The simple fact of the matter is that to survive the International Simulation Football League, you essentially have to find success beyond Draft Day Sport Pro Football. Brooks Piggott cares nothing for you, no does he seem to understand a single thing about the game that has brought us all together. To me, that means that finding success in this league is dependent on being able to derive enjoyment from the activities we partake in week to week and from the camaraderie of a team locker room. It is the users who make this league enjoyable, and it is development as users that makes us successful. That, of course, can take a variety of different forms; running a team, getting a league job, making graphics, writing media, recording podcasts, or even simply engaging with teammates and rivals across our league’s many Discord servers can qualify as success for any given user. I have tried my hand at each of these, and personally, I enjoy nothing more than building a team that vibes well together, a team that can sit around the locker room just gabbing for an hour, because at the end of the day, the Ultimus means nothing if you have to play with people you struggle to get along with to get there.
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