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tbh I didn't even really think of this when it looked like Hyvarinen would win, but the league voting for someone who won't make the All-Star Game isn't actually that farfetched considering there are more captains than All-Star spots, plus then all the non-captains who will make the ASG.

I always did prefer Pepsi. loljk I didn't drink any of those nasty colas

Marquis Hyvarinen in the All-Star Game? The new All-Star Game format in the VHL is a welcome, yet relatively insignificant, change. Rather than holding the game after the conclusion of the Continental Cup Finals, it has been changed to a mid-season contest. In fact, this type of brief respite during the season is more aligned with the original intent for the exhibition match. It was due to logistical issues that the original All-Star Game occurred during the off-season, and after that it just stuck that way for 46 seasons. The format has also changed from "North America vs Europe" to a battle of captains. The participants of the game are selected, and that pool is divided into teams by two captains. For the first iteration of new design, the captains, Phil and Jeff Hamilton, were selected behind closed doors due to time constraints; for Season 48 and beyond, the captains will be selected by a public poll. With the Season 48 All-Star Game approaching, we have gotten more of a look at what this poll entails. Although it is no longer a battle of conferences, there will be one captain from each conference, decided by two separate polls. Further, the eligible players for these polls are going to be the captains and alternates from all teams, with the apparent exception of anyone who has already captained an All-Star team. (This is an assumption based on the fact that the Phil and Jeff Hamilton were not on the polls; it is also possible that this could mean there will be no consecutive captains, making the Hamiltons eligible again next season.) Please ignore the obvious fact that this is a poor visual representation of the Hamiltons. Although we did manage to avoid a Cleganebowl, the results of the first set of votes do raise an interesting question. What if a player undeserving of making the All-Star Game is voted as captain? This is what happened with the North American representative, as Wranglers captain Marquis Hyvarinen was elected to lead a team. (Over in Europe, a much-deserving Lord Karnage was voted to captain the other team.) Hyvarinen being voted in this way could result in a more deserving player missing out on the game, but this is not necessarily the case. While the Hamiltons may have been automatically placed on their respective teams last season, they had both earned their spots in the game. It is not yet known what will be done with Hyvarinen this season, or any potential All-Star captains who would otherwise not make the cut. It's very possible that the higher-ups didn't plan for something like this. This is definitely Marquis Hyvarinen though. The solution shouldn't be too difficult to make. If they decide to allow Hyvarinen to take someone else's spot in the game, then that's that and the draft will run the same as last season (with the exception of one captain selecting too many forwards). If we simply want to allow Hyvarinen to be captain but not actually play in the game, we just need to add a 25th pick to the draft so he can pick his last defenseman. Personally, I think this is the better solution; let Hyvarinen lead the team, but don't recognize him as the All-Star he isn't. But I'll leave you with a better question: why do we have six All-Star goalies?

Certainly this can't mean Hyvarinen will actually be an All-Star...

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The first of many

Alright, now you are the team that beat me

Hey, I haven't lost to anyone yet!

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Saskytoon more like sucksytoonshitteam

i wil kiss all u silly boiz @stevo @funnymunk

haha jk had you fooled of course I know this game was already simmed

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Compare and contrast Sachimo Zoidberg and Simon Valmount. Which player of yours did you enjoy the most? Let's travel to a pretend world where you've created Phil Gerrard, but instead of being active from the get-go, you forget about the VHL for a while and are drafted with 0 TPE. You then return to the league after being drafted as a nobody in the third round. Do you retire and recreate, or do you just go with it, knowing that it puts you at a disadvantage in the grand scheme of your career? In this scenario, let's pretend David doesn't exist (ie you have no connections in the VHL). Who is someone you've never played on a team with, but would like to in the future? (I swear I didn't write this question thinking "hey maybe he'll say me!") How many questions unrelated to myself do I have to ask before earning the right to ask one about myself? Assuming I've asked enough, what do you think of the high expectations I have for my new player? (I would like to note that the linked post was mostly in jest, however you should treat this question as though it wasn't!)

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Yeah that can be a pain. It's the main reason why I went back to 8.1 for a while before giving 10 a second chance. It doesn't really bother me much anymore since it doesn't happen too often and I just have to restart my computer to "fix" it. But I don't actually know if my issue is the same you had. I didn't get the "critical error" message anymore when I went back to 10. The start menu just, from time to time, stopped working without any sort of message. And the first time I used it, I don't think restarting my computer solved the problem.

Ayyy wtf m8 why not make the doubles week be the same week of the All-Star Game so the S50 draftees ca-- You beautiful man.

Guys if you post this on a day like today people are just going to think it's a prank.

Update on this: 12 rookies have played this season, which means we did have a 1000th player. And the last of the rookies to play in a game this season was Jakab Holik, making him the 1000th VHL player (sort of)! :party: