(S36) Offseason Task

[Friesen1520]

16. Entering the ISFL draft, I believe I bring a lot to the table. I am a top TPE earner and make the occasional sig here and there for quick cash. My sig shop has gotten a bit of traffic with 8 hand-crafted signatures that anybody would be happy to have. As a safety, I produced pretty well, achieving 3 INTs and 57 tackles. My competitiveness was on display with two forced fumbles and I never gave up on a play as indicated by my 10 pass deflections. Overall I think I'm a great guy to have in the locker room, and I made our team's war room as a rookie. If that still isn't enough for you, then I have always advertised myself as being willing to switch positions. I feel like I'm a great person to have on a team, and this is why I will be campaigning for first overall in this upcoming draft. [156 words]

24. If I could build a team with any active players, of course, I would build a team out of the players on the Norfolk Seawolves. Yes. Why would I change anything? If your goal is to win a championship then you want to go look at the team that did win the championship, and you are looking at each and every player on the Seawolves. With it all starting under our rookie playcaller Pete Zuh out of Pepperoni State, we led a ferocious offense with Sconnie, Will, Thomas, Ephenesta, and Fontaine as lethal weapons ready to deliver the killing blow at any opportunity. And as the saying goes, defense wins championships and ours delivered. With the first overall pick in Graham Harper to his corner in arms Tae Dawson, to our linebacking core of Van Campen and Jack McPherson, to myself tying the bow on the present of this spectacular team of winners. [153 words]

25. My all-time favorite branding in this league is the Austin Copperheads. Everything about them is just beautiful to behold. Their colors are based on copper both in its natural state (the copper color) and in its patinaed state (the green color), and on an animal with copper in the name and one that hails in Austin. There's too much to enjoy about it, that their mascot paints the perfect picture of a perfect team. Now if I'm gonna update one of the teams, it is my opinion that the San Jose Sabercats need a touchup. The colors aren't the worst per say, but it could use an updating to make them stand out. The logo of the sabercat isn't very eye catching, it could use a change in the logo similar to what the Luchadores went through: No crazy changes but a noticeable pop in color and shape is all I think it needs. [154 words]

29. It is my belief that Ja'uan Holland should be the winner of the Special Teams Player of the Year. For so many reasons, I am disappointed to hear that he may not be on the ballot, but that is a discussion for another day. To understand my argument, we shall go straight into the stats. While he doesn't have the most impressive counting stats due to starting halfway through the year with 384 Kick Return yards at 14th, he has the second most punt return yards at 177 yards. On the inverse, because he took so few Kick Returns, Holland shows his worth by having the most yards per kick return at 23.9, and only fifth at punt return average. While all of those stats sound a little impressive, there are a couple of other things that make you think 'Wow this Holland guy must be a lock for the award'. That's because Holland has the longest kick return with a 101-yard return and the longest punt return for 80 yards. To put the cherry on the cake, on both of those long returns he got touchdowns taking his total to 2 special teams touchdowns, and only two other players ever got another special teams touchdown, each of them only having one. Holland for Special Teams Player of the Year baby. [221 words]

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[C9Van]

16. This task is exclusive to recreate/non-recreate rookies of the S36 class and later. The season is over and the draft is coming up. What do you bring to a team, and why should a team choose to take a chance on you next season? (Written Task)

Oh I actually qualify for this one. Neat!

What do I bring to a team? Well, I am willing to play tight end 2 for an entire career or just the tight end spot. Since the Hall of Fame here is shite I do not wanna go for stats or whatever. I just wanna help my team get 1 ring before he retires. I am not retiring this player until regression forces him to be retired and I will be sticking with whoever did draft me. I kind of suspect 1 of 3 teams since they were scouting me then radio silence. I have had 8 - 10 teams scout me which is lovely but I'd assume it was one of those based of order and who talked. Still I have avoid the trash teams this time around which is lovely! I think I will be very happy in my final home and can end my time here with happiness. 

I think I will be just memey and chill like I am in better sim leagues so the future is hype.

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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. (Written Task)

The Portland Pythons are getting a new stadium? Okay well I kinda think we have one of the better stadiums already cause it does not attack your eyes at all which I kind of like teams not doing with shite colours. So the colours stay the same for sure. I dunno it would have to be out of stadium improvements for lore or story type stuff like better toilets, car parking and tailgating areas that do not cause traffic.

I guess they could name the stadium after someone and update the team hall of fame. I am more than happy to lend this team The Laz. Wink wink nudge nudge. Aight maybe not but still an option for us to do that. As long as they do not use those awful stadiums grass layouts then I think we will be fine overall but that is about it.

Anything other than relocating since this team has a rich history and losing that for a new one would be quite sad.

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21. What are your thoughts on the sim engine? Do you think that it is better than DDSPF16? (Written Task)

Okay I will be honest. American Football sim leagues fucking blow. Madden looks shiny and used to be very fun to play but AI vs AI is painful and boring. I remember that one all star game they did on it and it was just not fun to watch. Axis Football is garbage and broken with a lot of terrible glitches. Which leaves this sim engine. Which I will admit this by default makes it the best option overall. I will also point out that the music of lofi songs is quite relaxing to have on the background sometimes.

But this sucks balls too. It's watching dots slide. So I guess they slide better and they do not glitch? The edition to make pitch designs is a blessing and a huge curse depending on peoples paint skills. So I guess that is good and bad? I dunno the whole wolverine studios games fucking suck and getting hyped for this stuff is kinda cringe compared to the other big sim leagues and SSL.

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30. Awards have been a subject of controversy for a while in the league. Tell us your ideas on how awards process can be fixed. (Written Task)

For a while? You're legit saying they have been a problem for a while? It has been over 2 bloody years they have been a huge problem. Like this is the only league (WSBL too but theyre going udner soon) in which you consistently get wrong people making pro bowls or weird votes or the wrong person winning an award cause it gets based of user biasedness or GMs just voting for themselves to the point they quit over it. There is always a drama of some sort in the threads about it needs changing.

Literally just make it impossible for GMs to vote their own players. It is that simple. Like just at lest discuss some sort of changes at least guys. Ot change formats completely. You do not have to use this shite system all the time. But to be fair, keep it. I'll enjoy the drama it causes and endless cycle so lets fucking gooooo!

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[Tacoshoppe]

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[AnUnoriginalGuy]

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13. Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.

The league should expand because of the fervor surrounding the league. With the parade of new members coming in, we may have a chance at expansion if this keeps going on for a few more seasons. Plus, the amount of new players added within these teams can lead to new teams in, say, the DSFL or the WFC. As for ideas for expansion, I have a couple ideas. For the ISFL, I believe there should be an addition of two teams: the Seattle Hornets and the Las Vegas Gamblers.

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All roads lead to the Emerald City. Seattle’s been a very sport-heavy city since it’s existence with 3 major sports leagues having a share in it, so a team in it would probably be the best scenario. Probably playing in Lumen Field or a field specially constructed for the team (my favorite name for it being the Macklemore Memorial Stadium), there’s only one way to go for the team - up. I chose the hornets because of the big hornet population in the city, but there’s choices for other names, such as the Seattle Bayside or the Seattle Stride (named after the chewing gum company, in reference to the Gum Wall)
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Vegas, baby, VEGAS! The home to the Raiders and the Golden Knights, it knows a thing or two about sports. If we’re pulling an XFL and sharing stadiums again, we either take the Allegiant and share it or build a stadium (hell, get a casino to sponsor it. Admit it, you wouldn’t go to the MGM Grand Metrodome or the Bally’s Big Top?). Buy Las Vegas after this roll - 777. Let's go. It’s pretty obvious why I picked the Gamblers - if that doesn’t work, we could slap Caesar’s branding on the uniforms and call them the Vegas Senators, or MGM Grand branding and have them be the Vegas Lions.



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10. Write a short biography or story about your player. This could include background about how they came to the ISFL and how they’ve done so far, a story about their role in an exciting game, or anything else related to their experience in the league.

Camden, man. It’s tough as shit. People there are tough as shit, which should be expected, seeing as it’s in the top 100 most dangerous cities to live in. Growing up was tough on me, specifically - Dad was the great Eric Prince, the guy who slugged a baseball through the Liberty Bell in Citizens Bank. Jessie St. Paul-Prince, she won a gold medal in LA for Team USA. Man, she could run for days, bro. Then there was me. Not that good at school, straight B student, I was okay. Had to focus on, yknow, actually staying alive first.

Football was my main escape from that. Nobody on that field cared if you were the rich kid with a straight scholarship to UCLA or the kid who worked from day one to make it. Out there, they only cared if you could ball well. And oh MAN, I balled well. Put up some of the best damn stats Woodrow Wilson ever saw. Hell, I broke their records as a junior. All this shit came to a head a couple months after that, when I was chilling at the local diner with my friends and shit, and I get a call. From James Franklin.

“We’re making you a Penn State Lion.”

Seriously? Penn State? Bro, I was living the dream. Fuckin’ Saquon and Franco Harris became legends there. I felt like I needed to add my name on that list. Y’all readers know the story of how it went: the Biletnikoff, the record breaking, the chance at a Heisman, et cetera. What y’all care about is the DSFL.

4th round. 4th round? Really? All that work, all that pain, for a 4th round selection? I was happy with the team, mind you - Bondi Beach had been my home for a couple months. But the 4th. Round. I had to prove myself. I proved myself throughout high school, and Penn State, and I’d be dammed if I didn’t prove myself now. 

So, we’re here. Prospect in the ISFL draft, a sponsorship deal with Campbell’s Soup, im just…proud to be here. Y’all better be proud of me too.

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[Crodyman]

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[JuOSu]

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[JaytheGreat]

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[TheDangaZone]

150 word task 1 - Affiliate

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150 word task 2 - Imagine your current position was not available to be picked when you created your player. What other position would you have picked, and why? (Written Task)

So since I had just recreated last offseason this one actually is not that off the wall. I had 3 positions I was contemplating and had actually narrowed it down to 2 different ones, offensive line and kicker. So if O line didn't exist I would have probably just went with the kicker instead. I had wanted to choose a position that didn't take as much commitment or, more importantly, didn't take too much TPE since I'm not the highest earner in the league. My past players have been more intensive ones like RB, WR, and CB so going with something no one has expectations on was a nice change. I felt like oline was probably the bigger position since there's more spots to play and with kickers there is only 1 per team but I would have no problem competing with someone with that kicker if need be. I also might go kicker the next go round in god knows how many seasons just to see both anyways.
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300 word task 1 - Expansion Expansion Expansion! Tell us why you think the league should expand / not expand or include any ideas (in words) for team branding ideas you have or team locations.

I think the league should definitely expand but there is no telling when we should as the numbers definitely need to be met and able to support not only more teams but more people in the other jobs that are necessary too, since most people only ever think of the numbers including having players for the teams but do not think about the bankers, updaters, and so on that also need to be expanded for these teams coming in. Now if the league were to expand there are definitely some big cities I would love to bring a team to, not only in the United States but abroad if possible. My first thought it the lack of a team in Atlanta. For such a huge city that deserves teams in every single league and/or sport it ends up skipped in most leagues initial teams and ends up having to come in, if at all, as a later expansion. Now most people would also probably go to some kind of bird to be close to the Falcons, or more likely, go with something flame related that a lot of ATL teams end up suffering from. I would love to embrace the craziness of the crop that the state of Georgia is really known for, peanuts. I'm not sure exactly how I would name it but some kind of giant peanut that will kick your ass like the Planters peanut mascot took some steroids and cocaine would be a site to behold. Another US city I would like to see is Houston. Mainly because it's such a gigantic city and in my opinion one of the first to be ignored. It's also one of the few spots in Texas that isn't some complete redneck shit hole (looking at you Dallas). I honestly have no idea about branding there though. For a 3rd city and for one thats not US based I would love to take some teams to Europe since I believe only Berlin and London are not part of North America or a state even if in the middle of the Pacific (Honolulu). Having some teams in big European cities would open up so many more opportunities for brands as well as some potential home turf for our international users to feel more in touch with. I think Paris or Dublin would probably be one of my first choices. Again not too many brandings running through my head since I hadn't ever had desire to get a team, but I would jump at the chance to play for a team in either city if I was to be a free agent or recreate again down the line.
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[Mooty99]

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