Task 4:
You know, I knew this year's Ultimus Week was going to be really, really easy as soon as I remembered that there was a sim luck question. The Arizona Outlaws should have been one of the best teams this year, and they were. Despite that, they still missed the playoffs.
First off, let's look at the team itself. While their defense wasn't supposed to be as good as, say, Orange County, it was supposed to be one of the best in the entire league, led by the highest TPE player in the league in Desmond Scarlett, and boasting high end linebackers and a defensive tackle with over 1000 TPE. Their offense was supposed to take a bit of a step back, but due to proper development that turned out not to be the case. Then we go to the sim.
Arizona has the best passing offense in the sim, and is one of 3 rushing attacks that is far and away from everyone else, along with the Wraiths and Second Line. On the other hand, their defense was more passable than anything else, giving up just under 24 and a half points per game as the 9th best defense in the league, out of 14. Still, this is a team that shouldn't be eliminated in week 15.
And yet it was.
Statistically, the Outlaws weren't just a playoff contender, they were actually one of the best teams all year. The ONLY TEAM in the entire league with a better point differential than them is the Wraiths. This team consistently tested not just well, but excellently. They had at most one or two games that felt like they weren't in it all year.
And yet the sim fucking killed them. Only one team can possibly hold a candle to the Outlaws' sim luck, and that team actually destroyed their playoff hopes by losing last week. But as far as outright losing goes? Nah, the Outlaws are in a league of their own. The Silverbacks basically owe them their playoff chances after the sim decided to give them the coin flip away and the less than 25% chance of winning in the Outlaws' own stadium. Even with that, the Outlaws wouldn't be out except for 3 OTHER home performances that the Outlaws got screwed by the sim in against OCO, NOLA, and SAR. The worst part of it all is probably how close everything was. We lost 3 games to last second field goals. Our second game against the Silverbacks was lost by a touchdown after our best in the league offense died for 3 quarters due to penalties...AT HOME. And because of how badly our luck was against specifically in conference opponents, no matter what happens in week 16 the Outlaws are eliminated.
You could have won fantasy TPE by picking up Arizona players late or on the waiver wire, I will unless something dumb happens tonight. But the Outlaws don't get any chance for championship glory. Cue loses another chance at a playoff win.
What probably smarts the most is how dumb everything felt that led to this point. The first game against OCO was swung by one random fumble, and then only didn't go to OT because the last play of the game turned into a 40 yard pass play by dragging defenders' bodies. 2 games later, we lost a game due to a punt return for a touchdown and a 30 yard punt from our own half in the last minutes of regulation...and the only reason we punted was due to a useless spike. Against Austin, we completed a massive 16 point comeback, punted due to another spike, and then only did a 30 yard punt that was returned into field goal range immediately. And then, after taking care of business in week 15, we watched on as Orange County got fucking destroyed by NOLA despite apparently testing at 79% according to a member in youtube chat, meaning we can't surpass them if we beat NOLA tonight, because they decided to BEAT the Sailfish and Otters away in 2 of their last 3 games.
No matter what happens tonight, it only matters for TPE as far as Arizona is concerned. They may have been the best offense, the 2nd best point differential, a great success story...and none of it matters because the sim said that this Arizona team was fated to lose.
Can we expand the playoff to 8 teams? Just for this season? We fucking deserve it and got shafted by the sim harder than any other team all year, and I know that to be the case, because every other team that also got sim shafted specifically hurt us in HOW they got sim shafted. And all but one of the teams that got sim blessed this year are the teams keeping us out of the playoffs. (813 words)
Edit: Actually, I need to complain more. By yards, Arizona has the second best defense and second best offense, only losing out to Yellowknife in each. We gave up more than 6 more points per game on average than Yellowknife.
You know, I knew this year's Ultimus Week was going to be really, really easy as soon as I remembered that there was a sim luck question. The Arizona Outlaws should have been one of the best teams this year, and they were. Despite that, they still missed the playoffs.
First off, let's look at the team itself. While their defense wasn't supposed to be as good as, say, Orange County, it was supposed to be one of the best in the entire league, led by the highest TPE player in the league in Desmond Scarlett, and boasting high end linebackers and a defensive tackle with over 1000 TPE. Their offense was supposed to take a bit of a step back, but due to proper development that turned out not to be the case. Then we go to the sim.
Arizona has the best passing offense in the sim, and is one of 3 rushing attacks that is far and away from everyone else, along with the Wraiths and Second Line. On the other hand, their defense was more passable than anything else, giving up just under 24 and a half points per game as the 9th best defense in the league, out of 14. Still, this is a team that shouldn't be eliminated in week 15.
And yet it was.
Statistically, the Outlaws weren't just a playoff contender, they were actually one of the best teams all year. The ONLY TEAM in the entire league with a better point differential than them is the Wraiths. This team consistently tested not just well, but excellently. They had at most one or two games that felt like they weren't in it all year.
And yet the sim fucking killed them. Only one team can possibly hold a candle to the Outlaws' sim luck, and that team actually destroyed their playoff hopes by losing last week. But as far as outright losing goes? Nah, the Outlaws are in a league of their own. The Silverbacks basically owe them their playoff chances after the sim decided to give them the coin flip away and the less than 25% chance of winning in the Outlaws' own stadium. Even with that, the Outlaws wouldn't be out except for 3 OTHER home performances that the Outlaws got screwed by the sim in against OCO, NOLA, and SAR. The worst part of it all is probably how close everything was. We lost 3 games to last second field goals. Our second game against the Silverbacks was lost by a touchdown after our best in the league offense died for 3 quarters due to penalties...AT HOME. And because of how badly our luck was against specifically in conference opponents, no matter what happens in week 16 the Outlaws are eliminated.
You could have won fantasy TPE by picking up Arizona players late or on the waiver wire, I will unless something dumb happens tonight. But the Outlaws don't get any chance for championship glory. Cue loses another chance at a playoff win.
What probably smarts the most is how dumb everything felt that led to this point. The first game against OCO was swung by one random fumble, and then only didn't go to OT because the last play of the game turned into a 40 yard pass play by dragging defenders' bodies. 2 games later, we lost a game due to a punt return for a touchdown and a 30 yard punt from our own half in the last minutes of regulation...and the only reason we punted was due to a useless spike. Against Austin, we completed a massive 16 point comeback, punted due to another spike, and then only did a 30 yard punt that was returned into field goal range immediately. And then, after taking care of business in week 15, we watched on as Orange County got fucking destroyed by NOLA despite apparently testing at 79% according to a member in youtube chat, meaning we can't surpass them if we beat NOLA tonight, because they decided to BEAT the Sailfish and Otters away in 2 of their last 3 games.
No matter what happens tonight, it only matters for TPE as far as Arizona is concerned. They may have been the best offense, the 2nd best point differential, a great success story...and none of it matters because the sim said that this Arizona team was fated to lose.
Can we expand the playoff to 8 teams? Just for this season? We fucking deserve it and got shafted by the sim harder than any other team all year, and I know that to be the case, because every other team that also got sim shafted specifically hurt us in HOW they got sim shafted. And all but one of the teams that got sim blessed this year are the teams keeping us out of the playoffs. (813 words)
Edit: Actually, I need to complain more. By yards, Arizona has the second best defense and second best offense, only losing out to Yellowknife in each. We gave up more than 6 more points per game on average than Yellowknife.
