(S40) Late Joiner Thread

DeathBed11

Write a letter to any perspective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out?

Any GMs not interested should know that Samuel Nelson got that dawg in him. Growing up in the Windy City Nelson succeeded in athletics, not only excelling in football but winning a state championship in wrestling, and being named a captain on his school's basketball team. Despite having many major D1 offers in both sports, he decided to stay close to home and his grandma and play football at Northwestern Illinois, where he registered 20.5 Sacks his senior year.

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@DeathBed11 7 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

Because your player was created on 2/21 you are also eligible for Week 2 and Week 3 Late Joiner Prompts(2 additional prompts from the provided list, each of at least 50 words). If you decide to complete these prompts, please make a new post in this thread.

nasbase

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What is your favorite part of the league so far and are there any users that have really helped you get involved? (81 words)

I love the competitiveness and enthusiasm I’ve seen so far. The players I’ve encountered have been so passionate about not only their team or player but the ISFL in general. Seeing the Discord on Game Days is wild with all the hype! I do want to give a shout out to the following people for reaching out to me once I signed up– OrbitingDeath, ephenstaa, Jason and PBS. Shoutout as well to Wizard_literal, Swankypants and Kotasa for helping with my build.

Write a letter to any prospective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out? (108 words)

Dear Interested GM,

While some may think that moving from TE to LB is a disadvantage, I see it as a huge advantage and it will make me stand out. I already have the size and strength of a LB with the hands of a CB. I also have some speed that will help me in blitzes. Since I was previously on Offense, it gives me the upper hand in quickly reading the play and outsmarting the opponents. Making the switch takes a lot of heart and is a personal sacrifice for the betterment of the team. I hope to show you how much heart I have and my leadership potential.

Talk about your player number and if it means anything special to you (92 words)

The number 88 means a lot of different things to me. The number 8 is considered my lucky number (if you believe in horoscopes lol). Aesthestically, I think it looks great and it kinda rolls off the tongue. The most important reason– it’s actually the number for my favorite NASCAR driver (Junior Nation!). I consider football my third love (behind racing and baseball), but Dale. Jr is someone I would consider a role model on and off the track. In all sports I play my number is always 88 for those reasons.

@nasbase 21 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

scorycory

What is your favorite part of the league so far and are there any users that have really helped you get involved?

Honestly, as great as the people and the community are, the best part of any sim league is the drama. There is nothing quite so juicy as a nice punishment thread or thunderdome post. Things like the Bachelorette, the multiple multi scandals, permanent player bans for so many reasons. Really the people that help me get involved are the people that get punished.

Write a letter to any prospective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out?

To be brutally honest, there is nothing that makes me stand out. As of right now, there is little reason to believe that I will even hit 250 TPE. I'm certainly going to try. Kind of. This is probably going to be the most writing that I do for this whole player's career. Maybe I consistently do predictions/AC but that is a long shot

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@scorycory 14 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

Gumbaman

Recreated on 02/28/23
- What is your favorite part of the league so far and are there any users that have really helped you get involved?
My favorite part of coming back to the league so far was coming back to see so many family faces. It was such a great thing to come back to, just laughs and such a great
time. Negs, r0tz, Dewalt, and so many other people were such a great help to me recreating.

- Write a letter to any perspective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out?
- The ISFL has quite a few branding amongst its two leagues. Which branding are your favorite? Which are your least favorite?
One of my favorite logos has always been the birddogs. They have always been full in on it, with different changes on holidays and special occasions. My least favorite would have to Bondi. To me, it's always been a bland and non-interesting logo that doesn't pop out to me. The league has a ton of great logos though.

- Talk about what inspired your players name and any meaning behind it
I wanted my player's name to be something similar to my last player so that it felt right. With player names, I always love to either go as a gag name or something that feels homey and similar to any old players. It gives a feeling as if they’re connected in a way.

- Talk about your player number and if it means anything special to you
My player name was something of a random number generator, player numbers have always been a weird thing for me. It's either going to be a random funny number, or a number that has no meaning. Normally, numbers don't mean anything special to me. This number was out of 5 spins on a random number generator and it didn't seem like a bad number to me.

@Gumbaman 28 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

ScrambledEggs

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- Talk about what inspired your players name and any meaning behind it

Huge Nintendo fan here. I decided that I wanted to make my ISFL player based off of a Nintendo character, so I brainstormed on what this character should be. I thought about my favorite Pokemon, but that would seem weird and the specific Pokemon in question is very, very slow. Then, I came up with basing my character off of King Dedede from Kirby. That's basically it.

- The ISFL has quite a few branding amongst its two leagues. Which branding are your favorite? Which are your least favorite?

I can't help but feel like the Butchers branding looks sick. It might just be a wordmark, but it's a really cool-looking one, especially with the added color scheme. The Minnesota Grey Ducks branding also looks appealing. I also like snakes, so I enjoy the Copperheads and especially the Pythons branding.

@ScrambledEggs 14 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

You are eligible for two more prompts of 50 words each for an additional 14 TPE because your player was made on March 3rd. If you plan to do this, please make a new post and state that you are continuing.

beardedserb

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- What is your favorite part of the league so far and are there any users that have really helped you get involved?
I am impressed by the detail in the league so far. You really need to think about what your going to update on your player, and a little more hard work will help in really increasing your players stats. I love all the aspects with Dotts, twitter and live broadcasts of the games! TubaDeus on Discord has been AMAZING in helping me out! He also picked me up to the KC Coyotes!

- As a newly created player, was the experience intuitive? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the experience of getting started in our league?
With all the aspects in getting started, it is a bit rough at first. A lot of different routes to increase TPE is nice, but would be nice if it could be in one place. The videos do help alot, but Discord has been incredible in helping me as a new player learn the ropes. Once you do it once, it seems pretty straight forward. Would be nice to have like a welcome package with detailed info how to do certain things, with all the links ect!

- Write a letter to any perspective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out?

Dear GM,
Thank you so much for the opportunity to write to you. I want to let you know, I am as dedicated as they come. I work everyday to get better! I will also cater my skills to the position necessary to make the team better. I work really well with others and willing to help out others get better, to take the team to a championship! Im ready to take my skills to another level with you team!

Thanks!
Andrija Divac TE

- The ISFL has quite a few branding amongst its two leagues. Which branding are your favorite? Which are your least favorite?
I absolutley love everyone's playing cards or signatures! So much time seems to have been taken into making this look very professional, but also very personal to each player. Love that we can make our players based on anyone. We can really take it to the limits, and that really brings some fun aspects to everything! I love the broadcasts as well, just another way of being active!

- Talk about what inspired your players name and any meaning behind it

Played some TE in highschool, and have always thought that a good TE, wither him being a good blocking TE or Vertical threat, possession type TE is an important piece of an offense. Being able to chip block the edge, and running out to grab a catch, or staying on the line and help your tackle block in the run game. A good TE that can block or stretch the field can be a huge advantage to a good offense.

- Talk about your player number and if it means anything special to you
My player number is 12. A lot of things come with my number. My uncle is Vlade Divac. He was number 12 a lot of his career. My bball playing number was 12, and I use 12 when creating any type of player, wither it be here, madden ect. Been a pretty important number in my life. It means a ton to me, plus me being a huge Packers fan, Rodgers being number 12 is just topping on the cake!

@beardedserb 28 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.

Unfortunately because your player creation date is 03/03/23, you're only eligible for "Week 4: 02/27 - 03/05 - Eligible for 28 TPE (4 Prompts)". Thanks for writing something for all six prompts though!

Robb

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Prompts:

- What is your favorite part of the league so far and are there any users that have really helped you get involved?

I'm still learning a lot about the league, but the people seem awesome. That and the sim. The fact there's a whole community chilling out here doing NFL sim league stuff is pretty awesome on the face of it. I'd call out MrMenthol and PugWalrus for really reaching out and explaining some things. Excited to be on the Pythons.

- As a newly created player, was the experience intuitive? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the experience of getting started in our league?

Experience seemed intuitive. You got a bunch of points to spend on your player and put them into the different stats. I spent awhile thinking about what type of player, but really excited to be just on the forums and meeting people. Think the discord community helped, had a bunch of people reach out to give a hand. I think automating stuff as much as possible would be great, feels like there's some low hanging fruit that could be fixed with better supporting applications. But I played with some of the tools and there's a bunch of cool stuff.

- Write a letter to any perspective GMs that may be interested in picking you up in the upcoming draft(or waivers). What makes you stand out?

Dear GMs,

I'm a free safety, number 21,
Quick on my feet, I'll get the job done.
I'm smart and savvy, with skills so keen,
Reading offenses like they're an open scene.

My tackling's fierce, my coverage tight,
I'll make sure we win, with all my might.
So if you're in need of a solid D,
Pick me up and you'll soon see,

I'll give it my all, with heart and soul,
To bring us to the ultimate goal.

Sincerely,
Mr Robb

- Talk about your player number and if it means anything special to you

Originally I picked 55 as my jersey number for a Defensive End. It's the number of some greats like Junior Seau and Derrick Thomas. Switching positions to a safety has let me use 21, on of my favourite numbers. It's the sum of the first six numbers (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6), which to me represents unity and balance and playing as a team. Or a cool fact.

@Robb 28 TPE earned! You may link this post to your update thread to claim the TPE.