8) Write a short biography or story about your player. This could include background about how they came to the ISFL and how they’ve done so far, a story about their role in an exciting game, or anything else related to their experience in the league.
Melvin didn’t expect to become a football player. It wasn’t really something that he dreamed about when he was younger, in fact, all he cared about was when he would finally start having large antlers. After he met his best friend Daria Guava-Fresca, it was important to him to be included in all aspects of her life. As her life revolved around football, this meant that he was now a football lover.
While he watched her career through college and her initial season in the DSFL, he began to learn the rules of the game, and became more and more interested. After her demise, he wanted to continue to honor her, and this new sport that he learned to love because of her. Melvin tried to take her place as kicker, but he was not a very good kicker. While Daria was clutch in helping Norfolk through the playoff series and win the Ultimini, Melvin was not so great at kicking. It was hard for him to know which of his four legs he should use to kick. If he used his back legs there was more power, but his body was in the way, his front legs sometimes made him stumble. Kicking backwards worked for a while, but he struggled to aim, which was truly his biggest downfall the one season he played with Norfolk.
After moving to Colorado, Melvin learned from former Yeti Legend Mo Berry, along with his friend Adelie de Pengu the importance of being a linebacker. He quite enjoyed getting sacks, as taking down the quarterback helped feed his bloodlust before it got too dangerous. In addition to taking down the quarterback, Melvin had learned that his teammates got incredibly excited when he would grab the ball. Making use of his Antlers, he was able to get numerous interceptions. It took Melvin a bit to realize that he needed to try and run into the endzone with the ball, but in his first season as linebacker, he was still able to do that twice and scored 12 points for the Yeti defense that season.
As the season came to an end and Colorado faced a devastating defeat to San Jose in the Ultimus (again), Melvin came time to shine on his own merits. He had done well enough to be nominated as a rookie for Linebacker of the Year, as well as Defensive Rookie of the Year. While it seemed a shock that Melvin would have done so much for his team in his first season, he was pleased as punch to win an award, just like his owner Daria had two seasons prior.
9) What is it that keeps you interested in the league? Is it your love of dot football, the community, a specific job or role you play, or something else? What do you like most about it? What could be improved?
One of the best things about this league is rookie chat. Engaging with the newest members of the community as a Rookie Mentor is absolutely the best part. I joined the league not realizing that it’s basically a chat room that happens to have football, and having experienced rookie chat for the past several seasons, it is literally my favorite part. Helping to navigate the new users through the forums and updating, helping to watch their joy as they get to experience their first games, or becoming a new user who breaks a DSFL record, team record, or even just their own personal goal is awesome. I love that I get to have some part in that as they join and participate.
The prospect locker rooms inside of Rookie chat get to become these secret little worlds that only a few users get to experience. They can bond through them, and become teammates even after the DSFL draft. I think it’s important to let users know that they can bond together, and even if they are split up after having been on a team together, they still get to be with one another. It’s kind of the same way how DSFL rivalries are pushed aside for your ISFL team and ISFL rivalries. Our prospect locker rooms (and rookie chat in general) help ease that transition and make sure nobody has any true hard feelings about other teams and players from other team. I also know how much some players hold on to the accomplishments that their prospect team had during the rest of their career (at least their first few seasons in the DSFL level).
Things that make rookie chat hard are that users only stay for two seasons, unless they are a GM of the team, Sim Team, HO, or a Rookie Mentor (along with a few department heads). While it’s important to remember that we have a general chat to help everyone talk, there are definitely those few users who have always gone above and beyond what was called of them to engage and be helpful. Especially as they might still be heavily involved, or even still playing for their DSFL team, instead of being called up. They are the users I wish I could keep on the Rookie Mentor team, but I don’t think that HO would let me have a 25 man team for our rookies. (Although could you imagine! One rookie mentor for 2-3 users most seasons. It would be awesome!) Rookie chat is truly the best thing about this league, and it’s one of the most enjoyable places to hang out.
Melvin didn’t expect to become a football player. It wasn’t really something that he dreamed about when he was younger, in fact, all he cared about was when he would finally start having large antlers. After he met his best friend Daria Guava-Fresca, it was important to him to be included in all aspects of her life. As her life revolved around football, this meant that he was now a football lover.
While he watched her career through college and her initial season in the DSFL, he began to learn the rules of the game, and became more and more interested. After her demise, he wanted to continue to honor her, and this new sport that he learned to love because of her. Melvin tried to take her place as kicker, but he was not a very good kicker. While Daria was clutch in helping Norfolk through the playoff series and win the Ultimini, Melvin was not so great at kicking. It was hard for him to know which of his four legs he should use to kick. If he used his back legs there was more power, but his body was in the way, his front legs sometimes made him stumble. Kicking backwards worked for a while, but he struggled to aim, which was truly his biggest downfall the one season he played with Norfolk.
After moving to Colorado, Melvin learned from former Yeti Legend Mo Berry, along with his friend Adelie de Pengu the importance of being a linebacker. He quite enjoyed getting sacks, as taking down the quarterback helped feed his bloodlust before it got too dangerous. In addition to taking down the quarterback, Melvin had learned that his teammates got incredibly excited when he would grab the ball. Making use of his Antlers, he was able to get numerous interceptions. It took Melvin a bit to realize that he needed to try and run into the endzone with the ball, but in his first season as linebacker, he was still able to do that twice and scored 12 points for the Yeti defense that season.
As the season came to an end and Colorado faced a devastating defeat to San Jose in the Ultimus (again), Melvin came time to shine on his own merits. He had done well enough to be nominated as a rookie for Linebacker of the Year, as well as Defensive Rookie of the Year. While it seemed a shock that Melvin would have done so much for his team in his first season, he was pleased as punch to win an award, just like his owner Daria had two seasons prior.
9) What is it that keeps you interested in the league? Is it your love of dot football, the community, a specific job or role you play, or something else? What do you like most about it? What could be improved?
One of the best things about this league is rookie chat. Engaging with the newest members of the community as a Rookie Mentor is absolutely the best part. I joined the league not realizing that it’s basically a chat room that happens to have football, and having experienced rookie chat for the past several seasons, it is literally my favorite part. Helping to navigate the new users through the forums and updating, helping to watch their joy as they get to experience their first games, or becoming a new user who breaks a DSFL record, team record, or even just their own personal goal is awesome. I love that I get to have some part in that as they join and participate.
The prospect locker rooms inside of Rookie chat get to become these secret little worlds that only a few users get to experience. They can bond through them, and become teammates even after the DSFL draft. I think it’s important to let users know that they can bond together, and even if they are split up after having been on a team together, they still get to be with one another. It’s kind of the same way how DSFL rivalries are pushed aside for your ISFL team and ISFL rivalries. Our prospect locker rooms (and rookie chat in general) help ease that transition and make sure nobody has any true hard feelings about other teams and players from other team. I also know how much some players hold on to the accomplishments that their prospect team had during the rest of their career (at least their first few seasons in the DSFL level).
Things that make rookie chat hard are that users only stay for two seasons, unless they are a GM of the team, Sim Team, HO, or a Rookie Mentor (along with a few department heads). While it’s important to remember that we have a general chat to help everyone talk, there are definitely those few users who have always gone above and beyond what was called of them to engage and be helpful. Especially as they might still be heavily involved, or even still playing for their DSFL team, instead of being called up. They are the users I wish I could keep on the Rookie Mentor team, but I don’t think that HO would let me have a 25 man team for our rookies. (Although could you imagine! One rookie mentor for 2-3 users most seasons. It would be awesome!) Rookie chat is truly the best thing about this league, and it’s one of the most enjoyable places to hang out.
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