S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

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08-15-2021, 01:24 PM (This post was last modified: 08-15-2021, 05:24 PM by bbjygm.)

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4. Written, 3 TPE (60 words min.)

Ugh, poetry is so 17th century, we're ditching that prompt. Earlier in the season I had you flex your songwriting in an SHL style parody, but this time you don't have a song to lean on. You're writing your very own diss track about something SHL related. A player, A team, A GM, anything. You can write a diss track about CW if you want. 

Here are the rules: At least 12 lines (and at least 60 words total) but if you wanna do more go for it. I'm not laying out a specific rhyme scheme but there has to be rhyme in it. Be creative! This prompt is not for everyone, if you have a problem with it there are like 15 other prompts I made for ya. NOTE: THIS IS ALL IN JEST; ANYTHING OVERLY MEAN OR MALICIOUS WILL NOT BE GRADED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Yo, this CW equal to a double deuce /
Procrastinatin', masturbatin' with some apple juice. /
Coming up with shit
is a pain, yeah it /
gonna end up looking like a roasted bubble goose. /

You may think my rhymes are sleazy but let me tell ya this ain't easy /
Creative writin', this be incitin' shit that make me queasy. /
But I got ass to kick, so I string words so sick /
That it's no wonder I've got you looking rather sneezy. /

Yeah this is my final verse, best believe I don't rehearse /
Got lyrics so bad gonna feel like you just got a curse. /
Got a day to do this task, though I set up my own cask /
But at least I'm now getting past the first.

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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 think it'd be a good idea to continue to have all teams enter the playoffs. The SMJHL is the first experience anyone has of the league in general. It could be a great method of retaining players if they have some further investment during the season than just the regular season. Sure, this could open up a little more randomness to the playoffs with more potential for upsets to affect the final result, but the J teams have a relatively short turnover rate compared to the SHL just by its nature, and I think it could be more exciting to have the occassional underdog story.

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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?

I played in both eras. My player first started off as a pass-first power forward. I took pride in my faceoff percentage and hits, but I wasn't such a great point generator. After the switch I was able to basically respec into a more offensive and point-minded player which (I think) has helped me boost my team up as much as my player can. One issue in STHS that I'm now glad is resolved was the single maxed-out build everyone had. Having the potential to reach an end point gave me a goal for a while, but upon reflection my interest would probably have stagnated if I was rocking the maxed-out build for many seasons upon a row. Earning points wouldn't have immediate effects, just a slight and incremental prolonging of my eventual regression. Having a build that changes often has helped retain my interest somewhat and still feel like I contribute to the team when I'm max earning since there always seems to be a new goal to reach for.

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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.

a. I think both teams deserve their place here. Chicago has made good use of their window and stuck through the climb to get there (plus I gotta root for Anaheim alumni). Buffalo has strangely continued to make excellent playoff results. I'm not sure how they keep their contention window going for so long, but it has proven to work and their dynasty continues.

b. I appreciate Chicago's efforts to climb to where they are, but I think Buffalo's continued dominance is more impressive. Climbing up is a challenge, but so is staying up. They have weathered sim engine changes and likely the entire turnover of their whole team, possibly several times. New England had a decent run in which bad luck caused a fracturing of the core's resolve, so I know firsthand how fickle success can be and to continue that success, to me, is pretty impressive.

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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.

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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)