16. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S31 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?
As a Season 31 Rookie I can talk about myself here for a bit, and I will gladly do so in song form! (If you haven't seen Moana, next!) Anyway, what do I bring to an ISFL team? I bring tenacity and excitement, I bring fresh blood and a whole lot of energy. I bring willingness to succeed and do my best, even if the 'sim is gonna sim' and I dont bring to much to the table at the start. I will always keep my head held high, my energy higher and a positive attitude the highest. I bring a player with the highest TPE for my draft class - let me just check before I continue to claim that. No, not anymore, I bring the second highest TPE player to your team. I have sadly been overtaken, but that's okay, it shows my willing and keenness to earn TPE and do what I can to succeed - I will also soon be overtaken by simo, as he has like a billion recruited players that he can claim, okay 5 but you get the drift, so sadly, he will overtake me too. But for now, I am the second earning TPE player of the class. As for this season, I don't think I'll be winning any awards for Staggs but I will be doing my best and having fun.
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17. Your team has announced that they will be laying ground on a new stadium next season. What additions would you like to see included in it. No graphics option available here.
So the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, are obviously in Australia, and so there are a few things that I would like to see in the new stadium that I have seen in other stadiums across Australia. My first would be an update on the chairs. No-one wants to be dealing with chairs that fling up as soon as you stand. I get that it is convenient and all as you are walking through the rows but they are just not comfortable, so maybe have a little toggle that allows them to stay down and then move it and they fling up. My second addition would be chairs in the colour of the teams colours, an NRL team have these here in Brisbane, and its in a really cool pattern and so would be fun to add here. My third addition that I would like to see is a pool. Yes, you read that correctly, a pool. There are a few cricket stadiums here (as cricket can be an all day event) that have a pool and people can swim and drink the afternoon away. My last addition to the stadium is a mound - this is a grassy hilled part where people can lay out their picnic blankets and have a good old laze in the Australian sun and get sunburnt to a crisp while watching their favourite sport.
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22. You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
If I was in charge of the half-time show for the Ultimini there would be a few things I would do. I would a) start off the epic show with pitch black and a single light shining down on a stage with a singer standing there, solo and acoustic. They would be singing the Australian National Anthem. After the first verse a second spotlight would shine down on a second singer - people would vaguely recognise them, are they? aren't they? - and they would be making a medley and be starting of the Star Spangled Banner (this is obviously assuming that the Bondi Beach Buccaneers are in the Ultimini or this is kinda pointless). They would then proceed to sing together and music would start coming out from the darkness and then boom, lights would reveal a huge well pieced band and these two homegrown singers who are trying to make their mark on the music world would be the stars of the half-time show. They would perform original pieces and this would be their start to famedom. A choreographed group of school kids would all come out onto the field and start running drills in the 'jerseys' of various players in the two teams (and potentially the league) in time to the music, this might be a bit beyond a bunch of school kids so would probably be school aged kids from local dance studios.
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27. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?
I've done this for a media piece and focussed on the minors teams. But now, I guess, I can take a look at the Majors teams here in the ISFL. I want to start by saying, hopefully no-one is reading this and gets offended. But revamp? I think the NOLA Second Line team could do with a change of branding. Firstly, I had no idea what it meant, and maybe that is because celebrations here in Australia are so very different to the celebrations in the US. The term Second Line meant absolutely nothing to me. I feel it is somewhat related to a football theme for a team but is also very loosely connected that it doesn't make sense just as much as it does. All of this being said, I have not looked into the history or wiki or anything. And the team that I think looks good - would hands down be New York Silverbacks. I love the art deco styling (which albeit has nothing to do with football but is cool as all get out) and then the iconic king kong/gorilla in New York. It's all just pieced together so well, feels so classic yet so modern and sleek and I love it.
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As a Season 31 Rookie I can talk about myself here for a bit, and I will gladly do so in song form! (If you haven't seen Moana, next!) Anyway, what do I bring to an ISFL team? I bring tenacity and excitement, I bring fresh blood and a whole lot of energy. I bring willingness to succeed and do my best, even if the 'sim is gonna sim' and I dont bring to much to the table at the start. I will always keep my head held high, my energy higher and a positive attitude the highest. I bring a player with the highest TPE for my draft class - let me just check before I continue to claim that. No, not anymore, I bring the second highest TPE player to your team. I have sadly been overtaken, but that's okay, it shows my willing and keenness to earn TPE and do what I can to succeed - I will also soon be overtaken by simo, as he has like a billion recruited players that he can claim, okay 5 but you get the drift, so sadly, he will overtake me too. But for now, I am the second earning TPE player of the class. As for this season, I don't think I'll be winning any awards for Staggs but I will be doing my best and having fun.
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17. Your team has announced that they will be laying ground on a new stadium next season. What additions would you like to see included in it. No graphics option available here.
So the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, are obviously in Australia, and so there are a few things that I would like to see in the new stadium that I have seen in other stadiums across Australia. My first would be an update on the chairs. No-one wants to be dealing with chairs that fling up as soon as you stand. I get that it is convenient and all as you are walking through the rows but they are just not comfortable, so maybe have a little toggle that allows them to stay down and then move it and they fling up. My second addition would be chairs in the colour of the teams colours, an NRL team have these here in Brisbane, and its in a really cool pattern and so would be fun to add here. My third addition that I would like to see is a pool. Yes, you read that correctly, a pool. There are a few cricket stadiums here (as cricket can be an all day event) that have a pool and people can swim and drink the afternoon away. My last addition to the stadium is a mound - this is a grassy hilled part where people can lay out their picnic blankets and have a good old laze in the Australian sun and get sunburnt to a crisp while watching their favourite sport.
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22. You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
If I was in charge of the half-time show for the Ultimini there would be a few things I would do. I would a) start off the epic show with pitch black and a single light shining down on a stage with a singer standing there, solo and acoustic. They would be singing the Australian National Anthem. After the first verse a second spotlight would shine down on a second singer - people would vaguely recognise them, are they? aren't they? - and they would be making a medley and be starting of the Star Spangled Banner (this is obviously assuming that the Bondi Beach Buccaneers are in the Ultimini or this is kinda pointless). They would then proceed to sing together and music would start coming out from the darkness and then boom, lights would reveal a huge well pieced band and these two homegrown singers who are trying to make their mark on the music world would be the stars of the half-time show. They would perform original pieces and this would be their start to famedom. A choreographed group of school kids would all come out onto the field and start running drills in the 'jerseys' of various players in the two teams (and potentially the league) in time to the music, this might be a bit beyond a bunch of school kids so would probably be school aged kids from local dance studios.
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27. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?
I've done this for a media piece and focussed on the minors teams. But now, I guess, I can take a look at the Majors teams here in the ISFL. I want to start by saying, hopefully no-one is reading this and gets offended. But revamp? I think the NOLA Second Line team could do with a change of branding. Firstly, I had no idea what it meant, and maybe that is because celebrations here in Australia are so very different to the celebrations in the US. The term Second Line meant absolutely nothing to me. I feel it is somewhat related to a football theme for a team but is also very loosely connected that it doesn't make sense just as much as it does. All of this being said, I have not looked into the history or wiki or anything. And the team that I think looks good - would hands down be New York Silverbacks. I love the art deco styling (which albeit has nothing to do with football but is cool as all get out) and then the iconic king kong/gorilla in New York. It's all just pieced together so well, feels so classic yet so modern and sleek and I love it.
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