7) Selflessness is one thing, but ultimately everyone wants to hear their own player’s name mentioned among the greats. Take some time, in 400 words or more, and discuss how your player’s (or past player’s) career is going so far. Are you matching any expectations you set out for yourself? Do you see yourself on a potentially award winning or Hall of Fame career trajectory? If your player is just starting out, what goals and visions do you have for yourself?
Luke Skywalker started off his rookie year with a bang. Nominated for 3 DSFL season 21 awards (winning 1 and coming in second for the other 2), Skywalker showed a lot of promise. He finished his first year with 12 touchdowns and a passer rating of 73.4, and was ultimately drafted into the NSFL team Honolulu’s Hahalua. Things were looking great, and many had high expectations of Skywalker as he entered into his sophomore season.
Unfortunately, like many sophomore years, Skywalker showed a slight regression in his skills. Although he still had the highest passer rating in the Norfolk Seawolves (69.9%), Skywalker’s lack of touchdowns (4 for the whole season) and percent completions (53.1%) forced the Seawolves to place Skwywalker in a more back seat role in favor of his teammate S. Ramza. His sophomore year would find Skywalker and the Seawolves with a win/loss of 8/6, a win/loss ratio good enough to get into the playoffs. However, similar to his freshman year, the Seawolves would have a heartbreaking loss in the first round. Skywalker finished his sophomore year slightly disheartened, expecting no accolades or Pro-bowl nominations. Instead, Skywalker went into the offseason with a resolve to do better.
The off—season has begun with Skywalker spending his mornings in the gym and with his trainer, developing and honing the skills he will require to dominate in year three. Although he was capped out on using TPE in the DSFL, Skywalker is slowly amassing TPE. With already over 400 TPE under his belt in just his 2nd year, Skywalker is constantly improving himself in order to be prepared when he can spend his TPE to boost his attributes. While he knows he’s no Havran yet, Skywalker has dreams that one day, he too could be the elite quarterback that his teammates can trust and depend on to bring home the W. He knows that his hard work during his time in the DSFL, while sometimes discouraging, will just teach him patience and teamwork that he will need in the NSFL.
Skywalker has only 2 seasons under his belt, and while his sophomore year was somewhat of a disappointment, Skywalker and others have high hopes for this up-and-coming, determined quarterback. While dreams of Hall-of-Fame worthy careers help fuel the drive, Skywalker, for now, hopes that his dedication will help bring the Seawolves and the Hahalua’s to the Ultimini and Ultimus trophies, and bring joy to his hometowns. A street named after him would be pretty sweet too.
(416 words)
8) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S22 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
The NSFL has been a lot of fun. I found comments about the NSFL on Reddit. I assumed at first it was a dirty or horrific site just due to the common terminology of NSFL being “not safe for life,” but as comments kept referring to players, pass completions, or just general trash talk, I decided to take a look and was pleasantly surprised.
My first season at the NSFL was somewhat difficult. While the webmasters and the commissioners/GM’s do an amazing job in providing guides for incoming rookies, there was still a very steep learning curve required to understand the setup of the league. I had never done a simulation league before, and spent a great deal of time reading about the set up, TPE, and spending TPE before I felt that I had a somewhat good grasp on what I was suppose to do. I made a lot of mistakes my first “year,” posting new topics instead of responding to threads, randomly incorporating in TPE’s, spending TPE’s on stats/attributes that had nothing to very little to do with my position, etc. I had also never used Discord or Twitter before, and didn’t realize until several months in that the icons on the left of the screen for Discord were messages from individuals/GMs.
All in all, my first year experience would have been discouraging had it not been for the other members of the NSFL. I have yet to come across a rude or belligerent person in the league. Everyone looks out for one another, gives great advice, and, most importantly, is super forgiving to rookies and their mistakes. The knowledge that one will be forgiven if an error is made allows rookies to branch out into the league and try out new things that they may have been to scared to do before. For example, I’m not great with photoshop, but I’ve gotten better in submitting GFX’s because the graders are not only encouraging, they also provide great feedback on what could have been done better, and how to do so.
Finally, I’d like to give a special shoutout to Bex. I had assumed that the commissioner would be too busy to talk to individual players, but Bex is everywhere, providing pointers, jokes, and encouragement in the discords while simultaneously leading the Seawolves and the NSFL. Her presence alone made a huge impact on my decision to keep playing in the NSFL, and, no brown-nosing but with absolute sincerity, she’s awesome.
The only comment that I’d make about the league is that the website is not super intuitive. It took me a while to figure out where my player’s season stats were, as well as how to find information to answer the trivia questions. Also, it wasn’t until week 3 of my rookie year that I realized that the games were being played in a youtube channel, and it took me a few weeks to figure out where to go to buy equipment/training for my player (I think I kept putting it in random bank topics originally. Many apologies about that).
Overall, I think the NSFL is a great way to “play” football. Especially during this stay-at-home era, the NSFL has given me a chance to live outside of my home, and the players and leaders have made the experience amazing to the point I keep trying to get friends to join. Keep up the good work everyone!
(570 words)
Luke Skywalker started off his rookie year with a bang. Nominated for 3 DSFL season 21 awards (winning 1 and coming in second for the other 2), Skywalker showed a lot of promise. He finished his first year with 12 touchdowns and a passer rating of 73.4, and was ultimately drafted into the NSFL team Honolulu’s Hahalua. Things were looking great, and many had high expectations of Skywalker as he entered into his sophomore season.
Unfortunately, like many sophomore years, Skywalker showed a slight regression in his skills. Although he still had the highest passer rating in the Norfolk Seawolves (69.9%), Skywalker’s lack of touchdowns (4 for the whole season) and percent completions (53.1%) forced the Seawolves to place Skwywalker in a more back seat role in favor of his teammate S. Ramza. His sophomore year would find Skywalker and the Seawolves with a win/loss of 8/6, a win/loss ratio good enough to get into the playoffs. However, similar to his freshman year, the Seawolves would have a heartbreaking loss in the first round. Skywalker finished his sophomore year slightly disheartened, expecting no accolades or Pro-bowl nominations. Instead, Skywalker went into the offseason with a resolve to do better.
The off—season has begun with Skywalker spending his mornings in the gym and with his trainer, developing and honing the skills he will require to dominate in year three. Although he was capped out on using TPE in the DSFL, Skywalker is slowly amassing TPE. With already over 400 TPE under his belt in just his 2nd year, Skywalker is constantly improving himself in order to be prepared when he can spend his TPE to boost his attributes. While he knows he’s no Havran yet, Skywalker has dreams that one day, he too could be the elite quarterback that his teammates can trust and depend on to bring home the W. He knows that his hard work during his time in the DSFL, while sometimes discouraging, will just teach him patience and teamwork that he will need in the NSFL.
Skywalker has only 2 seasons under his belt, and while his sophomore year was somewhat of a disappointment, Skywalker and others have high hopes for this up-and-coming, determined quarterback. While dreams of Hall-of-Fame worthy careers help fuel the drive, Skywalker, for now, hopes that his dedication will help bring the Seawolves and the Hahalua’s to the Ultimini and Ultimus trophies, and bring joy to his hometowns. A street named after him would be pretty sweet too.
(416 words)
8) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S22 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?
The NSFL has been a lot of fun. I found comments about the NSFL on Reddit. I assumed at first it was a dirty or horrific site just due to the common terminology of NSFL being “not safe for life,” but as comments kept referring to players, pass completions, or just general trash talk, I decided to take a look and was pleasantly surprised.
My first season at the NSFL was somewhat difficult. While the webmasters and the commissioners/GM’s do an amazing job in providing guides for incoming rookies, there was still a very steep learning curve required to understand the setup of the league. I had never done a simulation league before, and spent a great deal of time reading about the set up, TPE, and spending TPE before I felt that I had a somewhat good grasp on what I was suppose to do. I made a lot of mistakes my first “year,” posting new topics instead of responding to threads, randomly incorporating in TPE’s, spending TPE’s on stats/attributes that had nothing to very little to do with my position, etc. I had also never used Discord or Twitter before, and didn’t realize until several months in that the icons on the left of the screen for Discord were messages from individuals/GMs.
All in all, my first year experience would have been discouraging had it not been for the other members of the NSFL. I have yet to come across a rude or belligerent person in the league. Everyone looks out for one another, gives great advice, and, most importantly, is super forgiving to rookies and their mistakes. The knowledge that one will be forgiven if an error is made allows rookies to branch out into the league and try out new things that they may have been to scared to do before. For example, I’m not great with photoshop, but I’ve gotten better in submitting GFX’s because the graders are not only encouraging, they also provide great feedback on what could have been done better, and how to do so.
Finally, I’d like to give a special shoutout to Bex. I had assumed that the commissioner would be too busy to talk to individual players, but Bex is everywhere, providing pointers, jokes, and encouragement in the discords while simultaneously leading the Seawolves and the NSFL. Her presence alone made a huge impact on my decision to keep playing in the NSFL, and, no brown-nosing but with absolute sincerity, she’s awesome.
The only comment that I’d make about the league is that the website is not super intuitive. It took me a while to figure out where my player’s season stats were, as well as how to find information to answer the trivia questions. Also, it wasn’t until week 3 of my rookie year that I realized that the games were being played in a youtube channel, and it took me a few weeks to figure out where to go to buy equipment/training for my player (I think I kept putting it in random bank topics originally. Many apologies about that).
Overall, I think the NSFL is a great way to “play” football. Especially during this stay-at-home era, the NSFL has given me a chance to live outside of my home, and the players and leaders have made the experience amazing to the point I keep trying to get friends to join. Keep up the good work everyone!
(570 words)
