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I do see it, I'm not sure why I only saw the one without the emblem! I agree with you it does seem a bit...floaty. lol

I must be blind because I still can't see it haha

And I'm applying because a) Miami, b) to spite @mattyIceman

"A problem for future me." lmao

Posting for credit

1. Two new Bulls enter the locker room! Ray Stanton @horoscope and LaClapbomb Hitsick IV @Greasy Garyjoin the team and bring our total of defenders to 4. What are your thoughts on this trade? Finally! Some defense! We desperately needed defenders on the blue line and this should help round us out. Hopefully we can all find our vibe before the playoffs! 2. Speaking of trades, Trade Deadline is just around the corner! As announced in today's Theme Week post, TDL will be on April 15th, meaning we only have 10-14 games to play until that point. Does management need to make any more moves before then? Or is our roster looking ready to go for playoffs? Sincerely? I don't think there is much else we can do at this point without really dipping into those draft picks. If the GM was hard set on a cup win, it might be worth throwing those picks around, but it's probably better to see how this team pans out first. 3. After Trade Deadline is over, players entering the S95 draft class are allowed to recreate and join the VHLM as waiver players. If Houston could sign one upcoming waiver player, what position or skills would you want this new player to have? I don't really follow the waiver wire. I'm only focused on the one that matters, Johnny Freakin' Tsunami. 4. Houston is in a slump! 3-6-1 in our last 10 games played. Have you noticed something that has caused this bump in the road for us? Will the new defenders we traded for help us climb back up the standings? I've definitely not been performing my best. I have only 5 goals on almost 130 shots. That's a 3.9% shot percentage. That's garbage. 5. It's the second week of April and I think everyone has finished their "second winter" phase of Spring. How is the weather in your area? Currently where I am it's been rainy and cold all last week, this week is looking better. We just had a cold front blow in today...I just want spring to be here. 6. What was your favorite thing to do growing up as a kid? (You can answer in personal or player perspective). I always enjoyed playing street hockey with my best friend who lived across the street while I was a kid. We would play in the mornings until the street lights came on at night. I wish I could re-live one of those memories just one more time. Surfing has always been a relaxer for me. I'm not good enough to like, go professional or to make any money off being an influencer in surfing. So it may as well just stay a hobby!

He's gonna try to claim it too, you just know it.

Reviewing this! Mmmm, I love the Toronto Legion colors so much because they blend so nicely together. The filter/effect layer over the top fits well, though I would have loved to see you maybe incorporate the Legion logo somewhere on there, maybe the helmet or like a shoulder patch. I love the attention to detail on the text, that little jaggedness you added makes it mesh so well with the rest of the graphic, it honestly looks like the text was taken with the photo of the player. Well done! 9/10

It's not that I don't like the logo...I just think it could be more on brand for Miami. I had to do pretty much all of the assets myself. I did use some free-use vector images like the shield and the sunburst.

We're just gonna leave you on that side of the pool, bud.

1. 19 wins so far this season! Only Halifax and Ottawa tie us for most wins in the league right now. How pleased are you with the team's play lately? Honestly, I have not been pulling my weight like, at all since I got here. I'm hoping that I can start producing myself and not sandbag the team more than I have been already. 2. Yesterday was April Fool's Day! I'm sure you all got that @ members tag from Beketov... were you fooled as hard as I was? I fell for one hard earlier in the day so I was on high alert already when I saw it. That said, the VHL gags are always the best. 3. As we all know Houston is allergic to signing defensemen this season as we have stuck with only Joel and Mintus on the blue line. I am officially confirming that Houston will be looking to trade for a third and potentially a fourth defender before Trade Deadline approaches. What do you look for in a good defenseman? What are the best attributes in your eyes for our blue liners? We need puck thieves! Being able to force the turnover and feeding the puck to our potent scorers seems to be a really good plan. 4. We were able to sign a new center in the past week! Johnny Tsunami @Vice sits on our first line now taking faceoffs. Little does Tsunami know, we planned a surprise welcoming party to welcome the kid to Houston. What type of party is the team going to throw? I think we should go paintballing or something. Aw! That's very sweet of y'all. Maybe a pool party? I've always liked water parks. 5. After our party for Tsunami's welcoming party, your GM has one more surprise for the team, we're going on vacation after this season!! Win or lose I'm going to spoil you, but we need a location. Where should the team go on vacation? Do we want fun in the sun? Do we want the snowy Nordic countries? I've always wanted to see Canada, I've actually not gone there yet so maybe a great Canadian adventure? 6. Easter weekend just passed, if you celebrate or not, how was your weekend? Decent weekend, got a lot of chores that have been needing done - done. Which is fantastic, now I have a bunch of practice time!

BOOM! Huge improvement!

Reviewing this! Like what @Triller said, we need more animated work! Very well done putting this together! The way that you have all the layers move independently of one another is a nice touch. Same goes for the effect moving as well. A few notes: it's a bit washed out - there's a lot of bright colors going on here and they tend to blend with one another once they are stacked on each other, like the 'O' is Oslo at the end of the gif. Some black outlines with a gaussian blur applied would look good. The jersey swap is also super, super clean. Didn't even notice you swapped the logo at first. All that said, I don't even know how to do a gif or animate so I can't speak to the animation itself, I'm just impressed to have moving pictures for a change haha 9/10 just fix the washing out.

NAME: Johnny Kapahala Tsunami, III - "Johnny Tsunami" DATE OF BIRTH: October 13, 2007 PLACE OF BIRTH: Lihue, Hawaii BLOOD TYPE: A+ Johnny Tsunami is a name that needs no introduction, at least in some parts of Hawaii that is. Growing up in a rural town of Hawaii, Johnny was surrounded by surfers and surfing culture - after all, there were movies made about his great-grandfather, after whom he is named after. His childhood was filled with coddling, compliments and more - he was practically Hawaiian royalty at this point, and he hadn't even done anything! His father, Johnny Kapahala, had quite a following in the snowboarding world of Vermont and his son made sure to milk both stories to get what he wanted whenever he could. Johnny would become quite spoiled as a result of this and he would never really get into surfing the same way as the rest of his family did. Following a similar path to his father however, Johnny's true calling was in the snow-blanketed hills and mountains of Vermont. After convincing his father to allow him to move to Vermont to finish his primary school, Johnny would make plans to move into the same ski-lodge where his father made his own reputation many years before. Near to the lodge were few amenities but some that would lay the path for Johnny's future - a hockey rink, a primary school and a high school. Once in Vermont, Johnny found it difficult to make friends quickly. He didn't live in the traditional neighborhoods that the other students lived in, because of his father's reputation, he was able to be boarded up at the town's ski lodge. He bragged often about his families accomplishments and the tales of his father there, but the locals would eventually get tired of hearing it. This rightfully would come across as braggadocios to the other students who were quick to ostracize him from the rest of the group. Johnny would maintain this attitude through primary school, not realizing that he was setting up his own demise for secondary school. Johnny did start to take an interest in skating and further, hockey. At this point he was still gaining the fundamentals of hockey, having to mostly work on his own due to his poor attitude and failure to take criticism well. After leaving primary school, Johnny would start to take his hockey prospects a bit more seriously. He realized that with actual training and practice, not just skating and messing around with a puck on off days, he could potentially make something out of this. So swallowing his pride, Johnny signed up for his local youth league at the age of 15. There he encountered multiple people who he had pushed away due to his more than wanton attitude in his younger years. They were quick to humble him even more in his first few real games. At first Johnny questioned whether hockey was the correct path for him - he wasn't scoring, he was getting hit constantly, and he was being left out to dry by teammates who he had mistreated in the past. His first heart-to-heart interaction with his first youth coach, Bingus McCringus, made him realize that perhaps he didn't need to be the main character and that his value could be found in helping someone else reach new heights. Johnny saw success in his coaches advice unsurprisingly. By moving Johnny to center and telling him to focus on using his speed to make quick passes and dodge defenders, he became a lethal passing machine. Upon realizing his newfound skill, Johnny's attitude returned but for the better - he became a bigger team player and the leader in assists for his youth league. In sophomore year of high school, Johnny was doing well enough in his local youth league to try out for his school's hockey team but instead opted to join a youth development league to try and gain better hockey sense for the big leagues. After finding success in his role of a playmaker, Johnny would go on to finish his schooling and return to his home state of Hawaii with a few youth accolades under his belt but he was really unsure of where to go from there. He didn't believe at the time that he was good enough mechanically to make it to the VHL, let alone the VHLE but figured that if there was nothing waiting for him back home in Hawaii, he could possibly pursue some sort of a shot at the VHLM. Using what contacts he had at the time, he reached out to a few people in the industry who he had become acquainted with during his time in the development league and they suggested at least putting his name out there to see if there would be any bites. One team was interested, and Johnny Tsunami soon found himself on his way to Houston to begin what would hopefully become a most promising career. Does Johnny take the path of his legendary grandfather and remain humble through grace and skill? Or will he revert to his old, selfish ways? (854 Words :D)

I say, we just find Josh's house and move the whole server into his garage.

Perfect in my opinion!

@Hogan I always love your characters. (Gonna claim for 4/7)

I work for a dispensary currently. I mostly deal a lot with the patients that come in, on occasion I'll help with the harvest and grow.

Transaction ID: 3NA45137UP711914N 1 million player cash Doubles week 5 uncapped TPE Claiming all for week ending 3-31

Legit you were one of the first people I check up on after returning, hard not to miss! Like I practically 'grew up' on here with Daniel lol

Good to see you Mr. HOF!

A recent addition to the Houston Bulls of off waivers is the ever-humble, Johnny Tsunami. Potent with offensive vision and playmaking ability, Tsunami joins an already offense heavy Bulls that sit 3rd in the standings as a result. "I know that I am the missing piece that Houston needs to push them from 3rd to 1st", Tsunami told reporters prior to his first ever practice day with his new teammates. New linemates Elf Shoes (@ELF_SH0ES) and Cole Stermer (@Bazeus) stand to improve on their already league-leading points totals - both at 27 points at the 18-game mark of the season. "I'm only gonna serve 'em up fresh dimes. If they're not scoring even more...than well I got a problem." Tsunami made it clear why he chose Houston as his first foray into the VHLM, "...they have the least amount of pieces missing in my opinion. I fill a hole that didn't really need to be filled but definitely helps solidify the team - once the front office gets some defense in here... let's just say if you think Houston was doing well before I got here, just wait." (186 words)

1. The season has started! Through the first week of sims, how has your player been performing? Just joining the team, I can see that we are very strong offensively and I certainly hope to only add to that potent offense. I'm looking forward to my first few games with the guys myself and I'm sure that we'll be able to keep the momentum moving forward. 2. Houston has been playing some good hockey to kick start our season. What has been your player's go to pre-game meal/routine/ritual to get ready to play each game? Well you gotta load up on your protein and carbs before the game, so a dish called Loco Moco is what I like to make right before the game. It's just white rice, a hamburger patty, an egg and some brown gravy! Super simple, but very delicious and it gets me all the energy I need! 3. On the road can be a bore with all the travel time and just sitting around. When the team hops on the team bus or jet for games, what keeps you busy while traveling? This is going to sound a bit cliche, but just a good ole hackeysack is all I need. Just enough for me to pass the time by passing it around to myself. I can bounce it off walls, people, chairs, you name it! 4. If you remember last week I asked how you think we would play in the first 10 games. Fast forward and we finished 6-4! What has been keeping us above a .500 record so far? Like I said before, this time has a very potent offense and it shows! We out score our opponents by a lot when we win, and keep it close when we lose. The offense has to be a contributor to the game. 5. Houston needs defence! We left the draft only securing two and it shows on the stat sheet as our current defenders play a lot of minutes. Should management start considering trades? Should we wait until trade deadline? Should we hope for a waiver to sign? What would you do to sign another defender for the team? Man, they really roll the dice on waiting for waiver signings. But let's be real, they also picked me up off the waivers and I already know I'm going to be a star. I have a lot to prove, so I'll just let my skill speak for me on the ice. 6. Tell me something funny about growing up playing hockey (or make something up for your player). I remember when I was growing up playing I was at my teammate's house on the lake and they shovel the ice to skate on it. We were a little too excited to get started and the ice wasn't fully solid yet. I fell right through about 2 feet deep of water and was soaked. I actually never learned to ice skate until pretty recently. Growing up in Florida, it's easier to come by a street rink for roller blades than it is an ice rink or practice arena. So I got scouted from a street hockey circuit instead of the traditional ice hockey path. All that said, I looked real dumb getting used to pucks instead of balls!

My first graphic back from break. Be gentle.