Tier 2: Short Form Tasks (Each must be 300+ words)
Choose up to TWO for 5 TPE each.
8. With awards season upon us, make up an award for your player win for something not on the football field?
The award that would most fit for Doc would be “Silent but Deadly”. While initially you would think that this would be in relation to his flatulence, it is. BUT it is also in relation to the presence that we have on the Discord Forum, in the LR and all around the league. Doc has never been a loud mouth or a vocal player, really the same way that I am as a person. You let your actions do your talking for you, whether it is on the field or in the locker room. Doc will always be there to support the team either on a one on one level or a team conversation, he will be there. Being a team player isn’t about how loud your voice is, it is about what you do when no one is watching you, when no one is telling you to do what you should be doing, you just go out and do it. It is in his time with London and with NOLA that he learned the true value of what it means to be a team player. To be the student and learn and soak up all the knowledge that he can along the way and put that into how he talks to new players or how he works with existing players, how he communicates in the locker room. Doc has also learned how to plan out his meals so that he can truly have the most deadly silent farts imaginable. It is a combination of several things, lots of dairy, tons of protein and only the vegetables that smell absolutely horrid. With the combination of ingredients, Doc has been successful in creating a stench that can clear out a stadium. At the same time, Doc ensures that he is still loved by his team, he really is the whole package of stink and love, and that is why he deserved the Silent but Deadly award.
13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.
I think the word expansion is a dirty word right now. In my own opinion I do not think there is a reason to expand until all of the teams are filled or close to filled with players. What we should really be doing is steering creates or re-creates away from saturated positions. I know that there are a lot of people who really want to try out a specific role to see what it would be like. I think most of the people that play in sim leagues do it for the fun of the group or the teams that they play for. For more tenured or re-creates, this should be first of mind for them when they go to make a new character. Setting clear expectations or “current players in position” when people go to create a player would help us with making sure that teams are not loaded with several of the same type of player. If the expansion is based on wanting new teams, maybe we should do a league vote on some rebranding, maybe there is an opportunity to rebrand and vote on what team, where to move to another “state”, change their colors, change the mascot etc. This would be a good solution. Unless I am looking at this wrong and all the teams are already at capacity, then we should look at adding a new team, something more fun in an obscure place where no one plays or knows about football. Like a team that was in the South Pole, they practice and play in the arctic winter to be better prepared for any weather that may come up, or what about a team that is found in the Lost City of Atlantis? In conclusion, we don’t need to expand, but if we do… let’s make it cool.
Choose up to TWO for 5 TPE each.
8. With awards season upon us, make up an award for your player win for something not on the football field?
The award that would most fit for Doc would be “Silent but Deadly”. While initially you would think that this would be in relation to his flatulence, it is. BUT it is also in relation to the presence that we have on the Discord Forum, in the LR and all around the league. Doc has never been a loud mouth or a vocal player, really the same way that I am as a person. You let your actions do your talking for you, whether it is on the field or in the locker room. Doc will always be there to support the team either on a one on one level or a team conversation, he will be there. Being a team player isn’t about how loud your voice is, it is about what you do when no one is watching you, when no one is telling you to do what you should be doing, you just go out and do it. It is in his time with London and with NOLA that he learned the true value of what it means to be a team player. To be the student and learn and soak up all the knowledge that he can along the way and put that into how he talks to new players or how he works with existing players, how he communicates in the locker room. Doc has also learned how to plan out his meals so that he can truly have the most deadly silent farts imaginable. It is a combination of several things, lots of dairy, tons of protein and only the vegetables that smell absolutely horrid. With the combination of ingredients, Doc has been successful in creating a stench that can clear out a stadium. At the same time, Doc ensures that he is still loved by his team, he really is the whole package of stink and love, and that is why he deserved the Silent but Deadly award.
13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.
I think the word expansion is a dirty word right now. In my own opinion I do not think there is a reason to expand until all of the teams are filled or close to filled with players. What we should really be doing is steering creates or re-creates away from saturated positions. I know that there are a lot of people who really want to try out a specific role to see what it would be like. I think most of the people that play in sim leagues do it for the fun of the group or the teams that they play for. For more tenured or re-creates, this should be first of mind for them when they go to make a new character. Setting clear expectations or “current players in position” when people go to create a player would help us with making sure that teams are not loaded with several of the same type of player. If the expansion is based on wanting new teams, maybe we should do a league vote on some rebranding, maybe there is an opportunity to rebrand and vote on what team, where to move to another “state”, change their colors, change the mascot etc. This would be a good solution. Unless I am looking at this wrong and all the teams are already at capacity, then we should look at adding a new team, something more fun in an obscure place where no one plays or knows about football. Like a team that was in the South Pole, they practice and play in the arctic winter to be better prepared for any weather that may come up, or what about a team that is found in the Lost City of Atlantis? In conclusion, we don’t need to expand, but if we do… let’s make it cool.