(S24) - PT 1 - Trivia Night

[r0tzbua]

I’m pretty sure everyone can guess it from his interviews, but Guy Fields actually learned German before he learned how to speak English. His parents moved to the US before he was born, but were still pretty Austrian in their upbringing and didn’t speak English very well. So that’s what they taught their son when he was born one year after their move to Vienna, Illinois. For the first few years, Guy didn’t really speak a lot more English than was totally necessary for his day to day life, which was not a lot as a toddler. Once he joined Elementary School, his teachers started to realize he has a substantial deficiency in regards to spoken and written English. He was put on a special program for children who need to focus on their English language and was getting better quickly. A year later, he was able to join the regular classes and learn with the other children. He would still speak German with his parents at home but convinced them to take on English lessons. Although pretty soon he would talk grammatically pretty much flawless English with his peers at school or his friends outside of school, there was still an accent that he never was able to get rid of totally, so up to this day, people tend to give him the nickname of “Arnie” after the star of many action movies with whom he shares his common ancestry.

[Shiznit19]

There are plenty of great stories to come out of the Austin Copperheads locker room. However, one of the more memorable activities that was partaken was the great fantasy football draft. Now, you’re probably wondering how this is different from any others, this was a draft for players in something called the “NFL”. This inferior football league was a fun way for league members to randomly cheer on mortals in their football efforts. During said draft, there was quite a bit of jarring going on throughout the whole contest. There were a few highlights of the draft as we went through. First, it was well known and reported that Jeeta was eyeing Tight End, Rob Gronkowski. Inside sources during the draft said that he couldn’t wait to “Gronk Smash the whole house down” once he made the selection. However, when the time came for him to select a tight end, he would pass on the Gronkster. Another highlight was when during the draft, Guice decided to get cut due to extremely poor behavior. This caused quite the stir as he was already selected. Since Guice actions were so lewd, we as a team decided it was best we would erase him from our draft board as well. It was a great draft and it will be interesting to see how the season plays out.

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[DonnoMania]

SHL PT

[Beefstu409]

For James Gath it was a strange feeling being in the green room on draft night not knowing where he'd go.  In the past he had always been confident about what would happen next.  So often the first one picked for just about anything athletic but now, entering the DSFL, the tables had turned.  He was a fresh rookie, unknown before just a couple weeks prior, and couldn't count on the history he was used to repeating itself.  He knew the Grey Ducks were looking at him, he knew a few other teams were too.  Falling out of the first round wasn't going to be an option - he'd probably have just gone inactive and joined up in the NFL.  Pick one and the Pythons are on the clock.  Gath hadn't talked much with the Pythons, they had only reached out to him a short bit before the drafting started.  His expectations were low.  They picked safety Davriel Lavigne - a fine pick and James wasn't surprised.  Whatever comfort he felt though was soon washed over with nerves as Minnesota was on the clock.  Knowing that GOAT TANK was still on the board he thought it was possible he could slip out of the first and fall to the second.  But the pick was in.

"So with the second pick Minnesota selects... James Gath Cornerback."

Nearly as quickly as it began it was over.  Gath could sigh a short sigh of relief.  He didn't have to wait any longer.  No, now he just had to work.


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[toivo]

The time New Orleans got gleeful...Bona’beri Jones just entered the locker room after conducting an interview for some media after another victory for the Second Line. Stan Francisco approached him and thanked him for being in the right spot on that long drive that turned the tide of the game. Then, uncharacteristically, Stan began to sing. Jones didn’t really know what was going on, but that was when the offensive line burst out as backup singers to Francisco. Jones was awestruck. Stan Francisco then informed Jones that the New Orleans glee squad was attempting to make regionals this season and needed the grace of Bona’beri Jones. Jones said no, not again. Bona’beri dabbled in glee early on his career and it was disastrous. He became addicted to the glee. In practice, instead of focusing on routes, he was running through songs in his head. Stan Francisco did not get mad with his receiver, he was going through the same thing. Then, the two made a pact, to never glee again. Something must have happened on the field that day. Perhaps that hit Stan Francisco took jarred his head around too much. Francisco wants to glee, and Jones knows it’s a huge hazard. Jones has to talk him out, but he’s just a flawed man too. He tells Stan: Don’t Stop Believing…

[MrStennett]

SHL PT Affiliation

[Beebob]

A story I believe is pretty unheard of, is a story of one of the worst 3+ rushing TDs playoff games in ISFL history. Now, that may of course sound pretty contradicting, but trust me this performance is still nevertheless terrible. The story all begins in S16, Week 9, the Philadelphia Liberty were on precipice on what would prove to be the most important game of the season. It just happened to be the Liberty at the Hawks for a spot in the newly-expanded 6-team playoffs, the Hawks also just happened to be the team that kicked Philadelphia out the playoffs in the previous season before routing the Sabertooths 49-0 in the following Ultimus matchup. Though in S16 it proved to be the Liberty who would go 2-0 in the series against the Hawks, after they squeezed by with a 16-12 game. The game that would prove to be the final tiebreaker as the Hawks and Liberty would end the season tied with 7-6 records each. Which brings us to the first Philadelphia playoff game in the new 6-team playoffs. A game against the 10-3 Wraiths, a game that would also end up being one of my favorite games in the history of the league. It was the ultimate back-and-forth, after every Wraiths score, the Liberty would immediately follow it up with the matching score. All up until the 3rd quarter, where the Wraiths would take a 31-21 lead. Though it would prove not enough as in remaining 25 minutes, Philadelphia would end up winning 35-34. Which all brings us to the reason I started writing this in the first place. After all the close victories, the playoff tiebreakers, and even dumb sim logic, we have probably the worst 3+ rushing TDs playoff game in ISFL history. It was the Liberty up against the 10-3 Chicago Butchers, and it was also no other than Liberty Running Back Farley Hank who would be the culprit as the owner of the worst  3+ rushing TDs playoff game in ISFL history. Let's start by going over each one of his NINE attempts. His first attempt would actually end up being his longest of the day, a 5 yard rush, following this was a rush of exactly 0 yards. Three drives later. His next carry would end up being a relatively above average 3 yard gain. Though the following carry would end up vultureing one of Lennox Garnett's insane THREE picks with a 4 yard touchdown score. Hank would follow this with another 4 yard gain before again vultureing another Lennox Garnett pick, with this time only gaining a single 1 yard along with the Touchdown. Though his next two rushes would be two dismal of 0 and 2 gains. Before completing his 3 rushing TD game, with a 3 yard Touchdown, despite him only gaining 5 yards on the total of 65 yard drive. Leaving him with the absimal statline of 22 yards on 9 attempts with an average of just 2.4 yards per carry.

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[Daybe]

Jackson Kingston's height has always been a mystery to many. Early on, when Kingston immigrated to the United States from Cuba, his original measurement was at 6 feet and 4 inches. Throughout high school, this measurement remained the same, and on his official college football recruiting profile, his height is listed as 6'4. However, when Kingston committed to the University of Central Florida, he measured in at 6 feet and 6 inches when he arrived to spring workouts. This measurement is questionable at best, given his measurement was taken with shoes on, but it was not out of the realm of possibility Kingston simply grew two inches in the offseason. For a while, his height was a hot topic of debate between draft scouts and bloggers alike. After the initial debacle, Kingston's height became an afterthought for most of his college career, until the draft combine, where he measured, once again, six feet and six inches. This seemed to solidify opinion across the board, presumably ending the debate once and for all. However, everything changed after the draft, where Kingston reported for Yeti training camp and measured in at 6'3, three inches shorter than his previous "official" measurement. It should be noted this measurement was taken without shoes. The theories on this controversy range from simply bad measurements to Kingston lying to make his height seem shorter, in fear of being classified as a tight end.

[Jason]

SHL PT Affiliation

Username on SHL is jason97

[Tesla]

I distinctly remember the first trivia point task I took part in when I entered the league as it was related to  International Women’s Day which was a nice way to be welcomed into the league. I understand the majority did not enjoy them, but I will miss trivia as a relaxed point task that I enjoyed for those reasons. Thank you for giving it a nice send off in this fashion.

Now for a fun fact about something that happened to one of my players I have to go into a bit of background first. When I signed up for the site I knew ahead of time that defensive tackle was a position that was highly valued because people did not really like to play it. So in a quest to make an appropriate background for my defensive tackle I looked up some of the best defensive tackles in my opinion Cortez Kennedy, Haloti Ngata, Kevin Williams, and Vince Wilfork to be specific. Doing this I discovered that Cortez and Kevin were both born in Arkansas so I decided my defensive tackle Magnus Rikiya would also be from Arkansas.

Now according to the People from Arkansas category on the wiki there are only two other players from Arkansas. Ultimus champion and most valuable player award winner Cooter Bigsby, and one of my favorite safeties in the league Wesley Eriksen. While Magnus went to the University of Washington; Wesley went to the University of Arkansas. However they would end up in the same location for the prospect bowl as they were both a part of the competitive Baltimore Muleriders. They would also then go on to be drafted to the Norfolk Seawolves together which is where the user behind Wesley and I became friends. It was also a conversation in that locker room that helped lead me to discover all this. Despite being in a wide world of a simulation it can be a surprisingly small world at the end of the day.

Also another bonus fun fact that could be interesting trivia content. There are two players named Magnus in the history of the International Simulation Football League according to the TPE Tracker. Magnus Rikiya a member of the S22 draft class and Magnus Valdyr another member of the S22 draft class. While they have never played on a team together at the professional level; they were both Washington Huskies during their college careers. Also with a simple digit swap they would share a birthday as Rikiya was born April 4, 2013 while Valdyr was born April 3, 2014. Which Is something that I think is pretty neat since I have never interacted with the user behind Valdyr to my knowledge.

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