Triller

My goodness! I have read some articles about depreciation and barely understand what is going on as I haven't had to deal with it yet but if I need to be creating graphics as I do just to fight depreciation eventually, I think that is when the drive ends and I start planning for my next player. I spend too much time on my graphics to have what I earned be burned away. That may change when the time comes but I'd rather be saving my graphic setups to be overly prepared for my next character then struggling to keep my old man player at his peak. I applaud you for walking through the fire to see how far you can go! A true all-star mentality!

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@D3XI like the approach you took on your graphic here. It is an interesting challenge you propose and one that I likely would not be able to do without the ability to google. I would need the player render at the very least and I imagine that is where you got yours? Might need to change the rules a bit and allow for all the googling you want but that has to be done in those 5 mins. I used to do 20 min sculpts in 3D but found that though it helped polish the skills I already had, it didn't allow me time to learn new ones as I relied on what I knew to not waste time. It is a good practice but doesn't show what you are capable of when given time to learn more about the software you are using. I won't grade your graphic for this review but I am curious to see more from you and how you progress throughout the coming months! Also, welcome to the league!

As we approach my players first season in the VHLE the question of where to put my banked TPE becomes more relevant. What do I do with it and what do I want from my player? From the beginning of this journey I knew there would be a meta at play after reading over the build advice post I was pointed to upon joining. I had already placed some TPE and quickly found out that I had chosen wrong in the first steps of my player. I had placed points into "useless" attributes. It was disappointing to learn that "useless" attributes existed and that I was able to put points into them. I decided then that I would not fix my build, nor would I seek advice on how to build my player. I could very easily look at the top playmakers in the VHL and average together their builds to create a formula and determine what percentage of my TPE needed to go to each attribute for me to have an effective playmaker...and I did. After doing so I felt I was cheating myself out of creating a more realistic VHL experience so I ditched it. Leonard doesn't need to be Gretzky, nor does he need to strive for it. I will earn as much as I have time to and place it where I want and if Leonard Triller retires after a long career as a solid third liner then he will retire as most NHLers do. Role players are the most interesting and it is unfortunate that sim engines don't seem to take much of that into consideration or provide enough feedback for GMs to build the narrative of role players, line chemistry or even rivalries. Maybe as AI gets more complex so can the engines but until then, we are stuck to the more basic player templates and begging for mercy from Simon. Praise be to him. Go Marlins!

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@GioSivoNice work, welcome to the league!

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Oh nice! It's really popping off in here! We got a holiday celebration thread going?

Oh, this was you making things interesting...

Day 2!!

Put up your list already! Why are you waiting? This topic says, "here is MY list". Did it not post properly or something?

Leonard will certainly be putting this stick on his wall regardless of if we win or not, to remember this amazing team Jacob put together!

1. We definitely will! We might take a few more losses tweaking the lines for the playoffs but I think we cruise into the playoffs in the top spot. 2. I don't think it hit too hard but Leonard reminded everyone that you don't win a championship without some adversity and getting it done after a couple losses is what we need to ensure a deep run into the playoffs! 3. I've just hit 300 TPE so I will definitely be heading to Geneva for next season, taking my experience here with me! 4. John Jameson. Looking to be the best rookie in the league, let's pull him back down just for fun! 5. It does not but some people need to pretend they are getting what they need nutritionally from pizza so whatever helps you sleep at night. 6. Christmas! Will be celebrating my 2 month olds first Christmas with my wife. No traveling this winter so we will video chat with family throughout the holidays then I am back to work after.

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@BOOMI got to do a review of this because it is an easy 10 and I can just spend my time complimenting your skills here! This is wicked! The player breaking apart into the paint splotches is really cool. The BG works so well. I can't even tell what it is but it looks like a zoomed in image of whatever and then hue shifted blue and it works perfectly. The blue lightning effect makes it seem like the player graphic is being pulled apart by it and is even more apt when the players last name is Blue lol The little lens flares and the stand out text all hit evenly and give it a sci-fi feel. Only thing I can critique with this is that I wish the resolution was larger so I could zoom in and see the details of all the effects. Top notch stuff here! I am going to need to do a 2D player graphic as well since I am seeing so much cool stuff lately! Thank you for this!

We teased that it was coming and KGW never lets a friend, client or fan down! When Leonard Triller found out he was drafted by the San Diego Marlins we knew he would have some amazing ideas for how he wanted to represent his new team. He was in contact immediately and we had a great chat about what he was looking for. First and foremost, he wanted to represent his teammates, AGM and GM by putting their names directly on the stick. The players he started the season with as well as those who joined after the season began, are all represented. "I have a great set of teammates here in San Diego and I wouldn't be where I am this year without them. Our LR is great and everyone is focused on one thing, the cup!" - Leonard Triller To help bring the stick to life we went with a bubble filled background overlaid with a team color gradient from knob to blade as well as provided Leonard with matching, yellow stick tape. Too flashy? We like to help our partners stand out and be unique. We then added a deconstructed Marlins Logo and the VHLM logo to top it all off. Working with Leonard continues to be an extreme pleasure and with his career just getting started we look forward to further collaboration when he makes his way to Geneva next season! We work hard here at KGW and continue to help you, "Play Like You!"

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Hey @qripll! Nice graphic you got here! I like the throwback theme with the more desaturated colors as if it has been aged. You swapped the logo well and matched the style to the old, worn look. I like details so it is very cool that you worked up the sign in the background! Again, the logos on the sign for right in. I really like this layout of the graphic. Looks like a photo of a printed off image. The first gen text is simple but really works with your theme. These are some nitpicky things but the Bogden text on the sign doesn't match that hand drawn look of the poster and it would be awesome to see the NHL collar logo be replaced. Last thing, that kids hat is ripe for a logo swap as well! Overall, 8/10! I like the old school look and I think you came up with something extra cool with the illusion of a photo of a printed image. Keep up the good work!

All my various VHL related graphics.

Sorry, I am New Here! After seeing an ad read on a YouTube video that autoplayed, I ended up here at the VHL. I had never been a part of any sim league before but I figured I would check it out! I joined up but didn't create a player right away as I wanted to lurk and see what people were creating and to see if I could bring anything exciting to the table. With my skill set in 3D cinematics, I thought I could do something pretty cool that maybe hadn't been seen before on this site. Even before creating my player, I did a quick test to see if I could come up with something in 3D that could work going forward. That was my profile banner and avatar image! Once my test worked, I created Leonard Triller and began the (maybe) overly ambitious plan of two graphics a week. Still going strong! Now that I had my player it was time to figure out who to sign with, how the site worked and how to earn more TPE, once I figured out what TPE was. After browsing the teams initially, I decided I would sign with Saskatoon if they offered. Luckily, @Bulduray_1 posted for the Wild. I chose the Wild because I lived in S'toon for about 2 years and really enjoyed it and thought it would be an extra cool layer of immersion. @Bulduray_1 was kind enough to answer all of my questions and set me off in the right direction as well as always reacting to my content. It was very much appreciated! I worked on my graphics and also made some to help pick up waiver players in a system which is now obsolete! Death of the hashtags! I was using the forums often trying to draw some attention to my contributions while also recognizing others. Unfortunately, some turmoil was going on and a lot of attention was given’ to posts that were fueling controversy. It was a bit disheartening to see these things dealt with so publicly while those putting in a lot of effort to make the forum content fun were falling by the wayside. Bans were handed out and things moved on, as they always do. After the season in Saskatoon I got to experience some of the off-season tournaments like the JST. It was nice to see that the off-season events helped keep newer people engaged and still earning TPE. @RElblein drafted my player to the Royals where I got more involved in Discord and the LR. I am not a big fan of all the Discords but if I focus on only a couple, I can manage! Everyone seemed to get along and it made for a good experience which was in large part due to @RElblein. Next up was the draft. This was a more exciting event than I thought it would be! Having all the GMs reach out for interviews was an awesome way to meet some new people or at least chat with them. I had a good chat with @Enorama and he filled me in about the streams and got me to tune in! It was great to see, and I want to thank all of you involved for the time and effort put in. By this point, my graphics were getting more attention and my player had some recognition. It was awesome to be picked though it seems I caused some confusion by wanting a full season in the VHLM after hitting 200 TPE in the offseason. A big thanks to @jacobcarson877 of my current team, the Marlins and my future teams, Geneva Rush with @MexicanCow123 and @Dil with London United for having no issues with how I wanted to make my players transition into each league. I look forward to playing with Geneva next season and hopefully London for the seasons after! This season has been great with the Marlins. @jacobcarson877 keeps an active LR and it is a great place to get involved. Very helpful with TPE advice and making sure everyone gets good play time in the sims. The playoffs are going to get crazy! So far, every conversation I have had on the forums and in Discord has been very positive! I appreciate everyone who has reached out about my graphics just to let me know it is being seen and is enjoyed. I get TPE for doing it but the comments and reactions really fuel me to keep going. It has pushed me to engage further with others on the forum to make sure they know their work is being seen as well. In this regard, I want to shout out @BOOM for always being active on my posts, along with @Pifferfish and all the current and even former Marlins for showing their support! There are many others who have reached out to chat on the forums and discord and I appreciate it! Same to everyone who reacts or even just takes a look at what I do. So that is my experience with the VHL so far and now that I have had some time here, I have a few concerns moving forward. I fear burnout and I need to start considering a more leveled approach to my earning if I am going to last 8 seasons! It takes a lot to make 3D graphics and doing it twice each week is going to be too much. I need to work on tossing in writing tasks that I can claim for multiple weeks though I don't really like that as it means I am less engaged on a week to week basis and just popping in to claim on an old post. I have a couple large ideas that would take a few weeks to create but I wouldn't be able to max earn while working on them. What I want to do is worth more than a 6 TPE graphic or media spot and could be claimed for weeks afterwards but wouldn't make up for the lost weeks spent working on it since you can't claim back weeks. I am also not a fan of claiming the same post for too many weeks after as it just lowers my engagement with the forums. That's just me though and I need to adjust my thinking there. What should I do with these bigger ideas? Another concern, is the most exciting part of my players career over? The draft! The draft was fun and engaging but is done so quickly. After this season, I head to Geneva then to London which will be fun but will anything be as exciting? I hope to win some championships and feel that rush if it comes! Review tasks. This is how I max out every week at the end but it is getting very repetitive. I try to sincerely review and give advice where I can but there are only so many users who post graphics and I am going to be quite annoying after reviewing the same persons work over and over again for 8 seasons. Some things that could be better but I haven't thought too hard or long about? The forum is what it is and as someone who is a bit older, I am used to navigating through forums. Stating that, it will definitely be a bit convoluted for younger members and depending on what you are looking for, complicated for everyone. I don't dare dip a toe into trivia. Fixing this would involve an overhaul in my opinion as building on a flawed base creates the same instabilities as before but reorganizing and better highlighting the most important places is a must. Character builds and the "proper" distribution of TPE needs to just be locked down. If there are attributes that seemingly do nothing and everyone has universally agreed that no points should go to them, have them automatically maxed out and made invisible. No need then to tell every new member to redo their build because they made a wrong choice without knowing it. I made the wrong choice early on but will not re-roll. I'm not concerned about my player but I am a bit disappointed in the lack of unique builds that this creates. Point Tasks are next. There was recently a bit of a change with career point tasks which was nice but after only a couple seasons, the repetitive nature of the point tasks are becoming quite evident. I am attempting to be a max earner and love doing graphics but I am starting to struggle with different ideas to keep things fresh and without other significant task options, I need to do my best to try not to fall into a bare minimum slump and to mix things up where I can. This may be just me but I wish the VHL stats were more comprehensive. I want to know who my player plays best with. The most points I have while playing with certain players or against. What my point production is when playing on different lines. I think these kinds of stats could create a very fun way for GMs to plan matchups and line chemistry that could create natural rivalries between players or help a GM to possibly trade for players who had good chemistry on other teams with other players. I am still bad at using the index so if this is a thing, please point me in the right direction. If it sounds like this was put together through multiple 4am baby feedings then you'd be eerily correct, but I would like to thank everyone involved that keeps this place running and engaging. It can be a thankless task you do and at times it likely ruins your day, but know that you are appreciated and that this first gen is thankful for the time you put in! Let's see how long I will last! (1500+ Words) Weeks Ending: 12/11, 12/18, 12/25

I'm there with yah.

Good article and congrats on the new baby! I have a month old myself so I am feeling the new dad vibes!

This would have been awesome when I started! Even to adjust for differing starter TPE it could be percentage based to cover everything. I wish though that attributes that have been widely called "useless" would just be maxed at 99 for everyone or just locked at 0 and hidden.

1. I'd give Leonard a solid 7. Hard to tell with line jumping how he would be if he was locked in but he is moving at the same pace as he was last season it looks like. 2. Simon is never pleased. He will continue to require prayers and sacrifices till the end of days, all the while torturing those who worship him with tiny morsels of reciprocation that come nowhere to equaling the prayers and sacrifices offered. 3. I have no idea. I want to do something different than most but I will probably end up writing about my experience as a first gen to the site. I was hoping for something that I could do graphically, but this theme does not lend itself to that really. 4. We will definitely hold the top spot! 5. My first season was with S'toon. Leonard played 55 games with a quick playoff exit but it was fun tuning in every game and seeing if he got involved. Learning the ropes of the forums took a bit but it allowed me to work on some sweet graphics and try to get Leonard recognized! It was fun enough that I am still here! lol 6. I have not been to San Diego. I haven't even been to California!