JigglyGumballs

Las Vegas, Nevada - Las Vegas Aces defender, Gruffud Theofylaktos, has seen solid production during the start of the VHLM's 83rd season. The lactose intolerant Greek has done well in a dominant Vegas team. Tallying a respectable 16 points in 22 games. The majority of these points coming from assists. Along with solid offensive production, Gruff has also seen solid defensive stats with 32 Hits and 20 shots block recorded so far, along with a +14 rating. While these stats are nothing in comparison to the more experience and gifted members of the team, it's the contribution that counts. According to the defenseman at least.
 
" I know that I still have lot's to prove." Gruff has stated in an interview following practice. " We have a really good team. That means that you don't exactly get as many opportunities as you'd like. So for me, it's just taking every opportunity that I can get." When asked about what part of his game needs to be fixed, taking penalties was the first priority mentioned. As the Greek Menace is currently 9th in the league in penalty minutes. Nevertheless, the season is still early, and the only way to go is up for Gruffud.
 
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I can guarantee you that it's not from a cow 👀

That white stuff looks suspiciously much like milk, make sure Gruff doesn't get any on him.👀

So uhh... Hey. It's been a while hasn't it?
 
A lot has changed since I left the VHL. A lot of new faces, but still a lot of familiar older ones. Now before I start going off and reintroducing myself, I wanna clarify that I've been gone for only a few months. Though I'm making it sound like I'm an ancient relic of the past. With that in mind, uhh hey! If you don't know me, I'm JigglyGumballs. Most people simply refer to me as Jiggs. I've been a member of the VHL since June 2020 so technically I'm heading towards year two now. So that's nice. In terms of contributions in the VHL, I've been an AGM and eventually the GM of Las Vegas in the M for a period of time.  Sorta did some weird draft picks and made some dumb trades. Also spammed the term "TRADE THE PICKS TRUST THE PROCESS" when I could. Anyways, I guess this is my shameless attempt to milk TPE out of a sort of catch up post on what I've been doing since I left so if you don't really give a shit. Then uh, how's it going chief?
 
To start things off, why come back now? Well, I did say in my last post that when I feel comfortable of earning the max amount of TPE per week again, I'd return to the VHL. So here I am attempting to fulfill that promise. Along with that the introduction of a new stats system that overhauls the previous meta. I thought that it might be a good time to come back and learn all the new stuff. In terms of my player, I honestly kinda want to dick around with my build. It's leaning towards another defensive defenseman like how I did my last player, but I'm really hoping for a more goon build that only makes slapshots. If this becomes a viable build as part of the new meta, then you're welcome for ruining the new attributes.
 
In terms of irl stuff. Uh to those interested, I've applied for a college now. Yay... I'm also struggling to find a job because I didn't consider getting any sort of work experience or volunteer hours earlier in highschool. Double yay... And guess what, I got COVID and extended my spring break by two weeks LET'S GOOOOO. Depressing shit aside, I'm doing really well now. After an honestly disappointing experience with COVID, I'm at the back half of highschool. I've spent a lot more time with my friends and just been enjoying life on a day by day basis. In terms of what I want to achieve in my second coming in the VHL, I hope to some day go back to the GMing/AGMing scene though I'm not quite ready for that now. I also hope that I can be just as active as I was before. With all the new changes and new faces, I really want to re-experience the VHL in a new light. So excuse me in advance for being a dumbass and not knowing new things. So yeah. I'm back, and I hope I don't die and become inactive anytime soon.
 
 

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I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

Congratulations and my search continues 

Congrats.  Looking forward to being on the team next season.

Congrats on losing your rights Jiggly!

I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

I HAVE NO RIGHTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

Hi Everyone,
 
I just want to start off by thanking everyone for their interest in applying. It didn't take too long for me to find a AGM that I think will suit Davos very well and brings a lot of management experience to the table especially when it comes time to "Trade the picks and trust the process". Without further to do I am pleased to announce the new Davos AGM is...
 
 

That was the 1000th reaction, welcome to the 1000 rep club and welcome back to vhl!

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Player Information
Username: Big Newff
Player Name: Bill Nye the Science Guy
Recruited From: Other (wsbl)
Age: 22
Position: LW
Height: 73 in.
Weight: 154 lbs.
Birthplace: Romania
 
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Yeah I cannot help but feel that a lot of these clicktivists would call the police if they see a 'suspicious' person who 'looks like not belonging here' is seen in their neighbourhood.
 
I do not participate in clicktivism (anymore), as it does not get shit done. But I am too lazy to engage in worthy causes either. What I try to do is to treat every person with respect until they prove me wrong. My dad is a very conservative person, but he has a refreshing attitude when it comes to 'sort' people: He says that there are two kind of people: people who are assholes and people who are not. And black, handicapped lesbians can be as much of an asshole as white straight men.
 
I work in an international company where I meet people from different ethnicities, religions, sexual orientation and sexes. And I do not care too much about all this (or do my best not to). I treat people how I want to be treated and I think this no bad basis to encounter strangers (unless you are masochistic, then you absolutely should not treat people they way you want to be treated).
 
 

Personally, I'm the type of person who simply doesn't give a shit a good chunk of the time. When I see social media posts and Instagram stories of people posting in solidarity of certain movements, I tend to not participate out of the desire to stay impartial. I honestly can't say what I do is good, and I have done my fair share of clicktivism myself so my opinion might not be the best. However, I can point out a couple of things that I hope make clicktivism a bit more understanding.
 
From my understanding as a teenager who's not exactly capable of possibly donating or is able to organize events/fundraisers, stuff like changing logos or making random posts/online movements may be a method to express solidarity or support in that movement. I've admittedly done the black square post before. From my perspective, it was to voice my opinions as a minority myself in support of a serious social issue seen in both Canada in the US. I can understand why you feel like it's a pat on the back sort of action. It's certainly self-gratification to a degree. But to those who actively support that movement who can't exactly do more, it's a bare minimum.
 
This also leads to my second point and that is awareness. More and more often you see society become less tolerant for certain touchy issues. Clicktivism in a way promotes that sort of awareness. Of course, it's a bare minimum again. And those companies that change their logos to rainbow colours while not directly contributing any actual financial or organizational contribution are a problem, I can see why people want to use methods like the black square posts to raise awareness.
 
I'm a person who thinks of social issues with a more logical/analytical mindset. My brain is wired in a way to think of these things as impartial as possible. I don't know if it's a lack of empathy from my part or a possible personal fear of my opinion being disliked by others, but I guess I'm sorta playing devil's advocate for this post. I understand why people think that clicktivism is bullshit, I understand that doing more for things you actually care about is worth more than a PNG change. I also understand that people might be socially pressured to do something like clicktivism. Especially with the opinionated climate of social media. I know I have on occasion. But maybe showing that you support something might be what other's consider as enough in terms of support. Idk, I really appreciate you for bringing this topic up, it really does provoke discussions like this. I just hope this can provide some better understanding of clicktivism in general.

Personally, I'm the type of person who simply doesn't give a shit a good chunk of the time. When I see social media posts and Instagram stories of people posting in solidarity of certain movements, I tend to not participate out of the desire to stay impartial. I honestly can't say what I do is good, and I have done my fair share of clicktivism myself so my opinion might not be the best. However, I can point out a couple of things that I hope make clicktivism a bit more understanding.
 
From my understanding as a teenager who's not exactly capable of possibly donating or is able to organize events/fundraisers, stuff like changing logos or making random posts/online movements may be a method to express solidarity or support in that movement. I've admittedly done the black square post before. From my perspective, it was to voice my opinions as a minority myself in support of a serious social issue seen in both Canada in the US. I can understand why you feel like it's a pat on the back sort of action. It's certainly self-gratification to a degree. But to those who actively support that movement who can't exactly do more, it's a bare minimum.
 
This also leads to my second point and that is awareness. More and more often you see society become less tolerant for certain touchy issues. Clicktivism in a way promotes that sort of awareness. Of course, it's a bare minimum again. And those companies that change their logos to rainbow colours while not directly contributing any actual financial or organizational contribution are a problem, I can see why people want to use methods like the black square posts to raise awareness.
 
I'm a person who thinks of social issues with a more logical/analytical mindset. My brain is wired in a way to think of these things as impartial as possible. I don't know if it's a lack of empathy from my part or a possible personal fear of my opinion being disliked by others, but I guess I'm sorta playing devil's advocate for this post. I understand why people think that clicktivism is bullshit, I understand that doing more for things you actually care about is worth more than a PNG change. I also understand that people might be socially pressured to do something like clicktivism. Especially with the opinionated climate of social media. I know I have on occasion. But maybe showing that you support something might be what other's consider as enough in terms of support. Idk, I really appreciate you for bringing this topic up, it really does provoke discussions like this. I just hope this can provide some better understanding of clicktivism in general.

The VHL and Clicktivism
 
All through the years of the internet Clicktivism has become more and more prevalent in our daily lives. People changing their profile pictures to include flags or sayings. You remember that day everyone posted a black square on Instagram for who knows what. There are so many things that people do to make a “change” and “difference” in the world.
 
Every pride month a lot of the logos in the VHL discords will change to be rainbow. Recently most of the logos have been updated to include Blue and Yellow colours for Ukraine and their struggle. What I want to know is why? What is it achieving really? When I open my discord I can see that the members of the VHL really care about Ukraine and that Russia is bad. Well yeah but I don’t need a coloured logo to know that. I look and they are all rainbow and I think oh this is the month we are meant to be nicer to LGB… community. But aren’t we always meant to be nice to everyone.
 
All I want to know is why, this doesn’t save a soldiers life in Ukraine, this doesn’t save someone from being bullied. It is a badge people can wear to say hey look at me I am a good person.
 
Don’t get me wrong the VHL does great things with community drives I just don’t understand the clicktivism.
 
Anyway hope you are all having a good day that is all from me for now.

1. I think that our deep and talented roster is what's getting us wins. Most of the time we simply outscore some teams. Other games comes from clutch plays or great goaltending. It's like all aspects of the roster is contributing some way.
 
2. I think it's really cool, I wouldn't change it. I think it's unique to Vegas so I like the format now.
 
3. Ping me please. I want to be praised.
 
4. He's mid.
 
5. Anything in the 4th round is a steal in my books. From personal experience that's the best round to find hidden gems. So yeah, I'd say he's the biggest steal.
 
6. I follow the Jets and Kraken. One has given me nothing but pain, while the other has hope.