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*Carpy48* · 04-13-2020, 04:20 AM

Our team's conference call bingo chart describes best what usually happens.

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Mutedfaith · 04-13-2020, 04:39 AM

The night before the Allstar game, @JMacNCheese, @lukejm37 and I were in a video conference call, just get our daily dose of human interaction in this time of quarantine and social distancing. We were like an hour or so in, discussing the allstar team selections and how proud we were of all the Falcons being in there, when I got another video call from my good friend and former Minny teammate @"Capt_Blitzkrieg". Not being very good with Zoom yet, I accidentally added him to the call with @JMacNCheese and @lukejm37. Right at the moment he got into the call, @JMacNCheese was commenting on how it was funny there were so many Detroit players on the allstar team, compared to the Scarecrows'. Needless to say, it made for an awkward few seconds. Luckily, @"Capt_Blitzkrieg" was a good sport about it and no feelings were hurt. Me and him had a damned good time when we were reunited in the Allstar game and even got to play together for a few shifts as well.

Rindiee · 04-13-2020, 05:38 AM

There's no doubt the boys in Newfoundland have been taking advantage of all of our free time being in quarantine. To pass the time we've been hopping on Zoom calls and have been up to some dumb shit. One time we were all on the call just hanging out when @NeonLime mentioned something about pears and next thing you know the entire league hates him? I'm not really too sure what that's all about, given we were all playing video games and Harrington has been addicted to the new Animal Crossing. I'm not sure if both AC and pears are connected to one another, all I know is it seems like this league is not a fan of imitation apples. We try not to dwell on it too much, it's all good fun in Newfoundland and here and there we'll joke about pears. Maybe one day I'll be cool enough to be brought into the joke :(.

***bluesfan55*** · 04-13-2020, 08:44 AM

We were having a video call after the All-Star Game, where we had seven players participate, to celebrate the Western Conference's victory and our season in general. We've been doing surprisingly well halfway through so we wanted to try to motivate each other. I think we all know that Santtu Rasanen has written numerous times about how since he's a Finn, he's had to adapt to the culture here in America. I think he still has some adapting to do. He seemed confused during the motivational part of the call since I don't think they do that back in Finland, and when it was his turn to give a speech, as one of the alternate captains, he gave this rambling speech about how our body parts were the best in the league (for example, "Our guy Cvitty has the finest glutes in the SMJHL!"). But he wasn't the only one. Scoochie Stratton flashed us a bit for like 5 seconds because it was right after he'd taken a shower and he was wearing only a towel but when he changed he forgot to turn his camera off so we could see him naked but it was ok because I think he'd done that before. Just a very interesting call.

CB2212 · 04-13-2020, 10:18 AM

When Carlos heard of the stay-at-home order, he tought for sure practices would become remote. So when the Colorado Raptors coaching staff setup a skype meeting, Carlos put on his skates, his pad, the whole deal. He cleared out a whole room in his appartment. He covered the floor in water and put the temperature way down overnight to set up a little ice rink. He even made a regulation sized net out of red tape on his wall. When the meeting started and he turned on his webcam he was really surprised to see everyone wearing normal attire, sitting in very normal and not permanently damaged rooms. Carlos felt like an idiot that day, but that wasn't as bad as a few days later when the ice melted through the floor and flooded his downstairs neighbour. The event left Carlos scarred, some people say his play wasn't the same the days following the event, as his teammates were ruthlessly mocking him.

acdangel · 04-13-2020, 10:20 AM

Videoconferencing with the boys in the Scarecrows room has been great. Of course, there are always mishaps and unfortunately, Sasha has been the crux of a lot of these. Since we're all on lockdown, Sasha has been doing a bit of drinking. When Sasha drinks, he tends to have a bit of a spotty memory. His forgetfulness has led to pantsless calls, shirtless calls, and in a strange turn of events, a call where he was wearing a bandanna, snowboarding goggles, and an army helmet. He swore that he was going to take on those bastards in Detroit, but wanted to stay safe while doing so. Hence, the bandanna and goggles. In one particularly memorable instance, the members of the Scarecrows were regaled by Sasha's homemade rap lyrics for a solid hour. Needless to say, they were excellent lyrics, but his Czech accent was kind of off-putting. Sasha's life is quite similar to that scene in the Hangover where they all first wake up, and I think for his health, the quarantine needs to end soon.

***golden_apricot*** · 04-13-2020, 11:14 AM

PT pass

*takethehorizon* · 04-13-2020, 11:50 AM

The Knights have been using group text and Zoom video chat to host many of their hangouts as well as team practices. Coach Katth is using this preferred outlet to demonstrate how we can improve our game remotely. Stamina has been an issue for the Knights early on in the season and many players attribute the Corona virus for being a bit out of shape on the ice.

During an evening video call last week, Katth was discussing how we can improve our in zone defense and make the simple plays to get the puck up the ice in a more efficient manner. Danny LaForest was late getting onto the call because he was outside playing with his dog. Upon logging onto our Zoom meeting he was not muted and we heard very heavy breathing. We all began to laugh as low stamina was a constant talking point within our organization and Danny was out of breath throwing a tennis ball around his yard. Danny hasn't been diagnosed with the virus but Katth made sure the team doctor would be able to pay him a visit in the following days to diagnose him.

***Faelax*** · 04-13-2020, 12:00 PM

The Timber have been really into video calls over the last month or so, getting some socialization by just sitting around shooting shit with the boys. We have played video games, listened to music, and watched movies as a group. There was a hilarious jackbox game night, but that is a story for another time. The weirdest thing that has happened so far was definitely when Valentin Kalashnikov showed us his most recent purchase. Apparently he had decided to take up playing a new instrument, and he had chosen the accordion. We were all dying of laughter watching him unbox his new accordion, and fumble around with it, while trying to figure out how it works. Val did eventually get it up and running, and did manage to play something vaguely resembling music. I hope for the sake of all of our ears that he gets better at it soon.

**Rich** · 04-13-2020, 12:36 PM

Fileworker PT pass

KC15 · 04-13-2020, 01:53 PM

Yeah, so I was on a Zoom meeting call with my fellow defensemen Corey Kennedy and Akira Ren the other day when our new dog, Toby, stole the show. Toby is about two years old and we just got him from our local shelter. So, he is older, but never really treated right nor trained. He is just about potty trained, but not absolutely fully. We really have to watch him on that one.

So, he likes to climb up behind us as we are sitting on the couch or in a comfy chair and basically lay half on us and half on the cushions. It’s actually quite nice and snuggly. But it turned south the other day on this call. Toby decided to get up about half way through the call. And that’ when he decided that before he got down, he might just as well take care of business. I felt the first few drops and half threw him across the room. Luckily he was just fine – but hey, I was surprised and more than a little upset.

I was miffed and Toby surprised, but Corey and Akira had a huge laugh! Guess it was funny, now that it’s over.

Aephino · 04-13-2020, 02:17 PM

One day some of us Falcons hopped on a skype call to chat while we played Tarkov. We had our cameras on, but weren't really looking at them much since we were all focused on the game. I think it was just me, Fred Wanesly, Magnus Liljestrom, and Zoltan Topalo. After a little while, I heard a noise on someone's end, but didn't really think anything of it. Fred said, "Hold on mate, I'll be right back." Again, this all happened in the background and I genuinely did not care until I looked over to my laptop to see Wanesly TAKING OUT FRESHLY BAKED SOURDOUGH. All he ever does is fucking bake!!! I thought our intervention was enough. I told him you need to either start baking focaccia and bring it to my house, or stop baking bread entirely. I'm telling you, this man is addicted. Some of us thought video games would help, but I think he's too far gone. Some of us are worried his girlfriend will leave him because we think he loves bread more than anything else in this world.

@Mediocre_Fred

Mediocre_Fred · 04-13-2020, 02:44 PM

04-13-2020, 02:17 PMAephino Wrote: One day some of us Falcons hopped on a skype call to chat while we played Tarkov. We had our cameras on, but weren't really looking at them much since we were all focused on the game. I think it was just me, Fred Wanesly, Magnus Liljestrom, and Zoltan Topalo. After a little while, I heard a noise on someone's end, but didn't really think anything of it. Fred said, "Hold on mate, I'll be right back." Again, this all happened in the background and I genuinely did not care until I looked over to my laptop to see Wanesly TAKING OUT FRESHLY BAKED SOURDOUGH. All he ever does is fucking bake!!! I thought our intervention was enough. I told him you need to either start baking focaccia and bring it to my house, or stop baking bread entirely. I'm telling you, this man is addicted. Some of us thought video games would help, but I think he's too far gone. Some of us are worried his girlfriend will leave him because we think he loves bread more than anything else in this world.

@Mediocre_Fred

Nice, I've got a girlfriend? All my dreams do come true in SHL!

Kalakar · 04-13-2020, 03:48 PM

simmer claim

***Leafs4ever*** · 04-13-2020, 04:46 PM

This social distancing hasn't been easy, especially when trying to game plan with the team. The coaches have set up some video conferencing for us to take part in, but there have been, let's say, mishaps.

The first conference went pretty smoothly actually. Everything worked and we got the information out efficiently. We must of used all our luck there because the next couple of times were rough. In the second conference, half the players couldn't hear the coaches talk. The other half couldn't be heard when they spoke so they couldn't engage in the talks. We had our tech guys working on it, but they never managed to figure it out in time so we just ended it. The third time they said they had everything fixed, but then the coaches camera went out so we couldn't see the white boards or anything they were drawing up. Again, it couldn't get fixed in time so we ended it.

I'm pretty sure we've abandoned the video conferencing and we're just going to go into every game blind and just play freely.

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