Billy McGorrie is my dude on account of his moustache. Love the logo and color scheme for the Flamingos. Great look.

(Faint whispers into a phone are heard from the wise, knowledgeable hockey wizard from down the hall.) 
 
     Stranger
“I don’t know Mom, he has been here for almost a week now, and hasn’t even talked to me in two days. When he does it is only about hockey. -- No, I’m not going to charge them rent. I --”
 
(You walk in, and are noticed instantly.)
     
     Stranger
“Now isn’t a very good time. -- It has to be now? You make absolutely no logical sense. -- You were just able to process Las Vegas and their story? Ok, maybe you make some sense. We can go over Buzz Buissen’s team, but you and I need to talk about some boundaries.”
 
SALT LAKE BEES

     Buzz Buissen is a particular man that seems very smart, but this is only the case when it comes to books. Buissen is gullible, and this has led him to develop a very thick skull over time. He has a “don’t trust anyone" personality, and always seems on edge.
     
     Growing up in Bloomington, Illinois, Buzz was always smart but had no direction. He scored high marks in school, and got along quite well, but always was left out or picked on due to his high trust put into people. Simple things, like his buddies telling him the sky was blue because it appears different to everyone depending on their eye color (he is still convinced this is true). This gullibility worked out for Buissen in the long run. When he was 19, some friends convinced him that a girl was fond of him when she had no clue who he was. He talked to her and now they are married. At 25, his friends convinced him that all guys named Buzz need to work in the honey industry, so he did. Right when his business was going to collapse, his friends sarcastically told him that Buissen’s problem was that he did not operate out of the “Worker Bee” state, so Buzz packed up and moved to Utah. This is when he found wild success, making his fortune with the “Buissen Bee Honey” brand. His most recent gullible experience was being told that hockey is Utah’s favorite past time, so he promptly invested in the WCEHL.
 

     The Salt Lake Bees are named after Buissen’s own company for advertising purposes, but, like always, it worked out in his favor because the name managed to gain the love of every worker bee in Utah. The logo is from Buissen’s honey business, but it also happens to be the same hive seen on highway signs in the state. Black, athletic gold and white seemed like the only appropriate combo for a team called the Bees, so that is what was picked.
 
     The jerseys… well I actually mean jersey. There is only one because Buissen claimed he was done being gullible, choosing to not listen when told that a second jersey was necessary because he thought it was a way the other owners were trying to make him mindlessly spend money, of all things. – What a time to get smart, right? – Anyways, that one jersey is pretty straight forward. An athletic gold base matched with thick black stripes and a little bit of white. On the chest is the hive, with each player's number located on the inside, like the highway signs in Utah.

     There is not very much depth on the Salt Lake roster, but 33-year-old Smail Podrabsky is fun to watch. Smail is a hard-nosed defenseman who likes to fight. Being the smallest player in the league, Podrabsky does not win many scrums, but the fear he strikes into the eyes of the other team makes it so not many actually accept his challenge. 

GoRedSox96 wrote:

The bees definitely look like an old-school hockey team! Well done

Thanks, I appreciate that. Always the goal to have people in 2020 question it while traditionalists defend it haha.

Darknes wrote:

Don't mind me, I've been sequestered into a suite with a nice view and this weird red telephone that somehow makes post on this forum.

I literally saw you rolling dice on the casino floor last, night! Happy ole Seagull is taking care of you.

Scratch, you are a crazy SOB. I love this series! I'm claiming the Canners and the Bees as my teams! Send me a couple signatures will ya?

Your creativity and your design skills are amazing my friend. I'm looking forward to your continued success and many seasons and continued amazing team designs!

Edit: I hate autocorrect!

Last edited by Osgiliath Guard (7/28/2020 11:36 am)

Thehealthiestscratch wrote:

Osgiliath Guard wrote:

Scratch, you are a crazy SOB. I love this series! I'm claiming the Canners and the Bees as my teams! Send me a couple signatures will ya?

Your creativity and your design skills are amazing my friend. I'm looking forward to your continued success and many seasons and continued amazing team designs!

Edit: I hate autocorrect!

Crazy SOB is what I am going for so that is a very nice compliment, haha! I'm happy you enjoy it. I'm not sure if I'm happy with this, but wanted to get something to you before the day was in full swing. I got Salt Lake done and hope to get more rolling soon. Tell me how this is.


 

Looks good to me. I might end up playing around with it a bit. Once I can, I'll add it to my Sig! Keep up the good work!