The Story So Far…Thanks to everyone for your kind words. And thank you
Valor for encouraging me to write the following.
I just wanted to share with everyone the thoughts I had after looking back at the work I have done over the past 15 months on
A Legend Is Born II.
Firstly, I want to thank all of my old readers who are still here from my
A Legend Is Born days and who have followed my second story so closely. You are a huge reason for me making a return to NLSC and making this second association story. However, there is one poster who deserves the warmest and largest thank you and that is
Lamrock. I am not the one to thank for making this story, none of it would have been possible had it not been for Lamrock.
After my first story got inducted into the dynasty Hall of Fame, I looked back at it and realised that this guy, I had no idea of who he was, had posted:
Don't end this! Please! I have been following this on and off since it started, and this is my favorite dynasty! PLEASE write part 2, or at the very least finish Part 1.
I am begging you. You make the best dynasties here. The Lakers are one of my least favorite teams and I was rooting for them in your 2005 dynasty. You just HAVE to finish this.
I had always wanted to post the ending to the first story. At the time, there was a 50/50 shot at continuing that story in a second instalment. I never got around to either. Once the story was in the Hall of Fame, there was no way I could have added to it. It was a bit of a shame but after seeing Lamrock’s comments and also being the competitive person that I am; I decided to make a return to the game. So thank you to Lamrock in particular who was a huge reason for ALIB II.
Secondly, thank you to all my new readers. Without your continual support, this story would not have last 15 months. I know there were times where the activity dropped off. That’s when I would lose followers but when I picked up the slack again, I would gain some new ones. Thanks to all of you for following. My warmest regards for guys like Valor,
Hova,
Martti,
Thierry, and of course
The X – you guys have been there from the start of the story until the end. I know that there are many others who have been following but these guys I have just mentioned have been there for the entire duration of this. Don’t feel bad for not being mentioned; I just don’t want to bore everyone by listing name after name after name.
Now - onto why I shut this one down. I can’t deny that I have lost a bit of motivation in updating this. The thread was getting big enough as it is. To address everyone on what I am going to do with this next, the answer is I am unsure. I have ideas (including what X has suggested) but now is not the right time for me. I am just too busy in real life. I want to focus my energy into a new venture if I do create a new association story. (My-Player story may be on the cards)
What I am most proud of myself is not just going through three seasons (And I did play the games; not all 82 of each season of course!) but it was my ability to make myself and others fall in love with certain characters. I had a lot of fun twisting the personality of
Kevin Durant (I hope the real one don’t mind) and making him one of the most hated players in this story. I hope you all felt for
Reshawn Tyson in his flashbacks and I must admit that
Moses Chara was not featured nearly as much as I had planned/would have liked. Blame Durant for that.
It’s great people have cheered on generics like
Jay Gray and
Louis Nixon. It’s great you all loved
Woody Hannes (He’s much cooler than guys like Stephen A Smith, JA Adande, Marc Stein, the Sport's Guy, and any other ESPN.com writer combined). And I think deserve much praise for keeping
Kobe Bryant’s presence to a minimum. I never knew I was capable of that. Now I know I am!
I wanted to write an association/dynasty story, which was a story. Most of our threads are full of pictures and fancy graphics and all that. I just can’t make stuff like that so I decided to use my biggest strength: story-telling. I am much relived that it did not go to waste and I have been able to produce something like what I have churned out with ALIB II.
Finally, I would like to say that since I have surpassed
2750 replies, 45000 views, I hope that this is in
X’s platinum category. He set the bar at 2500, 50000 but I hope mine’s deserves enough to be put in the category. Nevertheless, if it isn’t, it should be up there in a few month’s time when views hit 50000.
Thank you once again to everyone for following. It has been a pleasure to write for you all. It would not have been right not to sign off with an address to my readers.
Stay fresh, keep it real,
SitPS: I did not rig the 2011 NBA Finals.
PSS: Get me into the Dynasty Hall Of Fame please boys!
PSSS: Lamrock, on the weekend, told me that XBox 360s do crash over time, i was worried i would lose all my game data...
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Disclaimer: None of the events or characters in this Association Story are real-life portrayals of relate-able events or individuals or organizations. This story is fictitious with no real life basis. If any similarities do occur, it is of mere coincidence. I will also not be held liable for any defamation, libel, or whatever equivalent offense that I may be alleged to have committed.
. God Durant's an ass.
Great way to send off arguably the best dynasty ever (even though it technically wasn't a dynasty). Your commitment and story-telling talents are truly something else.
