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Bratislava represent! And great job with the awards and presentation @leandrofg!

Wooo! Let's gooo Watchmen! Big up to @Hoopydogwho will pull this off amazingly, I jsut know it!

wooo, nice

Merry winter and happy christmas everyone!

+10 Harry Hagel (completely forgot about this, hope it's fine even though it's "late" since I've been past 100 for a bit)

Passing mention huh I'll have to split this listen in parts since I only really commit to podcasts when walking to work

Transaction ID: 20856980064872670 Free week 5 Uncapped TPE

1. As of this writing, we are 12 games into the season and our team is off to a much rougher than expected start! What are some things the team or management can do to right this ship? Pun intended, obviously. Not sure, probably try and get some higher caliber lines going strong to generate some more offense, right now we've been downplaying the minutes of several higher TPE skaters. 2. As a team we're performing below expectations, but looking at your individual stats, how do you feel you're performing personally? So far pretty average I'd say. I would have definitely expected to be scoring more assists this far, but that probably goes hand in hand with the lack of goals we're putting up. Other than that I know 100% that there's more to get out of my player so we just need to get it rolling somehow. Ice time has also felt quite underwhelming compared to last season but that's of course due to a number of factors. 3. For those of you who are new to the VHL, how has your experience been in the first week or two so far? For those of you aren't new to the league, what WERE your first impressions of the league back in the day? I came into the VHL community just before the previous season, so my start here was quite calm actually and it really got me eager to get into the draft etc - since I created my player right in the downtime between seasons. At least we got a junior showcase tournament! 4. Describe the type of player you are, or are striving to become! A true team player that will do his role well. Unselfishly be able to set up plays but also be able to play a physical game and generate morale boosts for his teammates. 5. Today I was (and probably still am) suffering from some kind of stomach flu/bug/food poisoning/maybe I'm dying. What are some things you like to do to make life a little easier on yourself on a sick day? I love to really make myself a little 'nest' on the couch. I'll grab everything I could possibly need, phone, laptop, chargers, all the remotes necessary, any medicines I'm taking etc. and just build a comfortable corner to lay in - and then play a movie. The big thing for me is to not think too long about what I want to watch because then I just end up browsing for ages, so the first pick I feel like "ooh maybe this one" I'll just press play instatly and tell myself it's okay to swap if it's not my cup of tea. 6. Do you watch/follow hockey in real life, and if so, who are your favourite teams and why? If not, then what sports (if any) do you prefer instead? Yes, I follow my local team in Sweden where I live, BIK Karlskoga - they play in the secondary swedish league. I watch all their games with only a few exceptions really. Other than that I mostly follow esports where my big interest lies in CS and watching NiP. But I do watch all sorts of CS games just due to general interest in the pro scene.

Review: This looks 100% sick! Definitely one of the best graphics I've seen in a while. The colors and effects are incredible and so is the logo on the jersey. I don't mind the text, the placement of it makes sense to me since it makes "alex" look great on top of the white background. With that said it would have also worked just fine without the text, but I also see why you'd want it there. The only thing I'd change would be the '3d effect'/white color drop from the surname, it would have been cool to see if it was better with just 'flat text' on that black bar. Really sick overall, easily 10/10 from me.

Review: Looks awesome! I love the overall style of the colors and 'filtering', how everything blends together pretty much. The only thing I can really think of is that the text is a bit hard to read with how it blends into the image, but it might be hard to change that up without messing with the overall image either. It already does have some shadow of course but giving it a bit of a more clear outline might have been cool. Or it could have worked the other way around and just make the text look weird Overall really nice, I like it! 8/10

1. S81 of the VHLM should begin on Wednesday! As a player, what are your goals for the upcoming season? I'm gonna try to stay on the same path I've been on since coming into Halifax really, but for this season I expect to develop into a more complete and well rounded player that can really be up there competing with the best defensemen in the league. 2. All told, we made SEVEN selections in the S81 Dispersal Draft on Saturday. What are your thoughts on acquisitions the team made? If you were one of the draftees, how did it feel to be drafted to Halifax? I think it looks good across the board, many players coming in and looks like we'll make a strong top defensive pairing and hopefully become a contender for this season. 3. Answering Press Conference questions is a form of training! What will you dedicate the points you earned from this task to? That's true! I'm currently debating with myself whether to bump up some points in scoring or not, but we'll see! 4. Our team has had the privilege of attracting a solid amount of brand new members to the team. If you're a more veteran member, what's a piece of advice you can offer to your new teammates? If you're new to the league, what's something that could be done that might make your entry into the league a smoother or more enjoyable experience? While I'm not completely new, I'm still very much not a veteran either seeing as this will only be my 2nd season in Halifax. The best short and concise tip I'll give is; don't forget that 2 extra TPE from practice facility! 5. As a real person, what are some of your favourite hobbies? Gaming in general, but particularly esports and competitive titles like CSGO. I used to work with Overwatch teams in the Contenders league (the minor league under Overwatch League basically) and I still have some contact with many professional players in various games, so following matches/teams in various corners of the esports world is something I do a lot 6. The VHL is home to a bunch of pretty cool custom logos. Which are your favourites? (You don't have to answer "Halifax" ) 100% agreed, there's so many really well made logos and they're all super sick. There's of course a few that since the beginning caught my eye a bit more, can't really say why but I've always really liked HC Davos, Toronto Legion and Malmö Nighthawks!

Review: Nice one! I can't say it appeals too much to me on a personal level, not a big fan of red on red really, but I like what you're going for! I think it's really neat that you've placed the layer of the goalie in front of the upper text, but behind the lower one, it adds nicely to the depth of the image together with the shadow behind the goalie. I probably would have preferred to have shadow cast from the text as well though, and have it be the same angle as the shadow from the goalie. I think that might have given it a bit more of a 'neat' feeling, because imo the red glow together with the red background, red player outfit and red outline is just a bit much

Review: Definitely not bad if you're saying you suck at graphics and stuff Great choice of image and the placement of the added text/img isn't bad either, I only wish the logo wasn't so zoomed/blurred or whatever you could call it, I guess more HD is what I'm referring to at least. Other than that my only piece of constructive criticism would be to att some form of outline to the text since the white letters kind of get lost in the black & white background a bit too much for my personal liking. Keep it up! 5/10

1. With only 5 games left in the season and playoffs closing in are you excited? What are you looking forward to the most? Since this will be the first conclusion of a season since I came around to the community I'm honestly just excited to watch it play out or unfold. Excited to see the seasonal transition I suppose. 2. We currently sit 5th overall, 2 points back of Houston and 3 points ahead of Philadelphia. Do you think we can pass Houston? Will Philly pass us? I think we'll end up sitting where we are, with Houston above and Philly below us. 5. How is our locker room? Is there anything you would like to see added or removed from it? I'm really not one of the chatty ones, but I do really love it in the locker room. Chill place and always a fun chat with people on the rare occasions I pop in, mostly I lurk and read a bit here and there tbh. 6. How am I doing as an AGM? Is there anything I could do better or something you would like to see me start doing? I think you've been doing a good job, especially with these press conferences I think. I'd definitely welcome more "favourite food"-questions and stuff like that though, simply because it's fun to see your teammates answers to serious topics, like which pizza topping is the best 7. If you could star in any movie, past, present, or future, which one would it be? Ooh, very tough one... Maybe The Matrix so I'd have been the modern day Keanu Reeves hahah 8. Chocolate or vanilla? Which is your favourite and what's your favourite chocolate or vanilla dessert? Old fashioned vanilla ice cream is the best!