PBE PT +3

Quote: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?

Well, this season has been an unusually bright spot in the rather mediocre career of James Ronlain thus far. He set a new personal best in goals, assists, and points for himself this season. Honestly those years where we were rebuilding felt quite dark for Ronlain and it almost felt like we would never reach the time where Tampa Bay would be a competitive team with Ronlain, Fitted, and Fiddler at the helm driving the team in the right direction. But, here we are. We're the old men of the team ready to finally bring the cup to Tampa Bay and I believe that we have it in us. Honestly it felt disappointing to be on a rebuilding team for so long, as it really does tank your personal stats to be a mediocre player on a struggling team. But seeing Ronlain finally pop off over the course of a season has been incredible and it has made all the waiting worth it.

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Quote: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 think that we should implement 8 team playoffs if I'm being completely honest. I think it's kinda ridiculous that we would have a league with 14 teams and all 14 of them make the playoffs. I just think it makes the regular season feel kinda pointless when you play a whole season just to make the playoffs anyway. And we all know how playoff hockey can be sometimes, the most unlikely of candidates or the biggest of underdogs can make a run deep into the postseason. Yeah, it does make for some exciting storylines, but it also makes the regular season feel like it has more meaning when you know your final game of the season might not be in a playoff.

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Quote: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?

Oh man. Well first off, I wanna say that if we had stayed in STHS the whole time I probably wouldn't have stayed active as long as I did. By the time we swapped to FHM I was being called up to the majors and honestly it made things way more exciting with having live sims and not just waiting for the sim index to be updated every morning or every evening. As for my career, well I think it actually would have gone quite differently. I distinctly remember MCP saying one of the main reasons for him blowing up Tampa Bay when he did was because of our particularly poor performance since swapping over to FHM due to how we were built as a team. He recognized that we needed a reset and so he traded away the core of our team and got a bunch of picks for us to use to rebuild the franchise into one that could win in the new FHM era. Had we stayed with STHS, Ronlain could have had some decent seasons starting out his career.

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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.

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