Bojovnik

Farewell all. Ain't got it in me anymore, what with having moved country once again. Maybe I'll be back in the future. Cheers

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Doesn't even realize that Russians don't celebrate Christmas but New Year, smh.

MALMO, December 1, 2023 (Shaiba.ru) – We’re just a week away from the start of the S91 playoffs, and it’s far from certain how the European Conference will look. At the time of writing, the Riga Reign sit five points clear of second place HC Davos Dynamo, although the latter have two games in hand to make up the difference. Sitting below the Swiss side are the Malmo Nighthawks and London United, both tied on 83 points apiece. The battle for third place, and avoiding a potentially tricky wild card clash against either the Helsinki Titans or Prague Phantoms, is truly on. After briefly topping the conference, the Nighthawks have come back down to earth. A 10-game win streak was snapped, and the Swedish side have been struggling for consistency. Their scoring wings appear to have been clipped, as despite strong play from goaltender Ash Starks, the Nighthawks are struggling to find the back of the net as they were doing earlier in the season. One player whose form has cooled off is Yaroslav Bogatyrev. The Russian forward looked to be potentially in the hunt for the scoring title 20 games ago. Since then, Bogatyrev has only added six goals over this spell. “It’s been a bit of a frustrating period for us, I won’t lie. Of course, we’re not expecting to win every game that we go into, and you can’t expected to go through the whole season undefeated, but it’s certainly the case where we feel we’re dropping some games that we should be winning. It’s been frustrating because we thought we had figured things out, but once again it shows that you always have to be working, always chasing that extra 5 or 10 percent in order to stay at the top of the tree” Bogatyrev told Shaiba.ru via Zoom call on Friday. Some media rumours had linked Bogatyrev’s nose dive in form to his recent signing of a two-season extension with the Nighthawks. However, the Russian forward, who has 35 goals this season to date, said that he was still highly motivated to make a significant contribution for Malmo. “I’m trying to block out all that external noise because it doesn’t help matters in any way. To suggest that I’ve cooled off because I’ve signed a contract, with a specific salary, for the next two seasons doesn’t understand how hockey players are wired. My core motivation is to win a Continental Cup, and I feel that I can do that here in Malmo. That is why I signed here, and I’m grateful to the team’s management that they have trusted me to be a core part of the team going forward. I’m going to be continually working flat out on my game to bring the Nighthawks the success that these fans deserve. We’re looking forward to the run in and the opportunity to secure third place, or even rise up the table depending on how the results go. The European Conference is a tough contest, but we’re up for the fight,” Bogatyrev remarked.  

I won’t lie, it’s hard to think about getting into the Christmas spirit when it’s 28 degrees Celsius outside and sunny. I haven’t seen snow for more than two years now, and the thought that we’re going to be ramping up with Mariah Carey when I’m walking around in shorts doesn’t really fit. Obviously we have the run in to Christmas and the charity drive, which is not only a great opportunity to make a significant contribution to great causes, but it’s also the chance to earn some of that sweet sweet TPE. I was happy to commit to signing two seasons with the Malmo Nighthawks. The locker room is great, and the team has been on an upward trajectory. I was hesitant at first, given that I’ve previously only wanted to sign a one season contract, but to be honest, I didn’t want to deal with free agency again, especially given that I’m finding it harder and harder to commit a lot of time to the VHL at the moment. How am I going to be able to check up on every team, work out who is there, and make the choice. Why move when things are ok?

Great article, very factual.

The trade deadline is on the horizon, and once again the talk turned to the future of Yaroslav Bogatyrev. This time each season, the rumour mill often sprung into life as the Russian forward considered his future. This time round, with the Malmo Nighthawks, was no exception. Since joining the Swedish side, Bogatyrev has made a major impression. He has spent most of the season in the Top 10 goal scorer charts, and has been a crucial piece of Malmo’s recent success that has seen the team shoot up the charts to first overall. The Nighthawks form appears to be dipping somewhat, giving space for others such as the Riga Reign to catch up, but spirits were high on Thursday as Bogatyrev signed a two-season contract extension. “I’ve enjoyed every minute being in Malmo, and I’m delighted to commit my future here,” Bogatyrev told reporters on Thursday. “I really think that the Nighthawks have a chance to compete for a cup this season, and signs are good that we can continue this form providing that pieces stay in place. I wanted to show to the other members of the team that I am committed and I’m willing to stay and make Malmo a challenger,” he added.

Good day everyone. I haven’t been too active, but I have seen a recent post about the use of AI in point tasks, and how sneaky cheaters have been trying to pull a fast one over on the VHL. I want to approach this theme week point task from a different angle, because to be honest, I don’t know the first thing about recruitment. I’ve never recruited anyone to anything before, so I all I can really do is think about how I would potentially join the VHL. Looking back, I can’t remember how I stumbled on the VHL more than two years ago. Nevertheless, I’m here, and I’m still active. To write this point task, I asked ChatGPT to name me the top 5 ways to recruit new members to a sim hockey league. However, because we are so anti-CHAT GPT, I’m going to prove why this system is wrong, and how its suggestions won’t help bring new members to the league. “Social Media Promotion” Social media promotion. Well it turns out that everyone is doing this these days. How do you fight for a place under the sun when every man and his dog is doing social media promotion. Where do you target? Where is the budget coming from for the adverts (donations are down)? Are we able to generate leads and then convert them into active members? I feel that social media promotion in the end has a super low ROI and doesn’t help the VHL recruitment team meet its stringent KPIS! “Create a user-friendly website” The VHL already has a user-friendly website – the VHL portal. I’ve been in multiple sim leagues in the past that haven’t had their own website. Clearly though, if we’re doing a post about recruitment, that means it isn’t going well, so a user-friendly website does not drive new registrations. “Incentives and Rewards” Again, the VHL already does this, and it is clearly not working. What rewards do people receive for bringing new members? Maybe if some of the social media promotion budget was put towards this, rather than TPE, it could work. “Engage with the Community” This one doesn’t even deserve a mention. The community is a terrible place. What community are we thinking about? The community that I see in gen chat is not a community at all. What other communities exist? Reddit? Twitter? “Partnerships and Collaborations” From what I gather, this has already been done in the past and hasn’t succeeded, so why repeat it? What hockey youtubers are there who even get big traffic? Steve Dangle and Nasher? They have bigger fish to fry. Are we really going to get a lot of members coming from videos that have 1,000 watches? Again, I don’t see this working. There you go, that is why ChatGPT sucks and you should not use it.

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week 2 claim (welfare'd last week)