Of these twenty-five seasons, I have only been around for two, much less than a lot of the experienced users around here. It is obvious that I don't have as many memories or friends than these people, and the quality of those I have might not be the same. That does not mean, however, that I discredit my time here, or the relations I have forged with some of the people I have met through the Portland Pythons locker room.
This league did not mean much to me when I first joined. I have always been very transparent about it being my second league, the SHL being much more important to me. This is still the case, but what started as a sideline league, a time-waster where I just coasted through activity checks, cheap training and PT affiliation now takes more and more of my time and attention. The fact that I am completing this special PT right now proves it.
As in every other sim league, or any similar online endeavor for that matter, the community plays a big part in keeping me interested. I am not a huge fan of football and don't know much about it aside from the basic position and general rules. Therefore, I do not participate much in the tactics or player related discussions in the locker rooms I'm in. This has an impact on my overall activity on Discord, where I only poke my head from time to time. Despite all that, I'm still very well received, people are kind and dumb things down for me when there's something I don't understand. As someone who's never really been part of any sports team in my life, it's nice to be part of that kind of group that just hopes the dots on the computer will go in the right direction and to feel like the work I've done actively helped when they do.
Being part of the ISFL also means meeting very nice people. I would like to take this opportunity to send some shoutouts to two of them : SouthPaw and zEagle. The former, as my GM with the Pythons and knowing I didn't know much about football, made sure to always check up on me every once in a while, to make sure I was still around and that everything was alright. I really appreciated it, this kind of small gestures is exactly what the league should be about. As for zEagle, we bonded as offensive line linemates and now I have a pal I can keep pestering about his bad decision to switch to DT forever, which is very nice.
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This league did not mean much to me when I first joined. I have always been very transparent about it being my second league, the SHL being much more important to me. This is still the case, but what started as a sideline league, a time-waster where I just coasted through activity checks, cheap training and PT affiliation now takes more and more of my time and attention. The fact that I am completing this special PT right now proves it.
As in every other sim league, or any similar online endeavor for that matter, the community plays a big part in keeping me interested. I am not a huge fan of football and don't know much about it aside from the basic position and general rules. Therefore, I do not participate much in the tactics or player related discussions in the locker rooms I'm in. This has an impact on my overall activity on Discord, where I only poke my head from time to time. Despite all that, I'm still very well received, people are kind and dumb things down for me when there's something I don't understand. As someone who's never really been part of any sports team in my life, it's nice to be part of that kind of group that just hopes the dots on the computer will go in the right direction and to feel like the work I've done actively helped when they do.
Being part of the ISFL also means meeting very nice people. I would like to take this opportunity to send some shoutouts to two of them : SouthPaw and zEagle. The former, as my GM with the Pythons and knowing I didn't know much about football, made sure to always check up on me every once in a while, to make sure I was still around and that everything was alright. I really appreciated it, this kind of small gestures is exactly what the league should be about. As for zEagle, we bonded as offensive line linemates and now I have a pal I can keep pestering about his bad decision to switch to DT forever, which is very nice.
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