6) Expansion
What I would do if I was in charge of an expansion team would depend on whether it was for an NSFL team or a DSFL team. If it was for an NSFL team, my focus would not be to try to win quickly, but to build a strong base so that several seasons from now our team would be a force to be reckoned with. What that means is a lot of young, active players that may not be ready to compete in the NSFL, but they will be active enough to build the TPE necessary to become stars in a few seasons. Having low expectations among the players first and foremost will improve morale as each season the team performs better until the team can consistently make the Ultimus championship game. I would also bring in aging vets that are building up for their next player, because those are the people that can give the young guys advice about builds.
If I was in charge of a DSFL team, activity is first and foremost. I would care less about winning the Ultimini, but become the place that the NSFL teams go to when they want quality people. That means TPE assistance, captains that check to make sure the players are active and doing their tasks, improving their players in the right ways, etc. I would want to be so good at raising quality players that I need to restock with new people every season because all of the current players are called up to the NSFL right away.
10) Reform
I see a lot of good bones in how the league operates. There are two leagues so that new players without much TPE still have a chance to play and prove themselves. There are systems in place to improve player abilities that are not tied to performance (to avoid the “rich getting richer” phenomenon). There is natural skill degradation so that old vets can’t become gods after 20 seasons. However, the biggest issue I see is with how updates and grading are done. The reason I have an issue with it is because it is not scalable. If the league were to double in size next season the league infrastructure is not very equipped to handle it. There is potential to automate a lot of that effort. What the league needs is a public database. The database would allow players to input updates directly into a queue ready to be verified by the graders. Graders would not need to go team by team, player by player to make updates. Instead, there would just be a long list of updates that can be verified as meticulously as desired. Then once someone is graded, it is submitted to the updaters that will update the player’s stats in the system. The big advantage to this is you can separate the graders from the updaters. If the head office doesn’t trust giving the updating keys to many individuals, that’s fine, their only job is to update the game. You can have a lot more graders without access to the game because apart from verifying what players submit, they have no additional power to potentially abuse.
20) Ultimus Ad
The general premise of the ad is to get fans excited for the next Kansas City Coyote season in S21. It will start with normal highlights from S20: a sack by Chip Otle, a field goal by Lefty Louis, etc. But as the commercial progresses the Kansas City players are slowly replaced by actual Coyotes. Now instead of a touchdown by Red Arrow, it’s a ball being caught by a coyote in the end zone. A hard hit from Douglas Quaid is now a coyote pouncing and ripping the poor ball carrier to pieces before a blood soaked snarl looks at the camera. This is where the commercial takes a turn. Fans are no longer watching a football game, it is now a gladiator arena where helpless people are mauled by coyotes. A coyote escapes into the auditorium and the fans run screaming in fear. The coyotes have escaped. You cut to scene after scene where coyotes are hunting and eating as many people as they can in the streets, none are spared. All around you see animals coming to the city, curious about all the commotion that they are hearing. They walk through the streets where people walk no more, drawn towards the stadium in the middle of the city. As the animals take their seats the pack of coyotes are sitting in the middle, staring up at the crowd of animals. The coyotes are wearing the purple uniforms of Kansas City. The screen fades to black and blood red letters display on the screen: “This is our sport now”.
What I would do if I was in charge of an expansion team would depend on whether it was for an NSFL team or a DSFL team. If it was for an NSFL team, my focus would not be to try to win quickly, but to build a strong base so that several seasons from now our team would be a force to be reckoned with. What that means is a lot of young, active players that may not be ready to compete in the NSFL, but they will be active enough to build the TPE necessary to become stars in a few seasons. Having low expectations among the players first and foremost will improve morale as each season the team performs better until the team can consistently make the Ultimus championship game. I would also bring in aging vets that are building up for their next player, because those are the people that can give the young guys advice about builds.
If I was in charge of a DSFL team, activity is first and foremost. I would care less about winning the Ultimini, but become the place that the NSFL teams go to when they want quality people. That means TPE assistance, captains that check to make sure the players are active and doing their tasks, improving their players in the right ways, etc. I would want to be so good at raising quality players that I need to restock with new people every season because all of the current players are called up to the NSFL right away.
10) Reform
I see a lot of good bones in how the league operates. There are two leagues so that new players without much TPE still have a chance to play and prove themselves. There are systems in place to improve player abilities that are not tied to performance (to avoid the “rich getting richer” phenomenon). There is natural skill degradation so that old vets can’t become gods after 20 seasons. However, the biggest issue I see is with how updates and grading are done. The reason I have an issue with it is because it is not scalable. If the league were to double in size next season the league infrastructure is not very equipped to handle it. There is potential to automate a lot of that effort. What the league needs is a public database. The database would allow players to input updates directly into a queue ready to be verified by the graders. Graders would not need to go team by team, player by player to make updates. Instead, there would just be a long list of updates that can be verified as meticulously as desired. Then once someone is graded, it is submitted to the updaters that will update the player’s stats in the system. The big advantage to this is you can separate the graders from the updaters. If the head office doesn’t trust giving the updating keys to many individuals, that’s fine, their only job is to update the game. You can have a lot more graders without access to the game because apart from verifying what players submit, they have no additional power to potentially abuse.
20) Ultimus Ad
The general premise of the ad is to get fans excited for the next Kansas City Coyote season in S21. It will start with normal highlights from S20: a sack by Chip Otle, a field goal by Lefty Louis, etc. But as the commercial progresses the Kansas City players are slowly replaced by actual Coyotes. Now instead of a touchdown by Red Arrow, it’s a ball being caught by a coyote in the end zone. A hard hit from Douglas Quaid is now a coyote pouncing and ripping the poor ball carrier to pieces before a blood soaked snarl looks at the camera. This is where the commercial takes a turn. Fans are no longer watching a football game, it is now a gladiator arena where helpless people are mauled by coyotes. A coyote escapes into the auditorium and the fans run screaming in fear. The coyotes have escaped. You cut to scene after scene where coyotes are hunting and eating as many people as they can in the streets, none are spared. All around you see animals coming to the city, curious about all the commotion that they are hearing. They walk through the streets where people walk no more, drawn towards the stadium in the middle of the city. As the animals take their seats the pack of coyotes are sitting in the middle, staring up at the crowd of animals. The coyotes are wearing the purple uniforms of Kansas City. The screen fades to black and blood red letters display on the screen: “This is our sport now”.
