(S36) PT 4 - Weather Delay

[Alcott]

Weather would play a big impact for the Colorado Yeti, and likely would lead to a much greater success rate overall than they are experiencing this year. For one, it is well noted how the altitude in Denver can greatly affect the ability for the respiratory system to recover from strenuous activity, which would likely lead to visiting defenses needed to sub out their players much more often, or allow their stars to play fatigued. This would likely lead to more broken plays and an even more explosive Yeti offense than has been seen due to the home town team being accustomed to the atmosphere and not feeling the same affects. Another cool element to a stadium in Colorado would be the snow games, while these would limit the passing game to a small degree, playing the cold and the snow is something a lot of teams don't usually experience, and would lead to some very interesting run-oriented games

[taterswc]

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[Tesla]

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[enigmatic]

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[zaynzk]

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[josda_]

Having grown up in Canada, Tight End Reece Wells II was no stranger to inclement weather. Despite the numerous blizzards and snowstorms, days off from school were few and far between. The same concept applied to his football career as he progressed through the ranks. No matter how much snow was falling, all games were played. This changed after being drafted by Bondi Beach, where the weather was perfect almost year-round. Wells was shocked when he realized the entire ISFL had safeguarded itself against bad weather by domed stadiums and premier locations. Despite that, it's interesting to think what would happen if weather were a factor...

Take Wells' home of Canada for example. Inside Burial Grounds Stadium, where the Wraiths play, the temperature is always a comfortable 72 degrees Fahrenheit. What if the roof were stripped away, though? Suddenly, the Wraiths would be playing with a massive homefield advantage. In Yellowknife, there is rarely a day above 10 degrees after November, and you'd be lucky to see a day over 5 in either December or January. Hardened by the weather, imagine how tough it would be to play the Wraiths in their home in the Playoffs. Do teams like Honolulu, Austin, or Arizona reasonably stand a chance in such conditions?

If weather played a part in the ISFL, teams in extreme environments would have the biggest advantages.

[JuOSu]

Well I think in many ways it would be similar to the real world I imagine. There are certain weather factors that do impact football games. First off, rain can mean that quarterbacks have a tougher time throwing the ball, so their stats could be worse. The same counts for snow as well in a more dramatic fashion. In both cases, running backs may be more efficient or get more carries. Also scoring might be lower as a whole. Wind would be a problem for kickers especially and we have seen some crazy things in real life football where wind had a massive impact on kicks. Overall, I think the teams wouldn't necessarily change, like the same teams would still win the same amount of games for the most part though some teams may be built better for weather than others. And obviously sometimes we might even see delays or cancellations cause of the weather but I imagine it would be rare.

[Moldycheez4]

Well, weather will of course have an impact on any sport or any game, but in my honest opinion the only thing it should really affect is how entertaining a game truly is. The best teams in perfect weather should be able to still perform the best in the worst of weather conditions. There is no team that performs better in extreme heat as opposed to seventy degree weather. There is no team that should be able to perform better in a snow storm as opposed to a calm warm day. If a team is the best in the league and if a team can go undefeated in a league then they should be able to still go undefeated while being matched up against every other team no matter the weather condition. With that being said, I don't think records would be affected at all, on paper. The only difference would perhaps be the score board, unless these new weather conditions unreasonably get into the heads of the better players.

[MMFLEX]

You all thought you have seen this sim to some unthinkable things? If we had actual weather in this I guarantee those unthinkable things would be the norm. We would have snow or rainy games that would see 100 fumbles in a single play. And you could expect that in at least one game per sim. Windy games would see a DT get an interception 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage and then get blown into the opposing teams end zone for a safety. Or we would see "throws the ball out of bounds to avoid a sack" but it really results in a 90 yard touchdown. However, with this exaggerated happenings, the sim still wouldn't be smart enough to kick a 90 yard field goal despite the crazy wind that could obviously carry the ball that far. I could even see a fumble happening in a snow game and the ball getting covered by snow and the players not knowing where the ball was so the game crashes, stream crashes, league crashes. RIP ISFL. We loved you.

[Talls]

As a linebacker, Nick Flint would love if weather was a factor in the sims.  Forcing the ground game would make for easy pickings for Flint.  Being able to cut off running backs and have time to sack the quarterback for ill-advised throws, would be heaven.  I think snow would be the most interesting.  Being able to see the players slide around would make for usual agile and fast players being unable to do what they could on nice dry ground.  Flint could just stand there and wait.  When the running back tries to pivot away from him, they would instead just slide into his arms.  A real dream come true in the stat department.  It obviously would not be the best for the defensive secondary, but in my opinion, it is time for their glory to be shifted to the defensive line and linebackers already.  Speed should be used for tackling, not pass deflections.