Baozi

@v.2
Welcome everyone, 
 
We are here for another edition of the VHLE awards. The ceremony will start at 2:30 PM EST. Here are your nominees:
 
Aldwin Craig Trophy (Top Two-Way Forward)
Grimgor Ironhide (STO, 72 GP, 35 G, 47 A, 82 P, 4 +/-, 417 SHT, 361 HIT, 53 SB) @FrostBeard
Chris Sanzone (STO, 72 GP, 34 G, 52 A, 86 P, 20 +/-, 452 SHT, 121 HIT, 52 SB) @handfullofbubba
Thor Reingaard (VAS, 72 GP, 18 G, 41 A, 59 P, 24 +/-, 297 SHT, 124 HIT, 20 SB) @N0HBDY
 
Jake Thunder Trophy (Top Defenseman)
Jordan Bennett (COL, 72 GP, 18 G, 56 A, 74 P, 19 +/-, 222 SHT, 103 HIT, 136 SB) @Plate
Celise Pereira (STO, 72 GP, 10 G, 53 A, 63 P, 4 +/-, 198 SHT, 118 HIT, 217 SB) @asteria
RIn Kagamine (OSL, 72 GP, 14 G, 45 A, 59 P, -46 +/-, 247 SHT, 124 HIT, 287 SB) @Rin
Leif Reingaard (STO, 72 GP, 20 G, 53 A, 73 P, 30 +/-, 303 SHT, 100 HIT, 150 SB) @Zetterberg
Mina (BRA, 72 GP, 21 G, 51 A, 72 P, -9 +/-, 269 SHT, 85 HIT, 204 SB) @Baozi
 
Orion D H Chiester IX Trophy (Top Goalie)
Dalkr Vidarsson (ROM, 63 GP, 39 W, 18 L, 6 OTL, 0.942 SV%, 2.09 GAA, 5 SO) @KaleebtheMighty
Olober Syko (STO, 66 GP, 35 W, 24 L, 5 OTL, 0.938 SV%, 2.42 GAA, 7 SO) @Spartan
Karl Herzlich (VAS, 61 GP, 35 W, 18 L, 8 OTL, 0.934 SV%, 2.25 GAA, 6 SO) @LastGoon007
 
Thadius Sales Trophy (Top GM)
Bratislava @rory
Cologne @Sjin
Oslo @Gaming Ringleader
Rome @Baby Boomer
Stockholm @Doomsday
Vasteras @Zetterberg
 
Florida Man Trophy (Playoffs MVP)
Joseph Dubois (COL, 9 GP, 1 G, 9 A, 10 P, 2 +/-, 23 SHT, 13 HIT, 25 SB) @Dubois
Thor Reingaard (VAS, 11 GP, 2 G, 10 A, 12 P, 2 +/-, 39 SHT, 24 HIT, 3 SB) @N0HBDY
Clark (COL, 9 GP, 8 W, 1 L, 0 OTL, 0.951 SV%, 1.55 GAA, 2 SO) @cl4rk
 
Ronan Lavelle Trophy (Regular season MVP)
Dalkr Vidarsson (ROM, 63 GP, 39 W, 18 L, 6 OTL, 0.942 SV%, 2.09 GAA, 5 SO) @KaleebtheMighty
Nick Sansoe (ROM, 72 GP, 44 G, 50 A, 94 P, 20 +/-, 521 SHT, 97 HIT, 53 SB) @Tipskid97
Spanish Moon Moth (STO, 72 GP, 46 G, 46 A, 92 P, -1 +/-, 548 SHT, 54 HIT, 59 SB) @Renomitsu
 
 
 

I mean you’re more than capable of putting a hiring thread up. I wouldn’t even know what would be required to 
You are holding yourself to this weird metric that I have to leave before you do, I’m not holding you any which way.

Yeah this is brought up from feedback we have gotten from members of the league. We don’t having “Griefing” as apart of our CoC but it is certainly worth a discussion about adding it. I firmly believe people are entitled to their opinions but are they constructive or is it as Spartan said “hur dur league bad” like I’ve seen many times as of late in Discord Gen Chat? This behaviour ruins the game experience for people and falls under Griefing. 

Hard disagree. I’ll say that I understand where this is coming from, because there have been a couple times where I’ve seen a newer member get outright discouraged from earning or from playing for one team or another or from being friends with one member or another. And that isn’t OK, but 1) I don’t think that happens enough to set general guidelines, and 2) I don’t see the people scummy enough to do that as the ones who would respect those guidelines anyway. I think that’s really the only type of thing I’d police, and I think that should just be done on an individual basis. 
 
In general, all parts of the league (including the VHLM) should be allowed to be evaluated critically and I think that even by itself, making that happen in a designated area already takes away from that principle. I’d like to think we’re smart enough to know which situations are and are not hurtful to new members and react accordingly. 

This argument assumes that what Ricer is talking about is actual critically thought and relevant feedback, vs in reality its just blatant trolling that should already be covered in CoC. I agree we should never discourage legitimate feedback. But what's being brought up is just "hur dur league bad" on repeat in gen chat.

Mubblefubbles did a lot of work on that regard (I am sure he is not the only one, but the one I remember)

I’d like to see light restrictions applied to general areas or channels on the forum and discord. 
 
For example, people have been in general chats (discord) talking badly about the league. This is a bad look for new members when they join the league. I do respect peoples opinions and don’t want to take that away but would rather redirect it into its own channel. The same goes on the forum.

I’ll even start.
 
I would like to see our YouTube ads branch out. I’ve long wondered if we haven’t over-saturated a small market of NHL YouTubers and basically, despite using multiple different ones, reached the same target audience each time. What I mean is that every ad we’ve run basically, regardless of who it’s been with, has provided diminishing returns. I would wager that the people who see one of the YouTubers in that category probably see’s many of them so having the ad on 4 different channels but reaching the same audience is no different than having it on 1 channel, does that make sense?
 
What I have in mind is, oddly, ignoring the hockey aspect. Yes the VHL is a hockey sim league but it’s also a game in a sense and gamers come in all varieties. I didn’t join sim leagues because of a specific sport I joined them for the game aspect and found different sports within the “game” that was sim leagues. So why don’t we try some non-hockey related channels? Try breaking into a different market audience than what has already seen our ads. There are tons of different gaming channels of varying sizes on YouTube that we could approach.
 
Would it work? Not sure. But I would definitely like to give it a try.

New Year, New you right? Or rather new year new us? I don’t really know where I’m going with that. What I am doing is writing what that pesky OBC never does right: Asking what the community wants.
 
Okay that’s enough sarcasm I reckon. So here’s the deal, the VHL has needed to constantly evolve since it was created 16+ years ago. It was an evolution of the sim league model at the time and it has continued to re-invent itself over the years in order to stay relevant and at the forefront; I have no intention of stalling that evolution and I know none of the others on the RGB teams or the @BOG does either. That doesn’t mean, however, that we think we exclusively have all the ideas.
 
So, here we are with me going rogue and posting this without chatting with anyone else. I wanna know what your New Year’s Resolutions for the league would be. What do you want to see improved in 2024? Try to be constructive about it and come up with solutions instead of just vague issues as best you can, any kind of just meaningless complaining will likely be hidden and I don’t really feel like doing that.
 
We’re going to be damn near S100 when we finish 2024 (S97 finishing up by my right estimate) and I for one want that kind of insane milestone to be something really worth celebrating so let’s make the league a better place together shall we?
 
Signed,
@Commissioner, @VHLM Commissioner , @VHLE Commissioner
(even though I never mentioned this to any of them)

Team USA is back in the WJC trying to go for Gold under the same management as last season. Who is new and who is the same:

Forwards
Chris Sanzone @handfullofbubba
Joe Shmo @matt sovick
 
Chris Reynolds Jr @Crstats23
 
George Richmond @badcolethetitan
 
Jimmy McGill
 
Hershey McFleury @YaBoiDuggie
 
Riley Martin @Smarch
 
Logan Ninefingers @Scurvy
 
William Wallace @Dynamicmlb_42
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Defense
Mina @Baozi
Free Gorlab @eaglesfan036
Chuck E Cheese @a_Ferk
Sylvia Davis @Possum Queen
 

Goalies
Sylvia Davis @Possum Queen
















Goalies

Olober Syko @Spartan
Joseph Reed  @BrutalBoost
 
 
Come join us in the locker room https://discord.gg/PhbceBym
If you are on Team USA ping @Mysterious_Fish in the server for the role and if you aren't come enjoy the WJC
 
 
 
 

@Baozi ahmacast kpop special it is. podcast will be posted next week.

Hello @Members!
 
I'm excited to announce that we have made our charitable donation for the year of $1656 to Doctor's Without Borders!
 

 
Additionally you all donated $1804 separate from the league bringing our total for the 2023 Holiday Charity drive to $3540! I'm always amazed to see the league come together and make such a difference in the world, it's great to see.
 
You all want some rewards I imagine though don't you? Well it was close but thanks to being $40 over the $3500 threshold we have once again hit every community goal which means every member of the community can claim 20 uncapped TPE and a PT Doubles week! It also means all our community items were met which means:
 
@twists will stream a declaration of his love for everyone that's been active in the past week.
@DarkSpyro will perform some Christmas themed metal songs
@Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.
@Acydburn will stream something, he just hasn't decided what yet.
@Beketov will once again stream Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate and name animals after VHL members.
 
As mentioned in the OP, unfortunately to keep things fair and not have a bunch of future creates claiming this: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2023
 
We'll get that stuff all scheduled as well as the raffle draw scheduled soon so keep an eye out for that and, once again, thank you all for making this time of year in the VHL so special!

hi, this is the intro
 
the draft is coming soon, it is always fun to live the mystery of not knowing where you end up. I don't think Vlad will be a top 3 pick but he could be top 5, nonetheless, if he fall I don't really mind.
 
I think the donation drive has been a success this year again and we can be proud of our little community, I have seen some huge donations, especially in @Enorama and @Baozi's raffle. Shoutout to them for this auction.
 
Vancouver has all the S92 picks, wtf @Frank
 
When is @Lemorse7 becoming VHL GM?
 
congrats to @Moon for the cup, when he took that team, it was in a pretty bad state with nothing promising for the future, yet he managed to make the right moves to make it a champion team and end a long cup drought for this city.
 
yes I'm a little drunk but I'm posting this mess anyway, thanks and happy new year all!
 

$15.69 - MS Paint Sig from Dom
$30.69 - VSN Article/Graphic from Alex
$10 - Ahma/Frosty Podcast
$30 - Make Fresco drink shitty beer.
$5 - der meister gaming
 
 

Kyle felt bad about ending below $1,000 so he slapped his dick on the table again
 

Couple late additions from other servers:
 
(note, draw will have to happen after christmas unless anyone else feels like streaming it)
 
Zallis:

 
NaCl:

 
Jeffie43:

Yes

Always have been big on the animal shelter/welfare donations, so donated to a local NJ shelter called SAVE!
 
Will take any random 25 numbers @Enorama

Random numbers please!

From @Cusemode

Have to leave a lot of information out because it includes 1) a hospital I have previously worked at and 2) all of my personal information.
This one is for the Children's Miracle Network and is in USD ($134 CAD equivalent, so 67 entries). I'd like to use 33 for my entries and 34 for @Jeffie43, no particular numbers required. Happy to confirm by sending full screenshot to admins if needed!

10 entries from Kit @Enorama any random numbers.

We already passed the $350 threshold so fong is adding another tier - if we pass $450 in total donations, a total of 15 skins (2 Random, 7 Epic, and 6 Legendary) are up for grabs!
 
Tracking sheet has been updated.
 
cc: @Baozi

$5 Leisure Suit Larry coming.

transaction ID: 0BY08606D43786407
20$ for 10 tickets
 
edit: I’m adding 5 tickets from the extra 10$ I donated here