MattBake12

The Steel are looking strong in the showcase playoffs- sitting with a 5-2 record coming off an insane roller coaster ride of a seeding round, they have really found their stride. Center Harkat Mulds is leading with way with 6 goals and 8 assists but defensemen Juice Box and NineIQPro have been a strong contributors as well racking up 17 assist between the two! The GMs of the team are extremely proud of their young squad and the locker room is buzzing! The Steel take on the Royals in their next series, a tough matchup as the teams are very close in record- will we see the playoff excitement continue or will the Steel fall back to earth against a very difficult opponent. Only time will tell, but get your popcorn ready because its going to be one to watch tomorrow night when these two teams take the ice and battle it out for a chance at the championship.

Very nice work- lines are clean and I really like the gradient effect of the background mirroring the gradient of the logo. The only criticism I have is to reduce some of the white transition in the middle and instead have the red and blue form a maroon like it does on the patch. Solid work 8/10 

Good piece, I appreciate the honest info- I think having a pay to play league has its benefits as it helps with the back-end/infrastructure of the league and provides opportunities that might not be available if short on funds/man power. Although like you stated there needs to be a balance and a way to keep the f2p players still engaged, I think allowing donators to earn easier or earn at a higher rate is not a good format. Love the Home Alone graphic 9/10

On 9/17/2021 at 9:00 AM, thadthrasher said:

Questions:

1. Who is your favorite VHL/M/E GM ever?

2. What is love?

3. Why are cats just as good as dogs 

1. Alex_J32!

2. Baby don't hurt me, come on!

3. Cats are awesome pets bc they are so sneaky and make nice purring noises.

 

Qs-

1. What VHL/M/E team will have the best upcoming season?

2. Who is your favorite current hockey player?

3. War, what is it good for?

Ahhhhh sorry this is super late and the draft is probably already done but just wanted to give the VHLM GMs some notes on my player and myself as a user. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of draftees- holy crap thats alot of scouting for GMs! I guess there are quite a few IAs but man I might need to ask the recruiting head your secrets!

 

Janet Snakehole if you were unaware is a reference to a character played by April Ludgate in the NBC show parks and recreation who is played by Aubrey Plaza. I probably wont be RPing much as her but maybe I'll sneak in the occasional reference here and there. I think P&R is my 3rd favorite sitcom behind Seinfeld and Scrubs and I loved the April/ Snakehole character. Anyways, Janet was built for the primary purpose of being a defensive brick wall- similar to one of the only players I can recall, Kimmo Timonen. I didn't really grow up watching very much hockey but he's one of the players i remember fondly. I'm open to switching my playstyle for the team if needed as well! Not sure how the meta/ sim operates in regards to ratings but whatever fits the team defensively I can mold to that!

 

Sim leagues are all about the user, and I consider myself a pretty strong one- I hope to one day find an area within this league and expand my horizons as far as jobs/media/etc but as of right now I'm still learning my way around. I've had so much fun in the prospect offseason tournament and can't wait to keep the party rolling into the minors. Locker room presence is always a question, especially when a user may have other sim league players, and I'd like to think that once I am more familiar with everything I will be more present in the locker room, forums, and different servers that the VHL has to offer. 

 

Earning, earning, earning- I work in the accounting field and the motto there is "cash is king" well in sim leagues earning is king. I hope to earn pretty well here, but I don't expect to be a super max earner. The main reason I joined here was because I recently move to Tampa and wanted to learn more about hockey so that I could enjoy watching the Lightning a bit more. I hope to pretty much cap out on weekly TPE and trickle in some uncapped here and there to supplement. 

 

I think that pretty much touches all the big areas that people mostly wonder about! I hope that the team I find is a fun environment and I cannot wait to meet some new users! Winning is always fun, but what it comes down to is the experiences we share and the fun we make out of something so silly and meaningless as a simmed player that AI controls. Good luck to all the other draftees, cant wait to see you out on the ice!

posted in wrong section- mods, plz delete

11 hours ago, Minion said:

I'm back Again

1. With the Season Wrapping up yesterday How do you think the team? Did your player Play how you wanted him too?

 

2. This week the Nighthawks won the VHL championship, Meaning the offseason has Started, how excited are you for the upcoming draft on a scale of 1-10?

 

3. How far do you think the steels will make it in the playoffs starting on the next sims?

 

4. what would you change about the steel after the round robin?

 

5. the warriors took first do you think we could beat them if we have too in the playoffs?

 

6. After being in the league for a bit what has been the best part so far?

1. I think the team did pretty well considering the circumstances- hard to get a rag tag crew of noobies to score goals. My player didnt do too much on defense as far as I can tell.

2. I'm very pumped for the draft- so far I've been scouted by only one club but excited to hear from many more!

3. I don't have too high of expectations but I think we make it past the first round...hopefully 

4. I think we need a bit more defense TPE, seems like we've been scoring 4-5 goals which should get the job done but we give up more.

5. Should be anyone's game in my opinion- sim gonna sim!

6. I really like the UI of the forum, I feel like I'm on a social media site, very clean and very well designed.

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#1. Who is your favorite VHL member? Why is it me?

Because I found this at the top of the presser thread and i like the pretty colors so you have some nice taste in presser formatting

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#2. How did you discover the VHL?

Through the Professional Baseball Experience and more specifically my good friend dyIan

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#3. What is your favorite forum memory? {Ex. Mine is very recent, the whole Helsinki GM drama}

Don't have one yet but hoping to get one starting soon!

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#4. Why do you continue to stay active in the VHL?

I'm staying active so that I can force myself to learn more about the wonder sport of hockey

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#5. Do you try to max-earn each week? Why or why not?

I am very fresh to the league and will try my hardest to max but we shall see 

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#6. What's your favorite meal? Why is that your favorite meal?

Favorite meal is breakfast because it can be so many different things. I love breakfast sausage, but also donuts, and coffee, and also orange juice with a nice bagel and cream cheese. man...now im hungry.

Wow this is super clean- love the glitch effect. Looks good enough for a tv production!

Looks nice to me- a lot of orange but I think its very well blended and not too too busy. My only recommendation would be to define the goalie helmet a bit more on the top left. Well done!

Havana, Cuba 

 

Janet Snakehole was born in Zurich, Switzerland to her parents Roger and Emily Snakehole. Banker, baker, and student by day and a garbage collection family by night the Snakehole's were always hard at work and did everything for their pristine swiss community to keep it clean and tidy. Once Janet was old enough to put on skates she was handling the puck as well. She had to cut her hair short to be a part of the U16 team in Zurich and she was the goalie on the Swiss Championship team, but sadly after that championship an internal audit of player documents revealed that she was in fact a female and her and her family were banished from Switzerland.

 

The family decided to move to the united states to Pawnee Indiana, as the garbage collecting hobbyist's heard they have one of the best local municipality systems in the US. Just to lay low for a bit Janet decided to forgo playing any hockey during high school. She started a position at the local parks and recreation department, but knew in her heart she wanted to get back into Hockey. One of her co-workers at her job, Andy Dwyer was on a men's league team at the local rink and she decided to stop by a game to watch him skate. Needless to say, she was instantly brought back to her time in Switzerland and she decided to sneak back in and play once the next season began.

 

She sported a fake mustache, mullet wig, and made sure to put on her best masculine voice. She decided it would be easier to switch to defender as the goalie was pretty set for most of the teams. She ended up on a pretty solid team, and she soon became one of the top defenders in the league. One day after a U18 game at the local rink, one of the scouts that was left from the game prior stuck around at the bar and watched the mens league team as his flight to Saskatoon was delayed. He was pleasantly impressed with the play of Janet and decided to drunkenly ask her for some information after her game. Janet took his information and found out after reading his card that this was a scout for the VHLM, whatt!!!!! It was her dream as a kid to breakout into the VHL.

 

She contacted him and decided to come forward that she was actually a girl but with all the recent changes to the league the scout was still able to secure a workout and tryout for the upcoming scouting combine. Janet flew to Dubai and was pushing so hard to show her talent. All those years of waste management paid off for her, she was so light on the skates as you need to be when running down the street to pick up bins. She took her life skills of smashing overfilled bins and brought it into her checking fundamentals. It was such an unusual mechanics demonstration some of the other prospects laughed, but they got laughed out the door when Janet secured the 5th best defender grade. Janet is so excited to get her start in the VHLM and ready to punk some kids.

2 hours ago, Alex_J32 said:

Welcome to the VHL @MattBake12!

Hello My name is Alex_J32 I'm GM of the steel

There's currently a junior showcase tournament about to commence to show off the new players prior to the draft, and my AGM @Minion and I would love to have you join us on the Steel! we can offer you TOP 4 minutes. With the Steel we are devoted to helping new players succeed and strive for greatness! 

If you would like to join us Quote this and reply with #ForgedInSteel to be added to the team!

Best of luck,

Alex_J32 - Steel GM

 

Here's a link for the tournament Discord server: https://discord.gg/Yn4JdandJ3

#ForgedInSteel 

Player Information

Username: MattBake12

Player Name: Janet Snakehole

Recruited From: Member (dylan)

Age: 18

Position: D

Height: 75 in.

Weight: 200 lbs.

Birthplace: Switzerland

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