Emi

Didn't realise how much the Jet Jaguar song sounded like some remembrence song when played out of bad laptop speakers.

You was on Ottawa for a season too

I believe that having a solid foundation of research makes the actual creation easier most of the time. It's why I find it hard to make American teams. Most of the ones about culture and stuff have already been done xD.

I promised this last week but my internet was not working. It still is not but i do now have accesss to mobile date. Now without further delay! Let's get onto the Kashima Kitsune! So let's start with the first thing. Why Kashima, Saga and not Kashima, Ibaraki? The main reason behind this is for two things really. First of all we have the fact i did not want to put a team in Tokyo. I decided that is what most people would think of if they wanted to a team in Japan. I decided that the best thing to do would be to make it be based on the slightly less known one in Saga. The second reason for this simply the fact the colours of the flags for both Saga and Kashima, Saga look beautiful in my opinion for a colour scheme. When i am creating these i decide to do a little research about each places flag as they tell a lot about what the area is supposed to mean. Saga flag - White camphor tree flower with red stamen on dark green colour field. Camphor tree is the prefecture tree. White stands for sincerity and passion, dark green for hope and peace. - Nozomi Kariyasu, 6 May 1998 Kashima, Saga flag - The city emblem was adopted on Aug 25th 1954 by Instructions No 6 but there is no flag law. The white flag has a red city emblem in the center. The city emblem is a stylized hiragana か Ka of Kashima. The circle symbolizes a reconciliation and a solidarity, the point of the top does an eternal improvement. As a whole, it represents a development and a surge. Nozomi Kariyasu, 25 October 2014 I decided to merge both these flags together to make the one used on the jersey. The reason for this is to show the connection between the two areas! So after that why Kashima, Saga as an area? Well it when i was looking for areas in Saga i found something that i thought would make a very good place to start for a team. In the area they have a big Inari shrine. I first came up with some ideas about making this the focus of the team as Inari's and Kitsune (Fox) are the similar however, Inari are mythological Yo-kai who are supposed to look over the area and shrine. I still managed to incorpirate this into my designs later! Now we get onto the logos. This team has three different unique logos and 2 concept logos that never made it. First of all the two main logos are simple Kitsune on the jersey. They're done angular in shape to give it that agressive feel that a lot of sports teams have however, i did want to keep some of the composure that is seen in something like a fox. They're very timid creatures usually but can become agressive to protect their family. The reason i decided to make two different logos was so that it did not clash as much with the jerseys i was making. Next we have the wordmark logos. These i honestly made as i was inspired with things that i have seen by some NHL teams and baseball teams. I have always been interested in trying to make something simple like that work. The one that looks like a K with a Kitsune tail around it was loosely inspired by the Colorado Avalance. Now lets go onto the jerseys. Home Jersey: I decided to make the main colour the green colour as i thought it stood out the most and was the most unique of the colours i have seen around the VHL currently. I decided to use something similar to a real life team so it would be easy to actually make jersey edits and stuff easier for people. Now i know these are not perfect and i would remake them slightly to make the things stand out better but for a first attempt i am happy with what i got. Overall, i think they are an affective showing of what makes this team unique! Example by @Zetterberg Away Jersey: This follows the same as before with most of the things i like and disliked honestly. I followed that design of the montreal canadians for similar reasons to stated before. I think of all the jersey's this is the one i like the least and i would remake this one so the name and number stands out better than it currently does. I think overall it is still visually appealing and something i would like to purchase in real life. Alternative Jersey; i didn't really have anything in mind for this one. I just knew i wanted to use the wordmark logo and i decided to play around with a few designs in the file i have. This was the best i was able to get with my limited Knowledge. I wanted to be a lot more adventerous with this one than i ended up being however i still like how it turned out overall. It was easier to read than the others due to the colours not clashing. Finally, I'd like to speak about the mascot i created the background and story for but a @Riley_Couture drew. Yutoku - Inari As i mentioned earlier Inari are a yo-kai and are commely associated with shrines. The name Yutoku is taken from the name of the shrine that can be found within Kashima. I decided to do this to be another nod to the area. I decided to make the mascot an Inari instead of something like a Fox is due to the fact a mystical creature just seems more interesting to me personally. The colours of the mascot can be more creative if it is based on something like an Inari. The colours for the mascot are close to that of the team but not 100% the same. This was to make sure it did not clash while wearing the jersey. Now onto what i'm doing next... I have not had the time to do the research as much as i would have liked but i am pretty sure my next two teams are going to be based out in Korea. The next one will be in Seoul most likely but i do need to continue to explore and look into what i can do once my internet is fixed. I have decided that going forward with these i will be making what i will call the Asian invasion of the VHL as i'll be highlighting teams that could exist with Asia! Words:1157

Broken Internet Edition of AGM questions! 1) We're nearing the season... Do you think we make the playoffs? 2) Do you think the trade of Jungkok helped us? 3) What do we need to build on next season? 4) Are you excited for the future of the team? 5) Have you met your goals for the season? 6) We've had a up and down season but what has been your highlight so far? Thanks for bearing with me!

Yuuto Kira Cloudera - 100 TPE

I'll get a post up soon on the GOMHL! Hopefully it can bring some across!

This week I was supposed to be doing a breakdown of the Kashima Kitsune team. However, my internet hasn't been working well since Wednesday evening. As a result i will be holding that off for next week when it is hopefully fixed. So this week I have hit 58 games total in the league and in that time I've been able to put up 6 goals and 43 assists for 49 points in my short career. Now those aren't the best totals, however I have gotten them all this season where I've been a point per game or just over depending on the day. I decide when I created Emi that I wanted her to be a reliable puck mover that wouldn't be the one to get goals but would be able to pass it on to someone more capable in those departments. Now clearly my build is working for want I was aiming for as I'm doing better then I expect. However , I have I'll admit I'm with a great bunch that I can thrive with and they're making me look better than Emi actually is as my entire game is reliant in them being able to put the puck in the back of the net. I hope my proformance in my first season as a player and as a user helps me when it comes to this season's draft as in excited to see where I end up and at what position! [Words:244]

Something I always laugh at with Nathan Walker is he was actually born in the UK (Wales). Like many his family must have immergated

i managed to find Kotone with a goalie stick which was something i didn't expect xD so i guess it is decided i become a netminder next player xD

Carrying on this week's theme of next player!

@Sonnet @der meister both your players got mentioned

Player Info: First Name: Kotone Last Name: Shiomi Nickname: Dazzling Demon Gender:Female Age: 17 Nationality: Japanese Home Town: Tokyo Hockey Info: Position: Goalie Height: 183 cm (6'1") Weight: 57kg (9st) Jersey Number: #35 Youth Team: Tokyo Junior Katanas (Buffalo Sabers Joke) She started playing in the Youth set up for the Tokyo Katanas at the age of six. Originally she joined the team as a defender but had to change during her second season with the team. This is due to the fact the team's starting netminder (Rin Kagamine) had to leave due to relocating with their family and they did not have someone to relace them at the time. Kotone was a bottom pairing defender at the time and as a result she decided that she might give it a go in the net. Her first set of equipment was second hand and found around Tokyo. From the age of eleven onwards she was the starting netmind for the team. it was at this point she met her future friend center Ren Amamiya. They both played together on multiple cup winning teams until Amamiya had been scouted & signing for Jokerit. At the time they looked to bring over both Kotone and Ren but this was not something that interested Kotene. The reason she did not want to leave Tokyo was due to the fact she was worried that she would not get the same amount of playing time. She kept playing for the Junior Katanas till her sixteenth birthday when she joined the major team. During this time she was also an academic darling and was considered one of the best in the country. She had the option to either go to a prestigous school or continue to play ice hockey. Kontone made history when she started playing in the AL (Asian ice Hockey League) at the age of sixteen years old. This made her the youngest netminder in the league and first female to play in the league. She entered the league as a back up for the Tokyo Katanas. During her first season with the Katanas she had a very good showing but she was playing as a back up. In the next season when she just turned seventeen the Katanas decided to not re-sign their starting netminder and wanted to go into the next season with Kotone as the starting keeper. It was around this time a scout from the VHLM decided to come watch her play. She had been given the spotlight due the VHL expanding to Japan. In her final season in the AL she put up a stat line of 27 win in 30 games and a Goals Against average of 1.73 and a save percentage of 0.937%. These numbers made her among the best in the division as she went on to win the goalkeeper of the year and League's most valuable player. It was after this season she decided to declare for the upcoming the VHLM draft. She does not really care where she ends up but she does hope that when she is drafted into the VHL she can become the Netminder for the newly formed Kashima Kitsune! As she was entering the stadium to sit in the stands for the VHLM draft she was able to speak to the manager of the Kashima Kitsune and it seems the interest was mutural! Words: 560

Way ahead of you but Minako!

I go based on why can't I fit this name in Persona Q. Ren and Yu don't fit. That's not on accident. It's because Atlas know they're the better names are shorter what's next Minato is actually called Makoto?

If you swapped from Ren to Akira Kurusu or the holy one Minato then we'd speak xD I'm a huge persona fan started with 1 but my favourite is 3. I've always wanted to make a player based on the female main character from persona 3 portable as she's best girl! We could he friends though if you're called Akira xD

Another Week, Another Press Confrence. What is your favourite drink? What current health kick is your player on? Are you expecting us to make some trades before the deadline? Who do you think are the stand out players for the upcoming draft? What are the positives for your season so far? If Vancouver was to move to another canadian city where do you think it should be? The NHL playoffs are back are you watching? Is there anyone you hope win? who's getting 1st Overall? (NHL & VHL)

For those who haven't seen please look at the mascot! Drawn by @Riley_Couture

Thank you, I had tried the look of an old avs jersey with just the K for an alternative jersey bit I didn't really like it. That is why I went out of my way to create the Kashima logo. Originally that wasn't in my plans but I added it last minute and I think it worked well. I have plans for more Asian counties that we could expand into but I need to do more research into the areas. I roughly spend 5 days researching the area and then 2-3 days designing it all.

Thank you, I've not even fully explained more of it too like the mascots name and why I chose a relatively small place like Kashima, Saga. I love doing the write up after too.

Thank you!

If only you saw some of the designs for the game I'm making xD There's way more there xD

Explanation for it all coming next week!