There are quite a few people to mention that have made my stay in this league a fairly memorable one.
@RainDelay for first introducing me to the league, thinking that I would be the perfect guy to roleplay a brash trash talking player, (which isn't really too far off from my personal life)
@SabaDonutMan for drafting me as high as he did in my first DSFL draft without knowing anything about me, only the fact that MB wanted me because of Rain and Saba hate drafted me lol
@jeffie43 for very quickly playing along with a feud between our two players since he was the consensus number 1, and I thought he'd be a bust (I mean, I have 2 rings and he still doesn't have one, so maybe I was right about that) Jeff also became a fast friend and one of my most favorite users in the league
@scorycory also for playing along with the feud and for trading for me in my rookie year out of Portland and into MB at the time. He was the hotshot 2nd year player that blew away the league when I first came in and I was having none of it, just a loud mouthed rookie who hadn't done ANYTHING to that point and picking fights with easily the most decorated CB in the DSFL at the time, the fact that he was willing to play along just made it so much sweeter
@Frostbite for also making the trade for me after I wanted out of Portland, gave up 2 assets for my ass and I will forever the thankful to him for that
@"KanakoTheSquirrel" for taking my trade request seriously and working to make that a reality trying to rebuild Portland by giving up an active CB was hard to do but Kanako did right by me and that act alone kept me engaged in the league during my very first season
There are scores of other users, people like @bex who answered all my questions when they would come up, which was a lot and I'm pretty sure it got annoying at some point for her, to others who invited me to play werewolf with them on discord which was just a treat to see how people interacted with each other outside of the football genre. @ckroyal92 for drafting me so high with my first player in San Jose and for working his butt off to get my inactive ass 2 rings with the team just so I could hold it over Jeffie.
I think it's the sum of the users in this community that make this league feel very involved and appreciated and while this PT is a step away from my habit of always talking about myself, I feel like this is a good time for me to really thank the people who have made this league fun for me and kept me engaged for almost 2 real life years now.
So this is the only time I'll say these words since I have a rep to maintain, but thank you from the bottom of my heart, and let's see if we can't keep this thing going so we can read about some random rookie enjoying the league as much as I have in 2 years from now.
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@RainDelay for first introducing me to the league, thinking that I would be the perfect guy to roleplay a brash trash talking player, (which isn't really too far off from my personal life)
@SabaDonutMan for drafting me as high as he did in my first DSFL draft without knowing anything about me, only the fact that MB wanted me because of Rain and Saba hate drafted me lol
@jeffie43 for very quickly playing along with a feud between our two players since he was the consensus number 1, and I thought he'd be a bust (I mean, I have 2 rings and he still doesn't have one, so maybe I was right about that) Jeff also became a fast friend and one of my most favorite users in the league
@scorycory also for playing along with the feud and for trading for me in my rookie year out of Portland and into MB at the time. He was the hotshot 2nd year player that blew away the league when I first came in and I was having none of it, just a loud mouthed rookie who hadn't done ANYTHING to that point and picking fights with easily the most decorated CB in the DSFL at the time, the fact that he was willing to play along just made it so much sweeter
@Frostbite for also making the trade for me after I wanted out of Portland, gave up 2 assets for my ass and I will forever the thankful to him for that
@"KanakoTheSquirrel" for taking my trade request seriously and working to make that a reality trying to rebuild Portland by giving up an active CB was hard to do but Kanako did right by me and that act alone kept me engaged in the league during my very first season
There are scores of other users, people like @bex who answered all my questions when they would come up, which was a lot and I'm pretty sure it got annoying at some point for her, to others who invited me to play werewolf with them on discord which was just a treat to see how people interacted with each other outside of the football genre. @ckroyal92 for drafting me so high with my first player in San Jose and for working his butt off to get my inactive ass 2 rings with the team just so I could hold it over Jeffie.
I think it's the sum of the users in this community that make this league feel very involved and appreciated and while this PT is a step away from my habit of always talking about myself, I feel like this is a good time for me to really thank the people who have made this league fun for me and kept me engaged for almost 2 real life years now.
So this is the only time I'll say these words since I have a rep to maintain, but thank you from the bottom of my heart, and let's see if we can't keep this thing going so we can read about some random rookie enjoying the league as much as I have in 2 years from now.
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