7. +5 TPE
So far, the ISFL/DSFL has been amazing to me as a whole. People here are very welcoming and helpful, I feel like I could ask anyone a question and they could either answer it for me or at least put me in the right direction. Every corner of the league is a great place to be. There's plenty of different discord servers to join for each team, and plenty of chats to have fun in. Whether it's simulated Pokemon, a counting bot, memes, or rpg, there's something for everyone in every single server. I honestly believe that just about anyone can have fun here no matter their interests. The tasks are fun and I feel like I can find something that I enjoy doing to get my player to progress at every point throughout the season. I've taken a liking to graphics and plan on making that my "living" here most likely. One person I could point out specifically that's helped me out here is Sebster, I believe he was the first to reach out to me and invite me to the London Royals server. I had a lot of fun learning and talking with him in the rest there. When I was picked up by the Royals it was great, I was glad I could get a chance to play so early into creating my player. Sebster and team welcomed me very quickly and it definitely made it easier to get into a more comfortable role in the league. I had a great start in the league, making a decent impact in my first game, however making penalties that did not help me. It slowed down from there but I felt like I had a decent understanding of what I needed to upgrade and how my role plays out on the field.
25. +2.5 TPE
When I first got onto the forum, I had a skim over the beginning player creation and the position tracker that shows the quantity of each position within the league. Without quite understanding the inner workings of the structure of rosters, I saw that QB was the least populated and in turn created a QB. After reading basically one line down where it said that there is really only one QB per roster, I realized I messed up and subsequently messaged one of the Rookie Mentors who fixed it up for me by deleting the QB I made. So for my new approach to see what position I should make my player around, I did some simple math. I took the total amount of players created at each position, subtracted the free agents to get how many were on a roster, and then did total divided by rostered to get how many people there were per roster spot. Linebacker came out on top as the most scarce position. If I remember correctly, defensive lineman was second in scarcity so I would likely go for DL as my next position.
26. +2.5 TPE
When it comes to the question of what can be changed about the game of football, the idea of kickoff comes up a lot. There are plenty of reasons as to why it's a flawed part of a football game. A big reason is that it is a much bigger risk of injury than the rest of the game. It shows an uptick in chance of a concussion due to the nature of it. You run full speed at that other team and clash right into them. These huge impacts can obviously bring along big chances of injury, so there is valid purpose behind wanting to reevaluate the kickoff. The most popular and widespread alternative, which is what I also agree with, is a high risk, 4th down play where you need to go 15 yards in order to retain posession. This is, I believe, a nice upgrade to the kickoff, as it gives a better chance for the attempting team to lead a comeback. That could see a rise in comeback games, and closer, higher scoring, excitement filled ones as well. It doesn't even have to be 15 yards, it could be even longer if the length of 15 is deemed to be too short. I think it would be a great thing to try as it changes up something that's been in the game as long as we can remember to give us something new.
So far, the ISFL/DSFL has been amazing to me as a whole. People here are very welcoming and helpful, I feel like I could ask anyone a question and they could either answer it for me or at least put me in the right direction. Every corner of the league is a great place to be. There's plenty of different discord servers to join for each team, and plenty of chats to have fun in. Whether it's simulated Pokemon, a counting bot, memes, or rpg, there's something for everyone in every single server. I honestly believe that just about anyone can have fun here no matter their interests. The tasks are fun and I feel like I can find something that I enjoy doing to get my player to progress at every point throughout the season. I've taken a liking to graphics and plan on making that my "living" here most likely. One person I could point out specifically that's helped me out here is Sebster, I believe he was the first to reach out to me and invite me to the London Royals server. I had a lot of fun learning and talking with him in the rest there. When I was picked up by the Royals it was great, I was glad I could get a chance to play so early into creating my player. Sebster and team welcomed me very quickly and it definitely made it easier to get into a more comfortable role in the league. I had a great start in the league, making a decent impact in my first game, however making penalties that did not help me. It slowed down from there but I felt like I had a decent understanding of what I needed to upgrade and how my role plays out on the field.
25. +2.5 TPE
When I first got onto the forum, I had a skim over the beginning player creation and the position tracker that shows the quantity of each position within the league. Without quite understanding the inner workings of the structure of rosters, I saw that QB was the least populated and in turn created a QB. After reading basically one line down where it said that there is really only one QB per roster, I realized I messed up and subsequently messaged one of the Rookie Mentors who fixed it up for me by deleting the QB I made. So for my new approach to see what position I should make my player around, I did some simple math. I took the total amount of players created at each position, subtracted the free agents to get how many were on a roster, and then did total divided by rostered to get how many people there were per roster spot. Linebacker came out on top as the most scarce position. If I remember correctly, defensive lineman was second in scarcity so I would likely go for DL as my next position.
26. +2.5 TPE
When it comes to the question of what can be changed about the game of football, the idea of kickoff comes up a lot. There are plenty of reasons as to why it's a flawed part of a football game. A big reason is that it is a much bigger risk of injury than the rest of the game. It shows an uptick in chance of a concussion due to the nature of it. You run full speed at that other team and clash right into them. These huge impacts can obviously bring along big chances of injury, so there is valid purpose behind wanting to reevaluate the kickoff. The most popular and widespread alternative, which is what I also agree with, is a high risk, 4th down play where you need to go 15 yards in order to retain posession. This is, I believe, a nice upgrade to the kickoff, as it gives a better chance for the attempting team to lead a comeback. That could see a rise in comeback games, and closer, higher scoring, excitement filled ones as well. It doesn't even have to be 15 yards, it could be even longer if the length of 15 is deemed to be too short. I think it would be a great thing to try as it changes up something that's been in the game as long as we can remember to give us something new.