10) Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
This year has been tough for A.J. Lucas and the Kansas City Coyotes. It is my sophmore year in the DSFL and after a pretty decent run last year where we nearly squeaked into the playoffs, this year has been anything but. For myself I had a career year, highlights for me included being the top linebacker in our team and also cementing myself as a top linebacker in the DSFL. I was able to grab myself my first interception and also had one terrific game where I had a forced fumble, fumble recovery and multiple tackles. The hard work that I put in the offseason has definietly come to fruition. I was able to lead the league in tackles with 148 tackles, just beating Lawrence Taylor (another very good linebacker) at the post with one extra tackle. I was less involved in blitz play and only came away with one sack but I am okay with that given my prolific play with tackling everyone in sight. Unfortunately the solo play from myself didn't really translate into team wins. This has to be one of the hardest seasons I have endured in any sport. We started the season strong with...10 straight losses. This was incredibly difficult as we had a couple of games that we were so close to winning and we fluffed it. It took us to game 11 to pick up a win and that was definitely a mental relief, I didn't want to go without a win and luckily we put it together. This game against the unfortunate Luchadores was the perhaps only highlight of the season. We managed to smother them on defense and put together a quality game from our running backs and Peterson threw a couple of touchdowns for the win. The lowest points of our season...well, they were the rest of the season unfortunately. We should be in a good position next season for a decent run at the Ultimini. I am unsure if I could have done anything different as a player, I am at my peak for the DSFL and performed in the top of the league for linebackers, I am hoping that I played well enough to earn a probowl spot in the DSFL. Trying to figure out what will happen next season is always a bit of a guessing game and I think it will be even more unpredictable with a change in the archetypes and also with a new sim engine. I will hope that we have a decent core and will be fine but I am just so unsure. Hopefully being capped will mean that I still stand out in the DSFL.
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17) You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
Everyone knows that the superbowl's go to for half time entertainment is the old couple of musicians on stage singing and dancing. I think the Ultimus would need to be different, I think that having musicians is fine but they shouldn't be the main attraction. I would go with something far more attention grabbing and with far more people wanting to tune in. It has been done before but I would make it a full event, the puppy bowl. I would do a puppy bowl but actually come up with a quick tournament, four teams competing against each other in cute action, it would get the attention of a lot of people and surely ad revenue would skyrocket. We could still have musicians playing in the background but can you imagine having this epic battle between puppies down on the field and being shown on the big screen in a stadium. They could have other competitions for fastest puppy and which puppy could eat the quickest, a pro bowl style events day. It may not be the most original idea, but I think it is an idea that would get a lot of attention from people watching and would shake up the norm of music acts.
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18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
Another sim league I am involved in is the PBE league. For those that don't know it is a baseball related sim league and uses the OOTP engine to simulate the proceedings. PBE is a slightly younger than the ISFL but has a great base to continue to build on. It has a great game engine that you can see your player in the flesh (pixels?) and is fun to see your player in action. The things I like the most about the PBE is that it has a great community, ever since I joined I have been welcomed in to the league and met a lot of great people. I am now a part of that community in the events team and also a rookie mentor, I think that is a testament to the league as I was keen to give back to the community in the way that I first received such a great introduction to the league. The PBE for me has been a bit of a grind, I came in as a pitcher and have mostly been battered in every which way possible. Now with some hard TPE earning under my belt, I have been able to just achieve my first all-star appearance and had a semi-decent season. I think the PBE is set to grow, so hop on in if you are interested!
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This year has been tough for A.J. Lucas and the Kansas City Coyotes. It is my sophmore year in the DSFL and after a pretty decent run last year where we nearly squeaked into the playoffs, this year has been anything but. For myself I had a career year, highlights for me included being the top linebacker in our team and also cementing myself as a top linebacker in the DSFL. I was able to grab myself my first interception and also had one terrific game where I had a forced fumble, fumble recovery and multiple tackles. The hard work that I put in the offseason has definietly come to fruition. I was able to lead the league in tackles with 148 tackles, just beating Lawrence Taylor (another very good linebacker) at the post with one extra tackle. I was less involved in blitz play and only came away with one sack but I am okay with that given my prolific play with tackling everyone in sight. Unfortunately the solo play from myself didn't really translate into team wins. This has to be one of the hardest seasons I have endured in any sport. We started the season strong with...10 straight losses. This was incredibly difficult as we had a couple of games that we were so close to winning and we fluffed it. It took us to game 11 to pick up a win and that was definitely a mental relief, I didn't want to go without a win and luckily we put it together. This game against the unfortunate Luchadores was the perhaps only highlight of the season. We managed to smother them on defense and put together a quality game from our running backs and Peterson threw a couple of touchdowns for the win. The lowest points of our season...well, they were the rest of the season unfortunately. We should be in a good position next season for a decent run at the Ultimini. I am unsure if I could have done anything different as a player, I am at my peak for the DSFL and performed in the top of the league for linebackers, I am hoping that I played well enough to earn a probowl spot in the DSFL. Trying to figure out what will happen next season is always a bit of a guessing game and I think it will be even more unpredictable with a change in the archetypes and also with a new sim engine. I will hope that we have a decent core and will be fine but I am just so unsure. Hopefully being capped will mean that I still stand out in the DSFL.
478 words
17) You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
Everyone knows that the superbowl's go to for half time entertainment is the old couple of musicians on stage singing and dancing. I think the Ultimus would need to be different, I think that having musicians is fine but they shouldn't be the main attraction. I would go with something far more attention grabbing and with far more people wanting to tune in. It has been done before but I would make it a full event, the puppy bowl. I would do a puppy bowl but actually come up with a quick tournament, four teams competing against each other in cute action, it would get the attention of a lot of people and surely ad revenue would skyrocket. We could still have musicians playing in the background but can you imagine having this epic battle between puppies down on the field and being shown on the big screen in a stadium. They could have other competitions for fastest puppy and which puppy could eat the quickest, a pro bowl style events day. It may not be the most original idea, but I think it is an idea that would get a lot of attention from people watching and would shake up the norm of music acts.
206 words
18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
Another sim league I am involved in is the PBE league. For those that don't know it is a baseball related sim league and uses the OOTP engine to simulate the proceedings. PBE is a slightly younger than the ISFL but has a great base to continue to build on. It has a great game engine that you can see your player in the flesh (pixels?) and is fun to see your player in action. The things I like the most about the PBE is that it has a great community, ever since I joined I have been welcomed in to the league and met a lot of great people. I am now a part of that community in the events team and also a rookie mentor, I think that is a testament to the league as I was keen to give back to the community in the way that I first received such a great introduction to the league. The PBE for me has been a bit of a grind, I came in as a pitcher and have mostly been battered in every which way possible. Now with some hard TPE earning under my belt, I have been able to just achieve my first all-star appearance and had a semi-decent season. I think the PBE is set to grow, so hop on in if you are interested!
228 Words