(S30) PT 5 - What is the Meaning of...

[CalvinGolladay]

Success is definitely a combination of those listed elements. I would say that at the ISFL level, success is being a rather high TPE team that's a consistent playoff team and contender with an active LR. High TPE helps for sustained success rather than a lucky season or two, while playoff contention is the #1 indicator of playing well in my mind. However, having a great active LR is crucial here imo. It can't really be considered much of a success if the LR is dead and there's basically nobody to celebrate with. I've always placed a big focus on great LR environments, but in this scenario I think that winning on the field comes first. A great LR might be more important to me, but I'd still consider the statistically better team to be more successful than the one with a super active LR in most cases. Here it's a matter of how important one sees success as being. Bonus points go to teams that are able to produce plenty of award winning and record breaking players, teams that break records themselves, teams that manage to dominate in an area of management (ex. scouting/the draft, or recruiting free agents). Success is definitely objective, but a combination of wins and a team to celebrate them with is the simplest definition I can come up with.

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[Mojojojo]

One of the wonderful and welcoming things about the ISFL is that there are many ways to find “success” as a player and a user. What defines success for me (Mojojojo) and my player (Ernest Lover) won’t necessarily be the same as what defines success for my teammates, but the fact that we can coexist and have fun together is what makes the experience so diverse and special. So first and foremost, my success in the league as a user is defined by the friendships and personal connections that I make along my journey. Getting to know new people who I probably would never have had the opportunity to meet if it weren’t for sim football and the community that it creates.

I have always been more competitive with myself than with others. So, when it comes to my player, what matters to me is keeping up with my player development tasks and earning as much TPE as I can. Updating my player each week and helping Ernest Lover be the strongest contributor to the team has been my main metric of success. I’m not too concerned with stats or records for my player (although a pro bowl or two would feel nice). But I am fully invested in team success and I feel acutely each win and loss as if I were really out on the field (although with fewer physical bruises). So now just finishing my first season as a GM, I am expanding my definition of success in the league to look long-term at developing a Sarasota Sailfish roster that will have a good time together and be competitive for seasons to come.

[mithrandir]

I do not have just one definition of success in the league. I strive to always see the positive in life, so I celebrate anything good that happens. In past seasons I have celebrated wins and I have had a successful on-field year. I have had great stats in my career and won awards and made Pro Bowls. This season in New Orleans we had less success on the field but we looked for the positive. It was fun to do a #barkerwatch after every game. We slowly watched our greatest wide receiver in NOLA franchise history, Ed Barker, creep up the all-time statistic leaderboards in this, his final season before hanging up his cleats. His 734 receptions are seventh all time. His 73 touchdowns are 10th all time. His 11,370 receiving yards are the fourth most of all time. He is no doubt a Hall of Famer. I think success can be measured in the fun you have and the ability to fight through a bad season and still see the positive and support and encourage one another. That is what our team is all about. We always encourage each other and cheer for each other’s success both on the field and off the field. So this season was a big success in my book.

[Billybolo53]

This is an interesting topic to discusss as I get to the end of my career. My view on success have changed quite a bit since I first joined the league. Coming out of the S22 draft, I thought success was being a hall of famer. Being one of the best players out there. Looking at it now, I feel like it takes a lot of luck to make it to the hall, def out of your control. What success in this league is to me now, is just being a good teammate. Enjoying my team and doing what I can to help us win. It's been amazing to see how well the team has been ran the last few seasons. I really proud of the small part that I've played in that success. But even if you team is not playing well or rebuilding you can still have a successful career. I was a huge fan of the KC royals in the MLB. Some of my favorite players are the one's who played on the worst teams. Those players keep the spark alive and the culture going until the next wave of sucess and are really important to have on the team. The most important things is that you have fun and enjoy the league. Don't take it too seriously and you'll find your own way to be successful.

[Daybe]

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[JKortesi81]

Success in the ISFL really can be described a million different ways by so many different people. I don’t even think two people in the league will have the same answer. For me, ever since I started Carlito Crush, it was always about one thing: the Hall of Fame. If you’re going to have a player in this league, the goal, to me, should be to create a Hall of Fame player. You bust your ass getting as much TPE as possible, and you put yourself in the best position to succeed. Crush did exactly that, going so far as to win an MVP and he held the “most TDs in a season” record for quite some time. (17 in 13 games). Crush made the Hall of Fame. Enter Easton Cole, the franchise QB for the new team in Austin. He grew as a player and led the team to the Ultimus in 5 seasons. And he was more than likely the 3rd best QB of all time behind greats like Borkman and Boss. Cole made the Hall of Fame, and I couldn’t be prouder. Here we are now, with Bayley Cowabunga, just in his second season, but already making things happen. I have high hopes for Bayley’s career, and here’s hoping that we can make it a 3rd straight successful player. (222)

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[SwankyPants31]

Having just completed the career of my first player, I think I can pretty definitely say that to me the definition of not only a successful season, but a successful career boils down to just having fun and enjoying the people you’re on a team with. From a stats perspective, Richard Gilbert’s career wasn’t really anything to write home about, but I still had a blast through the entire thing and it’s basically entirely due to how much fun I had in the Tijuana and Colorado locker rooms due to the great people I met there. Lots of people seem to base success on winning the Ultimus, or putting up huge seasons, or winning awards, or anything else like that, but that just isn’t my experience. That’s not to say any of that stuff is pointless. Speaking from both player and GM experience it felt awesome bringing home those two Ultiminis to Tijuana, and winning an award for my running back would have been fun but isn’t the end all be all. But you know what felt even more awesome? Jumping into voice chat on a Friday night, having some drinks, and playing some Minecraft or Jackbox party games with the locker room. At the end of the day, I would much rather lose with a group of people I have a close bond with than win with teammates I don’t get along with.

[j00]

I've come to find that there is very little you can do in regards to your player's success on the field, at least for most positions. Not all of us are blessed enough to be Tatsu Nakamura. So the only league awards that really "matter" are Most Dedicated Users, and GMotYs. Considering that I will probably not be recreating, my definition of success would be to get as much out of this one run as possible. One of my main goals is just going through as many locker rooms as possible as to meet as many people as possible. I mean, in terms of winning the Ultimus, what can you really do as a cornerback aside from just existing on a top-half team? Everyone knows Juno Hu is vying for a Hall of Fame career, so he's under a ton of pressure as he heads into his so-called "prime" years, especially given how short ISFL careers are. I think you have it right with "having fun with your team", though. The tough part is that everyone enjoys different things, so what you find fun might not be the case for others. I think the more you ended up enjoying your player's career is probably the best measure of success, cause if you're not having fun in the end, why are you doing this at all?

[TheSparkyDee]

Success is hard to get here in the ISFL. You either succeed or fail. It is hard to succeed when you don’t try. If you try your best your player will be good. But me… I think my player succeeds when his teammates around him are succeeding as well. They strive to win each game. Chicago butchers struggled during the first half of the season. But in the second half of the season we finished out strong. Look out next season for us to succeed and win more games. Maybe make a playoff run. We have the office and we have the defense. We do love succeeding together as a team, and when we succeed food taste better, Drinks taste better, sleeping feels better, working out feels better, and you know what else but I can’t say that. Succeed or not succeed that is the question. My player also succeeds when the quarterback is having a good game. Now you might say that is simple and easy to understand. But if the quarterback is not having a good game. I am not having a game. We need to work together in a whole unit. And win. We will do it next season I guarantee it.

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