04-17-2021, 08:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2021, 08:26 AM by ReverendOReily.)
From what I understand, my former Otter GMs Laser and Jeffie got a few somewhat irked discord messages from other GMs in the league when they traded up to select me at 20 overall in the season 25 ISFL draft. I had gotten to know a lot of people in the league, a good amount of them GMs or ISFL war room members, in a pretty short period of time, thanks in part to that old ISFL social games/among us discord server that some of you might remember from the 500 pings you would receive on a daily basis. Because I was talking to many of these people on a daily basis, my draft stock started to rise, and I went from a 6th round pick in the DSFL to a 2nd round pick in the ISFL. From here, I can take this what-if scenario in two directions:
-What if OCO was unable to make a deal with Austin to trade up for me? I know that Philadelphia and Sarasota were both also trying to trade up to Austin's 2nd round pick, so is it safe to assume I'd be a Bell or a Stonksfish if OCO couldn't get that deal made? Maybe there were other teams trying to trade up that I don't know about! Or maybe I'm flattering myself.
-What if I had never found that gaming discord server that introduced me to so many league bigwigs early on? How much further would I have fallen in the ISFL draft? I believe Honolulu had their eyes on me; would I be a kekwlua today instead of an Otter? Needless to say I'm ecstatic with where I ended up, even though I do still give Frost flak for not getting a deal done to draft me. Poor guy just doesn't know what kind of locker room harassment he's missing.
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-What if OCO was unable to make a deal with Austin to trade up for me? I know that Philadelphia and Sarasota were both also trying to trade up to Austin's 2nd round pick, so is it safe to assume I'd be a Bell or a Stonksfish if OCO couldn't get that deal made? Maybe there were other teams trying to trade up that I don't know about! Or maybe I'm flattering myself.
-What if I had never found that gaming discord server that introduced me to so many league bigwigs early on? How much further would I have fallen in the ISFL draft? I believe Honolulu had their eyes on me; would I be a kekwlua today instead of an Otter? Needless to say I'm ecstatic with where I ended up, even though I do still give Frost flak for not getting a deal done to draft me. Poor guy just doesn't know what kind of locker room harassment he's missing.
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