Ledge

I might as well plead my case since I have some time between class I just took on an AGM job in Riga, and I'm going to be totally honest, it doesn't take up a lot of my time. I'm still looking for more ways to be involved in the VHL, and I've seen some updaters complain about the length of the queue, and I desperately want to help them out with that. I spend too much time surfing through this site with nothing to do, so I think I would be a decent updater. btw, Ricer presents a much more enticing resume, so I wouldn't be disappointed if you chose him over me

Wow, a lot of interesting shit going down here. From the LR issue to that crazy draft, it was genuinely fun to listen to. Sometimes though, Scotty and Peace sound so similar that I can’t tell them apart

Who else is important enough to protect

yes

GMS: DON'T BE OFFENDED BY THIS. I'VE SEEN EVERY SINGLE TEAM DO IT AND IT'S JUST BECOME A NORM. Fresh off the VHL sims, feeling pretty good about Zetterstrom's performance, I check out the M sims and am blindsided by blowout after blowout. I'm seeing games that are 7-3, 8-3, 7-2, and a couple 5-2s. But this isn't really the problem, just an example of aftermath. The issue with the VHLM right now is that teams are trying to win or tank. It's that simple. It was especially apparent at this draft, where teams like the Bulls and the Storm were just piling up picks; while teams like the Marlins struggled with no picks until the seventh round. After I watched that draft happening before my eyes, as Houston literally drafted half of the first round, I knew this season was going to be rough out of the gates. And it has been. The Bulls have only lost one game, and the Storm 3. They're doing that while the Aces and the Wild flounder, both with nine losses. The parody in this league is gone. And then we take a look at the differences in roster sizes. Let's compare the the team with the most players, the Storm, versus the team with the least players, the Lynx. We're looking at 22 players versus 9. That's a 13 player difference. And it's not one we can take lightly. This is not only affecting the crazy high scores of the games, but of the retention of members. If you can look closely, you'll see Sean Ramirez on Minnesota. He's an EFL guy, and so far he has claimed only base TPE and an affiliate PT. But what we're really going to look into is his ice time while playing for Minnesota. Two minutes and 33 seconds. And he's not the only one. Jacob Oldenburger, Nathan Askarov, and Gary Tarantino ll also had under 3 minutes of ice time in the game. And let me tell you, this is not acceptable. Let's now look at the ice time a bot got on Ottawa: The highest forward, which applies to Askarov and Ramirez, got more than 8 minutes of ice time, as well as limited power play and penalty killing time. That's a 6 minute difference, which, spread across a 72 game season, is a *pulls out calculator* 432 minute difference. Four hundred minutes. And that's not the worst of it Then there's the defenceman issue. At the draft, there was a massive run on defencemen. They were getting prioritized over forwards more than one hundred TPE more than them. And, believe it or not, the teams like the Bulls and the Storm, hogged all the defencemen! You wanna know how many defencemen Minnesota has? Seven. Ottawa? ONE! This is not acceptable! A bot defencemen on Ottawa got 20 minutes of ice time! When a defencemen on Minnesota gets less than 3! There's no way this happens unless a team is trying to win, and another is trying to not. So after all those statistics and comparisons, I'll finally get to the part where I recommend a rule change. What I want to come out of this is a player limit on VHLM rosters. Nothing too sharp, so that teams have to constantly trade guys to stay under, but one that prevents what happened with the Storm and the Bulls to happen. It will also prioritize the use of the Juniors, which have gone untouched so far because of the massive gaps on the rosters of non-contenders. The limit could also change by season, so if we get a massive recruitment wave, we can expand the limit. I'm welcome to criticism from GMs and commishes about this suggestion. Just to nail it in: THE VHLM IS ABOUT RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT, NOT WINNING AND TANKING. Apologies to any GMs I may have offended while doing this, just know that I have seen every single team do what I just described in the last couple seasons. 670 words. I just wrote a media spot.

which website is it now I'm kinda interested

Is it just me, or are there a hell of a lot more lopsided games this season?

I lost this way last time, and I don't want to do it again. I'm seeing everyone claiming stuff, so I'm going to claim. I'm bodyguard. I trust spartan so I'm going to VOTE DEVISE

Are we all supposed to be revealing our roles? I'm still pretty confused

RIGA REIGN PRESS CONFERENCE Week ending 01/24 1. After getting Calvin Harvey back in nets, we finally won some games. Where do you see us finishing in the standings? 2. What's your favorite flavor of Gatorade? 3. Who do you think will win the Continental Cup this season, based on the standings right now? 4. Give a shout out to one of your teammates who's been doing great so far! 5. What is your favorite thing about Riga? 6. If you could rename us, what would the new Riga team be called? 7. What's been your best interaction with a Reign fan? 8. What would be the best animal to have as your pet? 9. Speaking of which, would you rather be able to talk to animals or fly?

Claiming 4/4

D-Griff Manzer @16z

F-Gary Rush @fishy

RIGA WON A GAME!!!!!!

G-Jaxx Hextall @16z

D-Ziarie Anigbogu @fishy

sad riga noises

Review: I think it's great that you can hop right into this league and churn out a media spot. It's not easy, and you did a good job. For your player's performance, I wouldn't sweat not playing your best in one game. 3 points in your second ever VHLM game is a big milestone. Just keep earning and good things will happen. 9/10

Review: I've seen a fair amount of game day rituals so far in my tenure here, and this is better than normal. I like all the detail you go into about the meals, and even getting into your preferred movies to watch after a game. I also liked the underlined subtitles. Great job. 9/10

F-Andrew Su @16z

Oakville, Ontario I'm not sure if I'm proud of this. I haven't even donated money to the VHL for TPE(although that's mostly because I don't have a PayPal account)

I obviously want to thank @hedgehog337 for giving me the position and having faith in me. It means a lot, and this job is something I've wanted since I joined the league. Also, huge thanks to @Spartan and @JigglyGumballs for being the guys I could bounce questions off of and just teaching me the ways of the league. LET'S GO REIGN!!!