A Pointless Task

[jacobcarson877 2,724]

This has been the longest that I have gone without GMing in well… years. Ironically, I was way better at managing my time in University than in College. But, College is coming to an end, and once again, it appears as though I will be without gainful employment, so it’s back to planning some VHL projects to fill my itch for analysis and spreadsheets. Thanks to a resurgence and renewed commitment by the entirety of the Board of Governors, we’ve managed to put together some moderately exciting ideas, that while I can’t share, I can say we are at least working on things. Pairing that with the JST hopefully making a triumphant return this offseason, Jacob may be back on the upswing in activity!

 

I’m hoping to be able to take some of the fun things I’ve learned in my Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning program and find some fun new insights about our league, and try to figure out all of the ways to realize that nothing matters.

 

It’s great to see some new and new from the past names floating around the forum, especially after a slower recruitment period over the last few seasons. I’ve tended to lean in opposition of big Youtube drives, based on their lack of fantastic long-term member retention, but considering the work that Recruitment has been doing for more organic and sustainable channels, it’s only fair to let them have a couple big days here and there.

 

With Leandro stepping down from Calgary, it’s got me thinking about GMing again. Wow surprising I know. I thought that with the E being dissolved that the increase of overall players would help drive more engagement in the M, but I really struggled to get new blood in my Locker Room, and spent most of my time in people’s individual DMs reminding people to earn. Between that and vastly underestimating how much College was going to be super inefficient when it comes to time. The league was super grindy, I had a million players to figure out how best to give minutes, and nobody outside of the goaltenders were living up to the expectations we’ve historically had for M players. Overall, it just didn’t hit the spot. Which sucks, because I was really hoping I would be able to get some San Diego level experience.

 

So who knows whether I’ll apply for something again soon. I hope to build some nice sheets and tools to help support me if I ever do, and maybe I’ll just take the AJ avenue and just become a super fantastic AGM for a fantastic visionary of a GM.

 

But either way, I want to get back into doing projects of all kinds, and hopefully the VHL can gain some benefit from that. I hope to get to interact with new, and new old members, and enjoy the back half of Jillian Woods’ career.

 

Speaking of whom, Woods has been fine. Just fine. She looks like she’ll hit 80ish points, which of course is lower than the 100 and some odd she’s done in the past, but also will probably end up being somewhere in the top section of defenders. Moscow has done a fantastic job this season, and obviously the results are coming!

[Spartan 4,953]

16 minutes ago, jacobcarson877 said:

it’s got me thinking about GMing again.