5) Write 800 words or more on something that interests you. It could be related to statistics, to a league issue you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 800 words about your team’s Werewolf server. Be warned that freedom comes with risk, and this category will be judged especially stringently for anyone trying to spew complete nonsense.
Something that interests me. It has nothing to do with statistics or history or anything like that. What interests me is this league in general. Before I joined here I was very bored with having nothing to do with my life especially during quarantine. This is where the NSFL comes in. I look at the Reddit recruitment post and just said to myself, this could actually be fun. I didn't really read the post or anything I just quickly clicked the website linked and got introduced to the forums. The forums were like any kind of forums on websites. I was very confused at first glance looking at the forums wondering "This is it?". I was about to leave before I just decided to go for it and made my character on the "Create a player" page. While I was learning how to make my player I looked at myself and just knew that I was very interested in this. I went on the Discord chats and honestly didn't really talk that much at all. Maybe because im awkward as hell when it comes to meeting new people but who cares, I can just learn myself! (I definitely should had asked for help) So here I am, Confused as fuck as my player sits in the shadows waiting for a team to pick him up. I honestly thought I would be a forgotten IA player that no GM knew about but then Kanako comes at my DMs and signs me for the Portland Pythons. I was stoked. I didn't care which team I would go to (But now that I think of it thank god Kanako chose me) but looked like the Pythons would be my new team to go to. Heres the part where I am very interested in the NSFL now because I get to play in games, get a job, be able to do PTs and trivia, and the one I thought was very special...finally getting some teammates to talk with. By this time I was in playing games I had about 75 TPE and was honestly not getting any from Trivia or PT since I was too fucking lazy to message one guy my trivia answers but I honestly didn't care. All I cared about was being good on the field which I thought I was doing by just standing there and not doing anything at all. At this point, Its draft day. I am very excited which once again, meant I was very interested in the draft and the league itself. Once it started streaming I quickly pulled out my phone and watched the top prospects go in the first, second, and third rounds. I did not know when I was going to get drafted but this is why I just wait and see. Its the ninth round and im pretty tired from waiting all this time to see myself get drafted and since none of my snek friends have gotten drafted recently, I was about to turn off the stream and do something else. Thats when pick 12 in the ninth round came around. Turns out New Orleans would be the team to pick me up. I loved it there in New Orleans. The locker room was very wholesome, the logo was awesome, and I loved the new purple. Although I loved all these new things in my career, I just kept choosing to stay down. I loved Portland and I did not want to leave it even though I know I would probably have to at some point. Now I am very interested in the league. Im doing PTs and trivia weekly now, doing medias at some point in time, and being naturally active in the league. I then noticed, after quarantine is over, am I still going to be active here or am I going to be IA for a while? This thought kind of terrified me since I would be losing what was basically a hangout place for me. I would be losing interest of the league because of my school and work. Guess ill just have to enjoy my moments here while it lasts. We go back to the start of season 22 where I felt literal disappointment every game we played in. We had a new gm named soup who I really didn't remember talking to that much but overall he was a pretty cool dude. Watching the games just felt like watching a normal NFL game. I would get mad as fuck when the sim fucks us over just like when my team fucks themselves over. I was experiencing the same rage as I would while watching my team getting blown out by the god damn packers. I knew I had a huge amount of interest for this league when I was acting the same as when I watch a normal game. The amount of interest I have of this league seems way too much. Its one of the things that don't keep me bored while in quarantine. So like that, I say thank you NSFL. (Or the ISFL but I lived with the NSFL.)
Something that interests me. It has nothing to do with statistics or history or anything like that. What interests me is this league in general. Before I joined here I was very bored with having nothing to do with my life especially during quarantine. This is where the NSFL comes in. I look at the Reddit recruitment post and just said to myself, this could actually be fun. I didn't really read the post or anything I just quickly clicked the website linked and got introduced to the forums. The forums were like any kind of forums on websites. I was very confused at first glance looking at the forums wondering "This is it?". I was about to leave before I just decided to go for it and made my character on the "Create a player" page. While I was learning how to make my player I looked at myself and just knew that I was very interested in this. I went on the Discord chats and honestly didn't really talk that much at all. Maybe because im awkward as hell when it comes to meeting new people but who cares, I can just learn myself! (I definitely should had asked for help) So here I am, Confused as fuck as my player sits in the shadows waiting for a team to pick him up. I honestly thought I would be a forgotten IA player that no GM knew about but then Kanako comes at my DMs and signs me for the Portland Pythons. I was stoked. I didn't care which team I would go to (But now that I think of it thank god Kanako chose me) but looked like the Pythons would be my new team to go to. Heres the part where I am very interested in the NSFL now because I get to play in games, get a job, be able to do PTs and trivia, and the one I thought was very special...finally getting some teammates to talk with. By this time I was in playing games I had about 75 TPE and was honestly not getting any from Trivia or PT since I was too fucking lazy to message one guy my trivia answers but I honestly didn't care. All I cared about was being good on the field which I thought I was doing by just standing there and not doing anything at all. At this point, Its draft day. I am very excited which once again, meant I was very interested in the draft and the league itself. Once it started streaming I quickly pulled out my phone and watched the top prospects go in the first, second, and third rounds. I did not know when I was going to get drafted but this is why I just wait and see. Its the ninth round and im pretty tired from waiting all this time to see myself get drafted and since none of my snek friends have gotten drafted recently, I was about to turn off the stream and do something else. Thats when pick 12 in the ninth round came around. Turns out New Orleans would be the team to pick me up. I loved it there in New Orleans. The locker room was very wholesome, the logo was awesome, and I loved the new purple. Although I loved all these new things in my career, I just kept choosing to stay down. I loved Portland and I did not want to leave it even though I know I would probably have to at some point. Now I am very interested in the league. Im doing PTs and trivia weekly now, doing medias at some point in time, and being naturally active in the league. I then noticed, after quarantine is over, am I still going to be active here or am I going to be IA for a while? This thought kind of terrified me since I would be losing what was basically a hangout place for me. I would be losing interest of the league because of my school and work. Guess ill just have to enjoy my moments here while it lasts. We go back to the start of season 22 where I felt literal disappointment every game we played in. We had a new gm named soup who I really didn't remember talking to that much but overall he was a pretty cool dude. Watching the games just felt like watching a normal NFL game. I would get mad as fuck when the sim fucks us over just like when my team fucks themselves over. I was experiencing the same rage as I would while watching my team getting blown out by the god damn packers. I knew I had a huge amount of interest for this league when I was acting the same as when I watch a normal game. The amount of interest I have of this league seems way too much. Its one of the things that don't keep me bored while in quarantine. So like that, I say thank you NSFL. (Or the ISFL but I lived with the NSFL.)
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