I contemplated doing Dylan Deluxe, but the name still makes me shake my head and vomit in my mouth a little when I read it. Instead I will follow suite and do Sweet James Jones. This one is an interesting case to say the least. Without knowing this as 100% fact, SJJ and I joined the league the within a day or two of him and really close to draft time. The first person I remember talking with in the league was Bex, closely followed by Tom Hanks and Butter. All that being said, the person I remember seeing most in the first couple weeks was Sweet James Jones. Early on he did make a disclaimer that he was going to talk a lot in character, but that only goes so far. He was quite mouthy, and it felt like the painting was on the wall. Still, I did get to know him a little bit and he always talked normal in messages. He was easy enough to get along with when he was out of character and I’d say overall, I really enjoyed him most of the time. He was drafted to the Solar Bears early in the first round and they had a rough season to put it lightly.
He ran his mouth off quite a bit, but their record wasn’t really backing it up at times. Regardless, he was earning at a solid level and won his fair share of awards at the end of the season. By the time the NSFL draft rolled around, the S19 class was pretty well laid out. There were some questions who would go where still, but there were also some obvious choices on who shouldn’t go anywhere near certain teams. One of those situations was SJJ and Chicago. Sweet was quite vocal about not wanting to go to Chicago and most would have thought Toasty couldn’t have been paid all the fake money in the league to bring him there. They talked shit back and forth to each other all the time (this will come into play later). Well the draft rolls around and Chicago had picks 4 and 6. Sweet was getting forecasted by most to go for sure in the first round. It was a weird draft though, with only 5 teams having a first-round pick in a class that was not deep at all (NOLA had 3, Chicago, Orange County and Yellowknife had 2, and San Jose 1). NOLA took a couple of the top earners early; San Jose grabbed their legendary player and then Chicago was on the clock. They went with WR O’Leary, a player who has been top in the class and really doing well to this day. Orange County grabbed the best secondary player in Dream (who is also been elite this whole time), so Chicago was back on the clock at 6. They had talked a top receiver and had other major needs still, but for some reason took none other that Sweet himself.
Sweet was less than enthused but went through with things. He got paid an insane amount of money his rookie year and actually seemed excited to play for Chiraq (as he called it all the time). He max earned the whole next season and things looked promising for him as a player at the least. Then the biggest drama of recent league history unfolded. I won’t go into detail, but the quick version is that SJJ’s real life best friend quit the league because he felt slighted on a situation. Sweet also quit and it seemed to be the end of that. Some people would have stuck in the league still, but I can’t necessarily fault him for leaving with his best friend. If that had been the end of things, I wouldn’t have called him a bust.
Out of the blue a couple months later, Sweet and his best friend came back to the league. The sheer excitement about having them back (more so Dylan than Sweet, but still) was insane. Once again, the quick version is that they didn’t actually come back to join the league. They aimed at destroying it. More so Dylan than Sweet, but he certainly played a part. Once Dylan left again, Sweet actually stuck around again and was earning some. I had expected to see him leave as well, but he said he was back in action. That was certainly not the case though. Him and Toasty went at it harder than before, to the point where there were lines that got crossed on Sweet’s end. Shortly after, he was permanently banned from the league just like Dylan.
I wasn’t planning to write a novel on this one and there is a ton of details I left out as well. Still, it was an interesting journey for Sweet. If I’ve learned anything from it, playing a character in this league fails 98% of the time when that character you play is a cocky douche. Sweet wasn’t the first or last, but probably the biggest example of how it can and most likely will turn wrong. If you actually read through this, thanks for listening lol. (I don’t think people actually read these, do they? DM me SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET if you did for shits and gigs).
He ran his mouth off quite a bit, but their record wasn’t really backing it up at times. Regardless, he was earning at a solid level and won his fair share of awards at the end of the season. By the time the NSFL draft rolled around, the S19 class was pretty well laid out. There were some questions who would go where still, but there were also some obvious choices on who shouldn’t go anywhere near certain teams. One of those situations was SJJ and Chicago. Sweet was quite vocal about not wanting to go to Chicago and most would have thought Toasty couldn’t have been paid all the fake money in the league to bring him there. They talked shit back and forth to each other all the time (this will come into play later). Well the draft rolls around and Chicago had picks 4 and 6. Sweet was getting forecasted by most to go for sure in the first round. It was a weird draft though, with only 5 teams having a first-round pick in a class that was not deep at all (NOLA had 3, Chicago, Orange County and Yellowknife had 2, and San Jose 1). NOLA took a couple of the top earners early; San Jose grabbed their legendary player and then Chicago was on the clock. They went with WR O’Leary, a player who has been top in the class and really doing well to this day. Orange County grabbed the best secondary player in Dream (who is also been elite this whole time), so Chicago was back on the clock at 6. They had talked a top receiver and had other major needs still, but for some reason took none other that Sweet himself.
Sweet was less than enthused but went through with things. He got paid an insane amount of money his rookie year and actually seemed excited to play for Chiraq (as he called it all the time). He max earned the whole next season and things looked promising for him as a player at the least. Then the biggest drama of recent league history unfolded. I won’t go into detail, but the quick version is that SJJ’s real life best friend quit the league because he felt slighted on a situation. Sweet also quit and it seemed to be the end of that. Some people would have stuck in the league still, but I can’t necessarily fault him for leaving with his best friend. If that had been the end of things, I wouldn’t have called him a bust.
Out of the blue a couple months later, Sweet and his best friend came back to the league. The sheer excitement about having them back (more so Dylan than Sweet, but still) was insane. Once again, the quick version is that they didn’t actually come back to join the league. They aimed at destroying it. More so Dylan than Sweet, but he certainly played a part. Once Dylan left again, Sweet actually stuck around again and was earning some. I had expected to see him leave as well, but he said he was back in action. That was certainly not the case though. Him and Toasty went at it harder than before, to the point where there were lines that got crossed on Sweet’s end. Shortly after, he was permanently banned from the league just like Dylan.
I wasn’t planning to write a novel on this one and there is a ton of details I left out as well. Still, it was an interesting journey for Sweet. If I’ve learned anything from it, playing a character in this league fails 98% of the time when that character you play is a cocky douche. Sweet wasn’t the first or last, but probably the biggest example of how it can and most likely will turn wrong. If you actually read through this, thanks for listening lol. (I don’t think people actually read these, do they? DM me SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET if you did for shits and gigs).
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