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**bk1689** · 08-15-2021, 08:16 AM

Here are this season's tasks for CW. The maximum is 16 TPE. Mix and match whatever tasks you desire, but the maximum TPE to be earned from this is 16. [/align]

The deadline is Sunday, August 15th at 11:59pm CT.

Please copy/paste the prompts (including the # of TPE) into your post; it makes it much easier to grade and track.

This PT is for SHL players and send-downs only; it is not for SMJHL rookies or SMJHL prospects.

One (1) affiliate claim from either PBE or the ISFL will be accepted for 3 TPE! *if you’re claiming this and have a different username on the affiliate's site then you need to state that in your post to get credit.*

Please feel free to PM with any questions or concerns.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (60 words min.)

Ugh, poetry is so 17th century, we're ditching that prompt. Earlier in the season I had you flex your songwriting in an SHL style parody, but this time you don't have a song to lean on. You're writing your very own diss track about something SHL related. A player, A team, A GM, anything. You can write a diss track about CW if you want. 

Here are the rules: At least 12 lines (and at least 60 words total) but if you wanna do more go for it. I'm not laying out a specific rhyme scheme but there has to be rhyme in it. Be creative! This prompt is not for everyone, if you have a problem with it there are like 15 other prompts I made for ya. NOTE: THIS IS ALL IN JEST; ANYTHING OVERLY MEAN OR MALICIOUS WILL NOT BE GRADED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Championship Week
How much I despise
End of every season
Everyone lies
Says how much they love it
Type up some BS
Just spouting random words
Until I hit the count
Can't stand this time of the season
Just looking for a reason
To keep on going
Catch me flying in my private Boeing
I'm almost at my 60
There we go, hit it, let's go be shifty

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

I get having everyone make the playoffs, as if you're a new user, of course you want to see your guy in the postseason. On the other hand, I think if you're joining this, you understand how sports work and realize not everyone gets a participation trophy. For this reason, I think the playoffs should be trimmed down in the SMJHL. 8 or 12 teams, I dont care, but I think the days of everyone making it should be done. It makes it that much more special if you're a first Gen and you make the playoffs as one of the top teams this way.

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. The salt special: Do these teams deserve to be here? Or were they gifted a trip to the finals through puck luck and bullshittery?

Neither team deserves to be here.ill tell you who does, the Calgary Dragons. It should have been a Dragon on Dragon final. That would have impressed me, not this lackluster overgrown hairy cow against the mafioso wanna be. Give me a God damn Dragon that spits fire against another Dragon, then I'd watch the finals

b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?

I'm more impressed by Buffalos dominance over the last 20 season. The switch to FHM didn't hinder them at all, proving that they were a legit team for many seasons and it looks like they will continue this. Buffalo is a perennial cup threat and should be looked upon as a great dynasty.

c. Everyone's a critic: Nitpick one thing about either team's logo, jersey, rink design, goal horn, or general site demeanor.

I'm going to pick at Buffalo as a city. I've never been there and don't plan on going, but it sounds like a stupid city. Close to New York, but not New York, close to Canada, but not Canada. I feel like Buffalo is juat a Pittston for anyone going to either if these places.

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

The best player to ever play for either team is Joe Kurczewski. Buffalo had one of the best players to ever lace the skates up in the SHL and what did they do with him after getting him? Traded him. Joe never got to even put a Stampede sweater on, and frankly after seeing how they handled the situation.  They didn't deserve him.

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13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

I'm gonna go with a less popular opinion and say Monkey D. Luffy should get the playoff MVP for the champion Buffalo. Did he lead the team in Points during the post season? No, but he was second overall. And to do that as a grizzled vet cannot be overlooked in my opinion. He leads the team by example, whether its on the ice or in the locker room. He is a proven winner and showed it during this playoff run. Even in his advanced age, he's still a legitimate threat that needs to be contained, or else he will do some damage.

CW TRIVIA LINK

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

Bk1689

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16. slash's secret bonus prompt SHHHHHH. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Luke let you keep the money you stole from him in the heist, and won't tell the authorities. But you have to take him on a wonderful date using the money. How does your evening go? What dining and activities do you have in store for good ol' Lukey boy?

First off, what money? There was no money taken... anyways now that is out of the way. I take Luke on the most extravagant date of all time, because I can afford that type of thing without any nefarious acts. We start off by getting my jet to pick him up. From there we are off to Paris to dine while having the Eiffel Tower in our view. After that, we head to Italy to travel the canals, then we make a quick pit stop in Brazil for some samba dancing before taking him home and tucking him in bed for the night

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

MILESTONES TBD (check back later)

S60 Milestones

PremierBromanov · 08-15-2021, 09:14 AM

1. Written, 3 TPE, Ups and Downs (150 words min.)
So this was a tough season for everyone in the SHL. Dealing with trolls online, horrible PR from product endorsements, and on top of that all some minor identity fraud to add to the pile. Are these the worst things to happen to your player this season, or did something unimaginably horrible happen? On the flip side, were there any bright spots hidden in the countless nuisances and problems? What good things on and off the ice happened this season for you?
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This season was a bit rocky for Tom fiddler and the Tampa bay barracuda crew. We didn't quite get the wins we were looking for but we did manage to sneak into the playoffs again. We felt like Atlanta was a better matchup for us compared to Baltimore but it apparently didn't matter at all. Despite simming all week with the best strategy we could muster, it was no match for a few bad goalie rolls. Swept in the first round. We managed to beat Buffalo last year. But surprisingly Atlanta ended up going far in the playoffs which is fine by us. Our assumption was that Baltimore would have been the worse matchup for us and maybe that was true, but it's beginning to look more like rock paper scissors, except the rock never wins. Still, we managed to add some extra security in stromboli chomperlain. While a goalie isn't the most important part of a team and certainly not why we lost 4 games, it helps to have that safety net just in case he steals a game or two.

2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Pokemon! Everyone loves em, and if you don't, you didn't have a childhood. Or adulthood. Anyways, let's imagine all SHL and SMJHL players are now pokemon. Assemble your team! On top of that, what is your strategy to navigate the POKESHL? Try to get the strongest pokemon and become champion? Catch all of the possible players and complete your pokedex? UwU Breed them? Catch low level juniors players and train them? Or become a gym leader, helping others on their path to greatness? I'd love to hear your approach.
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I will assemble the Tampa bay barracuda, using mostly the first few generations because that's all i know.
Tom fiddler is a Machamp.
Strong, insane puck handling, 4 arms, two cocks. Machamp isn't very fast but he can arm wrestle 2 dudes at once.
Michael fitted is a primape. primape is a fighting type monkey who can't be predicted. His temper is short and his reach is long. He will flight any man, animal, thing, or concept.
James ronlain is a Mewtwo. He is the most powerful Pokemon in the shl, but he's saddled with a bunch of noobs and so he still can't beat the elite 4 (great lakes). Ronlain can move the puck with his mind and mesmerize goalies with his stick movements.
Zoltan topalo is a Entei. A fiery wrath tempered by cool regard and wise words. Also, he has a mustache. And he has a dog. Bing bang boom. Zoltan is fast as hell and incredibly powerful. He only stops for the most worthy of opponents.
And that's over 150 words so sorry to the rest of you.

3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Freaky Friday.. or Monday. Tuesday? Anyhow, I think the finals will be over by Friday barring some kind of Re-sim :grimace: Anyways, I forgot the plot of the movie but there's something about a fortune cookie and now you're in your mom's body! But actually, it's the body of an SHL player, one from Chicago or Buffalo! (If you are on Buffalo or Chicago, you can't be yourself, pick a teammate or opponent). Now that you are them and they are you, what do you do during the big game? Play amazing and turn a scrub into a superstar? Play like a bum and try to help the other team win? Oggle yourself in the mirror? The world is so exciting in a new body...
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In this freaky Friday scenario, we go back in time to when Buffalo had two big dick players and only one roster spot. They had made the decision to trade me to Tampa bay, to pay for my crimes. But now, we go to an alternate reality where i had not been traded. A third line plug at this point, old, decrepit and barely standing at 1900 tpe, Tom fiddler does his best to match against the big boys of the other teams trying to feed on the bottom. But Tom is a 20 rated shadow in fhm and that fits his proclivity for strong checking, stick handling, strength, and balance. By this point in his career he would have won two cups instead of none. And he wouldn't be minus 280 in his career. But is it worth it? To be on a team without Michael fitted? Would FHN even exist? There's no way to tell.

4. Written, 3 TPE (60 words min.)
Ugh, poetry is so 17th century, we're ditching that prompt. Earlier in the season I had you flex your songwriting in an SHL style parody, but this time you don't have a song to lean on. You're writing your very own diss track about something SHL related. A player, A team, A GM, anything. You can write a diss track about CW if you want.

Here are the rules: At least 12 lines (and at least 60 words total) but if you wanna do more go for it. I'm not laying out a specific rhyme scheme but there has to be rhyme in it. Be creative! This prompt is not for everyone, if you have a problem with it there are like 15 other prompts I made for ya. NOTE: THIS IS ALL IN JEST; ANYTHING OVERLY MEAN OR MALICIOUS WILL NOT BE GRADED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
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Michael fitted is a big stinky baby
All his lady friends want to lay me
And there ain't much worse than zoltan topalo
His verses and rhymes all ring so hollow
Trella thinks he's some kind of sniper
But i peep through my scope to see he's wearing a diaper
We got big booty bitches
We got Big booty bitches
We got big booty bitches
My name is fiddler and I'm here to say
Don't even mess with old Tampa bay
You will make me cry
And that's not very fly
Please respect my emotions
Before i cause a commotion
If you try to add music to this track
Your brain will break because there's no meter or flow or rhythm

Milestones +2
https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3086105

15. Trivia
1. Nick Connolly
2. 7
3. Chimkin Tendy
4. Alexis Metzler, Viktor Marius

***SpartanGibbles*** · 08-15-2021, 09:29 AM

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

3 Milestone TPE Claim

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

Verification Word: Royals

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

We're at a point in the SHL where a good chunk of the playerbase played back in the STHS era, and a good chunk has known nothing but FHM. If you're in the latter part of the league you must have heard the horror stories... so: Let's make a hypothetical. 

Players who played in both eras: What would have happened if we just had one sim engine? Posture how your career would have gone if we stayed in STHS (sans exploits). Or what if you had created in FHM the whole time? Would things have gone better or worse? 

For you FHM babies: What if we were still in Simon T land? Would your career be where it is now? Or would randomness have stunted the dynasties you may or may not have been part of?

7. As someone whose career got royally dunked on by the swap to FHM, this is a subject near and dear to my heart. For all the great things that FHM brought to our league, it took away one important possibility. It is almost impossible to have a good player on a bad team regardless of TPE. Back in the STHS days, there was a much higher correlation to a player's TPE and their performance in the sim compared to FHM which is much more tied to team strength. There were cases of single 2K players dragging bad teams into the playoffs or leading the league in a few stats. The data becomes more apparent when you look at the crater in Candice's tool for my players production. I was scoring nearly 50 points at around 1300 TPE and immediately struggled to pass the 30 point mark even at 2k TPE. I think the league will get to a good point with recent changes but we also saw the detrimental effect of players leaving teams for the top contenders because it was a way to guarantee point production.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (60 words min.)

Ugh, poetry is so 17th century, we're ditching that prompt. Earlier in the season I had you flex your songwriting in an SHL style parody, but this time you don't have a song to lean on. You're writing your very own diss track about something SHL related. A player, A team, A GM, anything. You can write a diss track about CW if you want. 

Here are the rules: At least 12 lines (and at least 60 words total) but if you wanna do more go for it. I'm not laying out a specific rhyme scheme but there has to be rhyme in it. Be creative! This prompt is not for everyone, if you have a problem with it there are like 15 other prompts I made for ya. NOTE: THIS IS ALL IN JEST; ANYTHING OVERLY MEAN OR MALICIOUS WILL NOT BE GRADED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

4. When you look at me, what do you see?
The king of Takeaways, stopping all of your breakaways.
No better at stealing, excuse my pass cuz I'm dealing.
Apples to all of my team, the puck hits the net,the crowd screams.
There's no one better at stripping the puck.
You heard what I said, and I don't give a fuck.
Step on my ice and you better beware.
Gibbles is taking the puck while you stop and stare.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

Pokemon! Everyone loves em, and if you don't, you didn't have a childhood. Or adulthood. Anyways, let's imagine all SHL and SMJHL players are now pokemon. Assemble your team! On top of that, what is your strategy to navigate the POKESHL? Try to get the strongest pokemon and become champion? Catch all of the possible players and complete your pokedex? UwU Breed them? Catch low level juniors players and train them? Or become a gym leader, helping others on their path to greatness? I'd love to hear your approach.

2. My strategy for conquering the PokeSHL is the tried and true method of gathering a cohesive and complementary team. Anyone going for a single type team is a chump and deserves to get swept by a single pokemon. Obviously my Gym would be located in Minnesota.

My Team would consist of:

SpartanGibbles -Nidoking - Eternally my favorite and I share a lot of traits. Big, strong, and versatile to counter the enemy.
KlusteR - Mr Rime - Strong Mentally and able to analyze the enemy strategy and evolve.
BadWolf - Luxray - Quick and cool, able to strike before the enemy knows what's happening.
Segi - Coalassal - The workhorse and driver that comes out of nowhere to level opponents.
Tig - Greedent - Tig is happy and fills a great support role. Also I had one in the games named after him and traded it to him.
Corey - Corviknight - Looks Mean and scary but underneath it all willing to go the distance for their friends.

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?

12. While I do love the success that Chicago has been able to build as a team, there is something to be said about Buffalo's ability to stay on top of the league. They have been a dominant force for my entire time and it doesn't show any signs of suddenly stopping. I don't think there will be as many invincible teams, but I don't see a bad Buffalo on the horizon.

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Nhamlet · 08-15-2021, 11:04 AM

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3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

Freaky Friday.. or Monday. Tuesday? Anyhow, I think the finals will be over by Friday barring some kind of Re-sim :grimace: Anyways, I forgot the plot of the movie but there's something about a fortune cookie and now you're in your mom's body! But actually, it's the body of an SHL player, one from Chicago or Buffalo! (If you are on Buffalo or Chicago, you can't be yourself, pick a teammate or opponent). Now that you are them and they are you, what do you do during the big game? Play amazing and turn a scrub into a superstar? Play like a bum and try to help the other team win? Oggle yourself in the mirror? The world is so exciting in a new body...

If I could be inside the body of another player, it’d be a tough choice to not pick Elizabeth Doyle. However I will instead pick @neonlime and have the biggest carbs load of all time day of the game. First starting with a bowl of cheerios that has been sitting in whole fat milk for about 3 hours ensuring that they’re as soft as can be. Breakfast has been taken in through a straw, then it’ll be brunch, eating plain slices of toast that was overly toasted to the point of clearly being burnt but left in the fridge to cool off. So cold, burnt toast as a snack. Then as a pre-game warmup, I’d look to ask somebody to tie myself up in bondage esque knots to remove all flexibility from Harrington’s body. Then as a pre game meal, there can only be one choice: mac and cheese with ketchup. In fact there’s more ketchup than mac and cheese. After that, I wouldn’t do anything and let Lime back into his body.

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

I’ve voted for the option to have 8 teams in out of the 14 teams and to a degree, still stand by that idea. On one hand, being on teams that haven’t made the playoffs in other sim leagues, I can fully appreciate the feelings of missing out, seeing others continue to play and have their shot. As it is right now, for everybody making it, it does take away the first round from appreciating being where they are to being taken for granted. In a format where the 8 teams make it, being left of the playoffs will only make the eventual appearance in the postseason that much more satisfying and noteworthy.

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6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

Without thinking too much of how the standings are right now, I was going to say that we would have the usual suspects of Canada and USA being some of the top teams. Along with that, I felt that Sweden would take the step as being the 3rd best and potentially one of the best teams in the league. Japan was the most recent gold medal winner but still remains a wild card to be anywhere in the standings and anywhere in the medal rounds.

With how the standings are at the moment, it’s a little bit of both a surprise and isn’t that Norway and Finland are dominating as much as they are. Both teams have solid pieces in place from great top end players, solid depth and members in management who have had success on winning teams in the SHL. Yet on Finland’s side, this is a bit of an unexpected step so far as they have underachieved in the past and arguably could be seen as over performing for the time being. Norway on the other hand is showing their 2nd straight season of being a dominant team so there’s some historical reference being built with every win that they get.

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. The salt special: Do these teams deserve to be here? Or were they gifted a trip to the finals through puck luck and bullshittery?

b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?

a. Easy bias here to say that both Chicago and Buffalo deserve to be here. As much it must be frustrating to be on the other side and view either of these organizations simply pick up additional assets at minimal costs, the teams that manage to slowly weigh the value in their favor consistently in positive manner are the ones who typically come out more often than not. Some anomalies exist out side of this in regards to sim knowledge/luck but it at least puts you in the position to have that chance.
b. I would go with Buffalo. Some of it is due to the low speed of improvement/falling with how the previous salary cap system worked, FHM's relatively predictable nature but as mentioned, the collection of assets and value for your organization, making the most of picks, trades etc are symptoms of a extremely well run organization. And I hate it.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

tea

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

Milestone +3

scorycory · 08-15-2021, 11:04 AM

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1. Written, 3 TPE, Ups and Downs (150 words min.)

So this was a tough season for everyone in the SHL. Dealing with trolls online, horrible PR from product endorsements, and on top of that all some minor identity fraud to add to the pile. Are these the worst things to happen to your player this season, or did something unimaginably horrible happen? On the flip side, were there any bright spots hidden in the countless nuisances and problems? What good things on and off the ice happened this season for you?

Both the bright spot and the worst thing that happened to me this season came courtesy of the Buffalo management. On the high note they drafted me to a wonderful locker room that is absolutely bursting with activity. I immediately felt at home among a great group of people, many of whom I was familiar with and friends with already. Big shoutout to my favorite troll @Lime here. Then however, the trade deadline rolled around. Most seasons I wouldn't think anything of this date but this time around the normally reliable Buffalo GMs did something unthinkable. They traded for kpop and anime fanatic, Jeffie43. I have constantly been shadowed and followed around every league I have been in by this manchild weeb. Then I come to find out that not only did they trade for this maniac, but they completely mortgaged the future of the team in order to do so by getting rid of a bevy of first round picks.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (60 words min.)

Ugh, poetry is so 17th century, we're ditching that prompt. Earlier in the season I had you flex your songwriting in an SHL style parody, but this time you don't have a song to lean on. You're writing your very own diss track about something SHL related. A player, A team, A GM, anything. You can write a diss track about CW if you want. 

Here are the rules: At least 12 lines (and at least 60 words total) but if you wanna do more go for it. I'm not laying out a specific rhyme scheme but there has to be rhyme in it. Be creative! This prompt is not for everyone, if you have a problem with it there are like 15 other prompts I made for ya. NOTE: THIS IS ALL IN JEST; ANYTHING OVERLY MEAN OR MALICIOUS WILL NOT BE GRADED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Oh my Anchorage Armada, at least you aren't Nevada
If only we had a different GM, perhaps we would have had a better end
Another finals to lose, once more Gabe is here to abuse
His poor players who thought we had a chance, alas this will be Bear's final dance
At least we got to cuck Quebec along the way, that always makes our players day

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

Honestly let's finally get to the point that not everyone makes it, top 8 teams only please. Whoever ends up getting Nevada is basically getting a bye anyway, they are a joke of a team who is horribly managed. The sad thing as well is that it's usually not even the top seed in the conference that gets to play this team of glorified bots. Same thing goes for Kelowna when they don't have an army of IAs. Let's make playoffs fun a competitive and fair experience, if any team should get a bye it should be the top seed, the team that earned it. Though I am partial to no byes at all because I love the idea of playoff success not being entirely predicated upon regular season success.

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13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

My easy choice for series MVP goes to Steve Harrington. Not only did he score a hat trick against his former SMJHL teammates in Newfoundland to seal the series win in the final game, he also lives rent free in the head of many of the other players in the league who are misfortunate enough to not play for Buffalo at all(or not play for any team because they suck so much that they didn't get drafted). Steve Harrington lives a life of success on and off the ice that is both admirable and certainly worthy of being jealous over.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

gnomedab

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

MILESTONES TBD (check back later)

Milestones +3 TPE

BarnabasCollins · 08-15-2021, 11:17 AM

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1. Written, 3 TPE, Ups and Downs (150 words min.)
So this was a tough season for everyone in the SHL. Dealing with trolls online, horrible PR from product endorsements, and on top of that all some minor identity fraud to add to the pile. Are these the worst things to happen to your player this season, or did something unimaginably horrible happen? On the flip side, were there any bright spots hidden in the countless nuisances and problems? What good things on and off the ice happened this season for you?

Well for Kata Vilde the down would have to be the start of the season for the Calgary Dragons. For the first dozen or so games both Vilde and the Dragons sucked total balls. We then proceeded to get on a roll and got to the number one seed in our division. The we won our first FHM playoff series, followed by another to make it to the final 4 before bowing out. On a personal note Vilde became only the 3rd goaltender in SHL history to get to the 400 win plateau. He also became the second winningnest goalie of all time and tied for the most shutouts in league history. So while it may not have been a stellar start to the season it ended up very well for both Vilde and the Dragons. On a more off the ice tangent Vilde went thorugh quite a myriad of health issues that forced him to curtail his usual workload, luckily Cale Admundsen stepped up admirably to fill the void left by the old netminder's body beginning the final breakdown.

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

Well I am of 2 minds on this. First off you like to see everyone make it because the playoffs are exciting times, especially for the new users on the site and getting them the experience of a playoff buzz goes along way into keeping them in the SHL. On the flip side everyone making the playoffs isn't very realistic and the SHL is supposed to provide some semblance of realism. Not to mention the fact of the many recreates in the SMJHL who know the drill and have been through the grind before so eliminating the bottom feeders makes sense from a realism standpoint. I would probably lean toward realism and having the bottom teams not making it in the end as we're trying to provide a realistic hockey experience.

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6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

For IIHF this season I expect it will likely be more of the same with the larger nations once again dominating the action. Canada was a bit of a disappointment last season and I fully expect them to bounce back and be in medal contention. It's also interesting to see former powers like Austria and Ireland toward the bottom of the standings so it remains to be seen if thos managers can bring back their nations to their former dominance. On a personal note Kata Vilde will still be trying to help a young Latvian team try to improve and move into the top half of the standings but it's most likely they are a couple seasons away yet from being able to put up much of a run. What will be the most interesting however will be to see the effect of the new update scale on the competition. Will this tend to help the smaller nations become more competitive or will it still be the case off the haves and have nots. I think that is truly the most intriguing IIHF storyline to be watched.

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
We're at a point in the SHL where a good chunk of the playerbase played back in the STHS era, and a good chunk has known nothing but FHM. If you're in the latter part of the league you must have heard the horror stories... so: Let's make a hypothetical.

Players who played in both eras: What would have happened if we just had one sim engine? Posture how your career would have gone if we stayed in STHS (sans exploits). Or what if you had created in FHM the whole time? Would things have gone better or worse?

For you FHM babies: What if we were still in Simon T land? Would your career be where it is now? Or would randomness have stunted the dynasties you may or may not have been part of?

My player is probably one of if not the oldest in the league so the majority of my career was played with STHS. I actually preferred STHS as a goaltender you actually had some type of control of how your player actually played. In FHM which I can't stand, goaltenders are completely irrelevant. No matter what you as an individual do you simply have little to no effect on how your player performs. That is very disheartening to be quite honest. I thought the switch to FHM was hurried and not completely thought out and I have seen no reason to see that I was wrong in this as one complete class of player is basically precluded from making a difference for their teams. It certainly does not back up our goal of being a realistic hockey experience. I despise FHM so much I probably will be ghosting when my player is done, the only reason I've actually stayed is for my teammates.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

FuckHamilton

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3086142

*fishy* · 08-15-2021, 11:33 AM

17. S60 Milestones - https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3086153

+3 = 3 tpe total

Quote:Luke let you keep the money you stole from him in the heist, and won't tell the authorities. But you have to take him on a wonderful date using the money. How does your evening go? What dining and activities do you have in store for good ol' Lukey boy?

Having achieved the heist of the century thanks to my wonderful, yet now dead accomplices of Steve Harrington, Alex Selich, and other buffalo bros, luke can get treated to an absolutely wonderful evening. To start, co commissioner Luke Thomason and I will begin at my apartment, then heading out to a bar. We will eventually make our way to the Canadian tire centre, in the middle of buttfuck nowhere. We will be watching the sens play the penguins, not the flyers specifically to spite Luke. To further spite Luke, the penguins will win and simultaneously Risto ristolainen will be named captain of the flyers. Luke will also be paying for this entire evening. Thanks Luke!

115 words, +2 = 5 tpe total

15. Razov, +4 = 9 tpe total

Quote:12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.
a. The salt special: Do these teams deserve to be here? Or were they gifted a trip to the finals through puck luck and bullshittery?
b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?
c. Everyone's a critic: Nitpick one thing about either team's logo, jersey, rink design, goal horn, or general site demeanor.
d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

A. Buffalo won the presidents trophy as the leagues best team, while Chicago bested new rivals Texas and won the western conference. Bard. Off their playoff paths alone, It’s impossible to find teams more deserving based off their play this season. The only other teams arguably in the same stratosphere as Buffalo and Chicago were Hamilton and Texas, and they showed this wasn't their year by losing in 6 and 5 games respectively.

72 words, +1

B. Chicago has less finals appearances than their expansion rival New Orleans. The continued dominance of buffalo over 15 seasons and two sim engines is far more impressive and frankly isn't even a discussion. Buffalo has more cup finals appearences in the last 3 seasons than Chicago does since its inception. Impressive by the Syndicate? Frankly, no.

56 words, +1

C. Chicago’s consistently had some of the worst goal horns, culminating in the ruining if a banger Olivia rodrigo song. This is why it was so important to ensure that Chicago did not hear their goal song too often. Unfortunately Mat Smith decided he enjoys hearing this abomination, and forced the series to go the distance to a full 7 games.

60 words, +1

D. The best current skater is likely myself, having been top 3 in points in each of the previous two seasons and possibly receving mvp noms in both seasons. Elizabeth Doyle also deserves consideration if considering best all around player, as does Chicago’s Martin westbroek who singlehandedly carried this Chicago team himself. Had this been asked seasons prior, Matt Kholin and Monkey D Luffy may also deserve merit.

67 words, +1

+4 earned, 13 tpe total

Quote:2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Pokemon! Everyone loves em, and if you don't, you didn't have a childhood. Or adulthood. Anyways, let's imagine all SHL and SMJHL players are now pokemon. Assemble your team! On top of that, what is your strategy to navigate the POKESHL? Try to get the strongest pokemon and become champion? Catch all of the possible players and complete your pokedex? UwU Breed them? Catch low level juniors players and train them? Or become a gym leader, helping others on their path to greatness? I'd love to hear your approach.

Early in my career, it was hard to not look at fishy and consider him to be underwhelming and virtually useless. In fact, you could look at him floundering around there on the ice and wonder if he was really ever going to figure it out and evolve from constantly splashing. You could even compare his game to that of Magikarp. Fishy in s59 got enough experience to evolve his game, and turned into quite the formidable opponent. The evolution into Gyrados helped diversify the Pokémon in Buffalo’s lineup, with Buffalo also having a number of other types including Primape Monkey D Luffy, ground type Hippowdown Hippo Passamus, as well as poison type Nidoqueen, Queen Elizabeth Doyle. Although not the ideal Pokémon lineup, the stampede sure have survived all their important battles and can be considered PokeLeague champs. It will be interesting to see the next generation of Buffalo players, who grow to take over as these leading Pokémon get old and wind down to laziness in the Safari Zone.

170 words, +3, 16 total tpe

3+2+4+4+3=16 tpe earned

Faded · 08-15-2021, 12:22 PM

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 16 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

MILESTONES TBD (check back later)

+3 TPE

[code]15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

gat

4+/16

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