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The V Before The V The ole ‘V has been around for some time now, with ups and downs, expansions, contractions and more than a few lifetime bans. What a lot of people don't know about is the predecessors to the VHL, founded when simulated hockey was young and players did it for the love of the game, because no one could afford to pay them very much. Let me take you back to the heady days of 1907. Old Victor, the grandfather of the illustrious leader of the VHL, had just discovered Louis T's Hockey Simulator. Using only three abacus, Louis T could stimulate a single hockey game in under thirty minutes. Louis was struggling to peddle his simulator, as the interest in simulating a brand new sport just wasn't there. Old Vic, though, saw the potential in Louis’ sim. He began sending out telegrams to hockey enthusiasts in other cities. Soon, there were six cities with groups prepared to front the money for a simulated franchise. The Toronto Hoplites, the Stockholm Rain, the Hamilton Good Canadian Boys, the Helsinki Chill, The Berlin Kaisers and The Calgary Wranglers would be the inaugural teams in the Victory Hockey Association. Those early days were tough going. Toronto folded and reopened three times between 1908 and 1911. The first ever Moscow franchise was founded in 1913, only to be nationalized by the Soviet Union shortly after its founding. In those days, players had to send their Point Tasks to head office by telegram. Once the update had been approved, head office would telegram back and then players could distribute their TPE between three attributes: scoring, passing and defense. At first only two games would be simulated per day, meaning a typical regular season lasted nearly five months. The championship was a five game series between the two teams with the best records. In 1952, the upstart Glorious Hockey Association burst onto the scene, with one key difference from the VHA - they had acquired a sim that would run on pioneering computer ENIAC. This allowed them to stimulate a season in less than two months and enabled them to use a more complicated sim with five attributes. For a few years, the GHA poached top prospects from the VHA, as both leagues prohibited players from playing in multiple sim leagues. However, in 1955, financial hardship forced the GHA to take desperate measures. While using an ENIAC-based sim produced more sophisticated results more quickly than the VHL's abacus-based sim could aspire to, it also was extremely expensive. The GHA's operational expenses were higher for a single month than a full year of the VHA. The league was bleeding cash and without bold action, it would fold shortly. What was that bold action? Despite some bad blood between the leagues’ head offices, the GHA reached out to the VHA with a proposition - a merger. The reception of this offer was extremely divisive, with the owner of the Berlin franchise, now called the Chancellors, threatening to fold if it went through. Proceeding without Berlin, the GHA and VHA would unite to become the VHL the league that we know today.

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18. My wife is planning a trip that would take us to Egypt, Jordan and Israel for my 40th, assuming it's not all on fire when that's coming. 19. C for having a relatively low SV% for his TPE, but + because he leads the league in shutouts. 21. It would be Giorgiy, because the Pens have some of the league's worst goaltending. 22. My time on Davos taught me never to underestimate Alex. 23. They really spoiled my biggest promise, closing down the E. My next would be to make fighting and checking a spectrum you can choose your position on, rather than spend TPE on. I'd also make Cs start with free points in Faceoffs. 26. It's The Hot and Cold Costanzov and it's served with cool mint and hot peppers.

2. Tell them they'll remain active if they ever want to see their little dog again. 3. There's a player in the league right now called Victory Hockey League. 4. Oh, Giorgiy never shells out for brand name equipment. 5. Are there an true enforcers left? Reaves, I guess? You need to be able to play even if you can fight. 7. I do. I enjoyed the candy opportunity and I won't deny it to my kids. 8. December 24.

How do I know if it did anything when I pushed the button to purchase a re-roll?

1. Yeah, but I'm also still getting tagged in Davos', so I just do theirs. 2. I was hoping to be more of a plus to the team. I'm looking into improving that. 6. It was time. The pandemic surge called for more minor league space, but the time has ended. I've got a whole PT about it. 7. I'm not paid to think. 8. Probably pretty badly, I haven't messed with STHS in years. UP YOURS SIMON. 9. I think you want 4. Best to minimize bot play. I have no idea who to target, though.

1. To achieve victory, you must priorize victory. This is the greatest pick of all time. 2. Top 5 in save percentage, get in the conversation for a G award. 3. All of the G awards. 5. It's a good decision, with the E closing down and it'll allow for dedicated new users to see early growth. 6. I'm a lifelong Pittsburgh fan, through thick and thin. 7. What do you think?

3. I was hoping for more consistency. I had Gs with both more and less TPE outplaying me. 4. I think this is about right. A little break is good. 5. I want to be top 5 in SV%. 6. Never miss a theme week. 7. A housecat. Those guys have it made. 8. I've been to Canada, the US, the UK, France and Spain. I had a layover in Portugal.

1. Vulcans do not feel emotions from sporting events. 2. Vulcans do not believe in curses. 3. Vulcan ls know better than to have strong expectations for sim sports. 5. I understand there is significant animosity towards a "Fake Purple." 6. It has served its purpose and the logical course of action was to end it. 8. I do not understand the human tendency to "chirp" the opposition.

No, no, go on.

1. Breathtaking 3. The numbers still seem to be pretty strong overall. 5. I was the only player to try to stab someone with a chopstick. 6. Giorgiy will not move his car out of a parking space until he knows when his next start is. 7. Misirlou by Dick Dale. Surf Rock classic. 8. English is my native tongue. I did five years of late French immersion. I know a little Spanish, less Yiddish, even less German and a few words of Hebrew.

1. My parents took the kids to see the dinosaurs, so my wife and I got the afternoon off. 2. That's a tough question. Seinfeld and Deep Space 9 are easy go-tos, but VEEP is the only show I've ever watched again right after finishing. Bojack is the best. 3. Football. The Steelers. 4. A lot of one good game one bad game sims. 8. He ate something out of the garbage. 10. His father.

3. Well, now that I'm long in the tooth, I can claim 5 TPE welfare and just do the easier tasks. 4. It would be an honor to have Giorgiy spend a game in Davos. He'd play great, if it wasn't in Seattle. 5. Why? It helps them learn about the history of the league. 6. When I have time, I love a good smart-ass GFX. 7. Phonetically. 8. It depends on whether the bun is still attached.

1. I've missed one theme week in my nearly four years in the league. This will not be the second. 3. No matter the season, Fake Purple must always be loathed. 4. Not many - he's a goalie. 5. I would declare total war on the pusher man. 6. If any two brothers deserved it this year, it's them. 7. I have never been executed in any country.

While most Seattle Bears veterans handle the introduction of rookie skaters with relative grace, either offering to make their assistance available, sticking around late to help with extra practice or at least offering friendly advice to help adjust to the big leagues, Giorgiy Costanzov has never attained the psyche required for such human decency. You see, he is so mentally broken, paranoid and incapable of contentment that he literally views every new addition to the team as a threat to his masculinity. Is there a new equipment manager? You'd better believe he's doing Giorgiy's skates differently just to make him fall down and look like an idiot. New player? You know that guy is a hotshot determined to make Giorgiy look dumb in front of his girl. Giorgiy doesn't have a girl? DON'T YOU SEE HOW THAT'S WORSE? So, when the rookies arrive at the begging of the season, even the ones that have no chance at making the team out of camp, there are two sheets of ice. One is at the practice facility. The other is between Costanzov and anyone unlucky or foolish enough to speak with him. For example, when Nathan Ecker arrived for his first day this season, he had the misfortune of not knowing that one should never park in “Giorgiy's” parking spot. A little background information - Giorgiy's father, legendary Red Army goaltender Frankiy Costanzov, held great parking spaces in the highest of esteem. Perhaps this was his way of attaining status in a system where such things were only available to Party members. Regardless, Giorgiy was berated countless times by Frankiy for making him leave a great parking spot or costing him the opportunity to have a great spot. When Giorgiy had his appendix taken out, Frankiy spent the entire drive to the hospital telling him how their family would never see such an amazing spot again. Bank to the Bears: Ecker pulled into the fateful spot just as Giorgiy pulled into the lot. Giorgiy pulled up right next to him and got out of his car. Ecker, still oblivious, and eager to make a good impression on the team's starting goaltender, greeted Costanzov and reached out to shake hands. Costanzov completely avoided eye contact, gave a nearly imperceptible nod and muttered a one word greeting under his breath. Not an hour later, a deeply apologetic Blake Campbell had Ecker in his office, explaining the delicate dance that the first few months of knowing Giorgiy Costanzov would require. Rumor has it Ecker nearly requested a trade right then and there and only a timely intervention by the elder Costanzov, one of Ecker's childhood favorites, stopped him. Of course, having his father intervene in his affairs did not sit well with Giorgiy. No one outside the team has gotten a straight account of what happened, but one rumor tells that Giorgiy berated Campbell and the entire team and then announced his resignation in the middle of a team meeting, only to return the next day as though nothing had even happened. That seems far fetched even for Costanzov.