If there is one thing that has my complete and full attention in this league, is Jay Cue's career. I came into the then NSFL without a lot of individual objectives for my player, so team objectives were the most important things for me coming into this. Obviously that as soon as you see your player improving, getting that sweet TPE from tasks and training, and getting some games under his belt, you can't really distance yourself from wanting to be able to set some records and win a couple of rings. My DSFL time was pretty ok, first season i got to the Ultimini game with the Portland Pythons old theme, on the second season we got that win and my first ring and to be honest I do not even remember how my 3rd season went, so it was probably a crappy one. I think we still got to the playoffs but got beat on the conference final game. During these 3 seasons, even though all i wanted was to win games, i still racked up decent numbers and when i left the team to play for the Arizona Outlaws, i was one of, if not the most, successful QB to play in the minor league. At the time i had the record for most TD passes in a season, 22 (2 seasons with 22), tied with Franklin Armstrong. 65 TD passes in 3 minor seasons is nothing to be ashamed of in my opinion. I just checked and that 22 TD record was beaten this season, as Reginald Covington III threw for 23, so good job RCIII!
With all this experience in the DSFL, i came into the N(I)SFL wanting to leave a mark. I was updating every week, getting decent results with predictions and the tasks that require some luck, so i was pretty confident i could do well for the Outlaws. The team was in full rebuild mode, getting draft picks to be able to become a better and younger team. My first season was almost impeccable, almost leading the Arizona team to the playoffs, but falling short even though they had a 7 - 6 record. But from that moment on, i guess nothing remarkable ever happened during Cue's career. At this point i am pretty happy with the freaking meme that even though i became one of the best players TPE wise to grace this game, i still have absolutely zero post season games. Yes, you have read it right, an over 1400 TPE QB was unable to guide his team to a single playoff game. And while that was "acceptable" in the first 2 or even 3 seasons, as the team was still growing, facing opponents with a lot more TPE and experience, something extra was expected after that, as the Outlaws started to be on par with the other ASFC teams. The current season was the one where the most expectations were present, as it was the last one before he started regression, so his skills are on top of the game, nearing 1500 TPE. But, unfortunately, again, the Arizona Outlaws did not manage to get to the playoffs. And, of course, not without another meme occurring, and it has a funny story behind it. As some of you might know, i am not based in the United States and so the ISFL games are streamed at 1 AM here in Portugal. This means that most games i am fast asleep when they are streamed, but when i wake up and go to the kitchen to have breakfast, i check the ISFL Index on my phone to see where we stand and the result (and how many INTs for Cue, of course). So, here i am, having my cereal when i see the Outlaws in 3rd place! Holy crap! I knew we had to beat the Orange County Otters to at least have a chance at the playoffs, but after that, we needed a couple results to go our way. So, seeing the Outlaws in 3rd made me believe that by some random luck we missed in a couple of games during the season, everything went the way we wanted! YES! Finally we would play in the playoffs! So, innocent me decided to open discord to check the locker room, my guess was that it was buzzing during stream hours, celebrating our win and the fact that other results went exactly the way we wanted. So, i pull up the chat to around 1:30 AM and everyone was happy! Hell yeah! Cue had a pretty decent game, surprising everyone! But wait... what the hell... Some players are complaining that we were out? What? I see a print screen of the playoff seeding and we are playing the San Jose Sabercats? But they are the 1st seed! Could it be? Could it be that we were 3rd in standings and still missed the freaking playoffs? After some more discussions, it is confirmed... The Arizona Outlaws managed to miss the post season while beating the New Orleans Secondline in the ASFC.
My career is a meme. And i am loving it.
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With all this experience in the DSFL, i came into the N(I)SFL wanting to leave a mark. I was updating every week, getting decent results with predictions and the tasks that require some luck, so i was pretty confident i could do well for the Outlaws. The team was in full rebuild mode, getting draft picks to be able to become a better and younger team. My first season was almost impeccable, almost leading the Arizona team to the playoffs, but falling short even though they had a 7 - 6 record. But from that moment on, i guess nothing remarkable ever happened during Cue's career. At this point i am pretty happy with the freaking meme that even though i became one of the best players TPE wise to grace this game, i still have absolutely zero post season games. Yes, you have read it right, an over 1400 TPE QB was unable to guide his team to a single playoff game. And while that was "acceptable" in the first 2 or even 3 seasons, as the team was still growing, facing opponents with a lot more TPE and experience, something extra was expected after that, as the Outlaws started to be on par with the other ASFC teams. The current season was the one where the most expectations were present, as it was the last one before he started regression, so his skills are on top of the game, nearing 1500 TPE. But, unfortunately, again, the Arizona Outlaws did not manage to get to the playoffs. And, of course, not without another meme occurring, and it has a funny story behind it. As some of you might know, i am not based in the United States and so the ISFL games are streamed at 1 AM here in Portugal. This means that most games i am fast asleep when they are streamed, but when i wake up and go to the kitchen to have breakfast, i check the ISFL Index on my phone to see where we stand and the result (and how many INTs for Cue, of course). So, here i am, having my cereal when i see the Outlaws in 3rd place! Holy crap! I knew we had to beat the Orange County Otters to at least have a chance at the playoffs, but after that, we needed a couple results to go our way. So, seeing the Outlaws in 3rd made me believe that by some random luck we missed in a couple of games during the season, everything went the way we wanted! YES! Finally we would play in the playoffs! So, innocent me decided to open discord to check the locker room, my guess was that it was buzzing during stream hours, celebrating our win and the fact that other results went exactly the way we wanted. So, i pull up the chat to around 1:30 AM and everyone was happy! Hell yeah! Cue had a pretty decent game, surprising everyone! But wait... what the hell... Some players are complaining that we were out? What? I see a print screen of the playoff seeding and we are playing the San Jose Sabercats? But they are the 1st seed! Could it be? Could it be that we were 3rd in standings and still missed the freaking playoffs? After some more discussions, it is confirmed... The Arizona Outlaws managed to miss the post season while beating the New Orleans Secondline in the ASFC.
My career is a meme. And i am loving it.
(858 words)