S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

notoriousTRON
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08-09-2021, 01:52 PM (This post was last modified: 08-10-2021, 06:21 PM by notoriousTRON.)

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

We're adding 2 teams to the SMJHL this season. Do you think we should keep the current SMJHL playoff format of everyone makes it? Or is it time to just take the best 8 or 12 teams and let em duke it out? Defend your stance.

I understand why the SMJHL has all of its teams qualifying for the playoffs. I think it helps with user engagement to have even bad teams with a chance to experience playoff hockey... However, it's not like players on these teams are under any disillusion that their teams are good. I would think that most of them, if they're still paying attention to the sims after a season of getting their butts kicked, are just waiting to see if their team can avoid a first round sweep. I also think it takes away from the good teams that have cultivated the kind of strong locker room culture that it takes to win in the SMJHL. Long story short, I don't think that having all 12 teams make the playoffs is necessary for the league.

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

What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

I'm just going to go with the homer answer here and say that Great Britain is the team to beat in the tournament. Year after year, this nation is always in medal contention and now some of it's second wave of stars are hitting the peak of their careers. Tom Fiddler and Rhys Pritchard are both at the top of their game and joining the ranks of Nick Brain, Vorian Atreides, Jimmy Slothface, Jon Forty-One, Guy Zheng as top contributors to the team. Only Canada and USA can boast the kind of talent pool that Great Britain has assembled for this year's tournament. I am expecting big things from my own player, Rhys Pritchard in this year's competition. Pritchard is over 2000 TPE finally, and has emerged as a great two way player for his SHL team, the Toronto North Stars. I expect Rhys to be among the top point scorers on his team while not being a liability defensively for the squad.

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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.

Cymru

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16. slash's secret bonus prompt SHHHHHH. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Luke let you keep the money you stole from him in the heist, and won't tell the authorities. But you have to take him on a wonderful date using the money. How does your evening go? What dining and activities do you have in store for good ol' Lukey boy?

Luke is a staple of the SHL. He has been a key member and leader on the site for as long as I have been here. Luke is also extremely SHL rich. So assuming that he even noticed that I took some of his money, I don't think I would feel very bad. I also don't think the SHL authorities would do anything about it. All of that aside, however, I like Luke a lot and I'd like to hang out with him anyway. I'd probably spend most of the time with him going through SHL history and asking him questions about the data API. While this sounds self serving, and it is, I actually feel like Luke is such a nerd that he would really enjoy this.

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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 TBD (check back later)

Milestones +3 TPE