16) Your team has made it to the playoffs! Put together a pre-game playlist and explain how those songs will hype your players.
Music is one of the most important parts of my life. It follows me everywhere, no matter where I am there is music. So putting together the hype playlist for the team before the game means a lot to me, so here is the most hypiest playlist I can think of!
Falco - Vienna Calling
Guy has Austrian heritage and loves to teach people about the greatness that is Falco, an Austrian pop star from the 80s and the 90s who had a little bit of international success with "Rock me Amadeus" and "The Commissar". So a little bit of that can be found in the beginning of this playlist.
Scooter - How Much Is The Fish?
The one question that will probably never truly answered by music historians is how much the fish actually is. Or how an old Breton melody from the 20s and a song about cider found it's way into the early 2000s Eurotrash hype anthem that is this song. The frontman of this german music "group" HP Baxxter is a hype-machine and together with the glorious lyrics and the catchy tunes. How can you not get hyped.
Blur - Song 2
If you are not hyped after listening to this then there is something truly wrong with you. I mean, listen to it, it's everything you need to get hyped ever since it stormed the charts (and was included in FIFA 98).
17) You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
Oh boy, finally my dream came true and I'm responsible for one of the biggest shows on the planet. I am so ready for this. After calling the air force for having F-35 flyovers and they have to pull them off deployment. Money does not matter, I want everything. I have airplanes, I just called Britney Spears, N-Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera and we will do the greatest 90s revival half time show ever while having each of them sing the others' greatest hits in a medley that has never existed before. It will also feature a holographic version of Take That. Not because Take That could not come, but a holographic version is way cooler than the real people coming on stage. Also who does not like holograms, just ask everyone on the Enterprise (the space ship, not the aircraft carrier) or in the Star Wars universe. So now I have planes, I have music and people, the only thing that's left is a great sponsor for it that will help pay for all of that. And fireworks of course. After talking to Pepsi who sponsors the Superbowl Halftime show and they only offered 4million I decide to go with Coca Cola, mainly because it tastes better.
18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
The ISFL was my first sim league ever and it was what got me into looking into other sim leagues. I enjoyed my time so much here that when a group of fellow Dallas Birddogs decided to join the Simulation Hockey League I decided to join their ranks and play some hockey. I created Finn von Murphenstein shortly after the trade deadline and the first big difference I realized is how little users can do their first few weeks in the league until the offseason tasks come in. That was a huge change. I was signed as an unrostered free agent to the St Louis Scarecrows, and learned my first few things about how the league works there, so that was great even though I did not get any ice time. When the season ended and the offseason and draft preparation came along I realized the next big difference, but it is a difference I actually enjoy: Money is a lot harder to come by. With graphics making a lot less per signature and Media also paying out a lot less I was really happy in the end that the training is also a lot cheaper (at least in the juniors). All in all I still have a lot of fun there, while they are pretty similar in how they work I enjoy them both a lot.
20) Pretend injuries are a thing in the ISFL and your team has had a lot of them lately – so many that your GM has asked you to play out of position. What position are they asking you to play and what about your player build will help you succeed in this role?
The game is tight, there are 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Honolulu Hahalua are down five points. It's a run-pass option play on the 2 yard line and Luke Skywalker drops back with the ball. The run wasn't possible, the pass seems even more impossible. He steps out the pocket, sees a running lane – and gets tackled. Everyone looks in shock as the defender gets up and he holds his leg. The medical team rushes out as the coach yells in shock "I THOUGHT INJURIES ARE TURNED OFF, DAMN SIM TEAM WHAT DID THEY DO?". He turns back, looks over his team, to find someone able to play instead of him. Venus Powers, the kicker with the 45 arm would work out probably, but his eyes rest on Guy Fields. The Linebacker sits on the bench, looking at offensive formations he encountered this game on his Microsoft Surface™ tablet. The coach knows he is not the best choice, because he doesn't even have any arm talent. But he has a plan. He wants to run the wildest of cats. The strong Linebacker would make a perfect, uninjurable machine his Fullback and Runningback could simply push over the OL and over the goal line. It will work out perfectly.
Music is one of the most important parts of my life. It follows me everywhere, no matter where I am there is music. So putting together the hype playlist for the team before the game means a lot to me, so here is the most hypiest playlist I can think of!
Falco - Vienna Calling
Guy has Austrian heritage and loves to teach people about the greatness that is Falco, an Austrian pop star from the 80s and the 90s who had a little bit of international success with "Rock me Amadeus" and "The Commissar". So a little bit of that can be found in the beginning of this playlist.
Scooter - How Much Is The Fish?
The one question that will probably never truly answered by music historians is how much the fish actually is. Or how an old Breton melody from the 20s and a song about cider found it's way into the early 2000s Eurotrash hype anthem that is this song. The frontman of this german music "group" HP Baxxter is a hype-machine and together with the glorious lyrics and the catchy tunes. How can you not get hyped.
Blur - Song 2
If you are not hyped after listening to this then there is something truly wrong with you. I mean, listen to it, it's everything you need to get hyped ever since it stormed the charts (and was included in FIFA 98).
17) You’re in charge of entertainment for the Ultimus or Ultimini half-time show. What would you do?
Oh boy, finally my dream came true and I'm responsible for one of the biggest shows on the planet. I am so ready for this. After calling the air force for having F-35 flyovers and they have to pull them off deployment. Money does not matter, I want everything. I have airplanes, I just called Britney Spears, N-Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera and we will do the greatest 90s revival half time show ever while having each of them sing the others' greatest hits in a medley that has never existed before. It will also feature a holographic version of Take That. Not because Take That could not come, but a holographic version is way cooler than the real people coming on stage. Also who does not like holograms, just ask everyone on the Enterprise (the space ship, not the aircraft carrier) or in the Star Wars universe. So now I have planes, I have music and people, the only thing that's left is a great sponsor for it that will help pay for all of that. And fireworks of course. After talking to Pepsi who sponsors the Superbowl Halftime show and they only offered 4million I decide to go with Coca Cola, mainly because it tastes better.
18) Write about another sim league you are in and which parts of it you enjoy. If you are only in the ISFL, write about your ideas for a sim league with another sport.
The ISFL was my first sim league ever and it was what got me into looking into other sim leagues. I enjoyed my time so much here that when a group of fellow Dallas Birddogs decided to join the Simulation Hockey League I decided to join their ranks and play some hockey. I created Finn von Murphenstein shortly after the trade deadline and the first big difference I realized is how little users can do their first few weeks in the league until the offseason tasks come in. That was a huge change. I was signed as an unrostered free agent to the St Louis Scarecrows, and learned my first few things about how the league works there, so that was great even though I did not get any ice time. When the season ended and the offseason and draft preparation came along I realized the next big difference, but it is a difference I actually enjoy: Money is a lot harder to come by. With graphics making a lot less per signature and Media also paying out a lot less I was really happy in the end that the training is also a lot cheaper (at least in the juniors). All in all I still have a lot of fun there, while they are pretty similar in how they work I enjoy them both a lot.
20) Pretend injuries are a thing in the ISFL and your team has had a lot of them lately – so many that your GM has asked you to play out of position. What position are they asking you to play and what about your player build will help you succeed in this role?
The game is tight, there are 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Honolulu Hahalua are down five points. It's a run-pass option play on the 2 yard line and Luke Skywalker drops back with the ball. The run wasn't possible, the pass seems even more impossible. He steps out the pocket, sees a running lane – and gets tackled. Everyone looks in shock as the defender gets up and he holds his leg. The medical team rushes out as the coach yells in shock "I THOUGHT INJURIES ARE TURNED OFF, DAMN SIM TEAM WHAT DID THEY DO?". He turns back, looks over his team, to find someone able to play instead of him. Venus Powers, the kicker with the 45 arm would work out probably, but his eyes rest on Guy Fields. The Linebacker sits on the bench, looking at offensive formations he encountered this game on his Microsoft Surface™ tablet. The coach knows he is not the best choice, because he doesn't even have any arm talent. But he has a plan. He wants to run the wildest of cats. The strong Linebacker would make a perfect, uninjurable machine his Fullback and Runningback could simply push over the OL and over the goal line. It will work out perfectly.