Beketov

Second “fuck it” of the topic but we have a lot of new members since the holiday events and I can do what I want so here’s what’s gonna happen:
 
Any member that joined after Christmas Day and comments in this thread before noon (EST) on Sunday will get 1 entry into each of the 4 tiers! This way the new members potentially get to be involved in the raffle as well.
 
@VHLM Commissioner  and @VHLM GM if you guys could make your new people aware that would be great.

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

Second “fuck it” of the topic but we have a lot of new members since the holiday events and I can do what I want so here’s what’s gonna happen:
 
Any member that joined after Christmas Day and comments in this thread before noon (EST) on Sunday will get 1 entry into each of the 4 tiers! This way the new members potentially get to be involved in the raffle as well.
 
@VHLM Commissioner  and @VHLM GM if you guys could make your new people aware that would be great.

Second “fuck it” of the topic but we have a lot of new members since the holiday events and I can do what I want so here’s what’s gonna happen:
 
Any member that joined after Christmas Day and comments in this thread before noon (EST) on Sunday will get 1 entry into each of the 4 tiers! This way the new members potentially get to be involved in the raffle as well.
 
@VHLM Commissioner  and @VHLM GM if you guys could make your new people aware that would be great.

Second “fuck it” of the topic but we have a lot of new members since the holiday events and I can do what I want so here’s what’s gonna happen:
 
Any member that joined after Christmas Day and comments in this thread before noon (EST) on Sunday will get 1 entry into each of the 4 tiers! This way the new members potentially get to be involved in the raffle as well.
 
@VHLM Commissioner  and @VHLM GM if you guys could make your new people aware that would be great.

We should definitely hold a March madness style bracket for the most adorable VHL pup award.

Second “fuck it” of the topic but we have a lot of new members since the holiday events and I can do what I want so here’s what’s gonna happen:
 
Any member that joined after Christmas Day and comments in this thread before noon (EST) on Sunday will get 1 entry into each of the 4 tiers! This way the new members potentially get to be involved in the raffle as well.
 
@VHLM Commissioner  and @VHLM GM if you guys could make your new people aware that would be great.

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@kirbithan
 
Hi everyone! Welcome to the first of 2 articles coming out of the Holiday Auction, specifically @Baozi's winning bid! In this first article I have gone ahead and re-wrote @Beketov's HOF article, so here it is:
 
Joined: July 21, 2007
Member Number: 25
Positions Held: Graphics Grader, League Skinner, VHL Commissioner, BOG, Simmer, VHLM GM

Very few members of the VHL have been around from Season 1, fewer yet without taking a break from the league at some point. While today there is a few members that we’re here at the start of the VHL, Beketov is the sole individual who has persevered through 92 seasons and 16 years and counting. Having been inducted in originally in Season 42, Beketov has been a crucial part of the league for over 75% of it’s existence and the VHL likely doesn’t exist today without their continued commitment to the league.

While throughout the early seasons of the VHL Beketov never held a leadership role with the lone exception being a 2 season VHLM GM stint, it is somewhat well documented that he didn’t aspire for those leadership positions at the time, and much preferred his role in the burgeoning VHL graphics community. In the early years, Beketov was very representative of the average VHL member, consistently doing their tasks, and just chipping away at making their player as best as they could. While Beketov’s start in the VHL was a little controversial, starting with the surprise selection of Robert Sharpe first overall in the Season one draft, best described in in the sixth edition of the 20 in 20 series. Sharpe would retire in season four, with that Beketov adopted the new name ‘Beketov’ and became the member that leads the VHL today.

One of the VHL's earliest and most respected graphic makers and continues to be a positive influence in the field, while he isn’t making graphics as frequently anymore, when asked they are happy to provide advice to graphic makers both young and old both in conversation and through grading and reviewing graphics. Additionally, it has been previously mentioned that they have provided countless members with photoshop earlier in VHL history. The VHL's graphic community is thriving, and with that being said, would be a very different place without Beketov, through both their prior work as a grader, being one of the early go-to people for VHL skins, and more recently always being willing to give a helping hand and provide advice and encouragement when needed.
 
While Beketov never really showed much interest in league leadership early on outside of a brief stint at the Saskatoon Wild GM from S15-S16, in which the team failed to make the playoffs. However, just prior to S57, everything changed as Beketov was appointed VHL Commissioner, a position he still holds today, 6 years later. Since becoming commissioner Beketov has been at the forefront of multiple major league decisions. Most recently, they played a major role in the introduction of hybrid attributes and the league response to STHS exploits. Additionally, they are a one of the main reasons the VHLE exists. Beketov has also played a role in restructuring TPE claims (multi-week claims, introduction of game reviews, etc…) Lastly, Beketov has continued to foster the growth of league partnerships and has been a key decision maker in VHL GM appointments for some time.
 
While Beketov has typically been against expansion typically because of how messy contraction can be, the VHL has grown by leaps and bounds under Beketov. The VHL has doubled in size with the introduction of Moscow, Malmo, D.C., Prague, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Warsaw. The VHLM has also grown considerably going from five to 12 (and then back to 10), while Beketov isn’t directly involved with the VHLM, it is a testament to their league wide leadership. As previously mentioned, Beketov is a main reason why the VHLE exists, as with the massive recruitment through the COVID-19 pandemic, the VHL as a while grew quickly, and a creative and appropriate solution was found.
 
Another one of Beketov’s largely unsung responsibilities goes back to his roots as a graphic designer early in the league’s history as Beketov has been involved in many of the recent logo redesigns through discussions with artists, with GMs, and with BOG. Beketov also creates all the championship banners for the Hall of Fame, and jersey retirement banners for the team pages.
 
Beketov’s players have had a lot of interesting careers, from the first ever VHL draft pick Robert Sharpe (who we won’t talk about much); the monumental success of Hall of Famer Alexander Beketov, the namesake for the VHL trophy for the most assists; and countless solid role players. While many of Beketov’s players haven’t had incredible careers multiple have gone onto make the Hall of Fame, with those being Alexander Beketov, Matt Thompson, and Mikko Lathinen. Thompson served as a star forward for all of Seattle, Helsinki, and Malmo, during which they won a remarkable 13 individual awards and Beketov’s most recent Continental Cup in S66 with Helsinki. Lathinen was the most dominant forward both physically and on the scoresheet for several seasons, winning three consecutive Scott Boulet Trophies, and a total of 11 individual awards! Goaltending wise Bektov has had a pair of successful goaltenders with Jakab Holik who won the S53 Aidan Shaw Trophy, and more recently Papa Emeritus, who was the backbone of a Moscow team that constantly fell just short of the Continental Cup, Emeritus won the Shaw and Clegane trophies in S84. Currently Mark Calaway is an elite defenseman for the D.C. Dragons with their best seasons ahead of them.
 
 
It is difficult to put what Beketov has done for the league into words, we can safely say that the VHL likely doesn’t exist if it weren’t for him. So, I think I can speak for everyone when I say thank you for all your hard work and dedication over the years!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

Yup. Player creation, lines, simming, and outputting all need to be able to be automated to match what we’re capable of with STHS. Without that at the very least we lose daily sims that have been a VHL staple from day 1 because simming just becomes too difficult.
 
Not to mention you can ask some SHL members how switching engines went, it’s not always greener on the other side.

Man if we had the budget to do that…
 
Trust me, we looked into it. We don’t have that kind of bank account.

Yup. Player creation, lines, simming, and outputting all need to be able to be automated to match what we’re capable of with STHS. Without that at the very least we lose daily sims that have been a VHL staple from day 1 because simming just becomes too difficult.
 
Not to mention you can ask some SHL members how switching engines went, it’s not always greener on the other side.

Yup. Player creation, lines, simming, and outputting all need to be able to be automated to match what we’re capable of with STHS. Without that at the very least we lose daily sims that have been a VHL staple from day 1 because simming just becomes too difficult.
 
Not to mention you can ask some SHL members how switching engines went, it’s not always greener on the other side.

The hybrids are not perfect but that hardly means they aren’t the best solution available to us. I’m sorry if that means you can’t build a 650 TPA meta player by season 3 who’s build can be maintained his entire career without any depreciation dips but that’s ultimately a good thing for the league as those types of players, and even more so once it became that EVERYONE was doing them, are profoundly broken.
 
Could the ratios or depreciation be tweaked? Yeah probably, we can look at the numbers, but if your end goal is to send us back to meta attributes it’s not going to happen. I understand the frustration of dumping your weekly TPE and seeing nothing move, I don’t like it either, but the reality is that it’s the best course of action to keep the engine behaving as best as it can.

Our other realistic options were basically harsh caps on attributes and imposing “max differentials” between stuff like scoring and passing. You could argue that’s what we got anyway because it basically is but without the “I can’t let you do that Dave” kinda dialog. Maybe it’s just me but I’d prefer to know I did something, even if nothing moved, rather than just being told I can’t until I put points into an unrelated thing. What we could do is have the update tool show the real number instead of just the whole numbers so at least you can see progress but I’m not sure that’ll help.
 
At the end of the day I know everyone wants to dominate with the minimal effort and facing depreciation and high TPE costs sucks, it sucks for those making the decisions too, but I would argue most people joined when the league was riding its peak of “too easy” and expect that’s how things should go and they probably shouldn’t. A top tier generational talent should be difficult to make. Thompson’s 650 TPA build was able to be maintained for his entire career easily and he dominated the league for most of his career. Yes it was fun but it was also profoundly broken and broken should never be the end goal.

I would also like to just touch on this quickly as a direct thing. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t look at those as “well I guess I’m forced to work on this.” I look at them as just freebies. If I’m adding the puck handling that’s all I realistically care about there, I’m not really caring about the strength but I’ll take some strength since it’s given anyway, free points.
 
Passing is really the only exception but it’s also the most vital reason for them all to exist as we all know.

The hybrids are not perfect but that hardly means they aren’t the best solution available to us. I’m sorry if that means you can’t build a 650 TPA meta player by season 3 who’s build can be maintained his entire career without any depreciation dips but that’s ultimately a good thing for the league as those types of players, and even more so once it became that EVERYONE was doing them, are profoundly broken.
 
Could the ratios or depreciation be tweaked? Yeah probably, we can look at the numbers, but if your end goal is to send us back to meta attributes it’s not going to happen. I understand the frustration of dumping your weekly TPE and seeing nothing move, I don’t like it either, but the reality is that it’s the best course of action to keep the engine behaving as best as it can.

Our other realistic options were basically harsh caps on attributes and imposing “max differentials” between stuff like scoring and passing. You could argue that’s what we got anyway because it basically is but without the “I can’t let you do that Dave” kinda dialog. Maybe it’s just me but I’d prefer to know I did something, even if nothing moved, rather than just being told I can’t until I put points into an unrelated thing. What we could do is have the update tool show the real number instead of just the whole numbers so at least you can see progress but I’m not sure that’ll help.
 
At the end of the day I know everyone wants to dominate with the minimal effort and facing depreciation and high TPE costs sucks, it sucks for those making the decisions too, but I would argue most people joined when the league was riding its peak of “too easy” and expect that’s how things should go and they probably shouldn’t. A top tier generational talent should be difficult to make. Thompson’s 650 TPA build was able to be maintained for his entire career easily and he dominated the league for most of his career. Yes it was fun but it was also profoundly broken and broken should never be the end goal.

I would also like to just touch on this quickly as a direct thing. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t look at those as “well I guess I’m forced to work on this.” I look at them as just freebies. If I’m adding the puck handling that’s all I realistically care about there, I’m not really caring about the strength but I’ll take some strength since it’s given anyway, free points.
 
Passing is really the only exception but it’s also the most vital reason for them all to exist as we all know.

Bonus craziness considering the ESHL back in the day was one of the "good ones" and it only managed to finish 4 seasons, it died during season 5.
 
Also bonus fun I found a YouTube video someone made promoting it in early 2007 and the link now leads to porn; that's a thing to discover at work.