The VHL and How it Changed my Life

[Spence King 387]

Well here we are on this Wednesday afternoon April 22^nd 2020 , and in the middle of a global pandemic no one saw coming . Turn the clock back two months, I had been trying to get a GM position in the illustrious FNHL and to my surprise my dreams came true and was offered the GM position of the Colorado Avalanche for the upcoming FNHL season. This is where I met the man , the myth , the legend @Jubo07 as he was the first other GM to reach out to me and give me the most valuable advice and making sure that no one took advantage of my as a new guy and pretty much watched my back like a big brother.

 

Julian later that day introduced me to the idea of the VHL and sent me the link to the site based on my interest in these types of thing, and boy was he ever right. Julian was EXTREMELY patient and thorough with explaining the somewhat overwhelming TPE system when starting and that made things so much easier. I also must give a huge shout out to my GM from my short-lived time in S70 with Mississauga he was right there holding my hand with any questions and getting me earning TPE. Last and definitely not least @DMaximus My GM right now in Philadelphia is honestly the nicest and most genuine person and am always telling myself how fortunate I am to have been drafted to such a well-run organization. The Reapers Discord is always active.

 

Dmax is and has ALWAYS been right on top of things since day one when I received the message from him that congratulating me and inviting me to his impeccable Discord he has set up. The Philadelphia Reapers Discord Dmax has ton bots set up with game results posted instantly and even advanced stats honestly blown away with the detail. The biggest thing Dmax has truly given me is his knowledge and helping me and showing me EVERY possible way to earn the maximum TPE possible each week and always being patient and helpful throughout everything. He has taken me from a late round pick to likely 1^st round pick in the S72 VHL draft. He has provided me invaluable knowledge when allocating my TPE and helping me understand exactly what each attribute and how it will show on ice.

He has really guided me through my player growth this year with amazing advice on putting my TPE into the attributes that most well represent the player I want to be on the ice and most of all rounding out my defensive game. I knew I had the defensive skills. I am finally starting to prove that to the league and other GMs with my shot blocking skills and great stick work and overall positioning and ability to see plays before they unfold and capitalize on that with my offensive talent. (Side Note: I love the reapers D-System)

 

Now back to present day and here i am , only two months into my VHL career , and I am now the GM of Team Asia for the S71 WJC, moved from 3^rd D pairing to averaging almost 25+ minutes a game and 1^st PP and PK, from a late round nobody to a more than likely 1^st round draft choice in S72 VHL Entry Draft. I Spence King AKA Spencer Elsby Sr AKA Spencer Elsby cant  thank these three men and truly the entire VHL community for making this league what it is , the constant activity and keeping users engaged on a daily basis and the media spots , the hype , the twitch streams (hearing my name called during a draft on twitch literally gave me chills) is so amazing and is the reason I am currently on the VHL website and this is my life now and I couldn’t be happier , Thank you to EVERYONE in the VHL community you’re all so amazing and I cant  thank you enough for the effort you all put in to making this experience so much fun. HUGE SHOUTOUT TO @Jubo07 for the surprise graphic  it 

Edited April 22, 2020 by Spence King

[Viper 530]

beautiful

[Spence King 387]

10 minutes ago, Spence King said:

Well here we are on this Wednesday afternoon April 22^nd 2020 , and in the middle of a global pandemic no one saw coming . Turn the clock back two months, I had been trying to get a GM position in the illustrious FNHL and to my surprise my dreams came true and was offered the GM position of the Colorado Avalanche for the upcoming FNHL season. This is where I met the man , the myth , the legend @Jubo07 as he was the first other GM to reach out to me and give me the most valuable advice and making sure that no one took advantage of my as a new guy and pretty much watched my back like a big brother.

 

Julian later that day introduced me to the idea of the VHL and sent me the link to the site based on my interest in these types of thing, and boy was he ever right. Julian was EXTREMELY patient and thorough with explaining the somewhat overwhelming TPE system when starting and that made things so much easier. I also must give a huge shout out to my GM from my short-lived time in S70 with Mississauga he was right there holding my hand with any questions and getting me earning TPE. Last and definitely not least @DMaximus My GM right now in Philadelphia is honestly the nicest and most genuine person and am always telling myself how fortunate I am to have been drafted to such a well-run organization. The Reapers Discord is always active.

 

Dmax is and has ALWAYS been right on top of things since day one when I received the message from him that congratulating me and inviting me to his impeccable Discord he has set up. The Philadelphia Reapers Discord Dmax has ton bots set up with game results posted instantly and even advanced stats honestly blown away with the detail. The biggest thing Dmax has truly given me is his knowledge and helping me and showing me EVERY possible way to earn the maximum TPE possible each week and always being patient and helpful throughout everything. He has taken me from a late round pick to likely 1^st round pick in the S72 VHL draft. He has provided me invaluable knowledge when allocating my TPE and helping me understand exactly what each attribute and how it will show on ice.

He has really guided me through my player growth this year with amazing advice on putting my TPE into the attributes that most well represent the player I want to be on the ice and most of all rounding out my defensive game. I knew I had the defensive skills. I am finally starting to prove that to the league and other GMs with my shot blocking skills and great stick work and overall positioning and ability to see plays before they unfold and capitalize on that with my offensive talent. (Side Note: I love the reapers D-System)

 

Now back to present day and here i am , only two months into my VHL career , and I am now the GM of Team Asia for the S71 WJC, moved from 3^rd D pairing to averaging almost 25+ minutes a game and 1^st PP and PK, from a late round nobody to a more than likely 1^st round draft choice in S72 VHL Entry Draft. I Spence King AKA Spencer Elsby Sr AKA Spencer Elsby cant  thank these three men and truly the entire VHL community for making this league what it is , the constant activity and keeping users engaged on a daily basis and the media spots , the hype , the twitch streams (hearing my name called during a draft on twitch literally gave me chills) is so amazing and is the reason I am currently on the VHL website and this is my life now and I couldn’t be happier , Thank you to EVERYONE in the VHL community you’re all so amazing and I cant  thank you enough for the effort you all put in to making this experience so much fun.

thanks to @Zetterberg for making me this amazing graphic for no reason other than just being a great guy ! Thanks again man you have no idea how much i LOVE it and the team Asia Logo also was done by @Zetterberg as well as the new team World Logo , This guy is KILLING it !! 

 

Edited April 22, 2020 by Spence King

[Acydburn 1,618]

Asia is doing well, we were right to give you a shot  

[Enorama 2,039]

Asia GMs stay GOAT tbh

[Spence King 387]

8 minutes ago, twists said:

Asia is out there killing it man! You were the underdogs and came up big. Glad to call you my fellow WJC GM  

Thanks @twists I really appreciate the  kind words especially coming from you and what you and my other competing WJC GMs have accomplished last week being named AGM to VHL teams , congrats guys , i can only hope to follow in your footsteps , I am luck and so proud to be on a list competing against names on this list , truly honored, Everyone involved with the WJC has been so helpful and great sports. You guys are all great @Spartan @Zyrok @twists @Zetterberg @Acydburn @rjfryman @Josh 

 

[Spartan 4,531]

17 minutes ago, Spence King said:

Thanks @twists I really appreciate the  kind words especially coming from you and what you and my other competing WJC GMs have accomplished last week being named AGM to VHL teams , congrats guys , i can only hope to follow in your footsteps , I am luck and so proud to be on a list competing against names on this list , truly honored, Everyone involved with the WJC has been so helpful and great sports. You guys are all great @Spartan @Zyrok @twists @Zetterberg @Acydburn @rjfryman @Josh 

 

Much respect for you as well Spence. Your time to AGM and GM is imminent, that much is clear. We've got a solid group here for the WJC, and I'm sure we'll take these experiences with us into our VHL futures!

[Spence King 387]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

Much respect for you as well Spence. Your time to AGM and GM is imminent, that much is clear. We've got a solid group here for the WJC, and I'm sure we'll take these experiences with us into our VHL futures!

Hoping one day Alex Letang and Spencer Elsby might end up D partners at some point during there careers  That would be scary forsure

 

[Baozi 1,662]

I love this. Love how you're putting your feeling into this and more important love how people are making you feel comfortable here and you're having fun.  Keep it up!

 

Now as far as making this better? You have good formatting and the flow is fairly easy to read. Your comma preference is a bit different than mine but its consistent so that's usually fine as well. The only thing I'd really just say could make this better would be adding color/graphics into this. Now given the content I'm not sure you can merely google stuff to fit this entirely, but just to keep in mind for future posts that some different italics or underlining colors or even a picture would easy the reading.

 

Other than I hope you continue to progress and most importantly have fun.

 

8/10

[Zyrok 173]

14 hours ago, Spence King said:

Thanks @twists I really appreciate the  kind words especially coming from you and what you and my other competing WJC GMs have accomplished last week being named AGM to VHL teams , congrats guys , i can only hope to follow in your footsteps , I am luck and so proud to be on a list competing against names on this list , truly honored, Everyone involved with the WJC has been so helpful and great sports. You guys are all great @Spartan @Zyrok @twists @Zetterberg @Acydburn @rjfryman @Josh 

 

Thanks for the kind words man! You're great too, you and all the mentioned above have made this WJC memorable for me, thanks bros