My recruitment thoughts

[leafsman 207]

I have been in the league for a few years now and I can't exactly remember how I joined the VHL. I think I saw a tweet about the VHL on an EA Sports NHL game thread. I've always loved the be a pro aspect of the game but trying to play a whole career was very time consuming and I'd get bored of my player and the career mode in nhl was lacking compared to other sports games. This lead me to try the VHL out and I don't know what to expect. I wasn't very active in the beginning as I wasn't totally into it but I am glad I stuck with it. As a result of the VHL I have tried some other sin leagues but I feel the VHL is my most enjoyable league. 

 

Here are some of the reasons I love the VHL and can be selling points in the recruitment process. Some of them can apply specifically to certain target audiences. 

 

 

Be a pro sim

I think that this can be a recruitment tool to nhl games. I'm 99% sure thats what brought me into the VHL. In the VHL you really want to see how my player performs and want to win championships, what's the point in playing a sports sim or game of you don't want to win. Although some players may just want to put up numbers and disregard winning. Either way the VHL can try and attract the be a pro type player to create a player and see how he grows. You don't have to be write every week to have a decent career. You can still have a fun career without doing a point task every week if you hate writing or suck at graphics. With my first player I wasn't as active as my current player but he was still able to be a decent player. Playing on an expansion team also helped as that gave him more ice time but I'd be happy as a role player. My advice to new players is that make sure you claim welfare and participate in the then we weeks. That's usually when I write an article as 500 words can be tough but the extra reward is worth it in my eyes 

 

 

The Portal 

I think of the strengths of the league is how great the portal is. I am in the PBE and posting the TPE on a forum thread can be confusing for beginners. It's much easier to make a mistake when you have to type everything manually into the thread and then wait for the weekly updates to happen. I love how in the VHL your player can be updated as soon as your TPE is approved. The portal also makes it much easier to track your players performance over the course of the season. In the PBE it just seems like it takes longer to find things. I am still new there so maybe I just don't know what I am doing yet. 

 

Discord 

Although I'm not that active on discord there is a great community on there. It's also a great way to learn about the league. The best part of the VHL is how every team has a discord channel and that really makes it feel like you're part of a tesm. This is what makes the VHL better than nhl be a pro, there is a great social aspect to having a career.