05-01-2023, 02:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2023, 09:29 AM by H0PPY75. Edited 2 times in total.)
Welcome! Thanks for clicking and for your interest in reading my official unbiased ISFL power rankings. Below you will find my top 10 rankings for the ISFL. We are at the near midway point of the season, so what better time than now than to release official power rankings to the public. I also am having a terrible time remembering if my over / under bets are doing well, so figure the extra cash can’t hurt! Enjoy!
#1. THE Orange County Otters – Record at time of this writing: 5-2
The Orange County Otters sit a top of my first ISFL Power Rankings. This was a close but easy call for me. As an unbiased writer, I had to take into account things such as which team has the cutest locker room emotes and which counting channel would I be the most proud of. After combining those two things plus adding team record, I had to go with Orange County. This team has a young and scrappy nucleus on offense and defense with a couple grizzled old and near old veterans. It has one great GM, and the other who writes random media when he gets bored at work. I could not be happier to play and GM for any team. #NoChanges
#2. The Discord Bot Team – Record at the time of writing this: Undefeated
The discord bot team is essential to all we do! I don’t know about you, but I for one could not imagine a discord and ISFL life without Wolfie. Although Wolfie will occasionally let us down, it’s a good boy most of the time. Saturday I spent a good 20 minutes in one of the ISFL Leadership channels using a bot to “throw” things at other GMs and users and also using it for insults. It doesn’t get any better than that. RIP Norfolk Jeopardy Bot
#3. Jumbo’s Fantasy Team: Currently in first place by 23 points!
As a fantasy football lover in real life, I knew I would quickly fall for the fantasy football league the ISFL offered. Has anyone looked at @Jumbo team recently!? They are an absolute powerhouse right now. I am anxious to see if they can keep it up. But for now, they are probably the 3rd best team overall in the ISFL.
#4. The Honolulu Hahalua *If @IceBear32 was not on them*
Through 7 games the Hahaluah have faired well with seven wins. This is a pretty good start to the year by most metrics. If Ice wasn’t there, there is a good chance this team lands higher on the rankings.
#5. The New Orleans Second Line’s season 47 Team
Holy Smokes! At a quick glance, New Orleans owns every draft pick in the upcoming season 42 draft. These picks are going to turn into budding stars down the road.
#6 London’s Sim Testing Team
Mad Props
#7 The Cape Town Crash Scouting Team
The off season is usually a busy one for ISFL teams and war rooms. Scouting, ranking players, debating on best fits, and ultimately drafting players take up a ton of time in the off season! Cape Town, in a genius way to add time into their schedule, has traded all future draft picks away. Think of all the extra time they will have. Well played @negs and @lordcoolcats , Well played!
7.9 The Honolulu Hahaluah – With Ice Bears – Undefeated at time of this writing
Ok credit to where credit is due! They are on a league wide tear this season! Congrats to Flex & co on an awesome start to the season. Due to Ice Bear they land somewhere between 7 and 8 on this list though.
8. The Forum Team that put the TPE Task Checklist on the home page of the website.
This is one of the greatest technological advances of our time. Whatever the team is that put this on the website, BRAVO! I’d rank it top 3 in modern times with the iPhone and the invention of Microsoft Paint. I never knew how helpful something like this would be, but now that we have it, it is almost indispensable.
9. The San Jose Saber Cats
We don’t Talk about Fight Club
10. The Chicago Bears
This powerhouse team is in a different professional football league, but I felt obligated to include them, as I anticipate an undefeated season coming up from them this fall.
11. The Yellowknife Wraiths – Record at the time of writing this: 5-2
The offseason branding tournament runner up Yellowknife have turned into an ISFL powerhouse on the field. The past few seasons they have been at or near the top of their conference, and this year is no different as they continue to contend for a title.
12. Budget Team
I have to include them in here as well. I reference the budget sheet on a daily basis to see if someone has a tamperable clause in their contract. You all do awesome work!
If you made it this far, thank you for reading a long! I had a ton of fun doing research and statistical analysis to come up with these rankings. So I turn it over to you the reader: What teams should have been on here? What did I miss? Any teams that were ranked to high? I’m open for the debate and feedback!
#1. THE Orange County Otters – Record at time of this writing: 5-2
The Orange County Otters sit a top of my first ISFL Power Rankings. This was a close but easy call for me. As an unbiased writer, I had to take into account things such as which team has the cutest locker room emotes and which counting channel would I be the most proud of. After combining those two things plus adding team record, I had to go with Orange County. This team has a young and scrappy nucleus on offense and defense with a couple grizzled old and near old veterans. It has one great GM, and the other who writes random media when he gets bored at work. I could not be happier to play and GM for any team. #NoChanges
#2. The Discord Bot Team – Record at the time of writing this: Undefeated
The discord bot team is essential to all we do! I don’t know about you, but I for one could not imagine a discord and ISFL life without Wolfie. Although Wolfie will occasionally let us down, it’s a good boy most of the time. Saturday I spent a good 20 minutes in one of the ISFL Leadership channels using a bot to “throw” things at other GMs and users and also using it for insults. It doesn’t get any better than that. RIP Norfolk Jeopardy Bot
#3. Jumbo’s Fantasy Team: Currently in first place by 23 points!
As a fantasy football lover in real life, I knew I would quickly fall for the fantasy football league the ISFL offered. Has anyone looked at @Jumbo team recently!? They are an absolute powerhouse right now. I am anxious to see if they can keep it up. But for now, they are probably the 3rd best team overall in the ISFL.
#4. The Honolulu Hahalua *If @IceBear32 was not on them*
Through 7 games the Hahaluah have faired well with seven wins. This is a pretty good start to the year by most metrics. If Ice wasn’t there, there is a good chance this team lands higher on the rankings.
#5. The New Orleans Second Line’s season 47 Team
Holy Smokes! At a quick glance, New Orleans owns every draft pick in the upcoming season 42 draft. These picks are going to turn into budding stars down the road.
#6 London’s Sim Testing Team
Mad Props
#7 The Cape Town Crash Scouting Team
The off season is usually a busy one for ISFL teams and war rooms. Scouting, ranking players, debating on best fits, and ultimately drafting players take up a ton of time in the off season! Cape Town, in a genius way to add time into their schedule, has traded all future draft picks away. Think of all the extra time they will have. Well played @negs and @lordcoolcats , Well played!
7.9 The Honolulu Hahaluah – With Ice Bears – Undefeated at time of this writing
Ok credit to where credit is due! They are on a league wide tear this season! Congrats to Flex & co on an awesome start to the season. Due to Ice Bear they land somewhere between 7 and 8 on this list though.
8. The Forum Team that put the TPE Task Checklist on the home page of the website.
This is one of the greatest technological advances of our time. Whatever the team is that put this on the website, BRAVO! I’d rank it top 3 in modern times with the iPhone and the invention of Microsoft Paint. I never knew how helpful something like this would be, but now that we have it, it is almost indispensable.
9. The San Jose Saber Cats
We don’t Talk about Fight Club
10. The Chicago Bears
This powerhouse team is in a different professional football league, but I felt obligated to include them, as I anticipate an undefeated season coming up from them this fall.
11. The Yellowknife Wraiths – Record at the time of writing this: 5-2
The offseason branding tournament runner up Yellowknife have turned into an ISFL powerhouse on the field. The past few seasons they have been at or near the top of their conference, and this year is no different as they continue to contend for a title.
12. Budget Team
I have to include them in here as well. I reference the budget sheet on a daily basis to see if someone has a tamperable clause in their contract. You all do awesome work!
If you made it this far, thank you for reading a long! I had a ton of fun doing research and statistical analysis to come up with these rankings. So I turn it over to you the reader: What teams should have been on here? What did I miss? Any teams that were ranked to high? I’m open for the debate and feedback!