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    Jack Reacher reacted to GamePlanHockey in [SOLVED] Game World Paused   
    World is up and running again.
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    Jack Reacher reacted to thanos023 in [SOLVED] Game World Paused   
    Thank you sir, you are a scholar and a saint!
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    Jack Reacher reacted to GamePlanHockey in [SOLVED] Game World Paused   
    The restore of Howitzer is now finished. Games on day 21 have to be replayed. Sorry for the delay.
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    Jack Reacher reacted to GamePlanHockey in [SOLVED] Game World Paused   
    Unfortunately, the Howitzer database is not responding at all. It must have gone corrupt in when the power was lost at hosting. I will restore a new database from the day before. Sorry about this.
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    Jack Reacher reacted to Wick Schozen in GHL Manager Poll - Season 23   
    Player Awards:
     
    Top Forward: Pasi Eskola - Forest Park Lumberjacks (4)
    The leagues leading point scorer with 62 points takes out this seasons top forward award. Eskola with four votes beat out last years winner of the award Alexandr Gavrikov who came in second with two votes. Season 23 saw Pasi Eskola set a new career high in both goals and points. An achievement even more impressive when done on a non-playoff team.
     
    Top Defensemen: Pedar Andreasen - Burnside Bombers (5)
    Pedar Andreasen was the talk of the year for the first half of the season. Andreasen’s breakout year had him lead all defensemen in points and finish 6th in overall league scoring. With five votes Andreasen takes home the top defensemen award handedly over last years recipient Dalibor Kosegi who finished with two votes. 
     
    Top Goaltender: Thor Landstrom - Stony Brook Steel (5)
    There’s no split decision this year. After sharing the award in season 22 Thor Landstrom wins the Top Goaltender award for the second straight season. Landstrom's save percentage of .929 was second in the league even with the second largest workload of any goaltender playing 2674 minutes. This is also while receiving the fifth most shots against, there is no doubting that Landstrom had his work cut out for him to retain Top Goaltender.
     
    Most Outstanding Player: Pedar Andreasen - Burnside Bombers (5)
    Along with receiving Top Defensemen honours, Pedar Andreasen was voted the Most Outstanding Player of Season 23.  One of three new categories to the ballot this year, Andreasen is crowned with the most impressive performance of all players for this year. The hulking 6’7 defender, taken outside of the top 10 at 11th overall at the season 18 draft has developed in a game breaker for the Burnside Bombers. Spending most of the year leading all players in points, it wasn’t until the last quarter of the season that forwards were able to catch up to his production. 
     
    Most Desirable Player To Build A Team Around: Anir Vigneault - Newcastle Fighters (3)
    Goaltender Anir Vigneault takes out the Cornerstone Award for season 23, narrowly edging out the emerging star center Filips Birznieks. Vigneault, 24 years old, has consistently finished in the top 5 for save percentage since entering the league in season 17. Finishing 5th in save percentage this season and having the leagues best save percentage in Season 20, Vigneault’s size, age and intangibles endeared him to voters this  season.  
     
    Best Under 21: Artem Belyakov - Pittsboro Predators (3)
    Artem Belyakov is the first recipient of the Best Under 21 award. With the intent of highlighting the top up and coming player the first overall pick from the Season 20 draft helped guide the Pittsboro Predators to their second consecutive appearance in the GHL playoffs posting 36 points from the blueline. While this is his last year of eligibility of the award his previous performances of 40 points as an 18 year old and 35 at 19 years of age could have seen him sweep this award since his debut into the league. Belyakov with have to settle with being the inaugural recipient of the award before he ages out of contention. 
     
    First Overall Consensus of Previous Draft: Dylan Diop - Goderich Goblins (6)
    There was little deliberation with who the top choice of last season draft was. Dylan Diop who was selected first overall retains that opinion at the end of his first season in the league. The 18 year old centerman transitioned into the GHL well putting up 28 points. At 6’4 and displaying maturity beyond his years Diop looks like the real deal as he looks to be the cornerstone of the Goderich Goblins who narrowly missed the playoffs this year in only their second season in the GHL.
     
     
    Manager Opinions:
     
    Most Important Position: Goaltender (4)
    Goaltending is still the most valued position by the GHL managers receiving the highest number of votes for the second straight season. Only one team got into the playoffs without a goaltender ranked in the top 8 for save percentage and the play of Daniel Crapper almost propelling Goderich into the playoffs, there is a clear correlation between team success and the performance of their goaltender.
     
    What Team Will Win The Most Cups Over The Next 10 Seasons? Stony Brook (4)
    Stony Brook again is considered to be the best contending team for the next 10 Seasons. Stony Brook is chasing down their third consecutive GHL cup and fourth in five seasons. Unless Stony Brooks is hit with a flood, the GHL cup doesn’t look to be in any hurry to leave the grips of that town.
     
    What Team Will Need To Rebuild In The Next 5 Seasons? Burnside (3)
    The Burnside Bombers have enjoyed at healthy run in the GHL with either a 4th or 5th place finish for the last seven seasons. The voting managers in the GHL believe that health is on it’s last legs as Burnside is this years recipient of the rebuild kiss of death. Last years ‘winner’ Palm Harbor Legends saw there team regress this season to an 8th place finish, just narrowly holding onto a playoff spot.
     
    What Team Do You Not Want To Meet In The Playoffs? Stony Brook (6)
    It’s no surprise if your considered to be the most dominant team for the next decade you’ll be the most feared in the playoffs. Stony Brook received almost a unanimous decision for the second straight season. This comes on the eve of just stamping their ticket to the second round after defeating Palm Harbor in games one and two of the first round. Regardless of the regular season workload, Landstrom will likely gets lots of opportunities to familiarise himself with the bench in meaningless game three during the playoffs.
     
    Are You Satisfied With The Current Playoff Format? No (6)
    A new question presented to the managers this year and dissatisfaction with the current playoff format was almost a unanimous decision. Ranging from a desire for an extended series to wanting meaningless games eliminated after qualifying for the next round, a playoff reform looks to be a hot topic moving forward. 
     
     
     
     
    Thank you to all managers that participated in the second annual GHL managers poll. We saw submissions from a couple new faces this season but failed to receive ballots from returning managers, we’ll place the blame on the postal service and hope for more engagement next season. Best of luck to the teams in the playoffs and all teams in their preparations for next season. 
     
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    Jack Reacher reacted to Gator Raid in Communication (in GHL)   
    If it does go away, it will be once playoffs start and you receive the “reminder: expiring contracts” message. Sometimes for bubble teams (though I don’t consider you one any more so this shouldn’t be a problem) they will refuse to negotiate at all.
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from Gator Raid in GHL Tradeblock   
    Hey guys, Im the manager of the Palm Harbor Legends in the GHL. This offer is to mainly GHL teams but SHL teams can also inquire about some prospect/two way players. I am willing to trade Forward Boris Durcik (24 years old 87 overall) and defencemen Max-Antoine Yusko (28 years old 95 overall). Durcik has a 1.5 mil x 3 year deal, and Yusko has 4.0 mil x 4 year contract. I have no room for Durcik on my team, but he would be a decent depth guy, maybe second or third line winger on GHL teams. He has a great takeaway to giveaway ratio(14:5 when he had 14 minutes of ice time). He can also help defensively has he averages around 22.5 blocked shots per season(last time he had good ice time, he finished with 42 hits and 32 blocked shots). Yusko on the other hand is very reliable defencemen. He has spent 9 seasons on my squad and has been solid chipping in offensively once in a while and being a great defensive player. In 513 career GHL games, he has 55 goals and 153 assists for a total of 208 points and he has a +/- rating of +50. Yusko hasn't been playing much time on the PP on my team so I play him mainly on the PK. Although if you were to put him on the PP he is very productive( he had 90 points in 3 seasons, which he spent around 3-4 minutes on the PP). In return all I ask for is draft picks(1st and 2nd round picks would be nice, but thirds are definetley not out of the question) or some good prospects(preferably 18-21 age range and atleast 85 overall). Please message me of a deal you want because i will reject every trade sent without consulting me first. Thanks. 
     
    JR 
     
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    Jack Reacher reacted to Gator Raid in GHL Tradeblock   
    I’m opening this thread so managers have the opportunity to try and sell managers on their players without having to mass copy/paste a message about it. If you have a player you are trying to get rid of, just mention their good qualities and what they can provide to a team as well as what you are looking for In return.
    (No offers should be made here, just advertisements of players/picks/prospects)
     
    Goodluck in your negotiations!
    Gator
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    Jack Reacher reacted to Gator Raid in GHL Tradeblock   
    To start it off, I’m looking to unload my centers Sunday and Allen. Sunday is a 33yo 93ovr with exceptional offensive stats and a strong defense stat, at 93. He had good size (6’3” 209lbs) and has 2 green, 2 blue and 1 orange trait. He is a work horse and can eat up top 6 minutes on most GHL teams. He also just signed a 2.4mill x 2yr extension. Allen is a 21yo 89ovr center on a very affordable 1.6mill x 4yr contract. He has great traits, with 4 blue and 1 green as well as strong physical stats, making him a great powerforward who can fit into your bottom six well. Being young, he also has the potential to grow in to a top six role, which he is likely to do in the next couple seasons. I’m trying to move one of these two for a 4th line center between 92-93ovr. The age range I’m interested in is 20-28, but there is a little wiggle room in this area. They must have good traits, with minimum blue Big Games trait. Cap space is not a worry of mine, so if you need me to eat some cap for you in order to make a deal go through, I’m willing to do that.
     
    Thank you for reading my lengthy proposal,
    Gator
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    Jack Reacher reacted to sonstone in Communication (in GHL)   
    I've been accused of cheating before. It sucks! A lot of new managers read threads about the old days... when the computer would cough up first round picks just because you were nice enough to send an offer. So, they think it's cheating when they see one go through. They think the computer accepted the first offer... without giving you credit for the effort it takes to work out a computer trade these days.
    Managers don't always realize that once you get to GHL, there is no league above you to trade big contracts to. So, you have to clear salary in bits and pieces. They see a trade go through and get upset because one of their competitors got a good deal... even though you made the same offer to every team in the lower league who had enough cap space to take on the players you're shopping.
    I hear the "you didn't give up a first round pick, so the trade wouldn't have happened in real life," argument a lot. Do the math. Those GHL second rounders would be first round picks in the NHL.
    Let's try to remember that not liking something doesn't make it cheating. If you're not going to give someone the benefit of the doubt, at least send a message or two to other veteran GHL/SHL managers and ask what they think. They can probably tell you exactly what's happening... and you might make new friends along the way.
     
    Cheers,
    Lee
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from Gator Raid in Manager Rage Quit   
    Hi,
     
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from Gator Raid in Manager Rage Quit   
    sorry, I accidentally hit post, but I'm in the ghl of howitzer and I saw a manager just rage quit and trade all his good players away for basically garbage in some cases, and then he re-signed. I have tried to find him in other gm worlds and leagues but he hasn't show up, please keep an eye out for this manager. I'm not mad about the trades because I have a decent team like many others in the ghl, but it is disheartening to see a manager quit just because hes about to be relegated. Thanks. Thoughts on the issue? Have you experienced this in the past?
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from Gator Raid in Manager Rage Quit   
    resigned*
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    Jack Reacher reacted to Gator Raid in Schedule   
    I’ve noticed it a while ago and got a little annoyed, because after checking other teams in the GHL I noticed I had a slightly harder schedule than most but at the end of the day I agree with Colo, more important features to be worked on.
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from thanos023 in Runtime Error while Signing In   
    Hey guys,
    I'm the manager of a ghl team and i was trying to sign into game plan and when it loaded the game was sent to a page saying runtime Error this morning. I thought it was a minor thing and would be fixed later, I tried to sign in now and it says runtime Error again. Help please. Am I the only one experiencing this or are other managers experiencing this too? Please get back to me.
     
    Thanks, JR
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    Jack Reacher reacted to thcsfu in Cheater!   
    Well he's at it again. Matt Lee jumping from team to team making enormous trades to his new team. This time he trades his 1st and 2nd picks from his looser team to his new team along with 23 players in the deal. This is not the first time and I doubt it will be the last. Sure the mods will notice and his account will get locked for 2 days but he'll still keep the trade when he gets back. How about reversing the trade! Maybe even penalize him with loosing all his draft picks. 
     
    This happens practically every season here in howitzer. Something needs to be done.
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    Jack Reacher reacted to GamePlanHockey in Cheater!   
    Can not reverse the trade I'm afraid. But the account is now permanently suspended.
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from GamePlanHockey in For the Future of the Game: Salary and Draft Picks   
    In the near future, I would like this game to have an option where you can retain a players salary during a trade. Ex. if your over cap by like 500 000, you can click on the players contract or something and take 500 000 off of it. Another idea would be having managers to be able to give out conditional picks. Ex. a third conditional pick if the team makes the playoffs. These are some ideas that i thought of...It might be stupid, but it's something to think about for the future of this game.
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    Jack Reacher got a reaction from IneffableLeafs in For the Future of the Game: Salary and Draft Picks   
    In the near future, I would like this game to have an option where you can retain a players salary during a trade. Ex. if your over cap by like 500 000, you can click on the players contract or something and take 500 000 off of it. Another idea would be having managers to be able to give out conditional picks. Ex. a third conditional pick if the team makes the playoffs. These are some ideas that i thought of...It might be stupid, but it's something to think about for the future of this game.