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Task 20:
The ultimate team player on the Baltimore Hawks has to be a certain Money Tolliver. @jeffie43 was fantastic even when he was aware that he would be operating as the RB2 in a system that did not utilise a running back by committee approach. Money Tolliver was an absolute gem to have in the locker room, because even though they were not getting a lot of minutes on the field, they were an extremely vocal player that wanted to hype up everyone on the field. Even if he was not on the field, it felt like they were right there with us on offence and on defence. Money Tolliver should be credited for the defence on having some very important stops by always assisting the players in trying to focus up on the task at hand. So yeah, my pick for the ultimate team player has to be Money Tolliver. I just know they are going to be doing big things in the future. 164 words Task 32: MC hammer would definitely be the type of person to have their own podcast. Not only that, the podcast name would be a stupid pun of some sorts. Probably something like "Hammer it out" or something of that nature. Essentially the podcast will just have lots of former and current players in the ISFL and DSFL and just chat about their careers, silly things that happened in the locker rooms, in their past etc. Its all about sort of giving the people/audience another look into the lives of these players. We all see how their lives are like from a screen, with professional camera crews creating moments. However, this podcast will highlight that us players are just like regular people. It will be something similar to what Pat macafee does or the Kelce brothers. Just people having fun and talking about football... What's not to like? Obviously the guests will have to be individuals that get along otherwise it would make for a pretty awkward experience as well 169 words Task 26: If MC Hammer was not able to be a profession in the ISFL or DSFL, I think they would most likely follow in the footsteps of their cousin Urs Schneider! Urs Schneider is currently the star shortstop of the Outer Banks Aviators in the Professional Baseball Experience league. Urs Schneider and MC Hammer used to play a lot of baseball together when they were kids and whenever they had the chance to meet when they would visit each other on holidays. Urs Schneider always loved the idea of baseball and the thought of playing Football was something that he would never agree to. However, MC Hammer would often show up to Urs Schneider's practices and take part when they needed an extra player, MC Hammer usually playing as a Catcher/DH option on the practice team worked out well and eventually had scouts ask him if he would ever consider putting down the football and swapping to baseball. The thought never really crossed MC Hammer's mind, but maybe one day MC Hammer will see what Baseball truly has to offer, but for now he has a job to do with the Baltimore Hawks. 193 words Task 36: PBE Affiliate + 2.5
10. The absolute power of commissioner for a day. Unlike the NFL where the commissioner is the Owners whipping boy. The Commissioner of the ISFL wields undeniable, absolute power, like the DIvine Right of Kings. With that power what would I do? Well first I would bring back the Philadelphia Liberty. Best branding in the ISFL and we only knew you so long. And then I would move a team to Saskatoon and rebrand them to the Jellies, with a cute anime jellyfish as their logo. I would also ban K/P. It's a discussion I’ve seen in the DSFL server. Not sure if it’s a meme, but it kind of makes sense that a teams “field goal ability” would be neutral for both teams. But I’m not sure. It seems to be a good position. I would also up the required QBs per team to 2. And institute a rule that the back-up QB needs to play 2 games minimum. Spice it up a bit, let more people play QB. We all know that's the position people really want. I would also keep those color rush weeks. That was a great idea and really let the user's creativity flow. I would make it a contest too. Bring a vote to the fans and give the best team a bonus. Probably money. Speaking of. More of it. The user’s deserve more money, so I would boost the ISFL economy with 20mil in every user’s bank account. Surely that won’t cause an unreasonable rise in TPE or something.
All the ideas above are great, so memes. So I would actually push. But there are a few things that sets ISFL different from other leagues. Like the My TPE checklist in the top right for starters. But one thing I would like to see is a Resources page of some sort. I feel like sometimes when I’m trying to make a sig, or changing up my sig, that there’s no place for signature resources. I’m talking how to make a drop-down box with player stats. Cute little buttons available to link Player and Update pages. And for some reason the other day it took me forever to find the team color hex codes, and it really was frustrating. But I think a small little page with how to style your sigs with stats and links to pages could go a long way. 18. RE #38 is a dominant player. I don’t think there’s an archetype, but Presence DE would be #38’s. The way he lines up on the line, the swagger when walking down the tunnel. It’s like Marshawn Lynch but without the weird candy thing. Offensive lineman who line up across from RE #38 are terrified. The dude doesn’t even have a name? Is he some sort of government experiment? Did his parents never love him? Does he have a soul? All these questions run through O-Lineman’s heads has they feel the icy cold grip of fear wrap around their hearts. Then they get put on their ass and their QB is sacked. It’s that fast. Really though. RE #38 is a team player. Someone who will be vocal in the locker room, cheer on and support his other teammates and post memes all the time. And RE #38 hopes to hit the weight room consistently, unlike his spiritual past Triple Option. 24. We’re going to take you way back to the 1990s. Back when one corporation was consolidating its power. Over 30 years ago in the time of magic and wonder. We are going to sell out the Ultimus Half-Time show to whatever major studio wants to market their next film on the field. Or whatever theme park needs a boost in ticket sales. We’re even greedy enough to have the Half-Time not only brought to you by a company, but be the entire show as a commercial. We’re talking fifteen straight minutes of a company trying to sell you a product. You’ll be forced to watch or you will be made an outcast in society. If you’re not talking about this product at work the following day, then you will be ostracized. You consume and therefore you exist. Buy our product. Visit our theme parks. Watch our movies. Only we can keep your dopamine levels up with our products. But think of all the money it’ll make the league and said company at the expense of the viewer.
Talking about my class feels like a dead horse at this point, but when the option is there I've gotta take it. First off, the S41 class holds 6 DSFL GM positions and counting. That's over a third of the positions! We've also taken on tons of other jobs throughout the league, making us become quickly acquainted with ISFL operations. To answer the prompt a little out of order, I truthfully see members of my class getting the metaphorical torch of the league passed to them eventually. That may come off as cocky, especially coming from someone like me who is still new to sim leagues as a whole, but I'm not talking about myself. Certain members of my class have already gone so far above and beyond that I can't wait to see where they end up many seasons down the road.
As far as draft steals go, I already made an article on Norfolk's specifically. We had three huge steals. Sean Robinson in the 6th round, who ended the season nearly at 200 TPE. Sticky Hands in the 8th round, who had over 200 TPE. And Terry Johnson as a waiver pickup, who managed to take over the whole team by becoming the GM! Two other draft steals that come to mind are Dallas' Wolfie McDummy and Minnesota's Liath Squirrel. Both were taken fairly late in the draft and had stellar rookie campaigns! Will anyone in my class become a Hall of Famer? I think the real question is, how many? So many players in my draft class have already gotten off to such great starts! In 10-15 seasons, we may even need to rethink Hall of Fame voting due to how many players will be both deserving and eligible at the same time. Lots of names spring to mind when I think of potential future Hall of Famers, but if I had to narrow it down I think that Bruce White and Rico Savage are two very likely people to have made a case by the end of their respective careers. I also think Dub Redd will go down as one of the all-time great defensive linemen! Lastly, I think Tijuana's QB Lloyd Bannings will is going to get enough of a head-start on other QBs that will be part of his generation that it will help him immensely. There are so many other users that could be mentioned here, we're really going to be more of a problem than we already are. Lastly, predicting what teams my draft class will go to has got to be the hardest question here. The players that I think are just about a lock to go in the first round are Dub Redd, Mary Marie, Ezra Azazel, Rico Savage, Bruce White, Loose Cannon, and John Stark VIII. These players are all max earners that have also already made a huge impact on the league.I would honestly be shocked if any of these users weren't taken within the first 10 picks. Other users that are extremely worthy of going in the 1st are Ray Baker, Benji Aguilera, Craig Brand, Kadarius Claypool, and Max Honestly. They may drop to late 1st or early 2nd based on position, but I hope ISFL GMs considered them for their first pick because they are all worthy. Again, this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how many users in my class I could talk about! These are just the first users that came to mind. To wrap this up, it's no secret that S41 is a massive class full of a wide range of personalities. I really can't wait for Friday to see where we all land, and what we're able to do with our players. It seems like we have a pretty dedicated base of our class that is definitely going to stick it out and is going to be here for a long time. (Prompt 2, 648 words)
I chose to write about Long Form Task #2, and talk about the impact my draft class, the class of Season 41, poses to have on the ISFL as a whole.
It's no secret that my draft class is both far larger numerically, and also strongly performing in terms of earning comparative to the average draft class. This stems primarily from a very successful /r/nfl reddit post that brought in a deluge of new users and first time creates, myself included. This influx of new users likely inspired the recreation and return of several veteran players too. Just for a brief illustration before we get into discussing the class & it's imminent impact on the league, here are some figures comparing it to the prior class. Season 40 had 60 players created in it, whilst Season 41 boasts 134 players created. Naturally with more new players comes a higher ratio of inactives, but even so the amount of earners in my class is strikingly high. So, with just under 40 users breaking 200 TPE in time for the draft, it stands to reason that this draft will be a highly contested one, and one in which teams, if they're smart, can effectively stake their claim on a good chunk of their future. If teams are smart and hit on 3-4 picks here (sorry Baltimore), they could immediately establish a long term defensive core, replenish a starved offence, or gain elite options at specialised roles (looking at you, Ray Baker). Obviously, there's far too many prospects to go over without absolutely obliterating the 600 word target for this post (and let's be honest if I'm going to do that it's likely for that delicious media pay). But let's talk about some of the positions and areas of the field that teams could be reliably targeting in this draft due to the extremely deep nature of it comparative to normal years. Wide Receivers - Yes, Wide Receiver is always a popular creation choice. One of the flashiest, easiest to follow, most fun positions in the game is always a popular choice for users looking to make a splash on offence. However what I think sets this class apart from others I have looked at in terms of the choice of wide receivers is simply the depth on display here. Even referring to the prior cateogry of players breaking 200 TPE by the time of the draft - there are 10 choices on the board at WR here. Speed is the dominant archetype, but there's representation of every style on display in the >200 TPE category. Teams looking to either grab an immediate starting WR3, or grab their WR1 of the future should have a good opportunity here. Linebackers - My group! The Linebackers are home to 6 prospects earning over 200 TPE already, with 5 of them max earning for the season. There's even a good few picks close to the 200 mark here, making for around 10 great potential choices. It's no secret that Linebacker is one of the highest impact positions on the defensive side, so teams looking for their defensive anchors of the future are going to be absolutely salivating at this draft class. There's a reason most people's mock drafts have 80%+ of the 1st round picks on the defensive side of the board, and skill groups like this are why. Defensive Tackle - The last group I'll highlight entering in my draft class are the defensive tackles. A notoriously difficult position to man realiably, the Season 41 class sees a relatively high number of Dline. Most important - 3 of these users are max earning, and there's a couple of high-earners barely trailing behind them. This means that if teams want to get a long term answer for a hard to man position, there's going to be few opportunities better than this Draft. Word Count: 639 words. Craig Brand - LB: S40 DSFL First Team All Pro - DAL S41 Defensive Rookie of the Year - CTC S41 Ultimus Champion - CTC S41 NSFC Pro Bowler - CTC
7. Write 600 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 600 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.
Well the one thing that interests me in the league is the OLine position. Were seeing It as a more popular position for others to give a shot to it. Me being one myself i highly enjoy the position, but the part that interests me is that the Oline bots are still getting more pancakes than the actual users! How is this possible, im not fully sure. Maybe the default builds for these bots in the ISFL are just better than a player can put together. Also taking a look at the stats of all Offensive Lineman You see that the top Olinemen isn't even on the champions team nor the runner up team. Now we see It's chicagos though and we saw them make the playoffs again. Maybe Chicago is just cursed haha regardless of that. It's the obvious answer of, "How needed are offensive lineman?" I think the answer is simple, They are not needed that much, but how many teams are willing to pay an offensive lineman? Well when we look only 2 are above the 1000 TPE mark with others right behind them. So the OLine position isn't the most decorated nor considered the most important as you can be just fine with just the bots right? Well I'm here to shoot that narrative down as well as both Championship game teams had Actual User Oline on their squads! Whoa, "Dusty didn't you say they aren't needed that much?" Right I did say that as the truth Is they really aren't. You can get yourself a great roster you feel like and actual have people picking you as the favorites to win It all. But If your lineman can't block and you're taking too many sacks, your top players can't do their jobs of scoring Touchdowns. So It's like well let me invest into some user Oline right? Well to be fair It seems they are pretty rare to find super high in tpe as I mentioned only 2 are above that 1000 tpe mark with maybe 8 above that 700 mark. So That can tell you that Olinemen are just not a often picked position as the others are more of a need to teams right? Very much so as who would you rather take? The Olinemen or the QB? Well Looking at the wraiths -wink- They had a guy convert to qb and still had their olinemen and made it right back. Not to discredit the rest of the squad as the defense was just as strong haha. So As a GM what do you do? I think the answer Is you need only 2 active Oline on your roster, any more might be a bit too much as far as cap space goes. You could definitely use that money elsewhere on top players. The lesson to be learned here as well Is, If you feel you need an Offensive Lineman on your roster and he's at least a proven earner in the draft. Grab him. You could maybe even convert a Olinemen to a different position! Which would be a awesome value pick for a Gm. Now also remember they could be stubborn like me and want to stay at Oline. Either way is a win to me. Arizona has a top olinemen and won the championship! I mean It doesn't exactly correlate but It definitely helps!
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10. If I had the power to do whatever I wanted for a day to improve the league, the absolute first thing I would do is ban kicking. There are multiple reasons for this. Firstly, forcing every team to us a 50TPE bot kicker would increase variance in the sim, allowing for more wild outcomes and giving the lower achieving teams a chance vs the top teams in the league. Secondly, have a bad punter would give more favorable field positions throughout the game, leading to an increase in points scored, which is what the fans want to see. Thirdly, building a kicker/punter is very boring as there are only three stats to choose from and not a whole lot of variety. The kinds of people who choose this position when creating need to be saved from themselves. And lastly, kicking is a turnover and should be punished, having to use a 50 TPE kicker/punter SHOULD feel like a punishment. If I had the power to actually fix/change the DDSPF sim, I’d make it so you could fine tune your aggressiveness on 4th down from very conservative to basically not punting or kicking ever. #BanKicking
The other thing I’d look into changing would be finding which positions are chronically understaffed and award a TPE bonus to those positions to encourage new creates. After doing a draft needs article, it seems like O Line is always lacking in new prospects so encouraging people to create these hard to find positions through some sort of TPE bonus could increase their numbers. Either a flat increase when creating the player or something like 1 extra TPE every Activity Check. Not something too significant that would give a huge TPE advantage but if you stick with that player for the year, an extra 52 TPE could be a good bonus. 18. Aside from the BIG bank account, popular weekly podcast, near absolute max TPE earnings, great locker room presence, statistical analysis and football strategy knowledge, spreadsheets full of game planning and opposition scouting info, desire to win an Ultimus and make a HOF player in the process, dope cooking recipes, ‘fun’ personality, decently written media articles, overwhelming engagement on discord, the promise to not t-word but also a strong disdain for authority (Heck HO!) and a vengeful hate for punting and/or kicking a field goal in obvious non-kicking situations…I bring absolutely nothing to the table for a potential ISFL team. I’m going to be real, drafting Rico Savage will be a privilege for any ISFL team as he’s a Blue Chip prospect looking to make a name for himself in the ISFL. There’s no ‘taking a chance’ on Rico, any team who passes on him better have Safeties on their roster who are max earners and not entering regression because otherwise it would be a huge mistake (unless @aeonsjenni is still available). 22. SCOUTING REPORT FOR: @toofpete Bruce White Speed Rush Defensive End for the Portland Pythons Height: 6’3” Weight: 290 pounds Key Attributes: Strength: 80 Agility: 62 Intelligence: 45 Tackling: 70 Speed: 80 Endurance: 60 Competitiveness: 50 PROS: 100th Percentile in TPE Earned among S41 Defensive Ends 100th Percentile Bank Account among S41 Defensive Ends 100th Percentile in Speed among S41 Defensive Ends 100th Percentile in Strength among S41 Defensive Ends 100th Percentile in Tackle among S41 Defensive Ends 100th Percentile in Endurance among S41 Defensive Ends Led the DSFL in Sacks, tying the DSFL record Tied for DSFL lead in Forced Fumbles Led all Rookie Defense Ends in Tackles For Loss Per Game CONS: Prone to binge drinking in cities like New Orleans Could stand to lose some weight but is otherwise an ‘absolute unit’ Impossible for him to get 'cut' Left Handed Can game plan around his skillset (See: Regular Season Finale vs Norfolk) Multiple altercations with teenagers. “The ISFL’s Ja Morant” – anonymous ISFL Player
"...TheRake may be the most controversial new player of the S41 class. Notorious not only for shamelessly tampering but also for confidently arguing his broadly incorrect NFL opinions, TheRake has managed to navigate the dangerous waters of controversy fairly well—which is no small feat!" - aeonsjenni
Tier 1: Long Form Tasks (Must be 600+ words)
Here are my thoughts on the two teams who won the Ultimus or Ultimini championships: The Bondi Beach Buccaneers won the Ultimini title and this after two seasons were they only one 2 games and had one tie. The turnaround was more than amazing when the Bucs were able to achieve the second best record in the DSFL going 9-5. The offense around QB Smoking Jay who came over from the Norfolk Seawolves two seasons ago had two wide receivers with 1000+ yards receiving: Plant Based with 1158 yards and 12 TDs and Kairo Knight with 1092 yards and 11 TDs. Rookie RB Malik Brooks contributed with 1033 rushing yards and 6 TDs. The season started on the wrong foot for the Bucs when they dropped their first two games against the Norfolk Seawolves (24-20) and the Dallas Birddogs (41-36). But after the season opening two losses the Bucs had a 5-game win streak to improve to 5-2 after half of the season was played. In the second half of the season the Bucs managed 4 wins and 3 losses and finished the season with a 9-5 record in second place behind the Norfolk Seawolves in the South division of the DSFL. After loosing both games in the regular season to the Seawolves the Bucs had to face them again in the semi-finals of the playoffs where the Seawolves were deemed a 4.5 points favorite. The Bucs took a 17-7 halftime lead and never looked back on their way to a 27-16 win and a birth in the Ultimini championship game against the Portland Pythons. The Bucs were slight favorites in the Ultimini championship game against the Pythons who finished the season with an 8-6 record and crushed the London Royals in the semifinals 49-28 and the Bucs found themselves behind at half time by the score of 21-3. But the defense of the Bucs really showed up in the second half and shut down the Pythons while the Bucs scored 3 TDs and were able to come from behind and claim the Ultimini trophy for the second time in the last 4 seasons with a 24-21 win. The season MVP and also the playoff MVP was Bucs QB Smoking Jay. His season totals were 248/475 for 3587 yards and 36 TDs with only 7 interceptions. Season 40 Ultimus champion are the Arizona Outlaws who played in their 4th consecutive championship game. The Outlaws beat the defending champion Yellowknife Wraiths and got their revenge for last seasons loss in the Ultimus game. The final score this season was 45-21. The Outlaws scored the first TD of the game which was answered from the Wraiths but after that there were 17 unanswered points for a 24-7 half time lead for the Outlaws. In the second half the Wraiths scored first again to close the gap to 24-14 before Arizona scored 3 unanswered TDs and basically took the score to a commanding 45-14 with the final score being 45-21 after a last TD scored from the Wraiths. Playoff MVP was Arizona QB Wendell Sailor with 65/103 for 753 yards and 7 TDs and 2 INTs. The offense of the Outlaws was almost half and half between pass and rush attempts )(526 vs 486) this resulted in the following stats for the offensive main players: QB Wendell Sailors stats were for the season 351/562 for 3785 yards, 33 TDs and 11 INTs. Two top receivers were Louis Blondin with 1021 yds and 8 TDs and 'Captain' Billy Stinkwater with 1040 yds and 12 TDs. Rushing attack managed 2000+ yards for the season with the main carries coming from 4th year veteran Danny Nedelko with 1276 yds and 15 TDs and rookie RB Sherwin Blue jr. contributed with 745 yards and 5 TDs. Code: 630 words |
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