Task 9 - Tier 2 - 400+ Words - 5 TPE
This is quite the fun one for me as I absolutely love the idea of assembling dream teams. So I am probably going to go overboard with this, but that is allowed.
The key to a team in football is the quarterback and I would pick my personal favorite Ben Slothlisberger to fill the role. He is coming off of an MVP season, he is top five in training points earned, he is outside of regression, and the user Slothfacekilla is legitimately one of my favorite people in the league. Easiest choice of the day for me.
The next position I am going to address is protecting said quarterback and so I need five top of the line offensive line players. First is Bruce Buckley as the top in TPE, and a user I have gotten along with well through our interactions. Then Greedy Sly as the number two and another player who I have had pleasant interactions with during my tenure in the league. Third is Calvin Golladay as the next name I distinctly recognize and someone I remember being a stalwart supporter of fighting in the trenches. Then Adam Mellott as a top tier offensive line player from S25 and another of my favorite players in the league. Going to finish it off with Ananda Adyan as another good offensive line player from S25 and someone whose company I have enjoyed in the Norfolk locker room. Five human offensive lineman who are all over 600 training points earned should make for quite the solid offensive line. (Note: I wrote this before Sly retired and just in case that would not count I will replace him with Dorfus Jimbo Jr as he might be low in TPE, but Scorp's locker room presence is invaluable to me. Thank you!)
The next step is weapons and based off the league average that means three wide receivers. Michael Witheblock is the top active wide receiver in terms of training points earned, and I remember having some good conversations with Sakrosankt so they get the first nod. William Lim is second as a person who helped me win fantasy this season, second in training points earned, and someone who has been incredibly pleasant as a member of the rookie mentor team. Third is Kai Sakura who is the next highest active outside of regression, and whose user DarknessRising has made several media pieces I have enjoyed if I am remembering their name right.
James Angler is the current leader in training points earned among tight ends and is also controlled by tMuse who is one of the few people I distinctly recall putting out statistical analysis in my time as a media grader.
Running back is a bit of a tough one for me as I know all the top actives, and so I will go with the two I remember the most. Tatsu Nakamura as the lightning back and one of the top speed backs in the league and controlled by qWest known for their pleasant podcast. Then Richard Gilbert as the thunder by virtue of being the top power back, and being someone I still remember for their nice bold mock draft.
Regarding defense I will start with the line and move out as that is where my player plays. Defensive tackle is obviously going to start with Magnus Rikiya as he is coming off a pro bowl caliber season, and I can guarantee the user puts in the work. Second would be Patrik Money who is second in training points earned of those who are not about to face regression, and whose user is PMoney an incredibly pleasant user to interact with in my experience. First defensive end is Troen Egghands controlled by Troen who is top among S22 defensive ends, and who is a fun person in my experience. Then Medicinal Toblerone controlled by the legendary JuOSu, is well outside of regression, and who has one of the best player names in the league.
I am now on linebackers and I will go with four so that I can run 3-4 just fine. Lawrence Bass and Derred de Ville are my first two as they are top tier in S22. Plus they are controlled by RussDrivesTheBus and Exilizer who have been quite friendly in my experience. Then I would take the duo of Adélie de Pengu and Melvin Murder-Moose as they are high tier in terms of training points earned, and their users IsaStarcrossed and SchwarzNarr are two of my favorite people in the league.
Given the propensity to play nickel and my personal preference for it I am going to go with two cornerbacks. Brandon Booker and Andrew Witten the players of Memento Mori and Mithrandir respectively; two of the top in training points earned and both general managers which should make for a solid support for the team. The first safety has a huge advantage over the rest in terms of training points earned and that is Cuco Clemente controlled by Billybolo53 who is one of my friends in the league from back when his player was a defensive tackle. Then it would be DB Jadakiss as the next highest training points earned safety whose user I vividly remember. Third is another along that train of thought as we pick up Davriel Lavigne to be the nickelback as a younger safety who is controlled by Raven a historic user.
There are a bunch of other users I could add who I am friends with or have high training points earned totals, but this is already over 800 words and so I am going to call it here. Thank you for a terrific prompt!
Task 16 - Tier 3 - 200+ Words - 2.5 TPE
I have a super fun time with this one because I would convert my ISFL bank account to $224,000,000. Now I have spent a lot of time looking at real estate sites as I have been wanting to move for a while, and also looking at underground bunkers because I am a writer. Based on that I have an approximate price tag for a ridiculous dream facility of about $16,000,000.
Step two is to outfit the dream facility. That starts with a supercomputer and I do not know the prices of those off the top of my head, but a quick search shows an approximate price tag of about $1,000,000 for what I would want. They can handle heavy 3D design work and so should be perfect for me to run even the fanciest of games that I would want to run on it. Should be able to run Skyrim at the highest of settings without trouble at the very least. The rest of my ideal home decor would cost significantly less as I am not that fancy a person, but I will round it up to another $1,000,000 and just say any extra budget can go to swords.
After that it depends on if ISFL currency will still be able to be converted as if so I am going to dedicate my life to writing thousands of words a day to become the richest person on the planet. If so I invest in all the necessary boons to help me meet my targets as I should be able to earn billions a year to help people while still covering my own expenses. (I would admittedly put a couple hundred million towards making Hellboy 3 if Ron Perlman is still up to it as well, but I believe that to be a net good for humanity.)
If not I bank just enough to make sure all my future needs are met and then use the approximately $190,000,000 left to reduce suffering as much as possible. Most likely by buying up a bunch of medical debt for pennies on the dollar and forgiving it as erasing a billion dollars worth of medical debt would go a long way towards making the world a better place in my mind.
Task X - Tier 3 - PT Affiliation - 2.5 TPE
Affiliate PBE PT
This is quite the fun one for me as I absolutely love the idea of assembling dream teams. So I am probably going to go overboard with this, but that is allowed.
The key to a team in football is the quarterback and I would pick my personal favorite Ben Slothlisberger to fill the role. He is coming off of an MVP season, he is top five in training points earned, he is outside of regression, and the user Slothfacekilla is legitimately one of my favorite people in the league. Easiest choice of the day for me.
The next position I am going to address is protecting said quarterback and so I need five top of the line offensive line players. First is Bruce Buckley as the top in TPE, and a user I have gotten along with well through our interactions. Then Greedy Sly as the number two and another player who I have had pleasant interactions with during my tenure in the league. Third is Calvin Golladay as the next name I distinctly recognize and someone I remember being a stalwart supporter of fighting in the trenches. Then Adam Mellott as a top tier offensive line player from S25 and another of my favorite players in the league. Going to finish it off with Ananda Adyan as another good offensive line player from S25 and someone whose company I have enjoyed in the Norfolk locker room. Five human offensive lineman who are all over 600 training points earned should make for quite the solid offensive line. (Note: I wrote this before Sly retired and just in case that would not count I will replace him with Dorfus Jimbo Jr as he might be low in TPE, but Scorp's locker room presence is invaluable to me. Thank you!)
The next step is weapons and based off the league average that means three wide receivers. Michael Witheblock is the top active wide receiver in terms of training points earned, and I remember having some good conversations with Sakrosankt so they get the first nod. William Lim is second as a person who helped me win fantasy this season, second in training points earned, and someone who has been incredibly pleasant as a member of the rookie mentor team. Third is Kai Sakura who is the next highest active outside of regression, and whose user DarknessRising has made several media pieces I have enjoyed if I am remembering their name right.
James Angler is the current leader in training points earned among tight ends and is also controlled by tMuse who is one of the few people I distinctly recall putting out statistical analysis in my time as a media grader.
Running back is a bit of a tough one for me as I know all the top actives, and so I will go with the two I remember the most. Tatsu Nakamura as the lightning back and one of the top speed backs in the league and controlled by qWest known for their pleasant podcast. Then Richard Gilbert as the thunder by virtue of being the top power back, and being someone I still remember for their nice bold mock draft.
Regarding defense I will start with the line and move out as that is where my player plays. Defensive tackle is obviously going to start with Magnus Rikiya as he is coming off a pro bowl caliber season, and I can guarantee the user puts in the work. Second would be Patrik Money who is second in training points earned of those who are not about to face regression, and whose user is PMoney an incredibly pleasant user to interact with in my experience. First defensive end is Troen Egghands controlled by Troen who is top among S22 defensive ends, and who is a fun person in my experience. Then Medicinal Toblerone controlled by the legendary JuOSu, is well outside of regression, and who has one of the best player names in the league.
I am now on linebackers and I will go with four so that I can run 3-4 just fine. Lawrence Bass and Derred de Ville are my first two as they are top tier in S22. Plus they are controlled by RussDrivesTheBus and Exilizer who have been quite friendly in my experience. Then I would take the duo of Adélie de Pengu and Melvin Murder-Moose as they are high tier in terms of training points earned, and their users IsaStarcrossed and SchwarzNarr are two of my favorite people in the league.
Given the propensity to play nickel and my personal preference for it I am going to go with two cornerbacks. Brandon Booker and Andrew Witten the players of Memento Mori and Mithrandir respectively; two of the top in training points earned and both general managers which should make for a solid support for the team. The first safety has a huge advantage over the rest in terms of training points earned and that is Cuco Clemente controlled by Billybolo53 who is one of my friends in the league from back when his player was a defensive tackle. Then it would be DB Jadakiss as the next highest training points earned safety whose user I vividly remember. Third is another along that train of thought as we pick up Davriel Lavigne to be the nickelback as a younger safety who is controlled by Raven a historic user.
There are a bunch of other users I could add who I am friends with or have high training points earned totals, but this is already over 800 words and so I am going to call it here. Thank you for a terrific prompt!
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Task 16 - Tier 3 - 200+ Words - 2.5 TPE
I have a super fun time with this one because I would convert my ISFL bank account to $224,000,000. Now I have spent a lot of time looking at real estate sites as I have been wanting to move for a while, and also looking at underground bunkers because I am a writer. Based on that I have an approximate price tag for a ridiculous dream facility of about $16,000,000.
Step two is to outfit the dream facility. That starts with a supercomputer and I do not know the prices of those off the top of my head, but a quick search shows an approximate price tag of about $1,000,000 for what I would want. They can handle heavy 3D design work and so should be perfect for me to run even the fanciest of games that I would want to run on it. Should be able to run Skyrim at the highest of settings without trouble at the very least. The rest of my ideal home decor would cost significantly less as I am not that fancy a person, but I will round it up to another $1,000,000 and just say any extra budget can go to swords.
After that it depends on if ISFL currency will still be able to be converted as if so I am going to dedicate my life to writing thousands of words a day to become the richest person on the planet. If so I invest in all the necessary boons to help me meet my targets as I should be able to earn billions a year to help people while still covering my own expenses. (I would admittedly put a couple hundred million towards making Hellboy 3 if Ron Perlman is still up to it as well, but I believe that to be a net good for humanity.)
If not I bank just enough to make sure all my future needs are met and then use the approximately $190,000,000 left to reduce suffering as much as possible. Most likely by buying up a bunch of medical debt for pennies on the dollar and forgiving it as erasing a billion dollars worth of medical debt would go a long way towards making the world a better place in my mind.
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Task X - Tier 3 - PT Affiliation - 2.5 TPE
Affiliate PBE PT