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*thedangazone* · 10-09-2021, 04:23 PM

Milestones Claim 3 TPE for Milestones

ISFL PTPT Affiliation for one task. 3 TPE

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1. 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.

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

Pick a draft class in the SHL that you believe had the most impact on the SHL. It can be a consensus pick, like S36, 31, or 53, or an off-the-board one (S41?). Explain your reasoning to why this draft class impacted the league; Could be in a good way, or a bad way.

While there could be many draft classes that had huge impacts on the SHL such as season 20 or season 31 as two of the biggest picks from most people, I will be a homer for sure and choose season 36 since it is when I joined the league. I think the draft class overall was very good but had some of the biggest users we have seen on the site since then. Starting with myself because why not, I have GMed in all 3 leagues here, had pretty much every job on the site at one time or another, and have done a ton to help the league overall at least in my eyes maybe not in all. Our current SHL commish is from S36 with nour. Trella, the Tampa Bay GM is also from that draft class. Evok has been one of the most awarded and loved members on the site overall. Prettyburn was one of the most well regarded members going into that draft. Both Mook and Artermis who were long time great members of the site had recreated for it. Ace was part of that draft who has done tons of GMing on the site. Bluesfan who is coming off a an amazing season with his newest player.
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18. Written, 2 TPE, Baby come back 100 words min

If you had the power to bring back one user to the SHL, who would it be? We're talking full activity, balls to the wall. They could be a banned user, user gone inactive, or someone who's around but doesn't really fuck with SHL anymore. Pick your user and why you want them back that badly? Did you love them, or do you just want to watch the league burn?

There are quite a few users who I would love to see come back to full activity in the league. I have made so many amazing friends here and I hate whenever any one of them leaves. I think the first one that comes to mind is Ontanis. He was a great friend of mine for so long in the league and he did come back for a short time at one point but wasn't able to keep the activity to full strength. He was such a joy to have around though and I do hope he is doing well over in Latvia.
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15. Written, 2 TPE, The yearly IIHF task (100 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC if you care about that more. Will there be surprises? Will any players make their country proud? Who's gonna suck? Be bold!

I think IIHF will probably be the same teams winning as usual though there could be some surprises for sure. I think Latvia could make a little more noise than some people might expect and there's some players who will for sure make their countries happy like every big player reaching 2 thousand TPE for Canada, USA, and Great Britain. Which those 3 will probably be the medal winners with an outside shot of Japan making it in or Czechia. I think Ireland is about to suck bad but Keith Lee is going to dominate with shots blocked and hopefully hits as well since he won't be playing for much else.
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***yosh*** · 10-09-2021, 04:47 PM

3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 16 TPE

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

You've been contacted by a big film studio who wants to center the next big hockey movie around your career so far! All you need to do is supply a 150+ word explanation about what will be key scenes of moments or games in your career, the cast, and a general timeline of the film as it follows you from team to team, junior to pro. This one is open ended so how you approach it is up to you!

Oooo, this is gonna be a fun one.

Obviously the key thing is to figure out the screenplay or the script or whatever it's called, the story of the film, which means it is important to figure out the most crucial and critical scenes to include in the movie. Hopefully Vaseline Podcalzone would actually help with this process, otherwise it would be kind of a free for all, and who knows what "creative alterations" those random script writers would add.

The first scenes would certainly be about Pod's childhood in Vladivostok, his hometown after his family moved there from Moscow. Maybe some scenes showing him playing hockey on a frozen pond, since there weren't that many rinks around.

The next scenes would be about his youth hockey time, leading up to him getting drafted to the Newfoundland Berserkers. From there, a good chunk of the movie will be about his time in Newfoundland, given so far he's spent 4 seasons there and just 3 seasons called up to the SHL with Seattle. It would show his friendship with players like Minamino, Harrington, Clean Andrei Kostitsyn, Lassi Suhonen, Jonas Kahnwald, etc.

Obviously other big scenes to include would be Pod fighting some Maine Timber player during the Four Star Cup clinching game in Season 55, Pod raising the cup hopefully would also be included. Some scenes showing Pod receiving letters on his sweater, and obviously a scene showing his final game in the Juniors.

Oh, and also a scene where he finds out he gets drafted to Seattle, of course. That was a big one.

The final few scenes would be about Pod's career with the Argos. Honestly, since his career is still ongoing, they can keep the ending sort of open-ended. Maybe show that one playoff overtime goal he scored in his rookie season?

WC: 304 sheeesh

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

a. Hamilton was not taken to 7 games, Texas enjoyed two series sweeps, which team had the harder path to the final in your opinion?

b. Almost ten seasons ago, in S53, Hamilton enjoyed a 40 win season while Texas mustered a measly 9 wins. Now these two teams sit atop the season standings, and the playoff standings. Which is more impressive, to stay good for a decade, or to complete the rebuild and finally achieve greatness?

c. What is a renegade? What is a steelhawk? Who is Victor Helstrom from the CW trivia?

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

A. It's certainly a tough call. On one hand, Hamilton had a massive clash of the titans with the Buffalo Stampede, but still made easy work of them in 5 games. Meanwhile, Texas' route wasn't as easy as it sounds, as they also had a massive clash with the Chicago Syndicate in 7 games.

Honestly, just off of that Chicago series alone, I might be more compelled to go with Texas for the hardest path to the finals. A 7 game series is never fun, especially against a team like the Syndicate.
WC: 91
B. Well, without a doubt, to go from only having 9 wins, and really not looking so hot, to suddenly becoming a Challenge Cup contender, is incredibly impressive. Sure, a decade is a long time and it's not really an overnight success, but you really have to give kudos to Texas for the rebuild anyhow, especially since, for the most part, it feels like success can be sustainable for quite a while in the SHL. Oh, and they also did end up winning a Challenge Cup, so they've basically had the perfect rebuild.
WC: 92

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12. 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

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18. Written, 2 TPE, Baby come back 100 words min

If you had the power to bring back one user to the SHL, who would it be? We're talking full activity, balls to the wall. They could be a banned user, user gone inactive, or someone who's around but doesn't really fuck with SHL anymore. Pick your user and why you want them back that badly? Did you love them, or do you just want to watch the league burn?

If I could bring back one user full time, full activity, all the marbles, balls to the wall, it would be my boy @teztify . I was very very pepe sad when Tez went IA, even tho we weren't even teammates anymore (he went to Chicago and then Montreal, while I went to Seattle). Nevertheless, it was very depresso wen we were no longer having vibe sessions late at night with JNH and he wasn't around as much in the Newfoundland Berserkers locker room. It is very understandable though since Tez do be vibing, and now that he's making a gradual return to the Newfoundland Locker Room, hopefully that means he might make a return at some point.

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19. Written, 3 TPE, Pills 150 words min

Love it or hate it, that Pill PT (PT 2) was wild and may I say, genius. You've partnered up with the weird trench coat pill guy to design your own pills, with powers and drawbacks to sell to your fellow SHLers! How do you go about this, do you make really good pills to help your team? Trick Hamilton into taking some really shitty pills with the promise of incredible powers? Or do what I did and make a bunch of insane pills and watch the league go absolutely crazy trying to make sense of what the fuck I'm even talking about? Or just make a bunch of jelly beans?

Me and this shady pharmaceutical man will create the most legendary pill of all-time: the Beeg Yoshi pill! It is a green coloured (yes, I wrote coloured not colored) pill that will, essentially, turn you into a large, massive, green coloured, heavy dinosaur.

It basically turns you into a Beeg Yoshi.

Think about it, the possibilities are endless. Give it to the entire opposing team? Everyone looks like a Beeg Yoshi? Could this be a MASSIVE MULTI SITUATION? Counterpoint, suppose it's fair game, and this isn't considered as multi-ing. Do you give the green pill to every single player on your team to give them the size advantage, or only a select few?

You could give it to a goalie, for example, and then they'd just cover up most of, if not, the whole net. Granted, didn't they try this experiment out with a sumo wrestler in goalie gear, and then things didn't turn out so well...?

Oh well, in that case, what if we turned the defenseman into Yoshis? Just big giant pillars ready to demolish?

Well, on the other hand, I think given how heavy these dinosaurs are, they probably aren't that agile... a dirty dangling forward could easily dangle past these guys and score a goal.

On second thought, maybe the Beeg Yoshi pill isn't as great as I initially thought.

WC: 225

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20. Written, 3 TPE, Pulling a Jordan 150 words min

This is for you folks in multiple sim sports leagues. Pick your player from another league and translate them to the SHL. Which player attributes from your sport would translate to hockey? Design a full player page for them based on the player page of your other league and discuss how they would perform in a season. Would they be godlike? Shitty? You can pull a switcheroo and discuss your SHL player playing in the other sport as well.

See, this is great, because we can essentially try out the experiment from my past PT, but without the need to chemically synthesize a Beeg Yoshi pill. Introducing, my ISFL player, offensive linebacker Beeg Beeg Yoshi!

Beeg Beeg Yoshi is, essentially, just a heavy dinosaur, and we can try out some of our experiments by determining what position he should play.

Forward? Just demolish any players as a gnarly power forward? It would be nice, but with his lackluster speed, the reality is he wouldn't be that great of a forward, especially if he's late on the backecheck.

What about defense? We sort of outlined it already, but although Beeg Beeg Yoshi wouldn't probably be an offensive defenseman clapping bombs from the offensive zone blue line, he could probably be alright as a stay-at-home defenseman, or a crease clearing defenseman, concentrating on defense by laying down hits or pushing away forwards trying to screen the goalie.

Granted, again, agility is a beeg beeg issue for beeg beeg yoshi. Plus, if he's playing crease clearing, he might honestly just end up screening his own goalie in the process. Whoops.

And obviously, Yoshi at goalie wouldn't be that great. See: the sumo wrestler goalie example.

WC: 203

XLeafer · 10-09-2021, 05:48 PM

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max

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PBE PT 3TPE

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2. Written, 3 TPE, What if...? (150 words min.)

The moment I will change is two things. Firstly, I would change the formation of the Hamilton steelhawks. I do not think that Hamilton is a hockey city and right now it is ruining the league and this team not existing would be great for the league. There are many better options than having Hamilton as a team like Burlington is a better option for a team than Hamilton. but that may be just my hate towards the team as they win yet another championship thanks to their advantage from the sim engine which they found again. Another moment I would change is changing the sim engine to FHM. We should have stayed with STHS because that sim engine, at least it was fun and entertaining. But FHM just made it so boring and not interesting as it has been so predictable and so lame that this league has no purpose anymore. Bring back sths so that we don't see Hamilton win every season.

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6. Written, up to 4 TPE

a. The one with two series sweeps had it easier than the other so obviously Hamilton had it harder than Texas. Texas had more rest days and practices than Hamilton so obviously Hamilton had it tough and the east is a very tough conference so obviously Hamilton had it the most tough than Texas and not much else to say.
b. I think it's impressive that a team stayed good for a long time while doing some cheeky shit behind the doors and HO are completely fine with it. Texas going from 9 wins to this stage is a very good thing and should proud about and even though there's no chance to win against Hamilton, still something that is more impressive.
c. I do not know what a renegade is. Even after searching it up, I still do not know what it is but it does sound cool. A steelhawk is something that ruins someone's fun and does not care what others think as long as it gets what it wants. it is also a hawk which is also a bird.
d. Best player is probably Aaron Wilson maybe because looking at his stats, it is just not comparable to the people who played 50 games and under sths because it is just ridiculous to see these numbers of his. I forgot the other player name who scored alot of goals. Texas, well I do not know much about the current team and history because I do not pay attention.

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12. Milestones, 1 TPE

Milestone

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

Look, there are 16 teams in this league and only 4 different have the finals the last 6 seasons. that is a problem. Now what is the reason for that? Is it that the GMs in this league are not good? Or is it that the GMs that always make the finals are too good? Or is it that a certain team has some sheets somewhere where it can generate lines for them and good builds for their players to have the upper advantage over other teams who do not have this knowledge? Who knows but this needs to be fixed because the fun is just going away. This makes me miss STHS because at least the league was fun at the time. Now, sths is randomness and we do not like that. We do not like to see a team get so unlucky. But we do not want to see a team have this big advantage. Now we have seen the same team just get an unfair advantage with sths and destroyed the sim engine so they're probably doing it rn with FHM. Just stop those crap and lower the salary cap too.

Jumbo · 10-09-2021, 05:58 PM

1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max +3(3/16)

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Biopic (150 words min.) +3(6/16)

Lord Raiden is always on the big screen. Of course I am beyond thrilled to be approached about this. Lord Raiden is a relatively unknown player out of the capital of US, Washington DC. He receives a late call the day before draft from Richard Hogsworth, Co-GM of the Colorado Raptors. He was drafted in the 6th round and was part of a large S54 rookie class for the Raptors. He had an impressive rookie showing in minimum ice time. Its was enough to get him drafted in the 2nd round to the Baltimore Platoon. He had a good 2nd season and lead Colorado in his 3rd season in points. The following season was called up to the SHL to join the Baltimore Platoon early. Raiden was called up with fellow Junior players, Daniil Nikiforov. Baltimore and Raiden struggle for the first 3 seasons while Raiden is there but always getting a little better. Season 61 Raiden puts up 61 points in 66 games. His career best so far. Setting the bar even higher for Season 62. Raiden is showing to be a true asset to the Platoon. Season 62 is next. -192 words

6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: +3(9/16)

a: Hamilton definitely had the harder path. Having to go through the number #3 and #4 teams in Baltimore and Buffalo. Both who were way above all other teams in the playoffs. The only tougher matchup Texas had was against #5 team Chicago. Even though Hamilton easily dispatched every team they faced it was against very good teams. -57 words
b. A successful rebuild is always impressive to see because it does not always go according to plan. But a team dominance through 10+ seasons is extremely impressive. Is it annoying, yes, but it is still impressive nonetheless. Hamilton has mastered FHM and knows how to stay on top year after year. -51 words
d. This is a tough choice. But I would say Aaron Wilson edges out Robert Phelps. Aaron Wilson is averaging well over a point per game. He is closing in on Hamilton all time scoring record and is doing it in far less games. In his 13th and 14th season, you would think one would start slowing down a little but Wilson has ramped it up putting up 94 points and 104 points. Aaron Wilson is clearly the best player on either team in history I think. -86 words

12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE +3(12/16)

3 TPE- https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3116708

15. Written, 2 TPE, The yearly IIHF task (100 words min.) +2(14/16)

IIHF has already started. But I believe Canada and Great Britain are due for a big comeback this season. Canada is just stacked with talent. You could literally pick anyone on the team to go off. Theo Morgan, Ryan Shepard, or Aaron Wilson are all big time players. For Great Britain, they have Jon Forty-One and Edward Williams but they also have elite goalie Luca Del Vecchio in net. He can be the difference maker in any game for Great Britain. I think one team that wont do as well this IIHF is Norway. I thought they overachieved a lot last time. I dont think they make the Medal Rounds. - 110 Words

18. Written, 2 TPE, Baby come back 100 words min +2(16/16)

I haven't been around the league very long to know many of the old users. But I would like to see Wasty come back to full blown activity. I thoroughly enjoyed being on teams with him. He contributed so much to the league especially in the way of his amazing graphic work. Every time he made a sig or a player card, it was truly amazing work. I know he also was the GM for LAP for so long and he had a good career. I also know guys who played their and enjoyed their time. But I think that the site would benefit greatly with a Wasty return. -109 words

*ZootTX* · 10-09-2021, 06:34 PM

ISFL Affiliate PT (3 TPE)

1. Trivia (3 TPE)
Verification word: pokepoke

4. Biopic (3 TPE)
While the only person who wants to watch an epic sports movie about Miguel Hefeweizen is probably his mother and that’s about it, the studio thinks it can make money on it so why not?. Miguel’s story would obviously start with his childhood. Viewers should find the young Austrian-Mexican player’s childhood working hard in the family restaurant while spending all of his free time playing hockey endearing. Next, the movie will move on to his later years where he spends his time working hard to reach his goal of playing in the SHL. Of course, viewers won’t want to miss the excitement as he is drafted by the Maine Timber with the 5th overall pick of the SMJHL draft. They’ll watch young Miguel struggle to find his identity on a rebuilding team, then more excitement when he’s drafted 7th overall to the San Francisco Pride. Then the movie will move on to when he’s traded to the St. Louis Scarecrows. After a disappointing juniors career, moviegoers will watch as Miguel struggles to fit in and finally finds a bit of a groove in at the SHL level. Of course the movie will end then as the studio plans to milk the story for everything its worth in a series of sequels. (211 words)

12. Milestones (1 TPE)
milestone link

13. Parity (3 TPE)
Parity. We hear this word a lot, but as someone relatively new to the league I don’t see it much. Sure, down in the SMJHL there is actually quite a bit of parity, but players are limited to 5 seasons at most there so that greatly limits the building of super teams. Up in the bigs, it just isn’t really there. Sure you see some teams rise and fall, but there’s just a small handful of teams that seem to stay competitive, year in and year out. Are they just lucky? Are there GMs just so awesome they can field a great team every season? One hears rumors of certain kinds of computer testing, which is necessarily against the rules, but seems against the spirit of the league. If it's true, of course. Now, there are folks that I’d consider to be friends on these teams, and I don’t hold any specific ill will against them or their team, but it sure is frustrating when it seems like the chance at a cup will only ever be in reach for a few teams. (183 words)

14. Upswing (3 TPE)
Maybe I’m a bit biased, but I’m very optimistic about the team and locker room that we are building in San Francisco. Now, it's been a few seasons since the Pride posted a winning record (Not going to depress myself by looking!) but there are quite a few reasons for positivity about the future here in San Francisco. While the Pride were 28-31-7 this season, we posted a +1 differential. A huge improvement over the terrible -109 differential from the previous season. We have a strong core of veteran leaders, but also a young group of up and coming youngsters who are ready to take the SHL by surprise. To make me even more confident in the future of the Pride, we have a few young prospects that are earning well and doing well down in the juniors ready to step up as the old guys retire. I am confident that we can post a winning record next season. Can we just not have Texas as our 1st round opponent? (170 words)

16 total TPE

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