Task 6
Often time when I start to write media or tasks, I like to try to get into a bit of In Active's head and his character. I found that it makes this league a lot more enjoyable to me, compared to when I do point tasks or championship week in the SHL. I'm not really sure what it is about the ISFL, but it reminds me a lot of the GOMHL when that was a thing. I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent here about the GOMHL, but I promise that it'll tie into the UW task about 800 words about a thing I enjoy about the league. If you've been a part of the ISFL, SHL, or PBE you know how it goes. You do your activity check, you crank out an article about god knows what that probably isn't really that interesting and you have to fight your way through it, then you do it all over again the next week. The PT usually counts for more of your TPE, so you really have to drudge your way through it. In the GOMHL, it was a lot different. It was a more casual league, so it would be an AC for 8 tpe, then a 200 word media about anything hockey, league, or player related that you wanted to do. It wasn't for money, it was just a 200 word media for 2 tpe. I had a series of media about how my GM kidnapped my family when I wanted more money on my next contract. The media's I've written here in the ISFL have reminded me a lot of the fun that I had doing those kind of media pieces in the GOMHL. While I may not be the most active person on here, it's very refreshing to have a league where a lot of people seem to have the same kind of light hearted approach to media and tasks. Hell, even player names and renders are off the wall in this league compared to SHL.
I guess what it really boils down to for me, is the fact that the league is a serious league but it doesn't take itself serious all the time . It's a very nice change from the other leagues I've been in. Having just had to do CW in the SHL, even the UW here isn't as much of a chore for me here. I don't really know much about the league, and it's not really an easy way to go about doing UW to pick a mix of tasks that give varying amounts of TPE where I have to look up the index, or try to bullshit my way through something that is at least somewhere sim related. This 10 tpe for 800 word task is one that I might struggle with right around the 500 word mark, or maybe the 480 word mark depending on how specific you want to be with my word count, but 500 is a pretty solid number for talking about the one task that makes the UW really stand out for me.
I guess another one of the things that really makes the ISFL, and the DSFL, stand out to me is probably my experience here. I guess in the SHL I kind of know teams I want to go to, or I'd want to avoid due to whatever reasons. Here, I created after the draft and was a waiver pickup. I had GM's messaging me trying to find out who I was or what I wanted to do with my player, and while those were coming in I was instantly picked up by Tijuana... Because of SHL connections. My experiences in Tijuana really kept me interested in the league, and helped get me through the most interesting draft experience I'd ever had in any sim league. As my rookie season went on, I realized I hadn't been reached out to by any scouts. I know I'm a multi-league user, so I kind of figured I'd be less likely to be scouted, but no one reached out. It turns out my name didn't even make it into the Mock Draft PT, and I was never on the TPE tracker for my class. I guess it's because I didn't format my name properly when I created or something. It worked out well, though, as Pat snagged me for the Philly Liberty. I knew Pat from the SHL, so I was really excited to get a chance to be on a team with him. One of the best things that I experienced in this league actually happened after Pat drafted me. I know in the DSFL, people really only stay down for a season or two max before they go up and play in the ISFL, but Pat knew how important it was for me to stay down in Tijuana as long as possible. He let me stay down for 3 seasons, knowing I was going to be 3 seasons closer to regression when I went up. That's probably second all time in my books as coolest move a GM did for me in any league.
862 words.
Often time when I start to write media or tasks, I like to try to get into a bit of In Active's head and his character. I found that it makes this league a lot more enjoyable to me, compared to when I do point tasks or championship week in the SHL. I'm not really sure what it is about the ISFL, but it reminds me a lot of the GOMHL when that was a thing. I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent here about the GOMHL, but I promise that it'll tie into the UW task about 800 words about a thing I enjoy about the league. If you've been a part of the ISFL, SHL, or PBE you know how it goes. You do your activity check, you crank out an article about god knows what that probably isn't really that interesting and you have to fight your way through it, then you do it all over again the next week. The PT usually counts for more of your TPE, so you really have to drudge your way through it. In the GOMHL, it was a lot different. It was a more casual league, so it would be an AC for 8 tpe, then a 200 word media about anything hockey, league, or player related that you wanted to do. It wasn't for money, it was just a 200 word media for 2 tpe. I had a series of media about how my GM kidnapped my family when I wanted more money on my next contract. The media's I've written here in the ISFL have reminded me a lot of the fun that I had doing those kind of media pieces in the GOMHL. While I may not be the most active person on here, it's very refreshing to have a league where a lot of people seem to have the same kind of light hearted approach to media and tasks. Hell, even player names and renders are off the wall in this league compared to SHL.
I guess what it really boils down to for me, is the fact that the league is a serious league but it doesn't take itself serious all the time . It's a very nice change from the other leagues I've been in. Having just had to do CW in the SHL, even the UW here isn't as much of a chore for me here. I don't really know much about the league, and it's not really an easy way to go about doing UW to pick a mix of tasks that give varying amounts of TPE where I have to look up the index, or try to bullshit my way through something that is at least somewhere sim related. This 10 tpe for 800 word task is one that I might struggle with right around the 500 word mark, or maybe the 480 word mark depending on how specific you want to be with my word count, but 500 is a pretty solid number for talking about the one task that makes the UW really stand out for me.
I guess another one of the things that really makes the ISFL, and the DSFL, stand out to me is probably my experience here. I guess in the SHL I kind of know teams I want to go to, or I'd want to avoid due to whatever reasons. Here, I created after the draft and was a waiver pickup. I had GM's messaging me trying to find out who I was or what I wanted to do with my player, and while those were coming in I was instantly picked up by Tijuana... Because of SHL connections. My experiences in Tijuana really kept me interested in the league, and helped get me through the most interesting draft experience I'd ever had in any sim league. As my rookie season went on, I realized I hadn't been reached out to by any scouts. I know I'm a multi-league user, so I kind of figured I'd be less likely to be scouted, but no one reached out. It turns out my name didn't even make it into the Mock Draft PT, and I was never on the TPE tracker for my class. I guess it's because I didn't format my name properly when I created or something. It worked out well, though, as Pat snagged me for the Philly Liberty. I knew Pat from the SHL, so I was really excited to get a chance to be on a team with him. One of the best things that I experienced in this league actually happened after Pat drafted me. I know in the DSFL, people really only stay down for a season or two max before they go up and play in the ISFL, but Pat knew how important it was for me to stay down in Tijuana as long as possible. He let me stay down for 3 seasons, knowing I was going to be 3 seasons closer to regression when I went up. That's probably second all time in my books as coolest move a GM did for me in any league.
862 words.
