S55 Championship Week

S55 Championship Week

MrStennett
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#176

09-06-2020, 02:14 PM

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

Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season?

Boy, this season was disappointing. I mean, I get it. Our team brought on some great free agents and for most of the season, I was one of the lower TPE forwards on the roster. The lineups being constructed the way they were gave us the best chance to win, and I can't have a gripe about that. It doesn't make it any less disappointing though when you look at Blackwood having two straight forty point seasons and then going backwards to almost half the point total. Truly, my sniper build just isn't made to be a third line player. I was still a horrible defensive liability, despite my numbers such as giveaways and takeaways did moderately improve. This isn't my pitch to team management to play me where I want or to give me more minutes. In every league I'm in, I'm known as a team guy, and I want the team to win way more than I'm looking for personal accolades. It's just nice to see yourself do well, y'know? 171 words (6/16)

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

It's too late for this go-around of expansion, so hypothetically - should there be SHL franchises in other continents? I saw some interesting European proposals in the PT. Should these - or proposals for any other continent that's not North America - become a reality in the SHL?

Absolutely. That's the fun of having an online sports league. It doesn't matter. AT. ALL. Anyone who says it does is clowning. "It ruins the realism of it." There is no realism! It's fake. It's a fake league. It's all about camaraderie and having fun, and if someone would enjoy having a team in Germany or Japan or the Canary Islands, who cares really? PBE and ISFL both have begun embracing international team on one level or another, and I don't see why SHL would approach the issue any differently. It allows users to be more creative with their teams, and makes the league a richer environment. 107 words (8/16)

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13. 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. Both of these teams have stacked defenses - which team do you think has the defensive advantage in this series?

d. What is your favorite name from a player appearing in this series? Why do you like that player's name?

e. There are several animal names in this series - which of these animals is the coolest? sloth, hippo, otter, monkey, fox, kirby.

a. It's true, there are absolutely huge names on both defenses in this series, and it's also true that I'm doing this after the finals have ended. I didn't watch any of the games though, so it's okay. Just looking at everything, I assume that Buffalo has the defensive edge. I mean, they have three defennsemen over 1800 TPE, and Darrow is over 2000. New Orleans defensive TPE is more evenly distributed, but I think the big guns will win it for Buffalo. 82 words (9/16)
d. I mean, I'm assuming the favorite answer to this for most people will be Poopity Scoop, and to those people, I say, GROW UP, CHILDREN! Ha ha ha. Poop. Now that we have that out of the way, the best name is clearly Michael Scarn. Trautner loves his hockey related names from The Office, and this makes me chuckle every time I see it. (Also, RIP Cherokee Jack.) 68 words (10/16)
e. Hippos. Hippos are the coolest. They're one of my top five animals. Unlike, D-Wade, they're in my fave five. (Sorry about that old cell phone commercial joke.) Hippos are gangster as hell. They have the bite force to snap a saltwater crocodile in half. They also look cool as hell walking along the river bottom in all those nature documentary half in half out of the water shots. 68 words (11/16)

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16. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is now 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: Championship (14/16)

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6. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.) The world's hottest app is TikTok - which SHL or SMJHL player would have the biggest following on TikTok? What do they post there?

I have to assume that Augustus Wang would have a pretty bumping TikTok account. Also, I have no idea how TikTok works in any way, but if there are some sort of parental guards built into the app, I'm guessing his videos would be marked NSFW. There would also be a lot of short ads for various Wang branded apparel. Overall, it would be an insane conglomeration of things from inside Wang's mind, which I'm sure would be both hilarious and shocking, but would certainly be in all ways entertaining. Secondarily, Andrei Kostitsyn should start an account just so he can use the power of his followers to find his brother. 111 words (16/16)