21) What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?
Best Branding in the league him. I have to shout out my team, The Sarasota Sailfish. I really love the color scheme, looks great on sigs and is unique. The only team that I can think of with a similar color scheme is the Seattle Seahawks and the University of Oregon, but each have their own uniqueness. I will forgive that the logo is actually a Marlin.
The second branding I really like is the Orange County Otters. The color scheme is great the mascot is unique. Def has made for an iconic team and one that is instantly memorable.
As far as a refresh, I think the Liberty are already doing a new logo. I think that is a good call. They should good with something that pops a little more and looks more like a modern sports teams logo.
Another team that I think could revamp their logo is San Jose. Their logo is why to close to the thunder cats logo. I love the name and the color scheme but think its needs something a little bit more to stand out.
As I need some more words, I love the Wraths branding. It was one of my favorites as a newbie to the league.
18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
Through the ISFL, I found the PBE. The PBE has quickly grown into my favorite sim league. The biggest thing about that sets it apart is the sim engine. Having a good sim engine lets people's tpe matter. That is the biggest thing that drives engagement outside of a really welcoming community. You want the time and effort you put into your player to matter. You don't want to put a year plus into a charter and never really see them improve. The other great thing about PBE is the index. The index is built from the Sim engine and has the whole leagues history in one place. It's amazing to be able to the career stats of anyone you choose. I am sad that the wiki updates died, because that was the only equivalent thing the ISFL had. I've had a really fun time there. I play on a power house team and have already won two championships. My player there has a hof trajectory at this point. So it is easy to see why I became more invested in that player. I love the cross over between the two leagues and think it benefits both leagues. One day plan to add shl to my plate, but just don't have near enough knowledge of hockey so not sure if I would stick.
20) Pretend injuries are a thing in the ISFL and your team has had a lot of them lately – so many that your GM has asked you to play out of position. What position are they asking you to play and what about your player build will help you succeed in this role?
As i get closer to regression, this is something that I have thought about a lot. Not in this context but what my position will be for my next player. I have played DT and Safety on this character so I can rule those positions out. Both are cool and are def going to be more fun to play in the new sim, but I don't think I will go down the same road. The other positions I would want to play are all on the offensive side of the ball. I want to do a RB/TE/QB or WR. I want to play a completely new position and actually have stats that are good and not dependent on the rest of the team. I feel like my guy will do good to close his career but up till now he really hasn't been put in the best position for personal success. Clemente was the ultimate team guy, my recreate is going to be a bit of a diva. prolly try fa and hopefully have some more success in the stat sheet. I am leaning most to WR or RB. I want to pick the least popular arch or the one that goes against the meta and see if I can make it work.
28) The league is moving on to a new sim. What do you think about it? Are you excited to leave the old one behind? Maybe not so excited about it? Which parts of it do you think will be great, or not so great?
Man I am super excited about the new Sim. I think it adds to one of the lacking parts of the ISFL. With the current system, you reach the "end game" of your character to quickly. For the majority of your career you are pumping up stats that are basically meaningless or that have such a small impact they go unnoticed. Even before that, you are really only focused on getting strength and speed maxed with most archs. The new Sim, has a lot more ways you can build your character and is way more diverse with the addition of traits. Now you can max earn and not max out your guy till about 1100 tpe, a few seasons before regression, which is perfect. On the way to maxing, you also have some tough decisions to make that will be fun to see. I am curios if people go for traits and what builds become popular.
The other huge thing is the Sim AI. No longer will we have to cringe as the sim punts on the 35 or calls a time out before punting. We will have much more realistic sims which we help people stay active. I honestly was pretty close to quitting once I saw how big of a joke the sim is. The community got me to stick and the new sim will get even more people to stick. I think the added complexity with the plays and formations is good too. I hate sim testing and am glad that it is no longer viable. It will let a lot of people have fun with this league again.
Best Branding in the league him. I have to shout out my team, The Sarasota Sailfish. I really love the color scheme, looks great on sigs and is unique. The only team that I can think of with a similar color scheme is the Seattle Seahawks and the University of Oregon, but each have their own uniqueness. I will forgive that the logo is actually a Marlin.
The second branding I really like is the Orange County Otters. The color scheme is great the mascot is unique. Def has made for an iconic team and one that is instantly memorable.
As far as a refresh, I think the Liberty are already doing a new logo. I think that is a good call. They should good with something that pops a little more and looks more like a modern sports teams logo.
Another team that I think could revamp their logo is San Jose. Their logo is why to close to the thunder cats logo. I love the name and the color scheme but think its needs something a little bit more to stand out.
As I need some more words, I love the Wraths branding. It was one of my favorites as a newbie to the league.
18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
Through the ISFL, I found the PBE. The PBE has quickly grown into my favorite sim league. The biggest thing about that sets it apart is the sim engine. Having a good sim engine lets people's tpe matter. That is the biggest thing that drives engagement outside of a really welcoming community. You want the time and effort you put into your player to matter. You don't want to put a year plus into a charter and never really see them improve. The other great thing about PBE is the index. The index is built from the Sim engine and has the whole leagues history in one place. It's amazing to be able to the career stats of anyone you choose. I am sad that the wiki updates died, because that was the only equivalent thing the ISFL had. I've had a really fun time there. I play on a power house team and have already won two championships. My player there has a hof trajectory at this point. So it is easy to see why I became more invested in that player. I love the cross over between the two leagues and think it benefits both leagues. One day plan to add shl to my plate, but just don't have near enough knowledge of hockey so not sure if I would stick.
20) Pretend injuries are a thing in the ISFL and your team has had a lot of them lately – so many that your GM has asked you to play out of position. What position are they asking you to play and what about your player build will help you succeed in this role?
As i get closer to regression, this is something that I have thought about a lot. Not in this context but what my position will be for my next player. I have played DT and Safety on this character so I can rule those positions out. Both are cool and are def going to be more fun to play in the new sim, but I don't think I will go down the same road. The other positions I would want to play are all on the offensive side of the ball. I want to do a RB/TE/QB or WR. I want to play a completely new position and actually have stats that are good and not dependent on the rest of the team. I feel like my guy will do good to close his career but up till now he really hasn't been put in the best position for personal success. Clemente was the ultimate team guy, my recreate is going to be a bit of a diva. prolly try fa and hopefully have some more success in the stat sheet. I am leaning most to WR or RB. I want to pick the least popular arch or the one that goes against the meta and see if I can make it work.
28) The league is moving on to a new sim. What do you think about it? Are you excited to leave the old one behind? Maybe not so excited about it? Which parts of it do you think will be great, or not so great?
Man I am super excited about the new Sim. I think it adds to one of the lacking parts of the ISFL. With the current system, you reach the "end game" of your character to quickly. For the majority of your career you are pumping up stats that are basically meaningless or that have such a small impact they go unnoticed. Even before that, you are really only focused on getting strength and speed maxed with most archs. The new Sim, has a lot more ways you can build your character and is way more diverse with the addition of traits. Now you can max earn and not max out your guy till about 1100 tpe, a few seasons before regression, which is perfect. On the way to maxing, you also have some tough decisions to make that will be fun to see. I am curios if people go for traits and what builds become popular.
The other huge thing is the Sim AI. No longer will we have to cringe as the sim punts on the 35 or calls a time out before punting. We will have much more realistic sims which we help people stay active. I honestly was pretty close to quitting once I saw how big of a joke the sim is. The community got me to stick and the new sim will get even more people to stick. I think the added complexity with the plays and formations is good too. I hate sim testing and am glad that it is no longer viable. It will let a lot of people have fun with this league again.