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1. Any time no 1 seed makes the Ultimus in a playoff bracket set up the way the ISFL's is, you have to look at them hard, because the likelihood that they either choked or were fraudulent to begin with is extremely high. In this case, the correct answer was both depending on which team you were talking about.
Through the Regular Season, there weren't any really standout teams, no all time great or terrible ones, but there was a clear answer for the Best Team. The Honolulu Hahalua were the only team with a +100 point differential or more, at +119, and only 3 other teams even managed more than +40 on the season, none of which the Hahalua even would have to face in even a hypothetical Ultimus run; the Baltimore Hawks lost in the Wild Card, as did the Arizona Outlaws, and the best team by point differential other than the Hahalua didn't even get to make the playoffs in the Silverbacks. So, against an opposition with less than 1/10th of the positive point differential, the Hahalua managed to completely screw up. Their Defense, 3rd best all season, gave up nearly double the points they usually did and allowed the 3rd best offense in the league to completely overmatch them. There wasn't even a massive turnover margin one way or the other to tax the defense, the Copperheads just walked over them all day. The other number 1 seed were frauds that I don't think were particularly shocking to people to see them miss out on the Ultimus. The Colorado Yeti and I have a bit of a history; finding certain award ballots of theirs insulting, their players getting awards I found suspect at the time and still do to this day, and just the sheer fact that certain players made the Hall despite being arguably worse than non Hall of Famers from the same era in one case and just not being all that good in another. So it's with some bemusement that the Yeti wind up in my crosshairs yet again as I talk about a team that beat mine by 55 points at the end of the season and yet I still don't think was even above average. Really, though, it's not hard to spot why. I'd like to know if there's a single team in ISFL history with a larger win than the 69-14 game the Yeti had in Week 16 who still ended the season with a negative point differential. I'd also like to know if that team finished 1st in the conference like these Yeti. It's certainly possible, there were some bad and lopsided conferences and teams in the early days, but still; 55 point win, and a negative 8 point differential, minus half a point per game. It's very possible that we just witnessed the single worst 1 seed in the history of the ISFL; not by record, the 10-6 mark beats out the legendary 9-7 Pileup of the S24 ASFC which saw the Sabercats come out on top with that record, but possibly by point differential; the legendary -0.8 Sabercats squad that won the Ultimus was a 3rd seed the year afterwards, the Sabercats of the 1st seed pileup were over +2. And of course, that Sabercat team went on to win it all instead of getting knocked out in their first playoff game with a double digit loss. Nobody is going to call these S45 Yeti chokers, or at least they really shouldn't. Choking implies a surprising, unexpected and counter to form result, not a mediocre team squatting on the one seed despite not playing like a team that should. Although, the Sailfish were also a fraudulent team which would have missed the playoffs in a good simulation on a 3 way head to head tiebreaker that had them with a 1-3 record to the Fire Salamanders 2-2 and the Hawks' 3-1.
01-17-2024, 04:09 AM
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Task 14 - 5 TPE - Expansion
Expansion time, the league really needs to expand a bit more as Nova Montagne does not want to retire yet from her quarterback duties, and if Queen Nova wants this, the league needs to comply and make sure it happens right. She has one more season with the Honolulu Hahalua before she regresses lower tpe then her replacement will have, so she has asked the management to look if there are any takers for the season following next one, to get her services for free, so she can enjoy one more season as a team's leader on offense. There was one team interested, but only if it was next year already, so that wasn't what she was looking for as she wants one more season with her Hahalua. So expansion is the only possible route to take if she wants to play another season at QB. For possible locations there are a few options, with the league going more international with Berlin and Kaapstad, I think it's time that South America, Asia and Oceania all get a majors team aswell. So the following teams could be an option. Tokyo Drift - as a homage to the fast and the furious franchise, we will get a franchise in Japan that would be known for their fast playstyle and short passing lanes, a team that would like to use an agile offense that would be hard to catch. Melbourne Platypus - Yes, with a name like that they will be the laughing stock of the league, as this might be worse then the fire salamanders. But that might actually be their strength. People love platypus and want to play there. This would a team that could possibly attract a lot of free agents who want to experience the live down under. Rio Carnaval - Not sure if this would be a good team, but this is where the party animals will go to. Expect a team that loves to party and regular goes 0-14 as they are too tired to play the games after a long day celebrating life in the city center. Task 25 - 2,5 TPE - Billboard Task 36 - 2.5 TPE - SHL Affiliate: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3459684 Disclaimer: If Princess Donut talks, its in caps lock. I apologize for any offense taken with this.
COBRA KAI
S25 DSFL: Running Back of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year
S26 DSFL: Running Back of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year
S30 ISFL: Running Back of the Year, Pro Bowl // S31 ISFL: Pro Bowl
S33 ISFL: Returner of the Year, Pro Bowl //S34 ISFL: Pro Bowl
S35: ISFL: Offensive Performance of the Year, Pro Bowl (Running Back), Pro Bowl (Special Teams)
Two time Ultimus Champion (S31, S35)
NOVA MONTAGNE
S41 ISFL: Pro Bowl, Second Team All Pro
S43 ISFL: Pro Bowl
S44 ISFL: Performance of the Year. Pro Bowl, Second Team All Pro
S45 ISFL: Pro Bowl
GRAND CHAMPION, BREED WINNER REGIONAL, NATIONAL CHAMPION PRINCESS DONUT THE QUEEN ANNE CHONK
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Tier 1: Long Form Tasks (Must be 600+ words)
Choose ONE for 10 TPE. 1. The Season 44 Ultimus and Ultimini have officially come to an end. Congratulations to the the Tijuana Luchadores and Austin Copperheads for each winning their respective championships. How did each of the finalists in either the Ultimus or Ultimini arrive at the playoffs? Were there any teams that surprised or disappointed during the playoffs? Did the outcome of either championship game surprise you at all? Well now that the season is over, I guess it is time to congratulate both the Tijuana Luchadores and the Austing Copperheads on their Ultimini and Ultimus wins respectively, great achievements for both! Tijuana Luchadores have always been one of the dominant franchises in the Development Simulation Football League and this is just another feather in their bery large cap. The Austin Copperheads on the other hand do not have as many wins, although not due to a lack of trying. They have always been good at building good teams, but they have unfortunately faced some tough luck during the playoffs over the years. As last time, a quick editors note that the nightmare which was last season did not last long as the Arizona Outlaws are back in the playoffs! Good riddance to that nightmare. Well I want to mostly look back on the season that was for the Austin Copperheads, who many did not have as the betting favorite for the Ultimus, but it is always good to have some cinderella or underdog stories in this league to keep it interesting. The Austin Copperheads started off the season strong with three wins out of their first four games, including tough wins against the Arizona Outlaws at home and beating the New York Silverbacks on the road. The rest of their regular season would be an up and down affair with great wins but some tough losses, such as road losses to the Baltimore Hawks and Honolulu Hahalua in back to back weeks. In the end they would end up with a nine and seven record, which would be good enough for second place in the American Simulation Football Conference due to tiebreakers which no one can understood, not even Wolverine Studios, although there is no lack of trying. There was great intrigue going into the season as the Austin Copperheads moved on from legendary quarterback Queen Elizabeth II and had Jay Cue III starting as a rookie, but there seemed to be no beat being missed as Cue finished with a respectable statline including 31 touchdowns and 11 interceptions with the highest passer rating in the league. Aiding the rookie were new running back Howard Coward, who despite his name, rushed for 1273 yards and 13 touchdowns and Delores Bickerman who led the league with 1527 yards. So there were a lot of good players on the offensive side of the ball who helped propel the Austin Copperheads into the playoffs In the playoff gauntlet, the Austin Copperheads first faced off against the Arizona Outlaws who were back in the playoffs and trying to come into Austin and ruin the party. Austin was having none of it and dispatched the Outlaws quite handly in a 41-19 victory where they scored 24 unanswered points in the second half and Howard Coward running for 115 yards on 19 carries and 3 touchdowns. This would mean the Copperheads would travel to Honolulu to face the Hahalua who were coming off their bye and number one seed. This did not seem to phase the Copperheads who put on an offensive clinic in the game (although they forgot to play defense). Howard Coward was again the anchor of the offense with 115 yards on 20 rushes and 1 touchdown while adding 74 yards and 1 touchdown on 3 receptions. They were then off to the Ultimus where they would be facing the Sarasota Sailfish and man what a game this was! The teams started by trading touchdowns and then put more points on the board to make it 14-13 Copperheads lead going into halftime. Coming out of the locker rooms, there was a flurry of scoring from the Sailfish to make it 24-17 going into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter Jeff Newman tied it up for the Copperheads with a 18 yard touchdown run. Then Ace Anderson put the Sailfish up by 7 before Delores Bickermand caught a 9 yard pass from Jay Cue III with 20 seconds left to send the game to overtime! The Copperheads would settle for a field goal on their opening possession and what would prove to be enough as W. Gunther intercepted a Willier Miller pass to end the game and send the Copperheads to Disneyland!
01-17-2024, 11:47 AM
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14. As far as I understand it, the league is doing alright but isnt in a place to be expanding. In fact contraction was the more probable next step up until recently but expansion is always fun so we’re going to talk about it anyway. Expansion needs 2 teams to equalise the conferences and be able to create 4 team divisions so we’ll be doing 2. Assuming that the ever favourite Moon Knights won't be joining the league anytime soon, we’ll come back down to earth with 2 teams from Canada.
Canadian representation in the league is low. While the best team in the league, the Yellowknife Wraiths, are based in Canada, they are a long way away from the main population and representing the North West territories doesn’t necessarily feel the closest to Canadian hearts. For one of the closest countries to America and one of the only countries with their own football league, this feels under represented to have the same amount of teams as other nations around the world with much less affiliation to the sport. Therefore I am proposing the introduction of the Vancouver Vanguard and the Thunder Bay Lightning. The Vanguard would be representing British Columbia and would be viking themed. Did the Vikings have a vanguard in their conquests? I don't know, but it's a timeless theme and one we are sorely missing in the league. The brown and grey of a Viking Axe would be the colour theme with great potential for runic colour rush themes. Thunder Bay lightning are the representatives of Ontario and there’s no thunder without the lightning. As much as the cheesy name suggests, the yellow in the uni's would potentially end up clashing with the yellow in Baltimore, Honolulu, Berlin and Colorado, so the main colour would be the black from the dark clouds. 27. LB nearly wasnt available to me in the current draft class. Going into the tracker as I went to create, I saw 10 other LBs already in the class of 60 people. However one of the biggest benefits of LB for my current player is the flexibility to position switch, nearly everything is available to a LB as a lower tier swap, with only a couple of T3 swaps in there. That means that while I intended to stay at LB, I can switch to whatever we need so the similar position to that as an alternative would be TE. TE does a bit of everything with pancakes and catches, and would allow me to be a relevant fantasy option again but as I would like to be on the defensive side of the ball once again, the position I would have chosen is safety. When I played in High school, my coaches nicknamed me speed hawk because of my nose for the ball. That also happens to be my name so it made for a weird nickname but you get the idea. 32. Speed Hawk would most certainly be up for making his own podcast called: Speed Hawks Speed Talks. It would be short 8-10 minute interviews with players from around the league and the wider sporting community that really hit home on the real questions that people want to ask these big sporting names. The quick format of it would mainly be for the name rhyming but would allow players to quickly come in and make a bit of a name for themselves while not taking too much time out of their training routines. This could also branch off into some spinoff podcasts like Speed Hawks Speed Walks, which would be a similar format but on a nice countryside walk for the youtube audience to travel along with the guests, and Speed Hawks Speed Corks, an after dark wine drinking podcasts where the dark truths and secrets of the league get revealed. These podcasts would create a future career for Speed Hawk after his upcoming HoF career and also allow players who have been and gone in the ISFL a chance to reconnect with the league and find out what they’ve been up to.
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17. Disney World, yo Jeff Newman, the ultimatas game MVP, hit up the magical kingdom like a boss. Imagine this: Newman, the runningback sensation, soaked in the glory of victory and rolled into Disney World like it's his turf. No holding back, he owned those roller coasters like he owned the field. Space Mountain, Cinderella Castle – he conquered it all. Mickey Mouse probably asked for an autograph. It was all smiles, high-fives, and that sweet taste of victory in the air. Jeff Newman, the MVP, turned Disney World into his personal playground, and the celebrations were straight-up legendary. All that bro did was drink all the booze on the tea cups and also in the harry potter world is that even in disney who the fuck even knows its Jeff Newman he won the Ultimas broke the austin curse and became an awaesome and was a cool cat himself and i think that we all can love that stuff 14. Alright, hear me out I'm vibing with the idea that the league shouldn't expand, but hey, if we're daydreaming, let's make it wild Fargo Woodchippers: Pays homage to the movie "Fargo," infusing a bit of that quirky yet intense vibe into the team identity, creating a unique and memorable association. Karachi Kingslayers (Pakistan): Embraces a powerful and dynamic image, reflecting the team's prowess in taking down opponents and asserting dominance, inspired by the historical significance of Karachi. Beijing Dragons (China): Represents the fierce and mythical dragon, embodying strength and power, reflecting the team's aspiration to soar to new heights and breathe fire into the competition. Rome Gladiators (Italy): Draws inspiration from ancient Roman gladiators, symbolizing the team's courage, strength, and commitment to battle it out on the modern-day sports arena. Barcelona Matadors (Spain): Infuses a touch of Spanish culture, taking cues from bullfighting, to symbolize the team's artistry, precision, and flair in dominating the game. Cairo Pharaohs (Egypt): Reflects the rich history of Egypt, with the pharaoh representing leadership and royalty, as the team aims to rule the field with authority and honor their cultural heritage. Lagos Warriors (Lagos): Reflects the vibrant and dynamic spirit of Lagos, embodying the team's determination, resilience, and strength on the field. Birmingham Thundercats (Birmingham): Takes inspiration from pop culture, specifically the Thundercats, injecting a bit of nostalgia and fierceness into the team's persona. Philadelphia Liberty (Philadelphia): Honors the city's historical significance in the birth of the nation, symbolizing freedom, resilience, and the team's commitment to the pursuit of victory with the Liberty Bell as an iconic symbol. Expansion might not be the move, but imagine if it was these teams would flip the script and bring a whole new level of energy to the league and i think that it would be an awesome thing to add to one of those thing to add to spice up the league
01-18-2024, 10:35 AM
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Tier 3 - Prompt #25
Tier 3 - Prompt #29 The best branding at the ISFL level is the Yellowknife Wraiths. On first impression, that logo combined with those colors and the feelings a city like Yellowknife evokes are top tier. The majority of the logo is either black or white, hood and bone, shadows and teeth. But deep in the center of those empty eye sockets beats a pale blue light. Looking into them, you could’ve sworn the logo had some blue elsewhere wright? An outline maybe? Or was it blue light reflecting on the skull somewhere? No. You were just hypnotized by those cold hateful eyes. If you want to be really lame and compare this to a real world example, the closest parallel is the Las Vegas Raiders. The black and white logo and coat of arms style badge are common in both designs. Raiders fans even incorporate skulls and bones into their more extravagant gear, representing their team in the Black Hole. I personally think the Raiders rock the best predominantly black uniform in all pro sports. Spurs are sharp, and the LA Kings have a very specific style. But I think both Yellowknife and the Raiders match their culture to the colors themselves. (WC 198) Tier 3 - Prompt #35 Tier 3 - Prompt #36 SHL CW Affiliate 4 x Tier 3 Prompts = 10 TPE |
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