T2:
15) 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.
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For those of you who don't know, I am part of the PBE, or Pro Baseball Experience. What it is, is it's a baseball simulation league, in which you create a baseball player, choose from any archetype and position, and make your way from the Minor Leagues (commonly abbreviated to MiLPBE) to the Majors, and eventually to the PBE Hall of Fame. So basically ISFL but with a different sport. Our engine we use is Out of the Park Baseball 21, or OOTP21. It's a very fun league, and I could go on an on about the PBE, but perhaps I should start with how I got into it.
I had started the sim league after trying Out of the Park Baseball 20 when I had EA Origin Access, and was looking for a career mode. Little did I know that OOTP doesn't have a create-a-player league mode, and I was understandably disappointed. However, after a quick Google search, I found a post from the PBE on the OOTP forums website. Intrigued, I created a starting pitcher, named after me IRL, Tim Galvin. My jersey number was the same jersey number I had in high school when I played adaptive sports, number 13. Over time, my nickname became Lucky Number 13. I had created just after the Minor League teams' draft picks had already been picked, and was claimed on waivers by the Kansas City Hepcats (it's funny how these things work out, considering I was claimed, on waivers, by the Kansas City Coyotes, here in the ISFL). We made the post-season, eventually winning the Minor League World Series (if the Yotes win the Ultimini, it will be both times that I was claimed on waivers by a Kansas City team in two different sim leagues that won their leagues' respective developmental leagues' championship). That was in Season 18. I was then drafted 4th overall in the S19 Majors Draft by the New Orleans Rougarous (if I get drafted 4OA by NOLA here, I will be amazed). I then finished up my remaining two seasons with the Hepcats, and got called up to NOLA in S21.
After failing to reach an extension on my contract with NOLA during my rookie season (they wanted to keep me in the pen for four seasons, I said no), I got traded to the Detroit Demons, where I currently play as a Reliever, after switching my position and archetype after breaking several Demons team records. I really enjoy how realistic it is, and how challenging it is for pitching. But most of all, I love the podcast I do with my co-host and teammate, Kyle Bellinger Jr.
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T1:
26) Your team has made it to the playoffs! Put together a pre-game playlist and explain how those songs will hype your players.
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Since the Coyotes made it to the Ultimini, here is my pre-game playlist.
a) This may be a bit premature, but in case we win, my playlist includes We Are the Champions by Queen. This song is simple. If we win, we are the champions.
b) A Good Song Never Dies by Saint Motel. Even if we don't win, I really like this song, after hearing parts of it in MLB The Show 20, I fell in love with it. It's true, a good song never dies. We made it to the Ultimini, and even if we don't win, our song will never die.
c) Granted by Josh Groban: I really enjoy this song. It's uplifting, inspirational, and a jam to listen to. We take things for granted in life. But, as one of the lyrics says, if you have a dream, go chase it. We had a dream of making the Ultimini this year, and we chased it and made it, after going from 2-7 to 7-7, and beating Portland in the conference game. Now, we face the Birddogs in the Ultimini tonight.
d) Finally, we have We Will Rock You by Queen. This is the quintessential sports song, since it is played at nearly every sports game I've been to. Plus, it's a dope as heck song.
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18) If you could cast your team in a video game or TV show, what would that look like? Would they be voice actors in a game or cartoon, actors in a funny sitcom, or maybe key players in a reality tv show?
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I would cast the Coyotes in a sitcom called Fear the Howl. Basically, it would follow along the veins of How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, where it follows the adventures of the team as they get into all sorts of mischief in Kansas City. From forgetting to order pizza for the ISFL watch party to going drinking and Smyth failing to ask a girl out, it would be funny. Our biggest rival on the show would be a nerd squad called the Birddogs, and in several episodes, the Birddogs would always get the upper hand, aside from one episode where Smyth steals the Birddogs' leader's girlfriend after having her realize just how much the Birddogs suck (nothing against the Birddogs in the DSFL, of course). In the series finale, the Birddogs and the Coyotes would face each other for one final brawl, with the Coyotes barely winning against the Birddogs. It would last several seasons, eventually ending in the S27 finale, appropriately titled "The 'chip". Overall, it would be a funny story of teamwork, bravery in the face of the unknown, and why it is important to root for the underdogs. If it were real, I could see it getting plenty of viewers.
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15) 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.
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For those of you who don't know, I am part of the PBE, or Pro Baseball Experience. What it is, is it's a baseball simulation league, in which you create a baseball player, choose from any archetype and position, and make your way from the Minor Leagues (commonly abbreviated to MiLPBE) to the Majors, and eventually to the PBE Hall of Fame. So basically ISFL but with a different sport. Our engine we use is Out of the Park Baseball 21, or OOTP21. It's a very fun league, and I could go on an on about the PBE, but perhaps I should start with how I got into it.
I had started the sim league after trying Out of the Park Baseball 20 when I had EA Origin Access, and was looking for a career mode. Little did I know that OOTP doesn't have a create-a-player league mode, and I was understandably disappointed. However, after a quick Google search, I found a post from the PBE on the OOTP forums website. Intrigued, I created a starting pitcher, named after me IRL, Tim Galvin. My jersey number was the same jersey number I had in high school when I played adaptive sports, number 13. Over time, my nickname became Lucky Number 13. I had created just after the Minor League teams' draft picks had already been picked, and was claimed on waivers by the Kansas City Hepcats (it's funny how these things work out, considering I was claimed, on waivers, by the Kansas City Coyotes, here in the ISFL). We made the post-season, eventually winning the Minor League World Series (if the Yotes win the Ultimini, it will be both times that I was claimed on waivers by a Kansas City team in two different sim leagues that won their leagues' respective developmental leagues' championship). That was in Season 18. I was then drafted 4th overall in the S19 Majors Draft by the New Orleans Rougarous (if I get drafted 4OA by NOLA here, I will be amazed). I then finished up my remaining two seasons with the Hepcats, and got called up to NOLA in S21.
After failing to reach an extension on my contract with NOLA during my rookie season (they wanted to keep me in the pen for four seasons, I said no), I got traded to the Detroit Demons, where I currently play as a Reliever, after switching my position and archetype after breaking several Demons team records. I really enjoy how realistic it is, and how challenging it is for pitching. But most of all, I love the podcast I do with my co-host and teammate, Kyle Bellinger Jr.
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T1:
26) Your team has made it to the playoffs! Put together a pre-game playlist and explain how those songs will hype your players.
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Since the Coyotes made it to the Ultimini, here is my pre-game playlist.
a) This may be a bit premature, but in case we win, my playlist includes We Are the Champions by Queen. This song is simple. If we win, we are the champions.
b) A Good Song Never Dies by Saint Motel. Even if we don't win, I really like this song, after hearing parts of it in MLB The Show 20, I fell in love with it. It's true, a good song never dies. We made it to the Ultimini, and even if we don't win, our song will never die.
c) Granted by Josh Groban: I really enjoy this song. It's uplifting, inspirational, and a jam to listen to. We take things for granted in life. But, as one of the lyrics says, if you have a dream, go chase it. We had a dream of making the Ultimini this year, and we chased it and made it, after going from 2-7 to 7-7, and beating Portland in the conference game. Now, we face the Birddogs in the Ultimini tonight.
d) Finally, we have We Will Rock You by Queen. This is the quintessential sports song, since it is played at nearly every sports game I've been to. Plus, it's a dope as heck song.
(219 words)
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18) If you could cast your team in a video game or TV show, what would that look like? Would they be voice actors in a game or cartoon, actors in a funny sitcom, or maybe key players in a reality tv show?
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I would cast the Coyotes in a sitcom called Fear the Howl. Basically, it would follow along the veins of How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, where it follows the adventures of the team as they get into all sorts of mischief in Kansas City. From forgetting to order pizza for the ISFL watch party to going drinking and Smyth failing to ask a girl out, it would be funny. Our biggest rival on the show would be a nerd squad called the Birddogs, and in several episodes, the Birddogs would always get the upper hand, aside from one episode where Smyth steals the Birddogs' leader's girlfriend after having her realize just how much the Birddogs suck (nothing against the Birddogs in the DSFL, of course). In the series finale, the Birddogs and the Coyotes would face each other for one final brawl, with the Coyotes barely winning against the Birddogs. It would last several seasons, eventually ending in the S27 finale, appropriately titled "The 'chip". Overall, it would be a funny story of teamwork, bravery in the face of the unknown, and why it is important to root for the underdogs. If it were real, I could see it getting plenty of viewers.
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