10-28-2023, 12:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-28-2023, 04:25 PM by DL14. Edited 3 times in total.)
Hello fellow ISFLers. I was recently looking at my bank account and noticed I am slightly broke. Luckily for me, its 2.5x media week! So I thought it would be a good time to get to a project I've wanted to do for a while - doing a recap of the S36 ISFL draft.
I don't really have a set method for this, so I'm just going off purely opinion for grades. I will have bias, just to let you know. Lets get started shall we?
ROUND 1 PICK 1 - Graham Harper - CB - PurpleReign
Draft TPE:257
Current TPE:246
Status: Free Agent
Starting off with a banger of a pick. At least, that's what everyone thought it would be. PR was an amazing user in the league, and nearly consensus 1OA pick. PR was on of the first S36 users to get a GM job, becoming a GM for the Dallas Birddogs. Unfortunately, life happened and PR went IA, maxing out at 410 TPE. Definitely not what Colorado was hoping for, but it is what it is.
GRADE:F
ROUND 1 PICK 2 - Zaphod Beeblebrox - WR - Mooty99
Draft TPE:263
Current TPE:1099
Status: Still at Austin
Austin chooses the first recreate in the draft, despite being absolutely stacked with new creates. However, if Mooty wasn't snatched up here, someone else surely would have picked him. Mooty is an older user in the league, and former Austin GM. Mooty peaked at 1463 TPE, and is still kicking about in the league. Mooty has been a core piece of the Austin team for the past few seasons, and a core member of the ISFL community.
GRADE:A
ROUND 1 PICK 3 Teemo Swift - S - Repgnar
Draft TPE:268
Current TPE:1234
Status: LB at NYS
Repgnar is an absolute stud of a user. After getting drafted, Rep got called up and switched to LB. A few seasons later, he would become the GM of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, and a few more seasons later he would step down. I took his place as Min GM, and he went off to the big leagues to become GM of the NYS. Repgnar currently sits second in the class for TPE, and peaked at 1535 TPE. Repgnar has played a key part in the recent success of New York, and will probably play a huge role for time to come. I could never run out of nice things to say to him, so it is with great honor I bestow this grade on him
GRADE:S
ROUND 1 PICK 4 - Don Dobbler - WR - Jaywe88
Draft TPE:248
Current TPE:816
Status:Retired. Also became PeePee Poop-Eater Sr.
This is a really strange pick to grade. Despite not going 0OA like he hoped he would, Jason was still happy to be drafted to NOLA. Jason peaked at 1019 TPE, and was both a GM for Tijuana and NOLA. Here is where it gets strange - Jason became GM of NOLA with Mobi, and the rebuild started. However, life happened once again, and Jason sort of disappeared it seems. He stepped down from his role as GM, and stopped earning as much. Jason then clicked the retire button, having fallen behind on earning and NOLA needing a young team. Poop-Eater Sr. was traded away for his corpse season, and Jason is currently a LB for the Tijuana Luchadores. Given the circumstances, I found it decently hard to grade, but settled on this.
GRADE:B
ROUND 1 PICK 5 - Xavier Valorian - DT - XaveValor
Draft TPE:261
Current TPE:489
Status: IA DE for the San Jose Sabercats
Xave was an absolute banger of a pick, a home run you could say. He was a top-earner for many seasons, worked a few league jobs, and was an awesome user. Then IRL took out another promising user. Xave peaked at 814 TPE before going IA and getting traded to SJS. He had switched to DE when called up, and still remains a DE. Insider sources have implied he may be on the block once again, depending on how a few things work out. Xave was still a good pick, just not what Chicago was hoping for at pick 5.
GRADE:C-
ROUND 1 PICK 6 - Kevin McThumper - LB - Chucky
Draft TPE:262
Current TPE:798
Status: Still on Berlin, technically IA
Despite a bong video coming out and tanking his draft stock, Chucky still went 6OA to Berlin. Chucky is an amazing user, who has faded from activity recently, but is still reachable. Chucky became a GM for the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, and continued his players career for a while. Kevin McThumper himself has had a wonderful career, and peaked at 1173 TPE. Real life can be a bitch, as is evident from previous picks, but Chucky managed to stick around for quite a while. I'd say this is a pretty damn solid pick for Berlin, and McThumper played a key role in helping them reach an Ultimus final.
GRADE:B+
ROUND 1 PICK 7 - Ja’uan Holland - S - Friesen1520
Draft TPE:258
Current TPE:335
Status: IA, still on SJS
Another promising user clutched by the jaws of real life. Friesen was an absolute delight to talk to, and helped me learn how to do graphics. Friesen was absolutely nutty at GFX, and without a doubt is top 3 in graphics makers that I know. Holland peaked at 557 TPE, and has been IA for quite a while now. If you are a rising GFX maker, do yourself a favor and check out his works. SJS has kept Holland around for a while, but this will probably be his last season in the league, as a third regression looms. Anyway, it sucks to give this a low grade, but it has to be done.
GRADE: D-
ROUND 1 PICK 8 - / Aleksandr Milescu - S - Alikh /
Draft TPE:231
Current TPE:1008
Status: Still on the Crash
Alikh is an amazing user, and that has been proved through many different facets of his career. Picking up an ultimus ring with CTC, and being an amazing GM for the London royals. Alikh is known throughout the league for his iconic raps and videos, and being a super nice person. Alikh has managed to nearly max earn throughout his career, and has been a force to be reckoned with as a safety. The only thing preventing this grade from being an S is probably Alikh not ending up GMing for CTC.
GRADE:A+
ROUND 1 PICK 9 - J.T. Kurbis - OL- JoshiePoo
Draft TPE:266
Current TPE:942
Status: Still on the Wraiths
JoshiePoo is a more quiet user, but has still been active throughout his career. He has served as a cornerstone for the Wraiths, even helping them win an Ultimus. He is still at a high amount of TPE, and peaked at 1180 TPE. Honestly, this is a dynamite pick for the Wraiths, as they got a max earning OL out of it. I regrettably don't know much about JoshiePoo, so I don't have much more to say.
GRADE:A
ROUND 1 PICK 10 - Thomas Robinson - WR - infern8 -
Draft TPE:248
Current TPE:1227
Status: With the Sarasota Sailfish
Guess what I just learned? Infern8 isn't a recreate. For some reason in my head infern8 was both a recreate and part of the S35 class. I'm not sure why, so don't ask. If anything though, that speaks towards his character as a user. Here I was thinking he was a vet of the league, but in reality we have been in the league for similar amounts of time. Anyway, this was a great pick for the Otters, and despite trading him recently I doubt they regret it. Infern8 is a great dude, and I have had some good times with him. Infern8 has consistently been a top earner of the class, and remains in the top 3 today. He peaked at 1574 TPE. The only thing that really knocks down his grade is him no longer being a part of the Otters.
GRADE:A-
ROUND 1 PICK 11 - Quendyn Quarterstorm - S - Twenty6
Draft TPE:255
Current TPE:1254
Status: CB on the Honolulu Hahalua
This might be the hardest one to grade so far. Twenty6 is one of the best users in this league, and has a concerning passion for sim-testing. From what I know, he did the majority of testing for Chicago while on their team, and has continued that trend in Honolulu. Twenty6 is the top-earner in the class, peaking at a ridiculous 1616 TPE. However, he was traded to Honolulu at the start of the Chicago rebuild. Normally, this would be an S pick if he were still on Chicago, but considering him leaving and what not, I have to follow previous standards with this grade.
GRADE:A-
ROUND 1 PICK 12 - Ignatius Riley - LB - yesboom
Draft TPE:245
Current TPE:408
Status: IA on the Secondline
yesboom is one of the greatest DSFL players ever. I'm probably confusing him with someone else but I'm to lazy to check. So yeah. This was a miss for the Outlaws, as yesboom has been IA for around 10 months now, and peaked at 679 TPE. My brain has become more and more numb throughout this process, and you are probably wondering why this is ranked lower than the SJS pick of Friesen. I don't know why. Or, I kinda do. Basically my brain has decided it should be lower since he isn't on the Outlaws anymore. Despite winning multiple championships with them. Ok, maybe it should be higher. I don't care though, this is what I've decided. Deal with it.
GRADE:F+
ROUND 1 PICK 13 - JR Frankenstero - DE - Punk42AE
Draft TPE:266
Current TPE:935
Status: On the Austin Copperheads
Another weird one to grade. Any pick that is no longer on the team automatically gets dropped a few grades. Punk42AE is a great user, and sim league veteran. He peaked at 1357 TPE, which is quite high compared to his peers at his current TPE. I mean, Punk is dope. He was traded around the start of the NOLA rebuild, and has had a successful career despite being on lackluster teams. I'm biased though, so remember that.
GRADE:B+
ROUND 1 PICK 14 - Sconnie McSix - RB - g2019
Draft TPE:262
Current TPE:989
Status: Retired, corpse playing for Berlin, is a WR
Holy hell. I though previous picks were hard to grade. I mean, what am I looking at here? Sconnie played for Baltimore for 2 seasons, before being traded to Sarasota for a season. Sconnie then went to SJS, and finally Berlin. Now, Sconnie is retired. Looking from a user aspect, this could be consider an S pick, but if we look at this pick from Baltimore's perspective, it did not turn out the way they wished for it. Sconnie peaked at 1527 TPE, but not for Baltimore. In fact - he only reached around I think 750 TPE for them. With all of this in mind, I could give it an F. I mean the only other F I have given in this draft played for more than 2 seasons for the team. But, Sconnie did have a great career and netted value for them in a trade. Looking at all of this I have decided on this grade.
GRADE: D
CONCLUSION
Media is a scam. I just sat here for 2 hours, and spent majority of the time on the formatting and research rather than the writing. I've only hit around 1900 words, and my bank account will still probably look empty after this. Whatever though, this was fun. Going into this I though I could at least do 2 rounds, but this is so draining I ended up doing on the first round. I'm not sure if I will look to do more parts in the future, but we will see. I apologize if I offended anyone, and I apologize even more if I inflated someone's ego. Looking at this first round, you may think that this draft was average. However, from someone who was apart of this draft, I can assure you it was magical. There is still a whole treasure trove of users in future rounds I didn't touch on. To all the newer users, you make not recognize some of these users, which is kind of crazy to me. Like, looking back on the draft, one of my favorite people in the whole league Pizza-faith is probably somebody most of the new users had no idea about. For those who don't know the legend, he was an absolute beast at churning out graphics, and had a talent for making sick gifs. I would recommend checking out his work as well for those aspiring GFXers. Anyway, I've gone on a ramble so I apologize. All in all I'm happy I have sat down to do this, and hopefully you the reader have enjoyed reading it.
-TwoSocks
I don't really have a set method for this, so I'm just going off purely opinion for grades. I will have bias, just to let you know. Lets get started shall we?
ROUND 1 PICK 1 - Graham Harper - CB - PurpleReign
Draft TPE:257
Current TPE:246
Status: Free Agent
Starting off with a banger of a pick. At least, that's what everyone thought it would be. PR was an amazing user in the league, and nearly consensus 1OA pick. PR was on of the first S36 users to get a GM job, becoming a GM for the Dallas Birddogs. Unfortunately, life happened and PR went IA, maxing out at 410 TPE. Definitely not what Colorado was hoping for, but it is what it is.
GRADE:F
ROUND 1 PICK 2 - Zaphod Beeblebrox - WR - Mooty99
Draft TPE:263
Current TPE:1099
Status: Still at Austin
Austin chooses the first recreate in the draft, despite being absolutely stacked with new creates. However, if Mooty wasn't snatched up here, someone else surely would have picked him. Mooty is an older user in the league, and former Austin GM. Mooty peaked at 1463 TPE, and is still kicking about in the league. Mooty has been a core piece of the Austin team for the past few seasons, and a core member of the ISFL community.
GRADE:A
ROUND 1 PICK 3 Teemo Swift - S - Repgnar
Draft TPE:268
Current TPE:1234
Status: LB at NYS
Repgnar is an absolute stud of a user. After getting drafted, Rep got called up and switched to LB. A few seasons later, he would become the GM of the Minnesota Grey Ducks, and a few more seasons later he would step down. I took his place as Min GM, and he went off to the big leagues to become GM of the NYS. Repgnar currently sits second in the class for TPE, and peaked at 1535 TPE. Repgnar has played a key part in the recent success of New York, and will probably play a huge role for time to come. I could never run out of nice things to say to him, so it is with great honor I bestow this grade on him
GRADE:S
ROUND 1 PICK 4 - Don Dobbler - WR - Jaywe88
Draft TPE:248
Current TPE:816
Status:Retired. Also became PeePee Poop-Eater Sr.
This is a really strange pick to grade. Despite not going 0OA like he hoped he would, Jason was still happy to be drafted to NOLA. Jason peaked at 1019 TPE, and was both a GM for Tijuana and NOLA. Here is where it gets strange - Jason became GM of NOLA with Mobi, and the rebuild started. However, life happened once again, and Jason sort of disappeared it seems. He stepped down from his role as GM, and stopped earning as much. Jason then clicked the retire button, having fallen behind on earning and NOLA needing a young team. Poop-Eater Sr. was traded away for his corpse season, and Jason is currently a LB for the Tijuana Luchadores. Given the circumstances, I found it decently hard to grade, but settled on this.
GRADE:B
ROUND 1 PICK 5 - Xavier Valorian - DT - XaveValor
Draft TPE:261
Current TPE:489
Status: IA DE for the San Jose Sabercats
Xave was an absolute banger of a pick, a home run you could say. He was a top-earner for many seasons, worked a few league jobs, and was an awesome user. Then IRL took out another promising user. Xave peaked at 814 TPE before going IA and getting traded to SJS. He had switched to DE when called up, and still remains a DE. Insider sources have implied he may be on the block once again, depending on how a few things work out. Xave was still a good pick, just not what Chicago was hoping for at pick 5.
GRADE:C-
ROUND 1 PICK 6 - Kevin McThumper - LB - Chucky
Draft TPE:262
Current TPE:798
Status: Still on Berlin, technically IA
Despite a bong video coming out and tanking his draft stock, Chucky still went 6OA to Berlin. Chucky is an amazing user, who has faded from activity recently, but is still reachable. Chucky became a GM for the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, and continued his players career for a while. Kevin McThumper himself has had a wonderful career, and peaked at 1173 TPE. Real life can be a bitch, as is evident from previous picks, but Chucky managed to stick around for quite a while. I'd say this is a pretty damn solid pick for Berlin, and McThumper played a key role in helping them reach an Ultimus final.
GRADE:B+
ROUND 1 PICK 7 - Ja’uan Holland - S - Friesen1520
Draft TPE:258
Current TPE:335
Status: IA, still on SJS
Another promising user clutched by the jaws of real life. Friesen was an absolute delight to talk to, and helped me learn how to do graphics. Friesen was absolutely nutty at GFX, and without a doubt is top 3 in graphics makers that I know. Holland peaked at 557 TPE, and has been IA for quite a while now. If you are a rising GFX maker, do yourself a favor and check out his works. SJS has kept Holland around for a while, but this will probably be his last season in the league, as a third regression looms. Anyway, it sucks to give this a low grade, but it has to be done.
GRADE: D-
ROUND 1 PICK 8 - / Aleksandr Milescu - S - Alikh /
Draft TPE:231
Current TPE:1008
Status: Still on the Crash
Alikh is an amazing user, and that has been proved through many different facets of his career. Picking up an ultimus ring with CTC, and being an amazing GM for the London royals. Alikh is known throughout the league for his iconic raps and videos, and being a super nice person. Alikh has managed to nearly max earn throughout his career, and has been a force to be reckoned with as a safety. The only thing preventing this grade from being an S is probably Alikh not ending up GMing for CTC.
GRADE:A+
ROUND 1 PICK 9 - J.T. Kurbis - OL- JoshiePoo
Draft TPE:266
Current TPE:942
Status: Still on the Wraiths
JoshiePoo is a more quiet user, but has still been active throughout his career. He has served as a cornerstone for the Wraiths, even helping them win an Ultimus. He is still at a high amount of TPE, and peaked at 1180 TPE. Honestly, this is a dynamite pick for the Wraiths, as they got a max earning OL out of it. I regrettably don't know much about JoshiePoo, so I don't have much more to say.
GRADE:A
ROUND 1 PICK 10 - Thomas Robinson - WR - infern8 -
Draft TPE:248
Current TPE:1227
Status: With the Sarasota Sailfish
Guess what I just learned? Infern8 isn't a recreate. For some reason in my head infern8 was both a recreate and part of the S35 class. I'm not sure why, so don't ask. If anything though, that speaks towards his character as a user. Here I was thinking he was a vet of the league, but in reality we have been in the league for similar amounts of time. Anyway, this was a great pick for the Otters, and despite trading him recently I doubt they regret it. Infern8 is a great dude, and I have had some good times with him. Infern8 has consistently been a top earner of the class, and remains in the top 3 today. He peaked at 1574 TPE. The only thing that really knocks down his grade is him no longer being a part of the Otters.
GRADE:A-
ROUND 1 PICK 11 - Quendyn Quarterstorm - S - Twenty6
Draft TPE:255
Current TPE:1254
Status: CB on the Honolulu Hahalua
This might be the hardest one to grade so far. Twenty6 is one of the best users in this league, and has a concerning passion for sim-testing. From what I know, he did the majority of testing for Chicago while on their team, and has continued that trend in Honolulu. Twenty6 is the top-earner in the class, peaking at a ridiculous 1616 TPE. However, he was traded to Honolulu at the start of the Chicago rebuild. Normally, this would be an S pick if he were still on Chicago, but considering him leaving and what not, I have to follow previous standards with this grade.
GRADE:A-
ROUND 1 PICK 12 - Ignatius Riley - LB - yesboom
Draft TPE:245
Current TPE:408
Status: IA on the Secondline
yesboom is one of the greatest DSFL players ever. I'm probably confusing him with someone else but I'm to lazy to check. So yeah. This was a miss for the Outlaws, as yesboom has been IA for around 10 months now, and peaked at 679 TPE. My brain has become more and more numb throughout this process, and you are probably wondering why this is ranked lower than the SJS pick of Friesen. I don't know why. Or, I kinda do. Basically my brain has decided it should be lower since he isn't on the Outlaws anymore. Despite winning multiple championships with them. Ok, maybe it should be higher. I don't care though, this is what I've decided. Deal with it.
GRADE:F+
ROUND 1 PICK 13 - JR Frankenstero - DE - Punk42AE
Draft TPE:266
Current TPE:935
Status: On the Austin Copperheads
Another weird one to grade. Any pick that is no longer on the team automatically gets dropped a few grades. Punk42AE is a great user, and sim league veteran. He peaked at 1357 TPE, which is quite high compared to his peers at his current TPE. I mean, Punk is dope. He was traded around the start of the NOLA rebuild, and has had a successful career despite being on lackluster teams. I'm biased though, so remember that.
GRADE:B+
ROUND 1 PICK 14 - Sconnie McSix - RB - g2019
Draft TPE:262
Current TPE:989
Status: Retired, corpse playing for Berlin, is a WR
Holy hell. I though previous picks were hard to grade. I mean, what am I looking at here? Sconnie played for Baltimore for 2 seasons, before being traded to Sarasota for a season. Sconnie then went to SJS, and finally Berlin. Now, Sconnie is retired. Looking from a user aspect, this could be consider an S pick, but if we look at this pick from Baltimore's perspective, it did not turn out the way they wished for it. Sconnie peaked at 1527 TPE, but not for Baltimore. In fact - he only reached around I think 750 TPE for them. With all of this in mind, I could give it an F. I mean the only other F I have given in this draft played for more than 2 seasons for the team. But, Sconnie did have a great career and netted value for them in a trade. Looking at all of this I have decided on this grade.
GRADE: D
CONCLUSION
Media is a scam. I just sat here for 2 hours, and spent majority of the time on the formatting and research rather than the writing. I've only hit around 1900 words, and my bank account will still probably look empty after this. Whatever though, this was fun. Going into this I though I could at least do 2 rounds, but this is so draining I ended up doing on the first round. I'm not sure if I will look to do more parts in the future, but we will see. I apologize if I offended anyone, and I apologize even more if I inflated someone's ego. Looking at this first round, you may think that this draft was average. However, from someone who was apart of this draft, I can assure you it was magical. There is still a whole treasure trove of users in future rounds I didn't touch on. To all the newer users, you make not recognize some of these users, which is kind of crazy to me. Like, looking back on the draft, one of my favorite people in the whole league Pizza-faith is probably somebody most of the new users had no idea about. For those who don't know the legend, he was an absolute beast at churning out graphics, and had a talent for making sick gifs. I would recommend checking out his work as well for those aspiring GFXers. Anyway, I've gone on a ramble so I apologize. All in all I'm happy I have sat down to do this, and hopefully you the reader have enjoyed reading it.
-TwoSocks
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