10-26-2021, 04:48 PM
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15. Going to Disneyland! Who was the Ultimus Game MVP? Give us a rundown of their celebratory trip to Disneyland. (Can be completed after the Ultimus game)
Lalo Salamenca won the Ultimus MVP in all likelihood, after catching a 1 yard touchdown to give Honolulu an unlikely as heck win. Given that hes got the italian mobster name thing going on like Luca Scabbia, I assume that he's some sort of mafioso type who got into the ISFL for money laundering purposes. So Lalo would go with his mobster friends to Disneyland. It would start with them discussing murder plans in the spinning tea cup rides, then them getting scared on the rollercoaster while pretending not to be.
After the rollercoaster ride, Lalo would need his jacket readjusted to its hooked around his shoulder but not actually worn through the arms. Then the whimsical italian string music would come up again as they continue their jaunt through Disneyland.
Next up would be a test your strength mallet thing, and Lalo's associate, Bigger Tony, would take the test, break the mallet over the target to get a max strength score, and win a limited edition Marlon Brando plushie.
Then a baby would fall off of the Ferris wheel, and Lalo would make a spectacular one-handed grab to save the child from certain death. As Lalo posed for pictures, his associates Bigger Tony and Lenny the Sneak would go on the ferris wheel, using it as a sniper point to assassinate an American politician attempting to delegalize the controversial drug known as TPE (Total Pectoral Energizing).
With the hit and vacation day done, Lalo walks off into the sunset, secure in the knowledge that a ring makes his career meaningful, just as much as his deadly associates and hangers-on make him feel tough.
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17. Your team has announced that they will be laying ground on a new stadium next season. What additions would you like to see included in it. No graphics option available here.
Sarasota has long desired a move to Tampa Bay, as the ISFL woke up one day and realized Sarasota isn't a big market and therefore needs to move. With that in mind, Sarasota is exploring preliminary plans for a Tampa Bay stadium.
The stadium will be called Five Guys Field (they were the most willing to pony up the big bucks for sponsorship), and will seat 75 thousand screaming Sailfish fans. Among other things, the stadium will feature a hybrid turf, soft enough to avoid causing permanent injury, but not too soft that it disintegrates under the wear and tear of an ISFL season. It will also feature a retractable roof of some description, which always stays closed because elements are not allowed to affect play in our sim.
The stadium will also feature many crap-free washrooms, with fully functioning sinks, as well as several state-certified kitchens to increase the quality of local concessions. There will also be many high-profile luxury boxes, designed to attract Tampa's financial elite to watch their games in a classy manner.
Finally, the dressing room for the visiting team will be made as cramped as possible, ensuring a ridiculously terrible preparation environment for upcoming games against the Sailfish. The home locker room's amenities will of course be much better, complete with TPE syringe dispensers and comfortable massage tables.
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30. The World Football Association was established last season and has run through its first season What do you think about the WFC as a whole and how it has been shaping out.
I am worried about some aspects of long-term viability. Teams like Canada and Europe might have long-term difficulties keeping acceptable amounts of players, and would be reliant on transfers from the dregs of the other US teams. Not to mention, if a point comes where each team lacks an adequate Quarterback, then they can't move the ball at all, regardless of the other talent in the 21 other positions on the field. It also seems like the YouTube numbers weren't that great for it, with some not even being aware that it was happening when it did. Maybe some clearer communication could help?
There are some cool positives though. Being able to represent my IRL country in sim sports is nice, even if Spence's background was a bit of a hodgepodge that wasn't necessarily meant to represent Canada in the first place. I do like the Canadian logo, with the loonie type thing going on, it offers some possibilities for red white and gold to be our jersey colours, which is a flashy combination that might move some IRL merch if we ever get that going.
For the league in a "if this were real" sense, it was also good to see Team World in the finals, as it would inspire a generation of non-Americans to see guys like Jackson Kingston and Eleven Kendrick-Watts establishing themselves and inspiring the next generation outside of America to play well.
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21. Now thats three seasons on the new sim. What are your thoughts? Do you think that it is better than DDSPF16?
From all accounts from veteran users who lived through both sims, it seems to be a case of new boss, same as the old boss. Offense is probably slightly better in both leagues, but there are a few concerns. It seems QBs just aren't allowed to run that much anymore, making scramblers less useful than IRL. Also it seems this sim is still taken over by a speed-first mentality in the way the game turns attributes into player performance, it hampers the ability of builds like Possession Receiver. I've got a lot of TPE but haven't put together a second respectable season at all, and the low YPC hampers Sarasota's offensive attack on longer downs.
I also feel like the sim still can't manage a game clock in realistic fashion. 2 minute drills get real finnicky, with teams taking spikes at weird times, and never being able to get out of bounds, and taking too long in some instances to run hurry-up plays. 3rd down spikes and stuff like that are still a regular occurence more than they are in the actual NFL.
I will say that the presentation is a big improvement though, instead of having a ton of the field off-camera, you get to see exactly how the routes look and how the defense breaks down.
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