ThatsGreissy

What the Future holds for Bastian Greiss
 
 
Intro

Bastian Greiss came fresh into the league around the half way mark of season 77. After being picked up by the Mexico City Kings, Greiss went on to play 39 games. While the Kings didn’t make the playoffs, Greiss finished the season with an impressive ,892 save percentage and 3.55 goals against average accompanied by 2 shutouts. While Bastian didn’t have much luck win-wise, he finished the season among the top 10 goalies in the league and created quite a buzz for himself going into the VHL and VHLM drafts.
 
Drafts

Going into the draft, Bastian Greiss was said to be one of the top 3 goalies to go first in the draft, most likely in the first round. In the leagues official mock draft, Bastian was listed to go 14th overall in the VHL draft to the Warsaw Predators. But in the days leading to the draft, many, assumed he would actually go a little but higher than that and have a shot at going to a different team. During the week before the draft, Bastian Greiss sat down to many interviews by both VHL and VHLM teams, and while he wasn’t set in where we wanted to go, he was happy to be receiving so much attention. The first draft to come was the VHL draft which saw many great players being picked off by some of the top teams, and finally, with the 12th pick in the first round, London United picked Bastian, 2 spots above what the mock draft had predicted. London finished 2nd overall in the regular season last year right behind the Warsaw Predators giving Bastian Greiss a great potential in the near future. London already has a strong goaltender tandem between Jacob Tonn, and Kloxified, but with Tonn retiring at the end of this season, its gives Bastian Greiss and fellow goaltending prospect Dexter Vaughn a great opportunity to compete to fill the empty space in the London roster. 
After the VHL draft, came the VHLM dispersal draft where Bastian was hoping to end back in Mexico City where he had grown accustom to the life and team management. With the 6th overall pick the draft, Mexico City picked Greiss as their first pick of the draft sending Greiss back home to Mexico City. Mexico City didn’t do well last season, but with a bigger and better roster this year, they are hoping to make a run for playoffs with Bastian Griess front-and-center in the starting goaltender role. 
 
Season 78 so far…

Season 78 is off to a good start with 11 games already completed. As for Mexico City and Bastian Greiss, Mexico City has only won 3/10 of their games played slotting them in at 8th out of the 12 VHLM teams with Halifax dominating the league with an impressive 11-0-0 record so far. As for Bastian Greiss, it has been a decent start to the season with a 8.88 save percentage and 4.33 Goals against average. While Mexico City is once again struggling, we expect great things from Bastian Greiss as he plays his final season in the VHLM.
 

Review:
 
Overall its not bad, the graphic you chose works with the written story below pretty well and definetely drives the narrative home. The Helsinki Logo looks good on the jets jersey. But overall, there wasnt much effort put into this graphic outside of the 1 logo. Next time id say try to change the preds logo and maybe add some effect or something else to liven it up a bit. 6/10

Last night was huge for Team Asia as they saw their four draft eligible players be taken in the first two rounds!
A huge congratulations to these players as well as anyone else who was drafted!
Best of luck in the VHL!
 

@Alex_J32  @ThatsGreissy @SamTwoSix @CrazyCaityCat
 

S1
 
It wasn't a bad season surprisingly, you hear about rookies coming into the league late, barely ranking any half decent stats up. so no one really expects much from late entry rookies. But somehow, with a lot of hard work, i managed to make a name for myself in less than half-a-season. After half a season, i finished with a 8.92 save % shooting m up to 6th overall in VHLM goaltenders, and while we didn't qualify for playoffs, Im still happy with what I've been able to accomplish. 
 
Now, since the offseason has begun, over 10 teams, between the VHL and VHLM have reached out to me with draft interviews looking to possibly pick me up for this upcoming season. But after all is said and done, i think my greatest achievement this season has been getting drafted to Team Asia for the WJC. This is a great opportunity to play with some higher ranking players and show everyone league wide what i have to offer, and show everyone that I"m ready to play and can battle it out with the top guns. 
 
This next season is shaping up to be a big one, and i cant wait to get it started tomorrow with the draft!!!

S1
 
It wasn't a bad season surprisingly, you hear about rookies coming into the league late, barely ranking any half decent stats up. so no one really expects much from late entry rookies. But somehow, with a lot of hard work, i managed to make a name for myself in less than half-a-season. After half a season, i finished with a 8.92 save % shooting m up to 6th overall in VHLM goaltenders, and while we didn't qualify for playoffs, Im still happy with what I've been able to accomplish. 
 
Now, since the offseason has begun, over 10 teams, between the VHL and VHLM have reached out to me with draft interviews looking to possibly pick me up for this upcoming season. But after all is said and done, i think my greatest achievement this season has been getting drafted to Team Asia for the WJC. This is a great opportunity to play with some higher ranking players and show everyone league wide what i have to offer, and show everyone that I"m ready to play and can battle it out with the top guns. 
 
This next season is shaping up to be a big one, and i cant wait to get it started tomorrow with the draft!!!

S1
 
It wasn't a bad season surprisingly, you hear about rookies coming into the league late, barely ranking any half decent stats up. so no one really expects much from late entry rookies. But somehow, with a lot of hard work, i managed to make a name for myself in less than half-a-season. After half a season, i finished with a 8.92 save % shooting m up to 6th overall in VHLM goaltenders, and while we didn't qualify for playoffs, Im still happy with what I've been able to accomplish. 
 
Now, since the offseason has begun, over 10 teams, between the VHL and VHLM have reached out to me with draft interviews looking to possibly pick me up for this upcoming season. But after all is said and done, i think my greatest achievement this season has been getting drafted to Team Asia for the WJC. This is a great opportunity to play with some higher ranking players and show everyone league wide what i have to offer, and show everyone that I"m ready to play and can battle it out with the top guns. 
 
This next season is shaping up to be a big one, and i cant wait to get it started tomorrow with the draft!!!

https://ibb.co/w4LVZq3
 
 
 
not the greatest, but i enjoyed making it haha

S1
 
It wasn't a bad season surprisingly, you hear about rookies coming into the league late, barely ranking any half decent stats up. so no one really expects much from late entry rookies. But somehow, with a lot of hard work, i managed to make a name for myself in less than half-a-season. After half a season, i finished with a 8.92 save % shooting m up to 6th overall in VHLM goaltenders, and while we didn't qualify for playoffs, Im still happy with what I've been able to accomplish. 
 
Now, since the offseason has begun, over 10 teams, between the VHL and VHLM have reached out to me with draft interviews looking to possibly pick me up for this upcoming season. But after all is said and done, i think my greatest achievement this season has been getting drafted to Team Asia for the WJC. This is a great opportunity to play with some higher ranking players and show everyone league wide what i have to offer, and show everyone that I"m ready to play and can battle it out with the top guns. 
 
This next season is shaping up to be a big one, and i cant wait to get it started tomorrow with the draft!!!

Wdym?

S1
 
It wasn't a bad season surprisingly, you hear about rookies coming into the league late, barely ranking any half decent stats up. so no one really expects much from late entry rookies. But somehow, with a lot of hard work, i managed to make a name for myself in less than half-a-season. After half a season, i finished with a 8.92 save % shooting m up to 6th overall in VHLM goaltenders, and while we didn't qualify for playoffs, Im still happy with what I've been able to accomplish. 
 
Now, since the offseason has begun, over 10 teams, between the VHL and VHLM have reached out to me with draft interviews looking to possibly pick me up for this upcoming season. But after all is said and done, i think my greatest achievement this season has been getting drafted to Team Asia for the WJC. This is a great opportunity to play with some higher ranking players and show everyone league wide what i have to offer, and show everyone that I"m ready to play and can battle it out with the top guns. 
 
This next season is shaping up to be a big one, and i cant wait to get it started tomorrow with the draft!!!

https://ibb.co/w4LVZq3
 
 
 
not the greatest, but i enjoyed making it haha

Review:
 
You know what, i really like this. I havent seen this kind of creativity much. The idea of using a signed cheque for a signing announcement is pretty cool. Love the render and the pasted Phantoms logo. Overall, this isnt too complicated and looks nice and clean. 10/10

Jonas Schweisteigier retires!?

For anyone who hasn’t already noticed, Jonas Schweisteiger, Mexico Cities up and coming defender, has retired suddenly. Jonas was a new addition to Mexico City in the last half of the season, but right from the start, he was absolutely unstoppable! In just 15 games, Jonas had managed to rake up 21 assists, 29 hits and 27 blocked shots. No one thought he would find his legs until the following season, but he proved everyone wrong and quickly caught the eye of GM’s across the league. It wasn’t a complete shock seeing Schweinsteiger retire; in the final game of the season, he went down after taking a shot off the knee. It took a total of 30 minutes and a stretcher to get him off the ice. A lot of speculation ensued on whether or not he would be ready for the next season, but after catching up with Jonas in the hospital earlier this week, he had this to say “you know, it was a scary experience, only playing a handful of games in the league and now I’m lying face down on the ice in screaming pain. It was rough. Thinking “what if I can’t play? What if this is my last game?” but after talking to the doc, my worst fear was confirmed, my knee was shattered and while I will eventually recover, the doctor said I’ll never be able to regain the full range of movement in my knee needed to be effective on the ice. So that’s it for me, 15 games and I’m out for life” While this may be Jonas’s last time on the ice playing competitively, he’s hopeful he can still remain in the game somewhere as a coach, giving back to this generations youth. 
 

This sig bar is pretty cool. Love the idea of having a personal bar for your GM. for the most part, it was pre-made with the reapers bar, but i still like the idea. Main thing i would change is either make the render brighter, or find a way to make it look more blended with the bar. 8/10 

Bastian Greiss is interested!

Bastian Greiss is interested!

Name: Bastian Greiss
Number: 29
HT: 6’4
WT: 200 lbs
Catches: Left
Born: July 3rd, 2002 (18) Nuremberg, Germany
 
In 2002, Bastian was born into a young farming family that lived in the countryside of Nuremberg. At the age of 3, Bastian’s father, Manuel, began taking Bastian to skating lessons at the local ice rink. Bastian was quick to learn, and was eventually enrolled in a AAA club in Nuremberg at the age of 5. Bastian again, was quick to learn but during his first two seasons, Bastian had only been credited with 4 wins.
 

 
At the age of 12, the Greiss family moved cross-country to Hamburg where Bastian began training with a single A team during their first summer in Hamburg. The following season, Bastian would be added to the roster and put up an impressive .923 sv%. For the next 2 years, Bastian would continue to train with the single A team and continue to improve his skills. At the age of 15, Bastian was approach by Jungadler Mannheim, an elite junior team in the GDL (German development league). After a short talk, Bastian agreed to sign with Mannheim and the Griess family was forced to move once again. One in Mannheim, Bastian was introduced to his new goaltending coach, Hans Svienstagger, a GDL legend. Over the summer, Hans put together a very strict training regiment for Bastian that would quickly prepare him for his first season in the GDL. In his first season with Mannheim, Bastian was assigned to the backup roll, but after starting goaltender, Leon Stritz suffered a season ending injury in just the 4th game of the season, Bastian was promoted. By the end of the first season, Bastian had put up an impressive .937 save %, 1.32 GAA and 7 SO. After his impressive performance, Bastian was officially crowned starting goaltender and went on to once again, post an extremely impressive season setting a new club record for save % at .912 by the end of the season.
 
 

 
The following summer, at the age of just 17, Bastian was approached by the GM of Adler Mannheim of the DEL (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) and continued to sign a 2-year contract. Bastian was one of two rookie goaltenders to join Mannheim, but due to his experience and impressive performance, he was chosen as starting goaltender. On his first night in the DEL, it was clear to all in attendance that Bastian was destined to go far in hockey after an impressive 4-0 win, granting Bastian his first professional shutout in only his first game as a rookie. Throughout the rest of the season, Bastian continue to impress, collecting a .914 sv %, 1.89 GAA and 6 SO by the end of the season.
 

 
At the end of the season, The GM of Adler Mannheim was approach by the GM of the Mexico City Kings of the VHLM, and in an extremely rare occurrence, Bastian remaining contract year was bought out, and Bastian was drafted to the VHLM Mexico City Kings where he is currently positioned as starting goaltender about to experience his very first, VHLM game at the young age of 18.

Review: Looking forward to this series! Great idea! Analysis is on point. And you're a better writer than you give yourself credit for. A picture might make it even more awesome. Great series intro, 9/10.

Welcome to the first episode of GREISSY’S CORNER. It’s only fitting that for the first episode I tell you a bit about what GREISSY’S CORNER is before we get into the action. Every week or two I will be posting a media spot that focuses on issues and league related topics and then diving into them a bit deeper. Some things GREISSY’S CORNER will include are:
 
•    Player and personnel interviews
•    Player breakdowns
•    League drama and antics
•    Game analysis
•    And much more!
 
This is new to me, and I haven’t historically been a great writer or story teller, so any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated! I am always open to suggestions. Furthermore, if there is a topic, you’d like for me to cover in future episodes, feel free to PM me on here at “Thatsgreissy” or on discord at Bastian Greiss#1693. 

Now, lets get into this week’s topic…..

I’m here to try to answer the question that’s on everyone’s minds, “What’s going on with the Mexico City Kings?” How can a team go from winning the Founders Cup one season, and then end up at the bottom of the league the very next season? While to the outside world it seems like they’re just a rundown team with unskilled players, it actually goes far deeper than that. See, I wouldn’t say that Mexico City is lacking skill, because in truth, they have some very bright players that are putting up some impressive numbers; instead, it comes down to two things:

1.    Tired Players
2.    Lack of goaltending

A major issue that Mexico City has run into this season is their roster size. Mexico City only has 6 Forwards, 1 defenceman and 1 goalie, who might I add, was only added to the roster recently. If you take a look at the roster sizes for the other teams, there is only 1 other team with a roster with less than 10 players (Ottawa Lynx), and there are two teams with 20 players. Having fewer players on your roster may give players more ice time, but without a full roster, players are forced to play longer than they can handle, and once their energy burns off, there’s no one to replace them so they are forced to stay on the ice well after they have burnt out. 

The second issue, that have plagued the Mexico City Kings this season is the lack of goaltending, and no, I’m not saying Bastian Greiss isn’t a good goaltender, because truthfully, so far, he has out-performed everybody’s expectations; I’m saying, up until game 33, Mexico City didn’t have a goaltender. Without a reliable goaltender, it is not only hard for a team to stay motivated, but it’s also hard to focus on putting the puck in the net when you’re constantly forced to put your focus on defence to bail out whatever sub-par fill in goalie you have to deal with. Before the addition of Bastian Greiss to the roster, Mexico City only had 2 wins, since Greiss stepped in, Mexico City has won 6 out of their last 17 games. 

So, I’ll leave you with this question… 

Do the Mexico City Kings have a chance to catch up in the tail end of this season, or have the reigning champs been de-throned?

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s instalment of GREISSY’S CORNER, 

see ya on the ice.
 

Welcome to the first episode of GREISSY’S CORNER. It’s only fitting that for the first episode I tell you a bit about what GREISSY’S CORNER is before we get into the action. Every week or two I will be posting a media spot that focuses on issues and league related topics and then diving into them a bit deeper. Some things GREISSY’S CORNER will include are:
 
•    Player and personnel interviews
•    Player breakdowns
•    League drama and antics
•    Game analysis
•    And much more!
 
This is new to me, and I haven’t historically been a great writer or story teller, so any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated! I am always open to suggestions. Furthermore, if there is a topic, you’d like for me to cover in future episodes, feel free to PM me on here at “Thatsgreissy” or on discord at Bastian Greiss#1693. 

Now, lets get into this week’s topic…..

I’m here to try to answer the question that’s on everyone’s minds, “What’s going on with the Mexico City Kings?” How can a team go from winning the Founders Cup one season, and then end up at the bottom of the league the very next season? While to the outside world it seems like they’re just a rundown team with unskilled players, it actually goes far deeper than that. See, I wouldn’t say that Mexico City is lacking skill, because in truth, they have some very bright players that are putting up some impressive numbers; instead, it comes down to two things:

1.    Tired Players
2.    Lack of goaltending

A major issue that Mexico City has run into this season is their roster size. Mexico City only has 6 Forwards, 1 defenceman and 1 goalie, who might I add, was only added to the roster recently. If you take a look at the roster sizes for the other teams, there is only 1 other team with a roster with less than 10 players (Ottawa Lynx), and there are two teams with 20 players. Having fewer players on your roster may give players more ice time, but without a full roster, players are forced to play longer than they can handle, and once their energy burns off, there’s no one to replace them so they are forced to stay on the ice well after they have burnt out. 

The second issue, that have plagued the Mexico City Kings this season is the lack of goaltending, and no, I’m not saying Bastian Greiss isn’t a good goaltender, because truthfully, so far, he has out-performed everybody’s expectations; I’m saying, up until game 33, Mexico City didn’t have a goaltender. Without a reliable goaltender, it is not only hard for a team to stay motivated, but it’s also hard to focus on putting the puck in the net when you’re constantly forced to put your focus on defence to bail out whatever sub-par fill in goalie you have to deal with. Before the addition of Bastian Greiss to the roster, Mexico City only had 2 wins, since Greiss stepped in, Mexico City has won 6 out of their last 17 games. 

So, I’ll leave you with this question… 

Do the Mexico City Kings have a chance to catch up in the tail end of this season, or have the reigning champs been de-throned?

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s instalment of GREISSY’S CORNER, 

see ya on the ice.
 

Welcome to the first episode of GREISSY’S CORNER. It’s only fitting that for the first episode I tell you a bit about what GREISSY’S CORNER is before we get into the action. Every week or two I will be posting a media spot that focuses on issues and league related topics and then diving into them a bit deeper. Some things GREISSY’S CORNER will include are:
 
•    Player and personnel interviews
•    Player breakdowns
•    League drama and antics
•    Game analysis
•    And much more!
 
This is new to me, and I haven’t historically been a great writer or story teller, so any feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated! I am always open to suggestions. Furthermore, if there is a topic, you’d like for me to cover in future episodes, feel free to PM me on here at “Thatsgreissy” or on discord at Bastian Greiss#1693. 

Now, lets get into this week’s topic…..

I’m here to try to answer the question that’s on everyone’s minds, “What’s going on with the Mexico City Kings?” How can a team go from winning the Founders Cup one season, and then end up at the bottom of the league the very next season? While to the outside world it seems like they’re just a rundown team with unskilled players, it actually goes far deeper than that. See, I wouldn’t say that Mexico City is lacking skill, because in truth, they have some very bright players that are putting up some impressive numbers; instead, it comes down to two things:

1.    Tired Players
2.    Lack of goaltending

A major issue that Mexico City has run into this season is their roster size. Mexico City only has 6 Forwards, 1 defenceman and 1 goalie, who might I add, was only added to the roster recently. If you take a look at the roster sizes for the other teams, there is only 1 other team with a roster with less than 10 players (Ottawa Lynx), and there are two teams with 20 players. Having fewer players on your roster may give players more ice time, but without a full roster, players are forced to play longer than they can handle, and once their energy burns off, there’s no one to replace them so they are forced to stay on the ice well after they have burnt out. 

The second issue, that have plagued the Mexico City Kings this season is the lack of goaltending, and no, I’m not saying Bastian Greiss isn’t a good goaltender, because truthfully, so far, he has out-performed everybody’s expectations; I’m saying, up until game 33, Mexico City didn’t have a goaltender. Without a reliable goaltender, it is not only hard for a team to stay motivated, but it’s also hard to focus on putting the puck in the net when you’re constantly forced to put your focus on defence to bail out whatever sub-par fill in goalie you have to deal with. Before the addition of Bastian Greiss to the roster, Mexico City only had 2 wins, since Greiss stepped in, Mexico City has won 6 out of their last 17 games. 

So, I’ll leave you with this question… 

Do the Mexico City Kings have a chance to catch up in the tail end of this season, or have the reigning champs been de-throned?

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s instalment of GREISSY’S CORNER, 

see ya on the ice.
 

Love this Graphic, the logos are blended into the jerseys seamlessly, giving this graphic a very clean look. I love that this graphic isnt overpowered with too many effects. The font choice is great an airs well with the overall vibe of the graphic. Solid 10/10! Great work dude...

My Opinion on shrinking the VHLM
 
I know what your thinking, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SHRINK THE VHLM........ Well, hear me out, I think i have a good point. 
 
The point of this league and how its set up is to have as realistic of a sim as possible, in order to have a realistic sim, you need to have realistic roster sizes. Taking a quick look at teams around the VHLM, most have very tiny rosters.... My team included with only 7 players including myself. I think this is an issue for one main reason, TPE. If you look at TPE its pretty simple, the more you have invested in your player, the better chance they have at performing well during a game. The problem here lies, with individuals that don't put the effort into getting TPE, which reflects on our team, especially when we have so few players on our roster. 
 
What I propose, is to shrink the VHLM by a handful of teams so that we can fill the rosters of the other teams. This allows better players that try hard to earn TPE to get more ice time, and players that don't care or play passively, to get less time on the ice and hopefully lessen the negative impacts on the team. 

What I think the VHL needs
 
For those of you that done know me, i just graduated from college with an advanced degree in sport management.  Through this program, i have learned many valuable things about sport and how to manage leagues and tournaments amongst other things. One important thing i Learned during my time in school was the importance of social media. Social media is the backbone of many sports organization worldwide, and it is such because of its ability to quickly and effectively disperse important information to the public. 
 
Heres why i think this pertains to the VHL. Through completing a basic google search, it is clear the VHL does not have much of a social media presence. But thats understandable, it is a difficult thing to manage and it takes a lot of time. But I think, with the right people, social media could exponentially grow this league. 
 
What the VHL should do?
 
I think the VHL should hire a handful of social media personnel from the league, and create a social media presence on Instagram. Instagram has quickly become one of the most used social media platforms and many professional teams and gaming teams/leagues use it daily to market themselves. If the VHL were to create an instagram, we could post scores, updates, important new and articles about the league and try to market ourselves into a new growth phase. The position of social media team could offer a weekly TPE allowance, and a further recommendation would be to create a un-capped TPE task that anyone can participate in where players send in potential social media posts that could be used by the social media team. 
 
If any VHL admin read this and would like to discuss the idea further and in more depth, please feel free to reach out to me in the forum or on Discord at Bastian Greiss#1693

What I think the VHL needs
 
For those of you that done know me, i just graduated from college with an advanced degree in sport management.  Through this program, i have learned many valuable things about sport and how to manage leagues and tournaments amongst other things. One important thing i Learned during my time in school was the importance of social media. Social media is the backbone of many sports organization worldwide, and it is such because of its ability to quickly and effectively disperse important information to the public. 
 
Heres why i think this pertains to the VHL. Through completing a basic google search, it is clear the VHL does not have much of a social media presence. But thats understandable, it is a difficult thing to manage and it takes a lot of time. But I think, with the right people, social media could exponentially grow this league. 
 
What the VHL should do?
 
I think the VHL should hire a handful of social media personnel from the league, and create a social media presence on Instagram. Instagram has quickly become one of the most used social media platforms and many professional teams and gaming teams/leagues use it daily to market themselves. If the VHL were to create an instagram, we could post scores, updates, important new and articles about the league and try to market ourselves into a new growth phase. The position of social media team could offer a weekly TPE allowance, and a further recommendation would be to create a un-capped TPE task that anyone can participate in where players send in potential social media posts that could be used by the social media team. 
 
If any VHL admin read this and would like to discuss the idea further and in more depth, please feel free to reach out to me in the forum or on Discord at Bastian Greiss#1693