(S46) PT #3 - Season for Affection

[JoeSteel]

One of my favorite aspects to the league is the relationships we build. Locker room culture is huge to me as a player. On the flip side of this it is a competition, so sometimes tough choices have to be made. If I had to pick one user out of everyone to really highlight and appreciate, it would have to be @Sizz . Initially he was my GM during my time in the DSFL at London. Between him and Tyler he seemed the more approachable, and I respected his activity in the locker room. One of my favorite traditions is his weekly "+7 Teeps" meme even tho I usually had all of my stuff done by then. Instead of stealing it for myself tho I found the opportunity to tag him and keep him active.
On the topic of rough decisions, he was outvoted in his war room and had to pass on drafting me when it came time for the pros. Personally I was more upset they took another safety over me, but as time has shown NOLA got a steal drafting me and ending up with the best safety of the class. Ideally now Sizz gets to hold that over everyone's head and can get more sway on his team. Overall, he's a great individual and someone I've felt I could lean on if I ever needed to.

[DoubleDub]

I love the passion in this league, I've seen people put mountains of work into resources for our NOLA war room. The time they put into testing to try and find that little half percent more of winning %. It's also the way people talk about the different team's that they are on.

They are fiercely loyal and willing to take a back seat if it means their team will achieve more on the field. 

Another thing that I read enjoy is the break neck speed that the league seems to move at. 16 games plus the playoffs fly by, in between each game is a scramble ... do we need to make any changes etc.

Then there is the lull post season, it seems to take forever. The scouting, the draft, the endless possibilities of what the next season could hold. Then it all starts again - it's a rhythm that I have really come to enjoy.

[Urq660]

I think it would pretty unanimous among users that probably the best part of the whole experience is the people (well, most of them!)

I’m on my second player and have been really lucky to end up back with the same 2 teams I had first time around, with just a couple of awesome groups of people. Early in my first ‘career’, I had to step away for a short period, but when I returned, people were nothing but sooooo and trying to help me make the best of what I had. It would be so easy to say ‘busy’, cut my player and move on. There are many people in this league who are not only competitive, but want everyone to enjoy their time here. There are far far far too many individual examples of great people in this league to list them all, but 3 of the best are 
@RussDrivesTheBus, @ckroyal92 and @Asked Madden, 3 of the reasons I ended up in San Jose and 3 of the reasons I wouldn’t want to leave.

[OrbitingDeath]

PBE Affiliate

[KaleSalad]

SHL affiliate

[JuOSu]

PBE PT

[soevil]

Even though I don't like Valentines Day, there is plenty to be in love with regarding the ISFL. First, I love having something that I can put my competitive nature into. These days it is tough for me to get out there and play the sports I love due to having a young family, but the league gives me an opportunity to "compete" with others in ways I really can't anymore. Second, I do love the Chicago locker room. I always have a good time when the people get to chatting. I'm always doing my best to stir the pot and pretty often the team goes along with my antics - whether that be anti-cart narcing or my infamous hot take sessions. Lasty, I have been trying to get back into the community aspect with my new player. Interacting with the incoming rookies (new and old) has been fun, and I love seeing everyone yapping with each other in the rookie chat. (162)

[Ephenssta]

There are lots of memories from over the years that have amused me in the Colorado locker room. It's definitely been the league space in which I've spent the most time and it's not even close. There was the time we all added an s to our names to honor our snail savior, so I've been snephenssta for a while. Once in a while, a snail still pops up somewhere I wasn't expecting and it brings it all back. Sylphreni, a longtime yeti user, had a good food pun that had all of us in stitches. Perhaps the best part is the fact that he almost pulled the same joke off a second time shortly thereafter. In Norfolk, during my time as the GM, we had a really long unbeaten streak where we just let ourselves coast all the way to the ultimini without changing our stats since early in the season. Even though we lost, that might have been the single most fun season I've ever had n this league.

[Keyg_an]

I have always had a love for simulation leagues ever since I joined my first one, the Simulated Hockey League, back in August of 2017 and the reason for this love is twofold.

The first reason I have always loved them is because you can make friends with people you may have never met otherwise. I truly believe some of my best friends in the world are from simulation leagues, such as @Muford .

Another reason I will always love simulation leagues is because I, like many others, love juicy tea, and it feels like for some reason, whether it is because of animosity of a computer screen, or the competitive drive of so many of us, that drama is amplified in environments such as these ones. I remember the reason I joined leagues in the first place was because a friend of mine told me that there was a drama thread going on and I had to read about it.

[JJ5]

I love the community of this league. Everyone is so nice and friendly, and the team feels like one big family. Everyone is pretty relaxed and we all have a good sense of humor. I know it's a sim football league, but it feels like I'm making some genuine relationships, using the league. It feels like we are bonding over this stuff. It makes it worth it, and shifts my focus from my player and his career to maybe my enjoyment and maximizing the time I have here with the people. I do NOT love the sim, and I definitely don't love our sim coach who decides some really odd punts and 4th down calls. I do love the community here and the immersion it offers. Everyone is so active during gameday and it really feels like there's a human player at every position who is watching the games intently. Just helps with the immersion. If I had to pay to play, I think I would because of how fun this league can be.