Megster

The Oslo Storm also offer 1 million. @Sullvino

I was surprised by that as well

Shouldn't even take you that long but I think the idea for the SHL is, you can come up with one topic and make 10 mil off one article which you can spend 1 mil of for 5 tpe each week.  If you made a 10k word article here it would just be 6 TPE.  And there are some people who only write highly analytical things over there but won't come over here for that reason.  It's like do all this work once and be set for 50 TPE over the course of 10 weeks, or do all this work every week.  Sometimes I guess it is just hard for people to come up with something new every week.  This is just my guess.

When I talked to the office lady on the phone she literally told me not to wear flippers because people trip over them when they wake up from anesthesia.  Who wears flippers to get their wisdom teeth out???  Why does that need to be said???? 

Just now, Beaviss said:

 

Thanks got your lineups done?

pfft nope, I mean I have my basic lines done but I don't have any starts worked out.  I picked a lot of fighters without realizing it lol. 

Just now, Beaviss said:

Not much it's my bday today so no money for you 

it's a song lol, happy birthday again

1 minute ago, Smarch said:

Why can't they put you out?

 

My clients have to be put out to just clean there teeth, so I know they can do it 

They are going to put me out this time, but last time they didn't and I'm not sure why but the place I went to didn't even offer it.

Getting lyme disease sounds worse

Okay so I know most of you don't know this about me but I struggle heavily with anxiety. I am supposed to be getting my wisdom teeth out on Thursday and I am freaking out to say the least. I remember my dad getting his wisdom teeth out when I was little and he got air pockets and his whole face swelled up and was purple. It was actually really scary and left a resounding impact on my disdain for dental procedures. I tried to get my wisdom teeth out before, but my blood pressure was way too high and it would have been dangerous so they sent me home. That was 4 years ago, so for 4 years I've been living with mild pain in my mouth just ignoring it until recently I started getting an infection under my gums where my wisdom teeth are. I will spare you the gory details but it's fucking nasty and incredibly painful so I finally have to get my wisdom teeth out. Basically tell me stories about when you got your wisdom teeth out and what it was like?

TL;DR I am scared, tell me about your wisdom teeth surgeries

^can that be my fan 590 for next week lmao

On that last bulletin, I think it's because GOMHL and SHL are a lot easier than VHL to be successful in. So if you don't start with VHL I find that new members find the workload demanding or excessive.  However, I think it is much more manageable than people realize.  I also think sometimes VHL takes on the feel of an exclusive club.  Some of you have known each other for 10+ years, I've been in VHL for 6, maybe 7?  Like, it's just like coming into a group of friends who have known each other for just as long in real life, it can feel awkward.  Like a brand new member might see an Anderson (sorry punkhippie) joke and be like, what the heck?  But everyone else is cracking up and they have no idea why?  Now the question remains, how do we combat things like these?  I think it starts with a conscious concerted effort by the league to get behind a recruitment drive, and many people have had great suggestions so I'm not going to reinvent the wheel over here, but we need to move on from our old ways.  We need to get discords going, yes it could possibly take away from forum activity, but to that I say, what forum activity?  Discord is the new future of gaming discussion and this is a game.  We need to work on minimizing our PTs, the template thing is a brilliant idea and I am 100% behind that.  More importantly than anything else though is we have to look attractive to the passing member, and I'm not talking about the beautiful site that boubabi just made, I am talking forum discussion about things.  Anything, you guys have to like things, right?  Talk about them.  I mean I am in both SHL and VHL and hold roles in the juniors for both of them.  Yet, when I want to discuss something I go to SHL because I feel more confident in their ability to get a discussion going.  Not just one or two direct responses in a thread, but a discussion.  I am willing to start post whoring again, like I used to, if that's what it takes, but I can't just talk to myself all the time.  So, I will start now, I am going to mosey on over to the discussion forum and post about my wisdom teeth like I did on SHL and hopefully I get some responses, but I can't say I am confident I will and that's a big problem.  These are the reasons I see that seem to be why we can't retain members from other sim leagues or at least the ones that have been communicated to me by people I've talked to about the VHL.

Hey what's up and gimme all your money

1 hour ago, Higgins said:

 

Oslos draft started with a Boner and ended with a release. Throw back to the screaming seamen days.

What city were they from again I always forget

Just now, Fire Hakstol said:

 

I have no idea why the topic posted twice. I posted the other one first by accident, hid it while I edited it, and then unhid it when I finished. Not sure why I ended up with 2 topics.

 

But yes, looking forward to this season in Ottawa.

I thought I was just going crazy, at least I now know that the site was playing games with me.

6 hours ago, TheTruth said:

I guess Ottawa thinks i am bad for the Locker Room 

I wish I could have drafted you <3

Well that was a weird sensation.  Anyways we gon' fuck 'em up this season.

Oslo Storm Draft Review

 

The Oslo Storm entered into the draft last night without a first round pick, a result of the team selling the farm to go all in last season only to lose in the semi-finals.  After the retirement of VHLM Forever, the aging out of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, and the inevitable forced call ups of Jack Shephard and Aackckqz Ky it seemed that the Oslo Storm would be in for a long term rebuild.  After struggling for several hours to acquire more picks in the draft to speed up the rebuild and having every trade fall through general manager Megster decided to stay put and do her best at drafting.  How did she do?  In her own words:

 

“It didn’t quite go how I wanted it to.  I missed out on a lot of good players, but I got a lot of good ones at the same time.  I guess in the end what I wanted was to get more lower round draft picks to foster some of these first generation talents, but it just didn’t work out because I didn’t have much bargaining power.  I am happy but disappointed, I wanted more players on my roster, but I guess that’s just how the cookie crumbles.  We got a lot of great guys though, some very veteran members and some new ones as well.  I just hope we have an active locker room this season, I will be very happy.”

 

So let’s take a look at the draft picks from this draft and see who ended up getting selected to represent the Oslo Storm.

 

8^th Overall – Boner

Position: Defense

Height: 6’3”

Weight: 200 lbs

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Practice Hours: 144

 

Boner is going to be a good, strong, stay at home, hit ‘em hard defenseman.  His top attribute is his checking with an 81 rating.  He also has great defense and strength with a 70 and 75 rating in each respectively.  Boner is also an expert skater which is important for a defenseman even at the VHLM level.  Boner had 0 goals and 6 assists in 8 games at the World Junior Championships.  He managed a +5 and had an astounding 34 hits, as well as 13 blocked shots leading the gold medal winning team Europe in both categories.  Boner is expected to be one of the best defensemen in the VHLM this season, and you better keep your head up when he is on the ice.

 

13^th Overall – Sadio Salah

Position: Right Wing

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 175 lbs

Birthplace: USA

Practice Hours: 66

 

Sadio Salah was selected in the 3^rd round.  His player agent is well known for producing some high quality players dating all the way back to S17.  Salah looks like he is going to be your stereotypical true blue sniper.  His skating and scoring both have ratings of 70 points and his puck handling has a rating of 46.  All the essentials you need to become a great goal scorer in the league.  Salah had 1 goal and 1 assist for 2 points in the World Junior Championships with the bronze medal winning USA.  His hits and shot blocks are also nothing to write home about but Salah did play only 74 minutes in the whole tournament.  With 3^rd line minutes and no special teams time it’s not surprising that Salah lacked production.  Overall Salah is expected to form into a nice sniper in the VHLM.

 

18^th Overall – Michael Roy

Position: G

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 185 LBS

Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada

Practice Hours: 80

 

Michael Roy fell into Megster’s lap at 18 overall in the 4^th round.  The Storm, just like almost every other team in the VHLM this season were in need of a goalie.  Somehow the 4^th best goalie in the league made it to the 4^th round.  Roy plays much like a Tim Thomas, big in his net and very flexible.  Size and agility are Roy’s 2 biggest strengths with both attributes getting a 70 rating.  Roy has also been seen lately working on his rebound control and the attribute has received a 45 rating.  With team Canada’s goalies being so stacked Roy did not see any playing time in the World Junior Championship and one might speculate this is why he slid so far in the draft.  Overall Roy is expected to be a solid starting goalie for the Storm.

 

23^rd Overall – Jabby McFullO’Schmidt

Position: Defense

Height: 6’6”

Weight: 240 lbs

Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada

Practice Hours: 59

 

Jabby McFullO’Schmidt was drafted in the 5^th round, 23^rd overall.  Some might say Megster took the enforcer a little high, but every team needs someone to protect it.  Jabby has put the majority of his practice hours into fighting with a 70 rating.  You can often catch him practice fighting with one of his team mates after everyone has skated off the ice.  Recently though, Jabby has started putting some practice hours into checking and defense with a 50 and 59 rating respectively.  With team Canada at the World Junior Championships Jabby had 1 goal and 1 assists for 2 points as well as a +1.  He also managed 18 hits and 11 shot blocks.  It was a very solid tournament for Jabby.  Overall expect Jabby to slot in on the 2^nd pairing at the beginning of the season and maybe move up to play with Boner if he continues to improve by the end of it.

 

28^th Overall – Ben Green

Position: Left Wing

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 190 lbs

Birthplace: Raleigh, NC USA

Practice Hours: 52

 

Ben Green was drafted in the 6^th round at 28^th overall.  Green had the most practice hours by far of anyone drafted in the 6^th round.  However, he has not practiced in a few days and many are beginning to wonder when, and if he will practice again.  Regardless of whether or not he does practice again, Green has already started to become an all around offensive player.  His most attractive attribute is scoring, with a strong 65 rating.  His passing and skating are also very impressive with a 50 and 52 rating respectively.  Green also has put some practice time into his puck handling and has seen that rating rise to a 45.  Ben Green had a very poor World Junior Championships with team USA.  He scored 0 points and was a -4 with 1 hit and no shot blocks.  He only played 45 minutes but with a stat line like that it’s not very surprising why.  Overall Green is still likely to play the top line left wing spot as no one on the roster could fill that position well besides him.

 

33^rd Overall – Franky Kalashnikova

Position: Defense

Height: 6’8”

Weight: 250 LBS

Birthplace: Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia

Practice Hours: 31

 

Franky Kalashnikova was drafted in the 7^th round at 33^rd overall.  It looks like Oslo is going to be fighting a lot, because Franky has put all of his practice hours into fighting.  Being one huge man, it’s not surprising that Franky isn’t afraid to drop the gloves.  What is surprising is the fact that, that is all that he can do.  Franky had a surprisingly strong World Junior Championships, but not for the reasons you may think.  Franky had 0 goals and 3 assists for 3 points and was a +4.  He also had 14 hits and 9 blocked shots.  Overall, Franky is expected to slot in on the 3^rd pairing and clean up some scrums when needed.  Think of him as a John Erskine type of player.

 

38^th Overall – Ko Kane

Position: Defense

Height: 6’7.2”

Weight: 255 LBS

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Practice Hour: 105

 

In the 8^th round with 38^th overall pick, Megster made a shocking choice.  Clearly it has already back fired as Ko Kane has already asked to be released and was subsequently released by the club.  Megster had this to say on the release of Ko Kane:

 

“It happens, you can’t always get a 105 TPE superstar in the 8^th round so I had to try, right?  I was going to pass from that point on anyways.”

Just now, KGR said:

 

I did it as well but you can take over on that if you want to. I can write something else VHLM related.

I do recall a VHLM section that talked about like top stories in the past, I think I held that position as well right before I went inactive last but I would rather do the other one.

I was specifically going to offer to do a VHLM prospect profile each week.  It would be about a prospect for the upcoming VHL draft that is performing well (in my opinion).  It would give members who don't follow the VHLM a little insight into what's going on with the new players coming into the league.

 

EDIT: It's also a position I did before for several seasons when Ree did the mag 

1 hour ago, KGR said:

I will come back with a section about the VHLM

dang that's what I was going to say

Oslo would like to extend an offer your way of $1 mil.

Plz accept @KGR

Ha that is what my past players looks like too

@Corco @CoachReilly @Molholt @John Scott @bgreene21 @BobertZ

 

Welcome to everyone, like I said in the PM most of you are recreates but some of you are new and if you need any help post in literally any thread or PM me at any time and I will help you as soon as possible.  I'm glad to have you all here even though we probably won't be very competitive this year.  That's okay though!  We will move those of you who want to be in it in the short term and we will prep for next season with those of you who are going to make it 2 seasons in the VHLM.  I'm happy with how we drafted, I wish I could have gotten more picks but only 3 of the GMs showed up and I didn't have much to move out and no one really wanted to move up, but hey it happens.  We will work with what we got.

 

PS. Robbie is going to be in here to hopefully generate some more discussion, if he gets out of line I'll slap him around a little bit though

Sometimes things work out and other times robbie is set on his gimmicks.  It doesn't matter because I was skipping from that point on anyways and thought I would see if we could have another championship run like when Vasquez won the Esposito in S22, but hey if this is the way he wants it, he gets it.

With the 28th Overall pick the Oslo Storm select Ben Green!!! @bgreene21