Milestones 3TPE + affiliate 3TPE + Task 5 2 TPE + task 15 1 TPE + task 16 2 TPE + task 2 3 TPE + task 12 B and C 2 TPE = 16 TPE

+3 from milestones
+3 PBE Affiliate(Dannyb)

2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Pokemon! Everyone loves em, and if you don't, you didn't have a childhood. Or adulthood. Anyways, let's imagine all SHL and SMJHL players are now pokemon. Assemble your team! On top of that, what is your strategy to navigate the POKESHL? Try to get the strongest pokemon and become champion? Catch all of the possible players and complete your pokedex? UwU Breed them? Catch low level juniors players and train them? Or become a gym leader, helping others on their path to greatness? I'd love to hear your approach.

I think I would want to try and become the Kelowna Gym leader, catching only Kelowna type pokemon and working to make them as strong as possible. Of course before setting out to essentially retire as a gym leader I would want to make my way all across the world and take on the elite four and the champion. I would catch as many pokemon as I could without going out of my way, and mostly using the ones I think look the cutest or coolest as my main squad. After that, I would hopefully be the champion and could catch some of the legendary Hall Of Fame pokemon. Then, it would be time to “Retire” into being a gym leader, using only Kelowna Knight type pokemon. I guess we would probably be weak to QCC type Pokémon but I havn’t been around forever so there may be another rivalry im not privy to. Fortunately, with enough grinding and drive I think my Knight type Pokémon could overcome their type disadvantages and we could be as tough a gym to beat as Whitney and her Milktank.


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 the format should be changed so that 12 teams make it. Personally, I would do 10 teams so that most players in the J get to experience the playoffs without only leaving out 1 or two teams. For the sake of the prompt I think I’ll side with 8 here. If everyone makes it in I feel it cheapens the regular season and robs us of a fun final sim. It can be a great time watching your team play spoiler to someone else’s post season dreams or watch a team go on a crazy run to win their last 5 straight and just sneak into the playoffs.

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. The salt special: Do these teams deserve to be here? Or were they gifted a trip to the finals through puck luck and bullshittery?
b. Buffalo has been here many times in the past 20 seasons, this is only the second (I think I'm too lazy to check) time for Chicago. Which is more impressive? The continued dominance of Buffalo? Or the solid couple of runs Chicago has made despite the team only being 15 seasons old?
c. Everyone's a critic: Nitpick one thing about either team's logo, jersey, rink design, goal horn, or general site demeanor.
d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

b. I’ve always been a fan of the underdog, so I gotta go with Chicago here. It is crazy hard for a new team to establish themselves in a sim league. First and foremost they need to draft good talent and bring a few wise players into the war room to buy into the team culture and help them succeed. Then they have to retain that talent and start building a good season. Then get the free agents to notice and want to come to your team. Kudos to Chicago for making it happen!

c. I was nice to Chicago, time to be mean. First and foremost, the black and yellow makes me think of the penguins and fuck the penguins. Second, the logo just doesn’t pop and stand out the way some of the other teams do. I guess that may be by design as a syndicate wouldn’t want to pop off the page but for a logo I think it ought to. Finally, I’ll end on another nice note I really like that half the face is in shadow. That was well done and a huge improvement over their original logo


15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation
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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?

Well I don’t know much about ol’ Lukey boy so I’ll just describe a fun expensive date. I think it would have to be an all day affair, so we would start off by picking him up in a helo and taking him to the airport where our private jet awaits. We would fly into Detroit to catch an afternoon Detroit Demons baseball game from right behind Homeplate. After that we would tour the breweries in the area before heading back in our jet to catch Luke’s favorite SHL team play a home game. Afterwords there would be flowers and desert before dropping him off and planting a big ol’ good bye kiss