Tier 1 Task 1
There are many different things to write about here but one in particular has left its stain on the International Simulation Football League. It all started back in Season 1. In the inaugural season for the then National Simulation Football League (NSFL) everything was new to everyone. We were all still learning the ropes. Some took advantage of that situation. A few users then used multiple accounts to create an unfair advantage for their teams. The one in particular that I am referring to is ErMurazor. Right now I hold no ill will towards him but it is the one that affected me by far the most. Back in S1 through S3 when Er was head simmer, he was also using multiple accounts to get an advantage for the Arizona Outlaws. In seasons 1 The Outlaws won their first Ultimus trophy. Not too much was thought about it at the time as they appeared to be a good team in the league. I myself often joked in weekly point tasks that he rigged the sims in order to win. It is still uncertain if Er rigged those games so the Outlaws would win, I am not privy to that information, nor was I ever made aware of such a notion. However there always is the possibility that it happened. Season 2 rolled around and they won their second Ultimus. Again the team seemed good to the naked eye. They were drafting well and they kept winning games. When season 3 came around and they won again it became clear that something was amiss. One day the use leuchly or something of that effect was posted about a VPN problem. This led some users to do some investigating. They found that Er had been deleting moderation logs and deleting and editing posts. They had no hard evidence that he was creating ‘multis’ but it was all but confirmed. It took 3 seasons, 3 Ultimus championships until it was discovered. That took far too long and it caused too much harm. It created quite a ripple in the league, the punishment needed to be exact. Users were torn on how to punish him, a person with all this power, cheating the system for… what? Maybe he just loved to win. I know there have been media articles posted in the past about it, some even with his insight. There are just too many media articles to read and they are just too difficult to look for to bother. At that time there was already another user creating ‘multis’ that damaged the league. I would go so far as to say it may be the closest the league had ever come to folding. The league was in its infancy and was soiled. The user Noble (the other user creating ‘multis’) was also to blame but he was not as prolific as Er. The Outlaws were a great team with the multis but without them they were simply put, mediocre. Without the multiple users I do not think they were championship calibur, yet alone 3 in a row calibur. That also could simply be because they used valuable draft picks on those Er users. As soon as the users were removed the team was a shell of its former self. As a member of the Otters, who were constantly losing in the divisional game against the Outlaws, I was particularly upset when I found out and felt that I had been robbed. I had been putting forth my best efforts to get my player where he needed to be. The rest of the Otters team was just as determined, if not more than I was to win a championship. We were always so close, but we never won while Er was in charge. For me it was not until I got 3 championships of my own with the Otters that I no longer cared about the scandal that happened. I don't care to speculate how the other players on the Otters felt before and after the scandal leaked. Er was also the owner of the league at the time and iamslm22 took over those duties. Some players wanted a much harsher punishment than what was given to him after he was put in a position of power and abused it. Some argued that it wasn't just that he was put in a position of power, but that he was in a position of absolute power and through a few bad maneuvers made some mistakes which lead to his eventual demise. I for one hope this never happens again. A scandal like this would destroy any trust that has been built with the head office. That trust has taken several seasons to fix. But I do have to commend the head office on the work they have done to bring the league to where it is now and where it is going. You have all done a wonderful job. Thank you.
There are many different things to write about here but one in particular has left its stain on the International Simulation Football League. It all started back in Season 1. In the inaugural season for the then National Simulation Football League (NSFL) everything was new to everyone. We were all still learning the ropes. Some took advantage of that situation. A few users then used multiple accounts to create an unfair advantage for their teams. The one in particular that I am referring to is ErMurazor. Right now I hold no ill will towards him but it is the one that affected me by far the most. Back in S1 through S3 when Er was head simmer, he was also using multiple accounts to get an advantage for the Arizona Outlaws. In seasons 1 The Outlaws won their first Ultimus trophy. Not too much was thought about it at the time as they appeared to be a good team in the league. I myself often joked in weekly point tasks that he rigged the sims in order to win. It is still uncertain if Er rigged those games so the Outlaws would win, I am not privy to that information, nor was I ever made aware of such a notion. However there always is the possibility that it happened. Season 2 rolled around and they won their second Ultimus. Again the team seemed good to the naked eye. They were drafting well and they kept winning games. When season 3 came around and they won again it became clear that something was amiss. One day the use leuchly or something of that effect was posted about a VPN problem. This led some users to do some investigating. They found that Er had been deleting moderation logs and deleting and editing posts. They had no hard evidence that he was creating ‘multis’ but it was all but confirmed. It took 3 seasons, 3 Ultimus championships until it was discovered. That took far too long and it caused too much harm. It created quite a ripple in the league, the punishment needed to be exact. Users were torn on how to punish him, a person with all this power, cheating the system for… what? Maybe he just loved to win. I know there have been media articles posted in the past about it, some even with his insight. There are just too many media articles to read and they are just too difficult to look for to bother. At that time there was already another user creating ‘multis’ that damaged the league. I would go so far as to say it may be the closest the league had ever come to folding. The league was in its infancy and was soiled. The user Noble (the other user creating ‘multis’) was also to blame but he was not as prolific as Er. The Outlaws were a great team with the multis but without them they were simply put, mediocre. Without the multiple users I do not think they were championship calibur, yet alone 3 in a row calibur. That also could simply be because they used valuable draft picks on those Er users. As soon as the users were removed the team was a shell of its former self. As a member of the Otters, who were constantly losing in the divisional game against the Outlaws, I was particularly upset when I found out and felt that I had been robbed. I had been putting forth my best efforts to get my player where he needed to be. The rest of the Otters team was just as determined, if not more than I was to win a championship. We were always so close, but we never won while Er was in charge. For me it was not until I got 3 championships of my own with the Otters that I no longer cared about the scandal that happened. I don't care to speculate how the other players on the Otters felt before and after the scandal leaked. Er was also the owner of the league at the time and iamslm22 took over those duties. Some players wanted a much harsher punishment than what was given to him after he was put in a position of power and abused it. Some argued that it wasn't just that he was put in a position of power, but that he was in a position of absolute power and through a few bad maneuvers made some mistakes which lead to his eventual demise. I for one hope this never happens again. A scandal like this would destroy any trust that has been built with the head office. That trust has taken several seasons to fix. But I do have to commend the head office on the work they have done to bring the league to where it is now and where it is going. You have all done a wonderful job. Thank you.