Discussion Hall of Fame

[The Half Back]

Do you have a half penis as well?

Half penis, half back.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

For all those wondering if this is indeed an official process. Yes, the original purpose of the Hall of Fame committee is to allow for the group of existing Hall of Famers to take ownership of the process because they are widely believed to be the best placed people to do so. boncer34 is the incumbent representative of the HOF sub-committee, has run the process previously in S32 when fitzroybowiedog was inducted and he will do so again this season.

An open nomination for the league is nothing out of the ordinary.

Some previous occasions where nominations were open to the public.

Hall of Fame nominations Season 15

Nominate who you think has performed an extensive, longevic and quality service to the league. You've got two days. Those already inducted : Ljp86 boncer34 Fred Mobbenfuhrer Deestroy eagleskickass Go. Nominations from the proles so far : Peterss

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https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/hall-of-fame-important.1039761/

Sweet FA Hall of Fame - Nominations

The committee have removed the requirement to induct 2 people to the Sweet FA Hall of Fame per person. 2 is now the MAXIMUM per season (which allows flexibility in future seasons which could, potentially, go longer). Committees and administrators will ultimately be held to account for their...

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Discussion - Sweet FA Hall Of Fame - Nominations

Hi all, It's that time again, Hall Of Fame nomination time. Theoretically, as okeydoke7 was the S19 inductee (and Fred was upgraded to immortal for S20) we can, should the nominations be strong and the committee decide, induct two this season. Please nominate posters in the following...

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Discussion - Season 25 - Hall Of Fame - Nominations

The Hall of Fame is back. This is the league's highest individual honour and perhaps the only one where players are truly in control of their own fate. The Hall of Fame recognises the best of the best over the course of SFA history. The criteria for getting inducted is a combination of posting...

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Discussion - Season 26 - Hall Of Fame - Nominations

Hey all, we're going to be doing the Hall Of Fame a bit earlier this season, hopefully have it up by Round 12-13 as we've always got a lot happening at the end of the season. This is the league's highest individual honour and perhaps the only one where players are truly in control of their own...

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Discussion - S29 Hall Of Fame Nominations and Discussion

Hi all, just opening up discussions for nominations for the SFA HoF. This is the league's highest individual honour and perhaps the only one where players are truly in control of their own fate. The Hall of Fame recognises the best of the best over the course of SFA history. The criteria for...

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Admin Notice - S30 Hall of Fame Nominations

Hi all, just opening up discussions for nominations for the SFA HoF. This is the league's highest individual honour and perhaps the only one where players are truly in control of their own fate. The Hall of Fame recognises the best of the best over the course of SFA history. The criteria for...

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Admin Notice - Season 31 Hall of Fame Nominations

Hi all, just opening up discussions for nominations for the SFA HoF. This is the league's highest individual honour and perhaps the only one where players are truly in control of their own fate. The Hall of Fame recognises the best of the best over the course of SFA history. The criteria for...

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Of course, there will be groups of people in the league who will have widely different ideas on how best to facilitate the HOF process and all those discussions are welcome. Obviously we want to work towards the most robust, effective process possible and we may tweak it in future cycles.

But as of right now, there won't be any abrupt changes of course. This should be taken as the official procedure for Season 34.

Bear in mind, nobody really remembers the procedures when it comes to the Hall of Fame. What is remembered are the inductees and the celebration of what they've brought to the SFA. Boncer has raised some big ideas with me for the HOF presentation on the eve of the season launch and I think the achievement will be treated with appropriate prestige.

 

[VainGlorious]

I have no strong opinion on Ant Bear

#InspirationalPosting

 

[Kilroy]

Thankfully someone was able to make them see sense, okeydoke7

The committee have removed the requirement to induct 2 people to the Sweet FA Hall of Fame per person.

Coulda been hard to meet that KPI.

 

[okeydoke7]

Thankfully someone was able to make them see sense, okeydoke7

The committee have removed the requirement to induct 2 people to the Sweet FA Hall of Fame per person.

Coulda been hard to meet that KPI.

I am glad that I was able to pass such important changes through the committee.

 

[Sky]

Thankfully someone was able to make them see sense, okeydoke7

The committee have removed the requirement to induct 2 people to the Sweet FA Hall of Fame per person.

Coulda been hard to meet that KPI.

I will nominate you next time for having non shit music

 

[Kilroy]

I will nominate you next time for having non s**t music

You’d probably have enjoyed ex-Gumby (and Bear) Party Gull‘s work Sky

 

[MP_]

In

this is for werewolf right

 

[kananooks]

In

this is for werewolf right

in. me too! i miss playing werewolf.

 

[boncer34]

As Promised these are the nominations for HoF. If you desperately want to add content to any of these please let me know.

Ant Bear

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	285		63rd
HitOuts	486	1.71	43rd
Kicks	2676	9.39	29th
Marks	609	2.14	101st
Handballs	2566	9.00	21st
Tackles	877	3.08	8th
Frees For	439	1.54	15th
Frees Agnst	292	1.02	44th
Goals	206	0.72	84th
Behinds	150	0.53	72nd
Disposals	5242	18.39	23rd
DreamTeam	19930	69.93	27th

statistics as at Season 33, Round 16

Achievements
League Administrator (S28 - S30)
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S24 - S26)
S30 All-Time All-SFA Team - Centre
1x Premiership Player - [Sin City Swamprats - S27]
1x Beez Trophy (S22)
2x Mobbenfuhrer Medalist (S22, S26)
1x Frankston Rover Award (S25)
8x All-SFA (S20-S26, S28)
4x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S21-S22, S25-S26)

Player Bio
Ant Bear is one of the most decorated players in the Sweet FA having achieved a litany of awards since his debut as a part of the Alberton Swamprats in Season 18. He was instrumental in establishing the identity of the Sin City Swamprats after the club's struggles necessitated a rebrand. Following a breakout season in Season 20, Ant Bear established himself as one of the most relevant players in the league for the next 10 seasons contributing in a variety of ways in the league, from being one of the most consistently active posters in match threads, creating media and running the very popular game of SuperQoach, to being a pioneer of history and statistical compilation projects in the archives, creating the first club history thread for the Swamprats and assisting in other clubs.

Ant Bear's achieved success on and off the field, being a fixture in the All-SFA side with an impressive 8 selections demonstrating strong posting contributions along with good performances across multiple seasons. His best was Season 22, whereby he won both the Beez Trophy for most valuable poster and Mobbenfuhrer Medal in the same season. On a club level, Ant Bear was a great leader taking over the captaincy in Season 24 for the Swamprats, helping rebuild the list following a sudden exodus of players and became a premiership player in the Swamprats' Season 27 Grand Final win.

He would also provide support on the running of the league behind-the-scenes, being the chief statskeeper in Season 25 and Season 26 being recognised with the Frankston Rover Award for services to the league in Season 25. He would become Administrator himself in Season 28 where he would go onto have a controversial, but ultimately productive run in the role. Some of the initiatives under his tenure include, Life Memberships for those who have played 300+ games or more to recognise longevity in the league, a consolidated Team Sheets and Results thread to improve accessibility of data for historical recordkeeping, more empowerment of the committee through the application of the tribunal. When he left the role the league with had a record participation rate in Season 30 and in this season he was selected at Centre in the All-Time All-SFA Team.

Spookism

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	331		34th
HitOuts	202	0.61	132nd
Kicks	2739	8.27	25th
Marks	875	2.64	39th
Handballs	2672	8.07	18th
Tackles	834	2.52	9th
Frees For	452	1.37	14th
Frees Agnst	342	1.03	26th
Goals	234	0.71	63rd
Behinds	141	0.43	81st
Disposals	5411	16.35	21st
DreamTeam	20695	62.52	23rd

statistics as at Season 33, Round 16

Achievements
Sin City Swamprats Captain (S18 - S21)
South Australia State of Origin Captain (XIV, XV, XVI)
SFA Life Member (S31)
2x State of Origin Winning Captain (XIV, XVI)
2x State of Origin Winning Player (XIV, XVI)
4x All-SFA (S16, S20, S23, S32)
1x All-SFA Vice-Captain (S32)
3x Best and Fairest - Sin City Swamprats (S18), East Side Phoenix (S25), Gold City Royals (S32)
1x TFLUA-Tiger Award (S32)
1x Premiership Player - [Gold City Royals - S30]

Player Bio
Spookism has been a part of the fabric of the SFA for the best part of nearly 20 seasons with an incredible journey and an eventful story. His career started way back in Season 6 under the username of eddie_vrv6 at the Alberton Swamprats and could not have gotten off to a worse start with 2 disposals from his first 4 games, both of which were missed shots at goal. He would go onto miss selection for the Swamprats' premiership win and subsequently be delisted.

He would return under the name 'spookism' as a part of the successful Alberton Swamprats' bid for readmission into the league in Season 16 where he would enjoy a strong season that was rewarded with his first All-SFA selection. In the subsequent seasons, the Swamprats would experience struggles in terms of on-field performance and engagement and during this time spookism would remain a consistent contributor and be earmarked as a future leader of the club. He would ascend to the captaincy in Season 18 where he would win the club's Best and Fairest award.

After a difficult first season as captain, spookism would be ambushed in the off-season with the 'nWo Dragons' poaching his intended co-captain further decimating his already struggling team. His distraught reaction would set off a chain of events that would prove influential in SFA history with the Alberton Swamprats rebranding to the Sin City Swamprats, and the recruitment of a number of rookies between Season 19 to 21 that would drastically increase the activity of the club. Under spookism's captaincy stint, two rookies would be recruited in Ant Bear and Kennedy Parker who would both go onto become future administrators of the SFA.

In Season 20, he would lead the Swamprats to a more successful season finishing on top of the ladder, but ultimately losing a close preliminary final to the Demons. Spookism would receive his second All-SFA selection this season. His captaincy tenure would end after one more season in the role, but he would remain a strong, consistent contributor in both match threads and media afterwards. In Season 23, spookism ran his UGLY Fundraiser initiative which raised thousands of dollars for Leukemia research and set the benchmark for future SFA charity events. He would also have strong performances on the field this season earning a third All-SFA selection as a Swamprat.

Spookism would cross over to the East Side Hawks the next season and enjoy a Best and Fairest winning season with the East Side in Season 25. During this time he also volunteered as a game poster. However, his greatest successes will come in the following seasons. With the revival of State of Origin prior to Season 27, spookism was named captain of South Australia and he would lead SA to a title win despite starting underdogs prior to the series. His SoO record as captain would be sublime as he would captain South Australia for two more series resulting in a close grand final loss and a second title win.

His move to the Royals would bring further success, establishing the legendary #stackedsix backline of Season 30 which would be a fundamental part of the Royals' first ever premiership. He would go on to attain Life Membership for 300 games in Season 31, before earning a fourth All-SFA selection and a TFLUA-Tiger Award in Season 32 as well as a third Best and Fairest.

Spookism's career is not only the quintessential underdog story, but he is one of the most notorious names in the league having been the center of many well-known memes with references to cryingdoctorwho.gif and 3 out of 5 regularly being present across numerous seasons in the SFA.

brahj

	Totals	Avg.	League Rank
Games	256		89th
HitOuts	528	2.06	40th
Kicks	2074	8.10	55th
Marks	535	2.09	132nd
Handballs	1692	6.61	73rd
Tackles	579	2.26	39th
Frees For	313	1.22	53rd
Frees Agnst	190	0.74	132nd
Goals	287	1.12	38th
Behinds	169	0.66	47th
Disposals	3766	14.71	65th
DreamTeam	15689	61.29	50th

statistics as at Season 33, Round 16

Achievements
Las Vegas Bears Captain (S19 - S21)
S18 EKA Medallist
4x All-SFA (S19, S20, S22, S24)
1x All-SFA Captain (S20)
1x Mobbenfuhrer Medalist (S24)
2x Premiership Player [Las Vegas Bears - S22, Gold City Royals - S30]
3x Best and Fairest - Las Vegas Bears (S19), East Side Phoenix (S24), Gold City Royals (S28)

Player Bio
brahj is an iconic character in the SFA having burst onto the scene as a part of the revived Las Vegas Bears in their first season since readmission in Season 18. Then he won the EKA Medal for the best rookie season from a stacked field and would go on to captain the Bears the following season. He would go onto win the club best and fairest along with his first All-SFA selection in Season 19 cementing himself as one of the elite players of the league.

brahj would not slow down in Season 20 as he achieved the honour of being named the All-SFA captain for the season despite playing half the season in the back pocket after losing a bet with VC Quivorir. Under his leadership, the Bears would be considered the strongest posting unit in the league for that season with BigJoeD_ lauding the Bears as having the best core posting unit in the league with brahj himself being the best, and Okeydoke7's relevancy rankings naming the Bears as the most relevant club of Season 20.

After a move to full forward in Season 22, brahj would be instrumental in helping the Las Vegas Bears win their first ever premiership with an All-SFA caliber season and an outstanding finals series. In a tense grand final with the Bears trailing the Dragons by 16 points with 3 minutes to spare, they would kick 3 goals in 2 minutes with brahj booting through what is ultimately the winner as Las Vegas prevailed by 2 points.

A move to the East Side Hawks (now Phoenix) would refresh his career with the highlight being winning the Mobbenfuhrer Medal in Season 24, his second best and fairest and his fourth selection as he helped the Hawks finish the regular season on top of the ladder and make it to the Grand Final. Brahj would move to the Royals in Season 27, and some strong seasons in the midfield would allow him to add a third best and fairest in Season 28 before being a part of the iconic first ever Royals premiership side in Season 30.

Beyond brahj's Qooty achievements, he is most known for a cutting wit and posting prowess matched by few others. He consistently place high in the Beez Trophy, finishing runner up in Season 23 and making the top 20 on five occasions. He also has created a trilogy of epic threads which are amongst some of the largest on the board and have stood the test of time including:
#scandal (the largest ever media thread in the history of the league)
The Sweet FA Landfill (a timeless institution of the league used by administrators and moderators for quality control)
SFA Ask Me Anything (a classic mega thread that is renewed across generations)

NOMINATED PLAYER: Headless
CLUBS: MBD (467 games*)
JOINED SFA: 12:00pm midday on January 21st 2007.

CAREER STATS:

• 467 games, 254 goals

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• x3 Premiership Player (S18, S26, S31)
• x2 All-SFA Selections (S25, S27)
• Mt. Buller Demons games record holder
• Mt. Buller Demons greatest team ever
• Mt. Buller Demons Hall of Fame
• okeydoke7 Medal (S27)
• Mt. Buller Demons Best Clubman (S24)
• Mt. Buller Demons Best Backman (S27)
• beez medallist (S33)
• Strong media contributor, including advocacy for interchange positions
• To our knowledge the only Sweet F.A. poster who has had a song written about him

NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Headless is probably the most universally admired poster in the Sweet F.A. The leadership he's provided at Mt. Buller and his active and constructive presence in the league (after such a long time in the league) should certainly have him in line for inclusion to the league Hall of Fame.

Headless is self-sacrificial in his on-field role, insisting that he plays in the INT-2 position to allow less experienced posters get settled in the league while playing in more glamorous positions. While some take it as a joke, his work to advocate for less glamorous positions stats-wise is genuinely a strong way of increasing the appeal of the league to more posters, and will ultimately result in stronger retention and engagement. He is a thoughtful and intelligent poster and the league is fortunate to have him around.

He is (and has been for a long while) passionate about the league - he's known for reaching out to support people who are struggling and he sets the tone for everyone having fun around the place. His loyalty (to play with one club for his entire career) is also admirable, and signals a strong level of commitment.

Headless absolutely belongs in the league Hall of Fame.

UPDATED AS OF WEEK 1 FINALS : SEASON 34

NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (132), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7

CAREER STATS:

• 430+ games, 350+ goals

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
• 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
• Bombers Captain (S10-11)
• Bombers B&F (S10)
• Top 10 games played of all time
• MBD Best Defender (S24)

*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.


NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Now in his 25th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.

A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.

A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.

NOMINATED : SEASON 30

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NOMINATED PLAYER: sausageroll
CLUBS: BOM (180), DEM (118), FUR (54), SDR (40), SHA (25)
DEBUT: Round 1, Season 7

CAREER STATS:

• 417 games*
• 351 goals*

*At time of writing.


ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES:

• 4x All-Sweet FA representative (S9-11, S24)*
• 2x premiership player (S14, S26)
• Bombers Captain (S10-11)
• Bombers B&F (S10)
• Top 10 games played of all time
• MBD Best Defender (S24)

*No teams named (or recorded) in Seasons 7-8. Likely would have been more from these seasons.


NOTES/CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEAGUE:

Now in his 24th season in the league, sausageroll is much-decorated and universally admired. Only nine players in the history of the league have played more games than sausageroll, eight of whom are already in the Hall of Fame.

A club captain, a Best and Fairest, an All-Sweet FA representative, a premiership player - there's not much that snags hasn't achieved in the league, and he's done it all in an extremely respectable manner. No nonsense, witty, and welcoming, sausageroll has truly been a strong asset to the league.

A particular highlight has been sausageroll's work and interaction with league rookies, including rookie retention. Easy it would be to take an arrogant or dismissive approach to new posters, given sausageroll has been an integral part of the league for so long, but this has never been the case for snags. Always happy to play in less glamorous positions, sausageroll has been a humble and consistent achiever across 13+ years in the league.

 

[Ant Bear]

Thank you to whoever nominated me. In this spirit of comradeship, can I suggest to this person that they inspect their hands? They may have a finger missing - my B&F tally is at 5, and my All-SFA cap collection numbers 9!

Sheesh!

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Thank you to whoever nominated me. In this spirit of comradeship, can I suggest to this person that they inspect their hands? They may have a finger missing - my B&F tally is at 5, and my All-SFA cap collection numbers 9!

Sheesh!

Its ok, you won’t get in anyway

 

[ClarkeM]

Thank you to whoever nominated me. In this spirit of comradeship, can I suggest to this person that they inspect their hands? They may have a finger missing - my B&F tally is at 5, and my All-SFA cap collection numbers 9!

Sheesh!

I nominated you just so I could vote no. Good luck though.

 

[Ant Bear]

Its ok, you won’t get in anyway

One day, maybe

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Thank you to whoever nominated me. In this spirit of comradeship, can I suggest to this person that they inspect their hands? They may have a finger missing - my B&F tally is at 5, and my All-SFA cap collection numbers 9!

Sheesh!

No it's 8 lol

 

[Headless]

No it's 8 lol

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This is so unlike Ant Bear.

 

[ClarkeM]

No it's 8 lol

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He must have confused his All SFA inclusions with the number of times he's put himself in the Top 20 of the Beez despite getting no votes.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

That Ant Bear... always trying to add All-SFA's and two new teams.

 

[Barrybran]

That Ant Bear... always trying to add All-SFA's and two new teams.

We only need him to add one new team

 

[Wosh]

Classic Ant Bear

 

[Wosh]

Yeah yeah I know Barrybran


Get Out

 

[Barrybran]

Yeah yeah I know Barrybran


Get Out

Hey, are you in the Hall of Fame yet?

 

[Wosh]

Hey, are you in the Hall of Fame yet?

No, Kennedy Parker has just made sure I never will be.
But I’m privy to the board Unfortunately

 

[Kennedy Parker]

No, Kennedy Parker has just made sure I never will be.
But I’m privy to the board Unfortunately

How did I do that?

 

[Wosh]

How did I do that?

spooks fanfic you dredged up, now forever a stain on me. Shit, even I had forgotten about it.
HOF death by association