1) The league has a rich and fascinating history, and our perspectives on it differ from person to person. In 800 words or more, describe any significant non-playoffs moment in ISFL or DSFL history, whether you were around for it or not. Describe the context, the significant members, and the events. What exactly made this event so famous (or infamous) and why does it deserve to be remembered?
One of the most significant moments in International Simulation Football League history has been slowly occurring throughout the background in the last several seasons. It is a movement that has been pushed down, celebrated and memed but is finally standing tall within the Simulation Football community. They are no longer in the shadow and are now treated as individuals and not lower class citizens, I am of course talking about the biggest units on the football field, the Offensive Lineman.
Take your minds back several seasons when Frost wasn’t ruining an expansion team called the Sarasota Sailfish and the league was a much different size to what it is now. The Offensive Line was seen as a joke and people who created in that position were seen as troublemakers and judged on the position of their character. This was extremely relevant in the create a player guide and other ‘official’ documents when it advised against creating a player who was an Offensive Lineman. The player was warned about the lack of importance for this position and how it may not be ‘fun’ to watch it during the games as there was only minimal statistics that are recorded in the statistical index. To surmise the offensive lineman were bullied about creating the player and that was after they had got through all of the warning signs put in place to stop people from creating there in the first place.
The next phase was the beginning of individuals who attempted to buck the trend of Offensive Line bullying and attempted to reform the position. Players Like Cal and Ben took up the mantle of Offensive Lineman and tried to challenge people’s perceptions about the sort of people that create themselves as Offensive Lineman. Cal especially was prevalent in this movement, slowly the change started to occur but there wasn’t enough change occurring. Cal created the ‘Fair Rub Club’ and the ‘Fair Rubs’ movement to improve public perception of the Offensive line position which as well acted as a catchphrase and battlecry for all offensive lineman and offensive lineman supporters. The tide was slowly changing but it needed reinforcements, it needed further support and it came in the form of a little white alien named Snoo. Snoo was the mascot of reddit and when the league started it’s biannual recruitment drive on the playform a flurry of new users to the league jumped aboard and created their future. These users did jnot the history of the position but while the warning light blared during their creation, they pushed through and entered the Fair Rub Club as members of the Offensive Line. People like Simon, NicholasTheGreat, CalvinGolloday and DougQuail didn’t know the history and saw the warning signs. They ignored them to become Fair Rubs.
The players mentioned above are the future of the offensive line position and as more people realise the importance of this position, people are transferring their skills so they can play the position. Have a look at Scorp, Bayley or Van, they are some high profile users who have switched to the offensive line position showing its growing importance to the league.
However, the campaign of the Fair Rub Club was not over yet, respect has been restored to the position and teams actually thought about drafting them but there was nothing to chase, there was no end of season reward available for offensive lineman, as they were ineligible for the Pro Bowl due to decision made by Head Office. After rigorous campaigining and spamming of chats, the Fair Rub Club eventually earned the honour to potentially make a pro bowl. The Fair Rub Club was finally achieving their dreams.
To help celebrate this momentous occasion I went to celebrate a few people in particular:
Cal and the people that paved the way: These people here are the ones that created the movement and allowed for the people arriving today to not face the scrunity, torment and embarrasement that the ones who paved the way had to endure. They created the movement and helped it achieve their goals, as the majority of them venture into retirement as start getting to that point, it is important to note the sacrifice they had to make.
The New recruits: Everyone else creating an offensive lineman bolstering the positional group giving it the power to make changes to the system that only people power can ensure occurs. They are the cor of the new wave of offensive lineman and make it the position group it is today.
iSteg: This article about the resurgence of Offensive lineman can not be written without including iSteg. iSteg was responsible for writing the articles that inspired the change for Offensive Linemen. They went from afterthought to potential but with Steg they went to a requirement. His thorough research proved that Offensive Lineman are bettle then their bot counterparts and boost a team’s chance of winning games. It made it required for a team to have OL, full stop.
One of the most significant moments in International Simulation Football League history has been slowly occurring throughout the background in the last several seasons. It is a movement that has been pushed down, celebrated and memed but is finally standing tall within the Simulation Football community. They are no longer in the shadow and are now treated as individuals and not lower class citizens, I am of course talking about the biggest units on the football field, the Offensive Lineman.
Take your minds back several seasons when Frost wasn’t ruining an expansion team called the Sarasota Sailfish and the league was a much different size to what it is now. The Offensive Line was seen as a joke and people who created in that position were seen as troublemakers and judged on the position of their character. This was extremely relevant in the create a player guide and other ‘official’ documents when it advised against creating a player who was an Offensive Lineman. The player was warned about the lack of importance for this position and how it may not be ‘fun’ to watch it during the games as there was only minimal statistics that are recorded in the statistical index. To surmise the offensive lineman were bullied about creating the player and that was after they had got through all of the warning signs put in place to stop people from creating there in the first place.
The next phase was the beginning of individuals who attempted to buck the trend of Offensive Line bullying and attempted to reform the position. Players Like Cal and Ben took up the mantle of Offensive Lineman and tried to challenge people’s perceptions about the sort of people that create themselves as Offensive Lineman. Cal especially was prevalent in this movement, slowly the change started to occur but there wasn’t enough change occurring. Cal created the ‘Fair Rub Club’ and the ‘Fair Rubs’ movement to improve public perception of the Offensive line position which as well acted as a catchphrase and battlecry for all offensive lineman and offensive lineman supporters. The tide was slowly changing but it needed reinforcements, it needed further support and it came in the form of a little white alien named Snoo. Snoo was the mascot of reddit and when the league started it’s biannual recruitment drive on the playform a flurry of new users to the league jumped aboard and created their future. These users did jnot the history of the position but while the warning light blared during their creation, they pushed through and entered the Fair Rub Club as members of the Offensive Line. People like Simon, NicholasTheGreat, CalvinGolloday and DougQuail didn’t know the history and saw the warning signs. They ignored them to become Fair Rubs.
The players mentioned above are the future of the offensive line position and as more people realise the importance of this position, people are transferring their skills so they can play the position. Have a look at Scorp, Bayley or Van, they are some high profile users who have switched to the offensive line position showing its growing importance to the league.
However, the campaign of the Fair Rub Club was not over yet, respect has been restored to the position and teams actually thought about drafting them but there was nothing to chase, there was no end of season reward available for offensive lineman, as they were ineligible for the Pro Bowl due to decision made by Head Office. After rigorous campaigining and spamming of chats, the Fair Rub Club eventually earned the honour to potentially make a pro bowl. The Fair Rub Club was finally achieving their dreams.
To help celebrate this momentous occasion I went to celebrate a few people in particular:
Cal and the people that paved the way: These people here are the ones that created the movement and allowed for the people arriving today to not face the scrunity, torment and embarrasement that the ones who paved the way had to endure. They created the movement and helped it achieve their goals, as the majority of them venture into retirement as start getting to that point, it is important to note the sacrifice they had to make.
The New recruits: Everyone else creating an offensive lineman bolstering the positional group giving it the power to make changes to the system that only people power can ensure occurs. They are the cor of the new wave of offensive lineman and make it the position group it is today.
iSteg: This article about the resurgence of Offensive lineman can not be written without including iSteg. iSteg was responsible for writing the articles that inspired the change for Offensive Linemen. They went from afterthought to potential but with Steg they went to a requirement. His thorough research proved that Offensive Lineman are bettle then their bot counterparts and boost a team’s chance of winning games. It made it required for a team to have OL, full stop.