01-14-2021, 11:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-14-2021, 11:39 PM by MrStennett.)
Task 8
Charlemagne Concord Cortez was born to an extremely affluent family in Atherton, California. It is known as the "most expensive zip code in America", where the average household income is over $80,000 more than the national average. His parents, Julian and Ava, are both corporate attorneys that work for the same firm, and always pushed for Charlemagne to excel academically. He put that same amount of tenacious effort and energy into his athletic pursuits as he did in the classroom, becoming both his senior class' valedictorian as well as breaking all of the passing records at Menlo-Atherton High School. While his parents wanted him to attend Harvard, which both of them had attended as well, Charlemagne wanted to chase his dream of being a professional quarterback. He received several scholarship offers from Divison I schools, but ultimately decided to make his parents happy by enrolling at Cornell and walking on to the Big Red football team. He redshirted his freshman year, but immediately took the starting role the following year. He took extra classes during summer and winter breaks in order to graduate on time, earning his degree and breaking multiple records at Cornell. After his incredible play in the Ivy League, Cortez was expecting some interest from NFL teams, but was shocked indeed to find out there was none. Refusing to let his dream die, he enrolled for the 2038 Developmental Simulation Football League Draft. He believed that his overwhelming success in both high school and college would make him a sure fire early round pick. Once again, he was to be disappointed. He wasn't selected until the sixth round by the London Royals. LONDON! He had to fly across an ocean to play football! What was obviously a rocky start would end up being one of the greatest periods of his football life to date, as he would end up winning the coveted Ultimini trophy with the Royals and garnered more than a few votes for end of the season awards, despite never actually winning one. We stand now on the precipice of Charlemagne's ascension to the big leagues, as he is due to join the Arizona Outlaws as their starting quarterback next season. Whether or not his run of great success as a football player is anybody's guess at this juncture, but I am incredibly excited for the ride to find out. Introducing your 2042 Outlaws starting quarterback, Charlemagne Concord Cortez, The Triple C!
Task 18
I am in two other sim leagues besides ISFL, but I am choosing to write about the Pro Baseball Experience for this point task. The PBE was the first sim league I joined, just over three years ago, and I have been an active member ever since. Baseball has always been my first love as a sport, and so discovering this world of simulation sports and being able to create a player of my own design was incredibly appealing to me. During my time there, I have served as a fantasy manager, an updater, a member of the Hall of Fame Electoral Committee, and a co-GM. As a matter of fact, I served as co-GM of the Outer Banks Aviators for ten seasons, which I am still almost certain remains a record for concurrent time served as a co-GM. I think the thing I have always most enjoyed about the PBE is the people and the camaraderie. I have had both the honor and privilege of both enjoying playing a game and working with some fantastic people there. More of them than I could possibly list by name. That is the beauty of sim leagues, I think. They bring people together over the love of one thing, a particular sport, and then you discover lasting relationships and friendships based on this one shared trait.
Task 28
Although I wish were moving on to a sim that wasn't just a bunch of dots running around, I will admit I'm pretty spoiled by OOTP, and that the advancements with the new sim should be an exciting addition to the league. Admittedly, I don't know much about it, but I have heard that you can see the flight path of the ball when it's thrown now, which is pretty awesome actually. I am also super stoked about the new archetypes, as I think they will bring more diversity to our league and thus make it a more interesting endeavor to undertake building a player. As a quarterback, and especially one who will have his rookie campaign in tandem with the rollout season of the new sim, I am really excited to see what this all means for my player was he takes over the starting quarterback role in Arizona from the retiring old man, Jay Cue. All in all, I believe that this is a very good change for the league as I know the old sim has been a gripe for many people over my entire tenure here. Between that and the archetype shakeup, even people who may be getting burnt out on the league are looking forward to season 27, I'm sure.
Charlemagne Concord Cortez was born to an extremely affluent family in Atherton, California. It is known as the "most expensive zip code in America", where the average household income is over $80,000 more than the national average. His parents, Julian and Ava, are both corporate attorneys that work for the same firm, and always pushed for Charlemagne to excel academically. He put that same amount of tenacious effort and energy into his athletic pursuits as he did in the classroom, becoming both his senior class' valedictorian as well as breaking all of the passing records at Menlo-Atherton High School. While his parents wanted him to attend Harvard, which both of them had attended as well, Charlemagne wanted to chase his dream of being a professional quarterback. He received several scholarship offers from Divison I schools, but ultimately decided to make his parents happy by enrolling at Cornell and walking on to the Big Red football team. He redshirted his freshman year, but immediately took the starting role the following year. He took extra classes during summer and winter breaks in order to graduate on time, earning his degree and breaking multiple records at Cornell. After his incredible play in the Ivy League, Cortez was expecting some interest from NFL teams, but was shocked indeed to find out there was none. Refusing to let his dream die, he enrolled for the 2038 Developmental Simulation Football League Draft. He believed that his overwhelming success in both high school and college would make him a sure fire early round pick. Once again, he was to be disappointed. He wasn't selected until the sixth round by the London Royals. LONDON! He had to fly across an ocean to play football! What was obviously a rocky start would end up being one of the greatest periods of his football life to date, as he would end up winning the coveted Ultimini trophy with the Royals and garnered more than a few votes for end of the season awards, despite never actually winning one. We stand now on the precipice of Charlemagne's ascension to the big leagues, as he is due to join the Arizona Outlaws as their starting quarterback next season. Whether or not his run of great success as a football player is anybody's guess at this juncture, but I am incredibly excited for the ride to find out. Introducing your 2042 Outlaws starting quarterback, Charlemagne Concord Cortez, The Triple C!
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Task 18
I am in two other sim leagues besides ISFL, but I am choosing to write about the Pro Baseball Experience for this point task. The PBE was the first sim league I joined, just over three years ago, and I have been an active member ever since. Baseball has always been my first love as a sport, and so discovering this world of simulation sports and being able to create a player of my own design was incredibly appealing to me. During my time there, I have served as a fantasy manager, an updater, a member of the Hall of Fame Electoral Committee, and a co-GM. As a matter of fact, I served as co-GM of the Outer Banks Aviators for ten seasons, which I am still almost certain remains a record for concurrent time served as a co-GM. I think the thing I have always most enjoyed about the PBE is the people and the camaraderie. I have had both the honor and privilege of both enjoying playing a game and working with some fantastic people there. More of them than I could possibly list by name. That is the beauty of sim leagues, I think. They bring people together over the love of one thing, a particular sport, and then you discover lasting relationships and friendships based on this one shared trait.
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Task 28
Although I wish were moving on to a sim that wasn't just a bunch of dots running around, I will admit I'm pretty spoiled by OOTP, and that the advancements with the new sim should be an exciting addition to the league. Admittedly, I don't know much about it, but I have heard that you can see the flight path of the ball when it's thrown now, which is pretty awesome actually. I am also super stoked about the new archetypes, as I think they will bring more diversity to our league and thus make it a more interesting endeavor to undertake building a player. As a quarterback, and especially one who will have his rookie campaign in tandem with the rollout season of the new sim, I am really excited to see what this all means for my player was he takes over the starting quarterback role in Arizona from the retiring old man, Jay Cue. All in all, I believe that this is a very good change for the league as I know the old sim has been a gripe for many people over my entire tenure here. Between that and the archetype shakeup, even people who may be getting burnt out on the league are looking forward to season 27, I'm sure.
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