Horcrux

The off season sucks, and it is boring. No, that was not a clickbait title, unfortunately Erica has another (here's what wrong please fix) article. Obligatory Warning, This is not an editment on the Admins, Staff, General Managers, BOG, or Mods. This is simply My Opinion and mine alone. The opinions I will mention in this Article hopefully will spark discussion. I love this site and everyone who helps keep it running. Alright, here it is. The offseason is boring as fuck. It was mind fumblingly dull, now minus the World Junior Championships that I was lucky enough to GM for but that took all of what a week and a half all in? Give or take. Then it was just more sitting. Then the draft that lasted….3 seconds. Unless you hold a league job, which is easy enough to take up your time and keep you busy, or you get a brief reprieve by being selected as a GM for one of the world cup tournaments, there really is not a whole lot to do. The general user just sits there, waiting. Frankly the Discord is just not enough to keep attention, this is why I feel Offseason Turnover is so high. There is simply not enough to do, and I also feel there is not enough uncapped TPE to keep people involved. God knows I was in Discord with @JardyB10, @Ricer13, and @Laine most of the offseason. I feel maybe just a set of activities, like weekly Trivia (not VHL related) for uncapped TPE like 2, or something similar to keep the members who have nothing to do engaged and on the forum and or Discord. I understand it would cause more work, I understand how busy everyone is. But I feel retention on every level is also important and making sure we have enough stuff to keep people interested in the off season drag. Not everyone is going to like the same stuff I agree, but like one day hosting a Call of Duty tournament for TPE or small things like that might be just enough to enrapture and engane the members. Speaking with Jardy he gave me a wonderful perspective. “The off-season in the VHL has always been something of an issue, and it’s tricky to solve. On one hand, for a majority of the league, it can be a dull and uneventful stretch. Yes, there’s drafts and World Cup events to hype and follow, but unless you’re directly involved with these things, they aren’t necessarily interesting. Especially if you’re a brand new member. Though even if you are invested and interested in all the off-season activity, those events account for perhaps half of what is usually a two-ish week off-season (more if you miss playoffs or are eliminated early). No matter what, if you’re a regular member, the off-season means there’s a week where you’re not really doing anything. The flip side to the issue, however, is that off-seasons kind of NEED to be as long as they are. While it may be boring to the regular member, it’s the absolute busiest and most insane time for General Managers and the Admin. There’s a lot that needs to be done, and lots of organizational challenges, like getting a dozen people together for a draft… in three separate instances for each league! And amusingly, if the league were create more off-season events and activity (like the Junior Showcase last season), that creates even more administrative work and requires more commitment from more members. I believe off-seasons have improved over the years, but it’s still not perfect, and this balancing act, from my experience, is a big reason why.” You heard it here. Jardy and Crux agree...all in all I think we could do more.The possibilities are endless and I think working as a community could be beneficial as well. most of the article i know was this is wrong fix it but i wanted mainly to spark a discussion and getting creative juices flowing. I was hoping the article can be used as referendum about what we all can do as members as well as staff. we are all in this together after all. Through my various conversations with members it seems a lot of this can come down to presentation and engagement not from just staff but everyone, I think a few tweaks on presentation on say like the draft, or marketing and hyping up the smaller tournaments could go a long way Anyways again this is just my opinion, feel free to comment just be respectful much love Erika (Horcrux)

you are a delight and one of the kindest people i know on this site. I consider you a friend and im so happy to have met you

Review This, all of this. i love these styles of graphics and this looks almost official as if from the NHL. very well done and clean, the Red is on point with the IRW logo. well done 9/10

Review I love that you used the LA kings silver bucket Render. the flow and the entire signature work very well here. My eyes go to the Johnson text first then to the render that is blended well into the background. the Helsinki Logo looks off against the black stripes but its barley noticeable. over all a wonderful Signature and a great outing. 9.6/10

Inactive GM + Inactive AGM = God Squad jkjk Congrats @hylands

can we NOT play Ottawa?

JEsus, can you all stop beating on Oslo hahaha

Man i shit the bed,,,,

I was the same, Hit me up on Discord if you need help

and im lost homie

Let's get it done BOG you cowards. Games for TPE. lets spice up the off season.

great first article , God Damn it was a great read

Post Draft thoughts. So Ariane (Aree-Awn) Leblanc (Leh-Blan-Ck) went 13th overall in the VHLM entry draft to the Halifax 21st’s. I am sure many people were surprised because I was surprised. I do not ever think of myself as a person to be sought after, someone who is a Lock and should be considered for things. That being said a lot has happened these past few weeks that has surprised me. I was named General Manager for WJC Europe, Won Silver and had a fun active locker room. This was one of the best experiences of my life. It was so fun and I learned so much about the league and team building ideas and personalities. I met some really awesome people I would not have talked to otherwise. Then @Laine reaches out and asks me to be his AGM. This shattered my mind, I mean ME. So this has been an experience and a whole different type of learning curve and I have loved working with Laine. Then the draft...I had expected a late 2nd, Early 3rd round draft. I would not have been upset with that. I think that would be reasonable. Then i went 13th, and I just want to say i am grateful to @Minion and @JardyB10 for putting that faith in me, hearing in his podcast that Minion wanted me bad enough to draft at 13 made me smile. I wont le you down. I am nervous, and excited for everything happening in the league and this is just the beginning for Horcrux.

@Minion Leblanc (Leh-Blah-Nk) is how you pronounce it haha. I also dont think i was going to be on the board much longer (draft board) so picking me when you did was the right call. Appreciate the kind words. I wanted to play on the 21st anyway. and I can balance my time ill be active haha

I did not expect this to get this many responses XD

Oh @thadthrasherim so proud of you

oh so the wild west? sounds interesting

wow SEASON 9? what was that like? this was a fantastic and interesting read. Welcome back

welcome to the league, any questions dont hesitate to reach out to someone, also join our discord if you have not yet. lots of information their as well

BigAl readung every last letter to make sure its 500 XD

sorry @JardyB10that was mean

even writing this i struggled like a MFER trying to get to 500 XD it was bad