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The Spartcast
by Spartan
Spartan and guests(?) talk about the VHL, hockey, and anything that just happens to come up!
Episodes
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Spartcast #42 - Back with Beketov
Spartan interviews VHL Commissioner Beketov on a wide variety of topics, including the health of the league, evaluating VHLM and VHL GM candidates, toxicity in the league, and much more!
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S79 Finland IIF Performance Review
Spartan reviews Cheeks Klapanen's historical performance in worlds play and the round robin of the S79 IIHF.
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S79 Draft Prospect Name Ratings!
Spartan reviews the names in the S79 SHL Draft Class
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Spartcast #41 - Fantasy Games and Massive Trades
Spartan talks about his history in the VHL's fantasy games and TPE opportunities, along with recent Moscow trades in the S93 offseason.
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Mini Spartcast #40 - Moscow in the Playoffs
Moscow is in the playoffs! Hear all about it.
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Mini Spartcast #39 - Down with New York and other VHL tidbits
Spartan talks about the recent tensions between NYA and MOS and other thoughts about the standings and VHL teams.
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Mini Spartcast #38 - Best Player on each VHL Team
Spartan calls out who he thinks is the best player on each VHL team after about 30 games of the S92 regular season.
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Spartcast #37 - Looking back at the S72 SHL Draft
Spartan makes a spreadsheet to compare where players were drafted back in S72 vs where they rank now heading into S75.
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Mini Spartcast #36 - Moscow Makes Trades
Spartan chats about the trade that went down today in Moscow! And other stuff as usual.
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Spartcast #35 - Holidays in the SHL
Spartan talks about various holiday themed topics in relation to life and the SHL.
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Spartcast #34 - I Bring on Guests!
Spartan brings on Twists and Doomsday to discuss the origins of the VHL and sim leagues, our histories in the VHL, recruitment woes and outlook, and much more!
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Spartcast #33 - A Rare Return to Podcasting
Spartan chats about hybrid attribute ratios, the VHLE, the future of the Moscow Menace, and recruitment in the VHL
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Spartcast #32 - But it's for the SHL's Draft
Spartan chats about the Calgary Dragons' picks in the S73 SHL Draft!
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Spartcast #31 - Catching Up and Chatting Drafts
Spartan catches up with life and discusses the upcoming VHL and VHLM drafts!
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Spartcast #30 - Career Reflecting
For the first time, I do a career task in podcast form. We chat about Nico's back story in the VHL, his upcoming depreciation and what might come in the future.
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Mini Spartcast #29 - Listen to MegaBite Sized Berocka's Podcast
Title says it all, check out Berocka's podcast featuring Gustav and yours truly!
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Spartcast #28 - Depreciation Changes and Various League Happenings
Spartan talks about recent changes to VHL depreciation, comments around moderation, the VHL playoff race and the state of the VHLM.
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Spartcast #27 - Theme Week and First Gens
Spartan discusses his past as a first gen and shouts out some of the best ones he's encountered in the past.
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Spartcast #26 - Stream Impera by Ghost (and also some M and E discussion)
Spartan talks about recent changes in the VHLM and some speculation about what is in store for the VHLE. Mostly off topic road ramblings.
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Spartcast #25 - Respecting Legends and Discussing Recreates
Spartan chats about some Moscow franchise legends approaching retirement, and about the conundrum surrounding TDL recreates in the VHLM.
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Spartcast #24 - Reflecting on Old GMs and GM Experience
Spartan discusses his old GMs during his time in the league and what he considers to be the best traits of a GM.
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Spartcast #23 - VHLM Rule Changes
Spartan discusses recent rule changes in the VHLM and how they came about.
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Spartcast #22: COVID edition
Offseason discussion and a chat about GM openings and M Commissioner opening!
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Spartcast #21 - New Updaters and Updated Call-up Rules
Spartan welcomes the new updaters and discusses the new rule change regarding VHL Call-up thresholds, including the thought process and discussions behind it.
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Spartcast #20 - Birthdays and Boosters
Spartan got his COVID booster and rambles about 15 years of the VHL incoherently.
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Spartcast #19 - Start of S84, Shitty Drivers, Some Bans
Spartan discusses the start of S84 for Moscow and his player on Helsinki, rages at shitty drivers, and briefly chats about recent bans in the community.
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Spartcast #18 - Tying a Bow on S83 and Looking Ahead to S84
Spartan discusses the S83 playoffs and looks ahead to the offseason and S84!
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EFLCast #1 - Recreates are here!
Spartan chats about creating his next generation of players in the EFL, and what their futures entail.
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Spartcast #17 - Drafting, Skipping Drafts and Finance Changes?
Spartan chats about the S83 VHL draft and how all of Moscow's picks played out, the breakthrough in recreates skipping the VHLM, and muses over potential finance changes.
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Spartcast #16 - Moscow's Offseason Moves
Spartan discusses the conclusion of the playoffs as well as how Moscow's offseason moves went down.
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Spartcast #15 - Hybrid Attributes and Offseason Tournaments
Spartan discusses the creation and response to the new hybrid attribute system in the VHL, as well as the offseason tournaments that have just started up again!
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Spartcast #13 - Just Chatting & Unauthorized BoG Leaks
A pretty chill episode today, where Spartan chats about a busy past few weeks, and what the BoG has been up to.
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Spartcast #12 - The State of TPE in the VHL
Spartan talks about a bunch of different TPE tasks in the league, covering a job pay intricacy, recent changes to supplemental point tasks, and the career task change no one realized. He finishes it up with a quick glance at Moscow after a week of sims, and the state of the VHLM and VHLE.
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Spartcast #11 - Hell Week and Q&A!
Spartan recaps the week he became the new scapegoat of the league, and also answers some questions sent in by VHLers.
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Spartcast #10 - All About Drafts!
Spartan chats about the VHL Draft last night! That's basically it.
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Spartcast #9 - Not One, but TWO New Jobs and Finals Losses!
Spartan discusses his two new VHL jobs and the recently concluded playoffs, as well as a sneak peek at the upcoming offseason.
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Spartcast #8 - Offseason Tournaments and GM Progression
Spartan chats about all the different offseason events, whether the value of IIHF tournaments has dropped, and if it can be salvaged. In addition, he discusses what GM progression in the VHL could look like.
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Spartcast #7 - A Peek Behind The Updating Curtains & A New mPT!
In this episode of the Spartcast, Spartan talks about updating, some interesting statistics from updating, and a story about how updaters almost got their pay slashed. In addition, a new mPT is discussed to potentially fill the hole left by the extinction of trivia.
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Spartcast #6 - Into the Multi-verse
Spartan chats about all the multis in the league, the biggest scandal of the holiday season, and how some rules and procedures could be improved in the VHL to prevent similar misconduct in the future. And of course, questionable driving moments.
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Spartcast #5 - Money, Meta, Many Bad Ideas
Spartan chats about the sorry state of money and its uses in the VHL and ways to potentially improve it. Bundled in is how a money change could also open up build diversity and solve the meta issue, though it's probably all a shitty idea. I also learned that I hate Ford F150's.
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Spartcast #4 - Recruitment, Retention, and Solving Problems
Spartan discusses a few popular issues circulating the VHL community - league sizes and alignments, recruitment concerns, retention struggles, and other interesting topics, along with a few general solutions for these critical league issues.
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Spartcast #3 - Nico is a Headache
With the S81 VHL Draft coming up, Spartan rambles about trying to balance his GM perspective, and his player perspective. With his player as the consensus top prospect in the draft, but his team picking at the bottom of the round, what will prevail? The player desire of playing wherever he wants,...
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Spartcast #2 - Rest in Peace to a couple M GM's
Sam asked me a bunch of questions, so I answered them. Listen if you want to.
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VSN S80 Mock Draft feat. MattyIce
Spartan and Matty chat about recent moves around the VHL and mock draft the entire first round of the S80 VHL Draft!
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VHL Awards Carcast
Spartan chats about VHL awards in the past and future, and then realizes he has no gas in his car while on the highway. What happens in this thriller that deserves an Emmy?!??!
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Spartan Solo Bolo #2
Spartan chats about being traded to LA, VHFL predictions and advice, and recaps how the most recent draft process went for Moscow - all while driving home from work in rush hour.
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Spartan Solo Bolo
Spartan answers questions sent to him by VHL members!
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The Spartan & Fishy Show #9 - Goalies Galore ft. Hatter and Matt Sovick
Goalies galore on this episode of the Spartan & Fishy Show! A veteran goalie destined for the VHL Hall of Fame joins us on the show, along with an up and comer goalie who has his sights set on replicating the success of his fellow guest.
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The Spartan and Fishy Show #8 feat. Viper - The Return of a Young Stud
Spartan and Fishy chat with Viper on his return to activity in the VHL, what he's been up to, and what his goals are for his new player. Also, a very important question: Do AGM's deserve right?
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