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RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - .simo - 11-18-2020
So one thing I love the most about this league if the friendship and also the willingness for people to give other people a fair go and see them do well.
I came into this game originally with the big S22 reddit class but it was a bit overwhelming so I left this bookmarked and said I'd come back to it another day. Realistically I'd probably just keep putting it off forever except somehow my retired kicker Banjo May somehow made his way onto the S22 NSFL draft board and I was picked up by the Baltimore Hawks in like round 500 of that draft. They reached out to me and started talking. I was super excited I just wished I could have unretired Banjo and been on that team straight away but obviously that can't happen so I made another kicker, Karmichael Hunt. As I am super unoriginal I based my character Australia's best athlete and subpar drug dealer and snitch.
Even though I couldn't be on their team though I remember a few people giving me a lot of help at the start cause I was pretty fucking clueless and had no idea what I'm doing. I honestly am so thankful for the people there in the start that spent the time to explain this game to me multiple times and through this I've got some people I'll be friends with forever.
As for giving people a fair go, at Kansas City Coyotes I was a waiver pickup by the GMs Star and Butters. They were both huge helps to me and another that helped a lot as a former kicker was Matty. In these first two seasons I was in the league I wasn't very good. I was kind of active on discord around game times and not much else. I didn't earn great TPE because I hated writing and still do. I'll do graphics forever but here we are writing. Towards the end of my second season there I was going to be called up to the Philadelphia Liberty. I was really excited about this but also sad to be leaving the Coyotes and some of the best people in this league. Towards the end of that season I just asked if I could stay around and help out and for some reason I am still unsure on but they added me to the war room.
Even straight away I didn't help out a whole heap with scouting that season, might be why we drafted so well. Bit by bit though kind of in a cart before the horse situation by them letting me into the war room and including me I got more and more active in the locker room which also improved my activity in other teams and leagues even. A bit later for different reasons both Butters and Matty stood down from GMing and put their faith in Glims and myself as the people to GM this amazing team and I am very thankful again to them for giving me a chance at the leagues best job.
So to sum it up I just love that in this league we are all friends and get along very well. It's kind of rare to see that in an online community. And I'll be thankful forever to all the people that have given me a crack at different things.
This also doesn't even touch on the great team, GMs and new friends I've made in Berlin and how accepting they've been on me. Love them all but this is long enough and I hate writing.
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - y2bobman - 11-18-2020
This year has been pretty different, for a number or reasons. I'm a new parent, in a "new" home which is being renovated. My good friend @Crunk got in touch about the league and wanted to see if I was interested. I'll be honest, I was sceptical. I'd played around with these kind of games in my youth but those days were well gone. But in the current situation I thought why not, give it a whirl, see what it's all about. And I'm so glad I did.
Memories wise, well there are a two types for me. Two drafts, and two Ultimini appearances.
So the initial DSFL draft, that was crazy. It was strange enough getting scouted, people asking questions I didnt really know answers for. How many hours will I spend on the league each week? No idea, how long will it take me. Is your mother attractive? Well that's subjective I guess. Want to join the locker room on Discord? What's Discord.
Draft night, that was a great night. Being UK based, drinks were flowing a fair number of hours in the build up. Crunk got taken early but time was ticking for me, had the scouts forgotten about me, had I done so badly that I would be Mr Irrelivent? Damn, all this beer, need the toilet, but dont want to miss my name being called. It was around 2am when my name got called. London? Hardly exotic, but what a great bunch of people giving a warm welcome. Should probably go to bed now.
For the ISFL draft I had much more idea what was going on. Thankfully my name got called a little earlier so I got to bed a little sooner too, bonus! It was interesting to see how players had all developed through the season, how that impacted draft stock.
Now onto the second set of memories. The Ultimini appearances for London. Never thought I would be drawn to watching some dots move around the screen in the early hours, and be so delighted come the final whistle. Crazy how the sim has done that to me. But it's not all rosy, it's not a great feeling to be royally spanked in the Ultimini. That was a sad night.
But overall, I've loved getting involved in the game. I've "met" some great characters both inside the London LR and through the scouting processes. Always interesting to hear other users stories of their players too. So thank you, you've all helped make this whole Covid thing less of a big deal.
In terms of the future, 25 seasons is a long time. I quite like the idea that there could be a team based in international waters, sailing around in a huge stadium tanker. Playing at our ground? Yeah, come find us. I'll be there. Probably.
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - Vorshayla - 11-18-2020
I was part of the fame S20 class when it was at the time one of the largest recruitment pushes from the league. @RainDelay and I had known each other from a different discord server and the way he described the league to me I figured it was a good place for me to try to incorporate a little Terrell Owens mixed with Bernie Mac's character in Mr 3000 into a sim league. I mean just an absolute blow hard of a character that thinks he's better than everyone without even playing a single game and it kept me amused and entertained for a great period of time. Over the course of my DSFL season I started a rivalry with @jeffie43 who was really into the idea, and a fake feud was formed with 2 people who were essentially rookies. Midway through my DSFL season, I demanded a trade from Portland after the team was struggling and I didn't feel like my character would stand for losing so much so I forced myself to an already stacked MB team (who rattled off 9 straight wins after I joined them by the way) So it was obviously all me. Once I joined MB, I really enjoyed myself and the league with it's winning ways, my guy was starting to just be a stat machine and I even stopped feuding with Jeff and got to know @Frostbite @scorycory @rapideagle among others a lot more. I was thrilled that my successful DSFL season turned into a high lottery pick for me and I went to SJS, a team I knew nothing about at the time, however getting to know that LR during some really down years while we were rebuilding was probably one of the most fun I've had in this league.
When I first joined SJS, I wanted out immediately, the only person I knew on that team was @KoltClassic from back with my Portland Days for all of 6 games, and @MN_Moosey from my MB days. It was hard, but eventually @ckroyal92 and Rad definitely helped me feel more at home and slowly I got to know the locker room pretty well with time and even during my period of IA for the better part of 2 seasons, I ended up winning 2 championships with SJS which was definitely the best part of it all since I got to rub it into the face of now retired PickSix wannabe Zamir.
Here's to almost a full year of me being in the sim league, and hopefully many more years to come as this is a great community full of passionate people who want to make it fun for everyone.
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RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - teddyoojo - 11-18-2020
Ok, so ive been in this league for 2 seasons now. I have no idea what to type here for 400 words but lets give it a shot.
The league to me is a fun way to erase some boredom after work or uni, its nothing more but also nothing less.
To some people apparently this league means alot more, which i recently started to learn about, leading to alot of toxicity and just general fucking annoying and obnoxious behaviour by players and teams in this league.
I believe this league should be more like what it "means" to me, a fun way to spend a couple hours a week with some nice people who share an interest in football. All this toxicity and fucking retardedness is seriously starting to turn me off this league, and i have been rather active in the last months. I realize this isnt really perfectly related to the task at hand, but I still believe it is a matter at hand, that is somewhat relevant to what the league means to me.
My favourite parts of the league are, for one, the drafts. Waiting anxiously for your player to get called and see with whom youre gonna spend the next future months of the league is a great part and one that made me originally be interested in the league at all.
Another thing thats great to watch, but in my opinion definitely needs to get improved, is the Sim. And while im aware that it is in the works and is something that almost everyone agrees on. I believe simming is a seriously flawed aspect of the league, and one that should be removed entirely.
But enough of the things i dislike, this is about what i like about the league.
Basically ive already touched on it, for the most part, but the interaction with people from all over the world is definitely the best aspect of the league. The fact that you just talk with peolpe who share an interest in football from basically every fucking part of the world is great. Especially in my team, where theres americans, other europeans, australians, whatever the fuck kind of planet frost is from, basically someone is always online in the Locker Room and ready to chat whenever you feel like chatting.
In 25 years, idk if the league will still be alive, i most certainly believe the toxicity needs to lessen, aka be dealt with by someone with a shred of authority.
Other than that im looking forward to the next seasons.
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RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - yonggarius - 11-18-2020
I joined the ISFL in February 17, 2020. That day was the S22 r/nfl recruitment day, otherwise known as the most hectic day in ISFL history in its 25 season history up to this point. I doubted that I would be a very active participant in this league while I was going through the approval process with bagel (it took 3 tries- sorry bagel) since everything seemed so complicated.
A few days later, I was still struggling with my rookie tasks, and decided to make a discord account to get some help. Then,a dude named inverted DMd me, and started to ask me a series of questions. Along with that, he offered to get me some help with wiki task which confused me to hell and back, and gave me an invite to the Birddogs server, which had a ton of other S22 prospects, such as Quirkyturtle, xaq and edd, who were mostly very pleasant company. The Birddogs server changed me from someone who was planning to be a casual user to a full on max earner, gunning for highest draft position as possible.
I watched the DSFL draft with anticipation, and was so happy when my player was selected by the Birddogs in the 6th round with the 46th overall pick. While the draft position wasn't as high as I secretly hoped, being the 5th wide receiver to be selected, but I knew that was about the best I could do as a lesser known rookie, and was mostly relieved and happy that my number 1 draft destination selected me. I still remember the warm welcome I received when I entered the dog house channel for the first time, and Gucci's comment that I was 'one of his favorite prospects on the draft'.
Stat wise, my season with the Birddogs was rather pedestrian. 595 yards, and a single touchdown which came very late into the season. But stat was not the most important thing that I gained during that season. I started to write league related media, gained recognition as one of the class's top WR, and most importantly gained friends, quite a few of them at that. I went from a confused rookie who didn't even knew how to update, to a somewhat experienced user who wanted to participate more to the community in a season.
ISFL scouting experience was a whole new world to me. Every team except Philly scouted me, and two teams even scouted me twice. I was being mocked as a top WR prospect, sometimes even mocked in the 1st round. I never imagined that will happen when I first joined. And neither did I imagine that I will become a user and a player that I am now, some 9 irl months later. This ISFL community had been one of the biggest sources of my happiness during that period, and I'm truly thankful for everyone for that. (486)
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - Tayjay - 11-18-2020
It's kind of weird that I've only been here for a month or so and it is just a blip on the radar for this league. Twenty five seasons down and so far it seems like everything keeps getting better and better. Football has always been one of my favorite sports since I was a kid. It took me a long time to join the International Simulation Football League after spending 10 months in the Professional Baseball League. I wasn't crazy about the simulation, but my love of football won out and I decided that just talking football among other people who love the sports would be fun. I was glad I could talk my brother Zak, into joining so we could talk about it together. We have always played together in the Professional Baseball League so we wanted to end up on different teams in this league. I am glad that we did because it gives us some extra competition and something to brag about. It pushes us to out earn each other. As we have ended up in different Locker Rooms he has made some friends in London and I have in Kansas City and Myrtle Beach. I've met a ton of really great people and have learned a lot about the simulation, and there have been a lot of great articles, podcasts, people I've met along the way. Kansas City really helped me with my early updates for my linebacker and helping with predictions and other early user things. Their Locker Room helped foster my earning and learning about the league. I'm also thankful for Myrtle Beach and the head guys there taking the chance on me. I haven't been the most active person in the Locker Room but I pop in when I can and I'm always asking questions. They helped me with my build closer to when I was capping at the Development Simulation Football League. I've asked a lot of questions about defenses and what certain attributes do, and builds. They have been more than helpful on helping me learn some of the more intricate sim things. One of the things I look forward to are the streams in this league. The people who make this possible and put time into the graphics are awesome and make everything looks very sleek and add an element to this league that is unmatched. I'm also thankful for the General Managers and anyone with a league job. As a General Manager myself I know the time it takes and try to be the smallest burden I can, and the people with job willing to spend time to make this whole thing work.
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - KoltClassic - 11-18-2020
At the end of next season I will have been in the league for a full year. I remember joining the league around the holidays last season while on an extended vacation from work. I wasn’t really looking to join a sim league, but I happened upon a post on /r/NFL that popped up around a time when I was feeling particularly bored so I figured why not give things a look. It is interesting to self-reflect on my feelings about the league a year ago vs. now. I’d never been a part of a sim league or community like this before, so this wealth of information, media, and graphics was really quite exciting to discover. I’ve always been a fan of tabletop roleplaying games and American football, so this seemed to be a perfect fit for my interests. I remember being so engrossed in trying to figure out a good name for my player, finding a render that fit the name and position, and diving into a backstory and graphics for my player. I tried to do some interesting media pieces and graphics to boost my draft stock a bit, but didn’t really post much in the Discord.
I think that sadly those initial emotions of discovery and excitement have gone away by this point. At this point I’m finding that a lot of the things I do in the league feel more like a chore than an engaging experience. The locker room I’m in is great and I wouldn’t change it for the world, but I don’t think I ever figured out a good way to carve out a role for myself in the community of the league that aligned well with my interests in a way that others have seemed to have been able to do. I’ve enjoyed my time in the league, but at this point I don’t necessarily know what the future of my involvement in it will look like.
That being said, I’ll always be grateful for the fun memories that I’ve gained as a result of my joining the league. Being drafted second overall to the Sabercats, seeing the San Jose locker room evolve over the last few seasons, and winning the Ultimus trophy as the statistical underdog, then being able to come back under even worse odds and winning a trophy back to back. Outside of the sim, being able to contribute to graphics and design conversations has been a good time as well. While a lot of this work is still in-progress, I hope that I’ve been able to be a net positive to some of these initiatives.
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - ThunderTitan82 - 11-18-2020
This league has been everything I imagined and more. I had been searching for a football simulation where I could control a single player, rather than a team. But had never found anything on any App Store or Google. I’d been playing various college football coach games that allow me to control a team in a simulation. But they didn’t quite scratch the itch that I was having. When I saw the link for the ISFL on Reddit, I thought it was too good to be true and wasn’t sold on it yet. Once I made my player, I was a bit behind some of the other players of my class and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Spending time in the Grey Ducks LR made the off-season time pass really quickly which really kept me from the leaving the league during the first long and boring offseason. When my first season started is when I was hooked. The gameplay, the stats, the teammates, it was more that I could have hoped for. The league became something of a guilty pleasure that I used as an escape. I could hop on discord and chat with my team about anything, watch the games and talk about the stats afterwards, it has become a way for me to take my mind off of a stressful day. My second season this has become more and more apparent. The activity and talking with my teammates has been the same, but now I actually have ahead a good season to talk about. Having a season under my belt has made the off-season easier to handle. I can keep track of awards and be more invested because I recognize the names now and this has made the season and off-season easier to deal with. I really can’t put it into words how much this league is starting to mean to me. I have made some really great friends so far, and that has made the experience so much better. No matter what the outcome of a season or the stats, I will always have those friends there to talk with. That alone has made the league more than just a game, it has become a place of friends, fun, rivals, and an escape from the world where I can relax, immerse myself into my player, watch the games and of course trash talk a few rivals along the way. That’s another part I enjoy is the rivalries. They can get too far sometimes, but they’re mostly in good fun and I enjoy that a ton. Overall this league has easily Jumped to the front of my favorite games and it isn’t really even a game since technically I don’t really play it. But for myself and many others I think the league means new friends, a community to be a part of, and of course, sim football.
RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - dogwoodmaple - 11-18-2020
I could not have asked for a better online community than what I've experienced so far in ISFL. When I first joined, I wasn't sure if I would take to the league and if I'd ultimately stick around, but man has that been completely put to bed. I was so fortunate to join up with the Seawolves as a free agent my first year and they were the perfect fit for me as someone completely brand new to sim world. They answered tons of questions, helped me update, and made sure I knew what I was doing, all while being the chillest group of folks. And thanks to that, I've grown to love ISFL with a passion and have really enjoyed spending time not only on media stuff, but just hanging out in locker rooms throughout the day. And all this could not have happened at a better time for me. The pandemic has taken a mental toll on all of us, but this place has really helped to give me a healthy distraction from some things while also helping me feel useful during the shutdown. Not to mention all the friends I've made here after just a short time and those I'll continue to make. An underrated thing about this league that I'm thankful for is the other sim leagues that I've joined since ISFL. If not for the rookie mentors, great Norfolk people, and all the wonderful community, I never would've ventured over to PBE or SHL, which has led to more friends, more fun content, and more ways I'm making myself useful while the world is seemingly falling apart. ISFL will forever be that first starting off point for me and will always hold a special place in my life from here on out.
Another thing about this place that isn't quite as sappy is the fact that it's just flat out fun. Seeing my little dot running around making tackles and watching my teammates play is awesome to watch. It's a great escape that also happens to be one of the most enjoyable hobbies I've ever had. We've got trading cards, mock drafts, twitter, and so many different things that you'd have to just be miserable to not love this place. That's probably why the media, research, and everything else don't seem like work or chores to me. I legitimately enjoy every part of this league, to the point where I'm almost waiting for the bottom to drop out. As if something this fun can't be that way indefinitely, but I have no reason to think that'll happen. If my dot doesn't play well or if my team looses a bunch of games, so what? The community is crazy fun and I just don't see my affection for this place waning any time soon.
Here's to 25 more years and hundreds of new friends!
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RE: Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special - Frick_Nasty - 11-18-2020
Wow I cannot believe how much time has passed in the national simulation football league. Oh. What's that? Oh right sorry. The international simulation football league. I remember I was just looking on reddit one day back on March 4th 2019. Stumbled across a post by Mr. @iamslm22. Saying going the NSFL. I was bored with nothing to do on my day so I joined created a lineback named Mo Berry. I downloaded an app called discord I knew nothing about. I pump a bunch of total earned points to start with into intelligence, agility and tackling. Thinking man my linebacker is gonna be like the best middle linebacker ever. Well soon to find out this sim does not work like real life. I get shown the ways of the sim by @timeconsumer who drafted me to his minor league team the San Antonio Marshals. It was the Marshals where I learned about having so much love for dudes on the internet I have never met. @Duilio05 @shadyshoelace @terriblehippo @Baron1898. We were the main actives on our team known as the fab v. Still will fight anyone who tries to say they were better than us. Wish we could have played in the ISFL with you guys but man did I have fun going head to head general managing with you guys. I then was not a first round pick. I tried my very best to talk every gm at the time I was a bonafide first rounder. Hell I was not even the first linebacker drafted. The linebackers taken before me are some of the best dudes in the league to interact with like @slothfacekilla @flyeaglesfly29and hippo. Fly you joined the dark side of the safeties. Sloth you retired fairly early compared to me and hippo you are still killing it. You guys getting taken early pushed me to earn like crazy to get the top linebacker in TPE. Now the lucky duo to draft my annoying ass was none other than @infinitempg and @Bwestfield. You guys were able to trade back grab another pick we desperately needed for the yeti. Reading back the old warroom messages of infinite freaking out whether or not he would get me still makes me laugh. I eventually took over to run the the yeti with bwest as infimite was burnt out of gm, so he could go on to be Ho, (lol). I eventually partner up with @woelkers we did are damnedest to build up the yeti to being a championship team. Apparently a lot of users in this league like to say I'm cocky and I run my mouth but most tend to forget about talking shit on the yeti saying they should be contracted. So pardon me when I'm very damn proud to see where the yeti are now. I gave up general managing because in real life I am too busy to sim test and get everything done in time. So I gave the reigns to @Sylphreni and @thevoicelesscreator these guys bust their ass behind the scenes to carry on the yeti built legacy. I'll go to war for these guys. I plan on being there for them just like infinite was there for me. I guess I am the yeti overlord now. Here's to hopefully another 25 season's down the road. Hopefully they yeti can win another ultimus in the next 25 lol.