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3 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 16 TPE

1 + 3 + 4 + 12b + 12c + 15 + 17

Quote:1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

I'll give you two:

1. Toronto North Stars
   
2. Bean Hockey Network
   

Quote:3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

Looking at all the current 18 logos in the SHL, and only using one of that animal/being (so no groups of things).

The obvious first out would have to be the: 
18) Tampa Bay Barracuda, they are just a fish, pretty much the lowest of the lows on the food chain, so they can be eaten by any of the other mascots. 

Next comes the remaining non-fictional animals in the following order:
17) Hamilton Steelhawks, ignoring the steel part since that isn’t an actual animal, a hawk doesn’t offer much in regard to a fight. 
16) Edmonton Blizzard, they are a fox, weak if you ask me. 
15) Baltimore Platoon, an eagle isn’t as majestic and strong as Americans make them out to be.
14) New England Wolfpack, wolves are good hunters, but just not the best here.
13) Los Angeles Panthers, panthers are in the same boat as the wolves.
12) San Francisco Pride, just one lion isn’t the best, but it deals with everything before it.
11) Buffalo Stampede, a buffalo can be quite the adversary.
10) Manhattan Rage, a bull is a beast of an animal, and can beat anything already listed.

Then comes the humanoid grouping in the following order:
9) Seattle Argonauts, still just using one and not a full squadron, an Argonaut was a good fighter, but the technology has advanced since then.
8) Minnesota Monarchs, now, I’m talking about a Warring Monarch, not a sit in the castle and hide Monarch.
7) Texas Renegades, a criminal in the West, guns and all.
6) Chicago Syndicate, mafia members weren’t something to trifle with.

After comes the mythical group.
5) New Orleans Specters, a ghost is something difficult to deal with, but aren’t the biggest of worries.
4) Calgary Dragons, a DRAGON!  The quintessential beast when thinking of a fantasy land.
3) Atlanta Inferno, the phoenix beats the rest due to the ability to constantly revive.

And finally, we get to the celestial bodies.
2) Winnipeg Aurora, an Aurora is formed when solar winds from the sun strike particles in our atmosphere and excite the electrons.  This is not something any being, real or imaginary, could take on and survive.

Which only leaves us with the winner of the whole fight.
1) Toronto North Stars, we’re talking about THE North Star here.  Stars are very large sources of nuclear fusion, and Polaris is 50 times the size of our sun.  Nothing would be able to even get close to this in the fight.

(400 words)

Quote:4. Written, 3 TPE

Write a sonnet about an SHL-related topic. Be sure to follow the proper ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG rhyme structure or I'm gonna track you down and give you a failing grade.

Playing in the Great Lakes
Can be quite difficult
Not a single team there are fakes
Just look at the Regular Season result

The teams, there are four
But the ones that makes playoffs are three
There really should be more
Due to the Great Lakes being the best there can be

One team will always be left out
They will have to sit at home
Where they will be alone to pout
When the rest of the teams fight for the chrome

Next Season Chicago will go out West
While three remain to fight for the Best.

Quote:12. 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.
b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.
c. Which of these two teams' brandings do you prefer? Take into account colors, logo, name, location, and anything else you consider relevant.

b. I would have to give Texas the edge here.  Sure, it sucks to always be the bridesmaid and never the bride for the Season 56 and Season 58 Challenge Cups, but they more recently won a Cup in Season 55, having to go through Hamilton in the Semi-Finals to do so.  Texas is trying to get the Great Lakes sized monkey off of its back, after being eliminated by one of them each season since the 12-Team Playoff Bracket started back in Season 56, and what better way to do that, than with a Cup.  (95 words)

c. I prefer the Texas logo and colors over the Buffalo ones.  I think that the buffalo style of logos is way too overplayed for the city of Buffalo in real life, there is the Buffalo Bills NFL Team, NHL has the Buffalo Sabres logo with a buffalo on it (why?) and was just a buffalo, or “Buffaslug”, back in 2006, and finally there’s the Buffalo Bisons, which are a Triple-A Baseball team.  Texas’s colors are a simple black and silver coloring and are in opposition to an already established Texas team in the Dallas Cowboys.  (95 words)

Quote:15. 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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Quote:17. 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 +2