(S19) - Ultimus Week

[Tomasnz]

SHL affiliation CW post.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php...3694#pid2753694

5) Offseason Needs
Written: Write about what positions your team needs to address in the offseason for it to be successful. (NOTE - Please do not mention actual players under contract. Tampering exists)

The fifth skill position. No secret that we lost a legendary player and amazing bloke in Run during the last off-season, I appreciated his skills this season from afar with him on my fantasy team, but I missed him both in the field and in the lockerroom. Now what we need and have needed is that 5th weapon for the offence to really click into gear. We have the superstar WR and RB, we have the up and coming WR and we have the super solid TE, so what we need is literally anything else! A third WR or a maybe a receiving TE to be our slot reciever, or maybe a second running back with a set of capable hands.

Free agency offers some possibly interesting options at WR at least, and maybe RB. Although running back being a fairly simple position to gain a good footing with, we might be better served using one of our first round picks to grab one of the top prospects from the draft at running back. Tight end could be interesting. I haven't seen any stand out prospect yet though. But the idea of running 21 personal could be very interesting in combination with a west coast style short pass run heavy scheme

[dylanjj37]

SHL PT

[Jonny2x]

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2) Holiday Bowl
Written: This year’s Ultimus lands right in holiday season. What changes are made to this year’s Ultimus game to reflect the time of year?

Wow, what can you do to an Otter and a Wraith? I mean I am guessing an Otter mascot looks cute as hell with just a Santa hat on but a Wraith? I would like to see someone try to put a Santa hat on a wraith. Wraiths are generally associated with a scythe weapon and those have a general shape that I think we could get away with a candy cane. I think we could set up an animated short where an otter with a Santa hat is running around the field and a menacing wraith is chasing it around with a candy cane fashioned into a scythe. Of course the wraith would never be successful at catching the otter which fits well considering the outcome of the Ultimus was an Otter’s victory. I envision a couple of times the wraith gets real close to the otter and twice he even swings at the right time but the otter is just quick enough to duck under the swing, while also doing so incredibly fast and the hat actually raises into the air, allowing the scythe to pass between the hat and the otter. Of course the last time this happens we would transpose the face of Franklin Armstrong onto the otter as this guy has certainly become the face of the Ultimus with all his jukes and pinpoint passes.

3) Revenge
Written: Write 200 words about a team you’d like to get revenge on next season and why. Did they knock you out of the playoffs? Blow you out?

The Colorado Yeti made Sam Torenson look rather pedestrian this season. He didn’t break 80 yards in either game. They beat the Philadelphia Liberty twice during the regular season and inexplicably held Torenson below a 4.0 yard average. Lower than a 4 yard average is not a good game no matter how you look at it. If your running back is averaging below 4 yards a carry he should be losing carries. He is not moving the chains for the team and not carrying his share of the load. The Yeti did have the number one overall rushing defense but Sam has been through good defenses plenty. There is not a defense in this league that Sam is afraid of or doesn’t expect to put up 100 yards and a touchdown against. Obviously this season the Yeti had his number and he intends to change that next season. I am hopeful he puts up 300 yards against them in the 2 games next season. And if we meet them in the playoffs I hope he can do even more damage. They didn’t make a big splash in the playoffs this season and the Liberty were out early as well so this particular rivalry may not make the headlines next season but it will be there. Watch closely in warmups and you will see what a big rushing game against this defense means to Sam Torenson.

9) Brotherly Love
Written: We always talk about what teams and players are our rivals. This season, give me what team or player you have a soft spot for.

This is an easy one for me. I came into the league season 16 right behind Lightsout Lewis the big safety that was the first overall pick for the Chicago Butcher’s franchise. There were some real veterans on that team but Lewis and Torenson bonded over being true original rostered members of the Butchers. We both played very physical games in our respective arenas and it was an easy going friendship. When the Butchers began to crumble was when Lewis left in free agency. Shortly after that Sam could see the direction of the team was not a good one and asked for a trade. After arriving in Philly one season in advance of becoming a free agent, Sam had made his mind up he was still going to test the free agent waters. By this time Lewis was in the Yellowknife war room and he pushed hard to have his friend back and playing on the same team as him. It was a very tough decision but Sam settled on staying in Philly as the team had really rallied around him and he was looking to make a playoff push with the young Liberty rather than make a jump to a stacked Wraith’s team. This brings me to the soft spot of the article. Lewis absolutely deserved a championship this season and it was sad to see my friend miss out.

[White Cornerback]

CHOOSE 4 TASKS, EACH WILL BE REWARDED 2.5 TPE FOR COMPLETION FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 TPE

Rules:
1) Written tasks must be at least 200 words (No exceptions and no partial credit, not that hard to get to 200 words).
2) You can do any option for any task, they can be a mix, but please only do each task once.
3) Only submit one post in this thread.
4) Graphics must be more than text on an image, it is Ultimus week, show Ultimus effort. It is up to graders discretion to give credit, so don’t give us a reason to deny you TPE
5) This year we will keep the podcast options, please stay on topic for the task, make sure to include 5 minutes of talk on the task you are working with. Podcast options can be used in place of ANY of the Written options. We will be timing you and pause the timer when you get too far off topic.
6) As it is too hard and complicated to time the podcast for media money and task credit, if you do a podcast it can only be for Ultimus week. Do a separate podcast if you want media credit.
7) You may use a PBE, SHL, and GOMHL PT as credit for a maximum of 1 tasks here.
8) Affiliate PT must be from this week, 12/30 - 1/5, to get credit.
9) Affiliate PT must be the actual task, but not a link for welfare credit.
10) These tasks can be written about the NSFL or DSFL playoffs (With few exceptions).

7) Penalty box
Written: Football is now adding a penalty box! Which of your teammates would find themselves in it most often, and for what reasons?
Graphics: Depict whoever it is spending time in the box.

I'm a cock. A massive cock. I'd like to think that Lavelle Jr plays similiar to myself in how I play not football but soccer. I'm a massive dick out there to pretty much anybody not wearing the same shitty jersey as me and that's how I've always learned to play. If you can't take the abuse on the field, then you shouldn't be out there with me. If you take the abuse out there and don't respond then I know you without a doubt shouldn't be out there and I'm going to fuck you up in a 50/50 if I get the chance.

I'd imagine my player plays the exact same here, seeing how WR's tend to be big fucking divas, but to be fair to them, cornerbacks tend to be to. I'd imagine Lavelle Jr's style as Aqib Talib - esque . I'd be ripping chains off of players like Sunnycursed with the best of them. To be real it would be incredibly tough to play the position that has to man mark the greatest athletes in the world without being allow to touch or rough them up, you'd have to be insane to do that with a nice attitude. Lavelle Jr spends all his time in the penalty box because he is a cock and likes to get unnecessary roughness penalties.

10) Commissioner
Written: ADwyer, long time commissioner, is stepping down in the new year. If you were to replace him, what changes would you make to the league?

Adwyer has held the position of commissioner since I stepped down in August 2017, a role that nobody is really ready for. Dwyer was a veteran of sim leagues, I can't even remember when he first joined them. But by that point he had been in our HO for awhile, I stepped down suddenly enough because at that point everything in my life had change in a short time and by then I was just not able for it anymore. Dwyer stepped up and took a role he didn't really want, need or strive to have but that didn't mean he didnt put his everything into it.

Truth is, being in head office sucks donkey cock but being the leader of the league is bollocks because you're being a big babysitter. Even at the very top you don't have entire power because a HO/GM vote decides most things but you can lobby and strongarm changes in like I did many a time during my stint.

Should I become commissioner again I think the biggest changes I'd angle for would be to take donation (i know ive been against this for some time) but I believe we need to raise funds for a number of reasons.

Currently we're hamstrung by being on jcink due to just how outdated it is, we can't improve our current forum system, we're unable to push past this ceiling.

We need to be sustainable , self sustainable. Currently we rely on 37th chamber to host our wiki, our indexes, our current index and much more. He pays for this out of his own pocket, only because he's paying for it for other uses too. But how long will this last? We need to get to a point where we can raise funds to actually host our shit, improve our site, move forward.

Raising funds would also allow us to possibly design and own the rights to all of our logos, avoiding imminent legal action from cock hounds when we continue to expand in the future. You could even open up a merch shop to raise further funds, let's make this league by far the best around. Let's make our whole league like our draft presentation, the best in the game.

12) Interview a draftee
Written: Interview a player from who is in either of the upcoming drafts. You must have at least 4 questions, 3 of which related to the league. YOU MUST POST THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR CREDIT.
Q&A with Jeffrey (DSFL draft)

1. How did you end up creating and finding out about the NSFL? (How, where, why)
2. What was your very first experiences in the NSFL? Good/Bad/Neutral
3. What part of the NSFL do you like the most?, Coincidentally what part do you dislike the most?
4. If you could change anything about the NSFL, as a new player what would you alter?
5. How did you find our forums to navigate? Easy/tough/annoying/cluttered
6. Are you apart of other sim leagues, if so what ones?
7. To build off question 6, is there any aspect from those leagues you could see working here?

1. One of my teammates in a reddit baseball league linked it in our LR and said it was pretty cool. I love football and the idea of being your own player and whatnot so I thought I'd pop by and check it out but I was prepared to leave quickly if it wasn't to my liking. The people here were surprisingly helpful and kind and I was taken aback because the communities I've come from are pretty shitposty for the most part so I decided to stay and create my guy and the rest is...history kinda?

2. My first experience was really stupid (In a funny way). I was arguing with people about Jeffreys vs Jefferys. It was a goofy experience in hindsight and I think it led to me staying because the people here were genuinely funny and rather nice. I think BR was there and idk who else.

One of my other first experiences was joining the MB LR and being welcomed by people there, it was super exciting and really fun getting to meet new and fantastic people.

3. The community, people here seem much nicer and helpful than other communities I've been in, I know I sound like a broken record with this but I can't emphasize this enough.

One thing I don't like are the forums. Coming from a baseball community where we have a website that's fairly easy to navigate + reddit, the forums can get really confusing at times

4. Explore options on reddit to move the forum. I understand that it's probably unlikely that anything will happen due to the nature of the forums and the different stuff on there that you need to keep tabs on but it would be something I'd definitely take a look at.

5. Depends on what I was looking for, there were stuff that was really hard to find for me (Maybe I'm just dumb, idk) but others were relatively like media grading. But I'd say a mix between annoying/tough and easy

6. Yes, that's where I advertised to get this big S21 class. I'm a former commissioner in MLR (Major League Redditball/FakeBaseball) and stepped down like 3 days ago.
7. Reddit implementation is key in those leagues and that's something I could see working here depending on how things go. Aside from that I don't know if there's anything I'd add here, maybe a way to navigate through stats better? Coming from MLR where its way easier to find stats from each game (Like Below) it's been really messy trying to piece together stats for each player here (For an article im writing)

16) Dynasty
Written: Convince us that your team will be the next NSFL or DSFL dynasty.
Graphic: Show us stats that back up your reasoning.

The Austin Copperheads are the next NSFL Dynasty. Now I don't know when it will exactly begin because we need the fucking orange county otters to finally cock up and fuck off and untill then we cant really do all that much but wait , build our team and wait for the balls up.

Looking at us right now, we're set at QB with Easton Cole looking to become the franchise qb for Austin. Mako Mendonca at RB puts a donk on it, incredible rusher and receiver when needed. Wide receiver we've got the elusive Rod Tidwell, the enigma and newly drafted Jacoby Clay along with the LB turned WR, Net Gaines.

TE is Peter Larson who is continuing to kill the game.

Defense is stacked between our incredible developing defensive line, our studly linebackers and our recently revamped secondary with the addition of Moreno through the NSFL draft. The whole team is studly and set to be the great dynasty of the future.

Complete with the incredible dynamic GM duo of Jkortesi and AdamS, the Copperheads are looking to build off their back to back playoff appearences and truly contend for a whole host of titles. You heard it here first, be real. We're here to stay.

[Rowdyyy]

Task 1:

Ultimus Championship: Yellowknife Wraiths vs. Orange County Otters

The two best teams in the NSFL will face off for the Ultimus Trophy, and fittingly so. They were the best teams this season with identical 9-4 records. The Otters did it with a stellar defense and a high octane offense. The Wraiths had to really rely on their offense to out-score their opponents. The Otters defense ranked first in every category and that's the reason why I'm going with them in this game. Defense always seems to be the tipping point, especially in the playoffs, and I think their defense coupled with an offense that can match Yellowknife's, this is Orange County's game to lose. The saving grace for Yellowknife could be home field advantage, and they did beat the Otters at home this season, but I think now that the Otters defense has seen this team, they will make the proper adjustments. Orange County wins 27-17.

Ultimini Championship: Tijuana Luchadores vs. Minnesota Grey Ducks

This is Tijuana's game to lose, once again. They beat the second best team in the DSFL, Myrtle Beach, in the SFC Championship and carry home field advantage in the final game. They have a balanced attack, playing well on both sides of the ball. Minnesota had a good season, but I don't think they have the offense to keep up with Tijuana. In the two match-ups in the regular season, Tijuana went 2-0 with a combined score of 50-12. Tijuana wins 27-7.

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[Rowdyyy]

Task 1:

Ultimus Championship: Yellowknife Wraiths vs. Orange County Otters

The two best teams in the NSFL will face off for the Ultimus Trophy, and fittingly so. They were the best teams this season with identical 9-4 records. The Otters did it with a stellar defense and a high octane offense. The Wraiths had to really rely on their offense to out-score their opponents. The Otters defense ranked first in every category and that's the reason why I'm going with them in this game. Defense always seems to be the tipping point, especially in the playoffs, and I think their defense coupled with an offense that can match Yellowknife's, this is Orange County's game to lose. The saving grace for Yellowknife could be home field advantage, and they did beat the Otters at home this season, but I think now that the Otters defense has seen this team, they will make the proper adjustments. Orange County wins 27-17.

Ultimini Championship: Tijuana Luchadores vs. Minnesota Grey Ducks

This is Tijuana's game to lose, once again. They beat the second best team in the DSFL, Myrtle Beach, in the SFC Championship and carry home field advantage in the final game. They have a balanced attack, playing well on both sides of the ball. Minnesota had a good season, but I don't think they have the offense to keep up with Tijuana. In the two match-ups in the regular season, Tijuana went 2-0 with a combined score of 50-12. Tijuana wins 27-7.

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[ScorpXCracker]

Revenge

The team that I want to get revenge on the most is the Yellowknife Wraiths. Yellowknife has knocked us out of the playoffs two years in a row. This is obviously very frustrating for us, as we have been super close to the Ultimus, and just fall short. Beating them in the playoffs this season would be very gratifying. Yellowknife is obviously a very great team, so losing to them is an understandable thing, but it is still just as sad nonetheless every time. Yellowknife is getting older and older, so maybe our time of beating them will come pretty soon.

I also want to get revenge on the Orange County Otters. They beat us in the Ultimus in season 16, which was my rookie year in the big leagues. It would have been really nice to win an Ultimus in my first year. But, like everything, OCO had to ruin that hope.

Getting revenge on Portland would be nice. Portland beat the Norfolk s14 team in the playoffs, whoch was really sad and a big bummer. That s14 team was great and it was sad to see Portland end our season so abruptly. When I GMed tijuana I beat them in the Ultimini, but that does not have the same satisfaction as beating them on a different team.


Recruitment

Well, obviously this scenario is super unplasuible for me. but I'll just assume this is a hypothetical situation.
The abtty obious, a good draft. You have to draft a lot of great players in order to compete. Expansion team do not have any send downs, so they have to get all the players that they need in a draft. This can be a really daunting task, as getting that many good players is hard.solute first and most important thing is to build a good locker room. Tons of former expansion team player used to go ia when they got drafted to an expansion team and saw how dead the locker room is. Expansion teams do not have the luxury of having a ton of former players in their locker room, making it a really active place to hang out in. It is a hard thing to do. But it is absolutely essential to get that going.

Making an expansion team be competitive is a hard task to accomplish, due to multiple reasons, but it is not impossible. In S14 the Norfolk Seawolves went to the playofffs. We lost, but we still went, and it was a lot of fun to be there.

Commisoner

I think that the first thing I would do as commissioner of the league is bring back the 4 year cap on DSFL players. I see no good reason for that cap to be taken away, and it was always dumb from the beginning. Taking away the cap just makes high tpe inactive players way too valuable, and can dominate the league. The DSFL should not be ran by inactive players. It just takes away fun from everyone.

Next thing I would do is contract Portland. I would wait a season or two I guess when these big classes leave the DSFl. This is kind of biased, of course, but I think that it would serve the league well. Portland has a lot of history. Second most championships in the DSFl. But that is in the past. They have not been the Portland that we used to know lately. They just finsihed the season with worst record in the league. This is a bad trend for Portland, and I see it not improving much soon. If this keeps up, I think contracting Portland and saving Norfolk would be the right move. Norfolk is a great franchise, with people who are passionate about them.



Draftee Interview:
I interviewed @FrostbitB5


1. Looking forward, how will you improve MB?
1.) I don't want to give too much away with the draft coming so soon, but MB got lucky in the draft and is not losing very many s20 players from callups, and our 50 tpe safety had updated for the first time today, and is now at a healthy 100 TPE. And with Stephens also staying down, our secondary is going to be elite in s20. We also will he looking to find some offensive cornerstones, and I truly believe that this team has the talent to make it into the Ultimini with a strong draft.

2. What will you do different on this player than your last?

2.) I want this player to be to be a much higher pick than my former kicker. Since I had little to no incentive to get TPE as a kicker, I did not have the need to earn at high rates of tpe, but these first few weeks prove that I am more committed to the NSFL, and any team that drafts me.

3. Who do tou see winning Ultimus s20?

3.) Well, I don't think that I can really pick anyone else than who won last year can I? Orange County will win the s20 Ultimas. In additoon to keeping so many of their players, they get MB legend and potential MVP Kacey Dream on their team now as their their CB. Their already great defense will only get better.

4. Do you prefer orange juice with pulp or no pulp?

4.) Ok so here is an unpopular opinion, Orange Juice is better with pulp inside of it. It really just adds texture to a stale drink, and almost makes it feel like a smoothie.

[Tequila]

6) Recruitment
Activity, activity, and more activity. That’s the obvious answer at least, but the real question is how do you get that more activity to have a good team? Well, what makes players active is having a reason to be so. If players care about what’s happening they’ll be more inclined to be active. So how do you make players care? Well, in my opinion, it’s by surrounding players with others that they like, that they either already have good friendships with or people who are naturally friendly and like to make new friends. A team of friends, that has almost that brotherly aspect to it, is one that cares, and is one that is willing to go the extra distance to make their team better. Activity makes the scouting better, it makes the locker room and the clubhouse better, it even makes the coaches and GM’s better. Having constant ongoing conversation builds even better and more permanent friendships, some that even extend beyond just the game, and that’s one of the best parts about all of this. But how do you draft for activity? The answer is simple- have as many meaningful conversations and make as many friends with upcoming prospects as possible. One of the worst feelings was being drafted by a GM that never even reached out to me- I felt like he was just going with what the board said, not someone who he had a personal connection with, and it made me not want to play for that team nearly as much as another where I had that connection with. All in all, friendship leads to activity, and activity leads to results.

8) Scouting Report
Kubee Krusher is a DE out of FSU, and he might just be the best damn defensive player in this class. He’s the kind of player who you can submit the pick and know exactly what you’re getting, and what you’re getting is one of the single most active guys I’ve ever seen. Not only will he light up your clubhouse, but he’ll do it in a positive and meaningful way. He’s the kind of guy who’s always been a joy to talk to and an absolute pleasure to be on a team with. I was fortunate enough to personally draft him in another “sim” league, and he was an absolute pleasure to have on the team. I simply cannot say enough good things about this man, plain and simple. I’m not sugarcoating or overselling, you will absolutely get what you bargain for if you draft him, and he should easily go in the top 5. The only mild drawback there might be is that I’m not entirely sure of how interested he is in doing media and other things of a similar vein, which means he might not earn TPE as quickly. But that’s a big if in its own right, as he very well might do it now with proper motivation to. Whoever manages drafts Krusher is a lucky, lucky team.

12) Interview a draftee
Tequila: Do you consider yourself to be a bit of a wildcard when it comes to activity? We all know the upside is there, but it seems recently that there is more call to alarm for risk of being less interested/inactive as well
Jeffrey: No, I dont think any such call is true and it's all false. I'll remain active and there wont be many (if any) issues at all in that department.

Tequila: What will make you the next big thing?
Jeffrey: 3 words: Hard work, consistency, activity. I've been working on media, I've had 3 GFX's posted, a podcast that is being edited rn and an article that's about 1/8 done (its long). Ive been steadily active and plan on doing so for a while as long as nothing comes up irl wise and I might potentially have the most TPE in the draft class as I'm already at 101 right now and i'm also the third most active user in the Myrtle Beach clubhouse right now despite only joining 2 weeks ago. All of these are contributing factors that could potentially make me the next big thing

Tequila: Do you think your close relationships with a lot of the community members gives you a leg up when it comes to draft day?
Jeffrey: Easily, knowing people in the community will definitely lead to getting drafted higher come draft time.

Tequila: What are your draft day plans?
Jeffrey: Crack a beer open, take a sip and see which team gets the best player in the draft

13) Get interviewed by a Vet
Jay: As a receiving back, was there ever a time when you thought your skillset would lend itself well to being a receiver?
Tequila: Funnily enough, although I played RB in high school, I was mostly recruited to come out as a WR in college. A lot of colleges liked my hands and my quickness, but I felt I never really fit quite in there. Although I am a receiving back I feel like my vision and intelligence are extremely high coming out of college. I feel like I especially excel in the screen game, a place where WR's can't really match it

Jay: What would be more meaningful to you: posting an 8 catch game with 5 first downs or have one big run for a touchdown?
Tequila: Absolutely an 8 catch/5 first down game. I'm all about chipping teams to death and it's a lot more beneficial to the team as a whole to be able to move the chains rather than one lucky long td. Plus I’d rather have 8 touches than 1, so there’s that as well.

Jay: What do you do better than anyone else in the running back class?
Tequila: I think that I have elite vision and discipline, as well as the intelligence to play the game extremely well. Being a workout warrior isn't all that in my opinion, and I think playing football smart is far more important.

Jay: If Nike made a commercial about you, what would the message be?
Tequila: If there was a commercial about me, it would have to be about working hard to get results. if you want to do what you want to do you have to put in the work to get there, ya know? Life isn't handed to you on a silver platter. You have to go out and prove your worth and earn what you get. That's life.

[moonlight]

3. Revenge

If there’s a team I want to pummel to the ground and dominate, It’s the New Orleans Second Line. They completely derailed the second half of our season. We met them at 7-0 and they beat us at home. We ended up recovering by the time the playoffs rolled around but we really stumbled our way to the playoffs. We ended up going 9-4 after starting 7-0. This means we were 2-4 over our last 6 games. This included losses against teams like Yellowknife and getting blown out the last game of the regular season by the Yeti. We got some of that revenge back by winning the Ultimus again, but admittedly I’m still a little bitter about how the regular season got derailed towards the end there. I felt I had a pretty good chance of getting some awards but I was absolutely awful down the stretch. It was a very painful experience. I’m hoping for some more opportunities to show that team that we’re better. Another aspect of revenge is that this team passed on me after multiple opportunities to draft me back during the season 15 draft. Looking back I’m glad I didn’t get drafted there. I’m proud to be an Otter for life!

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10. Commissioner

Being a commissioner is a tough job. Considering our long time commissioner is leave us, there remains a gaping void. A gaping void in which Dwyer called home. Unfortunately, after Dwyer was berated for anything under the sun, he has finally decided to call it quits, leaving NSFL fans and personnel wondering who will bear the brunt of their abuse now. Currently there are no takers when it comes to the NSFL Commissioner spot and it’s with good reason. Some would say it’s not worth the stress. The powers that be seemed to have decided to rule by a round table approach. One wonder what improvements1 could be made in this league. For one, money has to be easier to obtain. For most players, it is essential for training, nutrition, and just daily life. Money, in terms of contracts and fully guaranteed money have to rise. The NSFL may be in decline with the amount of players who refuse to play in the NSFL due to low income opportunities. Another way to improve the NSFL is taking the initiative to invest in player safety and mental health. Players aren’t disposable pawns for our sick pleasure but are instead, true human beings and we can’t treat them like Dwyer used to treat them. As sources of money and nothing more. Anyways, that’s what I would chance if I was commissioner which will never happen.

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11. Heroic Performance

This season’s heroic performance has to go to Franklin Armstrong in Ultimus Bowl XIX. This game looked like it would be similar to last season’s defensive slugfest of an Ultimus but the 2nd half was a back and forth exciting match full of big plays. The first half ended 10-3 with Armstrong throwing pick that ended up leading to points for the hungry Yellowknife Wraiths. He stayed the course, driving the team down at the end of the half for a quick field goal to put the game at a 1 score lead. He then tore off a touchdown run from 13 yards out during the 3rd quarter to even the game at 10-10. He then got the ball back and immediately led them down another short drive, ending on a touchdown pass to his number one target Hugh Mongo. This led to a wild 4th quarter involving 5 scoring plays. The Otters found themselves down 23-27 as the Wraiths roared back to take the lead late. Armstrong got the ball back with 4 minutes to go and in 2 minutes led them down for a touchdown drive to put them back on top. The defence did the rest. Armstrong had 3 total touchdowns in the game and finished as the Otters leading rusher. He won his 3rd straight Ultimus Player of the Game award, tying him for most all time.

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13. Get interviewed by a vet. I sat down with @LordMacharius and answered some of his questions!

1. How does it feel winning the Ultimus again/three-peating?

It feels great. As a 3rd round pick who was sent down to the DSFL for 2 more seasons after getting drafted, immediately winning 3 Ultimus’s in your first three season in the NSFL is mindblowing to me. But I’m not satisfied. My motto for my 4th season in the NSFL is #IWant4.

2. Which team do you think will be the most dangerous team to the dynasty next year?

The most dangerous team to the Otters dynasty is..*drum roll please*..the New Orleans Second Line. Which of course happens to be your team Mach. Your team really hurt us this season as you guys were the ones who ended our undefeated season. We managed to get some revenge in the playoffs but that game was very close too. Seems like you guys are gonna be hot on our heels this season!

3. What excites you most about the next season?

Just getting back on the field with my guys. This is a very close knit team. We’ve played in some huge games over the past few season and we’ve come up big every single time. That’s how we’ve become the 3rd iteration of an Otters dynasty.

4. Which one of your teammates do you feel is most poised to have a breakout year next year?

I think Hugh Mongo has been a very solid player ever since I was called up. We’ve played together since my last season in the DSFL. He’s always been my number 1 option. He just had two TD receptions in the Ultimus including the game winner. I think this is the season he breaks out to be a Wide Recieiver of the Year candidate.

5. Is a hotdog a sandwhich?

Of course not! A sandwhich is a sandwhich, and a hot dog is a hot dog! Simple.

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3) Revenge

In the ASFC, the team that is always viewed as the greatest rival to beat is the Otters; but in this case taking into account what transpired during season 19, Austin became the next season’s target for the Outlaws. The reason for the latter is that the Copperheads ended their run with the same record as the Outlaws, though with the tie breaker being the two games they won against Arizona, they managed to advance to the playoffs. What really hurt in this situation was the first loss that came early in the season, which was a game played at home and usually according to recent seasons a win was very attainable; the second game at Austin had a terrible result (blown out 48-10) but most of the time the series split with a victory for both teams. Season 20 means a great change for the Outlaws starting with QB Reese retirement and the beginning of Cue’s run, hopefully that doesn't mean the team would not be able to at least win one of the two games against Austin; I'm sure Arizona is going to give the extra effort in those games to prove that the team belongs in the playoffs, the results did not mean the team is easy to beat and to get revenge against the Copperheads for leaving us out in season 19.

6) Recruitment

Building a team from scratch is not an easy task, though if I wanted to give the team a chance to contend I would start with two things: having two key players one for the offense and one for the defense, as well as do many test run with the sim to find the best strategy for it to work. Let's start with the players, more specifically the offense, in which finding a good QB should be number one priority; but it’s a certain truth that rookie QBs have a hard time in the sim, so getting one that's somewhat active (probably around round 3 or 4) should be good enough to start. What would get this unit a boost is finding an active running back and a receiver (2nd round of the draft for RB and round 4 or later for WR); the RB should be the one with the most significant amount of plays in the beginning of the team’s development to take some pressure of the QB, who should have a reliable weapon from the start to get the offense going. As for the defense, the one player that should be considered to be drafted in the first couple of rounds is a linebacker; from there, a safety and at least one active D-lineman should be added from the later rounds. Of course to achieve all of this, some trades would be needed before and during the draft, with the special care of not giving up entirely resources of next seasons to have something remaining to build the team. The most important task to keep a team running would be to come up with good strats, and this needs some time investment before and during the season to run as many tests as possible.

9) Brotherly Love

One team that I always love to play against is the Colorado Yeti. When my career was just getting started on season 15, the Yeti was one of the teams interested in drafting me and I really thought I was going to be there. If I ever leave Arizona, the Yeti would be at the top of my list of teams that I would like to join. I really enjoy watching the Arizona vs Colorado game every season and was cheering for them this time since they finally made it into the playoffs after being out so many consecutive seasons. They really have a core of fantastic players starting with one of the best wide receivers in the league, James Bishop, who’s always giving a performance deserving to be a mention in the top 5. Also, they have one of the best defensive players of the season 15 class in Mo Berry, who has proven himself since his rookie year and deserved all the awards he claimed. Their recent free agent signing, running back Ashley Owens has been of great help for the Yeti’s offense and I'm sure is great locker room guy since I know him from the time he was with the Outlaws as legendary kicker Jackson. I hope that one day, Colorado is able to make it all the way to the Ultimus and finally get their win.

11) Heroic Performance

Otters’ QB Franklin Armstrong has a proven record since his debut with the team of guiding Orange County to a dominance never seen before in the history of the league. He has many amazing performances up to this point, but if we want to give the status of heroic to one, at least for season 19, let's give a look to the Ultimus game. During the fourth quarter, the Otters were losing by 4 points at the 4:40 minute mark after Wraiths RB Drake just scored a touchdown. From there, Armstrong with all the confidence in the world decided to go for everything and after one run and three passing attempts he found his WR Mongo for a 27 yard touchdown which would give the Otters the lead with 2:22 remaining on the clock. That score would be enough to give them the win. What's really amazing of Armstrong's performance is that he gave his team a rough start with 2 sacks and an interception during the first quarter. He didn't lose his confidence after those mistakes and managed to produce a turnaround for the last half of the game. This is what we call a heroic performance, which by this point is always to be expected to come from someone like Armstrong during important games.