In February of 2020, my friend saw a reddit thread about a simulation football league. He sent to me and said, I’m pretty sure this is exactly what you’ve been looking for. He was 100% correct. So I checked out the character creation links, joined the discord and spent the next couple hours trying to figure out how to build the most well rounded Linebacker the league would have ever seen. I was drafted by the Minnesota Grey Ducks and found out that speed is king lmap. League veterans definitely knew that, but what none of us knew is what would happen over the course of the next 8+ months of our lives.
COVID-19 came into the world like Miley Cyrus on a damn wrecking ball and shut everything down. My parents are both doctors, so they warned me that it was definitely something to take very seriously, so I did. Locked in my apartment with nothing to do, the ISFL became an amazing escape from the reality we’re all still living in. I have made so many friends that I hope to have for a long time. To say we became “fast friends” is the understatement of the century. I have literally seen @Dewalt27 @ForSucksFake and @TheCC asses. (Don’t tell the others, but CC has seen mine.) One of my Minnesota teammates even lives 20 minutes from me. What a small world!!
Now, every single morning I wake up, the first thing I do is check my phone for discord messages from either of my teams (multi confirmed? :eyes: ) to see what’s up or if someone needs something or if some new drama is popping off. And BOY has this league provided some drama. Luckily, only one instance (that I’m privy to) has been of an actual serious nature. The other stuff has been just entertaining and harmless enough to provide some needed levity in these awful times. We don’t get political in this league, but it’s kind of crazy to think that we watched a new president get elected together. We’ve seen people come and go from the league due to a global pandemic. But through it all, I’ve had people to fall back on and discuss it with.
My player has won back-to-back Ultimus trophies, which is an incredible feat, but I find myself going to the locker rooms each day just to chat with the fellas and see how they’re doing. For me, the ISFL is a community first and a SIM league second. And THAT is exactly what I needed.
COVID-19 came into the world like Miley Cyrus on a damn wrecking ball and shut everything down. My parents are both doctors, so they warned me that it was definitely something to take very seriously, so I did. Locked in my apartment with nothing to do, the ISFL became an amazing escape from the reality we’re all still living in. I have made so many friends that I hope to have for a long time. To say we became “fast friends” is the understatement of the century. I have literally seen @Dewalt27 @ForSucksFake and @TheCC asses. (Don’t tell the others, but CC has seen mine.) One of my Minnesota teammates even lives 20 minutes from me. What a small world!!
Now, every single morning I wake up, the first thing I do is check my phone for discord messages from either of my teams (multi confirmed? :eyes: ) to see what’s up or if someone needs something or if some new drama is popping off. And BOY has this league provided some drama. Luckily, only one instance (that I’m privy to) has been of an actual serious nature. The other stuff has been just entertaining and harmless enough to provide some needed levity in these awful times. We don’t get political in this league, but it’s kind of crazy to think that we watched a new president get elected together. We’ve seen people come and go from the league due to a global pandemic. But through it all, I’ve had people to fall back on and discuss it with.
My player has won back-to-back Ultimus trophies, which is an incredible feat, but I find myself going to the locker rooms each day just to chat with the fellas and see how they’re doing. For me, the ISFL is a community first and a SIM league second. And THAT is exactly what I needed.