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*VHL needs more of these smiling faces* I have no ideas for the league and also I'm lazy as fuck. I didn't even claim welfare last week - that's your Riga Reign GM, ladies and gentleman. Instead of this, I'm going to continue my ''The next or new something is...'' series as this is my only idea for now. The only difference is that I won't talk about a team. After @Smarch realized the virtual world of the VHL isn't worth his nerve system, the league suddenly is left high and dry with the only active commish in @Higgins + @JardyB10 as a saviour of Davos. So you already know what I'm going to talk about, but I also want to include the BoG position in this - probably some members don't want to make a jump immediately and they would rather see their nickname in brown. I'll name some members and try to predict their destiny in this off-season. @Corco - Commish. He is enjoyong his successful comeback: he didn't had to wait for a long time before he became the VHLM Commissioner and he indeed is helping the new memebers. I named him first for the other reason though. The VHL already saw a VHLM Commissioner who became a blue team member, like aforementioned Smarch or @Fire Hakstol(? or vice versa, I don't really remember). So it only makes sense if he will become the VHL commish following this season. @Banackock - BoG. I think he's aiming for a higher position than a GM, but I'm not sure if it's a commisioner job. I feel like his most recent article about throwing ideas for the VHL makes everybody understand that he's interested in changing his nickname color from gold to brown to make the VHL attractive to new members. I'm not sure about the outcome, but I think he will become the BoG after this season ends. A commish though? Like I said, I'm not sure. @Frank - stays as a VHLM Commish. To be honest, I just put him here because the VHL has a history of the VHLM Commish becoming a blue member. I don't think this is the case though. Frank will likely stay in the VHLM as it won't be the easiest thing to find another one for the green team. @jRuutu - I'm half joking, but maybe BoG? He's pretty active on the boards, but when somebody mentions the welfare, he becomes a beast with the ''fuck all welfare guys, they're ruining the league'' rhetoric. And while I'm not agreeing with his point, it's nice to see a member going hard on discussions and maybe if he has some more ideas than getting rid of the welfare, he legitimately can pretend for the BoG job, because it's weird to see an active member with a 3800+ posts without a job in the VHL. So I named some members who are having or will have a shot at the commish/BoG spot. And yes, perhaps I missed some member here so don't bitch at me if I you got fisted ana...s-n-u-b-b-e-d. That's it and I'm out. 6 TPE goes to Krīgars

I'm not a fan of this. Throwing them into the third/fourth line could be a nice compromise.

And what we will get rid of them? It's like max 8 players per contender team, including a goalie? Contract the some VHL teams and then the whole VHLM as well.

But why? How they are ruining the VHL? That's a ridiculous statement tbh. The only question now is how to raise payout for these who does PT's without having a huge TPE inflation.

banned

That could be a nice idea for the sim attendance.

He knew

IRL>virtual world though? I liked that 6+3 TPE from doing mock drafts and World Cup related PT's, so it could be nice if we can do this on a reglar basis.

Or a member can't find a time for a PT and then leaves the league because of that. Yes, that's the possible outcome too.

It requires a pointless spamming as well though.

For no reason? The sim luck is a valid reason you goof

I'm actually having a fun with 119-point Krīgars now.

With drafting @BobertZ and re-signing V2A? I like you.

Forced? How so?

GM'ing the Riga Reign team.

Like I said in your welfare topic like a year ago, straight no to this. I don't know what about other guys here, but I'm already having problems with finding a desire to type even 500 words. But it's not a reason why I should leave the sim-leagues because of that.

Actually this is the reason of a goalie influx. Not speaking about Boubabi here, some members got a chance to have a goalie and a player at the same time and they did it. Well, some of 400-500 TPE goalies are wasting their careers sitting as a backup.

I actually like that EFL welfare system, where you can get 6 TPE for an article from our affilate league (SBA, SHL or whatever). That's why I'm still there btw.

Islanders or Oilers, which team's jersey contains more orange color?

I didn't expect this game from Fred. After all, he's a 2C player. Good for Riga.

Yep. VHL is gonna live long, will go hard and will have thick pockets from donations. ez

VHLM Commish up to VHL Comm or super active and motivated dude. ez

4 TPE goes to Petenis

*De-railed...* Let's face it, the Cologne Express franchise isn't in the best shape right now. Despite of having 2 firsts in the following draft, we can say with a certain that it could've been better. Currently Cologne has only one decent prospect in @Lunaro's player, Matthieu Bourdon and that means this team won't have an easy time with a rebuilding this team from the scratch. That's right - take Bourdon off and Cologne has nothing. The former GM, @punkhippie decided to step down as he wasn't sure about his abilities to turn this franchise into a threat again. The new GM will likely be announced in this off-season and now I'll name things that can make this team great again and will help the new GM to achieve that goal. PATIENCE The new GM will need to realize that he won't make Cologne into a threat in 1-2 seasons. This is going to be a long process and maybe it will take not one, but two rebuilding phases to make things happen. He will need to stick with one plan and not to having twenty-one options (ironically, this thread's creator was having this issue two seasons ago). I think Cologne will start to compete in S60 if things are going smooth. Maybe even S59, but that requires a lot of luck. HIRING AN ESTABLISHED MEMBER Hiring more established and experienced member is kind of a must thing for blue team to do. I'm not mentioning this point without facts as well. We had couple of new or returnee members who became GM, but did achieve nothing during their stint. Most recent ones: @Ahma. Davos, S47-48. He was a very active member during his VHLM days and it wasn't a surprise when his activity paid off with getting a GM job. Davos started a rebuild and things were going quite nicely. Then suddenly he left VHL and I guess some members knows why. But it didn't help this team anyway though. @Daniel. Helsinki, S49-51. The same thing as with Ahma. He was very active during his Yukon days and that made him the Titans' GM after Draper stepped down. But the IRL things didn't allow him to finish a rebuild and start to compete so this team folded once again by Higgins to start a new rebuild. @jack. Stockholm, S49-50. It was an interesting choice when Boubabi named a returnee member as a GM, but he had a decent activity back then. It didn't last long though. I'm not sure why this happened, but I assume real life made him do it. Shortly after resignation, he went inactive. So I think Cologne needs a member who knows he will stay active for more than 5-7 seasons to at least bring the Express back on track. LUCK It's not a required thing, but it surely will help this team. Will S57 first round picks pan out? Maybe S57 or S58 seconds will become sleeper picks? Or the GM will find a way how to make a genius trade by a luck? So yes, Cologne will need some luck too, but it won't be the smartest move to rely only on it either. I think the aforementioned points are going to help the Express franchise to make a splash starting from the next decade. That's it and I'm out. 6 TPE goes to Krigars.