Tier 2 #12:
Well, as someone who joined...last night, I feel like this couldn't be done yet if it wasn't for who I was as a person. I enjoy simulation games, so this seems right up my alley. However, there were a couple hiccups intertwined that made this a bit harder for me than just banging out a bunch of different things for sweet, sweet points.
Discord and I have a complicated history together. Over the course of one year, I installed it, became a mod on a server with a couple thousand people, not all of whom were active at the time, had to deal with an admin on a power trip, and eventually let it consume my time to the point of ignoring other important things I had to do in an effort to keep a specific discord server on its feet and not collapsing in on itself in an effort to keep something I loved afloat. I figuratively collapsed under stress, and when I recovered I felt the need to cut discord out of my life. I haven't been on Discord for over a year due to that fact, and spent a good portion of last night reconnecting with some old friends due to finally opening it up as I joined the ISFL server.
The other thing that is intertwined with what I have done in the past is my media post. While I don't want to reveal personal information, indeed on a number of other sites my name is specifically about not revealing any personal information, my name, while not the reason I was bullied as a child, was one of many, many things I was bullied about as a child. I'm mostly over that specific taunt, but the scars of those events in general have echoed throughout my life and made pretty much everything about it much harder. Let's just say I really appreciated the opportunity to vent my frustrations about some incidents in the past and that post made a decent release valve.
As far as the league itself goes, I found the mods decently prompt, have been hanging out in the discord server and enjoying the conversation, and have done a couple quick readthroughs of some of these posts just to find the history, as I'm very interested in this sort of lore that often gets created around simulated leagues. So far on Discord, I've just been sitting back and enjoying the conversation, but I will probably be contributing more in the upcoming days. I hope you enjoy my contributions to the community.
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Edit: Tier 3 #19:
Darren Pama is a Tight End out of Iowa. Due to only playing tackle football for 2 years before college, he was a low rated prospect that Iowa took a flier on. He ended up paying off for them in a big way. After Freshman and Sophomore year, where he rarely started and only made an impact as a blocker, albeit a good one, he broke out in Junior year. While blocking for one of the best run games in the nation, he managed to catch for almost 900 yards and 9 TDs. His senior year took everything to another level, improving his blocking to the point he could have been a great O Lineman at the college level, catching for over 1000 yards and 14 TDs, breaking 50 tackles, and leading Iowa to their first national title since the introduction of the Playoff system. Having come off of back to back 1st Team All American seasons during his Junior and Senior years, Darren Pama stands out from most of the numerous Tight End prospects of the class due to a mix of great speed and a well developed ability to block in the run game. Some other prospects in the class have one or the other, but neither have both. His weaknesses are a lack of conditioning due to having only 4 years as a starter combined between High School and College, and meager strength considering his size.
Tier 3 #22:
One of the most favored techniques from defensive linemen is the Bull Rush. This idea would make that much more literal, as the goal of the Bull Rush event would be to overpower and force a Bull's head to reach the ground. The faster you do so, the better.
As for likely winners, you need tackling, strength, and perhaps a fair bit of endurance to succeed. I'm looking at Cuco Clemente of the Sailfish, John, "Tripod" Smirh of the Butchers, and perhaps Hank Steel of the Second Line.
Well, as someone who joined...last night, I feel like this couldn't be done yet if it wasn't for who I was as a person. I enjoy simulation games, so this seems right up my alley. However, there were a couple hiccups intertwined that made this a bit harder for me than just banging out a bunch of different things for sweet, sweet points.
Discord and I have a complicated history together. Over the course of one year, I installed it, became a mod on a server with a couple thousand people, not all of whom were active at the time, had to deal with an admin on a power trip, and eventually let it consume my time to the point of ignoring other important things I had to do in an effort to keep a specific discord server on its feet and not collapsing in on itself in an effort to keep something I loved afloat. I figuratively collapsed under stress, and when I recovered I felt the need to cut discord out of my life. I haven't been on Discord for over a year due to that fact, and spent a good portion of last night reconnecting with some old friends due to finally opening it up as I joined the ISFL server.
The other thing that is intertwined with what I have done in the past is my media post. While I don't want to reveal personal information, indeed on a number of other sites my name is specifically about not revealing any personal information, my name, while not the reason I was bullied as a child, was one of many, many things I was bullied about as a child. I'm mostly over that specific taunt, but the scars of those events in general have echoed throughout my life and made pretty much everything about it much harder. Let's just say I really appreciated the opportunity to vent my frustrations about some incidents in the past and that post made a decent release valve.
As far as the league itself goes, I found the mods decently prompt, have been hanging out in the discord server and enjoying the conversation, and have done a couple quick readthroughs of some of these posts just to find the history, as I'm very interested in this sort of lore that often gets created around simulated leagues. So far on Discord, I've just been sitting back and enjoying the conversation, but I will probably be contributing more in the upcoming days. I hope you enjoy my contributions to the community.
(426 words)
Edit: Tier 3 #19:
Darren Pama is a Tight End out of Iowa. Due to only playing tackle football for 2 years before college, he was a low rated prospect that Iowa took a flier on. He ended up paying off for them in a big way. After Freshman and Sophomore year, where he rarely started and only made an impact as a blocker, albeit a good one, he broke out in Junior year. While blocking for one of the best run games in the nation, he managed to catch for almost 900 yards and 9 TDs. His senior year took everything to another level, improving his blocking to the point he could have been a great O Lineman at the college level, catching for over 1000 yards and 14 TDs, breaking 50 tackles, and leading Iowa to their first national title since the introduction of the Playoff system. Having come off of back to back 1st Team All American seasons during his Junior and Senior years, Darren Pama stands out from most of the numerous Tight End prospects of the class due to a mix of great speed and a well developed ability to block in the run game. Some other prospects in the class have one or the other, but neither have both. His weaknesses are a lack of conditioning due to having only 4 years as a starter combined between High School and College, and meager strength considering his size.
Tier 3 #22:
One of the most favored techniques from defensive linemen is the Bull Rush. This idea would make that much more literal, as the goal of the Bull Rush event would be to overpower and force a Bull's head to reach the ground. The faster you do so, the better.
As for likely winners, you need tackling, strength, and perhaps a fair bit of endurance to succeed. I'm looking at Cuco Clemente of the Sailfish, John, "Tripod" Smirh of the Butchers, and perhaps Hank Steel of the Second Line.
