Triller

Dearest Pombo, I hope this correspondence finds you comfortable and happy even with the far too early exit caused by your playoff foes, the Bulls from Houston. My name is Triller and I am representing the Titans of Helsinki as the Assistant to the General Manager. You may recall our first interaction after your team's home game win against those pesky fish from San Diego in which your Aces supplied their gracious fans with a very impactful 7-3 win. You had received the second star of the game for providing your team with a fabulous first period goal along with three wonderful helpers. After your interview with the off-ice correspondent of the respectable Victory Sports Network, I was able to get your attention hoping to chat with you in regards to the upcoming S94 Victory Hockey League Entry Draft. Though scouting is not my official job title, it does fall into the purview of my duties and there is no one I had wished to meet more than yourself, but I digress - in the confusion of the post game excitement you must have mistaken me as one of your team's equipment keepers and saw my outstretched arms as the caring location to which your sweat drenched gloves could be dried, sanitized and detailed for the Aces second game in the back to back meeting with the Marlins. Though the meeting did not go the way I had dreamed it would, I did manage to get out of the arena with your magical mitts tucked gently under my waistcoat without attracting any attention. Your gloves now rest on my office shelves in the Titans Complex and remain a constant motivator and reminder that I will achieve one of my life's greatest goals by bringing you into the Helsinki organization through the draft and returning these tools of destruction to the hands that best wield them. Your performance this season came as no surprise to anyone who knows the game of Puck Stick like I do. Your hockey IQ and bloodhound-like nose for the net makes you the pinnacle of your class and topping the scoring race is the most basic way of helping the plebeians of the sport understand, through simple numbers, that you should be their focus if they want to bring a new level of attention to their teams and cities. However, they fail to read and recognize the spirit of a true goal scorer beyond the stats sheet. Someone who never simply shoots for the back of the net, but shoots with the mindset of putting the puck THROUGH the back of the net. You don’t, “tickle the twine”, “pop the bottle” or “light the lamp”. You “eviscerate the twine”, “devastate the bottle” and “engulf the lamp in endless flame” with your ability to make defending goalies second and third guess their life choice to be in opposition of you. Helsinki and its people are wonderfully accommodating and provide an amazing place for our players and our team to grow and prosper. We are building for the future and never more do I need my transition glasses than when I peer into that bright, lens flared future with you as one of the main set pieces of our leadership group. We have amazing players currently associated with our team and they will be leaned on to represent the organization and grow into a team that will be ready when our other prospects and yourself emerge to carve a deep path into the Victory Hockey league as you represent all those wonderfully accommodating people of Helsinki. Other, less equipped, Assistants to General Managers may reach out to you with weak, limp wrists and soft, oddly moist hands in hopes that you will build a preference for their organizations but remember, I have the means for you to avoid the wet, wilting pieces of lettuce that they call hands…your gloves. Join us as a Titan of Helsinki and let the name of Pombo rise into the elegant spruce rafters that house our passionate and dedicated fans. Hear them chant your name and let it echo to the peaks of the mighty Loukkumaki. Become a Titan. Thank You AGM to Helsinki, Triller @samx 694 Words

Oh interesting, did not think you'd go with a Splatoon character. Didn't even know they had names lol Welcome back!

New week, new presser! No one word answers. 3 questions for 1 TPE, all 6 for 2 TPE! 1. Are you a napper? 2. What are your plans for this off-season? 3. Who are you rooting for to win the Continental Cup? 4. Do you like the rain? 5. If you were to sell this league to your friends, what aspect would you focus on to get them to join? 6. What do you like the most, VHFL, Super Coach, predictions or Fantasy Zone?

Leaning in on the new logo design, I love to see it!

End of Regular Season standings! Apr 27th, 2024.

New week, new presser! No one word answers. 3 questions for 1 TPE, all 6 for 2 TPE! 1. I have started sending out some draft interviews, how do you like to be interviewed for the draft by interested teams? 2. Are you watching the NHL playoffs? Who is going all the way this season? 3. A Helsinki home game is huge for the fans, how do we hit the ice to get them pumped up? 4. What is a sport you haven't played but want to? 5. If you didn't have to work but still got paid, what would you do to take advantage of your new found time? 6. What is your players signature move?

At it again for April 21st.

It has been awhile since Jacob posted the article but it is time to claim! Molly the Cat retirement! Congrats again Molly!

You gotta make your graphics posts here so more people see them: https://vhlforum.com/forum/108-graphicsvideos/ This is usually where people post for the graphics point task.

There it is! Nice! A thing to remember though, you only have so much space on the forums to upload images so I would still recommend getting an imgur account and upload there as it won't take up space for you in the forums.

It looks like whatever you are trying to do here isn't working. Your best bet for an image is to create an imgur account and upload there then paste the link to it here.

At is again for April 14th.

New week, new presser! No one word answers. 3 questions for 1 TPE, all 6 for 2 TPE! 1. With the TDL over, how do you think we did in preparing for the teams future? 2. What do you think of the upcoming draft class? Who do we target with our firsts? 3. Did you check out any compelling media from theme week? 4. What are your favourite sports teams in every sport you watch? 5. Who is your favourite athlete? 6. If you could make a movie, what genre would it be?

This color combo is awesome and I very much like the logo!

I did indeed! I like putting together the shoulder patches. I got them for all the VHL teams. Others have read "hero" too, not the best choice of font to be fair.

I work in photoshop. I basically hand paint-over the parts of the jersey I want to change the colors of and then change the blend layer to color or hue depending on what gets it closer to the final color and if that doesn't get me all the way there I duplicate the original image using the color paintover as a mask and then adjust the levels of it to dial it in.

NEED I SAY MORE?

I liked adding an almost bronze color to the star and jersey. Not quite yellow but great minds!

I'd say move the cityscape so it becomes the BG inside the crest but scale up the cityscape. We have a thing in 3D when modeling and texturing called "scale of detail". You want to try to keep all aspects at the same level of detail or things just look wrong. The buildings are too small in detail to match the marlin at the moment.

As of April 7th, 2024!

New week, new presser! No one word answers. 3 questions for 1 TPE, all 6 for 2 TPE! 1. The season isn't going as planned, why do you think that is? 2. Helsinki will be moving into a retooling phase, have you been through or been a part of something like this? 3. Do you think the slider change in STHS is having an impact this season? 4. Theme week is “Rebrand”, what are you planning? 5. What is your favorite meal of the day? 6. Do you walk around barefoot at home?

Lol yes, but it was worth it!

It absolutely does.

Welcome back!