Beketov

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

Jackson Miller Forward Goals Points

Red Wolves Blades Rush Lynx

Wild 5 - 2

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…

Well, I'm glad I have support on the matter now haha. Friends were tough to find back then. I'm kinda surprised I even came back. I was gone for about 2 weeks before Scotty came on MSN (indicating how long ago this really was haha) and talked me into returning. Also, Green, I agree with you on the rubric being BS at the time. It's been fixed quite a bit since then to actually account for different things and be clear. Everyone defended it at the time but it really did make no sense. As you said, nothing could be "100% original" so what exactly is that supposed to mean? This is why I should be in the Builder HoF, just saying. I fixed those rules up, VHL Martyr really

Oh I know, the league has certainly come a long way. Keep in mind, that punishment was not what the topic originally said. Brooks was defending me somewhat at first. It wasn’t until others came with with “suggestions” that the punishment got so strict. As for what I did or did not do, it’s a middle ground. TECHNICALLY I was caught re-using things. Those things, as I explained above, were kinda rips and kinda not. It’s a hazy area. Certainly people have done worse and gotten a slap on the wrist but as I said, things have come a long way since then.

Well, I was excited to play NBA 2K14 tonight but my internet has other plans it seems. Started the download over an hour and a half ago and it’s only at 15%. I miss the fiber op I had at home

It's hard to classify really, it's also been quite a while. In public opinion I was banned from updating for ripping. In hindsight it kinda was ripping and it kinda wasn't. I wasn't ripping in the sense that I took a sig, replaced the render and text, and called it my own. Rather I collected PSD tutorials, went through them, and re-created everything as best I could. Basically I ripped a few layers (stocks I didn't have) and the "look" of sigs. It doesn't make it good and I'm aware of that but I was a stupid kid, I didn't really think anything of it. That's part of the story at least. The other part is that those charges of "ripping" only got tacked on after the fact. Initially it was just that I had used "the same sigs" in multiple leagues. Basically I had done what I just stated above but did, in fact, take the render and text out to fit the needs. I still used my re-created ones so it was my work but not "100% original" as the rubric states. That rule has never really been a clear as it should be IMO but that didn't exactly stop the witch hunt that ensued at the time. I can't recall what the exact punishment was now and while the topic does still exist, the main post has been edited to reflect the changes. If I recall though, 1mill was removed from me and I had to give up the TPE I had earned. That was about it though; at least until everyone started shouting for my head and Brooks changed his mind on the matter. Not to justify it in any way but I have seen people caught for worse and they've received much less. I was sorta just the league scape goat early on I guess. That clear things up a bit? I feel I may regret this (I fully regret reading through it again) but if you can see stuff on the old board the topic is still up: http://z11.invisionfree.com/vhl/index.php?showtopic=926&st=0

It was more Brooks than Scotty who handed that out. Plus, at the time, he didn't even want it to be that harsh. Originally Brooks was going to remove the points from the PT's that were copies (I don't want to dig into this anymore than I have in the past) and then tack on like a 2-3 week PT ban. But then everyone kinda came in kicking and screaming, one thing led to another, and by the time I came online to defend myself Brooks had been talked up to making it a full season ban. It was a whole big mess and I could put more blame down (I know who mostly talked him up) but it's not worth it anymore. The way I see it, shit happened and I can't change that. I just look at it now as my way of helping shape the rules haha

Sharpe in the HoF haha, I wish. Nice to know someone doesn't believe in my "reputation" though, even if I kinda knew your view on the matter already.

Nothing to feel bad about here at all. They are a different style but that's a good thing. Some really good work here.

Just got NBA 2K14 as well, gonna download tonight. Gotta love Playstation Plus. I don't even know how many $40-$60 games I've gotten in the last year and I only paid 50 bucks for it. Well worth the price. Would be really nice if it allowed me to remotely turn my system on though so I could download while at work. The automatic updates will turn my system on but only in the middle of the night with how its currently set.

A MacBook actually can fulfill those (rather low) requirements, price aside. It's pretty clear that the MacBook is not what you want though so I won't suggest it. Someone that close minded to all things apple would hate it anyway. Besides, it doesn't run STHS natively and that's all you're good for Anything with decent specs from ASUS or Toshiba should be fine. Avoid Acer, HP and gateway like the plague.

QuickTime Pro can record your screen without needing to download anything else. The FPS is iffy at best though. I might have a license for a screencap software lying around if you'd like it. Assuming I can make sure that I have another copy.