Reg brings out allot of intresting points about playing in a stadium but I would like to add that sense getting back into the hobby my goal has been to experience all ELF has to offer. This past month I was able to pick up a Raymond James Stadium (Bucs are my favorite team) that Reg built about 6 years ago. Never seeing one of his stadiums in person I drove 11 hours one way to pick it up. I will have to say it is the best investment I have ever made concerning this hobby. There is nothing like walking into the room and seeing the stadium and the players on that field. Many times I wake up at night and just go in there and turn on those stadium lights and it just lights up the field and the glow of the lights shines out of the stadium just like in real life. I just sit there in peace and all the excitement and love for the game just overwhelms me without ever turning on the board of touching a player. I think many of us have felt that way (or experienced that high that the game gives us) many times playing the game. You make that impossible pass that goes for a touchdown or that runner puts a move on some players and he goes all the way for a TD. Those special plays or that paint job or that first player you ever designed. That is the feeling I am speaking about. With my stadium I get to experience that feeling any time of day as many times as I want. That is what a stadium does for me. What many get to experience a few times playing the game because of Reg I get to experience daily.
I am currently updating the stadium with pictures to follow in a few months. I will say as I have been updating the stadium I have the up most respect for Reg for the effort and time that goes into making one of these stadiums.
So what’s the big deal about a stadium?
For me it’s if I never play a game again I have reached the pinnacle of the ELF experience without even turning the game on.
Reg – thanks for giving me that ultimate ELF experience.
In fact my goal is to now work toward purchasing a few more stadiums.
Merry Christmas to all sntht$
Mark