05-04-2021, 08:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2021, 10:38 AM by Opera_Phantom.)
13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! The league seems to love talking about it, but it has still not happened. Tell us why it should happen / should not happen soon?
Expansion in the ISFL. Sometimes it seems like this word is a bit tabu, everyone is scared about it but every once in a while it surfaces again. While i do not know about all the details people analise when a league expansion is decided, so my opinion might fall a little bit short in some aspects, i do feel like the most important aspect of it is "user league experience". And at the moment, that aspect is hindering the experience of some users. Maybe not all obviously, but at least a fair part of them. And that is why i really feel expansion is needed in the league.
I do not want to come out very hard on this, but It has to be said that some users (a group where i include myself) do not care about the DSFL at all. I mean, i do care about the users there, especially the new ones we need to pay attention to help with league retention but while the teams are cool, the locker rooms are decently active, i do not want my player to be playing there for a lot of time. In an ideal world, considering i am a "max earner" and do not play as a QB (this time), i would play 1 season in the DSFL, get drafted by an ISFL team and play for them immediately on the next season. And, fair play, while that happens sometimes for some users, the vast majority has to wait one season, or even 2, to finally be called up to play in the major league. Would expansion fix this completely? Maybe not, we would still have QBs, RBs, TEs, positions where the roster space is not very big, that would have players stay down until they had a chance, but with 2 or 4 new teams, we would see a lot more rookies getting called up sooner rather than later. And they could still remain a big part of the DSFL, with their locker room and league experience, but at the same time playing in the league 99% of users want to be in.
Again, i do know expansion needs to be thought of very carefully, so that the league does not have to go back in a few seasons and contract, as user retention is not perfect, but it would definitely be a step in the right direction. In my opinion at least. So i hope expansion comes soon.
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16. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S29 class and later. The season is over and the draft is coming up. What do you bring to a team, and why should a team choose to take a chance on you next season?
The Season was over pretty soon for the Norfolk Seawolves, so i had plenty of time to think about the draft that is coming in less than 10 days. I really fought myself regarding my intentions with this new player, thinking about my league enjoyment and all that, and after being out of the ISFL a while, i found myself checking the index only to see how AZ was doing, if they are winning games and in a playoff position, if the players with options were staying or leaving, how is the roster set for the next years and stuff like that. This made me decide that i do want to go back to Arizona with Cue Jr., if the General Managers, scouts and everyone in the team wants me there. If they do, and considering i am a good earner, near the top of the class, they should draft me in the first round if i am still on the board. If they decide to go another route, it becomes clear that they do not value my player as highly as i do, so it all becomes fair games after that.
Nevertheless, i have good league friends in every team, so wherever i land, i will definitely be ok.
(210 words)
26. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why?
As strange as it might seem, i really enjoyed my career as Jay Cue, the Quarterback. Do not get me wrong, it is hard on the mental part to always be looking at your stats every game to see where did you mess up, and if that destroyed your team chances. But even with all the disappointment, the unlucky seasons, the lack of playoff games and the loss on the only one he had, i still had a lot of fun. This made me consider very strongly on creating another QB to try the new sim and check if i could get better stats.
But then i decided that, and being QB a very niche position in the league, i should make way for other users, new and old, to try, as a full career is pretty much 1 real year.
After this, i was going with Corner, as it looked 1 position where you really needed to be a max earner to help your team. But then i started talking with a few users that played as one, and apparently stats are a bit hard to come by. Not that i care a lot about them, but it is always nice to check the index and see that your player made an impact.
So i went with RB. Why? No idea. I wanted offense, so it seemed pretty nice.
(230 words)
Expansion in the ISFL. Sometimes it seems like this word is a bit tabu, everyone is scared about it but every once in a while it surfaces again. While i do not know about all the details people analise when a league expansion is decided, so my opinion might fall a little bit short in some aspects, i do feel like the most important aspect of it is "user league experience". And at the moment, that aspect is hindering the experience of some users. Maybe not all obviously, but at least a fair part of them. And that is why i really feel expansion is needed in the league.
I do not want to come out very hard on this, but It has to be said that some users (a group where i include myself) do not care about the DSFL at all. I mean, i do care about the users there, especially the new ones we need to pay attention to help with league retention but while the teams are cool, the locker rooms are decently active, i do not want my player to be playing there for a lot of time. In an ideal world, considering i am a "max earner" and do not play as a QB (this time), i would play 1 season in the DSFL, get drafted by an ISFL team and play for them immediately on the next season. And, fair play, while that happens sometimes for some users, the vast majority has to wait one season, or even 2, to finally be called up to play in the major league. Would expansion fix this completely? Maybe not, we would still have QBs, RBs, TEs, positions where the roster space is not very big, that would have players stay down until they had a chance, but with 2 or 4 new teams, we would see a lot more rookies getting called up sooner rather than later. And they could still remain a big part of the DSFL, with their locker room and league experience, but at the same time playing in the league 99% of users want to be in.
Again, i do know expansion needs to be thought of very carefully, so that the league does not have to go back in a few seasons and contract, as user retention is not perfect, but it would definitely be a step in the right direction. In my opinion at least. So i hope expansion comes soon.
(412 words)
16. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S29 class and later. The season is over and the draft is coming up. What do you bring to a team, and why should a team choose to take a chance on you next season?
The Season was over pretty soon for the Norfolk Seawolves, so i had plenty of time to think about the draft that is coming in less than 10 days. I really fought myself regarding my intentions with this new player, thinking about my league enjoyment and all that, and after being out of the ISFL a while, i found myself checking the index only to see how AZ was doing, if they are winning games and in a playoff position, if the players with options were staying or leaving, how is the roster set for the next years and stuff like that. This made me decide that i do want to go back to Arizona with Cue Jr., if the General Managers, scouts and everyone in the team wants me there. If they do, and considering i am a good earner, near the top of the class, they should draft me in the first round if i am still on the board. If they decide to go another route, it becomes clear that they do not value my player as highly as i do, so it all becomes fair games after that.
Nevertheless, i have good league friends in every team, so wherever i land, i will definitely be ok.
(210 words)
26. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why?
As strange as it might seem, i really enjoyed my career as Jay Cue, the Quarterback. Do not get me wrong, it is hard on the mental part to always be looking at your stats every game to see where did you mess up, and if that destroyed your team chances. But even with all the disappointment, the unlucky seasons, the lack of playoff games and the loss on the only one he had, i still had a lot of fun. This made me consider very strongly on creating another QB to try the new sim and check if i could get better stats.
But then i decided that, and being QB a very niche position in the league, i should make way for other users, new and old, to try, as a full career is pretty much 1 real year.
After this, i was going with Corner, as it looked 1 position where you really needed to be a max earner to help your team. But then i started talking with a few users that played as one, and apparently stats are a bit hard to come by. Not that i care a lot about them, but it is always nice to check the index and see that your player made an impact.
So i went with RB. Why? No idea. I wanted offense, so it seemed pretty nice.
(230 words)