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.
First things first, the new Bondi Beach Stadium will be built on a sort of floating Island off the coast. It will be sturdy, built on a platform raised off the sea floor, but allowing the main stadium to be above water, with some undersea restaurants built below the stadium. The Western side of the stadium will have a full dock, for ships and ferries to drop fans off. There will also be a helicopter pad on this side of the stadiums second level entrance, this will be reserved for VIPs. On the outside of the Northern section will be the fun zone. complete with snorkeling, scuba diving, slides and rope swings. The southern side, outside the stadium will be similar fun, but with Jet skis, and tubing and some fishing. The Eastern side of the stadium will have rentable cabanas and a hotel overlooking the sea. Inside the main body of the arena there will be countless restaurants, fast food and bars, with a state of the art bungie jumping system going off the top, and skydiving out over the eastern side.
20. Make a scouting report for any of the ISFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, or highlights. Written or graphic option available.
Gus Bus is a Fullback in the upcoming ISFL draft. He plays currently for the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. They finished the season with a record of 3-11. Despite being a Fullback, and a fair bit slower than the other running backs in the league, Gus Bus managed to be fourth in yards, behind 3 players who had roughly 100+ more carries. With a YPC of 4.1, he ran efficiently on the year despite a few slow games. It almost looked as though he was a boom or bust type player who would go off for 100+ yards and 6.7 ypc, or would carry 17 times for 32 yards. No matter when the yards came, they still came, finishing the year with 1194 yards on 4.1 yards per carry he was a true force in the short game, carrying for 70 first downs, and a 23% chance to get a first on every play regardless of distance. Then we have the money stat, 9 touchdowns. This was pretty middle of the road considering some guys with 400 carries finished with 17 TDs, it was still a very solid statline for an offense that struggled. Gus Bus was also one of the top two best blocking backs in the league finishing with 21 pancakes and only 2 sacks allowed. When he plays in his native fullback position those numbers are sure to go up, and sacks allowed will go down. For such a large body he also does well enough in the passing game, with 80 yards on 14 catches. I predict Gus Bus to be a valuable utility player able to fill many roles on the offense.
23. Create a billboard, magazine cover, unique trading card, or video game cover depicting a one of the league's stars.
27. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?
I think the best branding is a close choice between a few teams so I am going to do a kind of rate, based on uniqueness, ties to local culture or what the city is famous for, logo design, color choice, and overall. Doing what I like the best and what I think is the worst. Im also encouraged to do a media about this now so I might push that out.
Honolulu is towards the top for me, good ties to local culture, incredibly unique name, the logo is good, the only thing i'm not completely sold on is the colors, but I think they are fine enough. 9/10
New Orleans is another good one, very unique, good colors, the light blue mixed in is interesting and unique in a good way, and the ties to local culture is fantastic, the logo itself is good as well. 9/10
New York is another top brand, I really like the name, I think its pretty clever nod to New York's history with king kong and the concrete jungle. The colors are very nice, overall I think it's hard to beat. 10/10
Philadelphia is one of my favorites, I really like the rebranded circular logo, if you've ever seen one of my logos I really like circular logos for basketball and Football. The name is incredibly unique and ties into the city history perfectly. Again the liberty bell logo is clever and fits the brand perfectly despite any taco bell references. One of my favorite brandings. 10/10
There are a few others that I really enjoy a lot, but they don't quite reach the level of these four so I wont talk about them here.
The team with the worst branding for me, is Baltimore, now it's not that I don't think its good, I just think its the weakest in the ISFL.
I like the new rebrand a lot more than the old, so I do like the logo now, but I am not a huge fan of the color combo, and the name is a bit bland, not super unique considering every Baltimore sports team is a bird, that does get them a little points for consistency but it's just not that unique. I would rate it a 6/10. there are some other teams I would give a 6/10, but they have one quality at least that I think gets them a slight edge.
First things first, the new Bondi Beach Stadium will be built on a sort of floating Island off the coast. It will be sturdy, built on a platform raised off the sea floor, but allowing the main stadium to be above water, with some undersea restaurants built below the stadium. The Western side of the stadium will have a full dock, for ships and ferries to drop fans off. There will also be a helicopter pad on this side of the stadiums second level entrance, this will be reserved for VIPs. On the outside of the Northern section will be the fun zone. complete with snorkeling, scuba diving, slides and rope swings. The southern side, outside the stadium will be similar fun, but with Jet skis, and tubing and some fishing. The Eastern side of the stadium will have rentable cabanas and a hotel overlooking the sea. Inside the main body of the arena there will be countless restaurants, fast food and bars, with a state of the art bungie jumping system going off the top, and skydiving out over the eastern side.
20. Make a scouting report for any of the ISFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, or highlights. Written or graphic option available.
Gus Bus is a Fullback in the upcoming ISFL draft. He plays currently for the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. They finished the season with a record of 3-11. Despite being a Fullback, and a fair bit slower than the other running backs in the league, Gus Bus managed to be fourth in yards, behind 3 players who had roughly 100+ more carries. With a YPC of 4.1, he ran efficiently on the year despite a few slow games. It almost looked as though he was a boom or bust type player who would go off for 100+ yards and 6.7 ypc, or would carry 17 times for 32 yards. No matter when the yards came, they still came, finishing the year with 1194 yards on 4.1 yards per carry he was a true force in the short game, carrying for 70 first downs, and a 23% chance to get a first on every play regardless of distance. Then we have the money stat, 9 touchdowns. This was pretty middle of the road considering some guys with 400 carries finished with 17 TDs, it was still a very solid statline for an offense that struggled. Gus Bus was also one of the top two best blocking backs in the league finishing with 21 pancakes and only 2 sacks allowed. When he plays in his native fullback position those numbers are sure to go up, and sacks allowed will go down. For such a large body he also does well enough in the passing game, with 80 yards on 14 catches. I predict Gus Bus to be a valuable utility player able to fill many roles on the offense.
23. Create a billboard, magazine cover, unique trading card, or video game cover depicting a one of the league's stars.
27. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? What team do you think could use a refresh? Why?
I think the best branding is a close choice between a few teams so I am going to do a kind of rate, based on uniqueness, ties to local culture or what the city is famous for, logo design, color choice, and overall. Doing what I like the best and what I think is the worst. Im also encouraged to do a media about this now so I might push that out.
Honolulu is towards the top for me, good ties to local culture, incredibly unique name, the logo is good, the only thing i'm not completely sold on is the colors, but I think they are fine enough. 9/10
New Orleans is another good one, very unique, good colors, the light blue mixed in is interesting and unique in a good way, and the ties to local culture is fantastic, the logo itself is good as well. 9/10
New York is another top brand, I really like the name, I think its pretty clever nod to New York's history with king kong and the concrete jungle. The colors are very nice, overall I think it's hard to beat. 10/10
Philadelphia is one of my favorites, I really like the rebranded circular logo, if you've ever seen one of my logos I really like circular logos for basketball and Football. The name is incredibly unique and ties into the city history perfectly. Again the liberty bell logo is clever and fits the brand perfectly despite any taco bell references. One of my favorite brandings. 10/10
There are a few others that I really enjoy a lot, but they don't quite reach the level of these four so I wont talk about them here.
The team with the worst branding for me, is Baltimore, now it's not that I don't think its good, I just think its the weakest in the ISFL.
I like the new rebrand a lot more than the old, so I do like the logo now, but I am not a huge fan of the color combo, and the name is a bit bland, not super unique considering every Baltimore sports team is a bird, that does get them a little points for consistency but it's just not that unique. I would rate it a 6/10. there are some other teams I would give a 6/10, but they have one quality at least that I think gets them a slight edge.