Quik Interview!

[Prout 373]

a Quik interview! 

Ok so I know last week i touched on loosing interest and overall have not been motivated to do much or create good articles. 

 

I've had these ideas on the shelf for awhile and thankfully i felt like actually doing one and got a hold of Quik! So let’s begin here! 

 

Firstly i want to just say thank you too Quik as he was more then willing to answer any questions i had and really just made this enjoyable for me! For all Those who may not know Quik he is in fact one of the VHL leagues commissioners and really has been a great person for the community and shows good leadership within helping our members for making all of 
ours experience for enjoyable. so again, Thank you Quik as you were just not more then willing it just was fun for me to do and i appreciate it. 

alright so 

Prout 

 " How did you find the VHL? what season did you join?"

 

Quik

 

 " I was a day one member. The two guys who started the league, Scotty and brooks had both run leagues that ran the typical 3-5 season lifespan of sim leagues at the time, using whatever the latest NHL game would’ve been, and I was in both. After their leagues died, there was a few month period where everyone from those leagues just hopped around until they found STHS and started the VHL. We all had high hopes for it, and 14 years later it’s proven us all right. 

Prout 

 

" What's your favorite player you’ve created? "

 

Quik

 

" That’s a pretty tough question, I’ve had a lot of players lol. I think it’s probably a tie between Branden Snelheid and Matt Bailey. They’re my two most successful players, and were just super fun to watch. Mingle is definitely making a case to join them though, just given the team and the way he’s improved. " 

Prout 

 

" What roles within the league have you had? Do you recommend users willing to learn to start as VHLM AGM’s for a start?

 

Quik 

 

" Oh man, I’ve been a grader back when they were a thing, GM twice, BOG member and commish, obviously. I think I may have also written for the magazine at one point in its original run as well as again when Robbie tried to revive it in the 50s, if I recall correctly. Honestly, I wouldn’t say not to do it, but I also don’t think it’s necessary. There’s so many ways to get involved in the league, and I don’t think you need to have an AGM title to do it. Be around, be a part of the community, and you’ll pick up the important things naturally. " 

 

Prout 

 

"  what season was it when you became the commissioner? Do you have any favorite moments since you’ve gotten this current role?" 

 

Quik 

 

"To be honest, I don’t remember the exact timing. There’s an announcement for it, so it’s not too difficult to dig up and find the date and then what season, but I’m gonna be lazy and say late S62 or some time in S63 when I became commish, off the top of my head. It was definitely after I took over Helsinki, which was in S62 lol. I think the first expansion to Moscow is one of my favorite moments since becoming a commissioner. We had just gone through a super dark time in the league, where we retracted two teams and there were discussions of possibly shutting things down. So to be able to expand, fairly soon afterwards, it was just a great feeling to know that the league was starting to grow again. "

Prout 

 

" why do you hate me so much? (The people have spoken and have been wanting to know this for quite some time!)

 

Quik 

 

"  I don’t hate you lol. We’re not buddy buddy or anything, but I don’t think everyone has to be best friends with everyone. End of the day we’re all spending time here for a reason, and wasting time hating people isn’t worth it. "

 

 

( please note this was too political and we still will need to address this at a different time) 

OK back to the interview! 

 

Prout

 

" do you have any regrets as a commissioner on any past decisions you’ve made or have voted upon? "

 

Quik

 

" I’m sure if I could go back there would be some things I might do differently, but I don’t think there’s really anything that I regret. Things might happen, you learn and move on, there’s no good in dwelling on the past in that sense. " 

Prout 

 

" Does Bek rig the sims? We need answers ! " 

(this was intended to just be funny, and i certainly was not taking a shot/ dig here. my intention was to attempt to being funny.... it did not work as seen.) 

 

Quik 

 

" No."

 

Prout

 

"  will there be a replacement as for Beaviss departure? Or will it just be a two commissioner team for now? " 

 

Quik 

 

"  For now it’ll be Bek and me. We’re in constant communication, and if we feel that things start to get too much for the two of us, then we’ll look at the possibility of adding someone else." 

 

Prout 

 

"  what was your opinion on the live sims talk? We’re you upset at how members brought it up? Was this in talks before brought to the discussion thread? " 

 

Quik 

 

" I definitely didn’t love that it came up as an accusation towards Bek. The guy gives a ton of time to the league, and has done so for 14 years, one of the very few who’ve been here for all 77 seasons (he might actually be the only one). In terms of the actual discussion, once it became more about the sims and less about Bek, I was fine with it. We have talked about it before, but we’d always felt that it was a big ask of simmers, especially before a lot of the automation that came with the portal, so it never really got any traction. The league is meant to be a hobby, not anyone’s number one priority in life, and anyone who has a job is a volunteer giving their own free time to the league to make it work and be fun for all its members. " 

 

Prout 

 

"  what’s your take on the leagues change in GM’s lately? Seeing members like Victor, Jubis , etc stepping down is this a “new era” for VHL? " 

 

Quik 

 

"  I think it’s great. I believe we’re in double digits for GMs who joined after S60. We’ve been blessed with some fantastic GMs in this league as it’s grown, in terms of the people, their abilities to build teams, and their dedication to their teams and the league, so jobs have been difficult to come by. But to have so many newer faces starting to take more prominent roles shows that its future is in good hands." 

 

Prout 

 

" how happy are you with seeing the growth in recent seasons of VHL and activity we’ve seen on forums/ discord?" 

 

Quik 

 

"  I mean, it’s hard not to be happy with a growing league. It’s been here for a long time and given several generations of members an abundance of great memories, so to see it not only continue that, but to reach even more is just fantastic to see." 

 

Prout 

 

" Do you ever get tired of being a commissioner? Have you felt burnt out or do you still strive to find motivation to grow and keep the VHL strong?" 

 

Quik 

 

"  think it'd be disingenuous to say that there aren't days that are more stressful than others, but that kind of comes with the territory, and if I ever truly felt burnt out, I think that'd be the time to step back and step down." 

 

 

Prout 

 

" Can we relocate Davos? And have a anti Gustav party? (I seen today in discord your anti Gustav @GustavMattias) do you think ever about bring back old teams instead of creating new ones in expansions from the past or do you feel the new team new look is something that befits that specific team and outlook?" 

 

Quik 

 

" Didn't you see the post last week? They're now the David Dynamo :kekw:. In terms of expansions, there's a few reasons we prefer to go with the new franchise route vs. reviving previous teams.  it's always fun for the GMs to be able to pick their own team's identity and build on that. there's usually a reason why a team was taken out of rotation, and rather than carry on a legacy that includes the bit of dark past of being relocated or removed, it's nice to start fresh with a franchise that doesn't have any skeletons in the closet." 

 

 

And that is a wrap! 

 

Thank you again to Quik for this and taking the time out of his day for doing this and being good about it. I enjoyed this myself and will hope to do other members and get better at asking questions as I felt I didn't do exactly what I wanted here. I also just wanted to start working on something new again so hopefully by next time ill be much better at doing this.

 thanks for reading and again thanks Quik!

 

 

As for these interview(s) I’ll try to get some more of the older members in them/ roled ones. I think it’s important to remember the VHL’s history and events that led us here today. I want to say thank you to Quik again as I sent him a random late night discord message and he was more then willing to help out and answer and was even nice enough to do the order I asked and helped number them for me. Good stand up guy as always and will be looking for more of these in the future and possibly get back into the podcast world. But thanks for reading ! 
 

This was just something quick (ha ha I know funny pun) but I know that my next ones will be better and structured better then this. If I decide to do this/ make a series that’ll be the case but we shall see. Cow if you see this update this and let me interview you maybe. I’m a man of my word and a man so take that.

 

side note this was actually fun to make so I’ll look into a new header to use for future to make it fun/ stand out and all that jazz. 

 

people mentioned 

@Quik  (obviously) 

@GustavMattias

 

Done. 

Edited April 17, 2021 by Prout

[Hoopydog 195]

Great job on this mate. I like that the questions are both informative and also there a couple of more light-hearted ones in there, it gives the interview a nice balance. The piece is also layed out quite well so it's easy to read. Overall, good job!

 

9/10