A Struggle

[MubbleFubbles 1,292]

It’s been a bit of a struggle these last few weeks for me in regards to my sim league activity as work has undergone some significant changes that are making it more of a struggle to contribute on here. To make a long story short, our workplace was already actively giving us workloads that they know were unfeasible to complete and now they’ve added even more work onto us. On top of that, they’ve taken away what was my role in the company which has basically meant for the last few months I’ve just been covering different jobs on a weekly basis that I’ve never done before. Luckily it looks like I should have a fixed job again by the end of this month, but basically every time I’ve come onto the site, I’m just completely drained and really struggle to bust out any of my usual material (as you can probably tell by the draft rankings not being done in a while, but I’ve never claimed TPE for that so I don’t think there can be any arguments).

 

Luckily these last few weeks I’ve had multi-claim stuff that I can use for my main point task and, I don’t know if it’s just me, but when I claim a multi-claim media spot or podcast, it feels like I’ve kind of cheated the system as it’s so easy to get the 12 TPE after that. Like last week, I was recording a VHL Radio on the drive home from work, only to remember halfway through I didn’t even need to do it as I’d already capped for the week through job pay, Trivia and press conference. This has meant though that I’ve now overtaken Bo Johansson as the new leader in TPE for the Season 82 Draft Class, but that’s got to be the hollowest victory I’ve ever had given the situation. For those wondering, I’ve tried contacting Shindigs multiple times but received no answer, we do notice they do occasionally visit the site but when they’re online, they aren’t down as visiting anywhere on the online list, so it’s not clear what’s going on.

 

 As for my player, it was another season where The Board Game Clue on Skates didn’t break out in the regular season yet again, which was especially disappointing this season given that I entered the season with the most TPA in the league, but for whatever reason it just didn’t happen. It’s particularly weird because my player performs really well in the playoffs, as I currently have the most playoff points from S85-87 (56 points over 35 games, player page gives eight less points and four less games because of the index problem with the S85 Wildcard round) which if anything is only more frustrating given those performances prove I do have a good player, but those performances just don’t come in the regular season for whatever reason.

 

Also set to leave the VHLE GM role at the end of the playoffs. I’m happy to have been the Vikings GM and was happy to have the opportunity to work with a lot of good people both as players on the team and other GMs/commissioners in the E. I’m hopeful we can turn around our current playoff series and make it to the final but we’ll see what happens. If there’s one thing though, I guess it’s a slight disappointment that, despite the VHLE having issues before I joined it, I feel like I’m leaving my role as a GM in the E after 6+ months with the league in a near-identical state to where it was when I joined it. As Doom pointed out in their recent piece, there’s still no VHLE HOF Portal presence, the rulebook is quite a bit out of date and at times misleading and learning and reviewing the Inactive FA waiver process (which has a lot of questions every season) is currently dependant on finding a discord message from 2021.

[jacobcarson877 2,562]

3 minutes ago, MubbleFubbles said:

I feel like I’m leaving my role as a GM in the E after 6+ months with the league in a near-identical state to where it was when I joined it.

Maybe rulebook-wise, but the influence you've had on the players and the overall vibes of the VHLE can't be overstated.

Hope you find some stability in life, and can continue to find enjoyment here!