Yann Rock

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    Yann Rock reacted to Paul T in Season 8 GHL Power Rankings   
    As of Day 6
     
    EASTERN CONFERENCE

     
    WESTERN CONFERENCE

     
    Top 5 Offensive teams:
    1. Red Tide
    2. Dragons
    3. Natives
    4. Rage
    5. Battlin Bears
     
    Top 5 Defensive teams:
    1. Natives
    2. Dragons
    3. Yale Men
    4. Red Tide
    5. Trojans
     
    Top 5 Goalie tandems:
    1. Pegasus
    2. Bulldogs
    3. Doom
    4. Plastic Attack
    5. Outlaws
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Paul T in Cage trash talk   
    can’t buy a win this season. I expect to at least make the playoffs with my current roster. My guys can’t score to save their lives. Hoping for a better second half this season. Oh well! I will be extatique when my team starts winning more games.
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Gammgubben in Cage trash talk   
    Decided to bring the Rome Trojans back to life. Glad to see some of the people from the old Biscuit days here
    I hope my team ends up faring a little better than the original Rome Trojans  
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from rainsilent in Cage trash talk   
    Decided to bring the Rome Trojans back to life. Glad to see some of the people from the old Biscuit days here
    I hope my team ends up faring a little better than the original Rome Trojans  
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Paul T in Cage trash talk   
    Decided to bring the Rome Trojans back to life. Glad to see some of the people from the old Biscuit days here
    I hope my team ends up faring a little better than the original Rome Trojans  
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    Yann Rock reacted to Paul T in Biscuit Map   
    I started looking into team/city locations out of curiosity.  Being a visual guy who digs graphics, I decided to pull a map together.  Below is a map of all GHL teams.    If I get more free time I may do SHL/BHL.  Enjoy.
     

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    Yann Rock reacted to EXXEO in S11   
    Yeah, I haven't had a goalie injury in a long time. I did get a guy that had a concussion down in the affiliate team this season though. I haven't been monitoring my affiliate team fitness well though so for all I know that Goalie could have passed out from exhaustion mid-game and hit his head on the crossbar!
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    Yann Rock reacted to Steve in GHL S11 power rankings   
    I think I will just lie low until game 35 again.  It almost worked last season as I was the only team to beat the Champs in a Playoff game!  Another goal in Game 3 and who knows what could have happened!?!? 
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Steve in GHL S11 power rankings   
    Well that's a bit of a drop for us this season. Hoping to challenge for a playoff spot, but I'll consider this a good season if I avoid the relegation zone.
     
    Best of luck to everyone this season.
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from HurjaHerra in GHL S11 power rankings   
    Well that's a bit of a drop for us this season. Hoping to challenge for a playoff spot, but I'll consider this a good season if I avoid the relegation zone.
     
    Best of luck to everyone this season.
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    Yann Rock reacted to Erzac in GHL S11 power rankings   
    1. West Chicago Protons (Richard "bouncer" Feynman)
    OFF: 89 DEF: 92 SG: 91 OVR: 90,6
     
    2. Harrisonville Sabercats (Hurja "Hurjaherra" Herra)
    OFF: 88 DEF: 90 SG: 93 OVR: 89,2
     
    3. Deadwood Vandals (Kim "koekefix" Vandaele)
    OFF: 88 DEF: 89 SG: 96 OVR: 89,1
     
    4. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard "rainsilent" Armour)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 94 OVR: 88,6
     
    5. Canmore Grizzlies (Matt "themattinthehat" Muffett)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 92 OVR: 88,3
     
    6. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Anthony "Pingu" Grauwels)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 95 OVR: 88,1
     
    7. Portland Oilers (Xavier "xZhou" Zhou)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 91 OVR: 88,0
     
    8. Richford Rebels (Jusu Manager)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 90 SG: 90 OVR: 88,0
     
    9. Eldred Elite (Steven "sbb11578" Bennett)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 93 OVR: 87,9
     
    10. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 88 OVR: 87,8
     
    11. Pascoag White Ice (Nicolas Senet)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 87,5
     
    12. Oshawa Dynasty Heroes (Kris "Euph" Zenatik)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 87 OVR: 87,1
     
    13. Violet Volcano (Soupy Salez)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,1
     
    14. York Wolf Pack (Jiri "jiihee" Heikkala)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 86,8
     
    15. Buckingham Breakouts (Jussi "jusatin" Ahonen)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 86 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
     
    16. Pinehurst Miners (Phoenix "phoenixtf" TF)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 86 SG: 91 OVR: 85,9
     
     
    Calculated on day 5 of S11, using:
     
    Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF x 2) + (SG x 2))/26
     
    where
    OFF = Combined overall of 12 best centers/forwards
    DEF = Combined overall of 6 best defenders
    SG = Overall of starting goalie (best overall goalie in team)
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    Yann Rock reacted to rainsilent in I just gotta love this new affiliate system.   
    Waivers. Anybody sent to an affiliate above say 25 goes to waivers. Anybody of the same league or below interested sends in a claim. The team highest in the claim order gets the player. Very simple and straightforward.
     
     
     
    Therein lies the problem. They have to make an offer. Knowing your trading tendencies your going to want something more than a throwaway contract. Not saying that you wouldn't make a deal like that happen more that others may be doing it to try to force trades for players. You know. Gather enough players to try to force a trade or get all the quality players and then try to work deals with lower teams. It is only a bad thing to have a high league team signing all of the quality players for lower leagues no matter if they try to trade them down or not. There is no reason that a SHL team should not be able to send a waiver claim for Baroni on my team, Sharp on yours or one of the many on Pegasus who seemingly can't offer enough contracts to FAs. Nobody should be able to collect players above a certain age (again say 24 or 25) and then without care send them to their affiliates without them going through waivers.
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    Yann Rock reacted to jusatin in Prospect won't sign   
    So what your telling me is there is a quality prospect in FA in few days?
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    Yann Rock reacted to Wingedbeaver in Prospect won't sign   
    It happens. Offer the contract again. When this happened to me the player took the contract the second time I offered it.
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    Yann Rock reacted to GamePlanHockey in Pre release v1.3.0 - Affiliate teams   
    A pre release of the affiliate teams feature has been made on the UAT today! Check below for more info. Please report back any bugs to this topic (not the bugs section). Have fun!
     The pre release contains the followingAffiliate leagues AAHL, AAHL 2 and AAHL 3 (new) Create up to two affiliate teams. Affiliate team levels Professional, SemiProfessional or Amateur. (Eligible levels depend on your team level) Affiliate teams will be using the same tactics as your own team. Assign and recall players to your affiliates. Only players with two way contracts (not having the one way contract clause) may be assigned. Salary cap impact. Assigned player’s salary will only count as a tenth against your team’s salary cap when assigned. New user setting on how to display assigned players on your roster. Assignments and recalls generates transaction logs  Other improvements and bug fixesThe previous AMHL and AMHL 2 (American Minor Hockey Leagues) has been renamed to USMHL (United States Minor Hockey League) to not be mixed up with the AAHL leagues. Simulator improvements to fix the delayed simulation problems.  How to get going with affiliate teamsCreate and view affiliate teams by using the Action menu on your team page Assign/Recall players by using the Action menu on that player’s page
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Erzac in GHL s10 power rankings.   
    Awesome! Thank you for this
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    Yann Rock reacted to Erzac in GHL s10 power rankings.   
    To combat some Monday boredom, I went ahead and calculated some average overall stats from GHL teams. Overall doesn't of course paint the full picture of a player's capabilities, and thus is only a vague approximation of what a team can do, but it's the only easily available number for comparison.
     
    Team overalls here are comprised of the average of a team's best 18 skaters (12 centers/forwards, 6 defenders) and the starting goalie. OFF/DEF come from the same players, but are simply rounded up/down to the closest full number for clarity. SG is simply the assumed starting goalie (best overall). Calculations made on day 5 of S10.
     
    Here are the numbers - teams are in order starting from best OVR.
     
    1.  West Chicago Protons (GM: Richard Feynman - bouncer)
    OFF: 89 DEF: 91 SG: 95 OVR: 89,5
     
    2.  Deadwood Vandals (GM: Kim Vandaele - koekefix)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 89 SG: 96 OVR: 88,4
     
    3.  Harrisonville Sabercats (GM: Hurja Herra)
    OFF: 88 DEF: 89 SG: 88 OVR: 87,6
     
    4.  Rome Trojans (GM: Yann Rock)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 87,5
     
    5.  Cedar Rapids Minutemen (GM: Richard Armour)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 93 OVR: 87,1
     
    6.  Eldred Elite (GM: Steven Bennett)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 93 OVR: 87,0
     
    7.  Canmore Grizzlies (GM: Matt Muffett - themattinthehat)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 87 SG: 91 OVR: 86,9
     
    8.  Moapa Valley Gothic Knights (GM: David Chaw - FTW)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 90 OVR: 86,9
     
    9.  Richford Rebels (GM: Jusu Manager)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 89 OVR: 86,9
     
    10. St.Thomas Stray Cats (GM: Erzac Ray - Erzac)
    OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 90 OVR: 86,8
     
    11. Portland Oilers (GM: Xavier Zhou - xZhou)
    OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 86,6
     
    12. York Wolf Pack (GM: Jiri Heikkala)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 87 SG: 93 OVR: 86,2
     
    13. Violet Volcano (GM: Soupy Salez)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 88 SG: 92 OVR: 86,1
     
    14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (GM: Anthony Grauwels - Pingu)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 86 SG: 89 OVR: 85,5
     
    15. Oshawa Dynasty Heroes (GM: Kris Zenatik - Euph)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 85 SG: 86 OVR: 84,7
     
    16. Collegeville Rhinos (BOT)
    OFF: 85 DEF: 82 SG: 90 OVR: 84,4
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from Steve in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    I've always had very good goaltenders, skill wise, but they always seem to let me down when I need them the most. I switched goalies last season and this one is even worse
     
    At least I'm still in a playoff spot in the GHL, so yeah it could be worse. Just a little frustrated that my goalie is killing my season so far considering I thought I was going to improve from last season.
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from HurjaHerra in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    I've always had very good goaltenders, skill wise, but they always seem to let me down when I need them the most. I switched goalies last season and this one is even worse
     
    At least I'm still in a playoff spot in the GHL, so yeah it could be worse. Just a little frustrated that my goalie is killing my season so far considering I thought I was going to improve from last season.
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    Yann Rock reacted to Wingedbeaver in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    Yann Rock- interesting comments. I've read a lot of complaints that there were too many great goaltenders available in the drafts. To those of us working our way up from the bottom that always sounded like rich man problems, since it is very hard to find a quality goalie in the lower ranks. I'm sorry it's an issue for you but it's comforting to hear that teams higher up have some similiar struggles!
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from bouncer in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    The answer would be a polite laugh
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from HurjaHerra in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    The answer would be a polite laugh
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    Yann Rock reacted to bouncer in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    FTW: Well, you basically answered your question:
    "also because I need to clear some Cap Salary..."
     
    This problem is not that you paid much (it was only quantity for quality), but that you got superstar (number 2 forward in this whole game world) for players that are basically useless for you, but nicely lowered your salary (exactly as you needed). I pushed the button and as this was clear to me, I did not wanted to ask you - no answer from you would change what I think about the trade, it would be lost time for both sides. 
    Try to get similar trade for Chovanec - you will see the answer from Trojans. Might be laugh, might be polite no, but clearly NO. Unfortunately, the CPU takes quantity for quality if this is better in the trade meter. That is why any trade with CPU, where many players for few, means very suspicious trade.
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    Yann Rock reacted to Steve in The Salty Thread - Group Therapy   
    I got reported yesterday (two days ago/Tuesday night EST), which was odd since the only trade I did was with Kim (Vandals, he twisted my arm, haha) which was pretty even up.  Personally, I would rather just have someone message me if they felt I was doing something wrong and hell, maybe offer me a more fair trade, or explain why they feel I am cheating.  
     
    I do find that our self policing mostly works, but there are times when it just makes sense to do a "bad trade".  For instance, my goaltending situation has hardly improved in the past 2-3 seasons for despite my best faith in my guys, find myself wanting to find an out.  If I am willing to sweeten the deal to get a deal through, neither I nor the recipient should be blamed.  I realize this is different than some of the matters discussed above by Rich, but perhaps we need to start naming names to give people a chance (both parties and jury members) to explain why they believe it is or isn't an unfair trade.  I have seen that blow up here, most notably with SHL teams and certain team hopping managers, but to get an email from the system accusing me of cheating and/or my account locked for just making an offer, feels a lot like being "guilty until proven innocent."  We're all adults here and if you can't defend your trade, even if lopsided, then we probably don't want you in Biscuit anyways.  
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    Yann Rock got a reaction from koekefix in Biscuit Abuse   
    It does takes some of the fun out of it, doesn't it? The playoffs are always entertaining because it can go either way, but yeah there's usually no contest for the league lead most seasons