Beketov

You realize I graduated University in May 2013 right? School is not of concern for me. Besides, for the first time in a long time the VHL is my only sim league. I'm doing welfare (if that) in the USFL but that's about it. Balancing work and the VHL is no problem. Besides, I was active with Chekhov the entire length of his career save a few random weeks. I don't think a few bad apples in my past players should spoil anything.

I would like to make something clear off the top. I don't usually write these things because it makes it seem like I wouldn't be willing to play for one team or another. Fact is, that's not the case. Even if I get drafted by the last team on this list I would still be more than willing to sign a contract and help out. This is simply how I feel right now in regards to where I would like to see Miller playing next season. So, without wasting anymore time (and since I typed this part last and shit is getting long) onto the rankings! Number One Helsinki Titans With half the first round picks in a very deep draft, the Titans have the possibility to build an impressively strong young core of players. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in being apart of that. Plus Helsinki and Quebec are the only two teams I've never played for in one way or another (never Davos but did when they were Amstel for example) so it could be cool to add another team to the list. Number Two Cologne Express I really did enjoy my time with the Express with Chekhov and it would be interesting to go back there. In addition to that, the Express have Vlasis and my current VHLM teammate Tremblay coming up next season, I think it could be fun to play with those guys. Number Three Riga Reign The few older members here might recall when I started performing well with Beketov, for those that don't, it's when I started playing for Mike in Vasteras. As far as I can recall I haven't played with him since and I would really like to again. The Reign look like they might be moving toward a younger team and I would enjoy being there for it. Number Four Seattle Bears My reasoning for Seattle is very similar to my reasoning for Riga. It's been a long time since I've been a bear (at least with a player I've enjoyed) but when I was there with Beketov I had some of the best years (both in the sim and out) that I've ever had in the VHL. I would love to be able to regain that. Number Five Calgary Wranglers Calgary comes in right in the middle for me, not because they are bad or undesirable, but more because I haven't looked into them quite enough. From what I can tell they are rebuilding though which is, in part, the kind of team I want to help out. Jumping onto a winning team is always great but it doesn't give the satisfaction of helping build a team up. I do think Calgary could actually be a good fit for me. Number Six Davos Dynamo Starting the lower end of the list is Davos. I have nothing major against the team, which is why they aren't lower, I just have no major love for them either. Maybe it's just the grumpy old poster inside of me that remembers the days when Davos was kinda the sleazy team, finding loopholes in the rules and such. I put them at 6th because I've seen a lot of people fall in love with being on Davos and I'm plenty willing to give them a shot; they just don't fall above the curve. Number Seven Toronto Legion I don't have any major issues with Toronto, after all my one good season with White was on the Legion. At the same time though, there isn't a huge draw for me. The team is strong and the players are nice but it just doesn't feel like they need that extra forward to help them out. I'm just not sure I would be a great fit on the Legion. Number Eight Vasteras Iron Eagles A list without Vasteras being at the bottom, how preposterous! In any case, I enjoyed the one time I was on Vasteras but just don't think the atmosphere would work for me now. I want to be able to be as active as I can be and you gotta have a certain kind of tough skin to play for Vasteras. I'm not sure the league's reaction to them wouldn't push me away. Number Nine New York Americans The Americans seem to fall under the same kind of logic that the Legion did. It's not that they are a bad team, quite the opposite is true. I just don't think I would fit in all that well with them which pushes me away a bit. Number Ten Quebec City Meute It's kinda funny, had I done one of these with Chekhov pre-draft I likely would have had Quebec at the top, yet here we are. With all due respect to Quebec I just don't see their direction right now. I think their push for excellence a few seasons ago left them a little crippled right now and things are trying to be figured out. Quebec needs players that can hop in and help with that. I have never been a VHL GM and I have no real interest in being one; therefore I don't think I would want to be counted on in that way. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, maybe I'm not. I just don't fully feel like Quebec is the place for me.

Not really sure what happened here. Based in game 1 I'm going to bet this was some kind of fluke goalie game.

Cena wins, how absolutely shocking The amount they hand him the title really discounts the whole 15x champion thing. It used to actually mean something that the Ric Flair's and Triple H's of the WWE held the title over 10 times. Now Cena has basically made that accomplishment nothing by having it constantly handed to him. It makes any championship match with him in it downright boring because you know the outcome in advance; even more than the usual predictability of these things. Really wish the WWE would start treating the people who deserve respect with a little and stop pandering to 6 year olds. Pretty much everyone over the age of 10 hates Cena and yet he's always the one being handed everything. This was a perfect opportunity to actually surprise people a little and have Cena lose but of course they couldn't do that.

Two things happened for Jackson Miller this past week. The first, and more immediately noticeable, is that his team (Moscow) eliminated the Bern Royals in 4 games to move onto the VHLM Conference final against the Turku Outlaws. The second is less obvious but a major stepping stone for the budding superstar. As of this past week Jackson Miller has officially surpassed the VHLM "cap" for player practice hours of 175. Miller currently sits at 181 with the playoffs, an end-season boost, and a lengthy off-season before his VHL career even gets started. In discussing the accomplishment, Jackson stated, "It feels really good. I'm mostly trying to focus myself on the playoffs at the moment but I'd be stupid not to notice what I just did. I've been expecting to hit it all season but it feels completely different when you actually do. I'm just hoping some GM's take notice as well." Miller currently sits atop his draft class in practice hours but where he'll go in the draft is anyone's guess. The S39 draft has a mix of new prospects and ones coming in from older agents with the top 4 very much still up in the air. Most mock drafts up to this point have, strangely enough, pointed at Miller going either 1st or 4th overall. Only time will tell.

Wanted to try some vintage colouring with modern twists. Worked out decently.

I've always respected you as a player and member, really hoping you can stick around in a decently high capacity with your next player. You gave me a shot in Cologne when everyone else didn't think I was worth it; that got me coming back here day after day. I wouldn't have half of that career, or a new one starting up, without that chance.

Gino was actually one of the people we interviewed for an RDS series that just finished up at work. Such a nice guy to talk to. We knew during shooting that he had admitted himself to a hospital but didn't know exactly why, makes more sense now. The guy just lost his father too (passed away during post) which I'm sure makes it even tougher since they were really close.

My "panties" aren't in a bunch about anything. I was just saying your stance seemed odd. You explained it well which is why I didn't reply. As for the "I would hope" comment, I'd like to point out that I wasn't the only deadline re-create but I am the only one to have hit that at this point. I'm not trying to hype myself up, just saying that it's not as minor a thing in this class as you're making it out to be. I've already got higher TPE than all but 2 people had come the draft last season and the same for the season before; plus there's still another 3 weeks at least before draft time.

175 TPE before playoffs even start and I drop to 4th? Yeah, sure. If nothing else I doubt that Cologne would pass on me.

There is no affiliation. There used to be but we decided several season's ago that the VHLM should basically run on its own power. Once a player is drafted into the VHLM their rights go ti the team that drafts them. If said player gets sent back down to the minors after being drafted they go back to the VHLM team that owned their rights. Make sense?

Holy beast mode haha, I'll take 4 straight goals.

Claim 4 Stupid fuse is busted in my office so I can't turn the iMac on

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I hadn't considered that but it's entirely possible. To get one now would be tricky (anyone wanna recruit a 6 year old?) but I was probably 13 when I started with sim leagues and surely people have started younger. In a few years I would actually expect this which is kinda crazy.

Curse you young whipper snappers!

I'll take the 16 TPE that I lost from those PT's toward Miller, don't even really need the full 100 from the season, I'm not greedy

Just wanted to make sure you weren't using IE or something haha. Chrome should be working perfectly fine. Definitely update java (it should always be updated anyway to fix security issues) and see if that fixes the problem. I'm not 100% sure what the chat system runs on but java is a good place to start. Might also want to check that your browser isn't blocking java on this site for some reason. I don't know if Chrome does that but I know Safari by default doesn't turn java on for all sites and sometimes you have to tell the system that it's safe.

Just because re-creates have more TPE to start with doesn't mean we deserve to go in the top spots more than anyone else. I would argue that getting to 2nd in TPE above guys who started with significantly more than you makes you more deserving of the spot. You're proving that you can commit to making your player better. Not that I plan on stopping but if I did and you suddenly found yourself ahead of me in TPE, would I deserve to be drafted ahead of you because I started with more? I would argue you vastly deserve it more than me in that case because I started 50 (or something like that) ahead of you and you still caught up and surpassed me. Don't under-value yourself. First gen players are usually the hidden gems of the draft even if re-creates get all the attention.

I asked in the other topic you mentioned this but this is probably a better spot. What browser (and version) are you currently running?

What browser are you using? It's not perfectly compatible with all of them as far as I know.

14 hours later I'm still only at like 35% downloaded on NBA 2k14. Mental note: go to my friend's finer op to download a game. It's fucking 8GB, even at 1Mbps (which isn't unreasonably fast) that would download in under 2 and a half hours. At this rate it's going to take 36 hours. I don't even want to calculate how slow that is… although I did anyway and (if my math is right) it comes out to around 63Kbps…