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The Muppets Christmas Carol is the best Christmas movie ever made, fight me

I’m just here so I don’t get fined

Doing anything for one year is absolutely a big deal! Cheers dude, we’re happy to have you. See you on the chess board soon

Hey dude, don’t stress or feel bad about it or feel like you have to make an excuse. There’s lots of other things in the world to fret about, go worry about those things. It’s still a sick graphic, a 7/10 is still a pass. The point of constructive feedback here is that next time you remember not to make your gfx look like “weeb shit”. Make art that you’re proud of, and if you aren’t proud of this because you couldn’t spend as much time as you wanted to, then fair enough. But no one here is trying to shame you or poke holes in your stuff, you’re doing great with the Clue theme, and there are people here who want to help you get even better

Not really, but close enough. @frescoelmohas an awesome balcony that faces the sunset in the Windy City. When we hit our goal, he’ll live stream during golden hour. During his stream, he’ll hold a Q&A while drinking a six pack of beer. The highest bid gets to choose his beer! Goal: $100 Minimum bid: $2.00

Nagy trade for nagyAL!

@Dom offered up his Discord name to the highest bidder, and former moderator @fonziGG said he’d match. Let’s put the two together and make them a package deal! Starting bid: $2.00 Minimum raise: $0.50

@McWolf gave control of my forum profile picture in the holiday auction last season and haven't changed it since, so at this point, let's make it a tradition. He’s offering the complete McWolf experience package: - Choice of forum profile picture that he keeps until the next holiday auctions - Honourary Knight role in the London United Discord server - and let's add a rare sig on top of it. He’s an expert who rarely does them anymore, so it’s extra special. Starting bid: $2.00 Minimum raise: $0.50

I don’t know why I keep posting, I shouldn’t be allowed to win

Sziastok, hallo

Holy cow poop, we’re at $265 already. Should we up the goal @MexicanCow123?

Oh hell yeah there’s a lot of active members

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS, thanks Dil

Lots of us type a lot of words on here, but @der meister puts us all to shame. This accomplished author has offered to let you name a character in an upcoming short story. Nothing crass or juvenile, which is fine because the VHL is known for being classy and mature. Opening bid: $2.00 Minimum raise: $0.50

My rationale has always been that first gens come first, recreates come second. When recreates join at the TDL, yes a lot of the season had passed and that’s the point. The first gens have already created a team culture, a leadership group, and an identity that is theirs and not mine. When I’m drafted 5th overall to an M team, that becomes my team, I become the focus because I’m a 200 TPE player by day 5. I get voted C or A because I’m the star player. But, the other recreates and I don’t really care about that. It’s so much more special for a first gen to take on that role. They get to be drafted in the top 5. They get to mentor the new recreates on how they do things on this team. They get to be the core group of the team. They get to be meaningful parts of something special, which matters because they probably won’t get that feeling in the VHL/E. Make the VHLM a first gen league where new members can take pride and ownership of their team and league.

Please let me moderate slash host

Are you volunteering for tribute?

Chinese food best food, but actual Chinese food and not greasy food court Chinese food. Gyros/shawarma/donair are the best individual “foreign” food that exists. Indian food is the best dining experience because you’re supposed to eat it with only your hands. Mediterranean is grapefruit-tier because olives are yucky.

You’ve been here long enough to know that’s just not possible eh? Awesome idea you two, I’ll add it to the auction today.

Woooooo, 2021 is almost over. Finally. Let's celebrate the holiday season all together as a VHL community. A quick glance at the Season Schedule will show you that Theme Week is supposed to be coming up soon, but let's scrap that and do Theme Month. We've got our 12 Days of Christmas and Holiday Charity Auction, plus lots of other fun events coming up. This year, we've chosen The Red Cross Canada / USA as our league-supported charity. As always, you are free to donate your funds to any registered charity anywhere in the world and count it towards the auction and our total numbers. 100% of the money raised by the league will be donated to the two organizations, and the VHL will not take any cut. In addition to the Charity Auction, we will also kick off our Donation Drive and 12 Days of Christmas. How will it all work? Essentially the same as last year, but here are the exact details for each portion of our holiday season for 2021: Charity Drive: December 9th - 19th Starting right now, members can begin donating. Whether you do so through the league, by donating HERE, privately to either organization, or any charitable foundation of your choosing (receipt proof required for donations made outside the league), it will all count towards the overall contribution from the league. From that overall contribution, the league will match donations up to $500 CAD, and add that to the donations through the league, splitting the total contribution (money donated through the league + the league contribution) equally to both organizations. Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD. Any donation of $5 CAD, or more, will result in an automatic personal reward of 2 Uncapped TPE + a Full Free Week (12 Capped TPE), as well as an entry to each of the first 3 tiers of the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle. New this season as well we will be accepting blood donations in the charity drive. Blood is in high demand all year round, but especially at this time. Give the gift of life to someone. If you schedule and follow through with an appointment to donate blood that will count the same as a $5 donation and have the same rewards outlined above and below. For proof just post a photo from during your donation, it doesn’t need to include your face if you don’t want it to, a shot of the machine or your arm or whatever is fine, we’ll take your word for it. As this is the season of giving, members may also donate on behalf of one other user. Holiday Charity Auction: December 10th-17th Full contest rules are available here. Go buy something fun offered up by our community members. Auction wins will count as personal donations for the purpose of individual rewards. There's lots of great items up for auction this year. Some are individual items, some are whole-team efforts, but all are fun things that you want to win. 12 Days of Christmas: December 10th - 21th This year’s 12 Days of Christmas will be similar to last year’s, where there will be a daily thread to claim “tickets” into our final raffle, which will be drawn on a live stream. For this raffle, there will be 4 tiers of prizes, with each day contributing to your entry into each tier, as follows: Dec. 10 - 12: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 1 raffle (1 ticket gained per day) Dec. 13 - 15: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 2 raffle (1 ticket gained per day) Dec. 16 - 18: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 3 raffle (1 ticket gained per day) Dec. 19 - 21: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 4 raffle (1 ticket gained per day) Number of Winners per tier: Tier 1: 10 Winners Tier 2: 5 Winners Tier 3: 3 Winners Tier 4: 1 Winner Drunk Birb Holiday Charity Stream: December 18th @ 2PM EST Resident VHL Streamer/Eggnog aficionado @Esso2264 will be doing a live gaming stream on Saturday, December 18th, where all proceeds will be donated/added to the overall league tally. The party starts at 2pm EST and ends at his funeral. Rewards and Donation Milestones As previously mentioned, there will be personal rewards to those who participate in the charity drive / holiday auction, as well as milestones to hit that will result in rewards for the community as a whole! $5 Donation / Auction Win: 2 Uncapped TPE + Full Free Week (12 Capped TPE) + 1 Ticket to Tiers 1-3 of the 12DoC Raffle $500 Community Donations: 2 Uncapped TPE for Everyone $1000 Community Donations: 4 Uncapped TPE for Everyone $2000 Community Donations: PT Doubles Week for Everyone $3000 Community Donations: 8 Uncapped TPE for Everyone PLUS a @Beketov Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate Stream **Disclaimer: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2021** Let's do this @Members!

This year the VHL has selected The Red Cross Canada/USA as its charitable causes for the holiday season! Any donation of $5 or more will be eligible to claim 2 Uncapped TPE + a Full Free Week (12 Capped TPE), as well as an entry to each of the first 3 tiers of the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle. You may donate through the league through our paypal - the same as if you were to make a regular donation to the league. Once your donation has been made, please post your proof in this thread in order to claim your donation perks. You may also choose to donate directly to either organization, or any charitable organization of your choosing. Should you donate privately, please post a receipt for proof in this thread, in order to claim your donation perks. All donations through the league will go 100% to the charities (split evenly, with the CAD to USD conversion based on the day of donation, for Red Cross USA). The league will also match up to $500, total, of all money donated, be it through the league or privately. Should the community raise the following amounts, everyone will be eligible to claim the corresponding perks: $500 Community Donations: 2 Uncapped TPE for Everyone $1000 Community Donations: 4 Uncapped TPE for Everyone $2000 Community Donations: PT Doubles Week for Everyone $3000 Community Donations: 8 Uncapped TPE for Everyone PLUS a @Beketov Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate Stream Members wishing to donate for others may only do so for one other user. Happy fundraising!

@Beaviss could be a professional Twitch streamer. Instead, he's donating his time, energy, and entertaining commentary to us. If we hit the goal, he will play and stream any game on Steam from start to finish. The highest individual bid will get to choose which game he plays. Goal: $75.00 Minimum bid: $2.00