(I guess this falls under writing prompt 7, either 6 or 7 something history related)
Having been around the league for a long time, I've been a part of quite a lot of history that has been good or bad in the league. Honestly speaking, I want to talk about a decision I myself made as a player, when it came to my 3rd player in the league, Tyler Oles JR. At this time, I had just finished a Hall of Fame career with Kazimir Oles, I had created the Butchers who took a shot with a bunch of older players, to fill the timeline that myself and Muford, where both of our players were older and trying to win a title quickly. After having been a part of the SaberCats, a team that really felt like home, we went on to create our own thing, now this info matters quite a bit because Tyler Oles JR, my next player, had a lot of rumors/thoughts swirling that if it wasn't the Butchers I would leave to go back to the Butchers. This was never my intention however, and while yes, I did return to the Butchers quickly, it truly was not my intention and it did cause quite a few people to take issue with me, leading to some bitterness that I held towards the league. I don't say this to garner sympathy or pity, but at that time in my life, the league was a weird spot, I held onto something I probably shouldn't have held onto, and forced myself to recreate even when I knew I really did not have an interest in the league. This leads me to the Outlaws, the team that drafted my player, that I ultimately left one season later for the Butchers (although, as I have told others, I was very close to going to the Sailfish in that offseason, it was practically a coinflip decision). The Outlaws when they drafted me were a team I really didn't feel one way or the other about, I was open to them but ultimately as I mentioned earlier I had a bitterness towards most of the league at this point. I was out of the Simmer/Head Office/DSFL Commissioner role that I held for quite a while, I had been harassed constantly by someone in a different sim league, and my mental health was not great at this time. Ultimately I was a bit shitty towards others, and towards the Outlaws, I let my bitterness fill over into that team and really just did not enjoy any of my time there, and I can make excuses about the locker room not being my thing, or feeling disrespected by my draft slot, but ultimately the only person I can really blame is myself. I was constantly putting myself into drama at these times, drama I shouldn't have been a part of, like the Chicago mutiny, I had no place and really should not have been forcing my way into just finding drama after drama because of what I had been through with the league or how I felt disrespected even though I put in all that time and effort to sim, stream, and control an entire league by myself for a year+. I shunned the Outlaws for really nothing of their doing, except for maybe having a locker room I didn't like, and I pushed a lot of wrong buttons trying to force my way to a certain standing or spot just because of other things that had been going on. It's funny though, I got to be a part of the Chaos Cats when an expansion season was coming up, I had gone to the Butchers, we needed expansion slots and they asked me how I felt about being traded, and then returning, something that they knew I would be up for. I was traded to SJS with the express knowledge I would be returning to Chicago (a lot of people knew this would happen, it was quite clear), and accidently won a title because one of the miracle runs in the ISFL happened with the Chaos Cats that year. So yeah, that's the story on how I completely messed up my 3rd player and created an even worse situation for myself mentally by trying to force myself into perfection and all that jazz. (713 words)
Having been around the league for a long time, I've been a part of quite a lot of history that has been good or bad in the league. Honestly speaking, I want to talk about a decision I myself made as a player, when it came to my 3rd player in the league, Tyler Oles JR. At this time, I had just finished a Hall of Fame career with Kazimir Oles, I had created the Butchers who took a shot with a bunch of older players, to fill the timeline that myself and Muford, where both of our players were older and trying to win a title quickly. After having been a part of the SaberCats, a team that really felt like home, we went on to create our own thing, now this info matters quite a bit because Tyler Oles JR, my next player, had a lot of rumors/thoughts swirling that if it wasn't the Butchers I would leave to go back to the Butchers. This was never my intention however, and while yes, I did return to the Butchers quickly, it truly was not my intention and it did cause quite a few people to take issue with me, leading to some bitterness that I held towards the league. I don't say this to garner sympathy or pity, but at that time in my life, the league was a weird spot, I held onto something I probably shouldn't have held onto, and forced myself to recreate even when I knew I really did not have an interest in the league. This leads me to the Outlaws, the team that drafted my player, that I ultimately left one season later for the Butchers (although, as I have told others, I was very close to going to the Sailfish in that offseason, it was practically a coinflip decision). The Outlaws when they drafted me were a team I really didn't feel one way or the other about, I was open to them but ultimately as I mentioned earlier I had a bitterness towards most of the league at this point. I was out of the Simmer/Head Office/DSFL Commissioner role that I held for quite a while, I had been harassed constantly by someone in a different sim league, and my mental health was not great at this time. Ultimately I was a bit shitty towards others, and towards the Outlaws, I let my bitterness fill over into that team and really just did not enjoy any of my time there, and I can make excuses about the locker room not being my thing, or feeling disrespected by my draft slot, but ultimately the only person I can really blame is myself. I was constantly putting myself into drama at these times, drama I shouldn't have been a part of, like the Chicago mutiny, I had no place and really should not have been forcing my way into just finding drama after drama because of what I had been through with the league or how I felt disrespected even though I put in all that time and effort to sim, stream, and control an entire league by myself for a year+. I shunned the Outlaws for really nothing of their doing, except for maybe having a locker room I didn't like, and I pushed a lot of wrong buttons trying to force my way to a certain standing or spot just because of other things that had been going on. It's funny though, I got to be a part of the Chaos Cats when an expansion season was coming up, I had gone to the Butchers, we needed expansion slots and they asked me how I felt about being traded, and then returning, something that they knew I would be up for. I was traded to SJS with the express knowledge I would be returning to Chicago (a lot of people knew this would happen, it was quite clear), and accidently won a title because one of the miracle runs in the ISFL happened with the Chaos Cats that year. So yeah, that's the story on how I completely messed up my 3rd player and created an even worse situation for myself mentally by trying to force myself into perfection and all that jazz. (713 words)
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