(S39) Offseason Task

[Pib]

Prompt 7:

Glenn Smart had quite the career in the ISFL, despite never quite hitting the heights that may have been expected of him on an individual level. Starting out as a defensive end for the London Royals in the DSFL, Smart was a force to be reckoned with early on, finishing his rookie campaign with 13 sacks and 13 tackles for loss — being one of only two players to reach double digits for both. This came with nominations for Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive End of the Year, although none of those awards would end up with him due to some exceptional performances from Bean Beanman and his teammate, CJ Sonjack — who swept up a huge number of awards between them.

The following season would be another dominant one for Smart, as he racked up 11 sacks, 14 TFL’s and 5 forced fumbles, as he wreaked havoc in the backfield for a second straight year in the DSFL. This would be one of his most dominant seasons, as he collected the Defensive End of the Year award, leading every relevant statline for the position and getting a clean sweep on the ballot. He was again nominated for Defensive Player of the Year but that award was never truly up for contention, as Xavier Walls of Portland had an absurd season at linebacker. Thankfully, at the second time of asking, Smart was able to get his hands on the Ultimini trophy, despite having an incredibly poor performance in the playoffs on a personal level, playing out of position at Linebacker for the majority of the postseason run. This would ultimately be his final appearance in the colours of London, as Arizona were to call him up at the end of the season, after taking him 4th overall in the ISFL draft in the previous off season.

This would see Smart move to Linebacker on a full time basis, lining up alongside some of the greatest defensive players to ever wear the red and black — Such as Wilf and L’Gazzy Burfict. While his first season in the ISFL was a little disappointing, as he found his feet on a new level of play, it would serve as the launchpad for a phenomenal run over the next 7 seasons, in which he would reach double digits for sacks in six of them. Despite Arizona being ever present in the ISFL playoffs, making multiple appearances in the Ultimus, they would fail to win until Season 37 - by which point Glenn Smart was already well into a decline — contributing just six sacks and 8 tackles for loss to the cause. With Smart then being well past his prime as the Outlaws headed into Season 38, they would then go on another phenomenal run and collect their second title, going back to back. This would ultimately be the end of the road and time for the emergence of Notso Smart in his place.

Despite never living up to his full potential, Glenn finished his ISFL career with 874 tackles, 60 TFL’s, 22 Forced Fumbles, 98 sacks, 4 interceptions and three safeties. He never recorded a defensive touchdown in 160 games. This placed him top 5 all time in multiple categories for the Outlaws. He also took home the Linebacker of the Year award in Season 34 and was in the conversation for league MVP and Defensive Player of the Year for much of the season, racking up 19 sacks and 15 TFL’s along the way. Ultimately, the most important awards were the three he contributed the least to: Two Ultimus crowns and an Ultimini with London. Everything else is just noise. On those grounds, his career was a huge success.

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Prompt 2.
As a Season 40 rookie I shoulden't be too aware of my comrades I'm fighting for my Draft Spot with. However I am very familiar with many of my fellow rookies as most have migrated here from PBE. That adds an amazing rivalry as everyone is basically on the same level and all it comes down to is who is the most dedicated when it comes to our weekly claims. It will be very difficult trying to be the best rookie as many of the people in this draft class are also Top Players in PBE. However I feel as many have important jobs in PBE and I do not , It'll be easy for me to squeeze ahead.
    A few people I can see being a problem to my Rookie Success later on are Liv Elsathelookout also known as Bayley, she knows how leagues run and I think she can exploit that to her success. She is also very dedicated to her player and I don't see a future where she is not an amazing player later in the future. She is also on the defensive side of the ball as a linebacker so any recognition I could get being a star linebacker can be easily overshadowed. If we get drafted to the same team I can see us being the best rookie dynamic duo in league history but if not our skill will have the score of any game we go against each other in be double goose eggs.
    The second player on my list that can give me some trouble would be JKortesi. Fun Fact: He's my Media Grading Boss in PBE. This rivalry will be instense. I can totally see us facing off against each other in an intense matchup. JKortesi being one of the heads of media in PBE has a great chance at making a lot of money early and being a max earner as a rookie. He knows what good media looks like and he will exploit that as much as he can to be the very best rookie he can be. I don't know who his player is or what position they play but no matter what I see him being a deadly force in the future. He has high potential and it will be exciting to see how it turns out later in our careers, especially how each of the rookies battle it out.
    The final player I will be talking about before wrapping up is my second media boss Scud. Scud's player is a tight end and depending on how his team uses him I can see us facing of on the gridiron later down the road. Me and Scud have had a thing for our rookies. We were actually both rookies in PBE and while his player went out to shine I had to retire mine early due to personal reasons. This is why DSFL is such a big chance for me to make myself known. Beating all the other rookies will give me some hype among my peers.
    Overall I think this is one of the best rookie classes yet. Although I don't know much about the history of rookies in ISFL I just have a feeling this rookie class will stand out in the history books. There are many expereicned simmers that will make a big impact no matter what team their on. The rivalries in this class will be instense and there wont be a moment of peace. I am grateful for the opprutunities I have to play with such amazing players but now is no time to be grateful. It's time to play football.

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[C9Van]

29. What team do you think has the best branding in the league? Why? (Written Task)

This is actually harder than I thought to pick cause a good number of teams have great locations, branding, logo, etc or 2 of the 3 of these but the winner is luckily the team I play for.

The Berlin Fire Salamanders.

Firstly, Berlin is a lovely place to visit. To live? Ehhh maybe somewhere nicer in Germany but to visit is top notch 100%. Genuinely you'd love it even if you hate me just look it up I promise its a fun holiday.
The logo is fire. Literally. But yeah I have always liked it and Fire Salamander is very unique to sports leagues. You can't go wrong with it. It hits every perfect nail on the head & it gets even better when you know we have the best people in the league on the team. Shout out to being predicted 5th before we get good and make the finals.

The only lizard team I remember is the Long Island Lizards and they do not exist anymore. Bonus point is you know what real life sport those guys were from. But yeah Berlin reigns supreme here.

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*NEW* 32. The Philadelphia Liberty have rebranded to the Cape Town Crash! In this day and age of the ISFL, we're used to teams updating their looks, but it's been quite a while since the last major team rebrand to this scale! With that said, how do you feel about the rebranding? Tell us all about it! (Written Task)

Honestly, I have to use Night mode due to work using a screen to protect my eyes so I thought it was Brown t begin with until I took it off and saw what it actually looked like.

Being brutally honest? I think it is quite nice and they did a decent job and having another country out of the states is always a great thing. Is it going to be the best branded team in even ISFL? Nah but there are way worse here. I personally just love the salt it is causing. Like yeah, Philly have been in the league an insanely long time but the last time they mattered or made a final by looking good was when I literlly joined the forum/sim league. That was 3+ years ago. If you're mad they're gone maybe you should've helped them not fucking blow for years on end. Whats the thing every kid does here? Package watch bozos.

It is a lovely design and they put effort into it. Hopefully they can find a new and better identity for this org.

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*NEW* 33. When looking at the teams we have in the ISFL and DSFL, is there any team you believe is in need of a major rebrand or update to their current branding? Why or why not? (Written Task)

The Hawks need a new and improved logo ASAP or go back to the old one. The name is fine. 
The Colorado Yeti need to be deleted period for being shite. At least get a football/sports based logo though.
The Sailfish are a great org and designed team but Sarasota should be somewhere bigger in florida that could actually have a big stadium to be honest. But the SS alliteration is nice.
Honolulu needs a better named team but the logo is great. Very Makos like lol
NOLA is great but they need to have a better idea than second line. It is very Birddog like in it needs to be followed by "wtf is this" and explained. Feel bad.
Preferred the older Sabrecats' logo but yknow what its growing on me so why not.

Most DSFL teams are fine tbh past Norfolk needs a non-microsoft word picture of a submarine for a logo and Dallas should be something Texan or better than birddog.

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36. Affiliate PT from either SHL/PBE. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this Offseason Task. And you may only use a max of 1.

PBE CW Affiliate + 2.5 TPE

That makes 10 TPE

[qWest]

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*NEW* 3. Let's talk about the future. As we've seen in the ISFL and DSFL, things can go from rock bottom to the absolute top in just one quick season and vice versa. With that said, tell us about your predictions for next season. Were there any big moves made late in the season or the offseason that you believe could really shake things up? Are there any players hitting the season with a noticeably improved TPE pool or hitting regression hard that you believe could seriously factor into a team's potential success? And lastly, which team do you expect to be hoisting the trophy for either the ISFL or DSFL, and which teams do you expect will be struggling to stay away from the bottom on the pack

Task completed as a 20+ minute podcast: Listen Here

[3lewsers]

21. Written Option: If your player had a show starring them, what would the plot be? Graphic Option: Create the cover art for your player’s show




25. Create a billboard, magazine cover, unique trading card, or video game cover depicting a one of the league's stars. (Graphic Task)




26. if your player wasn't a professional in the ISFL/DSFL, what would they be doing instead? (Written Task or Graphic Task)



36. Affiliate PT from either SHL/PBE. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this Offseason Task. And you may only use a max of 1.

SHL Affiliate

[AW13]

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36. Affiliate PT from either SHL/SSL/PBE. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this Offseason Task. And you may only use a max of 1.

SHL PT

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*NEW* 9. There have been many moments in league history where a single decision (e.g., a draft choice, a GM’s promotion or retirement, a trade, a player’s movement in free agency) may have changed the course of a team in the ISFL or DSFL. Describe a decision that was made and the impact that it had. Did you imagine said decision leading to a different conclusion or did you think things would turn out the way they did? Is there anything different you would have done to avoid disaster or make things even better?

For this moment, we have to go way back to Season 10 and yes, it is far back, and yes, we are talking about the San Jose Sabercats' decision to draft Joliet Christ in the draft that season to change their history forever. To that point, the Sabercats to my knowledge had never won a playoff game and had some inconsistency at the quarterback position from the dawn of the league which was certainly an issue and a reason that they had not won anything significant at that point. There were two quarterbacks that were considered top of the class in Season 10 and that was Adriana Falconi and Joliet L. Christ. With an interesting decision always by Philadelphia to draft Lucari Felix 3rd overall, they left San Jose with their choice of QB. Now, maybe it was easy to just say, hey, we will take the other one but it could have been such a bigger choice. San Jose chose Christ to lead their team and be their franchise quarterback and although it was a struggle early on, Christ would become a top QB in the history of the Sabercats and in my opinion, the league. The future hall of famer led San Jose to 2 Ultimus championships and won one of them, against Falconi's Liberty. On top of that, the user, me, was involved by early on becoming the co-GM in San Jose. Not only did the team draft a hall of fame QB and get an Ultimus out of it, but they also secured a hopefully decent co-GM. Even then, on top of that, it started a relationship between the San Jose organization and myself. I am now on my 3rd player in San Jose but as CK knows, I can proudly say, that San Jose has never won an Ultimus without me on their roster in some form! This was truly a decision that changed the fate of a team and Christ himself potentially influenced a lot of QBs who wanted to run and everything down the line as well but that is for another story.

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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? (Written Task)

This is one that I think everyone thinks about at some point, right? You choose a position and play for a little bit and then you are all of a sudden thinking about what position you will go next or what would have been fun to try. It is definitely one that I have thought about just because recently, although I have felt differently about it before, I do plan on recreating so I have to think about what is next. My last few players have not really been super max active or anything just because I have my priorities so I have to also think about possible positions where I would be okay not being max active and it is something I have thought about. I chose DT because it was not super demanding and feel like I have done okay at least so far. What other position(s) would I be though? For many years I have wanted to make a kicker and so that is always on my mind. It is one of my favorite positions since I wanted to be one in real life (kicker/punter) and I love the mental aspect of the position even though it is an "easy" position. It is perfect for a non-max earner but spaces are limited. Other than that, I likely would just want to stay on the offensive side though a return man specialist/nickel corner would be super fun to me as well. Likely a running back or wide receiver or even tight end would be ideal for me and just wanting to make a solid contributing player to one of the many teams in the league.

[High Stick King]

19. Your team has announced that they will be laying ground on a new stadium next season. What additions would you like to see included in it. (Written Task)

First thing first, we need to determine the type of field. I've never been a fan of astroturf so I would demand real grass regardless of the price. Ensuring that the players are safe is important so on top of the real grass, I'd ensure that there was a top of the line medical treatment room with all the most advanced equipment. Then there would have to be a players lounge area with a kitchen and eating area where the players can just chill before or after games. You need to do everything you can to make sure you get the top recruits and to do that, you need a proper facility and a place to lure potential players to want to play for your team.

Lastly, we can't forget the fans so there should be some participation booths for kids where they can throw/kick footballs to see the speeds and accuracy. Plus the top of the line scoreboard that allows you to view the game from nearly any area in the stadium. All this might cost a fortune but we'll get the tax payers to foot the bill.

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24. You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do? (Written Task)

I might have done this last year but I can't recall so I'll give it a whirl again but make sure to do something different this time.

As the head event planner for the ISFL/DSFL championship halftime show, I want to ensure the event is something everyone is talking about for years and years. The only way I can think of that happening on purpose is if we stage by taking famous elements from other Super Bowls and Oscars that are rememberable and have them happen at our event.

First we'll get a Chris Rock like host that will say some shit that causes one of the other famous person attending to Will Smith the shit out of him. That should get the event off to a great start. Next we'll get a famous male/female singing duo to perform a song had have it where this time it will be the man who has a wardrobe "malfunction" and hangs dong. Lastly we'll end the event with a performance by Snoop Dogg who will be too baked and will be clearly lip syncing.

Social media would be abuzz for sure.

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*NEW* 26. if your player wasn't a professional in the ISFL/DSFL, what would they be doing instead? (Written Task or Graphic Task)

If Matthew Mara never attempted to re-try his career at football, he would most definitely still be a priest in the Catholic Church. Prior to returning to football with the DSFL Dallas Birddogs, Mara graduated from Liberty University with a BA in Theology. After being horribly injured in a car accident, Mara chose to pursue his faith by extending his BA into a Masters in Theology from the Dallas Theological Seminary. After receiving his masters degree, Matthew joined a Philadelphia parish. That did not last long however as he rashly chose to drop that to chase his football dream that he had to give up on in University.

So had the football fever not returned, Mara would likely still be delivering Sunday services and performing his Priestly duties. With him leaving the priesthood, and no longer having that option available, Matthew would likely go down a dark dark path where drugs and prostitution would be the future. Quite bleak.

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36. Affiliate PT from either SHL/PBE. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this Offseason Task. And you may only use a max of 1.

SHL Affiliate - 2.5 TPE

[Ace]

Tier 2 – Task 8 – 5 TPE
I had some experience with the league with two previous players. My first player fizzled out early and I had some not-so-appealing experiences with the DSFL franchises that I was dealing with. I eventually recreated and landed with the London Royals with CJ Sonjack, and that was a really rewarding and exciting experience. It still is one of the most active LRs I’ve interacted with in my time in simulation sports, and I’ve been at this for quite some time now. I was stoked to get drafted to Philly, but when we kept falling short, the wheels of activity fell off for me and Sonjack faded to an IA league journeyman.
This time around, I decided that I would try playing an offensive player. I created Lord Farquaads to mirror my SHL player, and the new user experience isn’t easy to navigate. I never heard from any rookie mentors, there wasn’t a rookie draft class discord server, and even the message approving me didn’t outright say that I was approved. It was mentioned that I would be added to the waiver wire, but there was no clear way for me to look and see what the waiver wire status looked like regarding the priority order. I had no idea what was going on until I got a DM on Discord inviting me to the Coyotes locker room, as they picked me up on the waiver wire.
I am fortunate enough to have had a great time with the Coyotes as a waiver claim pickup. It always is nice when you win a bonus championship, and I can say that I got one and wasn’t a complete and total passenger. Lord Farquaads picked up a receiving touchdown in the win, so kudos to the front office of the Coyotes for turning a waiver claim into 6 points on the field during a championship game.

Tier 3 – Task 28 – 2.5 TPE
Football is a historically adored sport. People call baseball America’s pastime, but it doesn’t stop society in its tracks quite like football. My wife and I go to the grocery store during the Patriots game here in New England because everyone is at home watching the game and it’s the only time to get in and out of the store without being bogged up in lines.
Now, Football is not without its warts. Here are some of the things I would do to improve football…
Step 1: There’s no change of possession with defined offensive and defensive players. You have one team.
Step 2: Personnel changes are now done on the fly.
Step 3: The football can only be moved by a stick.
Step 4: The football field is replaced with ice.
Step 5: There can only be six players per team on the playing surface at any given time.
Step 6: The football is actually a puck now.
Step 7: In order to score, you have to put the football puck into an opposing net, instead of breaking the plane for a touchdown.

Tier 3 – Task 36 - 2.5 TPE
SHL PT - S68 PT #3: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3296097

[MN_Moosey]

Tier 1: Task 7

I wanted to expand upon T2s Task 9 so that is what I did here. 

When it comes to moments that changed the entire course of the league as we know it, there is one that immediately comes to mind and it has some serious history. Season 24 was beginning and something big and exciting was about to be announced. The day was August 11, 2020 when a Head Office newsletter dropped onto the site. There in big green letters was the dreaded "E" word: Expansion. The league had just found itself in an expansion in S22, only 2 seasons prior to this announcement. That felt like it was too close but the league was in its boom phase. This pandemic thing was really ramping up and everyone was just hanging around at home looking for something, anything, to do in their free time. Bids came in and a few weeks later, we saw the new teams for the very first time and got to know their managers. The one team we will focus on is the New York Silverbacks headed by woelkers and bwestfield (As a note, both of these guys use the convention of first initial-last name as their username. Just thought that was a fun little tidbit).
Everyone was doing their rounds of media speculating how the expansion protection lists will go and some even went as far as to mock draft with those lists. It was a great time for media. Then came the announcement. The protection lists were live to all on the site. New York was slated to have the very first pick in the draft, so they had a lot of research to do ahead of time. The draft came and thus we get to the moment I alluded to in the opening.

With the first pick in the Season 25 expansion draft, the New York Silverbacks select… Jack Banks, linebacker, Honolulu.

There it is. The very first pick in the expansion draft sent the league into a timeline of chaos and will forever be changed for it. For those who are newer to the league, Jack Banks’ user is TheRocheLimit who is the current General Manager for the New York Silverbacks. Of course, hindsight is 20-20 but it really makes you think when looking at these protection lists. Each team was given the opportunity to protect 8 players prior to the draft and the list that Honolulu provided is… well, puzzling. Here are the final TPE totals for every player they protected and the total at roughly the time of expansion.
Ke’oke’o Kane-Maika’i – 1329 (637)
Shawn Dawkins – 1478 (733)
Luke Skywalker – 917 (680)
Jim Waters – 1197 (639)
Heinrich Kackpoo – 1504 (610)
Jed Podolak – 1098 (936)
Nicholas Ayers - 1141 (496)
Ray-Ray Jackson – 657 (489)

Obviously, there are some seriously good players that came out of this for Honolulu. They had to protect their GMs so they only had 6 protections to throw around. They were still new to the league and building up what would be their corps for the foreseeable future. They had to give up someone but even just the thought of not protecting Banks who had 574 TPE at the time at a premiere position in linebacker was throwing off the league. Everyone was pointing to the future hall of fame kicker in Venus Powers as the go to pick here but New York chose Banks.
Now for the future that was created. Looking at where roche is now, you can clearly see that he is the GM for the team that took him in the expansion draft. That is the very first thing people notice about this transaction. What you do not immediately see is that Banks was a key contributor that lead to the team winning two Ultimus championships in S29 and S32, both over their expansion brethren in the Berlin Fire Salamanders. Banks was never the best player in each season, but he was damn consistent his entire career. He has found himself as a legendary figure in Silverback lore and a member of the team’s illustrious Band of Honor. (682 Words)

[lespoils]

36. SHL affiliate: https://www.simulationhockey.com/showthr...pid3296201