builds the eligibility lists and GMs would be lost during roster selection without him. Super Simmer Josh helps train the GMs on STHS, while always simming games with a high level of integrity. Thank you, both of you. mentions:

D - Cowboy Prout @Enorama

Throwing all your eggs in one basket to get a podcast partner and you chose the guy who hasn’t made one in 2021 yet? Bold move Cotton, we’ll see if it pays off. I hear drivepisodes are a big thing these days eh? Toss on your headphones, start the voice memos app, and pitter patter!

F - Lee Xin @BrutalBoost

@Enoramathats one skip…. You’ve got another 12 for your second pick

F - Dakota Lamb @Enorama for the double

Genius way to save yourself playing VHFL 15 times

@Domg5 welcome to the group!! @JetsFan81 has been DQ’d. Make your double picks whenever. back to @McWolf

pulling the hylands, good call. Next step: get traded?

@JetsFan81 that’s one skip, you’ve got 12 more hours to make both your picks or you’re donezo. Im not a fan of the double time for double picks, but I don’t make the rules.

Daaaamn, welcome to the team!!

Holy shit it’s happening again, let’s go

F - Christian Mingle @BrutalBoost

Holy colourful group. Gentlemen’s agreement in place: make the pick as soon as you can. @Enorama on the clock ASAP!