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1. Written, 3 TPE, Ups and Downs (150 words min.)

So this was a tough season for everyone in the SHL. Dealing with trolls online, horrible PR from product endorsements, and on top of that all some minor identity fraud to add to the pile. Are these the worst things to happen to your player this season, or did something unimaginably horrible happen? On the flip side, were there any bright spots hidden in the countless nuisances and problems? What good things on and off the ice happened this season for you?

Yeah, it was a tough year, but in the midst of the worst tragedies, there is great joy and celebration. It is the human condition – tragedy and triumph mixing together on a daily basis. For Abel Skinner, D-man for the Montréal Patriotes, the triumph far outshone the tragedy.

In late 2020, two of his best friends tied the knot in holy matrimony. His best friend Seth married his boyfriend of 4 years, Mike, and his other best friend, Chrissie married the beau she met in uni, William. The celebrations were a bit muted due to the pandemic restrictions, but they did manage to get together with their closest friends and family and share some good food, fine drink, and fabulous dancing.

Both decided to delay their honeymoons until they can travel as freely as they would like and not worry about whether a new lockdown was coming. But the planning has started and that’s half the fun anyway, right? Why not enjoy it!



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

We're at a point in the SHL where a good chunk of the playerbase played back in the STHS era, and a good chunk has known nothing but FHM. If you're in the latter part of the league you must have heard the horror stories... so: Let's make a hypothetical.

Players who played in both eras: What would have happened if we just had one sim engine? Posture how your career would have gone if we stayed in STHS (sans exploits). Or what if you had created in FHM the whole time? Would things have gone better or worse?

For you FHM babies: What if we were still in Simon T land? Would your career be where it is now? Or would randomness have stunted the dynasties you may or may not have been part of?

Abel Skinner started in S51 so his career has straddled both sim engines. To be honest, I’m not sure it was ever a good idea to switch sims. I’m in the VHL and they have continued to use Simon T even though people know about the PA glitch which supposedly heralded the end of all life as we know it. Not sure why that sim wasn’t broken and no other teams can compete but Hamilton. Oh wait, Hamilton is still ridiculously good in the new era. Hmmm…

I’m afraid I think my career might have gone much better had we remained in Simon T. I was beginning to build a decent player and then FHM hit and it felt like I was back in juniors again. That was demoralizing and on top of that, it took so much TPE to advance an attribute even one point (and there are SO many of them now) that it felt like your player never got better. Shouldn’t take 3 weeks to advance 1 point out of 23. Maybe FHM is a “better and more realistic” sim, but more realistic isn’t always best for a sim league. It might be more important for an online hockey league where you manage only. Taking the part of the player, you want to see movement.

Anyway, I ramble. The timing of my player’s performance tanking and the slowing of advancement to a crawl coincided with some fatigue of playing the same player for a while and just made me that less active – which slowed my advancement further. That certainly hurt Skinner’s on-ice performance.

I am hopeful with the changes to the update scale and my player did see a quality jump, but it still take FOREVER to see any improvement.  Never thought I’d say it, but I long for the days of Simon T.