9) What is it that keeps you interested in the league? Is it your love of dot football, the community, a specific job or role you play, or something else? What do you like most about it? What could be improved?
Sim leagues are a great community. Everyone is brought together for a common love of a sport, and then everyone brings something new to the table. The number one thing that keeps me in sim leagues is that community. I'll admit I don't pay much attention to the actual ISFL sim anymore, that level of commitment remains just for SHL. But I'm still a top earner in my class because of how great a locker room Orange County is and how much it would suck to let those guys down. Of course its nice to see my name at the top of the tackles list, and see Orange County continue that unbroken playoff streak, and just generally be a part of such a historically great team. But while glory may drive me elsewhere, in ISFL it is that community. I had originally wanted to play quarterback, and I was serious about that too. But I broke down when it came to switching so that I could join the best locker room in the league. That was always more important to me. In PBE I didn't make it a whole season because the locker room was dry. I would certainly have met the same fate here if not for Otters like Jeffie, Blasoon, Spec, Lazer, GOAT TANK, Cory, Fish, and the other guys that weren't on the team but hung around like Mori (who is now otter), Simon, Noka. I knew a lot of people from SHL who made me feel welcome from the start. I'm excited about the transition to a more polished simulation that we are going through right now. I think it could renew my interest in the sim itself and at a time when I am entering the prime of my career, so it could be fun to watch again. I may not make Hall of Fame like I had originally hoped - which you can expect when everyone on this defense steals my thunder - but I hope to at least be a great Otter. I hope to be worth that first round pick, and to make everyone in that locker room proud. I would say as a side note that graphics are a really important part of sim leagues to me. Its rare I get to be creative elsewhere so sim leagues are a great creative outlet if you let them be. Even writing although I don't do it much here can be fun, and at the very least you can practice your writing skills for work or something else.
12) It seems likely the league will undergo expansion again one day soon. What would you like to see in a new expansion team? What should it be called, where should it be located, and who do you think would be in the best position to GM? Explain why.
In previous PTs I have talked about potentially putting a team in Berlin. Now that the fire salamanders exist, they have stolen my thunder a bit. But I still believe strongly in an International Simulation Football League, with emphasis on the International. Without the need for logistics of real football, our strength is in being able to do whatever we want. This means we can better cater to our international users by giving them representation in our league and just generally being more creative. We now have two teams in Europe, the London Royals and the Berlin Fire Salamanders. One of those is DSFL, so I would argue we could still use another team in Europe. If we add another team to Europe I would pick somewhere like Italy. Now I'm stupid as fuck and would name it something like the Balogna Spaghettis or whatever but there's obviously enough history there to do something like the Roma Centurions that would sound cool, have plenty of branding opportunity, and serve a large market.
Of course we could always move outside the obvious areas. Bondi Beach made history recently as the first time located outside North America or Europe. I think we can stick with just one Australian team for now, but it opens up the possibility for a team on another continent. What better than the most populous continent on earth, Asia? You have two obviously massive markets in India and China. For reasons I would choose India over China. Now I don't know a ton about India but I do know that their national animal is the Bengal Tiger. Maybe we cant do the Bengals for other reasons but we could surely still do the Tigers. The Mumbai Tigers doesn't sound half bad. Their national reptile is the Cobra which sounds cool but for sure we don't need another damn snake team in this league. The branding would step on the toes of London a bit but they're called the Royals not the Lions so they can fuck off. If they were in the same league we could have a Cat Bowl which would be awesome. Shit now I want a Snake Bowl. Move the Pythons to the ISFL, and then add the Mumbai Tigers. Now we have Cat Bowl and Snake Bowl and the league gets a whole lot more interesting.
To be honest I don't leave the Orange County locker room much, so as far as picks for GM I only know so much. Althought he is busy managing my Berserkers in the SMJHL, of course I think Nhamlet would be a great pick for an ISFL GM, should he want to expand responsibilities in this league at some point. It would be tough to see him leave Orange County but nobody is more qualified in our locker room - at least besides the people who have already been GM. I'd love to see what an expansion pitch by him would look like.
Sim leagues are a great community. Everyone is brought together for a common love of a sport, and then everyone brings something new to the table. The number one thing that keeps me in sim leagues is that community. I'll admit I don't pay much attention to the actual ISFL sim anymore, that level of commitment remains just for SHL. But I'm still a top earner in my class because of how great a locker room Orange County is and how much it would suck to let those guys down. Of course its nice to see my name at the top of the tackles list, and see Orange County continue that unbroken playoff streak, and just generally be a part of such a historically great team. But while glory may drive me elsewhere, in ISFL it is that community. I had originally wanted to play quarterback, and I was serious about that too. But I broke down when it came to switching so that I could join the best locker room in the league. That was always more important to me. In PBE I didn't make it a whole season because the locker room was dry. I would certainly have met the same fate here if not for Otters like Jeffie, Blasoon, Spec, Lazer, GOAT TANK, Cory, Fish, and the other guys that weren't on the team but hung around like Mori (who is now otter), Simon, Noka. I knew a lot of people from SHL who made me feel welcome from the start. I'm excited about the transition to a more polished simulation that we are going through right now. I think it could renew my interest in the sim itself and at a time when I am entering the prime of my career, so it could be fun to watch again. I may not make Hall of Fame like I had originally hoped - which you can expect when everyone on this defense steals my thunder - but I hope to at least be a great Otter. I hope to be worth that first round pick, and to make everyone in that locker room proud. I would say as a side note that graphics are a really important part of sim leagues to me. Its rare I get to be creative elsewhere so sim leagues are a great creative outlet if you let them be. Even writing although I don't do it much here can be fun, and at the very least you can practice your writing skills for work or something else.
12) It seems likely the league will undergo expansion again one day soon. What would you like to see in a new expansion team? What should it be called, where should it be located, and who do you think would be in the best position to GM? Explain why.
In previous PTs I have talked about potentially putting a team in Berlin. Now that the fire salamanders exist, they have stolen my thunder a bit. But I still believe strongly in an International Simulation Football League, with emphasis on the International. Without the need for logistics of real football, our strength is in being able to do whatever we want. This means we can better cater to our international users by giving them representation in our league and just generally being more creative. We now have two teams in Europe, the London Royals and the Berlin Fire Salamanders. One of those is DSFL, so I would argue we could still use another team in Europe. If we add another team to Europe I would pick somewhere like Italy. Now I'm stupid as fuck and would name it something like the Balogna Spaghettis or whatever but there's obviously enough history there to do something like the Roma Centurions that would sound cool, have plenty of branding opportunity, and serve a large market.
Of course we could always move outside the obvious areas. Bondi Beach made history recently as the first time located outside North America or Europe. I think we can stick with just one Australian team for now, but it opens up the possibility for a team on another continent. What better than the most populous continent on earth, Asia? You have two obviously massive markets in India and China. For reasons I would choose India over China. Now I don't know a ton about India but I do know that their national animal is the Bengal Tiger. Maybe we cant do the Bengals for other reasons but we could surely still do the Tigers. The Mumbai Tigers doesn't sound half bad. Their national reptile is the Cobra which sounds cool but for sure we don't need another damn snake team in this league. The branding would step on the toes of London a bit but they're called the Royals not the Lions so they can fuck off. If they were in the same league we could have a Cat Bowl which would be awesome. Shit now I want a Snake Bowl. Move the Pythons to the ISFL, and then add the Mumbai Tigers. Now we have Cat Bowl and Snake Bowl and the league gets a whole lot more interesting.
To be honest I don't leave the Orange County locker room much, so as far as picks for GM I only know so much. Althought he is busy managing my Berserkers in the SMJHL, of course I think Nhamlet would be a great pick for an ISFL GM, should he want to expand responsibilities in this league at some point. It would be tough to see him leave Orange County but nobody is more qualified in our locker room - at least besides the people who have already been GM. I'd love to see what an expansion pitch by him would look like.
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