(S6) - PT4 - Frustrations

[Oles]

Requirements

Written: Must include 200 words. The season isn't going as planned, whether it's struggling teams, struggling players, or just the locker room falling apart, multiple teams are facing tough situations. Write about one of these situations, it does not have to be about your team, it can be on whatever topic that is NSFL related.

Graphic: Show what caused is frustration, whether it's key losses, locker room dissent, or just people not playing as well as they should. Your graphic must include 2 of the following: Losses, Render(s), team logo, stats of players that compare this season to last season, or an item that could be the center of problems. Two renders, showing players fighting in some way, is acceptable.


Full Payout = 3 TPE

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Deadline
Saturday, March 10th, 11:59 PM PST

[Oles]

Written: Must include 200 words. The season isn't going as planned, whether it's struggling teams, struggling players, or just the locker room falling apart, multiple teams are facing tough situations. Write about one of these situations, it does not have to be about your team, it can be on whatever topic that is NSFL related.
The most frustrating situation has to be the Wraiths. Everyone predicted them to be the front runners for the NSFC, and thought they were the only team in the NSFC to have a chance at knocking off the Otters to win the Ultimus. Now, with only 3 games left in the season, the Wraiths are in a bad spot, although it is better than where they were a few weeks ago with the Hawks and Liberty struggling to open up room and put the Wraiths out of it. Akselsen, Kennedy, and the Wraiths in general have underperformed so far this season, and they really seem to have gotten the short end of the stick this season with bad luck. Akselsen has performed horribly at his main focus which is passing, Akselsen currently has thrown for 2762 yards, 236 out of 434 attempts, 10 tds, and 15 interceptions. Right now, he is 6th in yards, 7th in completions, 5th in attempts, last in completion percentage, 7th in TDs, most interceptions thrown, and 7th in passer rating. Rookie QB Borkus Maximus the Third is outperforming the veteran, as he has more TDs, less interceptions, a better completion percentage, and a better passer rating. The only thing Akselsen has over Borkus is yards, which is a 55 yard difference, while the experience gap is much wider, and Akselsen should be a better QB. Add in that Kennedy is a shell of his former self in the passing game and is at the bottom of the rushing stats for starters, and the offense has absolutely fallen on its face this season. If the Wraiths can figure it out they still have a chance at the playoffs, but if they miss it will not have been because of some unlikely miracle run for one team, instead it’ll be for just inept play and the inability to run an offense this season. (316 words)

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working out with my holder @ralz9 to bump up that FG%

[majesiu]

[Beaver]

Oh man this has been a crazy frustrating season for Blackford Oakes because the dastardly Connor Tanner has been trying to sabotage his season and his career with various nefarious plots such as giving him wedgies, putting banana peels outside his front door, telling his doggo that he's not a good boy, paying pizza boys to put pineapple on his delivery, and above all else achieve his ultimate goal of stealing Blackford Oakes' magical ring that allowed him to resist Connor's blackmail and bribery that caused so many ~ACTIVE AND CONTRIBUTING~ members of the site to retire in a scandal that rocked the league and nearly caused it to collapse which is Connor's actual ultimate goal the ultimate goal of stealing the ring is just a stepping stone you know something that he needs to do in order to achieve his ultimate ultimate goal so yeah it's been frustrating trying to deal with all this off field nonsense but luckily the New Orleans Second Line are a great team who have had lots of success on the field which helps assuage the slight annoyance of dealing with Connor's antics plus it's kind of fun cooking up plots to get revenge but overall yeah very frustrating situation to be in when you could just be playing football you know it's a distraction and stuff.

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[DrunkenTeddy]

This is a bit of a difficult one for me to write about because the Otters are having a phenomenal season with a record of 6 wins and only 1 loss so far in the first 7 games of season 6. Personally Phelps has been decent, maybe not the crazy good receiver he was in the first few seasons of the league but good enough to help the team win. I am really excited to have completed 6 touchdowns in 7 games and having 45 catches so far is fantastic at this point in the season. If I was to nit pick at my performance it would be at my yards per catch... I am currently sitting at an average of 12.8 yards per catch. I think I just need to be better, I need to fight through some of these players and get out in the open so I can get the ball further up field like I keep seeing my cohort Bradley Westfield do. After him breaking the record for longest reception at 80 yards the other day I feel inspired to push myself further and get the ball up field as far as I can manage every down.

[mmfootball]

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[HalfEatenOnionBagel]

I would say that the entire career for Micah Hendrix has been a bit frustrating for me. OL was extremely hard to play, not only because it wasn't exciting, but also because there weren't great statistics and with so many bad OL in general it was hard to help your team when the rest of the players were bad. By the time I was starting to get good as an offensive lineman we decided to switch to OL bots, which was definitely a nice change, but now all of my records as an OL are forgotten and it's a few seasons I could have spent on something else.

After OL I switched to LB, which was a team need but also a position I thought I would enjoy playing more. The first season there I thought Hendrix did well, but now even close to being maxed out there's not a huge difference between my performance and a lot of other LB around the league which can be frustrating but certainly in this sim isn't such an unfamiliar thing for a lot of people. I've lost the excitement I originally had for the league and it started to push me towards more inactivity which makes me upset to think about but it can't be that big of a surprise.

I've had thoughts about just blowing it up and recreating, but I think I'll have to weigh my options a lot this offseason and see what I want to do. Hendrix still has quite a few years left in which he could be a really good player that any team would want. I just have to find a place where I'll be satisfied with the rest if his career.

[adam2552]

Colorado Yeti GMs Meme Maestro and Matthew Vincent walk-in to their locker room after a rough week to find a literal dumpster fire.

[Supersquare04]

The Yeti locker room is an absolute DUMPSTER FIRE of a room. I mean our trashcans are filled so much that there is just trash everywhere, and as soon as you roast Pierno's awful haircut the place goes to flames. Then we have to call Tweed in and he just runs for about 20 seconds, which creates a vacuum sucking all the oxygen out of the air and stopping the fire, then he returns to running around the training facilities like a madman. But it is AWFUL our gms don't even make us custom emojis or ANYTHING. I mean when I joined this team I expected a new sig at least but they DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THAT. Instead the nincompoop of a gm aka sapp sent an invitation to our locker room to the ENTIRE NSFL. I swear even ASIPI could beat this teams management in a measure of IQ. And that is sad. There have even been talks about cloning Boss Tweed and playing him at every position. This locker room is ABSOLUTELY DEAD and I swear Nick Pierno is the WORST leader ever. He isn't even passionate about winning, all he does is go to the gym, go to practice, stay after with coach, etc. I mean HOW DO YOU WIN GAMES LIKE THAT???


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