Quote:Tier 2: Short Form Tasks (Each must be 300+ words) // Choose up to TWO for 5 TPE each.
10. Through a random lottery drawing, you have been named the league's new commissioner for a day. Congrats! What improvements would you make to the league if you had the power to do whatever you wanted?
Great! I won the lottery! But wait all I get is this admit one ticket to the commissioner’s chair? I guess that’s better than nothing. OK so here are some ideas that have been floating in my head if I polish them up a bit more I should probably call attention to them in a more visible space, but here goes.
- Some sort of ‘like’ option for posts or threads. This would probably need a big overhaul of the forum system so isn’t something to be done lightly, but here’s some reasons I think it would be good. For media posts people put in work and maybe its ‘just’ a creative writing blurb that’s not of general interest. So people don’t really want to respond in any meaningful way but it'd be cool to drop a thumbs up or something to show you appreciate the effort. Also on mega threads like this some good posts get made, but its not always easy to find them. If you could ‘like’ individual posts and that increased their visibility maybe people would get more enjoyment out of both the consumption and creation for these responses to these prompts, a lot of which are really great.
- Align traits for Defensive Ends and Defensive Tackles. So DTs are able to select both traits, power rusher and speed rusher, while defensive ends need to pick just one. That seems backwards to me. If anything DE are the more versatile rushers generally. I noticed DE tend to have slightly worse performance stat wise at least, maybe this is part of the problem.
- Rethink incentives for media payouts. Is 2500 words really the length we want media to push for? One good thing I’ve seen that does is it encourages people to work together to help build the community. But generally, I think 2500 is too long, and even on articles in which I had a lot of things to say I ended up stretching in different directions that probably made the media less entertaining to read. Some sort of incentive is probably good (800 words? 1500?), but it really depends on the type of media people like to see. Personally I'm more likely to really engage with it if it’s a bit smaller, while when it gets really long my eyes will start to glaze over at some point no matter how well crafted it is.
Quote:Tier 3: Written/Graphics Tasks (Each must be either 150+ words or a graphic) // Choose up to FOUR for 2.5 TPE each.
27. Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why?
You know how some teams have different names for their positions. Often hybrid linebackers get to have one like ‘Lobo’ or ‘Bulldog’. ‘Joker’ has been more widely adopted now, but same idea. Well Juan is a special specimen and would need a moniker that’s a little extra even if he’s sat squarely as the anchor of the defensive line. The ‘Rascal’ would be a defensive line position that thrives not only on their impressive size, but surprising intellect and quickness. And that’s the thing the ‘Rascal’ is very multiple, you think he’s just going to shade the center then BAM! he swaps over to the three technique pushing the end outside, and creating more space for an inside blitz. Or WHAMMO! he drops back into pass coverage?! Who’d have thought of that? The Rascal that’s who. And they’d have the total freedom to let their hamster wheel brain run free, attacking the offensive from all sorts of unexpected angles.
Quote:Tier 3: Written/Graphics Tasks (Each must be either 150+ words or a graphic) // Choose up to FOUR for 2.5 TPE each.
29. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? Why? (Written Task)
I think there are so many teams that do a great job on the branding its hard to call any the best, but I did want to call out the Tijuana Luchadores. I always thought the concept was really fun, and a good fit for the league with a lot of interesting directions you could take it. But seeing them more frequently during their DSFL playoff run, I really like their field. The Aztec like patterns in the endzone with the Mexican flag color scheme, the Luchadore front and center with the belt buckle like name plate. Just a lot of intricate details that I didn’t fully appreciate at first. I’m sure as I spend more time in the league I’ll see similar care and attention on offer from other teams as well. And that’s great! I can have a new favorite every week, and this is even before color rush when people get another opportunity to show their creativity and bring out fun new concepts.