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 this alternate reality, everything went right for the Tampa Bay Barracuda. They won ALL of their games by a score of sixty nine to zero, leading the league in every category ever, including fights, won, point streaks, PIM, hits, goals, assists, amd all of them. The, they went on to the first round, defeating their opponents in a clean 4 game sweep with the score of four hundred twenty to zero each game, then in the second round they won their games in a 4 game clean sweep with the scores of four hundred eighty nine to zero, then continued getting better and better until they won the cup in a clean 4 game sweep by the combined score of one hundred fifteen thousand nine hundred twenty to zero. Benjamin Blue won all the trophies, and the rest of his team also did, resulting in a historic season in shl history, where Simon just Simoned every other fucking team.
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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?

Benjamin Blue will be the best fucking goalie that you have ever fucking seen in your lifetime. He will be the best at glove saves, high and low, blocker saves, high and low, stick saves, of course, high and low, pad saves, definitely high AND low, helmet saves, high and low, and everything else a goalie could ever do by focusing on two main attributes: positioning and reflexes. He will be the fucking best at everything ever possible for a goalie, he will get all the fucking assists ever, score a hat trick in every fucking game ever,m and will be the best ever in ever history.
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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 bet that if I choose a player from either the Rage or the pride to bet to win a regular season individual award in the future, it would be Peter Larson. He is a fantastic goalie and played extremely well during the cup finals, and during the playoffs overall. He is very goos and is still very young in his career, so he can only get better (I hope) and will definitely win an individual award in the regular season in the near future. I have full faith in him that he will. He is very good and can only get better.
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7. Written, 1-2 TPE
Our poetry theme this season is a limerick! Write 1 SHL-themed limerick for 1 TPE or 2 SHL-themed limericks for 2 TPE.

1)
Blue wishes to win an award
He wants trophies to hoard
He will try his best
With all to contest
And he will win, at the all star game, a Ford

2)
The Manhattan Rage won the cup
The Pride need to step their game up
They tried so hard
And played like lard
And ended up in the dump
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14. Written, up to 5 TPE Pick up to 5 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words to qualify.
1. Head GMs JayWhy and Grapehead have been GMing for a while, whereas Co GMs Luketd and DaftRaincloud are newer to management - which team's front office staff (including coaches) do you think will provide a strategic edge (lol as if such a thing exists in STHS) in this series?
I don't think any of the staff will bring an advantage over the other staff because while the older members, who have been here for longer and know the sim engine better, know the older starts that have proven to work, the newer staff, who can bring new strats to the table.
2. Manhattan has been rocking a pretty evenly-distributed ice time for forwards (35-33-32) whereas San Francisco is going a bit more top-heavy (40-40-15). Which approach do you think is better for a fierce Challenge Cup series?
I don't think any of the strats that either team uses will be better than the other because one team may be more stacked than the other team. It all depends on the depth of the team. If one strat works for one team then it might not work for the other team, which is why it doesn't really matter.
3. The Rage and the Pride have, in my opinion at least, two of the best logos in the entire SHL. Which team's logo do you like more and why?
I like both of the teams' logos equally because neither are the Tampa Bay Barracudas team logo. They are both pretty alright, but neither are the Barracuda's. I don't even quite know what they are. I think one is a lion and the other is a lion or something. Oe of them is a lion.
5. Would you rather: (a) a chainsaw lesson with JayWhy, (b) a private Gritty meet-and-greet for you and Luke, © an all-you-can-eat grape buffet experience with Grapehead, or (d) an hour session where DaftRaincloud shows you everything from his internet history?
I would definitely choose d: an hour session where Dilk shows you everything from his internet history because that would be the most interesting one out of the bunch, in my eyes. I know Dilk at a somewhat personal level and based off what I know about him, a lot of dilk will be in his search history.