The ISFL has been a very interesting experience since I got here. I first joined the Simulation Hockey League, and that was my first taste of sim leagues. I was looking for something else to do so I decided to pick up another league. I first tried PBE, but it was a very stale experience and I didn't even last a season. Perhaps I will return some day. But a few of my teammates in the SHL decided to join ISFL and I went along with them. My experience here has been much better. I've been able to interact with people from the SHL I would never have normally talked to which is interesting. Its fun being teammates in one league and rivals in another. Or in the case of Fish, we are teammates in SHL, joined ISFL at the same time, got drafted to Myrtle Beach together, and then drafted to Orange County together. Though I'm not as good an earner as in SHL, the Myrtle Beach and Orange County locker rooms have been a lot of fun. Playing phasmophobia with the boys, sharing our dotts pulls, and everything inbetween. Speaking of dotts, that has been a really fun experience. Mith probably hates me for not finishing my cards but its still fun to be a part of, and one of the things this league does great is the effort put into making things feel important like making trading cards for all the players, and making the draft a big experience. Like any sim league its always great to have somewhere to practice your writing and graphics skills. Some of my favorite graphics I have made were for players here and its always fun to see your work in the wild on their signatures. It's especially fun how this league seems more relaxed with player names. In SHL most people have very normal sounding names but here in Orange County we have a full on anime squad. Blackford Oakes was just mentioned in the locker room and that guy has bidoof for a render which is rare to see something like that in SHL. Overall I don't take ISFL too seriously but that's nice sometimes to just enjoy the ride and hang out. Hopefully I earn enough to not have been a waste of a first rounder. The good people of Orange County deserve that much. Actually both jeff and gabe are on orange county maybe we should just burn it down and start over.

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