11) What is it that keeps you interested in the league? Is it your love of dot football, your locker room, a specific job or role you play, or something else? What do you like most about it? What could be improved?
Although watching dots run around on a screen three nights a week is a lot of fun for me, the locker rooms are absolutely what makes the ISFL a great experience for me. Even when I first came into the league and joined every DSFL locker room, the relationships I made are what got me invested in the league. The Minnesota Grey Ducks locker room has made every single day in the ISFL a great time. The people that are on discord every day are awesome and so much fun to talk to about anything, dot football or real world stuff. The relationships that I had in the locker room motivated me to earn and continue on my path as a quarterback and have me where I am today. Once I got drafted to the ISFL, the Philly locker room was amazing as well. Having two groups of people to lean on, have support from, and have great times makes me want to jump on discord every day and be involved in the ISFL. Now that I am three seasons in with my first player, there are even more things keeping me interested in the league. One of them being in an ISFL and DSFL war room. Going behind the scenes in roster building, free agency, and drafting is a lot of fun for me. It adds depth to something that was before just dot football and the locker room to now being involved in helping the franchise in terms of decision making and general direction of the organization. Additionally, another thing that keeps me interested in the league is the immersion added to make it interactive. By this I am referring to the media and twitter. I really enjoy reading the media about the league whether it be mock drafts, statistical analysis, or graphics. It adds an extra layer of interest to the league that users are dedicated enough to spend time on this stuff like they were reporters in real life. Twitter is also a lot of fun taking the role of a team or player and giving it a real personality. Lastly, this offseason I applied for a lot of league jobs and ended up getting one of the backup updater spots. This will keep my interest in the league for a long time and even enhance it. I want to contribute to make this league as great and as smooth as possible and I am motivated to do that any way possible.
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?
My player’s journey through this season was filled with lots of highs but also a lot of lows (nothing new from the past three seasons). In the beginning of the season, the Grey Ducks fell into a 0-4 hole and not much was going well for them. My player in particular did not throw as many interceptions as I usually do, but I was not performing in the touchdown area either which did not help the situation. With losses to in-conference rivals Kansas City and Portland the season looked somewhat bleak. However, we ended up rattling off wins in 5 of our next 6 games to go on a streak, including conference wins over Portland, Kansas City, and London. At this point we were riding on a high sitting at second place in the division and only needing to win 2 of our last 4 games to clinch a playoff spot. We split our next two games, with our loss being a grueling 20-19 defeat to the eventual Ultimini winning Birddogs. At this point, all we needed was a win over either London or Kansas City to clinch the playoffs. Coming off a win, we were all thinking that the playoffs were in our sights. However, that excitement was a little too soon. In the first game, we fell 20-10 to the Royals that we had just beat earlier in the season. In particular, I had my once a year meme game where I threw 4 interceptions and was sacked twice to end with a passer rating of 49.7. I felt so bad for my team that I had let them down but we had another opportunity to right the ship in the last game. The game was versus the Seawolves where if we won, we would go to the playoffs to play the Portland Pythons. We lost to Norfolk earlier in the year but this time we were away. This game was very weird and we honestly played super undisciplined. Penalties were flying the entire game including some that were backbreaking to us. The offense and defense both played well but in the end we made too many mental mistakes and fell to Norfolk 29-14, ending our season and my final year with the Ducks. I honestly do not know what we would have done differently. Ther general managers and this team for the Ducks was the best one to be a part of and the one I had the most fun with. We just needed a few things to break our way and they did not. Next year, I expect the Ducks to be back in the playoffs with the new class of rookies. I will be off to Philly to start my journey in the ISFL!
Although watching dots run around on a screen three nights a week is a lot of fun for me, the locker rooms are absolutely what makes the ISFL a great experience for me. Even when I first came into the league and joined every DSFL locker room, the relationships I made are what got me invested in the league. The Minnesota Grey Ducks locker room has made every single day in the ISFL a great time. The people that are on discord every day are awesome and so much fun to talk to about anything, dot football or real world stuff. The relationships that I had in the locker room motivated me to earn and continue on my path as a quarterback and have me where I am today. Once I got drafted to the ISFL, the Philly locker room was amazing as well. Having two groups of people to lean on, have support from, and have great times makes me want to jump on discord every day and be involved in the ISFL. Now that I am three seasons in with my first player, there are even more things keeping me interested in the league. One of them being in an ISFL and DSFL war room. Going behind the scenes in roster building, free agency, and drafting is a lot of fun for me. It adds depth to something that was before just dot football and the locker room to now being involved in helping the franchise in terms of decision making and general direction of the organization. Additionally, another thing that keeps me interested in the league is the immersion added to make it interactive. By this I am referring to the media and twitter. I really enjoy reading the media about the league whether it be mock drafts, statistical analysis, or graphics. It adds an extra layer of interest to the league that users are dedicated enough to spend time on this stuff like they were reporters in real life. Twitter is also a lot of fun taking the role of a team or player and giving it a real personality. Lastly, this offseason I applied for a lot of league jobs and ended up getting one of the backup updater spots. This will keep my interest in the league for a long time and even enhance it. I want to contribute to make this league as great and as smooth as possible and I am motivated to do that any way possible.
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?
My player’s journey through this season was filled with lots of highs but also a lot of lows (nothing new from the past three seasons). In the beginning of the season, the Grey Ducks fell into a 0-4 hole and not much was going well for them. My player in particular did not throw as many interceptions as I usually do, but I was not performing in the touchdown area either which did not help the situation. With losses to in-conference rivals Kansas City and Portland the season looked somewhat bleak. However, we ended up rattling off wins in 5 of our next 6 games to go on a streak, including conference wins over Portland, Kansas City, and London. At this point we were riding on a high sitting at second place in the division and only needing to win 2 of our last 4 games to clinch a playoff spot. We split our next two games, with our loss being a grueling 20-19 defeat to the eventual Ultimini winning Birddogs. At this point, all we needed was a win over either London or Kansas City to clinch the playoffs. Coming off a win, we were all thinking that the playoffs were in our sights. However, that excitement was a little too soon. In the first game, we fell 20-10 to the Royals that we had just beat earlier in the season. In particular, I had my once a year meme game where I threw 4 interceptions and was sacked twice to end with a passer rating of 49.7. I felt so bad for my team that I had let them down but we had another opportunity to right the ship in the last game. The game was versus the Seawolves where if we won, we would go to the playoffs to play the Portland Pythons. We lost to Norfolk earlier in the year but this time we were away. This game was very weird and we honestly played super undisciplined. Penalties were flying the entire game including some that were backbreaking to us. The offense and defense both played well but in the end we made too many mental mistakes and fell to Norfolk 29-14, ending our season and my final year with the Ducks. I honestly do not know what we would have done differently. Ther general managers and this team for the Ducks was the best one to be a part of and the one I had the most fun with. We just needed a few things to break our way and they did not. Next year, I expect the Ducks to be back in the playoffs with the new class of rookies. I will be off to Philly to start my journey in the ISFL!