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D - Hammar Voss @BarzalGoat2x

Roster Post 1. @Greg_Di F - Vasile Lamb F - Sirdsvaldis Miglaskems F - Ryan Vidot D - Brian Payne D - Jerome Reinhart G - Brandt Fuhr 2. @RileyL F - Nico Pearce F - Vinny Detroit F - The Board Game Clue On Skates D - Bo Johansson D - Biggie Cheese G - Clueless Wallob 3. @qripll F - Daniel Janser F - Ronan Lavelle F - Florida Man D - Tavish DeGroot D - Hari Singh Nalwa G - Ben Dahl 4. @Pifferfish F - Saku Kotkakoivu F - Igor Molotov F - Brendan Marner D - Jake Thunder D - Erlantz Jokinen G - Boris Tzesar 5. @Shindigs F - Hulk Hogan 2 F - Tomas Sogaard F - Alexandre Leduc D - Hammar Voss D - Callum Murray G - Xavier Booberry 6. @BarzalGoat F - Zach Kisslinger II F - Zaza Colors F - Matty Fire D - AirRig GoodBrandSun D - Sven Eightnine G - Papa Emeritus

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Thanks for the Reilly votes everyone. At least i got 2/3 possible threepeats.

This is a really cool graphic, I like how you whipped it up nice and fast. And how it shows both brothers really just chilling on the ice. With the acquisition you've really got the cream of to crop on Cologne moving forward. They both have bits and pieces in their game that make them stand out from the rest. We just have to hope that the machine isn't broken for once, so we can actually get them out there. So with all the McFlurry/ice cream puns out of the way. I mean it's a solid meme graphic, and I always like those. For the logo swap, I'd suggest looking into two things: 1) The Vanishing Points Filter (if you have PS) and 2) Displacement Maps (again PS). Using the two of them together with the blending mode sliders lets you get logo swaps that look "good enough" in minutes. And it's really, really easy compared to playing around with free transform.

All of it, the good stuff too, and the mysterious things!

Really nice sig overall, my only issue with it if anything is that it has @Jason kranz in it. But then i guess that was kind of hard to avoid. All things considered. I like the desaturated look you went with to tie it in with the background and choice of text color. To make it blend better. The one thing I'd suggest is using a layer to implement some light bleed on the render. His hair looks like it's getting white light bleed (because he was on ice) but the background of the sig is green/concrete. Causing his flow to kind of stick out in an unnatural way.

1. It's looking pretty fishy, I have to admit. But then it's the Marlins, so that is to be expected. 2. I'm neither, but it looks like you did really well. As expected having about 90% of the picks in the draft. 3. Being AFK while waiting for the season to start. It's the best! 4. The part where we got 1st seed in the VHLM. 5. Jaccob McCrosby, the Defensive Defenseman, Smooth Skating, Playmaking, Veteran Leader amalgamation that's going to peak build at 1337 TPA, because he's silly like that. 6. Pineapple, Banana, Curry, Kebab and Pickles. No cap fr fr ong etc. (I usually like a Calzone, if we're being serious)

With me having been acquiring currency over in the SHL for the Double Draft week I found myself actually dusting off my graphics making skills (or lack thereof). It's been almost 7 months since I made graphics in the VHL with any kind of regularity. I just kind of lost the passion for it, and I tend to take way too long on my PS projects. Making writing simply be so much more time efficient. It's not at all rare for me to spend hours playing around with a graphic trying out different techniques and looks. Even if it is just a VHL.com for 2 TPE. Which as long as I find the actual process fun, isn't an issue. Because it's time spent doing something I enjoy. But once it started feeling more like a chore I had to do, I lost the will to keep it up pretty fast. But I have to admit I was having some fun with making graphics again. So maybe after the Double Draft spam is over in the SHL I'll consider going back to graphics earning in the VHL? Especially now that I'm not Vegas GM anymore, and can't just write random stuff about what's going on with the team every week.

Yes, fellow VHLers it's that time again. My multi-claim ended and it's time to write about stuff and things. So what have I been up to in sim leagues lately? Well, it's been off-season in the VHL and since I'm no longer a GM the answer to that question for our beloved league is literally nothing. I have, however, been up to stuff in other leagues. In the SHL I created a player a while back where I was roleplaying an unreliable clicker only to get drafted 45th OA to the Manhattan Rage, where there's an interesting amount of Chicago Phoenix connection, as it turns out. So since it's their Draft Media weeks, I've been busy cranking out "high quality" FORUM CONTENT over there most of the week. So to say that any and all creative juices are dried up by now, would be an understatement. It's overall been a really fun time getting to know some new people though, so that's always good. Over in the SBA where I also share a LR with a very respectable number of VHLers I've just signed a new contract to stay another 3 seasons with The Clue Glue Golem in Toronto under GM @AdamEss. So that's a good time, our start to the season has been a mixed bag to say the least. But hopefully we can find our groove and push for a playoff spot. In the EFL where I'm effectively on a LR of nothing but VHLers in Seattle on my main player Anthonty Pratt, we just had a huge draft adding tonnes of VHLers and finally getting a more active LR going. My 2nd player was in the draft and managed to get snagged by Seattle at 16OA in an insanely stacked draft (I actually earned less TPE on my first player and went 2OA in his draft). So I have both players on the same team, which is neat. One less LR to worry about. In other VHL related EFL news my new RTP ended up on McW's team together with some other VHLers and some people I don't know as well. So that may be a fun time too. Who knows? Looking forward it's going to be interesting to see what happens with the VHFL this season, seeing as the draft will basically start after the season. With it having been moved up a few days. How many people will just take their 12 hour timer to get as much info as possible before making their picks? Well, that remains to be seen. For me it's a bit annoying, because I was looking forward to trolling everyone into picking Bo. Since he looks like he will be a hitter, though he really won't be. At his TPA it's just that getting BC+PO to the point where you still end up at 40 CK is a cheaper way to gain DF than by increasing the actual non-CK DF hybrids. After taking depreciation into account. So Bo will have 67 CK or however much he has on paper, but also enough DI to completely cancel it out once the season actually gets up and running. With the season start being before the draft, I have to stop pretending that I'm just banking TPE and actually apply that PO though, showing my card before I can bamboozle people. Unlucky!

Fair enough, just used to the Meta + Moscow + Idaho for Boulet making like 6 TPE free.

Holy crap, those are the worst prediction payouts I've ever seen. Did anyone have more than 4? Guess Simon really threw us all for a loop this season.

First All-star team also counts as one.

So how much award TPE is @Daniel Jansergetting this season? Like 7? Goated season.

If only @Arcecould be here to see Lavelle win this award. What a moment it would have been!

@Frankproving that the key to winning best GM is just drafting literally every Vegas alumni (and make some trades too, I guess)

The steal of the S82 draft getting all the hardware out of the way early. @Scurvy

Third time's the charm.

To be fair he's blind. So not sure seeing what he's seeing is a good thing.

@Thunder confirmed 100% funky

Seems like a mod thing to me.

Congrats @leandrofg on the Elmebeck!

#blamecole

#blamecole no matter who wins or loses.