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Very cool Glade. I’m pumped you’re finally coming around to having a bigger community because I don’t think it was ever as bad as you thought. I still feel like it’s a tiny group, or at least you end up building your own tiny group. It’s the same 20-40 names I see hyper active on the forum, and that helps make things feel tight knit. I think it’s great you’ve worked hard to realize that people are genuinely doing their best. No one is out to get anyone, and with the exception of a few S-tier trolls, no one wakes up each morning with the intention of pissing people off. When you approach a situation with a good mind and an assumption that the other person has the an equally “we’re all in this together, hate you on the ice / love you in the pub” mentality, things end up way more productive and positive. It’s totally fair to see some things people like GMs do and say “hey, I don’t like that”, but if you believe they are doing what they think is best, you can empathize with them a bit (and find a constructive way to tell them/the community that what they’re doing is BS, because the place is better when people feel they can call out the bad shit). If this is the Shawn that’s back, awesome. It’s funny how people grow and change each time they dip and come back. Life is strange, but we’re always moving forward. I’m happy to have you back!

I like that idea. I’m kinda shocked we all missed it until this point in the concept process. Sorry @KaleebtheMighty, I hope you can keep things in perspective and know the conversation is about the logo and not you. You made a cool looking drawing of a tank with badass colours, that doesn’t mean you’re bad or had any nefarious agenda. Hey remember the Washington Bullets in the NBA? That name got a bit awkward as gun violence got worse and worse in DC/US, so they rebranded to the Wizards (slightly less violent, although Gandalf and Harry Potter are pretty militaristic in their own rights). The same rule applies in the bigs: there’s enough violent militaristic euphemisms in sports that we don’t need to be so extra that our team is a literal killing machine in name, logo, or identity.

Wow, thats totally moldy Making world class gfx was getting boring eh, you had to find some cheesy challenges to keep things fresh? I love it: hilarious concept and always excellent execution.

No, I’m pretty sure Bek’s rigging the sims.

The algorithm knows we’re all equal, some are just more equal than others

Oh I am pumped. I’ve heard from more than a few people inspired to take their double vaccines and make up for lost lockdown time. That’s so great you get to go back to the before times and pick up where you left off, even if it’s just a 1/3 of the experience. So friggin cool. As for your TPE, as long as your media spot is posted in the week, you can back claim it for the week. If you recorded 4 weeks worth of podcast claims today, you could disappear for a month and claim those weeks when you get back. I believe it has to be claimed in the same season, but that might be an exception you can work out with someone more important than me. edit: oh yeah if you get just one day all month online, try to make it when training camp is open because that is gone once it’s gone. Budapest

I luv much cuntreee so much I refuse to contribute anything to it For real I’m a big fan of taxes and believe they’re so important to maintaining a functioning society because government is the only organization spends money on essential but not-profitable things

As you grow up, you learn that the real meaning of life is tax avoidance.

Making a thinly veiled trade request two days after the trade deadline? That’s a galaxy brain move.

The asylum lets me out for fifteen minutes of fresh air each day as long as I promise not to take the straitjacket off

Vasteras VHLEagles

Ah this is what I was trying to ask at recess yesterday before I got pulled away, I figured you had some algorithm to scrape all the data automatically. Manually typing names in is fun too, it’s a nice little trip down memory lane x200. I’m jealous of all the 2-4 letter name for getting a giant font. Ironic, I’d be bigger if I was just AL and not bigAL.

Fuck those bottom feeder teams that go on runs after they sell at the deadline edit: yes, DC lost twice to Toronto......

I can’t tell if you two are the best of friends or the worst of enemies

Such a sad day. It’s been a wild ride, and we have one more chance to get over the hump. We’re all so glad you chose to come back to DC in free agency, clearly it’s a special place. Bonne chance M. LaFlammant, Sven has a great mentor to look up to now!

In the Socialist Republic of Canadia, it’s got to be a minimum of $20 to a registered charity to get a tax break. They’d be close to losing money on a $5 credit card transaction.

This feels like when I was a closeted Runescaper at your age. I finally had to come out when I wanted to buy the premium version so I could unlock the rest of the map. I got a LOL NO answer from my dad and we never spoke of the R word again. Moral of the story: it’ll be more than a few years before you ever get the donation perks

You should really go back and read it so you can actually take responsibility for your words (or see if your opinions changed, that’d be cool too!) It’s all good to share your story about the bonk on your noggin, but that’s not a complete get-out-of-jail-free card either. That wasn’t a “I had one bad day” rant, that was like two years of pent up rage. It was just a tad more than “let’s all just move on and pretend it didn’t happen”, especially without any real sort of apology or recognition of what happened. I hope you’re good. I hope you’ve made peace with the things you trashed on your way out last time. I hope you’re ready to give this place an honest chance again. But, you really should go in eyes wide open. Your article had 67 replies, so it’s fair to say it made an impact on people.

Review: ha it's funny because it's a cuss in English. Classic grade 6 move. Love the idea, I think it's hilarious. The graphic has a good concept, but just falls short in execution. I like the background as a French flag, but it's hard to see sometimes because the middle bar is blue instead of white like it is on the flag. The player on the left is a great render and the VHLE logo is a nice touch; le phoque is cute and adorable; but that third player need some work. I don't know who the player is, but it's probably better to choose a different player if you can't find a render with a higher resolution. I can see you tried a little text manipulation on the red player's shirt, and that does a good job of not making the VHLE feel flat on their jersey. Good work, there's a lot going on there and I bet it was a good amount of work to put it all together. 6/10.

Review: nicely done! I love the colour scheme, it goes so well with the faded Turkish flag in the background. The light radiating from the moon there looks awesome. The R of the Red Wolves is kind of Thanos'd but I like how bold and outlined the WOLVES is. Frig you're getting good eh, 8/10!

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PrEsSeRrrrr 1. Holy hell the season flies by. We played our 50th game yesterday! There's a clear top two in the conference, but then we're stuck in a pack of 4, playing for 3 playoff spots, separated by 3 points. Fuck/marry/kill the playoff race (crush and enjoy it; play in the first round of playoffs; doesn't make the playoffs): - Calgary Wranglers, New York Americans, Los Angeles Stars 2. Even with all our 6 , we're still hovering around a zero goal differential. Should our practices focus on playing more offense or defense? 3. What did you do for Theme Week? Toss a link in here, share it with us. 4. If we got to send players to the All Star game, who's going and why? 5. How do you feel as a player on a Trade Deadline Day? 6. Vaccine or no vaccine?

Shots 1 2 3 T D.C. Dragons 12 23 21 56 Prague Phantoms 7 6 5 18 u ok prague?

Bill Nye, Miami guy. Welcome aboard!