01-05-2021, 10:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2021, 10:41 AM by Opera_Phantom.)
If you follow Quarterback extraordinaire Jay Cue's career, you should know by now that he is a season 18 player, entering his 3rd season of regression. Season 18 was a great class, that came from the second (i think) r/nfl reddit recruitment, but was the biggest draft class to ever join the, then, NSFL at that time. I can't even remember how many new users came into the game due to that, but looking at the Draft Wiki, 111 players entered the ISFL draft in season 18, when the league had only 10 teams.
Looking at that class, we can say that many of its members helped with carving the future of the league, either as head office members, as job heads or members, as General Managers or Co's, and i really believe that maybe 2 or 3 of them will become Hall of Famers when the time comes.
Starting on the first round, we have Bjorn Ironside (@IsaStarcrossed), number 1 pick to the New Orleans Secondline, that was a part of an Ultimus win and at a certain point was also a General Manager for the team. He is one of the "guilty people" that turned the NOLA team into a powerhouse. Even though he is now retired with Ironside, he still is a very integral part of the league. Speaking of NOLA, we obviously can't forget Marcella Toriki, user @bex, that became a Head Office member and soon after the league commissioner, being one of the reasons why the league managed to grow so much since that time. Still on the first round we have 2 of the Orange County Otters veterans, Korrin Abernathy (@"Laser") and Tyrone Biggums (@Revolution5), that kept the Otters consistently fighting for, and winning, championships. Also, no point in leaving Zach Hall (@Hallmonitor_20) out of this, with him being a big part of the Philadelphia Liberty for a number of years, a team that he managed for some seasons. And at number 8, Maurice Virtanen (@BaconBrother), the LB that eventually became an Offensive Lineman for the Yellowknife Wraiths. He was, until he decided to step back a bit from the league, the leader of this class in TPE, a torch that he left to Jay Cue at around 1100 TPE. Virtanen also helped his team win a ring, with multiple Ultimus appearances, while also holding a few league jobs, showing that this draft class came into the league with a lot of desire to help. So, still on the first round of that draft and we have some of the most successful users drafted, either on the field with their players or simply with their work in helping the league becoming what it is today.
Going into the 2nd round, the most notable players are Mathias Hanyadi (@"CLG_Rampage"), running back drafted at #17 for the Wraiths, that while winning a title with Virtanen, also snagged a Most Valuable Player Award on the way, breaking the Franklin Armstrong and OCO monopoly. The next pick, #18, brought us Jay Cue, the Arizona Outlaws faithful, that became one of the players with the highest TPE ever in the league, reaching #3 with 1471 TPE. While he managed to get a few individual awards and fell short on a couple MVP ones, his in-field career is still lacking, since he only managed to guide the Outlaws to 1 playoff game in 8 seasons. At the moment he holds a couple of league jobs and is the Head Banker, so he has everyone's money under his thumb. Going into the third round, we can find another General Manager, David Rector (@ddrector), that spent his entire career playing for NOLA, and like Ironside and Toriki, helped the big easy team grow into a contender. NOLA seemed to get the best of the this draft class, as they also drafted Givussafare Rubbe (@caltroit_red_flames), that became one of the best offensive lineman to play in the league, reaching, if i remember correctly, over 1000 TPE at a certain point of his career.
Obviously i am not talking about every single player of this class that had an impact on the league, not enough time for it, but from this short text you can definitely see the amount of well known users drafted, that came into the game and made a difference.
Not to brag (at least not to brag a lot), but i really feel that season 18 was the point where the league went from a small little community of users that played a sim game to a worldwide group of members that shared an interest. Since then we have seen bigger draft classes that had a lot of users that helped the league grow even more, but being the first class of a bigger size is a trophy nobody can reject. And if the league is now how it is, it owes some of it to Season 18 players.
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Looking at that class, we can say that many of its members helped with carving the future of the league, either as head office members, as job heads or members, as General Managers or Co's, and i really believe that maybe 2 or 3 of them will become Hall of Famers when the time comes.
Starting on the first round, we have Bjorn Ironside (@IsaStarcrossed), number 1 pick to the New Orleans Secondline, that was a part of an Ultimus win and at a certain point was also a General Manager for the team. He is one of the "guilty people" that turned the NOLA team into a powerhouse. Even though he is now retired with Ironside, he still is a very integral part of the league. Speaking of NOLA, we obviously can't forget Marcella Toriki, user @bex, that became a Head Office member and soon after the league commissioner, being one of the reasons why the league managed to grow so much since that time. Still on the first round we have 2 of the Orange County Otters veterans, Korrin Abernathy (@"Laser") and Tyrone Biggums (@Revolution5), that kept the Otters consistently fighting for, and winning, championships. Also, no point in leaving Zach Hall (@Hallmonitor_20) out of this, with him being a big part of the Philadelphia Liberty for a number of years, a team that he managed for some seasons. And at number 8, Maurice Virtanen (@BaconBrother), the LB that eventually became an Offensive Lineman for the Yellowknife Wraiths. He was, until he decided to step back a bit from the league, the leader of this class in TPE, a torch that he left to Jay Cue at around 1100 TPE. Virtanen also helped his team win a ring, with multiple Ultimus appearances, while also holding a few league jobs, showing that this draft class came into the league with a lot of desire to help. So, still on the first round of that draft and we have some of the most successful users drafted, either on the field with their players or simply with their work in helping the league becoming what it is today.
Going into the 2nd round, the most notable players are Mathias Hanyadi (@"CLG_Rampage"), running back drafted at #17 for the Wraiths, that while winning a title with Virtanen, also snagged a Most Valuable Player Award on the way, breaking the Franklin Armstrong and OCO monopoly. The next pick, #18, brought us Jay Cue, the Arizona Outlaws faithful, that became one of the players with the highest TPE ever in the league, reaching #3 with 1471 TPE. While he managed to get a few individual awards and fell short on a couple MVP ones, his in-field career is still lacking, since he only managed to guide the Outlaws to 1 playoff game in 8 seasons. At the moment he holds a couple of league jobs and is the Head Banker, so he has everyone's money under his thumb. Going into the third round, we can find another General Manager, David Rector (@ddrector), that spent his entire career playing for NOLA, and like Ironside and Toriki, helped the big easy team grow into a contender. NOLA seemed to get the best of the this draft class, as they also drafted Givussafare Rubbe (@caltroit_red_flames), that became one of the best offensive lineman to play in the league, reaching, if i remember correctly, over 1000 TPE at a certain point of his career.
Obviously i am not talking about every single player of this class that had an impact on the league, not enough time for it, but from this short text you can definitely see the amount of well known users drafted, that came into the game and made a difference.
Not to brag (at least not to brag a lot), but i really feel that season 18 was the point where the league went from a small little community of users that played a sim game to a worldwide group of members that shared an interest. Since then we have seen bigger draft classes that had a lot of users that helped the league grow even more, but being the first class of a bigger size is a trophy nobody can reject. And if the league is now how it is, it owes some of it to Season 18 players.
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