(S40) Offseason Task

[jdourtled]

7. Write 600 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 600 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.

Does a good special teams unit correlate to success in the International Simulation Football league? People say football is football is a three phase games, but not all phases are created equal, and while punting and kicking are the most important part of special teams, today we're going to be looking at the return game. So is the least talked about phase of football secretly the key to success? Let's delve into the stats to find out.

Only three players scored a kickoff return touchdown, Octavio Pérez of the Berlin Salamanders, Deandre King of the San Jose Sabercats, and Nick Kaepercolin Jr. of the Sarasota Sailfish, but each team had different levels of success. The Sailfish were a first round playoff exit, the Sabercats barely missed the playoffs by one game, and the Salamanders had the worst record in their conference, so being able to house kickoffs isn't all that impactful, but what about returning kicks for big gains?

The top five in kickoff return yards were Dax Dangerfield of the New York Silverbacks (finished 5th in conference),  Austin Morley of the Chicago Butchers (finished 3rd in conference), Zane Cold of the Orange County Otters (finished 6th in conference), Derrick Prince of the Cape Town Crash (finished 5th in conference), and Zayne Dangle of the Berlin Salamanders (finished last in conference). As you can see only one of the players who were top five in yards even made the playoffs, but did in fact were able to win a game before being bounced. The failure of success for the teams makes sense, since more yards probably means more chances at returns, which means your team is giving up a lot of points. So a good kickoff unit doesn't mean you're going to be a good team, if anything it means the opposite. but what about the punt return unit?

Only two players were able to take punt returns to the house, Ozamataz Buckshank of the Austin Copperheads (finished 2nd in conference), and Cedric Wilkins II of the San Jose Sabercats (finished 4th in conference). Austin was upset by the New Orleans Secondline in the first round of the playoffs, so scoring on punts didn't really translate to team success, which makes sense, since 6 points isn't really going to change anything over the course of a season, and probably barely impact a game.

The top five players in punt return yardage are, Derrick Prince of the Cape Town Crash (finished 5th in conference), Cedric Wilkins II of the San Jose Sabercats (finished 4th in conference), Rocky Moreaux of the Colorado Yeti (finished 4th in conference), Leek Mai-Heinous of the Honolulu Hahulua (Last in conference), and Louis Blondin of the Arizona Outlaws (1st in conference). The only team out of the five to make the playoffs would ultimately fall short of the goal by losing in the championship game, while everyone else watched at home. Again a majority of the teams in this category would ultimately fail to make the playoffs and that could be for a couple of reasons. It could be due to a lack of offense, since the defense is holding the opposing teams to midfield or further back, but more punt returns yards could also be due to inflated opponent drives, which also is indicative of a bad offense, but also give the defense a more chances of allowing a score.

After going over the stats the question still remains, is the return game secretly over powered and the missing key to success that middling teams need to pick up on and invest into? The answer that is shocking to almost no one is no, and if anything teams should be investing in a being a worse return team unit, as teams that are good in both punts and kicks typically are bad on offense or defense, and in some cases, both.

[Tayjay]

36. PBE affiliate

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19. 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)

I mean the first thing we would have to do is build the stadium inside a massive skyscraper. I do not know how you do it but you do it. You just make the outside look like a bunch of windows and I guess have the ceiling also be windows almost like a huge indoor mall. The second thing we would need is a fully, functional zoo with the best Gorilla exhibit in the United States. You cannot be named the Silverbacks and not have an awesome group of Gorillas at every single game. You could even have an animatronic Gorilla climbing the Empire State Building. That would be so awesome to see. For every single point we score he climbs higher and higher, and after a win he smacks down an airplane to the ground. Lastly, we need banana everything for refreshments. I'm talking banana cocktails, banana foods, banana flavored beers. Anything and everything you can think of banana flavor needs sold.

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21. Written Option: If your player had a show starring them, what would the plot be?

The show would totally not be a bunch of wannabee players rallying around their washed up quarterback to bring the community together to win a football game against a bunch of asshole, overpaid players. Honestly, I could see it as a show about the real life of football players around trying to resurrect their career. Like Hard Knocks. Here is a guy that is fighting to make the team. He is not the biggest guy or the strongest guy, but by golly he tries his hardest and his teammates love him. So they watch some other players and throughout training camp they check in on me when I struggle or do good and then at the end of the season they want to see if I make the team or not. Well now that I made the team they check in throughout the course of the season and see how I am handling everything. Like a peek behind the curtain to a DSFL quarterback.

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*NEW* 32. Your player has decided to start a podcast since it's what all the cool celebrities are doing these days. What would the name of your player's podcast be and what would they talk about/do on the podcast? (Written Task)

One thing I love is analyzing cap and trades. The evaluation of talent and capital is one of my favorite things. So maybe a podcast called Falco's Follies or Finding Falco would be a good title. We could have ISFL front office types come one and explain their takes on recent signings and trades. How the market is looking for certain draftees. I think there is a lot to explore there. We could also have players on to talk about life as a ISFL player and what their week in and week out looks like. That could be really inciteful for a lot of fans and peel back the curtain so to speak on the ISFL process. A lot of preparation goes into playing simulation football and the fans want to know about strategy and maybe it would help educate them on what we are looking at as players and coaches. What schemes we are going for and why we did that.

[RDBSouthPaw]

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7. Write 600 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 600 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.

It is that time of year again. The wonderful time in which we get to partake in the Offseason Task and write a bunch of words on things that interest us. This season I have been looking forward to doing this write up because 10 TPE for 600 words just sounds great. For this season's tasks I will be focusing on something that I have always enjoyed but, feel like it is definitely time for improvement and that is the sim and sim presentation itself for the league. One of the most enjoyable sims I partake in is over at the PBE. The sim team does an excellent job with the presentation and the overall feeling of engagement and activity in the stream is just not comparable to any other sim league right now. Are they perfect? Of course not, there are things that we do better but, I definitely think we could learn a thing or two from the PBE.

The first area I want to focus on is the platform we use for our stream presentation. I know that we do not use a live stream and that sims are done beforehand and then set to premier at a later date but, I think finding a way to incorporate the live stream will add to the enjoyment of the stream. This would also allow us to use a platform like twitch which, is what the PBE uses. Twitch has a much better interface for the audience to interact with, earn channel points, and even bring in some passive income for the ISFL itself. The ability to do predictions and have personal connections with commentators on the stream just helps to add an extra layer of engagement and enjoyment to the sim that the a YouTube premier does not have.

The next area I want to look at is one that I briefly touched on in my last point and that is the live commentating during streams. We only stream 3 days a week and I think it would be extremely beneficial to find a team that would be willing to go live for that hour or two to add a voice to the stream. This voice does not have to broadcast a game or do a play by play but, it would be nice if the voice was there to engage the audience. Give a breakdown of things to expect and even run the predictions to earn channel points if we were to move to a platform like twitch. I know that some people would not want to get rid of YouTube but, we could easily upload the vods to YouTube after streams and nothing would change in that regard. Having a personal commentator and stream host could even help with retention.

So as you can see I really think a switch into the twitch platform would be beneficial. Some good things about our sims and stream right now are that it does allows us make sure there are no issues with the sim and that things stay nice and scheduled at all times. Very rarely do we experience delays or issues like we see over in the SHL or PBE with the live streams. So while there is definitely some advantages to our current system I think it would be very beneficial to implement some of these changes to try and help with the engagement and enjoyment of our streams. There is only so much that we can control when it comes to the sim itself, so I think it is crucial that we are always looking at ways we can improve things and to me this would be a simple and effective solution.

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[.HoshinoIchika]

35. Create the front page of a newspaper celebrating the win or the Ultimus or Ultimini winner. (Graphic Option)


26. if your player wasn't a professional in the ISFL/DSFL, what would they be doing instead? (Graphic Task)

20. Graphic Option: Create a graphic of your player with your teammate who exhibits a team-friendly attitude.

25. Create a billboard, magazine cover, unique trading card, or video game cover depicting a one of the league's stars. (Graphic Task)



links:
35. https://ibb.co/RPWNM1f
26. https://ibb.co/SnWqTdm
20. https://ibb.co/JBm8Kc6
25. https://ibb.co/bzyw3yW

[furiousPanda]

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Welcome to the ISFL! S41 draft class!

As recreate, I belong to this wonderful draft class. I have been on a little hiatus from the sim league but I have returned. From what I heard, this is the largest class in a while. The last class that was similar in size was S24 or S25. I do not really remember. Anyway! A few standouts are already in the crowd and I have a good feeling about them.

I’m going to start with the top five - whom I think will really change the league and make this class so great. And then I might touch up on some notables. Can’t talk about everyone! Just the highlights! So you can understand how stackkked this class is.

Starting with the first overall pick drafted by Bondi Beach Buccaneers!
Mary Marie - Safety. Now, safeties are a hot commodity in the Developmental League. A lot of general managers like to go safety, especially if it is a team need. In addition, the user aeonsjenni is amazing. The user does a lot of great media with stats which stand out in the crowd. I think any ISFL team that drafts Mary will have a great time. No surprise she went first overall. This user has head office written all over it.

The Tijuana Luchadores have the second pick and selected..
Dub Redd - Defensive Tackle. Wizard literal is one of my favorites of this class. I think he is the media king of the class and is great to chat with in the discord servers. Defensive Tackle is not a high need position but this is definitely a user pick. I think we’re looking at a future General Manager in the making. It could either be in the ISFL or DSFL.

Third pick came around and London Royals went with
Loose Cannon - Linebacker. The Royals get their waiver pickup in the third. Linebacker is huge in the DSFL. And Loose Cannon has stacked up the TPE against this class. He is a great earner. I could see him becoming a hall of famer. If Loose Cannon is sim blessed, that could become the reality. But he does have competition with this class.

With the fourth - the Pythons, drafted
Bruce White - Defensive End. Now the team that drafted me picked Bruce White! From speaking with the general manager, the snakes are trying to stack the defensive line. Defensive Ends don’t get amazing stats but with good tackles they can thrive. Bruce is already showing to be a good teammate and is earning TPE very well. I’m excited to see where he contributes in the ISFL.

The Dallas Birddogs went fifth and selected
Craig Brand - Linebacker. The Birddogs want to get their guy. I’m surprised that Braig did not get picked earlier! He could have easily been picked up. Once again, linebacker is huge in the DSFL. This is Loose Cannon’s competition in the league. These two linebackers are going to tear through the league. So I can see Craig Brand being a hall of famer. In addition, ElMerchanto is a good user who puts out stats and media. From his short time, I have seen he could become a general manager in this league too.

Some notables from the draft who I think are great players and  users as well!

Wolfie McDummy Jr - Wide Receiver
Infiite is the king of the ISFL. The man is the richest user in the league. I think having him in the draft class brings the class up another level.

John Stark VIII - Linebacker
John Stark is a relatively unknown user but showing promise. This user and player will be up there with the top two linebackers.

Kadarius Claypool ll - Cornerback
Another great earner and slowly becoming a media king. He didn’t get drafted too high but he is earning his way up there.

These players are hard hitters, great users and great players, I would not be surprised if these players and users become contributors to the league in amazing ways. Whether it be in head office, general manager or just being an active user. It is healthy for the league to have great new users. This class is going to rock. Let’s go S41!

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[Gordon Bombay]

Task 7
In French

Dans ce texte je vais vous parler d’un sujet qui me tient a coeur, l’état actuelle de la dsfl et de la possibilitée de contraction.

Premièrement, en tant que direction général des Royals de Londres, j’ai vu l’activitié fluctué au travers des saisons. Parfois le serveur est un des plus actifs de la ligue et parfois c’est calme. C’est mon travail en tant que directeur général de créer un environnement plaisant et propices au développement de joueur  qui auront du succès dans la ISFL. Avec le niveau de maturité de la ligue et les périodes où le recrutement a été difficile, les classes de recrues étaient composées majoritairement de recreate. Les recreates ont souvent des associations fortes a des équipes junior et professionnel, il est plus difficile de les garder engager dans les vestiaire.  Ce qui mène a des vestiaires plus calme et rend l’engagement des vraies recrues plus diffciles à obtenir. C’est un cercle vicieux qui se perpétue de saison en saison. Je tiens à souligné l’effort de slate lors de la dernière période de recrutement. Avoir des publications sur le subreddit r/nfl est un immense succès. Cela faisait longtemps que je n’avais pas vu autant de recrus dans la ligue.  Une inquiétude me vient toutefois à l’esprit, j’ai peur de deux choses. En premier lieu, je ne veux pas qu’on se créer une dépendance à ce subreddit, il est prioritaire qu’on trouve d’autres canaux où le recrutement est un succès. En second lieu, je ne veux pas qu’on façonne nos attentes avec le niveau d’activité que la prochaine classe va nous apporter. Oui le niveau d’activité est vraiment le fun et je souhaiterait de tous mon coeur que cela soit la normale, mais il irréaliste de penser que ça va être le cas, dumoins avant qu’on trouve des nouveau canaux de recrutement.

Un autre sujet important est la rétention de nos usagés, les ligues simulées sont des hobby niches, qui demande beaucoup de temps.  Le fait que la covid soit effectivement terminé rend la rétentions d’usagers plus complexes. La question qu’on doit se poser est comment garder ces usagers? Pourquoi décide t’il de partir? Est-ce que c’est parce qu’ils n’ont plus de temps? Est-ce que c’est parce qu’ils ont l’impression d’avoir fait le tour de la question? Est-ce que c’est parce qu’il trouve le moteur de simulation ennuyant? Est-ce que c’est parce que les ligues simulés sont un hobby principalement social et que la fin de la pandémie signigice une diminution d’un besoin de relation social virtuel? J’ai hate d’avoir les statistiques et les réponses du département de la rétention afin d’aller au fond de cette question. 

Troisièmement, l’annonce de la contraction de BBB et POR qui avait été annoncé m’a fait beaucoup de peine. Nous avons réussis à sauver les équipes, mais je crois qu’il est souhaitable de quand même réfléchir aux raisons qui nous ont amenés à la contraction. HO nous a présentées des tableaux démontrant une baisse d’activité check au travers de la ligue. La situation était plus précaires pour certaines équipes. Je ne crois toutefois pas que la solution aurait du être la contraction. La métrique n’est pas assez précises Un vestiaire peut avoir peu de joueur actif, mais demeurer un serveur actif où les gens ont du plaisir. Des métriques plus intéressante qui aurait pu être explorer sont : le nombre de tpe moyen par recru en haut de 350 tpe après 5 saison par équipe. Cette métrique démontre la facilité qu’on les équipes à developper des joueurs et la qualité de ces joueurs. 

Une autre chose qui m’a laissé un goût amère est le fait qu’on nous a dit que la contraction allait ajouter 2 joueurs par équipe. Bien que je suis heureux de rencontrer plus de personne, je ne crois pas que 2 joueurs puisse soudainement rendre un vestiaire actif.

Dans tous les cas je suis heureux de la décision et j’ai espoir qu’on aille plus jamais recours à la contraction.

[subby500]

#8- So far, my experience in the league has been pretty good. I actually had a long wait to join a team, I created thinking the draft was occurring around the time I created, but the draft actually happened about a week after I created so I kind of anxiously waited for the draft to happen so I could join a locker room. I don't normally interact in league wide discords, so it was pretty much a week of non-ISFL for me. I have a lot of experience in PBE, so I knew what I was getting myself into when I joined the league. Unfortunately I never had the experience of getting scouted, which I was kind of excited for as I hadn't been scouted in a sim league in over a year, so unfortunately I missed out on that experience which I was really looking forward to. Maybe when I recreate I can get scouted and really live that experience. Anyway, I was taken off of waivers by the London Royals and I mean so far so good with the team. Everyone in the locker room is great and its cool seeing some people I know from PBE in it. I'm excited for the season to start, and I really like the format of one game a stream and its all streamed, so you don't have things like quick sims in the PBE. My player is a wide receiver so I am excited to see how he does, it looks like the Royals already have a few other WR's so hopefully I can jump over the other two in the pecking order. But yeah, I'm pretty excited for the league to start. In the past, each extra sim league has been diminishing marginal returns and I burn out pretty quickly, but with the ISFL it's been all roses for me.

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#13- The player I will be writing about is Rocky Moreaux, the leader in rushing yards last season. Moreaux plays for the Colorado Yeti, and on the surface he seems like one of the leagues premier receivers. Moreaux is highly rated, with a 91 overall rating. He is incredibly fast, agile, and has a ton of endurance. In other words, Rocky is a great athlete and is one of the top receivers in the league for a reason. He only had 9 touchdowns, which is interesting because of how good his quarter back, Live Laughlove is. Love had a 98 QBR for the season, which is simply just incredible. That was 3rd in the league! And yet, Moreaux was tied for 8th in receiving touchdowns this season. Maybe a bit of bad luck but also just poor play by both players. It really is perplexing though, maybe someone who is more familiar with the engine could explain to me why that is. Anyway, yeah, Moreaux had a great season. I mean, lead the league in receiving, had career highs in stats that matter, started in all of his games. Its really easy to see how great of a season this guy had. We are entering his 4th career season this year so I mean we should expect even more from Rocky, who should be in for another career year. The Yeti finished 9-6-1 last year, so hopefully Laughlove and Moreaux can lead the Yeti to an improved season. I haven't done any simming or anything, but using my limited knowledge of the league I feel like they should be in for a good season this year. Again, I am not sure how good the other teams in the league are, but with a duo as deadly as these two I feel like this team should be at least favored to appear in the championship game, no?

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[Gwdjohnson]

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11. 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.

Penger Tolliver, ISFL tight end, was born in Oslo, Norway, and he is one of five brothers who are players in the ISFL and DSFL systems. The oldest brother, Money Tolliver, is a running back who is Penger's teammate in Baltimore. Don Tollibeo is the third brother from the S40 draft class, and he is a wide receiver for the Arizona Outlaws. Oliver Tolliver and Myrtle Beach Tolliver are Penger's other two brothers, and are in the class after him. Penger is the only one of the brothers who was born in Norway, which is where he got the name Penger (which means Money in Norwegian), and he is also the only one of the five brothers who spent his College career in Canadam attending the University of British Columbia, instead of a college in the United States. Due to the unpopularity of Canadian universities in terms of where DSFL teams look for their players, Penger did not have a very high draft stock going into the S39 DSFL draft, and he was one of the last picks taken in the end, going 55th overall to the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. However, despite this, he had a fantastic rookie season in Bondi Beach, scoring a massive 14 touchdowns in his debut campaign, the most ever for a rookie wide receiver. The feat was especially impressive too, since Bondi Beach finished 2-11-1 to have the league's worst record. Tolliver's impressive season made scouts take him a lot more seriously ahead of the ISFL draft, where many teams were very interested in the potential of securing his services. In the end, after trading for a pick to grab his brother Money, the Baltimore Hawks snagged Penger with the 22nd overall pick, and he will be joining them immediately for the S40 season, where he will convert from a wide receiver to a tight end. (311 words)

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22. Make a scouting report for any of the ISFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, or highlights.

For this scouting report we will have a look at the two youngest Tolliver brothers, Oliver and Myrtle Beach Tolliver, both members of the most recent draft class, S41.

WR - Oliver Tolliver (S41)  

Oliver Tolliver is widely seen as one of the Tolliver brothers with the highest ceiling, and he is already making waves among ISFL teams, who will surely be lining up for him at the draft. He spent the past season as a temporary waiver pickup for the Portland Pythons, appearing in three games for them and making 3 catches for 28 yards. He has explosive pace and always makes himself a problem for whoever's covering him, making himself open for a great play most of the time. He was taken ninth overall in the DSFL draft this season by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, and projects to go around as high, if not higher than that, in the coming ISFL draft.

LB - Myrtle Beach Tolliver (S41) 

The youngest of the Tolliver brothers, Myrtle Beach is a linebacker who is currently on waivers awaiting which team will claim him. He is also seen as an explosive and dangerous threat, although his specialty is breaking up passes instead of receiving them. (201 words total)

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36. Affiliate PT from either SHL/SSL/PBE. The Weeks must match with the timeframe of this Offseason Task. And you may only use a max of 1.

SHL Affiliate PT (from this week)

TOTAL TPE: 10 (DONE)

[manicmav36]

9. There have been many moments in league history where a single decision (e.g., a draft choice, a GM’s promotion or retirement, a trade, a player’s movement in free agency) may have changed the course of a team in the ISFL or DSFL. Describe a decision that was made and the impact that it had. Did you imagine said decision leading to a different conclusion or did you think things would turn out the way they did? Is there anything different you would have done to avoid disaster or make things even better?

A long, long time ago, in a sim league with an incredibly horrible name (RIP NSFL), a draft happened. OK, fine, so when I say a long long time ago, I actually mean way back in S14. The Yellowknife Wraiths just finished with four wins and were picking in the first overall spot for the second consecutive season. The previous year, they had picked future Hall of Fame cornerback, Johnny Snuggles (that’s me!) in the first round but were looking for help on the offensive side of the ball this season. As a member of our war room, a member of the Head Office at the time, and a championship winning GM for the Baltimore Hawks, I had a bit of sway. My good friend bigred had joined the league a bit late, so his TPE numbers were way down, but after speaking to him about it frequently, it was clear, the guy was hooked. I was able to convince the team that this guy was it, he was the answer to our offensive problems, and we absolutely HAD to take him in the second. If we waited any longer, he could be gone, and that would be a huge miss for us. We selected Nate Swift with the first overall pick of the second round, and the rest is history. Swift would end up being a cornerstone of the Yellowknife Wraiths for damn near the next decade and was a perennial all-star. At time of retirement, he was ninth all-time in career receptions and the first player to crack the top ten in over four seasons. In league where almost all the records were written early with a very low TPE league, it was a true feat to even sniff the top ten in any category. Nate Swift would eventually end up in the ISFL Hall of Fame.
With Snuggles anchoring the defense and Swift anchoring the offense (and lets be honest, a ton of other great players who were probably more important to the team), Yellowknife would improve at a shocking rate, and would find themselves fighting for Ultimus after Ultimus for a long time.



11. 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.

Clint Mustache has always been a man of many things. He grew up in the heartland of America, doing things that your stereotypical “manly man” would do. I mean, with a name like Clint Mustache, it was obvious what his parents had in store for him. Football, rugby, wrestling (both person and alligator), chewing tobacco spitting competitions, and the occasional arm-wrestling tournament (he would always use his non-dominant hand to level the playing field a bit). He excelled at all of it, but there was something missing from his heart, a giant hole, and nothing could fill it. One day, after he was asked to participate in a commercial for a local gun, knife, taxidermy, and casket shop, he finally felt it. All these “manly” things were fine, but his real passion was with… the theatre. Acting gave him the opportunity to do, say, and be things he had never been able (or allowed to) before. Cry? Yep, there’s a part where you do that. Talk about your feelings? Yep, there’s a part for that. Pee while sitting down? Well, that’s not something usually covered in the theatre, but stuff gets wild out there, I guess you never know. So, Clint informed his parents that he would be leaving his “perfect” life for the life of the theatre, and enrolled in school all the way across the pond at The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art. Needless to say, his parents were shocked, but even more shocking? He had their full support. Despite all that had happened in his life, all he had been told by his parents, all that he had been pushed to do, the told him that they just want him to be happy. If that means galivanting around a stage in a country that refers to an entirely different sport when they say “football”, then they’ll do whatever it takes to support him. Parents of the world, take note.

[Charple]

10. Through a random lottery drawing, you have been named the league's new commissioner for a day. Congrats! What improvements would you make to the league if you had the power to do whatever you wanted?



In my heart as a Defensive Tackle, I would immediately and mercilessly nerf the capacities of the Linebacks and buff the abilties of the Defensive Tackles. We, as DTs have been looked down on and scorned while the Linebackers walk around, head held high, sporting their triple digit tackle, double digit sacks, and double digit tackle for loss stats. I would put an end to that and give them the strength of a small puppy, the durability of wet toilet paper, and speed of a sleeping tortoise.  From this, the new breed of Defensive Tackles will arise! Bigger, Faster, and Stronger, the might of these machines of destruction will know no bounds. We would fully take over the ISFL and gain the glory that we have always deserved.



In my selfish Updater heart, I would also streamline the updating system. Standardize the format to update a player so it is quicker to understand where each portion of the actual update is. This might also enable a bit of trickery, somehow work a link between the forum and the Google Sheets document where the information from the forum is magically transposed into the Google Sheet minimizing the chances of user input error and assisting my lazy self to not do more work.



Lastly, hmm I think it would be adding in the option to send a message on the forum when the deadline for a prediction task is due. I have, against out of sheer laziness, completely forgotten to do multiple predictions this season (and last season). I somehow always miss the bot's ping but I wonder if I wouldn't miss the red number next to my inbox. The option to send that as mail to my personal email would also be good, because I get those notifications on my phone.



All else, I would have the seasonal awards give a small monetary prize, not enough to be significant but just a nice little bonus. I would think 100k would be good enough.


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14. 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 it would be good to add in two additional teams to the ISFL, truly make the ISFL earn its 'International' section of the acronym. Not counting the DSFL, the ISFL currently holds two international teams, the Cape Town Crash (yay rebranding!) holding it's own in Africa, and the Berlin Fire Salamander, owning some territory in Europe.



For the first team, it would help to get some foothold in the Asia territories. The easy choices are a couple of big markets like India, China, or Indonesia, or to go for the easily recognizable ones for the existing American audience and get China (again), Japan, or Korea.



Since China exists in both of these, I want to brainstorm some ideas for it. Mascot wise, I can't speak for cultural relevance much, but Pandas would be a nice easy to choose option, Dragons could kind of give a very fearsome approach, and you could also use a very prominent shape for the country, that is the Star (totally not looking like the Cowboys from the NFL). This would mainly be a numbers game to attempt to easily grab as much audience as possible to get the Asian continent hooked on the addiction that is American Football.



For the second team, we could go for an easier approach and grab another Europe based team. This is easier because we already have an established foothold in the area and can use that to further conquer the continent. I would go for London, but DSFL already has a team there, so maybe establish a team in the Portugal or Spain area. The flights to and from the area would be close-ish from Mainland USA, and it's between USA and Berlin. The Bull is also the national animal of Spain, and I don't think there is any current existing team with that theme so it would fit the bill. Apparently the Rooster is an unofficial national animal of Portugal, so that's fun.


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