Allow me, if I may, to discuss where the world stands at this crossroad in the tapestry that is the history of the IDL, and how it determines the outlook of the sixth season before the teams are made official.&nbsp; <br /><br />I shall take this with an analytical perspective of the teams in their draft order, along with some presumptive speculations on their franchises.&nbsp; I may look more into the draft itsel fat a later date.&nbsp; But its just too late right now.<br /><br />[b]Spread Eagles[/b]<br />Captain:&nbsp; Nero<br />Rumored Franchises:&nbsp; Chaindude, Mortalogy, Dopefish<br /><br />This team could really use some wins, to put it simply clean and cut, and who better to attempt giving them some than the IDDL championship Captain, Nero.&nbsp; He is making his (captaining) jump to the big leagues, and from the other side of the pond to boot.&nbsp; He has some IDL experience, having played for WAD, the best record team last summer.&nbsp; But enough about him, lets talk about his team, and what the hell he can do with it.&nbsp; This guy has a real chance at another winner, going in with the first draft pick and a completely clean slate for a franchise.&nbsp; Somebody claimed that chaindude is on his shortlist, and if Nero can somehow get ahold of him and also utilize his draft picks correctly, SPE will be a force to fear and be reckoned with.<br /><br />[b]Electric Bills[/b] or whatever the hell they may be called in due time<br />Captain: Xenaero <br />Rumored Franchises: Sabertooth, mikehail, RottKing<br /><br />Ah, the Electric Bills.&nbsp; If my memory serves me correctly, I was on this team last season.&nbsp; But that season and that roster will be a thing of the past, particularly with Xens original franchise, DG666 deciding to return to the captaining position (Well get to him later)&nbsp; His first-round, first-pick draft, RottKing, is still a free agent and MAY stick around with the Bills another season.&nbsp; But I find that to be a relatively long shot, especiall with offers coming in from more *ahem* stable, teams.&nbsp; And I would really hope Xenaero would be smart enough to not franchise anybody picked that late in the draft last season for their running mate, even if it is yours truly.&nbsp; That said,&nbsp; who, pray tell, will be the Second banana for the bills, and how are they going to bail out this sinking ship? <br /><br />[b]Killing Browns[/b]<br />Captain: TAI<br />Rumored Franchises: [s]BloodStrike[/s]&nbsp; [s]Dreidman[/s] [s]Brahm[/s] Actually I haven&#039;t heard any reasonable ones...&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />But if you thought DD_133 had it bad going out last season,&nbsp; check out the predicament Tai223235 is in right now.&nbsp; With Mantis-X deciding to return to his captain position, and the &quot;disagreements&quot; between Tai and METALBLACK, and Anger/NutzOr, all but falling off the face of the earth midway through the winter season,&nbsp; Tai will probably have start from the ground up this summer.&nbsp; That said, seeing how KGB fared last season, this is probably all for the better, as Tai appeared to be wanting to take his team in a new direction.&nbsp; Now more than ever, a fine opportunity will present itself for Tai to prove himself as the formidable captain that he has shown himself to be.&nbsp; Frankly, if Tai could round up a fairly Ex-R roster (Namely Beast or even Gax / MadV)&nbsp; The KGB could very well be back on the road to glory for Mother Russia.&nbsp; <br /><br />[b]BrokeBack Cowboys[/b]<br />Captain: Mantis-X<br />Rumored Franchises: Stallion, Shadow_Ghost, Beast<br /><br />This is Mantis-X&#039;s first escapade in Captaining since the more than halfway decent Team X-Treme made it to the conference Final back in Winter 2008.&nbsp; Given a decent draft spot at number four, and even before that, a wide array of former team Playoff Team mates coming back ready and available for a coveted franchise spot,&nbsp; Mantis has plenty of room to make BBC one of the most versatile options for creating a new powerhouse in the IDL field. Plenty of room, that is, to (at least partially) recreate Season 4s Cookie Monsters, Season 3&#039;s Team Extreme or even Season 2&#039;s BrokeBack Mountain...the very paly on words that warranted this teams moniker?&nbsp; Oh my ironic heart be still. <br /><br />[B]Berserker Packers[/b]<br />Captain: HumanBones<br />Rumored Franchises: midian, midian, midian<br /><br />Considering how formidable BSK did in the previous season, I think they are real rather lucky getting a 5th draft pick, looking at how well off they are with an almost guaranteed pairing of IDL&#039;s latest dynamic Duo, Humanbones and midian.&nbsp; In spite of the chances of reclaiming Stallion are pretty much none to negative infinity, i wouldn&#039;t be surprised if BSK could repick Ladna in the draft if Bones so chooses.&nbsp; This begs a question that i really only applied to this team...who will their [b]fourth[/b] player be.&nbsp; Probably some no-name or something along those lines.&nbsp; Ho hum and whatnot.&nbsp; Moving on.&nbsp; <br /><br /><br />[B]Doom[/b][size=1pt]guy[/size] [b]Raiders[/b]<br />Captain: Doomguy666<br />Rumored Franchises: JKist3, mikehail, Chaindude<br /><br />Okay, I&#039;ll admit it, I haven&#039;t heard too much about what is truly going on with this team, or some of the people involved, I am actually going with what would be a logical place to start with going into the position DMR is going to go into come Season 6.&nbsp; A lot of DGs top comrades already have comfy spots on other teams, leaving his options few and quite far between.&nbsp; Not that I&#039;m automatically calling gloom and doom on them.&nbsp; I can imagine DG having&nbsp; a bargaining chip with Chaindude, to make ure his former team doesn&#039;t fall from grace.&nbsp; DG also has ties to JKist that are surpassed only by NoStar (on the captain field anyway)&nbsp; Should, by some work of God, Jesus, Moses, or Chuck Norris, somehow go through, I would probably drop from IDL and simply spend my summer perpetually glued to the relationship between DMR and SUC.&nbsp; Not that that would EVER happen though...right? <br /><br />[b]Flag Steelers[/b]<br />Captain: Ralphis<br />Rumored Franchises: RottKing.<br /><br />Really the only rumor circulating about this team is that Ralphis has intentions of picking up RottKing as his franchise pick.&nbsp; And that would not be a moment too soon, with both his star players, Gilgamesh AND Oath both taking a season off from IDL.&nbsp; And unless you have intelligence rivaling a toaster oven&nbsp; (and not the supersmart ones built in labs either)&nbsp; you could tell that IceyKiller will not be making an encore with FLS.&nbsp; from the pattern of Ralphs team mates, it really only makes sense that Rott will be taking a spot in FLS this summer.&nbsp; The real question is...will Rott finally make a return to The Masterbowl (on one of his maps no less) for the first time in two years.&nbsp; Heck, will Rott finally make a return to the PLAYOFFS for the first time in two years.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one guy hoping and betting he will.<br /><br />[b]Super Chargers[/b]<br />Captain: NoStar<br />Rumored Franchises:&nbsp; There are no rumors.<br /><br />It is right there plain and simple, clear as crystal, no sense in accepting any other form of reality.&nbsp; Nostar is going to franchise Potent, and that is that...and why the dickens shouldnt he?&nbsp; Personal grudges and general animosity aside, the usage of Chewy and JKist got Nostar and SUC a masterbowl championship and undefeated season to boot, without even utilizing their fourth player.&nbsp; Now that is a sign of pure dedication to the cause.&nbsp; Of course it also puts pretty much the biggest target on their backs in the history of metaphoric targets on metaphoric backs.&nbsp; And I&#039;ll wager dollars to donuts that this lineup will not happen again, as I can guarantee that at least one captain will go noble and draft JKist.&nbsp; That said I&#039;m sure NoStar will still be able to make do with what he can get his hands on.&nbsp; He always seems to be able to do just that.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br /><br />tl;dr version<br /><br />Unbridled Carnage,<br />Unexpected Twists,<br />Unleaded Gasoline.<br />International Doom League: Summer 2009 Season, coming Summer 2009.