#14
Portland Pythons in season 35 started really well. No one actually believed in us, if we count DSFL predictions. While DSFL is hard to predict we were the lowest team in the league by TPE count, so a lot of people had doubts about our success. Well, right of the gate we proved some doubters wrong by going 2-0 against Ducks and Coyotes. The ducks game went down to the wire with my player defending 2 points conversion, which end up the game difference. We went through the first week undefeated to meet with heavy favorites - Tijuana next week. Well, out of two last undefeated teams they got the better of us in the close game. We immediately bounced back with a huge win over Dallas, 55-14. Next came the game at London which also was an authoritative win. Home game at Norfolk was important for us to prove that we are second best team aside After Tijuana. It all went well until they got two return TDs in one quarter. I'm still pretty salty about this sim moment. So, first half of the season we finished at 5-2 which was good result, first in the conference. Defense was the key to our good performance. But right at the start of second half it was pretty improbable loss to Grey Ducks in which our offense just seamed to give up. We immediately bounced back against Kansas, completely dominating at defense and causing 5 turnovers in a game. The most important game that was left for us was against Tijuana, to prove a point, Sadly, this one we lost too in a really close game. By that time all doubters got proved wrong, and we went to win out the rest of season, clinching the first place in the conference. In conference championship our luck went to the drain again with Kansas completing pretty incredible comeback. Overall for me this season felt great, aside from it's ending.
#25
That should be pretty easy task for me, cause when I first wanted to create a player it was actually a tight end, not linebacker. Tight end just seemed like an overall underrated position for me, even if at the time I actually had no idea how sim works and that good tight ends are a deficit in the league. Overall I feel that tight ends are more universal players that are important both to passing and running game. Also NFL had some run of superstar tight ends lately, some of them capable of carrying their teams offense - Gronk, Kelce, Kittle. But even some work-horse tight ends become more important in todays game, even if it isn't reflected in their salary. This season ISFL buffed tight ends in fantasy, probably to engage their users to become more active or to create more tight ends. I honestly hope it works and maybe we will see some two-TE offenses in ISFL future. After I complete my first career here I'll probably recreate as a TE next time.
#27
The team I want to talk about the most is Yellowknife Wraiths. While I like their branding more than some teams I still think that they can use some changes for the better. I think their logo can get some slight modernization with a more nasty looking grim reaper or whatever that thing supposed to mean. It can also be some image of indigenous mythological beings, to reflect it's namesake better. Also their colors can change to aurora borealis colors representing their unique location, that is close to arctic circle. Saying all that, I think that they are probably fine without all that, cause there are teams whose branding works worse for me. Sorry, Baltimore Hawks and their fans but they are just bland I think. First of all, there is already team in Baltimore and it also has a bird as name and logo! And there is a Hawks team in NBA too. But all of that will need much more radical rework then just branding.
Portland Pythons in season 35 started really well. No one actually believed in us, if we count DSFL predictions. While DSFL is hard to predict we were the lowest team in the league by TPE count, so a lot of people had doubts about our success. Well, right of the gate we proved some doubters wrong by going 2-0 against Ducks and Coyotes. The ducks game went down to the wire with my player defending 2 points conversion, which end up the game difference. We went through the first week undefeated to meet with heavy favorites - Tijuana next week. Well, out of two last undefeated teams they got the better of us in the close game. We immediately bounced back with a huge win over Dallas, 55-14. Next came the game at London which also was an authoritative win. Home game at Norfolk was important for us to prove that we are second best team aside After Tijuana. It all went well until they got two return TDs in one quarter. I'm still pretty salty about this sim moment. So, first half of the season we finished at 5-2 which was good result, first in the conference. Defense was the key to our good performance. But right at the start of second half it was pretty improbable loss to Grey Ducks in which our offense just seamed to give up. We immediately bounced back against Kansas, completely dominating at defense and causing 5 turnovers in a game. The most important game that was left for us was against Tijuana, to prove a point, Sadly, this one we lost too in a really close game. By that time all doubters got proved wrong, and we went to win out the rest of season, clinching the first place in the conference. In conference championship our luck went to the drain again with Kansas completing pretty incredible comeback. Overall for me this season felt great, aside from it's ending.
#25
That should be pretty easy task for me, cause when I first wanted to create a player it was actually a tight end, not linebacker. Tight end just seemed like an overall underrated position for me, even if at the time I actually had no idea how sim works and that good tight ends are a deficit in the league. Overall I feel that tight ends are more universal players that are important both to passing and running game. Also NFL had some run of superstar tight ends lately, some of them capable of carrying their teams offense - Gronk, Kelce, Kittle. But even some work-horse tight ends become more important in todays game, even if it isn't reflected in their salary. This season ISFL buffed tight ends in fantasy, probably to engage their users to become more active or to create more tight ends. I honestly hope it works and maybe we will see some two-TE offenses in ISFL future. After I complete my first career here I'll probably recreate as a TE next time.
#27
The team I want to talk about the most is Yellowknife Wraiths. While I like their branding more than some teams I still think that they can use some changes for the better. I think their logo can get some slight modernization with a more nasty looking grim reaper or whatever that thing supposed to mean. It can also be some image of indigenous mythological beings, to reflect it's namesake better. Also their colors can change to aurora borealis colors representing their unique location, that is close to arctic circle. Saying all that, I think that they are probably fine without all that, cause there are teams whose branding works worse for me. Sorry, Baltimore Hawks and their fans but they are just bland I think. First of all, there is already team in Baltimore and it also has a bird as name and logo! And there is a Hawks team in NBA too. But all of that will need much more radical rework then just branding.