dekedangle_rpfanon | #26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

#26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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I'm sure they will add more younger players. What I don't think is that different people will be in charge of the team or claim to have changed their philosophy.

I love his profile pic!

I love this.

"Phil Kessel has tweeted 3 times this year. One of them was him raising the Cup, one of them ruining USA Hockey. Outstanding shooting %."

I don't just mean adding younger players though- the philosophy they have in terms of their development program is far beyond just #grit or whatever, and that makes me think that at least some people that work for them are going to be displeased with the team/personnel chosen for this tourney. USA hockey isn't some kind of truculence monolith, in other words.

People on my TL are literally acting like she's defrauding people.

The ADM emphasizes skill and athleticism, and also not focusing on specializing too early. And the NTDP takes a lot of small, skilled kids - there's someone on the U17s who's 5'3", for example.

She is terrible at this, though. These posts have said it better than I can, look at this shit

http://softersorrow.tumblr.com/post/146657223995/i-knew-n-was-making-money-from-patreon-and-stuff/mobile

http://softersorrow.tumblr.com/post/150506607650/mobile

http://pegginseguin.tumblr.com/post/150623278271/mobile

The Blueliners thing is soooo shady, too. Way to be obvious. That artist has more talent in her pinky than ngozi has in her whole body so of course she had to kneecap the competition. So embarrassing.

She is making six. figures. on something that is supposed to be her full time job. If I made that much money and couldn't offer a regular and timely product, I would be fired.

DA

Finally, a hockey player that isn't taller than me!

DA

Kind of funny to think that if they kept Poile from Sochi they might have gotten that philosophy change, at least based on how he's built the Preds since then.

That artist has more talent in her pinky than ngozi has in her whole body

Hm.

I'm really excited for Blueliners!

It's not a very high bar, to be fair. The Blueliners artist doesn't seem to draw a small child falling in love with a grown ass man for example.

Holy balls.

Also. Can someone explain what Blueliners is?? I'm old.

http://bluelinerscomic.tumblr.com/

Okay, as someone who has no intention of contributing to her Kickstarter or Patreon, some of these complaints are definite issues and some I'm kind of 'hm' about.

The shirts thing seemed to be an issue with the printing company. That happens. Same with the page missing from the book. However, she has no excuse not to keep people posted, especially since I'm sure backers would understand some of that is out of her control.

No one is forcing people to donate to Patreon. If people are dissatisfied with what they're getting, they can stop their monthly payment. She can't be fired from Patreon, but people can choose not to pay her so she is not making money from it. I don't know what backer perks there are, since I'm not a patron, but there do seem to be some.

The Kickstarter is for the second volume. You... need startup money to do that? To print books? I read through all of her Kickstarter info, and it's to buy books. It's not to fund the comic, it's to buy a book.

If people want to buy the book, that's their prerogative. Over a thousand people do, and it's their money. Hopefully they're aware of the entire situation before they spend, but that's about as far as I'm willing to go.

Sorry. I asked the wrong question. Can someone explain the Blueliners drama please?? I have only seen veiled references to it.

DK hired Seth of Empty Netters fame. I'm going to end up subscribing at this rate.

Eh, I think Bitty's character design says more about her taste than her talent. I never really got into CP, but its style appeals to me much, much more than what I've seen of Blueliners so far. But art is, like, The Most Subjective, so difference in mileage is to be expected.

I gotta say nonny I must be blind because the art for Check Please and Blueliners looks kinda the same to me. Like if you told me the same artist drew them both I would believe you.

Cannot lie. If I were a GM and had players on team USA. I'd be pulling their asses back a la Ekblad right the fuck now. Ryan Suter has a hangnail and Zach Parise stubbed his toe. Please return to MN ASAP.

(Before we have the conversation. I'm not diminishing Ekblad's injury. Only saying that the means to recall players has been established. Get on it.)

They're in the same general 'family' of styles, but the polishing is different.

C!N

If enough people are willing to either play two leagues, with the understanding that one is aimed toward being a keeper league next year, or, simply, enough people are committed to playing again next year so that one of the two leagues remaining is dedicated to players who want to participate in a keeper league next year, we could certainly do that.

My primary issue is that I still have not heard from a great many people. As it stands now, based on the people I've definitely heard from--both new and returning--we have enough for one 10-team league and one 8-team league. There are still 11 GMs from last year who have not weighed in (though, there is one I have spoken with privately who is likely out). That's a pretty big attrition rate. While it's entirely understandable--tastes change, hockey can be challenging to love sometimes, RL issues/time contraints interfere, etc.--it makes it harder to count on having a league to keep anything in at all. While a team can be kept alive and a new GM can take it over next year, a new GM would need to be willing to do that.

Please understand, I'm not trying to be discouraging at all! I am totally up for running a third league with an eye to future keeperism. I just want anyone considering it to think about all the aspects of making it work. We clearly have two GMs who are into the idea, and I'm happy to participate (as I said, I've never done the keeper thing before). We just need at least 3 (with a strong preference for at least 5) more willing souls. ;)

Do they still have to play the last group stage game even though it literally can't change anything for either team? Ouch, that's rough.

The style is super similar but I think Check Please is more detailed

I think you're picturing something way too formal. I don't think there's a hierarchical org chart for these events that says who has the final say. I'd guess it was more like the Panthers said, "we'd prefer to check him out ourselves, and also, you don't need him" and Team North America didn't really care if he stuck around and cheered from the press box or flew back to Florida.

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