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| Merry Fall Back |
1:57 AM ET on 11/3/13 by Jay Soester |
After missing last year's edition (I wish I could remember why...) for the first time since the league was created, I'd like to wish everyone in Canada and the US (aside from those in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico & Saskatchewan) a Merry Fall Back (sorry Europeans, you already had your fun; and I don't want to rub salt in the wound to those in the Southern Hemisphere).
I still contend this is easily one of the top ten days of the year for any American, possibly top five. Personally, I've officially moved it up to my favorite day given my age, school/employment status, location in relation to my family and religious preferences. Let me know where it ranks on your list of favorite days of the year, in this thread on the league message board.
Remember to turn your clocks back an hour to those in North America. For those of you elsewhere, remember that the time difference just adjusted back.
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| Game Reminders |
12:02 PM ET on 1/13/12 by Jay Soester |
You know Tebow's a big deal when he gets the Taiwanese animation treatment. The Divisional Round of Fantasy NFL Playoffs is just a day away with the deadline for lineups being 4:27 PM ET on Saturday. Don't forget that you can't use a player (or team defense) that you used in the Wild Card Round. To help everyone remember to get their lineups in on time, I'm also including my favorite Tebow spoof from Conan. Let me know which spoof you prefer.
While we're on game reminders, the first deadline for Fantasy Tennis is this Sunday at 7 PM ET. The Australian Open draws have been announced. Simply reply to the game thread with your eight men and eight women to submit your lineup.
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| Farewell, SSSS |
11:58 PM ET on 11/12/11 by Jay Soester |
I created the original league that occupied this website, the American Simulation Football League on January 2nd, 2002. I was 14 at the time. Two others helped me create the league, one of which is still around (Tim Schneider), the other vanished a few months after the league began. Given the ages of those involved, the dynamic and culture of the league (and the second league on this website) was a bit different compared to the current environment.
Back then, there were only two points of interaction between league members, AIM (which members were required to have...and was actually, socially relevant at the time) and the league message board. Plenty of good-natured ribbing between those who cheered for rival teams and other inside jokes developed, with the Stupid Shit Said Section (SSSS) evolving from the general culture and camaraderie of the message board's membership.
The SSSS began when Tim posted a conversation he had had with another league member on AIM in which the other member proceeded to look like an idiot. Those type of threads would be prevalent on the SSSS through the end of the original ASFL and into the ABL era, but slowly the section evolved to include stupid humor from around the internet. Viral videos were posted, addicting games with dumb concepts, stupid news from around the world, and hilarious pranks from around the internet or even within the league.
With the league's culture having changed and the SSSS's use having dropped drastically, I've decided to retire the SSSS and merge all threads into the Free Range section on the league message board. But before I do, I wanted to bring back the best in a decade of stupid humor. I asked Tim to give me his favorite threads from the ABL message board and I've included my own favorites from the nearly ten year run as well. All external links open in a new window. If you're easily offended, I don't recommend most of them.
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| Merry Fall Back |
1:16 AM ET on 11/6/11 by Jay Soester |
As I've done every year since the league was created (technically, since 11 days before the league was created), I'd like to wish everyone in Canada and the US (aside from those in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico & Saskatchewan) a Merry Fall Back (sorry Europeans, you already had your fun; and I don't want to rub salt in the wound to those in the Southern Hemisphere).
I still contend this is easily one of the top ten days of the year for any American, possibly top five. Personally, it may have moved up to my favorite day given my age, school status, location in relation to my family and religious preferences. Let me know where it ranks on your list of favorite days of the year, in this thread on the league message board.
Remember to turn your clocks back an hour to those in North America. For those of you elsewhere, remember that the time difference just adjusted back.
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