Casual Member Special: Sent

PBE PT

1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
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 S52 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in that reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?

In my alternate reality, the high-powered Chicago offense of the regular season shows up to play in the playoffs. They take the deciding game from Manhattan, and then have any easy time sweeping the less powerful Stampede. Over in the West, the Pride likely deserve to have made the Cup with their great roster and the amazing season they had. However, life isn't fair, so let's give New Orleans the game 7 victory they needed in order to move on to play for the Cup. Other results are roughly the same, but we now have two of the newest teams in the league in the finals, with the Syndicate's strong offense once again bearing fruit as the take down the Specters in six. Honestly the real change I would make is that my former team the Wolfpack should've made the playoffs and then bulldozed our way through the East, but alas it was not meant to be.

2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
You're put in charge of making the casino odds on the Cup winner for next season. Whom are you giving the best and the worst odds to, and what's your reasoning?

Honestly I think the team I recently left is the most likely to win next season. They've been the victim of some really bad luck from STHS despite having a lot of really strong players and one of the best strategists around. They seem to be really prepared for the transition to FHM and have the high TPE to back that up, especially after picking up Rex Kirkby as a stud defenseman and coming out ahead despite trading me away in another deal. On the other hand, one of the lowest odds has to be my new team, the Renegades. We are a young team with a lot of developing prospects and a strong young core, but we only have a small handful of current superstars like Harvey Danger and Andreas Kvalheim, and that is not going to be enough with the depth that some other teams have. There's plenty of hope for the future, but next season we have very low odds to win it all.

3. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
By now, you're probably familiar with the attributes on FHM, and you likely have some sense of what type of build you're going to be aiming for with your player. What one attribute are you going to focus on most? Of all the attributes in the game, what is your player going to strive to be the absolute best at? Why are you picking that specific attribute above all others?

If whoever is grading this has also graded any of my past PT's that were on similar topics to this one, you probably already know where I'm going with this. That's right, I'm going to be the hardest hitter in the new order of the SHL. That's been the primary goal for me in the SHL for my entire career, which required me to focus on what is called checking in STHS without really distinguishing between being a real heavy-hitter and just playing a strong defensive checking style. Now that we're on FHM, I can go hard into hitting itself and really lay some people out, fulfilling my dream of becoming the newest bash brother.

5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Which player from the Rage or the Pride 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?

I'll bet on Piotr Czerkawski to finally realize his maximum potential and win a Ron Mexico trophy at some point in his career. Piotr is one of the most active folks around and knows a lot about building a strong player, and I think that will transition over well to the new FHM engine. He's also surrounded by one of the best teams in the league right now with a lot of strong Pride teammates, which I see as a benefit - a better overall team tends to lead to more scoring opportunities and more importantly, easier scoring opportunities. He has somewhat passed his prime, but still has time to pull this off.