What I Want To Do in the VHL in 2025

[Gustav 6,474]

I had a cooler media spot thought up, but it's Sunday night and I don't really care to do all that right now. So, I'd like to bring the community's attention to the fact that the year is almost over. 2024 was a cool year, I think--after all, I recreated, we killed the E, and I finally got inducted as a Hall of Fame builder after a little bit of being FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY on the grounds that I haven't disappeared from the league yet. On the surface, that argument is usually brought up as "OK, well, [inactive member] has done everything and can be summarized in a portal article, but [active member]'s induction may end up not recognizing things that haven't happened yet." I, however, prefer to think of that as an unwritten rule that we're supposed to avoid being happy for people that will see it, lest they start ego-stroking (or something of that sort).

 

Anyway, the year is almost over. Assuming that I won't disappear in 2025, what would I like to do around the league?

 

• Bridge the gap between recruitment and the VHLM: it's not a secret that Recruitment has had some trouble lately with hiring people. In a league that depends on people to keep itself going, that's pretty shocking! Aside from pushing you to go join the team (which I'm doing here; go do it), I think that there are solutions that don't involve trying to motivate people in that direction when it clearly isn't working. I think that the VHLM, with its greater need for steady inflow inherently motivating some level of interest in maintaining it, could serve some purpose in cases where Recruitment is a bit short-staffed or wants some extra stuff done around the league.

 

• I think I'll be recreating again. I think I'll end up finishing Holmes' career in 2025 (though it might take most of the year or even all of it), at which point I want to think I'll be good for another round. The timeline of all that might put me in a really busy spot in real life, but who knows? It doesn't take all that much time to keep up with this place, after all--the bigger question is whether I still want to run the VHLM at that point. But who knows about that, either--time will tell and I'll leave the role whenever I feel like I can't serve it well anymore.

 

• Make a better effort on Discord: I feel like I used to know and love everyone who bothered to show their face around the league, but I'm not really at that point anymore. I think it's possible to improve in this regard and get back into meeting people and having conversations without it turning into a giant waste of days of my life like it once was.

 

• Make Town of Salem great again: I still love Town of Salem! I've got a couple issues that have come up lately that mostly have to do with limited sign-ups and quieter threads than there used to be. I think that if we can get our player numbers back up to 20-ish instead of 15-ish, we'll naturally have a much more fun game because there will just be more people to talk and more questions to be answered. If you see my threads, join them! It's still a very fun time and I think it's possible to bring it back to its former glory.

 

• Leave a new mark on forum content. It's no secret that I pride myself on writing things worth reading. In the past, I've dabbled in mock drafts, I've written articles projecting trades for every team, I've spent 13,000+ words on one media spot about league history, and this past year I put out my most ambitious work ever in the entire (and complete!) Gustav 30 in 30 series. Outdoing Gustav 30 in 30 is something that I am not in any mood to attempt, but I think that the well has certainly not run dry and that I'll continue to be very much worth reading over the next trip around the sun. I just have to come up with ideas for what I'm writing about.

 

 

That's all for me, and now it's time for me to retreat back into late-night binge-watching. What would you like to see me do in 2025?

[Daniel Janser 2,217]

4 hours ago, Gustav said:

after all--the bigger question is whether I still want to run the VHLM at that point.

 

4 hours ago, Gustav said:

I finally got inducted as a Hall of Fame builder after a little bit of being FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY on the grounds that I haven't disappeared from the league yet.

Hmm, dude gets introduced as a Builder, immediately considers dropping the last of the related jobs who got him the HOF nod... 

 

[Victor 11,037]

1 hour ago, Daniel Janser said:

 

Hmm, dude gets introduced as a Builder, immediately considers dropping the last of the related jobs who got him the HOF nod... 

 

A self fulfilling prophecy 

 

You can run from your Builder fate but you can not hide