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

Sports, Friends & VIdeogames

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?

Haha this question immediately made me think of a Flula Borg interview on Conan O'Brien that is about that very topic, I can definitely recommend checking that one out on YouTube ("Flulas take on American Sports" or something). But I digress, there certainly are some interesting Contenders here... Wild Animals, Forces of Nature, Murderous Humans and, well, Buildings I guess? A favorite to be eliminated first would probably be the Barracuda, I mean they are scary as shit but if the fight doesn't take place in the water, their options will be severely limited. Some of my favorites would be the Inferno, the North Stars, the Panthers and the Aurora. The Inferno logo features a Phoenix if I'm not mistakes which should be very hard to kill for good, whereas the North Stars and Panthers logos feature building or whole skylines. I guess their usefulness will be highly circumstancial: Match them up against the various animal-related logos and they'll have an easy time, but if they end up facing a Platoon or an Inferno then they'll have a problem. And lastly the Aurora... How do you even beat some freakin polar lights? I definitely see them making it all the way to the end for their sheer surviveability, but the problem for them will be to actually get the last kill. What can they do, make it too bright for you to find some rest so you end up dying from sleep-depravation? Doubtful, given how romantic most people perceive those Auroras to be...

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.
a. Which of these teams has stronger offensive firepower?
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.
d. Would you rather have to spend a long weekend hanging out in Dallas or Buffalo? What would you do?

a) I would have gone with Buffalo and I guess I would have been wrong. The Stampede have so much offensive talent that has produced with remarkable consistency for years, but many younger pieces of the Texas core have just started hitting their prime with players like cup-winning-goal-scorer Edward Williams and he and other players like Eric Hudson and Burlok Sulfurgold will probably be among the leagues very best soon.
b) I would say Texas. Even with their recent losses to Hamilton, Buffalo is a team that has just had so much success over the last decade or two that i think they might be a little saturated and that some complacency could settle in without them even noticing it, whereas Texas is a team that is hungry for success after not having a lot of it for years.
c) To be completely honest I'm not that much of a fan of either one. The Buffalo Stampede branding is... okay, but it's also rather obvious and neither particularly original nor stylish. It's not bad, but not great either. And I've just never been a fan of the whole Renegades brand in general. I love me some good black-and-white designs but in the context of a game like this they tend to be boring, and their whole concept is too close to some real life teams as well. So I guess I'd have to pick Buffalo here.
d) As a real life Sabres fan who has never really been to the US (only to NYC but that doesn't count), Buffalo would probably be an easy choice here so I can watch that other hockey team that plays in the city while also having a chance to visit the Niagara Falls and maybe take a trip to Canada as well. Then again, Dallas would not be a bad option either as I think the differences between Texas and my home country are much bigger than those between my country and Western New York, so I could probably have some new and unique experience there that I couldn't have in Buffalo.

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.

Verification: Cornflakes

Quote:16. hotdog's secret bonus weird prompt. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
If worst came to worst and the situation were dire....... you need nutrition....... you must consume your peers. If you had to eat another SHL player, who would you eat and why? (sorry in advance Julio)

Edmonton sure is a team with many enticing options here, Julio Tokolosh and Tony Pepperoni sure are prime culinary options for obvious reasons. However, However I think that Los Angeles is an enticing option as well due to all the Jimmy's we've racked up in recent years... For some reason, not sure why, the word "Jimmy" tends to make me think of snacks and a name like "Jimmy Jimmy" just sounds like a brand of weird delicious treats as far as I'm concerned. Lastly, you never go wrong with eating a member of the Wastlund family simply because i imagine the effects would be very similar to those you get after eating a pot brownie...

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.
SHL Milestones: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116299
SMJHL Milestones (for senddowns): https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116278

+2 - https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3045434