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RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Pythonic - 09-24-2020
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27) Well, the Norfolk Seawolves have their captain in an offensive lineman, actually! Ananda Adyan is a pretty great shutdown offensive lineman, as he's allowed all of a staggering zero sacks in 14 games. On top of that, he has also pancaked the opposing team's defensive players a whopping 32 times. On average, that's about 2.29 pancakes per game. As good as this production may be, it still sadly is not enough to feed the whole team a nice breakfast. Either way, while he isn't exactly an unsung hero of the Seawolves, being named captain and all, Adyan is still a great player who definitely played a huge part in helping us make it to the Ultimini Championship Game this season.
RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - ckroyal92 - 09-24-2020
As many of you know, the San Jose SaberCats franchise is very near & dear to my heart, at least our virtual version of it. As General Manager of the team basically from the start, I've seen a lot of very dedicated members & talented players alike, so narrowing it down to an all-time top 4 is a very tough task to tackle, but let's give it a go, shall we?
First up is an easy one. In my opinion, the greatest player to ever don a SaberCats uniform, Joliet L. Christ. Despite getting off to a very rough start, winning only 1 game as a rookie, Christ led the Cats to one of the greatest comebacks in league history, winning 10 games during the following season & a total of 42 over the next 4 seasons, culminating in a pair of Ultimus appearances & the franchise's first championship in Season 14. Now enough about what the team did around him, let's take a look inside JLC's trophy cabinet. During his illustrious, albeit brief, 7 season career in the ISFL, Christ racked up his fair share of individual hardware, including the Most Valuable Player in Season 13, Offensive Player of the Year in Seasons 14 & 17 as well as Quarterback of the Year in his MVP season. Much of this, at least in my view, can be credited to his prowess as a dual threat QB. At the time of his retirement, Christ was the most prolific running QB in the history of the league, placing himself 2nd all-time among QB in rushing yards with 2,732 in just 96 games, as well as one of the most efficient passers the league has seen to date with a near 2:1 ratio of touchdowns to interceptions. Because of all of this, one last piece of hardware certainly awaited him & was almost a foregone conclusion when his name graced the Hall of Fame ballot in Season 21, becoming just the 3rd player to enter the Hall as a SaberCat & the 1st to do so as a lifetime SaberCat.
Now for our 2nd member of Mount Derpcat. This one is another pretty simple selection as we honor one of the first truly dominant defensive linemen in OG SaberCat Dan Miller. Beginning in an era before OL bots existed, the best defensive linemen in the league absolutely bullied their subpar counterparts & Miller was among the elites. In fact, I would go out on a limb in saying that he, along with Outlaws DE Jayce Tuck, almost forced the implementation of the OL bot system. In Season 3, the final season of solely human OL, Miller recorded an absurd 24 sacks, which was good for 2nd in the league behind only Tuck's 32. During his tenure as a SaberCat, the league's all-time sack leader recorded double digit sack total in each of his 6 full seasons in the green & gold before being traded to Colorado during season 7. To this day, his career mark of 132 sacks stands alone as the best in league history. Following his retirement in Season 9, Miller became the first player to enter the Hall of Fame as a SaberCat, being elected on his first ballot.
Now is where things start to get a little tricky as we split hairs for the final 2 spots on Mount Derpcat. For our 3rd spot, we go to another one of the original SaberCats from all the way back in Season 1, wide receiver Shane Weston. This one may come as a surprise to some because, for my money, he's one of the most criminally underrated players to ever grace the NSFL gridiron. Despite only being regarded as the team's outright #1 receiver for a handful of games during his career, Weston managed to record 6 straight (7 total) seasons of 1,000 yards or more receiving. What really made Shane special though was his play on special teams. As one of the most effective return men of his time, Weston retired as the all-time leader in career return yards, punts & kickoffs combined, with over 10,000 & to this day, remains 2nd all-time, only behind Dermot Lavelle of the Wraiths. Unforunately, due to his lack of hardware & over recognition by the masses, Weston becomes the 1st player on this list not also enshrined in the Hall of Fame, but his number 81 was retired by the SaberCats shortly following his retirement in Season 11.
Here we are, the final slot on this edition of Mount Derpcat. Who could it be? It's tough as there are so many deserving, but there's one name that continues to stick out in my mind & I can't ignore it any longer. The 4th & final member of our monument tonight will be none other than Kolby Deringer. Another lifetime SaberCat, Deringer, along with Chad Pennington, was a centerpiece of a devastating San Jose defense in the mid-teens that was an absolute force year after year. It may be a total cliche that defense wins championships, but that's certainly how I like to build my team. During the heart of Deringer's career, the SaberCats defense allowed the fewest points in the league for 4 years straight from Season 12-15, averaging under 20 points against each time. Kolby may have been overshadowed a bit by his LB partners in Chad Pennington & Ben Horne, but he definitely carved out his own legacy as a SaberCat, racking up over 1,000 career tackles in 11 seasons. Deringer should 100% be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but he's somehow only received 3 votes in each of his first 2 years on the ballot, but I digress.
That about wraps up this edition of Mount Derpcat, but I have just one quick reminder for the 2 people who might still be reading this. The Cats are still the champs baybay!!! Haha derpcat go meow meow
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989 wordsRE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Lime - 09-24-2020
6) The playoffs have finally arrived. Choose one playoff team that is not your own from either league and recount how they got here in 400 words or more. What challenges and hurdles did they face in the regular season? Did they cruise into home field advantage, have to fight off contenders for the wild card, or sneak in on obtuse indexing rules? Are they led by MVP players on offense, or is a stifling defense the engine to their success? Don’t be afraid to go deep.
I will talk about the San Jose Sabercats, because they won the Ultimus Bowl despite anyone thinking that was possible. You had teams like Colorado Yeti who were absolute locks to be in the Ultimus, teams like Sarasota that got hot as the sun and looked poised to steamroll the playoffs despite what people thought before the season. The ASFC was a complete madhouse, with like 5 teams having the same record at the end. The Sabercats must have barely squeaked through, but no they were first seed somehow. Most thought New Orleans or Orange County would once again represent the conference in the Ultimus. But the Sabercats showed true grit and won against fierce competition. In the regular season, they were only 4th in points for, and 3rd in points against. They were a very average team deserving of their record. They definitely stepped it up for the playoffs. Their preseason went well with 3 of 4 wins. Then they started off the season with statement wins against Austin and Orange County. Not blowouts but convincing. They would lose a high scoring game to Honolulu, before Austin tied up their series 1-1. Two more wins now, this time at New Orleans and Philadelphia. Two more losses, to Chicago, and Sarasota. Very hard at this point to gauge their ability. They win against good teams and then lose to bad teams. But there is a pattern of win two lose two. It continues with wins against the Hawks and Wraiths. They lose to the Yeti, then beat Austin again, breaking the pattern. Two more losses to Orange County, and Honolulu. They finish the season on a two win streak against Arizona and New Orleans. The pattern insists they should lose their next two, but they win big. They easily take care of Arizona. Then Orange County. Both teams they tied in the regular season. But this time the defense steps up. They don't let in more than 12 points a game in the playoffs. Including just 3 against Orange County. Maybe its just home field advantage. Who knows. Then it was just down to Colorado. They lost to Colorado in the regular season, so this was a very stressful game. But they only lost 15-10, so it was more than possible to win. Maybe its not home field advantage, because the Yeti fall. It's a big game for Monterrey Jack, who records the 89 passer rating and an average of 10 yards per catch. McDummy does well, but costs the game with an interception. The Sabercats are the season 24 Ultimus champions.
16) Choose your favorite non-playoffs game of this season, whether your own team or another. Explain what was so special and why the winner ultimately came out victorious, including key players and moments.
My favorite non-playoffs game this season was Week 10 Orange County Otters vs Baltimore Hawks. This game was important to me because Joestar had a great game with 9 tackles and 1 sack. I had a decent but short rookie season, and it was nice to see some of my potential. The game was a 27-10 win for Orange County. Franklin Armstrong had a fantastic game with a 94 passer rating. 22/38, 258 yards and 3 touchdowns. Unfortunately an interception too. The receiving corps was on point, with Garfield Despacito Jr putting in 2 touchdowns on 2 receptions. Talk about efficiency. Future Trunks picked up the other TD, while Hugh Mongo did the heavy lifting with 93 yards. Nakamura didn't pick up any touchdowns, but did move the ball 81 yards. For the defense, Joestar of course had a great game, as well as Tyrone Biggums who recorded 8 sacks, a forced fumble, and an interception. Another interception was picked up by Lord Beerus. This was a great game that showed what Orange County looked like firing on all cylinders. It would have been great to have that during the San Jose playoff game, but there's not really anything you can do when the sim wants to meme you.
19) Create a billboard, magazine cover, unique trading card, or video game cover depicting a superstar of the league. Graphics only.
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RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Thiath - 09-24-2020
5) In this year's addition of Ultimus Week. I want to talk about a recent addition to the league I like quite a lot. I’m referring, of course, to Dotts. While it’s initial release was met with near unanimous praise, it seems that recently it has fallen under some scrutiny. I’ll attempt to address this later. First, I want to talk about why I like it. I think Dotts provides something the league has needed for quite a long time. A sense of community outside of the virtual football team they’re playing for. While attempts have certainly been made to create a greater sense of community, they’ve hardly had the same success. Even in its current minimalist state, I have no doubt that Dotts has certainly reignited some users' interest in the ISFL. Though I certainly don’t have any sort of data to back that up, I’d still be willing to bet on it. Although after about a week or so I stopped buying dotts packs in order to save my money for equipment. Which brings me to another criticism. The price. At $500,000 dollars a pack, there are some who see this as a rather expensive price to pay. I can certainly sympathize with users who express this sentiment. At the start of Dotts’ release, I was around 28 million dollars. After buying packs, weekly training, and equipment. I’m now at just over a million. All this is to transition into one of Dotts’ largest complaints. It’s entirely designed as nothing more than a money sink. In the eyes of some users at the very least.
Here’s where my opinion comes into play. Yes, Dotts by its own nature, is a money sink. It was always going to be a money sink. The important distinction however, was this Dotts’ intention? I personally have trouble believing that argument. I’m of the belief that the foundation of the Dotts’ idea had no interest in the league's economy whatsoever. From what very limited knowledge I possess of Dotts’ creation, and it’s very dedicated user base behind it. I fully believe it was designed as a way to encourage community growth and nothing more. However, in its current state Dotts’ has become a much more controversial subject to older members of the league. This divisiveness has, in some ways, become a branching off point for much broader criticism of the league. As interesting as those topics are, this is not the place for them. However, in order to properly have a discussion about Dotts, I feel it’s important to mention.
To circle back, the $500,000 price point upon further, more in depth thinking. Has certainly led me to be less inclined to purchase future Dotts packs. As much as I’ve come to adore the project, and the uncountable hours of effort put in. My current interest in the league as a whole, prevents me from really taking a huge leap towards making a sustainable amount of money. Which then leads us into the realm of conspiracy. I’ve noticed a bit of a pattern. While I won’t be naming any names, I’ve seen that the majority of users who either buy dotts packs every week, or have a subscription. Are on the newer, less experienced side of the spectrum. As such, they don’t have the amount of wealth that some of the older, much wealthier users who aren’t buying as many packs. Which of course allows me to ask the question. Who is Dotts for? Is it for the users who want to be fully involved with trading, collecting and sharing cards. Or is it for the richer users to stay richer, while also still managing to pull literal millions out of the economy each day? Or is it for something even further down the conspiratory road? Is Dotts nothing more than a ploy for head office to increase productivity around the league? To generate more media, podcasts, and other discussions to make the forums look more active? Thereby making it look more appealing to new players?
Have we all secretly been duped by our silent overlords? Maybe. Though like I said, I wholeheartedly believe that this was never Dotts intention. However, I see it as a definite side effect of the Dotts money sink. Unlike the casino, or the stock market. Both of which are also quite obvious money sinks that aim to either revamp, or destabilize the league economy, depending on who you ask. Dotts doesn’t currently provide any means of making your money back. Given league rules, it’s unlikely you will ever be able to make any money from Dotts either. So in conclusion, while I love Dotts in concept. I fear that somewhere along the process, far more sinister intentions have come from it. Creating unneeded consequences that derail the original idea of creating a much needed greater sense of community.
RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Fordhammer - 09-24-2020
3) The Philadelphia Liberty have a long and storied history. As I’ve only been around since S15 or so, I am going to take four players from then to present to make up my Mount Rushmore of players. I’m going to take off-the-field contributions in addition to on-field, as I think the sim league in general is really more about the users than the players, but I’ll factor in both.
The first player on the Mount Rushmore of Philly has to be Sam Torenson. As an early first round pick in both the ISFL and DSFL drafts, Sam was destined for greatness early on. He was taken by the Butchers in the first round of the S16 ISFL draft. He played there for a few years, racking up exceptional stats as the primary offensive option on a win now team. After a few seasons, he left the team in what was a wild trade that will go down in history as one of the worst for the Butchers. Essentially it was a swap of a heavily-regressed Marquise Brown (another GOAT), for Torenson who was about to enter his prime. The deal was done, and the rest is history. While not always the most efficient rusher, due to what amounted to some underwhelming Philly offenses, Sam was the consummate workhorse back. Often racking up a large amounts of carries to go along with plenty of yards and TDs. Torenson has gone on to take just about every Philly rushing record you could think of, and truly belongs with a prominent place on the Philly Mount Rushmore.
The next player will be a bit self-serving if I'm honest. It's none other than Nacho Varga! Nacho was selected in the 8th round of the DSFL draft by the now defunct Palm Beach Solar Bears. Nacho played there for one season, and the Solar Bears barely won any games at all. Nacho had an okay season before being drafted by the Philadelphia Liberty in the bottom of the 3rd round. Varga had missed an update near the end of the season and was listed at less TPE than he actually, allowing him to slide in the draft. Nacho would go on to play a few seasons behind the corpses of the likes of legends Jordan von Matt among others. Nacho was lucky enough to have Brock Phoenix and Adriana Falconi as his QBs. He finished as the career leader in Philly for receiving TDs, getting to 60. Nacho certainly belongs right next to Torenson on the Philly Mount Rushmore.
Next up in the Mount is Richard D’Attoria. The DB was taken in the first round of an absolutely loaded S15 draft class. He came in as a max earner and continued that long into his career. He absolutely lived up to the hype. Richard spent several seasons and his entire career in Philly. Racking up loads of tackles, interceptions, pass deflections, tackles and sacks. He had one of the greatest seasons of all time, garnering him a Defensive Player of the Year award if I remember correctly. Eventually the league would limit where DBs can play due in part to this legendary season by Ricky. Richard was also a huge asset to the war room for almost his entire career in Philly, with his invaluable scouting of DSFL prospects and knowledge of the sim and player builds to help the team out and keep people active. Richard D’Attoria’s career will absolutely go down as one of the best Philly players there was, and he'll for sure be a shoe in for the Mount Rushmore as well as the famed Philly Cheese Greats along with Torenson, Nacho, and our final member on the Mount.
The final member is primarily for the user, and less about the player, Zach Hall. I had the privilege of taking Hallmonitor as my pick as a GM. We knew he would make a great person we could hang the reins to, and we were right as he outperformed any expectations we had. Zach Hall started as a TE in the DSFL, before switching to DL before the draft due to a dearth of talent at that position. Hall never stuffed the stat sheet, but he certainly stuffed our hearts. He at one point in his career made a bet with Scorp, resulting in him changing his name to Ilove Gimmy, after the DSFL S15 legend. Hall led the team through several rough seasons of ups and downs and that lands on him on Mount for being a great player on the D Line and an all around great dude.
So that does it for the Philly Mount Rushmore. There are a lot of other players worthy of being with them, especially if you go to pre S15, with players like Falconi, Marquise Brown and others, but maybe I'll get to that in a different Ultimus Week.
RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Jmac NCheese - 09-24-2020
14) Create an argument for your own player, or for someone else on your team, as to why they should be nominated for awards. Lay out their stats or compare them to other contenders. Make a convincing case.
I am actually kind of sad that my player, Hingle McCringleberry, was not considered in the nominations for Linebacker of the Year, maybe not Defensive Player of the Year. Now the tackles for Hingle were not there this year but still had a great number of tackles and was in the top 20 (20 lol) for defensive players with tackles Was in the top 15 (11) for Linebackers and has a tough group to compete against with Hockhertz and Quaid. McCringleberry did not have the tackles for lost like in previous campaigns, but it does not seem like a lot of players got tackles for lost this past season. Now getting forced fumbles may come easier than fumble recovery but they both are not that easy to come by. Hingle was tied with for second among all defenseman for forced fumbles and even recovered one of his forced or someone else, which of course put Hingle with the mass of players that have a recovery. Hingle was in the top 10 Linebackers for sacks, but not so much for all defensive players (top 25). Where Mr. Hingle McCringleberry stands out greatly is he was number two in pass deflects/defended in all the league with 26! Also had finished the year with 2 interceptions, which is tied for seventh among Linebackers. I think He should have at least been in the running for an award. (234 words)
16) Choose your favorite non-playoffs game of this season, whether your own team or another. Explain what was so special and why the winner ultimately came out victorious, including key players and moments.
There is a couple of games that I could choose for this question. I could choose Chicago Butchers’ first win of the season or beating the eventual Ultimus champions but going with the week 13 win of Baltimore Hawks. I chose this week as my favorite non-playoffs game of the season because this was the first win that spurred a three-win run in a row to send the Chicago Butchers to the Playoffs!! In this week 13 game the Butchers’ defense dominated in this game even though the score was close and might have shown they did not. The tackles for Chicago were all over, they had 3 players with more than 8 tackles, a few with 7 and a few more with 5 or 6 tackles. The defense had 5 sacks and 4 tackles for losses, as well as 4 passes deflected/defended. They also had a whooping 4 forced fumbles and recovered 2 of them, and all this defense gave the offense a chance to succeed and virtually win the game. The offense led by a veteran wide receiver, Bender B. Rodriguez, who had a phenomenal stat line of 6 catches for 101 yards and a touchdown! This all came from an up and coming quarterback who threw for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns, completing half his 46 passes. Got some solid field goals from their kicker to put the game away! (233 words)
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RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - moonlight - 09-24-2020
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The San Jose Sabercats are the improbably champions of the National Simulation Football League for Season 24. Their regular season started with two straight victories and ended with two straight victories to get to the playoffs. In week one they beat the Copperheads 27-20 on a big road victory to start of their season just right. They then had a huge win against the Otters at home with a 24-14 victory. Starting QB Jack put up a nearly perfect passer rating game to stymie the great Otters defense. The Sabercats ended up losing the next two games. They lost a shoot out against the Hahalua 40-37. And then lost to the Outlaws 27-20 in a tough road loss. They then won two straight road games against the worst of the NSFC’s weaker teams the Liberty and a the New Orleans Second Line. Both were close 3 point wins to put them at 4-2. The pattern continued with two straight losses. This time a low scoring 10-3 loss against the Butchers and a 3 point loss to the soaring Sarasota Sailfish, 20-17. The pattern continued again with the Sabercats bouncing back with two more victories. This time against another batch of NSFC teams, the Hawks and the Wraiths winning 33-16 and 28-3 respectively. They lost against the best in the ISFL the Colorado Yeti with a 15-10 score. They broke the double wins double losses patter with another win against the Copperheads winning a thrilling 28-27 games. The home stretch was upon them as the ASFC was deadlocked with 4 teams vying for 3 playoff spots and the Copperheads only one game behind. The Sabercats loss two huge inter conference games against the Otters and Hahalua with 27-19 and 22-14 losses. But the Sabercats brought back the pattern winning the next two games to put them as the top seed in a 4 team 9-7 record tie. This meant the ASFC playoffs went through the Sabercats and that ended up being huge. They faced the Otters yet again the ASFC conference championship and sent Franklin Armstrong into retirement with a 17-3 victory. The future HOFer could get nothing against the Sabercats defence as the Sabercats celebrated their 3rd Ultimus berth all time. They then had a rematch with the best team in the league, the Colorado Yeti. They completed the miracle run with a 17-12 victory to win their second Ultimus Championship in Season S24. What a season!
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Franklin Armstrong has just completed his career in the ISFL. It was a legendary and improbable run to becoming, in my opinion, the greatest QB to step on the field of the ISFL since the great Mike Boss. Armstrong was doubted, from childhood, to the DSFL, to the big leagues but he never lost faith. He was from Miami, Manitoba a relatively unknown incorporated community and he then became a football star. It shouldn’t have been possible but it was.
Armstrong’s storied career began at KHS in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the fourth string QB on the school’s football team and managed to get playing time in the first regular season game, only because the other 3 QBs all got hurt or played terribly. Armstrong led the team on a storied 30+ point comeback. He never looked back as he went on to being the full time starter for the rest of his highschool experience. He won the city championship 3 straight years.
In college, he decided to go to a relatively unknown program that started at the U of W, their first football team ever. What a season they had as Armstrong carried the new program to an 8-0 record and an eventual National Championship. He won the Canadian version of the Heisman and people wondered if he’d be the next great Canadian in the ISFL. Unfortunately, Armstrong suffered his first major injury in his second season and it took him more than 4 seasons of football to finally get back to his mobile style of play. That experience led him to leave school early, as he saw playing football without a salary was a fool’s game and set out to make a name for himself in the Pros.
When he got to the DSFL, he was seen as damaged goods. He rode the Pythons bench during the last portion of the teams S13 season. He was then put in the prospect bowl where he had a terrible showing for the Cobras. Armstrong thought his career was over as he watched the S14 DSFL draft as he kept falling and falling all the way to the 11th round as the 63rd pick where the Pythons picked him up yet again. Armstrong took it as a challenge and never looked back (sound familiar)? He went on to win every award imaginable that season as he broke records and gained fans, leading his team eventually to the Ultimute summit, the Ultimini championship. He racked up some more awards along the way but when he set off for the ISFL, he was seen as the greatest DSFL player ever.
He was picked up by the Otters in the 3rd round and the rest is history. 3 rings, 3 straight MVPs, countless other awards and honors. He ranks top 10 in most passing categories and is no doubt, the best rushing QB in the games history surpassing Mat Akselsen. He was never destined to beat out Mike Boss’s volume records, but he had his career and dominated in the best era of ISFL football ever. In my eyes, he’s the GOAT and will be for a long time.
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525 wordsRE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - furiousPanda - 09-24-2020
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For the International Simulations Football League, every player starts at the DSFL level and goes through the grinder.The DSFL team’s responsibility is to help prepare players for the larger league. A team that comes to mind that is newer and does not have a deep history nor has won a lot of games but already developed a mark in the DSFL would be the Dallas Birddogs. There are a handful of users and players that would be considered for Mount Rushmore of Dallas and they are the perfect monuments to the team and every Dallas Birddog player and alumni would agree with these people. In addition, these players contribute to the league overall which brightens their spot in the book of history of the league.
The first head of the Dallas Mount Rushmore would be the amazing user Gucci. He is the founder of the team and its first ever general manager. Gucci is the person who built the great foundation for Dallas and helped promote its culture throughout the locker room. Also, he led the Birddogs in one of the most successful and largest drafts. He is one of the older members of the league and set up for many players to succeed in their respective career paths. He assisted many future members of head office, departments workers and other general managers including some on this very list. When I was drafted into the Dallas locker room, he would assist me every step of the way. Even through the ups and downs of our season to position changes Gucci was always there leading the way. In addition, Gucci’s user White Goodman at the time, was the first 1000 yard rusher for the Birddogs. Lastly, Gucci’s leadership is already showing in his current role as general manager of Honolulu with their recent successes. And he deservedly sits on the first head of Dallas Mount Rushmore.
On the topic of founders, the next Dallas Birddog head is a great user who didn’t even play for the Birddogs. That is the co-founder and first co-general manager Kyle who eventually became the second general manager of team history. He is one of the newer members of the league, being season 19, but already contributed some much to the league and Dallas’ locker room. Without Kyle, Gucci’s reign of general manager would not have been successful. He helped glue the locker together with the massive class of season 22 and carried over the teachings of Gucci to the next generation. Kyle was the type of user that would encourage the entire locker room to keep active within the league and get everyone excited for game days. In addition, he helped create the culture that promotes Birddogs within. This helps fester a war room full of Birddogs and helps a lot of them, including myself, move up in the league. Undoubtedly, he deserves his mark in Dallas history even though he did not play a snap for the team. Which will come to no surprise the next head of Mount Rushmore Dallas, and his successor is Steg.
Now here is a user who shot up the boards and has made his mark in the Dallas history. In addition to Gucci and Kyle being general managers, Steg, who is the third general manager of Dallas, helped carry on the culture and tradition of the locker room that was built upon. He was the one that helped motivate a lot of users to the positions they are in. Steg helped the sim testers come up with strategies outside of the normal “meta”. He founded the school of sim testers that will eventually help other teams and other users throughout the league. Another meta he broke is the offensive line stigma. A lot of general managers were not allowing human offensive lineman to be created but with his recent findings it helped explode the position. So the “fair rubs” gang owes Steg so props for helping them propel their position to being mostly bots to actual humans playing it. It added to the reputation of Dallas that the war room is testing and helps enhance the clout. These three users definitely belong to the big three of the Dallas Mount Rushmore. And the very last head that belongs to the books of history is a legendary player.
The last head but not least is Gimmy Jaroppolo! The legend of Gimmy ended in Dallas. He is the backup quarterback of the inaugural season of the Birddogs. He holds the record for the highest completion percentage for quarterbacks. To which is an astounding 100%! In addition, he was added to the trade which brought in many great users like future hall of famer Big Edd and Colt Mendoza. The clout of Gimmy is what gelled Dallas together, and helped create the fun culture that the locker room is known for.
These are the legends of Dallas Birddogs! Great users and great players that will hopefully grow into a DSFL Juggernaut.
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831 wordsRE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - CalvinGolladay - 09-24-2020
7.) It may not be a super recent example, but one award has always bugged me with how it turned out. In Season 22, I was the Tijuana Luchadores awards committee rep. With that role came plenty of responsibility, even in a season where the awards committees were lacking at both levels. I, along with a few other active DSFL reps, namely Lightnoir, were able to put together a ballot. Although I helped put togeter the nominations for GMs, I played no part in the actual selection process, as that role is reserved for GMs. We had our ups and downs that night, with most of the downs being placed on my shoulders (some reasonably so, others not so much),
but the locker room was in an uproar over the Performance of the Year voting. Magnus Valdr, one of our starting safeties, had two pick sixes in a crtical performance against Myrtle Beach. He was initially overlooked before we slid him into the ballot. I specifically suggested we remove either one of the weaker RB performances or Luke Skywalker's very low volume but relatively high efficiency performance in a game of little import. When it came time for the GMs to vote, we were shocked. Valdyr's historic performance was snubbed for said QB performance. The game and performance held no bearing on the season, the QB failed to put up a significant number of completions, yards, or TDs. In fact, the only thing they had going for them was a low yardage game with a high completion percentage and no interceptions. I know its an odd league fact, considering it's a rather unimportant DSFL awards from a few seasons ago. It doesn't even directly involve me, in fact. But we've always held that grudge. In the seasons since I haven't seen too much of Commie in the LR, but to be totally honest we didn't interact a ton during that season either. What he did provide was a consistent earner and cornerstone for that defense, even if he never matched that elite performance. Right now he's in the middle of a rather successful career with the Wraiths, and I wish him the best of luck there. Regarding awards committee itself, I've always had an odd fascination with it. I spent my first DSFL season on it as one of the few active members (which wasn't saying much) before rejoining in the ISFL and enjoying some thorough conversations in a new and revamped committee. For the sake of getting other members of the league a shot I stepped down after that season, but it was certainly one of the more fun parts of my career, even if I don't miss the blame laid at my feet for some of the more questionable decisions that may or may not have been my fault.
RE: (S24) - Ultimus Week - Attopax - 09-24-2020
Quote:Awards season is a big part of the offseason festivities. Take the stand, in 400 words or more, for one or more players that are not your own, and argue why they should receive awards glory. They can be your teammates or anyone in the league. How did their stats and on the field contribution contribute to their case this year?
Not a hot take at all. Zoe Watts. Dallas Birddogs. Running Back of the Year. She was in the hunt for the conversation last season, but Theeks' domination eliminated her from contention. Now, in Season 24, it is Wartts that is eliminating others from the conversation!
Watts was electrifying this season. Most rushing attempts. Most rushing yards. Most touchdowns. And competitive and comparable yards per carry when compared to other running backs with a comparable number of attempts. Although Watts didn't take the Dallas Birddogs to the top of the standings list, she was an impressive force. Although true that Watts was not leaps and bounds ahead in every category, she definitively edges out the competition in some form or another. Her critics would argue that some statistics are admittedly only a few ahead of potential other winners. For example, Rogers is 20 yards behind her for the year. In years past, analysts could look back and see several players in a certain range, and they would have to choose a winner based on the other metrics. For example, last season, Theeks, Fakon, and Rogers all had 11 Touchdowns on the year. Batista and keppler has 10. It provided for interesting debate and the ability to creatively argue by pinning numbers against each other. In this case, however, Watts has a clear podium to stand on. Watts is the only player to crack double digits in Touchdowns. Theeks and Kitchens came close with 9 and 8 respectively, but both are hundreds (plural) of yards away from her in offensive production.
Therefore, the sheer number of touchdowns creates a hard argument that anyone else should where the crown. It places her in a "Red Zone Threat" category. Most DSFL showed a varying approach to Red Zone success with 14, 16 or even 20+ touchdowns through the air from their receiving corps (except you, Grey Ducks). When coupled with the fact that this team only had 7 passing touchdowns on the season, it translates to, not only the running backs from being the workhorse of the offense, but Watts being the Birddogs most reliable option to offensive success. While all teams this season were splitting carries between multiple backs and while all teams had a running back with more touchdowns and less touchdowns, Watts' statistics are impressive because no other red zone running back had the number of total rushing yards that Watts did. Therefore, no matter how you spin it, Zoe Watts is currently the best running back in the DSFL.
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420 wordsQuote:Give a thorough examination of a league scandal from any point in time. What made this particular drama so noteworthy? Who were the major participants involved, and what was the offense? What kind of impact did this scandal create on the league, and have any permanent changes come about as a result?
I apologize, but I -- like 90% of other people choosing this topic -- have to talk about this bachelorette nonsense.
For starters, the noteworthy-ness of the scandal is that it involved the Commissioner directly. And, indirectly, all of Head Office. Obviously there is the obvious questions of "How?" and "Why?" and "What?" which are solid questions for many reasons. However, what I found the most troubling was the amount of backpedaling the was done following. Head Office immediately distanced themselves from the event despite the fact that it was posted as an official announcement and despite the fact that the post referred to itself as a "sim league event" SEVERAL times.
Others have covered the above to a thorough degree. Obviously, from an outward image standpoint, this is very cringey, and there could have been other ways to do the same thing. For example, you could easily change the prize and choose another gameshow where prompts and writings could be submitted and winners chosen. The aspect that I specifically am curious about is ... what exactly was the endgame goal? What was the vision for the end result? I can understand the value of community engagement, although... is this the community engagement we want? Clearly another Ultimus Week post topic or media post for the future. But, if this was all done in the name of community engagement, then I will try to concede that. People create some humorous pitches for themselves, perhaps play some games, submit some funny answers to funny prompts, and share some laughs, etc. Fine. However, once a winner was chosen... what was expected to happen afterwards? The problem with a romantic theme surrounding a show about strangers potentially deciding to get married in a ridiculous, irresponsibly short amount of time is that... it does provide some interesting questions about what our "version" of that would be like. Is it a date? How would that pan out long term? Clearly it appeared as though that was the thought given that entry criteria was 18+ and being single and ready to mingle! If one of the last parts of the post was true that it wasn't supposed to be taken that seriously, then what was the 18+ and single requirements for? Literally, if anyone has seen the tv show "Taskmaster" in the UK .... we could have literally done that and had the same level of community engagement with prompts and winners and laughs.
Although I have no qualms with finding romantic partners online, I'm not sure it is something that should be a promoted perk or feature of a sim league -- no matter how in jest it may be. This scandal definitely created some image issues, and I hope that it created some discussion about Head Office needing to work in a more collaborative nature because either 1) the Commissioner and associates were allowed to create an official league event with no one knowing (scary), or 2) Head Office knew about it but figured that someone else was looking at it to make sure everything was above board or, in conclusion, they knew about it but everyone was asleep at the wheel (also scary).
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