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2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min)
After a slow start to the regular season, the Dragons have surged of late and have rallied around the #CalgaWe notion of togetherness. On the other side, the Barracuda battled through a difficult East and are led by a very strong young core. Which team are you personally rooting for to take home the Challenge Cup and why?


Well I'm definitely not rooting for the Calgary Dragons. It's quite known how much I hate the Calgary Dragons. From the time of becoming a GM in S15 I've been one of the biggest rivals of the Calgary Dragons and they have won over 5 Challenge Cups in that time. Since the time I started GMing I've won 1. So I'm definitely rooting for the Barracuda to win the cup, but that's not saying I'm a praying Tampa wins either because their organization's last win was S18 and mine was S17 so I definitely don't want to see them break that streak either. So I'm just hoping I wake up one day and find us back in the wildcard round and we're up on Calgary 3-1.
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Alternate Reality: Physicists and other smarties believe that this reality is just one of infinite realities existing alongside this one in parallel. Take us over to one of those realities in which everything is the same but these S50 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in this reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?[/size

We begin at the beginning sim of the Wild Card Round. The Panthers vs. the Calgary Dragons. The Dragons quickly jump to a 2-0 lead and steal Game 4 to bounce back from a Game 3 loss. Game 5 brings the Panthers good luck in OT and Game Six in Hollywood gives the Panthers momentum to win Game 6 and shock the Dragons in Game 7 to play the Pride. The Rage beat the North Stars in 5 cause Toronto should want to lose but got screwed in the real version. Next round Steelhawks beat Buffalo 4-2, Barracuda and Rage battle to the death with the Barracuda winning in 7 and Edmonton Blizzard fall to the Specters 4-3 as well. Moving on to the Battle of CA, Pride vs. Panthers and Panthers for the fun of it shit stomp the Pride cause it should happen, 4-0 Sweep-a-thon and SoCal wins this round easily. Panthers and Specter battle in the West and Panthers win in 5 allowing the Specters to win at home to let them feel good. Steelhawks and 'Cuda battle but 'Cuda win 4-2 to face the Panthers in the finals. Led by Mauldin, Winter and Cannellini on the top line and Knox Booth putting in ludicrous numbers, the Panthers steam roll the Barracuda 4-0 to break the worst drought in the SHL... then I wake up in a pool of  ...well I'll finish this here.

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really needs to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

For Max Mauldin he finished S50 as the team's leading scorer with 52 points but there's very much more room to improve. As the team's top center and one of the leaders in the locker room one of the areas of improvement must be in his overall foot speed. Max is a big guy at 6'5" 225 pounds and while he's a quick skater, he's not up to the par of the elite in the league and over the offseason, Max will be working with some of private coaches in order to improve his skating skills and get his game on the level of eliteness. One area where Max wants to improve on but it's one of his hardest area to get developed in is Checking. While practice and work in the weight room helps, the attribute of checking is much a in game with experience because of the ebbs and flows of the game, Checking needs to be refined during the regular season when games provide better visual views.
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8. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min)
Which player from Calgary or Tampa Bay would you bet on to win a regular season individual award in a future season? What player and what award? What makes you think they'll live up to their potential and take home the hardware?

Kristaps Ball will win the Stevens Trophy. He's the Barracuda leading scorer as a defenseman and ended the season with 56 points which was the best for a defenseman by 6 points over Tig Murphy. Now you're asking me Points aren't what makes a defenseman good! and while that's true, Kristaps had 79 Shot Blocks which is the best defensive stat you can get in the SHL through the sim. Ball registered 5th best in the league and 6 more than Murphy had. However some would say the best candidate overall for the Stevens should be Rex Kirkby, but THEY'RE WRONG! Tampa's Kristaps Ball will and should win the Stevens Trophy.
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9. Graphics, 3 TPE
Your team is looking to put a new mural outside the locker room. Design what the mural will look like and be sure to represent your team and city!





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10. Graphic, 2 TPE
Simple and straightforward - make a promotional poster for the S50 CC Finals. Must include at least one player render and the logos and names of both teams. Option A: make a good graphic. Option B: make a shitty graphic. Either will receive TPE.






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15. Casual Member Special, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer - SEND ANSWER IN PM TO "PT DIRECTOR" (tagged below)
A. As defined by draft class, who is the oldest player in this series?
B. What is the name of the Calgary Dragons' Arena?
C. Name 3 previous names of the Tampa Bay Barracuda franchise
D. From these two teams, which player had the most PIMs in the S50 regular season? (Look, I'll even give you a link to the index right below this code box. When I posted the link directly, it auto-corrected the colon + slash into a partial frown face; it looks funny and the link still works so i'm leaving it)
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