(S37) PT #1

[katarn22]

I love this point task! Here we go:

@slate: Getting to GM with London with you and win the Ultimini together is one of my all time league experiences.

@Crunk: You never fail to make me laugh about whatever we're talking about.

@"Maglubiyet": I always appreciate your jokes/puns, even if I don't always immediately understand them.

@Sebster: Thanks for letting me share my dank memes with you.

@abh89: Thank you for letting me bother you when I have silly tech questions which you're always happy to answer.

@Modern_Duke: For taking my pizza recommendations, even if it takes 6 months.

@"Jimi": Low-key one of the coolest people I've met in the league, no cap (as the kids would say).

@Sylphreni and @Highhaschdi: Thank you for drafting me to London way back when, I didn't want to go anywhere else.

@TheCC: Thank you for messing with me in counting so early on so I could start getting saves.

@Kotasa: Rich Triplet is the best cornerback to ever play the game!

[Ulaire]

Ok, I gonna start going in chronological order. Will not ping people, cause not everyone likes random pings I guess.
First of all, thanks to rookie mentors in rookie discord - Russ, woelkers, raven and others are doing a great job to help newbies and make them interested in sim league.
Next one is firstfray - thanks for picking me up on waivers, and giving me the first taste of ISFL football.
Next ones are obviously Goosar and Pugwalrus for believing in me and drafting me. That was great two seasons guys! You definitely deserved those GM of the year awards.
All my Portland teammates Xave, JHM, gadget, dallasrouge, Suggs, nunc and others. Shame that we didn't get that Ultimini, but hey, we swept ton of individual rewards, and you guys definitely deserved them. It's a great locker room, and great experience for ISFL rookies. Also zeagle obviously, you helped a lot, and you are a great presence too.
simo and Crunk, you guys traded a first rounder to pick me, I hope that I will be worth it. Great scouting conversation from simo, I should say.
Everyone in the Arizona locker room obviously. We will break that playoff curse, definitely!

[NamelessNate]

This week I am supposed to say something nice about other users, so in this case I am not allowed to talk about anyone on the PPT team because I have nothing nice to say about whoever graded the S37 off-season task. Absolutely nothing at all. They say I do not put enough effort into typing words, as if they are some high and mighty judiciary that gets to decide who gets tpe and who doesn't get TPE and I am more than willing to bet they hold arbitrary standards on what they call good effort and what they call "lack of effort."

Now for some nice things to say, I have a friend in this league named Hoppy and I'll sic him on you if you treat me badly. You don't want that shit storm coming your way, he's liable to take off your head for less than a kit kat bar. We are truly brothers from other mothers (except in the league, we're literal twins) and without him I wouldn't be here. One day he decided it was time to recreate here and now we've set ourselves a little competition between eachother. I'm excited to see how long we play this out and to compete with someone I am close with, and I hope we continue to get placed on the same team together. I would even go out to say that without him on my team I don't think I can see myself in this league, the sim and index get messy and hard to look at, but the connection made between us makes it worth it,

270 words, is that enough effort for you grader?

[TheRocheLimit]

Okay, this is gonna be tricky because I'm sure I'll forget some folks, but here we go...

@zaynzk Thanks for being a great running mate in New York and dealing with me on the regular. One of these days I'll figure out how to GM. Maybe.

@Bwestfield and @woelkers I'll always be appreciative of you both for bringing me into this amazing team. You two are a big part of why I've been here for two and a half years.

@SchwarzNarr You do some amazing things here. We don't chat as often as we used to but I appreciate all the things you've done for this league. Truly awesome.

@Dewalt27 and @RussDrivesTheBus and @IceBear32 Some of my fellow GMs that are fun to talk nonsense with from time to time. Thanks for helping to keep things light. Also shoutout to Ice and @Painted for a super fun time in Minny.

@iStegosauruz Thanks for teaching me to sim, and being someone that's always down to chat. Let's grab a drink eventually.

Honestly, there are so many more people that I'd like to say thank you to but there's no way I'll get to them all. To all my teammates in New York, from the veterans to the rookies, I sincerely enjoy all the time we get to hang out together. I truly believe we've got one of the best locker rooms in this league and ALL of you are a big reason why.

[br0_0ker]

First, though I think it was part of your league job, thanks to @iamslm22 for recruiting me to the league during the S15 r/nfl drive. I had no idea things like this league existed and never would've found it without your post.

Second, @Duilio05 for trading for me in my second season. I honestly can't remember who the GM was for the SaberCats at the time I was drafted, but I remember my time in Baltimore fondly, Duilio showed me how a LR should be run and answered a lot of my questions about the sim entering the league.

@ValorX77 my fellow S15 draftee, former co-GM, and inspiration. When I first met Valor, and I think there was a lot of agreement on this, my first impression was "omg this guy" and not in the good way. In those first few seasons, Valor showed me a passion and a legitimate thirst for improvement that are some of the traits I most admire most in people. Thank you for accepting me to try and right the ship in CHI and even though it ultimately was a trainwreck, I appreciate my time there and the experience I gained with you during that time.

@Opera_Phantom was one of the first users to reach out to me when I rejoined the league, offering concern and empathy in rejoining. I appreciated that greatly, and let me know that the league was an accepting place that wouldn't hold my past against me.

@LordEscanor , @IceBear32 , and @MMFLEX thank you for being my GMs these past few seasons. You've been helpful and supportive with all my league interests, and cultivated excellent locker rooms that reaffirmed my decision to join the league again.

This thing is getting entirely too long, there's many other people that I could say nice things about but these 7 are probably the most deserving.

[Nathan]

SHL Affiliate (Username is Atox)

[mer]

Shoutout to @Caleb_H because he's such a lovely person and I'm so excited to see him branching out in other leagues and doing excellently in all of them. Fantastic to see him actually getting some draft experiences and going so so early! Hoping to also see him win some awards and get recognition because it's what! he! deserves!

Shoutout to @Gordon Bombay for recruiting me to PBE and this league, glad we get to be enemies and teammates in many places and CONGRATS AGAIN ON THE SHL CUP!!!

Shoutout to @g2019 for going so hard in every single league you're in, it's incredible.

Quick hi to @Evok and @Faelax hi ily

Shoutout to @Tesla, @SchwarzNarr, and @IsaStarcrossed for having a lovely and welcoming Yeti server and to Schwarz and Isa especially for inspiring me to finally read a Weir novel and carrying me in League.

Shoutout to the NOLA  and Norfolk  crews for being so welcoming and so helpful, honored to be a part of your teams!

And last shoutout to the Hungy peeps and ToS peeps you're a ton of fun.

[y2bobman]

PBE link

[lespoils]

I would like to take this opportunity to write a very heartfelt thank you to a user that has been very important in my first career in the ISFL as Offensive Lineman Marc Hamel and is going to be a very important figure in the career of my newer player Pan Cakes. This user is none other than the one of the General Managers of the New York Silverbacks, the team for which I played my whole career as Hamel and who I will be playing for in a few seasons again. I don't know how many seasons exactly before I get the call up, but I am very excited to play for @zaynzk again, or Tar-Zayn of the Apes, as we know him in the New York Locker Room. He is like a golden retriever so happy to see me every time I show up in the locker room despite my activity which is kind of low and that is one of the main reasons I keep showing up in the LR from time to time.

Love ya zayn

[slate]

I don't think one of these types of tasks will come up without me mentioning @katarn22 , who co-GM'd the London Royals with me a long time ago and is probably my closest friend in the ISFL that I didn't know prior to joining. Katarn is a generally awesome guy and a great friend, and his kindness and calmness improve the experiences of everyone in the ISFL who is lucky enough to interact with him.

Now that my obligatory Katarn praise is done, I want to try and say some nice things about people who I haven't mentioned previously in other iterations of this task or similar stuff I've written in the past.

@Gordon Bombay, you have proven to be an awesome GM of the London Royals and never fail to make me laugh with your turns of phrase and "mastery" of the English language. @Alikh, you haven't been around for long but I am already sure you will carry on the strong tradition of Royals GMs, and your videos are always a priority for me to watch as soon as they get released.

@infern8, thank you so much for your help in this chaotic offseason, I am excited to continue working with you in the OCO WR and your advice and perspective has always been very valuable to hear.

@Pvtpenne, thanks for your work in SFWG and your leadership in the consensus fantasy work, I am very proud of the work we've been able to produce and a large part of that is thanks to your efforts.

@domffl, it saddens me to see DSFL HO lose you but I am really excited to see you becoming more involved with the league over the past few seasons and I look forward to seeing your career as Coyotes GM!

@everyone who wrote something on-prompt for this week's PT, thanks for spreading positive vibes!

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