WSBL affiliate:
https://worldsimbasketball.jcink.net/ind...st&p=34206
https://worldsimbasketball.jcink.net/ind...st&p=34206
WSBL affiliate:
https://worldsimbasketball.jcink.net/ind...st&p=34206
I’m fairly new to the league. I joined in October of last year (2021), but in that time I’ve really come to love the league and this hobby. I’ve gone from being a rookie being scouted on my first team, to being picked in the 2nd round of the DSFL draft, to bring a 1st round ISFL draft pick, to eventually being a war room scout for Austin and the GM of the same team that drafted me: the Portland Pythons of the DSFL. GMing has been such a fun experience (I’ve almost had more fun with it than I have with Spicy Ron as a player!). I love being a DSFL GM and getting to help new people discover the league and learn to love it the same way I did. I love the culture that CptGoodar and I have created in our locker room, and the new rookies are always great to meet. I really hope I can keep doing this for as long as they’ll let me. I wanna continue to help Portland, and The Whole league
Man, the thing that has always stuck out to me was the sheer dominance of the Orange County Otters for most the first 20 or more seasons that this league existed. I got a front row seat for the show, having my now Hall of Fame player Thorian Skarsgard spending most of his 11 seasons with the team. Having Hall of Fame players isn't something new for the Otters, as they have had 14 players inducted in Otters orange, and neither is winning games. While I was there the Otters had something like a 19 season playoff streak going and Skarsgard himself won four Ultimus trophies there, including the elusive three-peat that only one other franchise, the Arizona Outlaws, has ever accomplished. That was an insane time, as it seemed like we could do no wrong as a team. It certainly helped that we had at least three HOFers on the team and a HOF GM to boot, but I'm not sure we'll ever see something like that again and I was there for it.
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I got a few moments that really stick out to me. I remember the very first draft I was a part of. I actually completely forgot I was part of that draft at first. It was the, infamous, S22 draft which saw almost 300 players be selected. I sat there at my computer playing Animal Crossing on my Switch while they were announcing the picks. I wasn't too invested in what was going on nor knew too many of the users at the time. I was watching, in large part, because then-commissioner and my PBE teammate Bex was reading the picks. The 9th pick in the 6th round, 69th overall, came around. I remember thinking to myself that whoever goes 69th overall must be a legend. The pick was announced...and that legend turned out to be me. I remember Bex gave some really heartwarming and inspirational words about me as a user. My first few months in sim leagues was the best of times. It was like being a kid all over again.
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Im personally just 1 year into the league and wish I was around to experience all 5. With a short tenure in the league I still feel fortunate that I have gotten to experience some cool things, while also still getting to learn a lot about the history of the league as well. One of my favorite thing the league does as a whole is the charity auctions that have taken place annually since I've joined. Having a bit more league experience during the second auctions I was able to participate a bit more than I was the first. Though most of my raffle entries were big L's I was still happy to help out and enjoy that the league takes the time to help put things like this together. I hope in the next one to think of some unique options that I can help provide another benefit to getting donations and just continue to help the fundraiser grow as a whole.
SHL Affiliate
different username: mer
The first big thing that happened after I joined and created was Amadan getting memed on, but I don't want to talk about that so I won't.
Honestly, if Norfolk's turnaround from last year to this year doesn't end up being league history of some kind I'll eat my helmet. 3 wins all season to 8 and counting so far is one hell of a turnaround. Historic or not, though, it's still made an impact. It's been tons of fun just being around everyone else in the locker room as we ground and pound and very occasionally throw our way into a guaranteed playoff berth. Honestly I really wasn't quite prepared for the concept of locker room energy, let alone how much fun it can be getting together with just a few other people and cheering on simulated dots on a computer screen playing pretend football. I think I was always gonna stick around somehow just to dunk on people who can't earn TPE as fast as I can, but Norfolk's given me something I can genuinely enjoy.
League history is a very important topic in any type of online sim league. I imparticularily have not been a very big part of the International Simulation Football League's history however. My player, Quarterback Dustin Parmelee hasn't really had the best career. I do however, have one little piece of history that i for one am one hundred percent honored to have been able to be involved with. Parm had little to do with this historic event, as a matter of fact his contributions to this historic event is very minimal but none-the-less I was a part of it. Im talking about being the Quarterback that threw the pass to Kai Sakura that made him the all-time receiving leader in ISFL history. Kai aka Darkness has been a part of the leadership of this league for as long as I've been here. Hes a huge part of the Wraith locker room and war room and is a great mentor and individual to go to when you need help or have questions. He was lucky to have one of the greatest Quarterbacks in the leagues history as his pass tosser for a good portion of his career, which undoubtedly is why he was able to get this hallowed record. I really hope we can make it into the playoffs this season so Kai can at least get one more taste of the post-season before he calls it a career. He deserves it. Plus Im being a little selfish as well seeing how Dustin Parmelee has never even had a winning record in his entire career.
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