Offseason Point Task - 25th Anniversary Special

[deadlunatic]

The best answer I can give is the people and the community as a whole. I saw the reddit post a couple months ago and thought that could be interesting. Made my over to the forum and started browsing the create a player thread and boy was I confused. I got the idea of how it worked, but the technicalities of it, not so much. But, I was committed to making a wide receiver as my favorite player ever was Jerry Rice. So I forged on, made some mistakes, actually quite a few. But I also joined the week of the DSFL draft with no idea of how it actually worked. I was thinking of a live action style draft, not really thinking how unrealistic that would be. I joined discord, and was slowly invited to a bunch of good locker rooms pre draft. Again, not really understanding how it worked, I wasn't overly active or vocal in most. I assumed, incorrectly, that TPE was king for getting drafted, and I missed some stuff because it was all new and too much that first week or two.

So, I got drafted and joined the Tijuana Luchadores and their locker room. Getting to be a part of that locker room, with the other prospects and of course all the veterans that were on the team, or just hang out in that locker room, easily the highlight of my first season in the league. I still hang out in that locker room on a regular basis. While I did not actually win the Ultimini with them, I was there in spirit and could not have been happier for them. In the short time I have been a part of the league, I feel like I already know some of these guys pretty well. I know random facts about people I have never met in life. After the ISFL draft, I was drafted by the Yellowknife Wraiths, and got to be a part of another awesome locker room. I am sure not all of the locker rooms are as good as these two, but I do think they are all the same in making new people welcome and part of the whole. And to me, that is what makes this community, it is more than just a game, so great. And I think the longer I am a part of this, the better it will get.

And of course, I asked a lot of dumb questions right off the bat, and so many of the long time players reached out to help. I know I gave my original updater fits with my terrible job at updating. But he was super kind and helped make it look better and easier for the person to have that job. So, being that it is the people, I want to thank all of the people who have been playing this and are willing to reach out to help us newbies and for making us feel welcome in our locker rooms. That really does make a big difference in retention of new players. So, hats off to all the people wanting this to keep going and grow bigger and better!