Long Form Task: 3) Mount Rushmore
I would like to honor our newest Developmental Simulation Football League Season 24 Ultimini champion London Royals and some of the most important users and players who have gotten them to this point. As one of the co-founders of the team, and compiler of the team's record book, I feel I may be uniquely qualified to perform this task. However, when confronted with the idea of a Mount Rushmore, I struggled with how to separate user contributions from player contributions, so I'm going to take the coward's way out and do this a few different ways. the Mount Rushmore of users, the Mount Rushmore of players (single season) and the Mount Rushmore of players (career). I would try to make it four different lists, to make it a "Mount Rushmore of Mount Rushmores" but that would be a stretch. Anyway, let's get started with the first list.
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Users
DeadlyPlayer - By far the easiest decision in this whole process. Simply put, the team only exists because of Deadly. I may take claim as a co-founder, but London is Deadly's baby. He is the one who originally applied for expansion, wrote up the expansion bid by himself, created the locker room on discord, and commissioned the logo and branding. He then acted as general manager for two seasons, and has continued to be a huge locker room presence with his tight end recreate, Frank Michell, who is already climbing up franchise leaderboards.
Exilizer - Exi was the second player ever taken by the Royals and it was immediately clear that it was a home run decision. He established himself as a team leader and made his way into the war room right away. From there he acted as basically a de facto third general manager. By his second season, he had taken even more responsibility and took over the entirety of scouting for the season 23 class, because I was a bad and lazy GM. Even though HO rudely stole him away, his contributions to the war room in the early seasons make him a shoo-in for Mount Rushmore.
Highhaschdi - I stepped down from my general manager position in the middle of season 22. I had some personal stuff going on so I needed to step away from the league for a week or so, but in reality I was on my way out anyway (as noted above, I was bad at it) and had already internally announced my departure, which had been planned for season's end. However, with literally no direct advance notice, High jumped into the co-GM spot without complaint. The transition was seamless, as High basically did everything that I did as GM, but better. Better sim tester, better scouter, better locker room presence. High helped lead the team to where it is now and easily deserved his expansion bid. Not bad for a waiver pickup who we never even scouted.
Sylphreni - I would never tell him this to his face, but the Royals are in the position they are currently in (that would mean, Ultimini champions) because of Syl. Despite the fact that he never wanted to be a Royal, we took him first overall purely on Exi's recommendation (because again, I was a bad GM and wasn't scouting at all). It took less than a week for Syl to make his way into the war room, where he started to revolutionize how we scouted and engaged with the locker room. He was a natural choice to replace Deadly as GM, and created a strong culture and invented the sim school to teach rookies about the sim, which has lead to what I am confident in calling the most proficient group of sim testers in the league, full stop.
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Players (Career)
Colby Jack - 3 year starter at quarterback, career leader in well, basically everything. Passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns. S22 Quarterback of the Year (unofficial but I'm giving it to him).
Susan Cash, Jr. - 3 year starter at wide receiver, career leader in well, basically everything. Receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns
Jacoby Batista - 4 year player at running back, career leader in well, basically everything (am I getting repetitive?). Carries, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns (tied for first). 3 times over 975 rushing yards
Juan Domine - Career leader in tackles, sacks (tied for first)
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Players (Single Season)
S24 Charlemegne Cortez - Most passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns. Awards TBD (MVP? Quarterback of the Year?)
S21 Acura Skyline - Most carries, most rushing yards (500+ yards over second most). Running Back of the Year. Offensive Rookie of the Year. Offensive Player of the Year. Most crowns in a season (our locker room "game ball" award)
S24 Gunner Thorbjornsson - Most receptions, most receiving yards, highest yards per reception
S21 Derred De Ville - Linebacker of the Year. Defensive Rookie of the Year. Defensive Player of the Year
I would like to honor our newest Developmental Simulation Football League Season 24 Ultimini champion London Royals and some of the most important users and players who have gotten them to this point. As one of the co-founders of the team, and compiler of the team's record book, I feel I may be uniquely qualified to perform this task. However, when confronted with the idea of a Mount Rushmore, I struggled with how to separate user contributions from player contributions, so I'm going to take the coward's way out and do this a few different ways. the Mount Rushmore of users, the Mount Rushmore of players (single season) and the Mount Rushmore of players (career). I would try to make it four different lists, to make it a "Mount Rushmore of Mount Rushmores" but that would be a stretch. Anyway, let's get started with the first list.
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Users
DeadlyPlayer - By far the easiest decision in this whole process. Simply put, the team only exists because of Deadly. I may take claim as a co-founder, but London is Deadly's baby. He is the one who originally applied for expansion, wrote up the expansion bid by himself, created the locker room on discord, and commissioned the logo and branding. He then acted as general manager for two seasons, and has continued to be a huge locker room presence with his tight end recreate, Frank Michell, who is already climbing up franchise leaderboards.
Exilizer - Exi was the second player ever taken by the Royals and it was immediately clear that it was a home run decision. He established himself as a team leader and made his way into the war room right away. From there he acted as basically a de facto third general manager. By his second season, he had taken even more responsibility and took over the entirety of scouting for the season 23 class, because I was a bad and lazy GM. Even though HO rudely stole him away, his contributions to the war room in the early seasons make him a shoo-in for Mount Rushmore.
Highhaschdi - I stepped down from my general manager position in the middle of season 22. I had some personal stuff going on so I needed to step away from the league for a week or so, but in reality I was on my way out anyway (as noted above, I was bad at it) and had already internally announced my departure, which had been planned for season's end. However, with literally no direct advance notice, High jumped into the co-GM spot without complaint. The transition was seamless, as High basically did everything that I did as GM, but better. Better sim tester, better scouter, better locker room presence. High helped lead the team to where it is now and easily deserved his expansion bid. Not bad for a waiver pickup who we never even scouted.
Sylphreni - I would never tell him this to his face, but the Royals are in the position they are currently in (that would mean, Ultimini champions) because of Syl. Despite the fact that he never wanted to be a Royal, we took him first overall purely on Exi's recommendation (because again, I was a bad GM and wasn't scouting at all). It took less than a week for Syl to make his way into the war room, where he started to revolutionize how we scouted and engaged with the locker room. He was a natural choice to replace Deadly as GM, and created a strong culture and invented the sim school to teach rookies about the sim, which has lead to what I am confident in calling the most proficient group of sim testers in the league, full stop.
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Players (Career)
Colby Jack - 3 year starter at quarterback, career leader in well, basically everything. Passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns. S22 Quarterback of the Year (unofficial but I'm giving it to him).
Susan Cash, Jr. - 3 year starter at wide receiver, career leader in well, basically everything. Receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns
Jacoby Batista - 4 year player at running back, career leader in well, basically everything (am I getting repetitive?). Carries, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns (tied for first). 3 times over 975 rushing yards
Juan Domine - Career leader in tackles, sacks (tied for first)
Mount Rushmore of London Royals Players (Single Season)
S24 Charlemegne Cortez - Most passing yards, completions, attempts, passing touchdowns. Awards TBD (MVP? Quarterback of the Year?)
S21 Acura Skyline - Most carries, most rushing yards (500+ yards over second most). Running Back of the Year. Offensive Rookie of the Year. Offensive Player of the Year. Most crowns in a season (our locker room "game ball" award)
S24 Gunner Thorbjornsson - Most receptions, most receiving yards, highest yards per reception
S21 Derred De Ville - Linebacker of the Year. Defensive Rookie of the Year. Defensive Player of the Year