Holy shit, here we are again. The Honolulu Hahalua may have a stupid fucking name (seriously, Hahalua is stupid, go fix it.) but God DAMN can we play some football. This little bonus venture outside of my long time Austin Copperheads bubble has proven nothing but fruitful, as Bayley Cowabunga is now two for two in her Honolulu seasons for Ultimus titles. Now I’m forced to stick around some more, because why the hell wouldn’t I go for a threepeat? That would be amazing, and with this team, and this sim, its VERY possible. Probable? Of course not. But we have the chance and I love it. What I don’t love is the very, very stupid “OT or PT Pass” poll system. As a very handsome media czar, I don’t always have time to vote in a dumb poll that would allow me to not have to type the very words you’re reading now. I want to pay $2,000,000 so that I DON’T have to write about this stuff. However, you only have a finite amount of time to do a stupid poll that’s kind of broken to be able to do something you earned. I should just be able to type into the bank “$2,000,000 for OT pass for being a great Media Head”, link it to the offseason task page, and move on with my 10 TPE. But no! I missed the poll, so i have to write about how dumb the system is. The irony is fantastic. Either way, I think I’m bored with the ISFL. I’ve been a part of this league since S4, and while its kind of fun just because its “football”, its still leaving something to be desired. It doesn’t feel like the league is moving forward to be any better anymore. The sim is kind of a complete joke. Too often we still see the computer IA punt from an opponent’s 30 yard line instead of kick a field goal. Or no matter how good your team is, at any random time the hard work you put in means shit as you lose to an inferior team. Yes, the thrill of winning in the playoffs is still there. The draft is still really fucking cool too. But everything in between is kind of just meh. The Head Office here hasn’t been really great with making the place better and if it wasn’t for the SHL existing, the ISFL might have the worst HO in sim sports. It feels like there’s no direction. PBE shows that we have a new sim coming along. SHL, despite the warts and flaws, still moved to a new sim and shut down the cheating nerds as best as they could (even though the usual suspects still proceed to pull off some miracles). But the ISFL feels stagnant. It doesn’t feel like we’d ever get a “NEW SIM INCOMING” announcement. Part of that is probably due to there not being a new sim out there we can use. But even these lame ass other football leagues i don’t join use like, Madden. I don’t know. I know everyone is trying their best but sometimes that’s not good enough. The community is nice, but its just, i don’t know. I’m thinking of all of this because Bayley Cowabunga is closing in on retirement. This will be my third player ending their career. Carlito Crush was a HOF. Easton Cole was too. Bayley probably won’t be. Part of it is my lackadaisical attitude to updating as hard as i used to. I mean, i still do mostly everything, but its not with the same vigor. And I think the fact that it feels like this league will never be more than it is now is a big part of it. (634)
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