KaleebtheMighty

"Charlie Stralheim with WKSN. Word around the league has been how your play has taken a step back from previous levels. Any comments on that?" "Well you know I can start by putting in good effort on the blue line more and play a disciplined game. Focus on the simple stuff. A little frustrated but our team has a great group of guys here that keep us all competitive and focused. Just gotta get pucks deep, get pucks in the net, and win some hockey games." To that end, Victor Grachev gave a nod and the reporter moved on. Most of the locker room attention was on the stars of Warsaw, Victor only saw a reporter or two every game. The life of a defensive defenseman. He had regressed in terms of points slowly in his 3rd VHL season, but it was mainly due to a rise in offensive power from his teammates @dlamb, @dasboot, and @leafsman. As Victor sat back down to undo his shin pads, activity in the locker room began to die down after most of the interviews were nearing completion. Silently, Victor put away his gear and slipped into his suit, walking out to the team bus waiting to take the team back to the hotel. Once the rest of the team hopped onto the bus, Victor plugged in his headphones and tuned in to his music, watching the lights of Helsinki go by. Lost in a wave of audio therapy, Victor hardly noticed when the bus came to a stop in front of the hotel. He shuffled out with the rest of his team into the lobby and packed into the elevator leading up to the 4th floor. Once there, he turned left down the hall to room 423 with his roommate @jacobcarson877. The door opened and the two of them walked in. "Tough loss tonight," Carson said. Victor said nothing as he took off his suit jacket. He silently stepped into the bathroom and closed the door. "You good Grach?" "I need a vacation," Victor said from within the bathroom. The toilet flushed, the sink ran, and the door opened. "You know? Just like a break or something. Take a step away from all this for just a little bit." "Well, we have a game in Riga in 2 days, plus a practice tomorrow in Riga after our flight lands. Not sure how much time you'll get to spend doing a vacation of sorts," Carson stated. "You know how many times I've practiced our breakouts? How many times I've worked on the PK and PP?" Victor said as he sat on his bed. "Over and over and over and over. I got it, I'm good." Nothing was said for a few minutes. Carson flipped on the tv to try and create some sort of noise in the room to block out the quiet. A couple more minutes passed; Carson glanced over at Victor to find him smiling. "Dude why are you sitting over there with the goofiest grin on your face?" Carson exclaimed. "Because I have an idea," Victor said. He glanced back at Carson. "What are you going to do?" Carson seemed worried. "The question isn't 'what are you going to do', the question is 'what aren't we going to do'." With that, Carson gulped. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing was amiss as the team boarded the jet to fly to Riga. Everyone was accounted for, including Victor and Carson. The plane lifted off and the flight attendants began to pass out drinks and snacks. "Excuse me!" Victor held up a hand to the stewardess. She politely walked over while Carson shot a glance over at Victor. "You know, I've always wanted to see the cockpit of one of these jets. Would you happen to know if the Captain would be willing to have visitors?" "I'll go check for you," the stewardess smiled and walked up to the front. Victor smiled at Carson only to be met with a concerned look. A few short moments later, the stewardess waved to Victor to come up. He stood and walked past his teammates with his backpack up to the cockpit. "Who knew Victor Grachev liked planes!" The co-pilot exclaimed as the door behind Victor closed. The Captain turned and smiled at Victor before turning back to his instruments. "What can I say, sure would love to own a small plane and fly in my spare time," Victor said, scanning the cockpit. "Have you ever seen a cockpit this size before?" The Captain asked. "No not at all," Victor said. "Well maybe your familiar with few things, but for starters this baby requires a lot of prep to get things running. It has a goofy...." Victor tuned him out and continued his scan around the cockpit. He knew that if his plan was going to work he had only a short time to pull this off. Pretending to be really interested, he looked behind the co-pilot and saw exactly what he was looking for: The pilot's jacket. He had taken it off before flying today. "Any questions?" The Captain asked. Quickly, Victor responded. "Not with that part of the pre flight, but what about communicating with the air towers? There's protocols you guys follow right?" "Sure there are!" The Captain beckoned to the co-pilot, pointing to a binder. As the co-pilot pulled out the binder and the Captain began to explain call signs and procedures for taxiing, Victor slowly opened his backpack and slid the jacket in. No one was the wiser. "And that's if they are nice and decide to actually let you taxi out when you are supposed to," the Captain said with a laugh. Victor laughed with the two of them. "Well this has been really great and I appreciate you taking the time to show me all of this!" Victor said with a smile heading to the door. "Not a problem, thank you for your interest!" The Captain said. Victor opened the door and stepped through. Making his way back to his seat, his gaze met Carson's only to see the worry on his roommates face. "Please tell me you had an epiphany as to how bad of an idea this is." Carson said pleadingly. "No way, I got it!" Victor said, opening the backpack a little to reveal the pilot's jacket. "Damn it Victor you are really going to screw us!" "Relax! He's going to be in the same hotel as us, he's our pilot. It's not like he's going to go fly other planes while we are in Riga." Victor sat back triumphantly. Phase 1 of his "vacation" was complete. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The plane landed in Riga without any trouble, and the team found itself checking into the new hotel merely hours before practice. Victor and Carson checked in and hopped into the elevator up. But once the elevator got up to their floor, the two of them briskly walked to their room. Once inside, Victor quickly threw off his shirt and began to button up a white dress shirt. "Again, Victor, this is a terrible idea," Carson said. "Maybe, maybe not if it works," Victor said slipping into the pilot's jacket. "You're damn lucky it fits," Carson stated. "Next step. Grab all of the toilet paper and put it in our bags." Victor mentioned as he quickly opened the cabinet doors below the sink and pulled out multiple rolls of toilet paper. Carson hesitated, but then slowly put a few rolls in his own bag. Victor then put on his winter jacket over the pilot's jacket. Without a word, the two of them headed back to the lobby and boarded the team bus headed for Riga's stadium to practice. As the bus trudged along, Victor looked at Carson. Carson was staring straight ahead, almost grimacing. Victor smiled, then coughed. He coughed again, louder. Then LOUDER. Teammates began to turn heads. Victor leaned back in his chair and held his nose with his fingers. "You alright Grachev?" @Renomitsu said from their seat in front of Victor. "No, god, I think I caught something," Victor said, then "sneezed" loudly. "Jesus Victor, you good?" @.sniffuM questioned. "I can't have you getting anyone else sick." "I hope not, I just have mucus piling out of my nose," Victor said still holding it with his finger. "Take practice off and watch from the stands. I need you healthy and rested for tomorrow's game," .sniffuM said. He glanced at Carson, noticing how white his face was. "And what's with you Carson?" "He's got the shits. Like really bad. Look in his bag," Victor said. @diamond_ace , being the closest to Carson's bag, unzipped it. "Jesus it's just all toilet paper from the hotel!" A few groans from the bus emanated around the two players in question. "That also stays up in the stands near a bathroom. Jesus...." .sniffuM said. Victor could only grin internally to hide his true plan. Phase 2 of his "vacation" was working. Once the bus pulled up to the arena, all of the Warsaw Predators gave Victor and Carson a WIDE berth. The two of them heading in and into an elevator up to the nose bleeds. Once there, they took their bags and emptied all of the toiler paper. Victor took off his winter jacket as well as his beanie and opened the jacket on a seat in section 315. Stacking toilet paper in the jacket, he zipped it up, put his beanie on the top roll, and placed a pair of sunglasses around the roll. Comical, but from this high no one could tell the difference from the ice. Carson finished setting up his own toilet paper man, and the two of them slipped out of the section and headed to an elevator near the back of the arena. The first hick-up occurred. Once outside of the arena, the two of them stood by the street alone. "Victor, do we have any sort of...oh I can't remember what they call them, they are only used by the elite.....ah, yes....CAR??" Carson exclaimed. "Uhhh....no. But, I could call a cab..." Victor trailed off as he pulled out his phone. To his surprise, a cab came in only a few short minutes. The two of them climbed in. "Funny to find a pilot out here by the arena!" The man said. "Where to?" "The airport," Victor said sheepishly. "Of course!" The man laughed and began to drive away from the arena. That's when Carson looked down and saw a Warsaw Predators logo on the cab driver's coffee mug. And a Warsaw Predators steering wheel cover. And a Warsaw Predators review mirror ornament. And two Warsaw Predators floor mats under their feet in the back seat. Victor felt an elbow in his side from Carson, only to have Carson point down to the floor. Victor's face went white when he saw all of the Predators stuff. "You guys excited for the game tomorrow?" The cab driver said. "Uh, yeah. Big fans." Victor said. The cab driver glanced at them through the review mirror and looked back at the road. Then glanced at them again. "You know, has anyone told you that you look exactly like Victor Grachev? Like, EXACTLY like him?" Shit. "Actually he's my...twin. Brother. Yep, not many people know that," Victor stumbled through his excuse. "Well that's something, I never knew!" The cab driver said. "Yeah we try to keep it a secret, I hate the uh... publicity, you know? I like the quiet life," Victor said. "Hey I'll keep your secret, no worries here. But it's great to meet you. Closest I'll get to meeting someone from the Preds," the driver said. Both Victor and Carson clenched their teeth. Thank goodness the airport came into view. The two of them paid in cash and walked VERY quickly into the airport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The two players headed through the airport over to security. Of course, the next hick-up occurred when Carson spoke up. "Victor, how are we supposed to get through security with no boarding passes for today?" Victor was silent. This was going to be a very short trip to the airport. He hadn't even thought about this part! How the hell were they going to get through to- "Excuse me! Gentlemen!" A women in an airline uniform waved to Victor and Carson. "Pilot's come through this way." Victor's mouth dropped, as did Carson's. Without a word they walked over to where the lady was pulling aside a connector to let them through. "Pilot security is up through here. You must not fly through Riga much." "No ma'am, first time," Victor said. "Thank you." They walked quickly up through to the separate security station, now sweating incredibly. The pathway led straight to a man sitting at a desk. "Hey guys, where you flying to?" He said with his hand stretched out towards Victor and Carson. The two players froze. The man quizzically looked at them, expecting some sort of ID or anything. A few uncomfortable seconds passed. Carson then suddenly spoke up. "Look. I got a bad case of the shits. I soiled my uniform and my bag, which had both of our IDs in it. I'm wearing another man's clothes, trying to get back to Helsinki and earn what little money I can to make it through the day. You either let me through or so help me this floor will look like a mud slide of grand proportions. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" The man gulped, quickly waving the players through. "Jesus, get them through he has got to GO!!" They quickly pulled out their phones and walked through the checkpoint. Cleared almost immediately, the two of them practically ran towards the back of the airport. Victor could hardly keep from laughing. Once out of sight, Victor burst into tears. Wheezing, Victor could hardly stand up straight. Carson finally gave a smile, and began to laugh himself. The two of them strode laughing up to a desk next to two glass doors leading to the private lounge for Victor's pilot jacket airline. "Good morning sirs," a women said, beginning to stretch out her hand for their IDs. Victor and Carson kept walking, laughing hysterically, as the doors opened and let them through. The woman was frozen, not sure what to make of the two of them. For whatever reason, she decided this was already too much for a Monday and went back to her work. Inside was a beautiful lounge with a bar and private food selection. Soft music played through the air. The two players sat in chairs facing the windows. A server approached them quickly. "Drinks gentlemen?" He asked. "Oh why not, my plane doesn't leave until tomorrow," Victor said. The server brought the two men champagne, to which a toast was given between Victor and Carson. "Damn it Victor, this may have worked," Carson said. "Life moves pretty fast Carson. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it," Victor said sipping on his champagne. The two of them drank merrily and ate an assortment of food the entire morning, watching the planes take off and simply enjoying the relaxation. Until Victor's phone rang. It was .sniffuM. He answered in his best sick voice. "Hello?" "Grachev! Where are you! Practice is over and you're not in the stands!" SHIT SHIT SHIT. "I....um....Carson and I went back to the hotel, he um......flooded a toilet and we just wanted to go back and....clean up." "Jesus Christ stop don't tell me any more. The team is heading back to go over some game film. If you're cleaned up, you need to be there." "Understand, we will be there." Victor hung up. "Carson, time to go." "Yep, figured as much." The two of them stood up and headed for the door. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Did our toilet paper men fall over?? I don't understand..." Victor thought aimlessly as the two of them exited the airport. Carson headed over and flagged a cab, to which one promptly drove forward for them. They entered. "What happened to your plane?" The cab driver said. More specifically, the same cab driver from before said. "Uhhh we forgot something at the hotel," Victor said. "IDs. Can't get anywhere without them," Carson said. "Geez that's unfortunate, I'll be quick!" The driver said and sped off. A few short moments of silence entailed as the driver sped through traffic. "You know, I looked up Victor Grachev on wikipedia. It never said he had a brother and all..." the cab driver tailed off. "We do a really good job of keeping him-ME. Out of the spotlight," Victor nearly slipped. The cab driver shrugged. "Well still, if you really are, can I give you something for him to sign? I'm a huge fan of the Predators," the driver handed back a picture of him and what looked like his daughter. "My daughter plays hockey, she's a big fan too." Victor smiled. "I think I can get him to sign this, I'll have him meet you after the game to give it to you." The cab driver broke out in the biggest grin. Soon the cab pulled up to the front of the hotel. Except the team bus was still unloading the Predators from practice. "Here you go fellas! Need me to stick around to take you back?" "No we're good," Carson said quickly. "Yeah it might take us awhile to find our IDs, I'd hate to keep you held up," Victor said. "Nonsense! I can wait!" The cab driver said. Victor grimaced. He opened his wallet and pulled out way more cash than what was needed for the ride. "Look, take this. I'm telling you we may be a long while, and I don't want to keep you. Why not go get yourself some lunch?" The driver's eyes opened wide. "...OK I'll go get lunch, wow, thank you!" The two players stepped out of the car, holding their jackets in front of their faces slightly as the last of the Warsaw Predators stepped off of the bus. They followed behind them from a distance. "Boys!" Victor and Carson froze. The voice came from the team bus. The driver was standing in front of it near the luggage compartments. He slowly opened it, revealing the remains of the toilet paper men. Victor and Carson looked down and then back at the driver. The driver only held a finger up to his lips and tossed Victor and Carson's winter jacket and beanies back to them. Stunned, the two players turned and headed back to the hotel, still keeping their distance from the team. As they entered, they passed a loudly speaking .sniffuM. "I have no idea where they are, they aren't in their room. Did we check all of the bathrooms?? How many are there in this building??" Victor and Carson quickly walked passed him hiding their faces still to the back of the lobby. Around the corner, there was a small lost and found. Victor approached it and quickly took off the pilot's jacket, placing it down on top of the other clothing items. The two players then quickly headed back to the elevator where, thankfully, there was no one else. "We need to get to either a bathroom or someone else's room immediately. The team is looking for us," Victor said, hitting the floor 3 button. "Who is staying on floor 3?" "Uhhhhhh I think @Hooperorama is with @Crstats23," Carson said. "Perfect." Victor stated and put his beanie back on. The elevator doors opened to the 3rd floor, and the two of them rounded the corner. Then ran right back in. @AW13 was headed straight towards them down the hall. Victor hit the close doors button repeatedly until the doors slid shut, merely seconds before Lexi walked up to it. The two players could here her hit the elevator call button on the other side. The doors began to slide open. Victor pressed the close doors button extremely quickly, forcing the doors to shut. Lexi tried again, Victor closed them again. Frustrated, Lexi let out a groan and headed for the stairs. Waiting a few seconds, Victor opened the elevator doors. No one was around. "God damn it...." Carson muttered, and the two of them headed towards room 305. Victor knocked quickly. One look at Carson told Carson exactly what needed to happen. Krishna opened the door. "Hey we've-" Carson strode past him. "TOILET," Victor followed behind. "Do you have toilet paper?? How much??? We blew through two bathrooms already, this hotel does NOT give enough TP!" Carson slammed the bathroom door behind him. "Shit guys, is he ok?" Krishna asked. Flatulence - of course fake to Carson and Victor's knowledge - echoed in the bathroom for a good few seconds. "No that didn't sound ok," Krishna answered his own question. "I'll call .sniffuM and let him know where we are," Victor said. While on the phone, Carson spun nearly a full roll of toilet paper into the toilet and flushed it, using the plunger to both sound like an absolute load was dropped and clear the toilet paper from the toilet. He washed his hands, and emerged from the bathroom to the sickened face of Krishna. "I think....I think I'm good," Carson said as Victor hung up the phone. "I'll say, that was a lot of shit we went through," Victor said with a slight smile. And with that, Victor and Carson rejoined the team to watch game film. Interestingly enough, not a single person sat within 10 feet of Carson and Victor after the events that transpired. Victor smiled. That was just the "vacation" he needed to get back into the swing of things. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Word count: 3,675 words. Using for PT weeks: Feb 8-14, Feb 15-21, Feb 22-28, Mar 1-7 Victor Grachev stepped out of the bathroom in his room dressed in a t-shirt and a robe, having taken a shower after a long day of game film and preparing for the game against Riga tomorrow. Cautiously, he looked out towards you as you sat reading this exciting story. "You're still here?" ... "It's over." ... "Go home." ... "Go!"

I really like this, almost gives me a Red Menace/Ivan Drago vibe. Intimidating and clearly readable, and almost looks like a poster or banner that would hang in the interior of the arena before entering the actual ice rink. I love this. Out of everything included in this graphic, my only gripe is the black box around the Calgary logo. If that was gone, I think the logo would mesh with the rest of the graphic more. Either way, really great graphic! Score: 9/10

I love the intimidating nature of this graphic, with Laine covered in shadows walking through the tunnel. The text is clear and straight to the point. In terms of a sig, I think it's great! However, I do have somethings I would work towards next time. The Helsinki logo on the jersey seems a bit blurry. I'm not sure which resolution the logo you chose is, but maybe go for one that provides a bit more clarity next time. The only other thing I have is the overall style. I like it, but I think it could be more. Specifically, a graphic or pattern behind Laine, some simple lines, colors, something. It just needs a little more. But overall I really do like this and am excited to see you continue to put out some good work! Score: 8/10

1). No way, we're clicking and doing very well right now. No need to change it up. 2). Helsinki or Moscow. 3). A lot of people might look at my drop in points again statistically from the past 2 seasons as a failure, but I am more than happy. My +/- for the team is great, our defense is help create shutout opportunities for our goalies, and we are limiting a lot of team's scorers offensive chances. That's a win for me. 5). Love it. The wetness and smell of rain plus the slight coolness is really nice, and then heading home and sitting in a warm house listening to the rain is really relaxing! 6). Can't I have both? Lol if I had to pick one, pie. Specifically apple pie. 7). Kind of, I have some hats that I wear but I mainly wear them when I'm hiking, camping, or doing something outdoors. Mainly just baseball hats or beanies.

IN! Although I only see versions 2 and 3 available for me to download

Seeing everyone's reasoning brings me to see that adding TPE to this ranking system might not be the best solution. However, I do feel like in that instance the ranking system could work in a sense of a "spotlight" or VSN posting over a certain period of time. Maybe a focus on finding highlights outside of the top group of submitters would be the best solution. I appreciate you all who commented with aspects that you liked, didn't like, or had counter points for. Thank you!

THE IDEA I think - to improve upon the submissions in both graphics and media spots as well as driving the constant development of better skills and creativity - a ranking system should be developed and utilized. This idea would allow for the awarding of top media spot or top graphic for the week and possibly month. Only certain categories would be subject to this ranking system, meaning the main Point Tasks. Additionally, this award would come with a TPE bonus of a certain amount attributed as an uncapped claim. In doing so, this ranking system would create an increased drive to put forth better and better efforts into submissions across the forum. INTRODUCTION As I've come into the league, I've noticed a fair amount of rather subpar submissions across multiple fronts. I understand a new user who has yet to really shine putting out their first few point tasks, but when a user continuously does the bare minimum to acquire TPE it can be a bit frustrating to many. Some new users also tend to shy away once they see the levels of creativity, skill, or fluency posted by some of the more seasoned VHL forum members. This barrier of skill vs effort creates a "bubble" of what many users read and view. It's not that new users or first time creators are ignored for their posts. It's the fact that only a small level of effort garners you the same amount of TPE as a rather tedious submission. Therefore, many users move towards the low effort approach and skirt the line between acceptable and unacceptable to gain TPE. There needs to be a divide for this effort. If a different TPE "tier" exists, it will prompt many users to put in a new amount of effort to gain more TPE. Having the possibility of potentially boosting your TPE for the week from your Point Task could really improve on what is submitted. Sure there will always be people who submit the lowest amount of effort; there are plenty of users who rely on welfare or job pay. But to really push for high levels of creativity, this ranking system could really change things for this forum. STRUCTURE So what would this ranking system look like? Well to begin with, users would still get 6 TPE for a Point Task. But each point task when submitted will be added to a "pool" of total submissions for the week. Once the week passes, a committee will assemble a group of standout submissions to be selected for the top posts of that week. Once this list is chosen, each category will be listed as a vote for a small period of time where other users can vote on who had the best Graphic, Media Post, and Podcast. Each of the top 3 submissions from each category will be awarded bonus TPE for their stellar work: 1 TPE for 3rd place, 2 TPE for 2nd place, and 3 TPE for 1st place. This process would then continue weekly and so on. Monthly awards, depending on if this idea brings fruition, could bring additional TPE as well as an achievement for the users post to be added into a "Vault" of the greatest forum submission for each category. These posts would not only serve as recognition for the user who created them but a guideline to future members of the forum to shoot for if they want all of that TPE. The process for voting would be similar to that of the weekly process but only focus on each of the 4 weekly winners pitted against each other in their respected categories for one final vote. The winner of the monthly award would gain an additional 6 TPE for the best submission for the month. DISCUSSION - Wouldn't this system lead to a group of users who constantly show up in the top selections? Potentially. But think of it as something like the College Football Playoffs here in the USA. Yeah, Alabama and Clemson may be there nearly every season in the top. But it's the magical moment when an underdog swoops in and beats them that everyone loves to see. And that idea can very well happen in this setting. Someone completely new could post their magnum opus that shatters the competition. It's that drive that I believe will push many members to continuously improve and create better things for the forum to push for that extra award and TPE. - I feel like this idea will burn people out from really trying hard. It just may. However, there will always be 6 TPE for each Point Task submission that will suit everyone as normal. Even those with welfare or job pay can continue going on that route. But I know there are individuals in this league that strive for better with each post they create. It won't be everyone who wants to participate in this, but I feel that introducing a ranking system will bring out the best in many of us. - Why in the world would I want to put in so much effort for a few more TPE? Not only would a few more TPE add up over a period of time if you continuously submit excellent work, but AGMs and GMs notice players who really put in a high level of effort week by week. This ranking system could serve as a scouting structure as well; new individuals who really push to create better content will be more sought after by VHL teams. So an increase in effort = potentially more TPE, more desire to be drafted, and a better outcome for your player. And it's entirely choice based. There's nothing saying that you have to compete with each post. You can be a welfare player and still enjoy the amenities of the VHL. CONCLUSION A ranking and award system for Point Tasks would bring a multitude of benefits to the forum. It would not be required, and players can still go about their VHL days doing what they normally do. But having that extra level of TPE awards for those who love to create and push themselves will bring about a whole new level of Elite forum users, a unique way of identifying which members will have a long career in the VHL and now drop out, and a future guideline for new users to strive for as they begin submitting point tasks themselves. Granted, this idea is merely that: and idea. There may be flaws in its design or overall structure and I welcome any criticism or additional discussion regarding this topic. I hope this ranking system can spark a continued effort to better the league in new and exciting ways, lifting the VHL higher in every possible way. Thanks for reading!

Congrats @Spence King!

I see what style this graphic was following and really like the idea! I think overall it may be a bit too hard to really look at for long but that's ok. This is all a learning process and I appreciate your submission! I wouldn't write this off as a failure. I do like the idea, your text has a great drop shadow making it easier to read, and the team logo on the bottom right is clear as well. Next time, if you are looking to shoot for this idea again, make the staggered boxes of displacement a bit smaller. Additionally, the second image of your player shouldn't be placed too far away. I'll link one of my graphics that utilizes a similar style so that you see what I mean about those boxes being smaller and the second image being a bit closer. But overall I like the steps taken and am excited to see you learn and continue to submit graphics! Score: 6/10 Here's my image I mentioned: *I am in no way claiming this is what you should do exactly or that mine is amazing. I just hope I can spark creativity for your next idea!*

I really like the layout of this graphic! I especially like the cut out of the player; it's very clean and no points along the edge are missed. And anything that did appear off you seem to have corrected with a blur tool which helps a bit. The image of the skyline behind the player is also crisp which is a big plus! Although the text is a bit basic, this is a great step forward into creating better and better graphics! My only gripe is the placement of your player's name in the bottom left. The reflections along the water make that text a bit more difficult to read. But that just gives you some things to think about for your next great graphic. Overall, I'm impressed and will watch out for your next graphics in the future! Score: 8/10

1). We just need to keep focused and not lose sight of our goal. Can’t let a couple of loses hold us back and shake us up. 3). Warsaw in the EU, Chicago in the NA. 4). Yeah, my team is ok. I could have done better but I’m still happy. Just gotta see how I do. 5). Best way to treat myself is to go have a good meal, whether that’s a steak dinner or a cheeseburger. I earned that. 6). Yeah I do have some hobbies, I read and get into some small projects on my computer or around the house. I keep a tinkering or learning mindset all the time. 7). Definitely coffee.

At the request of @Spence King, a drafted graphic for @RomanesEuntDomus

No worries! It’s been a little hard to keep track of everyone. @Spence King if you could finalize those rosters in a clear format that would be fantastic. If you don’t get to it later this evening I’ll put it up once I’m home from work.

Yeah @fishy I hope you didn’t finish the rosters yet we have a discrepancy with @Sixersfan594 and his goalie. @Sixersfan594 you’re gonna need to pick a different goalie.

1. Sixersfan594 F - Groovy Dude F - Jim Bob F - John Merrick D - Ziarie Anigbogu D - RJ Jubis G - 2. KaleebtheMighty F - Edwin THE Encarnacion F - Lee Xin F - Patrik Laine D - Erik Killinger D - Latrell Mitchell G - Jean Pierre Camus 3. Blazzer F - Mikko Lahtinen F - Timothy Brown F - Kyl Oferson D - Matty Socks D - Lucifer Olivier Leveque G - Jaxx Hextall 4. Cxsquared (Two Strikes (XX) Waiting on response from fishy on what the officially ruling is **** F - Patrik Tallinder F - F - Bob Helminen D - Guy Sasakamoose D - G - Jimmy Spyro 5. diamond_ace F - SS Hornet F - Chris Hylands F - Thomas Landry D - Riley Knight Gee D - Cinnamon Block G - Stone Wolski 6. Spence King F - Ola Vikingstad F - Rhynex Entertainment F - Andrew Su D - Alex Letang D - Tyler Walker G - Aj Krishna F -Lee Xin @Sixersfan594

@fishy @Cxsquared has gone past the limit twice. Even though they made picks after they were skipped, in order to keep this moving you may need to make a selection for them. @Blazzer is up for the sake of finishing this draft.

He made his two picks awhile after being skipped, so....

They were skipped but then made the picks after the 12 hours were up I believe

1). Helsinki due to friends on the team, Chicago, and Malmo. We have some things to prove this season and beating last season's champion and the cinderella team that almost was would be great. 2). End the season with a higher +/- ratio. That and more hits/shots blocked. 3). The new additions on offense have really propelled us forward this season. 6). I think having a ranking system of "Best Graphic" or "Best Media Spot" per week in which the winner earns an amount of TPE would encourage people to contribute more quality work rather than just barfing out a super simple graphic. 7). Chocolate is great but my real deal is pastries or pies. 9). I really like the current color scheme! But if I had to change anything, I think the light blue being replaced by a similar shade of gray would be great as well.

@Blazzer

F - Patrik Laine @Sixersfan594 (I'm assuming Spence King is now taking over of the additions to the list of players picked)

Glad to once again wear a letter for this team! LETS GO WARSAW!!

F - Edwin THE Encarnacion @Blazzer 1. Sixersfan594 F - Groovy Dude F - F - D - Ziarie Anigbogu D - RJ Jubis G - 2. KaleebtheMighty F - Edwin THE Encarnacion F - F - D - Erik Killinger D - Latrell Mitchell G - 3. Blazzer F - Mikko Lahtinen F - Timothy Brown F - D - D - G - 4. Cxsquared F - Patrik Tallinder F - F - D - Guy Sasakamoose D - G - 5. diamond_ace F - Ss Hornet F - Chris Hylands F - D - D - G - 6. Spence King F - Ola Vikingstad F - F - D - Alex Letang D - G -

WARSAW