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    Alright folks we're back after a few weeks' hiatus due to unforeseen circumstances. I'm sure all of the current batch of Rookies are champing at the bit to see whether they have earned a Rising Star nom.

    We'll kick off the catch-up session with Round 9. Round 8 to follow once stats are pored over and dutifully analysed for worthiness and corruption (not really, we love and welcome corruption here at Rising Rookie central)

    It takes skill to be picked each week for your respective teams and if you're still being picked week-in, week-out then you know that you're doing something right, or you're paying off the right people. Round 9 marked the first game after the half-way point in the season and by now the once nervous Rookies are all finding their feet in the SweetFA and going gangbusters in their RookieChat™ saying how much fun it is and how they love everyone.

    The following Rising Star nomination needs no introduction as you've now seen what he is capable of in his Serial Stats Reactive Posting thread. I'm of course talking about serial_thrilla. A worthy back-dated winner of the Round 9 Rising Star award.


    The Dragons travelled to The House of Gumby this round in what would end up being a 49 point flogging of the home team - a minor speed bump on their way to going back-to-back?

    serial_thrilla racked up a modest 110 posts and didn't really set the world on fire on-field but it was enough to get him over the line for the Round 9 nom.

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    Before his departure, ABE sat down with a heart-to-heart interview with serial_thrilla and his captain AceAndrew69 AceAndy.

    Acey

    1. Hello again Ace. Not content with all your recent success and Maylandsman's Round 4 nom you now have another Rising Star nominee. How ecstatic are you to be hogging all this talent?

    Very pleased we have two of the best rookies going around and great to see the Rising Star committee (or is it just you ) getting on board and recognising Maylandsman and serial_thrilla

    2. How did the Serial_Thrilla come to join the Dragons and how do you feel being the second team to receive multiple RS moms this season?

    We managed to grab ST after the Freo exhibition match where he was quite active in the match thread and looked a bloke who would enjoy winning back to back premierships. We only picked up two rookies this season and the fact both have scored RS noms speaks volumes for the Rookie Recruiting Program the Dragons run.

    3. What position do you currently have the young rookie playing and can we expect to see him get a run in other positions through the the season?

    ST is currently in the centre having started out in the Forward Pocket. A great goal sneak and committed match thread poster saw the Match Committee move him up to a more premium position and he hasnt looked back. I expect ST to be playing in the centre in the Dragons S29 premiership team and a big chance for a Deestroy Medal.

    4. What's next for the Dragons and their penchant for winning things?

    We are really focused in winning back to back premierships and looking to have yet another Rising Star winner to make it three in a row there. I expect the Dragons will also have a couple of All-SFA players this season as well and a Deestroy Medallist.


    serial_thrilla

    1. Welcome ST. Congratulations on receiving the Round 9 Rising Star nomination. How do you feel to finally get the recognition you deserve?

    Yeah, it's about time. I feel that future iterations could put more weighting on general activity in SFA for nominations, and less on output from a randomly generated sim. There has been unbridled outrage in RookieChat™ surrounding this.

    2. Are you enjoying your time so far? How are you finding the Dragons?

    Yeah, it's been a fantastic distraction from real life events. SFA has a great community, even with all the contrived drama.
    I'm not sure how Andy scouted me actually: I only posted three times in the Freo tour match, and I missed out on selection because I was late to the party. Clearly he has an eye for talent.
    The Dragons have been brilliant. Skipper AceAndy has been nothing but eager to point me in the right direction, and Strigoi , fumbler , Hatchy1992 , Knifey Spoony , Cold Sober and Blaze Storm have been great value in the team PM and in match threads.
    For some reason we've have a bit of a negative reputation on here, so it's been great to try and subvert those expectations each week. Obviously the whole Caz thing happened earlier on, but since then I think we've had some cracking match threads.

    3. How do you prepare for a qooty match?

    I start off on the Monday morning by having a quick scout of the opposition: who are their key posters, what is their posting style, are they whinging about playing the Dragons this week? I might even pop into their team thread to stir one or two of them up. Then it's time to dive into the match thread when it is posted, and depending on the team it may be a good time to assert dominance that night before the oldies wake up. By Tuesday you generally get a feel for the opposition: who to ignore, who to rip on all week, who to post memes/gifs to, who to have some quality discussion with. Luckily the Dragons are an eclectic bunch this season, so the thread will tick along nicely no matter the match up (it's important to not have the match thread with the lowest post count...the Rats usually seem to set that bar). By Friday things are usually slowing down a bit (and Andy will post his traditional Friday anthem), so it's time to talk smack about how great dragons are and that we'll win the sim easily: Strigoi is particularly good at this with her various gifs.

    4. What are your aspirations for yourself within the league.

    The sim is the sim, so as long as I'm on a good position on the field there's not much else I can do there. A few wins can't hurt though. Other than that, as long as I'm posting content that entertains people, I'll know I'm on the right track. It's a fine balance between being an outright dickhead and a boring nice guy, so hopefully I get the spices right.

    5. Have any teams or posters caught your eye so far? Have you made any enemies yet?

    So far I've faced off against all bar the Bombers and Rats, so I'll withhold judgement on them, but for the most part everyone has been great fun. The Royals were a standout, with Marlowe and Cesoir putting up some fantastic discussion. The Furies were a challenge, with Ned_Flanders and TJASTA being generally obtuse, but you don't want every week to be sunshine and rainbows, so they were entertaining in their own way. The Demons were hard work early, but Tarkyn_24 and manangatang put on a good show.
    The rookies this season have been really tight knit too. In our hidden RookieChat™ we've been helping each other out by sharing info on which posters are dickheads and how to piss them off (for some reason NaturalDisaster and Kennedy Parker get mentioned a lot).

    6. How do you rate your chances of winning come the end of the season?

    I'll clearly have to do some media work in the next few weeks to stand a chance of beating Tonga Bob , so I'll try to think of something good. There's some top notch rookies this season though, so whoever wins will truly be the best of the best.


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    Congrats serial_thrilla, another long overdue nom 👍

    Riviat said:
    How do you feel to finally get the recognition you deserve?

    Yeah, it's about time. I feel that future iterations could put more weighting on general activity in SFA for nominations, and less on output from a randomly generated sim. There has been unbridled outrage in RookieChat™ surrounding this.
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    Funny you mentioned this thrilla, back in S27 before Barrybran went full Jeff Lowe and savagely discarded quality contributors like Cadaver and myself, it was a little more skewed towards posting than it has become since. It was more of a round table discussion type feel to the noms each week.

    PM me, let's talk 👍
     
    TheInjuryFactory said:
    Funny you mentioned this thrilla, back in S27 before @Barrybran went full Jeff Lowe and savagely discarded quality contributors like @Cadaver and myself, it was a little more skewed towards posting than it has become since. It was more of a round table discussion type feel to the noms each week.

    PM me, let's talk 👍
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    Let's hostile takeover this bitch.
     
    So we have a mystery. Whatever happened to Round 8? Was it donuts round? Who knows what is going on. Don't tell me GWS Goose got the nom. This is not an award for the Monarch of Mundane Mediocrity. This could be why ABE napalmed his account. Poor bastard.
     
    Bloodied52 said:
    So we have a mystery. Whatever happened to Round 8? Was it donuts round? Who knows what is going on. Don't tell me GWS Goose got the nom. This is not an award for the Monarch of Mundane Mediocrity. This could be why ABE napalmed his account. Poor bastard.
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    It'll be some rookie who was taking too long to fill out his or her questionnaire. We can only assume that they were the reason ABE threw the toys out of the cot and smoke bombed. The shortlist narrows...

    Who did well in Round 8?
     

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    These are the suspects for tipping AuntyBlindEye over the edge:

    Royals: Cesoir
    Wonders: jezzajay, Crusty Undies
    Furies: biaseddustyfan, Bastyy, Piggy Smalls
    Demons: markm106
    Bombers: Santoz, Bamboo Harvester, windows1, Bovo, Butler40, TalkingFootyNow1223
    Bears: Cap, tgrs, Lemon Boi
    Roys: PurpleGreenRed, windyhill, Mego Red
    Gumbies: The Victorian, GWS Goose, BlueE, MatthewB
    Warriors: Tonga Bob, Randomizor
    Rats: Leviathan Pie
    Dragons: serial_thrilla, Maylandsman
    Hawks: Drunken Wookie, jusjoshin
     
    serial_thrilla said:
    These are the suspects for tipping AuntyBlindEye over the edge:

    Royals: Cesoir
    Wonders: jezzajay, Crusty Undies
    Furies: biaseddustyfan, Bastyy, Piggy Smalls
    Demons: markm106
    Bombers: Santoz, Bamboo Harvester, windows1, Bovo, Butler40, TalkingFootyNow1223
    Bears: Cap, tgrs, Lemon Boi
    Roys: PurpleGreenRed, windyhill, Mego Red
    Gumbies: The Victorian, GWS Goose, BlueE, MatthewB
    Warriors: Tonga Bob, Randomizor
    Rats: Leviathan Pie
    Dragons: serial_thrilla, Maylandsman
    Hawks: Drunken Wookie, jusjoshin
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    TFN never got to the Bombers
     
    Bloodied52 said:
    So we have a mystery. Whatever happened to Round 8? Was it donuts round? Who knows what is going on. Don't tell me GWS Goose got the nom. This is not an award for the Monarch of Mundane Mediocrity. This could be why ABE napalmed his account. Poor bastard.
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    Glad that you have recognised I am the king😉

    I'll choose to overlook the less complimentary aspects of your posts.

    I'll rise above your negatively.
     
    serial_thrilla said:
    These are the suspects for tipping AuntyBlindEye over the edge:

    Royals: Cesoir
    Wonders: jezzajay, Crusty Undies
    Furies: biaseddustyfan, Bastyy, Piggy Smalls
    Demons: markm106
    Bombers: Santoz, Bamboo Harvester, windows1, Bovo, Butler40, TalkingFootyNow1223
    Bears: Cap, tgrs, Lemon Boi
    Roys: PurpleGreenRed, windyhill, Mego Red
    Gumbies: The Victorian, GWS Goose, BlueE, MatthewB
    Warriors: Tonga Bob, Randomizor
    Rats: Leviathan Pie
    Dragons: serial_thrilla, Maylandsman
    Hawks: Drunken Wookie, jusjoshin
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    Round 8 winner was Mego Red - I will post the interviews that ABE conducted as soon as I can....
     
    PurpleGreenRed said:
    What podium is GWS Goose on? The Participation podium? Hasn't even been nominated!!

    As for Tonga Bob well...yes he can be this years SFA Cyril Rioli to my Rhys Palmer...(am I doing this right??)
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    We all saw what happened to ABE when he failed to formally acknowledge my performances. Let this be your first warning.
     
    Did some more digging, and have narrowed it down to FOUR suspects:
    Royals: Cesoir
    Wonders: jezzajay, Crusty Undies
    Furies: biaseddustyfan, Bastyy, Piggy Smalls
    Demons: markm106
    Bombers: Santoz, Bamboo Harvester, windows1, Bovo, Butler40
    Bears: Cap, tgrs, Lemon Boi
    Roys: PurpleGreenRed, windyhill, Mego Red
    Gumbies: The Victorian, GWS Goose, BlueE, MatthewB, TalkingFootyNow1223
    Warriors: Tonga Bob, Randomizor
    Rats: Leviathan Pie
    Dragons: serial_thrilla, Maylandsman
    Hawks: Drunken Wookie, jusjoshin
     
    serial_thrilla said:
    Well fu**...that was a waste of 30 mins. At least my top 4 suspects was accurate!
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    Mate, I just helped you fill in 30 minutes of your day, I deserve a knighthood at the very least....
     
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