Hello everybody. I’ve been scouted by several teams already, but want to do a deeper dive and offer any information to scouts or GMs that I think may be useful. Some of what’s included here I may have gone over with people, but I’ll include it anyway for extra words and to lay everything on the table. I wanted to do a draft article and I figured this would be the easiest thing for me to write about. I swear I’m not a narcissist, but there’s nothing easier than writing about yourself. I also couldn’t do a proper mock as I have no clue how to discern which positions are needed by each team. I’ve been a member here for just over two months now and my football knowledge has improved minimally. Thankfully football knowledge isn’t required to be a great player. I’ll break this up into a few sections and include my thoughts on each team at the end. I’m going to be as honest and open as possible, the goal of this article is mostly for earning some money, but also to let teams see if I would fit well with them.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]About Myself: [/div]
So to start with, I find myself in the NSFL due to one unfortunate night. Recently in one of my SHL locker rooms, people had been talking about DSFL and NSFL and I had checked the site out but wasn’t sure about joining another league. It was the middle of the night and I was up drinking, which I don’t do all that often. I can’t remember who talked to the other first but I found myself in jeffie43’s dms. The next thing I knew I woke up and had an account on NSFL.
I live a very basic life. I’m an average guy on the wrong side of 20. I’m an indoor person 99% of the time and find myself on my PC most of my free time. Hence why I find myself here, in my third sim league. I used to play a ton of video games but the desire has faded somewhat in the last couple years. I’m sure there’s some people out there who know what I’m talking about. I have a group over in SHL that I play stuff with sometimes and it would be neat if I could find more people in my NSFL locker room. I don’t have a main game I spend the most time on, I’m more of a variety gamer, although FPS are probably my least played and I’m awful at them. I mentioned to a lot of DSFL teams I probably wouldn’t be too active, but I’ve been around most days in KCC. It’s been a nice chill place and not too hectic to keep track of like MB was. If I had to rate it I’d say my locker room activity is about 4/10 right now. I’ll pop in a couple times a day here and there.
This also brings me to another point that I have a lot more free time than expected upon being drafted to the DSFL. I had a stable job for six years up until a month ago when I got laid off due to COVID-19. It was oil related and talking to old coworkers that place has zero customers and will be looking to lay more people off soon. The reason I was chosen for layoff was I had started going to college in January outside of work. It kind of sucked as there was a better option for them, but nothing I can do. I am currently doing an online course for a shortened college semester and while I’ll be busy with it coming up here (two midterms and a final within 5 weeks) it won’t take away my ability to keep up with PTs. However, I will be looking to do full time college in September no longer being employed. There is a chance it could impact my ability to be a top earner in this league, but I would still be able to do PTs with the affiliate.
I’m telling any interested parties that out of my sim leagues, this would be the first to drop off. Realistically I think only my ability to purchase the highest tier of equipment would be impacted. I may have trouble remembering to submit three predictions per week, but don’t see an issue keeping up with activity check, training and PT. Ultimus/Championship week could be hard, but I’d make an attempt to do it, or some of it. There is also a possibility of me churning out some media over the summer in preparation for my busy time. I wouldn’t entirely rely on this but there is a reasonable chance. I will have to do this for PBE as well, but I will have a ton of time. I can’t say for certain how affected I will be, but I want teams to be aware of my long term schedule. I also plan to visit my parents for the first couple weeks of July. This won’t impact my earnings in any way, but I would be around less during this time for obvious reasons.
Personality wise, I’m pretty chill. I’m a very laid back person and while I don’t get offended by stuff, I try to avoid drama. Except for the terrible sarcastic drama I post rarely, I hope no one actually takes it seriously. This is across all leagues. I’m into crude humour but I don’t really share any as I don’t want to offend anyone. I’m welcoming to essentially all individuals, as long as you’re not a complete dick to people I’ll be your friend. Even then I’ll still tolerate you. I don’t have the best people skills but it’s something I’ve always been trying to work on. I’m a minors GM in another league and I’m hoping that over time in that role I’ll be able to improve in that aspect, and others. I’m also trying to work on a positive mentality, but would consider myself a realist at this point in time. I’d say on my own I’m not enough to infect a locker room with positivity, but I can definitely add to it or spread some occasionally. Summed up, I guess I’d say I’m chill and neutral with a side of positivity.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Why defensive end? Will you position swap?[/div]
This seems to be a pretty popular question among scouts. I’m a center in SHL, a pitcher in PBE, so why defensive end? Initially I had asked a couple guys that got me involved with this league about positions as I don’t know much about them. My first thought was to make a wide receiver or running back but I was told the league is pretty full on them and I’d have to max earn to be useful. I wasn’t sure how serious I would take this league and I didn’t want to stop being useful if I get too busy with real life. Defensive end was pitched to me as it’s simple to maintain and you can be useful with lower TPE than other positions. As mentioned above, I may be busy with college so I’m not overly keen on switching positions at this time. I’ve told everyone either no or probably not. I think if I were to swap it would be later in my career. However, I am not completely against it. If you draft me and can sell me on why it’s a good idea to swap, and how that position will be better for your team with 300-500 TPE I will think about it. I would only do so if I think it gives the team a better chance at a championship.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]What are your career goals?[/div]
The most obvious one that I’m sure most people have is winning an ultimus. This is my biggest goal by far. I’ve told teams I’m fine with being patient as long as the team is improving, but if I get to my prime and the team is in a bad spot I will consider testing free agency. I would let them know preemptively as I wouldn’t want to blindside anyone. Next would be getting on the top 10 for any DE stat. I’d love to go down as one of the best defensive ends ever, but that might be too hard to obtain. Getting Goku’s name on the leaderboard for anything seems a much more achievable goal.
I have a couple goals involving other players. If I end up in Baltimore this might be hard to do, but I want to get a sack on Chika Fujiwara. As the only anime quarterback in the league I think it would be amusing. Finally my last goal may be very difficult but I’d like Goku to go down as a better player than Vegeta by the time they both retire. I don’t know how well defensive ends and safeties compare, but if I do better at my position than his I’ll consider it a success.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]What are your expectations for a contract?[/div]
This is hard to give an outright answer to as it depends on each team’s budget. Currently at 262 unofficial TPE I fall into the $1mil minimum contract range. Ideally I would be searching for more than this, I’ll look into comparables closer to when I would be signing. My income here will essentially only be my contract and doing media to make up the rest. The more I can save myself from media the better. On my end I’m looking for the most I can get without hurting the team too hard. I want to be a little more selfish in my contracts in NSFL, but who knows I might not be due to my person. For length, the maximum I can sign is three years. I would either be looking for 2 or 3, with a player option on the final year. I prefer the flexibility to be able to adjust my contract amount to the budget. It’s hard to determine what that will look like in three seasons, even for the most prepared teams. I think no matter what amount and duration I sign to, I will be looking to add some sort of silly clause. What this could be is to be determined, I want to have fun with my contract.
To give context of the type of person I am, I will outline my other contracts at this time. The best example is my current PBE contract. I’m on year three of a four year rookie contract with a player option next season. I will be making well under my TPE minimum, 4mil instead of 7.25mil, but my team is going to have cap issues. As the team is a potential contender I won’t be utilizing my player option and will take the hit to my personal wallet. My SHL contract is a similar scenario but not as drastic. My team there isn’t quite a contender but looking to become one of the next couple seasons. I will be crossing over into the highest value TPE tier around the time next season starts, the same time my contract expires. I will be looking to sign, or extend at my current TPE tier and make 1mil less than I could be, to help retain players or give management more cap to sign potential free agents. It’s possible this spills over into NSFL even if I say I want a more selfish contract.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Thoughts on each potential destination:[/div]
Not every team has scouted me yet, GMs still have another nine days before starting their draft so it’s understandable. For the majority of teams, I don’t have any strong feelings and I can’t say there’s a team I’m opposed to going to. I’ll do a blurb for each team listed in order of how they appear on the site. As previously mentioned I’m too ignorant about football to figure out which team needs what.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Baltimore Hawks [/div]
Without first going to the roster, I know the (in)famous Chika Fujiwara who was my GM in KCC this past season. Other than that I know Jepox who is a recent addition to my SHL team but doesn’t appear very active here, and Symmetrik who I know of from SHL and PBE. We haven’t interacted much but he seems like a cool dude. The team has a large amount of S21 and S22 players, Goku lines up well with their timeline. My apologies, but unless I got drafted here, this is my least favourite branding of NSFL teams. I think it’s mostly the colour that doesn’t come off well. If they do draft me I already have a contract clause in mind, and maybe it will be the reason they don’t pick me. For my rookie NSFL season I would ask them to change the LR name to Balti-moe.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Chicago Butchers [/div]
Initially before the scouting process, I thought this would be the only team I didn’t want to go to. This was dispelled after a good chat with one of the GMs and I am very open to being drafted by them. The only player I know on this team is Evok from SHL, we played Animal Crossing on release for the brief time I played it. The Butchers also have a lot of S21 and S22 players. The thing I like most is that both GMs are included in this group. Any decisions they make for the betterment of the team should have a similar championship window to themselves, which in turn is the same as myself. A lot of work needs to be put into turning this place around, but it seems like they’re on the right track.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Colorado Yeti [/div]
My favourite sports team of all time is from Colorado and with that bias this is one of my favourite NSFL brandings. The team has a bit of an older core but they’re currently in Ultimus contention. They started off the season hot but fell off, not sure what happened there. Going through the roster I know a surprising amount of people on this team. Jsteele from PBE, RedArrow from PBE, but also from KCC. Then a ton of people from SHL: thevoicelesscreator, Acsolap, golden_apricot and RotticusScott. I drafted Rotti to my SMJHL squad and he’s been great, so great my SHL team even picked him in the following draft. Quite a bit of familiarity on this team, I’d be amazed to find a team with more people I already know as I go down this list of teams.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Philadelphia Liberty [/div]
I’m not American, but I’m a fan of this original branding. The team doesn’t look to be too old, or too young. With a core of S18-S20 I could catch the tail end of their building phase and come in as they’re starting to compete. I only know a couple people on this team. Jonny2x who’s commissioner over at PBE, and slm from every sim league I’m in, who I believe is a moderate for each one. He also got drafted to my SMJHL team this past Sunday. I think my good pal Simon Tremblay is also on this team but I don’t know how to tell which prospects are on which team. At this time they are one of a few teams that haven’t spoken to me. Not being a team involved with the post season I hope to hear from them soon as scouting should now be their main focus.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Sarasota Sailfish [/div]
The better? expansion team? In their inaugural season Sarasota has already made the postseason albeit with a negative record. The team is a bit older than I expected, but nothing wrong with attempting to go for the ‘win now’ model if the expansion draft rules allowed for it. I know both GMs from my short time over at Myrtle Beach. Other than them, the only other player I know is Jiggly who is retiring for a new player next season. Seemingly the oldest roster so far without knowing prospects. If they were unable to win an Ultimus in the next few seasons, I would consider moving on as their main roster ages out. Many people argue over what the fish in their logo truly is, but whether it’s actually a sailfish, or a marlin in disguise, I enjoy how it looks.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Yellowknife Wraiths [/div]
Some people might find this team’s branding edgy, but it’s one of my favourites. Yellowknife is a very unique location, and I’m surprised it made it into a league with mostly Americans. This is now the oldest roster I’ve come across but they also finished first in the league and are likely one of the Ultimus favourites this season. If I got drafted here and they won everything next season, I’d have no problem sticking around when they aren’t as good. Their CoGM I recognize due to being by far the highest TPE DE in the league right now. With that I can only assume the need for a DE is low. I recognize a few names on this team: PMoney from KCC, pazuzu from SHL and PBE who also updates me here, C9Van who’s on my PBE team, and Trautner from SHL.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Arizona Outlaws [/div]
For those of you also in SHL, I can’t count the amount of times I’ve called these guys Anaheim in my head. Basically the same branding before Anaheim changed to the kangaroo thing. This team’s branding I couldn’t care less about however. If you’re a patient player, this is the dream team to be drafted to this offseason. There are three players on the entire roster that don’t start with S20-something and half the team is S22. Surely with that kind of roster they finished last in the league right? 4-8-1 good for fourth to last, what in the heck shouldn’t you guys be trying to lose right now? A testament to the future potential of this team. If I ever leave a team to test free agency, I likey reach out to this team if they don’t draft me. I also know a handful of guys on the team: soryantyler from PBE, Opera_Phantom who grades PTs here, Bruins10 from SHL, and SHL god StamkosFan.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Austin Copperheads [/div]
This team is a pretty cool branding. I recognize them from being the S20 Ultimus winners when I first joined the site. Their core is old, but they look like they’re already working on replacing people. They had the second most points for in the league and look to be fighting in the playoffs for a couple more seasons at least, even if they’re not the favourite. As a team with JKortesi in management, I can only expect big things. I spoke with him way back during the lead up to my SHL draft and wouldn’t have as much worry being on a team like this as a S23 player. Other players on the team I know are SDCore who is SHL commissioner plus my teammate, Valor from the NSFL discord, and WannabeFinn an SHL mastermind who just created a new player.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Honolulu Hahalua [/div]
Some teams try to match the letters of their team name a location, but these guys went all out. Purely off name this is my favourite of all the leagues I’m in. I didn’t actually know what a hahalua was before this, but it’s essentially the real life counterpart to the Pokemon Mantine. Honolulu didn’t do as well as Sarasota, but I’m going to put this on there being no one else to beat up in the ASFC. If the teams were reversed, maybe it’s Honolulu going to the playoffs instead. I like that their roster is a bit younger and their Co has a player in the same class as me. As the trade deadline has now passed, I can only hope that Raven has his new team’s best interest at heart and will create a S25 player next season. By the time the rest of the team is ready to compete, his current S14 QB will have a similar TPE to that of a player made at this deadline. On this team I recognize both ADwyer and KC15 from my SHL team, BWIII from PBE, and Tomen from SHL.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] New Orleans Second Line [/div]
I’m not exactly sure what second line is, I think something related to Mardi Gras? However, I’m a big fan of their colours. This team is a lot younger than I expected of the defending champs, although some of their best players are S15. Their CoGM is in the same class as me, although I’m not sure the story on why as he has a S18 he’s retiring. I would assume positional needs, but couldn’t he just get a position swap? However I won’t doubt him as I don’t know football and he’s a big league GM. On top of being contenders, there’s some cool people on this team. Nokazoa is a good friend from SHL, caltroit who’s in all the same sim leagues as myself, and commissioner Bex. I also know TDZ and toivo from SHL. One of the best scouting chats I had was with this team. Sadly they have no first rounder and need to select their CoGM with their second rounder. So to that I say this: Do what I mentioned in dms, I dare you, you won’t :^)
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Orange County Otters [/div]
This is the team I would want to go to the most, as Jeffie got me into this league. At this point though, they haven’t even scouted me. I wonder if it’s due to being preoccupied with playoffs, maybe they don’t expect me to be there at 11 overall, or maybe they already know everything they need to. I know quite a few players on this team, maybe the same or more than Colorado even. Obviously jeffie43, DrunkenTeddy from SHL, Lemon indirectly through SHL, BigUnitBabs and speculadora both from PBE, scorycory from Myrtle Beach, and the drama king himself, Garfield Despacito Jr. Their branding is almost among my favourites, I enjoy the total package of name, logo and colours. The team is older than most, in conjunction with being an Ultimus favourite. At the time of writing, this is the only team I don’t think I would consider leaving to free agency even if they never won and started aging out. Although it would depend on current players sticking around too.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] San Jose Sabercats [/div]
I like this team’s colours, however I have no strong feelings for their overall branding. I know the GM from PBE. He’s a GM over there too, but most importantly he’s my team’s updater. We’re also neck and neck for most TPE in our class. They also have my DSFL CoGM, about to be GM who I’m the CoGM of in SMJHL. I wonder if that made sense to everyone. There’s also AL_GRINGO I know from PBE, Matty7478 I mostly know from KCC who will be taking up CoGM there, RussDrivesTheBuss who I had some good talks with in DSFL scouting, nickyvmlp who I know from writing actually good media posts, and Vorshayla if that’s Vorshana on discord. The team seems to be a similar age to Philadelphia and barely missed out on playoffs this season. Only losing to a tiebreaker that I have no clue how it works.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]In Conclusion:[/div]
I’m probably a good pick, but I don’t think first overall worthy. Realistically, I have myself pegged to be put on mock drafts when that comes out, but could also slip to round two. If you’re a team that plans to take me round one please let me know so I can correctly guess myself.
If you haven’t scouted me yet, or maybe want to scout me again with further questions, or a different person my dms are always open. My discord is Naosu#2416
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]About Myself: [/div]
So to start with, I find myself in the NSFL due to one unfortunate night. Recently in one of my SHL locker rooms, people had been talking about DSFL and NSFL and I had checked the site out but wasn’t sure about joining another league. It was the middle of the night and I was up drinking, which I don’t do all that often. I can’t remember who talked to the other first but I found myself in jeffie43’s dms. The next thing I knew I woke up and had an account on NSFL.
I live a very basic life. I’m an average guy on the wrong side of 20. I’m an indoor person 99% of the time and find myself on my PC most of my free time. Hence why I find myself here, in my third sim league. I used to play a ton of video games but the desire has faded somewhat in the last couple years. I’m sure there’s some people out there who know what I’m talking about. I have a group over in SHL that I play stuff with sometimes and it would be neat if I could find more people in my NSFL locker room. I don’t have a main game I spend the most time on, I’m more of a variety gamer, although FPS are probably my least played and I’m awful at them. I mentioned to a lot of DSFL teams I probably wouldn’t be too active, but I’ve been around most days in KCC. It’s been a nice chill place and not too hectic to keep track of like MB was. If I had to rate it I’d say my locker room activity is about 4/10 right now. I’ll pop in a couple times a day here and there.
This also brings me to another point that I have a lot more free time than expected upon being drafted to the DSFL. I had a stable job for six years up until a month ago when I got laid off due to COVID-19. It was oil related and talking to old coworkers that place has zero customers and will be looking to lay more people off soon. The reason I was chosen for layoff was I had started going to college in January outside of work. It kind of sucked as there was a better option for them, but nothing I can do. I am currently doing an online course for a shortened college semester and while I’ll be busy with it coming up here (two midterms and a final within 5 weeks) it won’t take away my ability to keep up with PTs. However, I will be looking to do full time college in September no longer being employed. There is a chance it could impact my ability to be a top earner in this league, but I would still be able to do PTs with the affiliate.
I’m telling any interested parties that out of my sim leagues, this would be the first to drop off. Realistically I think only my ability to purchase the highest tier of equipment would be impacted. I may have trouble remembering to submit three predictions per week, but don’t see an issue keeping up with activity check, training and PT. Ultimus/Championship week could be hard, but I’d make an attempt to do it, or some of it. There is also a possibility of me churning out some media over the summer in preparation for my busy time. I wouldn’t entirely rely on this but there is a reasonable chance. I will have to do this for PBE as well, but I will have a ton of time. I can’t say for certain how affected I will be, but I want teams to be aware of my long term schedule. I also plan to visit my parents for the first couple weeks of July. This won’t impact my earnings in any way, but I would be around less during this time for obvious reasons.
Personality wise, I’m pretty chill. I’m a very laid back person and while I don’t get offended by stuff, I try to avoid drama. Except for the terrible sarcastic drama I post rarely, I hope no one actually takes it seriously. This is across all leagues. I’m into crude humour but I don’t really share any as I don’t want to offend anyone. I’m welcoming to essentially all individuals, as long as you’re not a complete dick to people I’ll be your friend. Even then I’ll still tolerate you. I don’t have the best people skills but it’s something I’ve always been trying to work on. I’m a minors GM in another league and I’m hoping that over time in that role I’ll be able to improve in that aspect, and others. I’m also trying to work on a positive mentality, but would consider myself a realist at this point in time. I’d say on my own I’m not enough to infect a locker room with positivity, but I can definitely add to it or spread some occasionally. Summed up, I guess I’d say I’m chill and neutral with a side of positivity.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Why defensive end? Will you position swap?[/div]
This seems to be a pretty popular question among scouts. I’m a center in SHL, a pitcher in PBE, so why defensive end? Initially I had asked a couple guys that got me involved with this league about positions as I don’t know much about them. My first thought was to make a wide receiver or running back but I was told the league is pretty full on them and I’d have to max earn to be useful. I wasn’t sure how serious I would take this league and I didn’t want to stop being useful if I get too busy with real life. Defensive end was pitched to me as it’s simple to maintain and you can be useful with lower TPE than other positions. As mentioned above, I may be busy with college so I’m not overly keen on switching positions at this time. I’ve told everyone either no or probably not. I think if I were to swap it would be later in my career. However, I am not completely against it. If you draft me and can sell me on why it’s a good idea to swap, and how that position will be better for your team with 300-500 TPE I will think about it. I would only do so if I think it gives the team a better chance at a championship.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]What are your career goals?[/div]
The most obvious one that I’m sure most people have is winning an ultimus. This is my biggest goal by far. I’ve told teams I’m fine with being patient as long as the team is improving, but if I get to my prime and the team is in a bad spot I will consider testing free agency. I would let them know preemptively as I wouldn’t want to blindside anyone. Next would be getting on the top 10 for any DE stat. I’d love to go down as one of the best defensive ends ever, but that might be too hard to obtain. Getting Goku’s name on the leaderboard for anything seems a much more achievable goal.
I have a couple goals involving other players. If I end up in Baltimore this might be hard to do, but I want to get a sack on Chika Fujiwara. As the only anime quarterback in the league I think it would be amusing. Finally my last goal may be very difficult but I’d like Goku to go down as a better player than Vegeta by the time they both retire. I don’t know how well defensive ends and safeties compare, but if I do better at my position than his I’ll consider it a success.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]What are your expectations for a contract?[/div]
This is hard to give an outright answer to as it depends on each team’s budget. Currently at 262 unofficial TPE I fall into the $1mil minimum contract range. Ideally I would be searching for more than this, I’ll look into comparables closer to when I would be signing. My income here will essentially only be my contract and doing media to make up the rest. The more I can save myself from media the better. On my end I’m looking for the most I can get without hurting the team too hard. I want to be a little more selfish in my contracts in NSFL, but who knows I might not be due to my person. For length, the maximum I can sign is three years. I would either be looking for 2 or 3, with a player option on the final year. I prefer the flexibility to be able to adjust my contract amount to the budget. It’s hard to determine what that will look like in three seasons, even for the most prepared teams. I think no matter what amount and duration I sign to, I will be looking to add some sort of silly clause. What this could be is to be determined, I want to have fun with my contract.
To give context of the type of person I am, I will outline my other contracts at this time. The best example is my current PBE contract. I’m on year three of a four year rookie contract with a player option next season. I will be making well under my TPE minimum, 4mil instead of 7.25mil, but my team is going to have cap issues. As the team is a potential contender I won’t be utilizing my player option and will take the hit to my personal wallet. My SHL contract is a similar scenario but not as drastic. My team there isn’t quite a contender but looking to become one of the next couple seasons. I will be crossing over into the highest value TPE tier around the time next season starts, the same time my contract expires. I will be looking to sign, or extend at my current TPE tier and make 1mil less than I could be, to help retain players or give management more cap to sign potential free agents. It’s possible this spills over into NSFL even if I say I want a more selfish contract.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]Thoughts on each potential destination:[/div]
Not every team has scouted me yet, GMs still have another nine days before starting their draft so it’s understandable. For the majority of teams, I don’t have any strong feelings and I can’t say there’s a team I’m opposed to going to. I’ll do a blurb for each team listed in order of how they appear on the site. As previously mentioned I’m too ignorant about football to figure out which team needs what.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Baltimore Hawks [/div]
Without first going to the roster, I know the (in)famous Chika Fujiwara who was my GM in KCC this past season. Other than that I know Jepox who is a recent addition to my SHL team but doesn’t appear very active here, and Symmetrik who I know of from SHL and PBE. We haven’t interacted much but he seems like a cool dude. The team has a large amount of S21 and S22 players, Goku lines up well with their timeline. My apologies, but unless I got drafted here, this is my least favourite branding of NSFL teams. I think it’s mostly the colour that doesn’t come off well. If they do draft me I already have a contract clause in mind, and maybe it will be the reason they don’t pick me. For my rookie NSFL season I would ask them to change the LR name to Balti-moe.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Chicago Butchers [/div]
Initially before the scouting process, I thought this would be the only team I didn’t want to go to. This was dispelled after a good chat with one of the GMs and I am very open to being drafted by them. The only player I know on this team is Evok from SHL, we played Animal Crossing on release for the brief time I played it. The Butchers also have a lot of S21 and S22 players. The thing I like most is that both GMs are included in this group. Any decisions they make for the betterment of the team should have a similar championship window to themselves, which in turn is the same as myself. A lot of work needs to be put into turning this place around, but it seems like they’re on the right track.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Colorado Yeti [/div]
My favourite sports team of all time is from Colorado and with that bias this is one of my favourite NSFL brandings. The team has a bit of an older core but they’re currently in Ultimus contention. They started off the season hot but fell off, not sure what happened there. Going through the roster I know a surprising amount of people on this team. Jsteele from PBE, RedArrow from PBE, but also from KCC. Then a ton of people from SHL: thevoicelesscreator, Acsolap, golden_apricot and RotticusScott. I drafted Rotti to my SMJHL squad and he’s been great, so great my SHL team even picked him in the following draft. Quite a bit of familiarity on this team, I’d be amazed to find a team with more people I already know as I go down this list of teams.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Philadelphia Liberty [/div]
I’m not American, but I’m a fan of this original branding. The team doesn’t look to be too old, or too young. With a core of S18-S20 I could catch the tail end of their building phase and come in as they’re starting to compete. I only know a couple people on this team. Jonny2x who’s commissioner over at PBE, and slm from every sim league I’m in, who I believe is a moderate for each one. He also got drafted to my SMJHL team this past Sunday. I think my good pal Simon Tremblay is also on this team but I don’t know how to tell which prospects are on which team. At this time they are one of a few teams that haven’t spoken to me. Not being a team involved with the post season I hope to hear from them soon as scouting should now be their main focus.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Sarasota Sailfish [/div]
The better? expansion team? In their inaugural season Sarasota has already made the postseason albeit with a negative record. The team is a bit older than I expected, but nothing wrong with attempting to go for the ‘win now’ model if the expansion draft rules allowed for it. I know both GMs from my short time over at Myrtle Beach. Other than them, the only other player I know is Jiggly who is retiring for a new player next season. Seemingly the oldest roster so far without knowing prospects. If they were unable to win an Ultimus in the next few seasons, I would consider moving on as their main roster ages out. Many people argue over what the fish in their logo truly is, but whether it’s actually a sailfish, or a marlin in disguise, I enjoy how it looks.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Yellowknife Wraiths [/div]
Some people might find this team’s branding edgy, but it’s one of my favourites. Yellowknife is a very unique location, and I’m surprised it made it into a league with mostly Americans. This is now the oldest roster I’ve come across but they also finished first in the league and are likely one of the Ultimus favourites this season. If I got drafted here and they won everything next season, I’d have no problem sticking around when they aren’t as good. Their CoGM I recognize due to being by far the highest TPE DE in the league right now. With that I can only assume the need for a DE is low. I recognize a few names on this team: PMoney from KCC, pazuzu from SHL and PBE who also updates me here, C9Van who’s on my PBE team, and Trautner from SHL.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Arizona Outlaws [/div]
For those of you also in SHL, I can’t count the amount of times I’ve called these guys Anaheim in my head. Basically the same branding before Anaheim changed to the kangaroo thing. This team’s branding I couldn’t care less about however. If you’re a patient player, this is the dream team to be drafted to this offseason. There are three players on the entire roster that don’t start with S20-something and half the team is S22. Surely with that kind of roster they finished last in the league right? 4-8-1 good for fourth to last, what in the heck shouldn’t you guys be trying to lose right now? A testament to the future potential of this team. If I ever leave a team to test free agency, I likey reach out to this team if they don’t draft me. I also know a handful of guys on the team: soryantyler from PBE, Opera_Phantom who grades PTs here, Bruins10 from SHL, and SHL god StamkosFan.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Austin Copperheads [/div]
This team is a pretty cool branding. I recognize them from being the S20 Ultimus winners when I first joined the site. Their core is old, but they look like they’re already working on replacing people. They had the second most points for in the league and look to be fighting in the playoffs for a couple more seasons at least, even if they’re not the favourite. As a team with JKortesi in management, I can only expect big things. I spoke with him way back during the lead up to my SHL draft and wouldn’t have as much worry being on a team like this as a S23 player. Other players on the team I know are SDCore who is SHL commissioner plus my teammate, Valor from the NSFL discord, and WannabeFinn an SHL mastermind who just created a new player.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Honolulu Hahalua [/div]
Some teams try to match the letters of their team name a location, but these guys went all out. Purely off name this is my favourite of all the leagues I’m in. I didn’t actually know what a hahalua was before this, but it’s essentially the real life counterpart to the Pokemon Mantine. Honolulu didn’t do as well as Sarasota, but I’m going to put this on there being no one else to beat up in the ASFC. If the teams were reversed, maybe it’s Honolulu going to the playoffs instead. I like that their roster is a bit younger and their Co has a player in the same class as me. As the trade deadline has now passed, I can only hope that Raven has his new team’s best interest at heart and will create a S25 player next season. By the time the rest of the team is ready to compete, his current S14 QB will have a similar TPE to that of a player made at this deadline. On this team I recognize both ADwyer and KC15 from my SHL team, BWIII from PBE, and Tomen from SHL.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] New Orleans Second Line [/div]
I’m not exactly sure what second line is, I think something related to Mardi Gras? However, I’m a big fan of their colours. This team is a lot younger than I expected of the defending champs, although some of their best players are S15. Their CoGM is in the same class as me, although I’m not sure the story on why as he has a S18 he’s retiring. I would assume positional needs, but couldn’t he just get a position swap? However I won’t doubt him as I don’t know football and he’s a big league GM. On top of being contenders, there’s some cool people on this team. Nokazoa is a good friend from SHL, caltroit who’s in all the same sim leagues as myself, and commissioner Bex. I also know TDZ and toivo from SHL. One of the best scouting chats I had was with this team. Sadly they have no first rounder and need to select their CoGM with their second rounder. So to that I say this: Do what I mentioned in dms, I dare you, you won’t :^)
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] Orange County Otters [/div]
This is the team I would want to go to the most, as Jeffie got me into this league. At this point though, they haven’t even scouted me. I wonder if it’s due to being preoccupied with playoffs, maybe they don’t expect me to be there at 11 overall, or maybe they already know everything they need to. I know quite a few players on this team, maybe the same or more than Colorado even. Obviously jeffie43, DrunkenTeddy from SHL, Lemon indirectly through SHL, BigUnitBabs and speculadora both from PBE, scorycory from Myrtle Beach, and the drama king himself, Garfield Despacito Jr. Their branding is almost among my favourites, I enjoy the total package of name, logo and colours. The team is older than most, in conjunction with being an Ultimus favourite. At the time of writing, this is the only team I don’t think I would consider leaving to free agency even if they never won and started aging out. Although it would depend on current players sticking around too.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] San Jose Sabercats [/div]
I like this team’s colours, however I have no strong feelings for their overall branding. I know the GM from PBE. He’s a GM over there too, but most importantly he’s my team’s updater. We’re also neck and neck for most TPE in our class. They also have my DSFL CoGM, about to be GM who I’m the CoGM of in SMJHL. I wonder if that made sense to everyone. There’s also AL_GRINGO I know from PBE, Matty7478 I mostly know from KCC who will be taking up CoGM there, RussDrivesTheBuss who I had some good talks with in DSFL scouting, nickyvmlp who I know from writing actually good media posts, and Vorshayla if that’s Vorshana on discord. The team seems to be a similar age to Philadelphia and barely missed out on playoffs this season. Only losing to a tiebreaker that I have no clue how it works.
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]In Conclusion:[/div]
I’m probably a good pick, but I don’t think first overall worthy. Realistically, I have myself pegged to be put on mock drafts when that comes out, but could also slip to round two. If you’re a team that plans to take me round one please let me know so I can correctly guess myself.
If you haven’t scouted me yet, or maybe want to scout me again with further questions, or a different person my dms are always open. My discord is Naosu#2416