(S22) - Ultimus Week

[SomeSay...]

5) Awards season is a big part of the offseason festivities. Take the stand, in 400 words or more, for one or more players that are not your own, and argue why they should receive awards glory. They can be your teammates or anyone in the league. How did their stats and on the field contribution contribute to their case this year?

As much as I would love to write about my player and what he deserves this year. This guy ultimately deserves DPOTY and DBOTY. If you've been paying attention to any Minnesota DSFL the last two seasons you know who he is. And that person is Buck Thornton (@FurFurFurson). This dude, time and time again max earned and his player showed it on the field.

He was the most consistent presence and disruptive player on our defense. This dude time and time again came up with big plays. When I wasnt producing turnovers the first few weeks of the season, he was, he was the anchor to our secondary. His rookie season he flashed greatness then too and took home the DBOTY award, which he deserved. And I want to let the voters know, there shouldn't be any fatique when it comes to voting for Buck. If anyone deserves your vote. It's him.

Let's look at this year this year. In a year with capped send downs and some excellent rookies and re-creates he still shined brightest. He ended the year with 72 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 Forced Fumble, 8 sacks, 3 Interceptions, 6 Pass Deflections, 2 touchdowns and 1 blocked punt. The dude put up a monster stat sheet. Although he may not lead in every statistical category. He is at the top in all of them. And mind you these turnovers, sacks, blocked punt, all came in times during the game when we needed them. He put as on his back in th clutch and brought us up to another level.

He is a great LR guy, even if he can't be present 24/7 he always knows when to drop and in and make sure everyone knows that they're contributing just as much as he is. He's a hell of a player, hell of a teammate and hell of a friend. If you're on the awards committee and don't vote for him. I just want you to know that. I have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long military career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you vote for Buck, that will be the end of it, I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will kill you.



8) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S22 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?

Alright. So let's start of with how my experience in the league has been. It's definitely been great. I made a slowish start my rookie year. I was active, but definitely confused. And that may have been my fault for some. Specially that I waited till like week 6 for some help on things. But once my LR and the GMs knew I needed a bit of guidance, I took off, and hear I am, max earning, active on forum, stayed active in LR. It's been a pleasurable (Giggity) experience so far.

I've been pretty satisfied with my players start, definitely didn't perform like I thought my rookie year but towards the middle of this season with some strong updates my player blossomed into a CBOTY candidate. I forgot to include my rookie start TPE in my total so probably seemed less active than I was at draft time. So that's on me, but I'm happy where I wound up and looking forward to what that holds this year. Weather I'm called up or helping mentor new ducks and leading that defense again.

O man, who have I met so far that's made this league exciting. I mean first of @Dewalt27 got me on my start and I honestly can't thank him enough for taking the time to get me situated in the league. @Jangorhino for undoubtedly motivating everyone myself included, letting me write my first media piece on him which gave me the confidence to continue to write and get that cheddar. @ForSucksFake, @TheCC, @BenDover, @FurFurFurson, I immediately bonded with these guys in our S22 class. They definitely made this league so enjoyable. I came in expecting some conversation on gameday, questions but man it became like a family in there, you always had notifications on just to make sure you didn't miss any shenanigans. What a great group. And of course. @Tylus and @DarknessRising came in and many others I probably forgot to mention, doesn't make you any less important. These guys have been great.

Being drafted was definitely a cool experience. Even tho it's a "game" you really do commit to your player. That's why I wanted to turn it around so bad. I have a whole lot of pride and definitely didn't want to let anyone down or have my player be a piece of shit. So, that led to the feeling of excitement for the draft. Reading mocks, not seeing my name, that motivated me too. You really get a small sense of what it would of been like in any professional draft.

I don't think I've been around enough or seen anything I feel needs to be changed. Possibly maybe assigning a mentor to new people who've never participated to just guide them through the first few weeks and what not could be something. But other than that, I really don't have anything. Things seem to be running pretty smooth, besides the sim, fuck that sim sometimes. Also, one thing, streamers. 720p atleast please, and music. Always.

[Mooty99]

Tier 2

4) Who else than to write 400 words about on their journey to the postseason then the eventual champions the Colorado Yeti now let's start the journey in the pre-season Colorado cracking creases after a close loss in the first pre-season game to New Orleans then won the next three including a great win over New Orleans in week 2 to Honolulu in week 3 and San Jose in week 4 this run of three winds really set them up for the start of the season Colorado started the season very strong. Colorado had a hell of a tough opening game it was against the division powerhouse the wraiths but in the opening game they held on very well they rushed the ball excellently and the defence all over the oppositions offence in the end they won the game a cool 34 points to 12. This win lead to a second at Philadelphia a third against Sarasota a fourth at Chicago and a fifth against Baltimore, that is right Colorado started the season with five wins in a row they were flying high hi and there was lots of talk about them taking the first overall spot however they have not accounted for the cross divisional games which proved to be far trickier they had expected. The first hiccup was heading to Arizona it was their first Cross divisional game the Arizona had been playing very poorly lately so they weren't too worried unfortunately for them M2 sumbuls and lost balls contributed to a father quotes again when they're expecting and despite the early lead in the first quarter Arizona but able to win 29 points to 27. The game after this they did not expect to win and they will certainly blown out the water buy an Orange County performance but cloth to face Franklin Armstrong in his home stadium season halfway through LU3 still looking good but then one of the strangest games Honolulu beat them 10 points to 0 in Colorado in a penalty heavy defence dominated game wet no points at all scored in the third and fourth quarter. Followed this game up with their first loss to a divisional rival in the very tough game facing yellowknife. Corrado had gone from the top of their division two fighting for the playoff future luckily for them the final four games involved three wins and just one Loss. When they got to the playoffs well you know that story don't you.

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5) We would like to talk with awards with you now particularly the wide receiver of the Year award as it would be a travesty towards it to anyone other than my teammate Austin's wide receiver number one 1 and and League veteran rod Tidwell. Despite Austin's poor start to the season Tidwell has throughout performed at an exceptional level now there are two other wide receivers that he is going against for this award and they are yellow knives Swift and San Jose's Thomas Fox. I will be the first to admit that the difference between the top 3 in the wide receiver of the Year award category is quite thin but it is my firm belief that Tidwell is truly a nose ahead of his two rivals. Firstly we can look at yardage all 3 are within 40 yards of each other total in a season all 311 touchdowns to their name but but it is the other categories when Tidwell shows but he is the stand out player. First we can look at a number of receptions remember that all three have the same number of touchdowns and a similar yard it figure however said well got this from 10 less perceptions than Swift and 14 less receptions that Thomas Fox. Understandably this shows in kidwells average yards per catch which is is more more than 2 yards greater than the nearest competitor. Next we can remember that all three have 11 touchdowns however for Tidwell these 11 touchdowns of come from such a few receptions it makes that figure far more impressive. If you needed a tiebreaker at the end of all of this you can look at who had the longest reception again Tidwell is the clear winner he had a 50 yard reception while neither of the other two competitors broke 40 yards for a single reception this season. We do not want repeat of season 18 when Tidwell missed out on the wide receiver of the Year award despite leading his team to Victory instead it was given to a Chicago player whose name I can't pronounce but I'm sure you know who I mean mean that player had no competition in the backfield for catching passes and his team did nothing all he did was pad his stats to get this award while giving no material output for the season it was a highway Robbery and hopefully this year will not be a repeat of that.


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[CLG Rampage]

3) Tier 1 Task (800 Words)
Well, there's been something that I've been meaning to write about for a long time now. It's something I actually had a podcast episode dedicated to, where I brought on Bex and Laser for a sort of history of how we got to where we are now. Because we're all prominent figures, with Bex being the current commissioner and Laser and I being GMs. I didn't talk about the topic I had in mind necessarily, but I just wanted to build up a framework around how wild the disparity is within the draft class of S18. It's unlike any other class I've seen in my near IRL year with the league, so I'm just going to dive right into it.

Now, I will be using the TPE Tracker for a lot of this analysis, and it's certainly an imperfect medium. But I'll try to correct things where it is necessary. I'm going to break down Season 18 into a couple of tiers. These are completely arbitrary and aren't indicative of performance, just activity. With 108 players to sort through, let's start first with a category that's actually rather large: the retirees.

THE RETIREES: Bjorn Ironside, Fabricio Baldari, Juan Marston, Stuart Little IV, Mike Franchet, Footballer Blockerman

These guys are the ones that retired sometime during the S22 season. The most surprising names in this category to me are Ironside and either Baldari or Franchet. I know why Baldari retired, his player fell off a cliff after his extension and he just wasn't having that much fun anymore, which to be is an ok reason to retire. Ironside is a really strange one. He wasn't super elite or anything, but he was a solid player for NOLA and he retired to recreate as a safety. NOLA did need secondary help, but surely they could have built through the draft and picked up someone from S23? I dunno, seems really strange looking at it from the outside. Also, yes there are other retirees from this class, but they left before S22 so I'm not gonna mention them.

THE SOLID IAs: Ruff Ruff, Wayne Howyanow, ILove Gimmy, Joseph Wozniak, Jake Dropson, Johnson Harding, Orien Drake

Another large group of players here, with the most interesting being Gimmy and Ruff. Gimmy, with him being the GM of Philadelphia, is technically not IA, but his earnings have been a bit suspect compared to his peers. By no means is he bad, but he hasn't posted since the 25th of January, so I don't know what's happening with him. Ruff is another oddball, as he was carving out a strong career for himself in Arizona before going IA on February 1st. He's since been drafted to Honolulu and has been having a pretty solid career there, but he's very much a 'what could have been' case in my opinion.

THE SOLID EARNERS: Asher Quinn, Michael Vincent, Fuzzy Dotson, Steco Ocewilder, Xavien Adams

This sort of middle tier was actually a lot bigger than I was expecting. These are the guys that haven't been the best earners in the world, but they've still been able to carve out a role for themselves in the NSFL. The most notable player from this group is probably Quinn, as he is currently one of the Minnesota GMs. That may change though with Duilio stepping down, and he may be moving up as the new co-GM of Baltimore. All of that is unconfirmed, though, but it's definitely something to keep in mind in the future.

THE GREAT EARNERS: Bender B. Rodriguez, Pete Parker, Mike Hockhertz

It was really hard finding great earners from the S18 class that weren't in some way deeply rooted in the league. These 3 guys are it right now. Bender is the best earner out of all 3, just edging out Parker and Hockhertz is behind the other two, but he's still solid in his own right. This is the second smallest tier, and I'll reveal what the smallest tier is soon. But for now, let's move on.

THE BIG NAMES: Mathias Hanyadi, Givussafare Rubbe, Louisiana Purchase, Marcella Toriki, Korrin Abernathy, David Rector, Tyrone Biggums, Maurice Virtanen, Jay Cue

What a star studded category this is. Three GMs, two from the DSFL and one from the NSFL, a member of the DSFL Head Office, two members of the Player Progression Team, a media grader and the current commissioner of the league. This is what makes the class of S18 so fascinating to me. So many of the top players in the class are intertwined in the league quite deep, there are very few great earners from this class that aren't involved in the league in some meaningful way beyond being a player. Only three, in fact. But now, here comes the smallest, and I think the most unfortunate tier.

THE 'WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN' TIER: Marlo Smart, Trae Bacon

I have chosen to highlight these two in particular because they had an incredible amount of promise. Seriously, Bacon was seen as someone who could compete with Ironside to be 1st overall in the draft, and Smart was a monster earner in his own right. Every class has it's fair share of players that fall into a category like this, but these two are especially tragic because they could have been massive NSFL superstars if they just stuck around.

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Tier 2: Short Form Tasks (400+ words)

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The league has had a lot to say about the Chicago Butchers over the past couple seasons and for good reason. But beyond their hot takes and and uninformed opinions, I am going to try and do my best at focusing on what this team has going for them and what they need to try and add through FA and the draft. As of right now, let's start with the offense. The team sat at a league worse 1-7 on the season and decided to trade QB Rose Jenkins for draft capital. Which I believed was the right decision. The team already has the QB of the future in George O'Donnell. Who will have veteran WR Sean O'Leary to pass to. The teams glaring needs on offense is running back and another high ceiling wide receiver. Although Julio Tirtawidjaja is still a young running back, he has done a great job sharing back duties with inactive running back Farley Hank. Nailing the draft and transitioning Julio into the main back role is ideal for this team to transform there run game. I expect them to draft both of these in this current draft. The offense will be young for the next two seasons and will come with growing pains. Hopefully Sean O'Leary can be that presence and lead by example.

Now we look at probably the biggest project for the Chicago Butchers. The defense, which already has a lot of great young players on it, but the team needs to keep adding defensive depth. I see the team targeting multiple defensive ends and maybe a linebacker. Although the results aren't there right now, the groundwork has been laid. I truly believe the difficulties on the defensive side of the ball are entirely in part to such a young defense. The veteran that the defense will look to is Hockhertz, both him and O'Leary are the longest tenured Butchers and have their work cut out for them. Hockhertz has done a fantastic job with fellow linebacker Perry Tucker Jr. who has developed into his own. The defense to me has the biggest upside compared to the offense. There are so many more young pieces in place and working towards a common goal. I truly believe with a few more seasons going to war with one another, the Chicago Butchers defense will be one of the best defenses in the league.

Another note to confirm this teams commitment to one another, veterans Mike Hockhertz and Sean O'Leary are re-signed for the next 3 seasons.

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If we look back on the career of Sean O'Leary I would like to think he has been one of the best wide receivers at every level of football he has played. Immediately following his collegiate career, Sean O'Leary was drafted by the Portland Pythons in the DSFL. Where he played wide receiver 2 behind Jake Dropson. O'Leary would go on to finish his rookie DSFL season with veteran numbers. Even challenging Jake Dropson for top wide receiver on the Portland Pythons. The team would punch their ticket to the playoffs and O'Leary would lead by example, helping send his team to the Ultimini where his outstanding performance helped the Portland Pythons organization win their second Ultimini in franchise history. Sean O'Leary in his rookie season was a S18 Ultimini Champion. His ability to perform on the biggest stage was not overlooked. This would lead to him being taken 4th overall in the S19 NSFL draft by the Chicago Butchers. The Butchers were struggling and having a lot of internal problems and O'Leary was an immediate call up to the NSFL. Finding himself playing wide receiver two once again his career, O'Leary would have an outstanding rookie season. He would continue his dominance every season after that. O'Leary has made the NSFC pro bowl team every year since his rookie season. The kid takes every challenge and makes the most of it. If we look deeper at his statistics this past season, he only had Rose Jenkins who was in deep regression for 8 games and then finished the season with a 50 tpe QB Frank LaFleur. Franky would connect with O'Leary 26 times over 5 games for a total of 310 yards and zero touchdowns. 310 yards? 50 tpe QB? How, you ask? Sean O'Leary! That is how. The kid is unreal and proves that a peewee quarterback could find him multiple times a game for yards after catch. Averaging the stats between Franky and O'Leary during those 5 games is 5 receptions a game for 62 yards, averaging 12 yards a reception, a long of 23 and zero touchdowns. These stats with a 50 tpe QB is just insane. No other wide receiver in league history has done what Sean O'Leary has done. In the final game of the season, Sean O'Leary would break the 1k yard mark with Franky at the helm. O'Leary would receive for 7 receptions and 103 yards with a 50 tpe QB. History people. Sean O'Leary may be the most dynamic wide receiver to ever play in the NSFL.

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10) Matt Hole from the Baltimore Hawks should be a candidate for defensive lineman of the year. Hole was a relatively unheard-of player entering the season. In the Hawks locker room, we saw the commitment and the strive to put a hurting on offensive players. In thirteen games this season, defensive end Matt Hole recorder forty-two tackles but even more impressive was his league leading twenty tackles for loss this season. As a key member of a young Baltimore Hawks defensive line group and an absolute destructive force for the team, Hole had two more tackles for loss than the next highest player in the league despite only being a member of the S21 class, which makes his resume even more impressive. Matt Hole also added three sacks of the quarterback this season to show that he was equally dominate in the run game and pass game. While leading the league in TFL’s is impressive, his season ranks second all-time in NSFL history behind the great Tomlinson of OCO (22 in 2018). When we consider the historically context of the achievement, it is possible that more than just being in the mix for DLoTY this season, Matt Hole might me the favorite to win the award, and deserving to win it he is.

14) Lesean Paris Crooks from the London Royals is a very similar prospect to me just last season. Both of us had prolific seasons for tackles from the corner back position as members of the London Royals. I also like what I see from Crooks with his attributes. Like Stackinpaper, Crooks focused on speed from the start and is up to 89 in that category at season’s end. It looks like Crooks understands that speed (especially at corner) is the most important stat and needs to be maxed out first to hang with these tough, quick wide receivers in the NSFL. He also has good strength for a first-year cornerback (56) and I like how the focus was on the physical traits (speed, strength) and letting hands come down the road. I love to see that the season numbers that Lesean put up are eerily close to the numbers that I put up in the DSFL. I recorded 122 tackles and Crooks got himself 120. Both are among the best every for our positions in the DSFL. I finished the season with three tackles for loss, one interception and five passes defensed while Crooks had one tackle for loss, one interception and five passes defensed. To make these numbers even more similar, we both have two forced fumbles in our DSFL season. There is no doubt in my mind that Lesean Paris Crooks will be a great corner in the NSFL ready to start next year. If you need anyone to compare him to, look at Stackinpaper to see the potential of Crooks.

16) When compared to the Sarasota Sailfish, the Baltimore Hawks should have been a playoff team this season. Looking at the stats, the Hawks were a significantly better rushing team this season. While the Sailfish only averaged 122.1 yards on the ground per game, Baltimore averaged 174.9 good for second in the league for a difference of almost 700 yards total this past season. Defensively the teams were remarkably similar this year. Sarasota allowed 20.5 points per game and Baltimore allowed 21.8 per game. The Sailfish allowed 338.6 total yards per game (202.8 yards passing and 135.8 yards rushing) while the Hawks allowed 344.6 total yards per game (204.1 yards passing and 140.5 yards rushing) so both defenses put up almost identical numbers. Looking at each team’s roster, both teams have good quarterbacks with R. Jenkins for the Sailfish rated at 96 overall and C. Fujiwara is currently rated at 90 overall. Baltimore’s pair of running backs are much better rated (D. Williams at 90 overall and A. Reed at 83.) D. Frost for Sarasota is an 84 rated player but P. McTaco is only rated at 66. The linebacker groups were terribly similar as well. D. De Ville and G. Nikko (84 overall and 81 overall respectively) versus F. Dillmiballs and H. Mango-Panda (82 overall and 81 overall). On the interior defensive line, Sarasota lacks a number two guy (45 overall) compared to Baltimore who has a 70 rated DT2. The Hawks also have the best safety on the field at any time in the 97 rated Walt Green. With all the reasons, Baltimore could have easily been the 6-win team in the playoffs and Sarasota could have been on the outside looking in.

17) While the superstars like Woflie McDummy and Ashley Owens, the real MVP of the playoffs is the heart and soul of the yeti defense, linebacker Mo Berry. The season 15 player is nearing the end of his career and willed his team to victor over the Orange County Otters. During the wildcard game, Berry only had four tackles and a sack, but his defensive unit was all over the Sarasota Sailfish quarterback on their way to a convincing victory. In the semifinal matchup with the Yellowknife Wraiths, Mo Berry led the defense with ten tackles and had a key pass defensed in the narrow one-point victory. In the championship game against the Orange County Otters and ASFC best record of ten wins and three losses Berry would record seven tackles (one for loss) and another sack this time on MVP candidate Franklin Armstrong. It was one of only two sacks in the game, but the defense was able to contain Armstrong holding him to only two hundred twenty total yards in the game. Every play would prove to be critical in yet another one-point victory for the Colorado Yeti team who struggled to meet expectations to start the year. Mo Berry finished the post season with twenty-one tackles (two for loss), two sacks and one pass defensed and should rightfully be names playoff MVP of the NSFL this season.

[LGMForever]

10) Create an argument for your own player, or for someone else on your team, as to why they should be nominated for awards. Lay out their stats or compare them to other contenders. Make a convincing argument. Written option available for 200 words or more.

It is quite obvious that the defensive tackle legend also known as Carl Wheezer should be winning more awards than he the awards that he is not winning. The truth is that the awards committee and league itself is biased against fictional characters and will never allow them to win awards because they are big meanies and willing to take awards away from good citizens of the NSFL to satiate their blood lust against innocent souls. Let's take a look that Carl Wheezer has built up over the course of the year and singlehandedly create the argument that will destroy the awards committee and allow him to bring home the trophy. First off, let's look at the most amazing argument that should pop out to the awards peoples that Carl Wheezer excels in among his peers. Wow, look at those 33 tackles. That is good for somewhere around 50th in the entire league, showing that Wheezer is an above average player and needs to easily be more considered for awards such as these. Now, let's take a look at another stat that is way better than all of these other people within the Development Simulation Football League. Wow, look at that one sack that Carl Wheezer got during the season. It was probably the single best sack in the entire history of the league and therefore Carl Wheezer should get defensive lineman of the year or whatever the award is called.

14) Make a scouting report for any of the NSFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or dead relatives. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t put dead relatives on the scouting report. Written option available for 200 words or more.

During the course of the season, I've had the privilege of being able to attend a Kansas City Coyotes game and witness star defensive tackle Carl Wheezer in action as he faced off against various teams in the Development Simulation Football League. With that, I think that I am well equipped to write a proper scouting report on the National Simulation Football League star prospect as the draft draws near. Let's start off by saying that the player known as Carl Wheezer is a very chonky and large lad who will knock over any of those offensive linemen trying to stop him from getting those juicy quarterbacks. His TPE level changes every week because he is a healthy and growing boy who only wants to become the best player that he can be so it's hard to label a specific number but he is approximately at 240 TPE right now, maybe 300 as the draft draws near although I'm kind of stupid and don't know numbers correctly. Carl Wheezer also has a hidden talent that not many people in the league know of just yet and that talent is the ability to do something really cool that not a lot of people know how to do. Too bad I hit my word count and can't talk about it.

16) Make a comparison between your own team and a playoff team, if your team failed to make the postseason, showing why your squad was better. Written option available for 200 words or more.

Okay, so to anyway that pays attention to the Development Simulation Football League it is a known fact that the Kansas City Coyotes did not make the playoffs this year. On the year, they finished with a 5-9 record which was surprisingly the worst record on the year even though those numbers aren't really that bad. They're bad but not completely bad as if it was like a tanking and cesspool of a team that goes like 1-13 because that looks pretty bad. Of course, I'm going to go ahead and compare the Coyotes to the team that ended up winning the Ultimini this year also known as the Tijuana Luchadores because the teams aren't as different as you would think and I would even say that the Coyotes were better than the Luchadores this year. Now you may be asking me how in the world the Luchadores could be considered worse than the Coyotes after they went 10-4 and won the Ultimini while the Coyotes went 5-9. Well, there is a very simple answer to that and that is that the Luchadores smell like donkey breath while the Coyotes do not smell like donkey breath so it can easily be said that the Coyotes are a better team while those Luchadores are just a bunch of donkey breath smellies.

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SHL PT: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php...2599#pid2842599

8) This task is exclusive to non-recreate rookies of the S22 class and later. In 400 words or more, how has your experience been in the league? Who have you met that has made your time here more fun, friendly, and exciting? Have you been satisfied with your player’s early start? What was it like being drafted for the first time? Do you have any comments or suggestions for the entire league that you think should be implemented?

I have enjoyed my first foray into the National Simulated Football League as a user and a player, which I have spent entirely with the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. I first joined the team as a DFA, before they decided to bring me back via the DSFL draft. This was awesome for me as I knew a few faces in the Myrtle Beach locker room from elsewhere, so it made the transition to a new league easy. Having some familiar faces especially helped because I'm not at all a football guy in real life, I know the sport enough to hold a conversation and watch a little bit of CFL in the non-pandemic summertime as my wife-to-be is a crazy prairie person (go Riders I guess), I certainly don't have a lot of context or background knowledge for a lot of the more in depth stuff so I've been learning a lot as I go.

Jeffie43 (#FreeJeff) is the guy who recruited me, which was big of him to do after I insulted his honour by not drafting him over in the SHL. I'm glad he did it, the Myrtle Beach locker room and it's been a nice escape from the SHL where I'm always wearing the GM hat, I feel like I can just chill out in the locker room and contribute a little bit when I have some time which is nice. Getting to actually be in a locker room with hotdog as a DFA was definitely a cool moment as he is one of my all time greatest draft misses in the SHL.

My player, L'Carpetron Dookmarriot, has had an interesting start to his career. I started as a wide receiver upon initially creating, and remained as such through the DSFL draft process. After this, I switched to safety out of team need at the position. This was an interesting switch, as I know very little about defensive play in football and don't really know how much of one stat vs the other is good, poor, or excellent - it was all new to me. However, I finished with 49 tackles in 14 games (still unsure if that's a good total or not), 13 pass deflections (a stat which intrinsically makes sense, go me), and in the last game or two, I had my only two interceptions of the season in a single game. I think this definitely showed that Dookmarriot was adjusting to the new position well, and I'm excited to see what the future holds.

14) Make a scouting report for any of the NSFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or dead relatives. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t put dead relatives on the scouting report. Written option available for 200 words or more.

L'Carpetron Dookmarriot is an athletic marvel with incredible speed and agility that makes him a force defensively for the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. An early position switch, Dookmarriot was a wide receiver in his college career and even as a DFA with the Buccaneers last season. The attributes that made him such a good wide receiver in his NCAA days are exactly what allows him to counter them as a safety. By using his ability to read the offense, his excellent speed allows him to be in position majority of the team which allows him to make a tackle, deflect a pass, or as he showed in the final game of the season, be a threat to pick off a deep throw. He is known for having incredible hands as well, so any ball thrown in his vicinity is a risky proposition for opposing teams. His two interception game at the tail end of the season displayed the massive upside Dookmarriot possesses on the defensive side of the ball, and there is little doubt that NSFL scouts sat up and took notice of a statement game from the young safety. Dookmarriot could very well go in the first three rounds of the draft, although the competition is fierce and he could provide some value in the event that he falls to an opportunistic franchise.

[AdamS]

3) Long Form


In case anyone has missed the news, I'm stepping down from Head Office at the end of the offseason cycle. So let's start right at the beginning. I hate league politics. Like...a lot. If you by chance had not picked up on that by now, some things should fall into place and if you're brand new well now you know. It was during a conversation about league politics on another server that I vented some pent up frustration about where I felt the league was and where I felt it needed to be. Mind you this is a channel in a server (for another league) which features multiple GMs and an HO member. So its not like I'm just ranting at random people at that point. One of the responses was basically "why don't you join HO and have these arguments there". After a little thought I took up that idea and one thing quickly led to another and boom. There I was.


Now, coming into HO I was told that I was the only person to ever do it twice (according to someone who I can reasonably believe). I had high hopes. I had only recently come off a very successful stint as a GM and likewise had been able to improve my GM'ing legacy and results significantly the second time around. HO was an opportunity to do that again, pick up some old loose threads, and try to help steer the league in a direction I thought we should go. I thought I could provide an air of trust-ability to HO, which at the time was coming off the back of a controversial decision. For whatever other faults others may have with my methods and how I conduct myself, honesty and integrity are generally not among those complaints. I also, to myself, thought I could help by being a driving force for an HO that I often felt was too conservative and too slow.


So there I was, ready to jump in with both feet first. I never envisioned a long stint in HO. 2-3 seasons at most (which I also feel should be the general maximum anyway for sanity purposes). I brought a list of goals with me too, and I want to go through some of them so you get an idea. I wanted to work with the awards head to help move that project forward. After two seasons of existence the committee still needed serious work and i thought as a liaison from HO I could assist there. I wanted to work on the HO work/life balance within the league. The amount of work any given member of HO puts in is HUGE, and league spanning. It's such a giant operation with so many moving parts that it can be overwhelming. I wanted to move HO forward in terms of communicating decisions and putting the information out there. I had felt HO was somewhat closed off in this regard and it often hurt them as people jumped to their own conclusion or people who were at the center of issues were simply allowed to reshape events to make themselves the good guy. I wanted to fix my biggest past mistake and try to move our league's Reddit page forward. now that we have such a varied recruiting presence on the site I felt it was more important than ever that we have a functioning page. Now...that all said...I had a few other goals as well that I won't share due to the fact that their success is still a behind the scenes work in progress thing (which I had no part in). I'm just glad they're happening, as some of the most popular requests for improvement that the league has had.


So....my first week we had a DSFL GM crisis that resulted in a huge public spectacle, a Hall of Fame vote that was heavily publicly protested by the person being honored, and new rules that split the setups for some DSFL and NSFL awards. I had also found out that I'd be able to go forward with a previous project, which was restarting and revitalizing the casino. I built a plan to test out a number of games and ideas over the course of the season. By the end of that week I'd hired people with better plans than mine. And also the head of awards needed to step away, so I took on that mantle as well as immediately moving to hire future long term heads. And then a series of sim issues destroyed a good portion of the DSFL's week 3 and we had to figure out not just if we ended to break precedent but how. Which ultimately culminated in an unheard of complete resim, a Saturday sim, and general uneasiness.


Now that's just the top level stuff in the first roughly 10-12 days. Some of it among the team, some of it working with others, some of it solo. That's a LOT. Add in multiple GM changes, another HO member stepping down, department head changes, and at some point the projects I was actually working on and the normal HO duties. That's what it's like for an HO member every single season. Throw in random events where you have to make determinations on rules, league complaints, and multi-hour lectures about a variety of topics by people who have decided in their infinite wisdom that they are an expert on being a member of Head Office (note: said wisdom never actually comes form Infinite and usually is hit or miss in terms of actual wisdom). All of this leads up to limited time and effort to actually work on all those goals I talked about. Hell, it leads to limited time to work on my own player or help my team. You wake up already running behind more often than not. In my case I wake up almost buried (I do wake up later than most after all). I basically stepped away from playing Werewolf and I mostly stepped away from filming my vidcasts.


So with all that in play, how did it go and how do I feel now? Well, I've obviously announced I'm stepping down. So you can at least take some reasonable guesses. I discovered quickly and repeatedly that I could only do so much, especially as my real life began to show promise in terms of both my personal writing and also poker, another moneymaking hobby of mine. I also learned that some things I was simply not well suited for. I read dishonesty and insult into things where there wasn't any intended, or I read it correctly and responded several notches too high. I got into arguments with people I shouldn't have let get to me. I got into arguments with people who weren't actually trying to get to me. Someone made an entire Twitter just to trash me (and apparently doesn't realize how obvious they are). I even once made an entire discussion room mad by stating that someone must not have been paying attention because they were busy doing something they were actually doing. You know you're operating at a high level (for good or ill) when people get mad at you for just not even actually insulting someone. I feel fairly poor about it. It was put into stark light as I watched and even was the recipient of attention form two separate people who were searching for slights and reasons to be mad even at a much higher level than I was. Eye opener right there.


So, I decided to step down, briefly tried to get myself fined by HO for one very mean thing I said to a GM and left NSFL General Chat. Then whole twitter thing exploded that night (featuring different comments thankfully because clearly the person didn't have access). So I said nevermind on the fine, delayed my announcement about leaving, and rejoined the world of Gen Chat, where I then immediately accidentally inspired a copy/pasta. At least I got something done? All in all it was a very poor showing on my part that definitely damaged my reputation among some circles. I am now and will always be a failed HO member. And I'm just kind of fine with that. It's important to recognize when you have to acknowledge that you need to step up or get out of the way. The things I'm interested in stepping up on are outside of HO (and also the league for that matter). So I'm getting out of the way.


I did manage to do SOME things that were on my list. The unexpected hands on nature of the Awards situation is coming along nicely after an awards season that was about 25% less terrible than the previous season's. The casino achieved so much progress beyond what I'd hoped, though we still face challenges in effectively taking away your money while you enjoy it, and this coming season is pretty much guaranteed to be make or break. The brand new refurbished DSFL Ho (built largely out of the DSFL Advisory Board who helped with a number of those issues) takes a lot of the pressure off of HO in terms of tasks, time, and effort. I was very happy to help vote that in. Reddit isn't fixed because whoever the admin is (no one knows) won't respond to us but we do have access and our recruitment team has been using it to post videos of sims and it has apparently netted us at least a few recruits on its own at this point from what I've heard. I feel like HO is in a better place in terms of communicating and also not just letting itself get stepped on. I have strongly encouraged that they replace me with someone who's comfortable with being the heavy when needed but also not nearly as heavy as me. Quite a few of my goals were actually in the process of being worked on already and I've gotten to help with several. So at least I don't have to claim a total failure on my part. Just..a lot more than I would have hoped for.


So there it is, a fairly objective recap of my season in HO. Coming in at just over double the length required so whoever's reading these, if you made it this far, I love you. If you skipped to the end, its over 1700 words and you're smart.

[pppaul317]

Task 8

As a season 24 rookie, it’s been really interesting to see how things work differently here. I have been in the PBE for almost a year now, so I had a pretty good idea of how entering a sim league works. The first day is always chaotic and a bit confusing, especially for someone that wants to max earn and do really well. I do not think there is a really easy way to cut that confusion down, so that is not a complaint, it is just a truth about creating in a sim league you have not been in before. For me, it was really easy to find answers to any question or anything because I just asked in the general for the main discord server. Funnily enough, there was one guy who was helping me out here that I helped out the day prior in the PBE main chat. That was pretty great. The needing to be approved for posting and such was a bit confusing, but I definitely get why that is necessary. Getting picked up by Norfolk was really fun and helped give me a good idea of how this will all work. It is weird now, getting ready for the DSFL draft, because I really have no clue what will happen. In the PBE, if you get picked up on waivers you stay there, so minors team switching only ever happens if there is a trade. It is therefore really confusing for me to be like scouted by dsfl teams. It has been ok though, I knew that defense is considered pretty valuable and being a safety that is promising to be as active as possible sort of puts me pretty high in terms of team interest. I have sort of decided that whatever ends up happening I am fine with. I have also been super happy with how Quentin Button performed in his first five games and the last five games of the Norfolk season. I ended up with something like 7 tackles and 2 sacks which is pretty great considering I had a 74 speed for 4 of those 5 games. The last game, the playoff one, I brought it up to 81 and I’m roughly planning on 90 for the start of next season, so I should really rack up some stats. It is also a bit confusing stats wise because I have a really good understanding of baseball stats and how to operate the PBE index but I am super confused about how to operate the DSFL index and the how to figure out how well Button did. That should come with time, though and, if I am being honest, I don’t necessarily do sim leagues to see my player do well, I do them to have fun with my team. So I’ll figure it out, but it is also not the biggest deal.

Task 5

So obviously I have not been in this league long, so I really do not know much about the awards. Instead, I would like to try and take a stab at this from a different angle. I want to look at all the players at my, Quentin Button’s, position, safety. The other problem that I find coming my way while looking at this prompt is that I really do not know much about football stats, especially because these all seem like counting stats which, in baseball, is on the no go side of things. But I am gonna try and take a swing at it anyway. Starting with the FS position, it seems like Hexagon for Tijuana leads the way. He had the most tackles with 103, and the most interceptions with 5. He also had 6 passes defended, which is tied for third for FSs. I know, however, that this is not the perfect way to compare players because some safeties probably moved from FS to SS or vice versa. So I feel a bit iffy about separating them, but since the game separates them I will pretend like there is an award for both. For SSs, the decision becomes a lot harder. There definitely is not a clear cut winner like Hexagon at this position. I am going to throw some names out there and look at why they deserve to be in the conversation about who the best SS of the season was before coming to a conclusion about the winner. Vettel, for the Minnesota Grey Ducks, definitely seems to be in the running. He led the position in tackles with 74 and picked up 5 sacks along the way. Similarly, Bob Bob for the London Royals had a great season as well. He picked up 73 tackles and led the league in interceptions with 3 and safeties with 1. I will mention it is a bit disappointing there was only one safety caused safety this season, that is super lame. I think next on the list of possible candidates should be Lanier for Myrtle Beach. He only picked up 56 tackles, but managed to grab 16 passes defended, which is pretty impressive. On the same topic, Griddle for Portland led the league in passes defended with 18 (!). That’s not just at the safety position, by the way, that is the whole league. And, finally, Valdyr for Tijuana seems like a fine candidate, coming up with 67 tackles and 4 sacks. I think, ultimately, the award for best player at the SS position should go to Bob Bob. The safety safety is just too perfect to ignore. It should be mentioned that, since I only used counting stats, only players that played all 14 games of the season got considered. Quentin Button, for example, grabbed 7 tackles and 2 sacks in only 4 games. Give me a full season of that and I think I’ll be the best safety by far.

[caltroit_red_flames]

Tier 3

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14) Make a scouting report for any of the NSFL or DSFL draftees. Show their stats, abilities, TPE, highlights, or dead relatives. I’m joking about that last one, please don’t put dead relatives on the scouting report. Written option available for 200 words or more.

(235 words) I really want to highlight a player named Greedy Sly who is going to be drafted into the NSFL this season. I think he should go 1st overall, although some would disagree and say he's only a top 3 talent, I see a hard working player with great build who has the talent to be the top safety in the entire NSFL during his prime.

His speed is already at 91 and his strength is at 68, and his agility is at 70. His hands aren't quite where you want them for your top safety, only at 58. Despite that he can be a tackling safety as opposed to one who gets interceptions and PDs for now. That will at least prevent huge gains until he's ready to elevate his game to the next level.

This season he was 2nd in the league when it comes to tackles for free safeties with 92, 11 behind the top one who had 103 (Hexagon), but was also able to get 2 sacks and two PDs, which shows just how versatile he is already.

I think if I had to choose a hole in his game it's that he went to play college ball at The Ohio State University. Can't stand the place personally.

Good luck in the NSFL and with your career @Sylphreni! Your player looks awesome and it's so cool that you're already a DSFL GM!

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16) Make a comparison between your own team and a playoff team, if your team failed to make the postseason, showing why your squad was better. Written option available for 200 words or more.

(299 words) I'm going to make a comparison between my team, the New Orleans Second Line and the Colorado Yeti. In my opinion the Secondline are better the Yeti. First off and most importantly the Secondline have two great offensive linemen while the Yeti don't have any human offensive linemen. That makes a huge difference in anything on the offense. It helps the run game and the pass game immensely. Givussafare Rubbe in particular has amazing physical and athletic skills. He's one of the strongest players in the league and his run and pass blocking are unmatched. And an underrated part of his game is his intelligence. The guy just does not take penalties and considering how many penalties most OL take that makes a huge difference.

Speaking of the offense, the running backs on New Orleans Secondline are far and away better than the ones on the Colorado Yeti. Both are faster and better at run blocking. Tom Hanks is arguably the top running back in the entire NSFL when it comes to pure talent, and although he's starting to regress I would argue he still has a couple seasons left in his prime as the top running back in the entire NSFL.

The on position I think that the Yeti have on the Secondline is quarterback. Arguably Colorado has the best quarterback in the entire NSFL in Wolfie McDummy. His arm is great but what really makes the difference is his accuracy and ability to recognize defensive schemes. He's not the kind of QB that's going to take the ball in his hands and scramble. He'll find an opening or make the short safe play consistently, and having that kind of QB makes a huge difference.

Overall though I think New Orleans is the better team in this one.

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17) Present your argument for the playoffs MVP. Show their stats and impact on the games that they played. Written option available for 200 words or more.

(220 words) When it comes to the playoff MVP I think this is a pretty easy choice. To start with, you don't really need to take anything but the Ultimus into account. The other games are just there to weed out the bad teams.

The funny thing is that I think the MVP is on the losing team, I mean really there isn't anyone that stood out in the Ultimus and even this player just had an average game. Maybe that means the defense was doing really well but there wasn't one player on the defense that stood out for either team. A sack here and there, maybe a PD but nobody was doing everything.

The player who was the MVP in my opinion was Franklin Armstrong. With no interceptions thrown and one touchdown, he had a decent game. If you look at his rushing he averaged 5 yards per rush which was the highest in the entire game which to me says that he did a great job of managing when to put the ball in his own hands and get the 1st down and when to give it to someone else.

Unfortunately I think this was a rough season when it comes to MVP performances in the Ultimus, but Armstrong is definitely the player in this game that deserved it.