S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

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i was wrong about sea of thieves 2018

#238

08-15-2021, 04:26 PM

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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?

The good things that happened to Mikhail Novikov in the SMJHL this season were the following: having a phenomenal regular season, scoring a total of 67 points, which kept in 4th in the league scoring rating as a second year player. It was a great breakout season for the young Russian, who really showed that he was a great pick for the Anchorage Armada. He also had a plus minus rating of thirty two, which meant that he was definitely a net positive for his team outside of just scoring points. Novikov was also a demolisher on the power play, putting up 11 goals and 19 assists. Really good stuff. However, he wasn’t the best defensively, as he has a lot of room to grow defensively and continue to be a good offensive player for the Armada and hopefully help them make another trip to the Four Star Cup finals.

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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.

In my opinion, I think that every team should make the SMJHL playoffs. Not only does it give more teams a chance to win the Four Star Cup, it also allows newer players / users on the site to experience what SMJHL Playoffs are all about. I remember previously we didn’t have every team make the playoffs and it was negatively received. The SHL has done a really good job of integrating newer players, and I think that the overall experience of letting everyone at least enjoy the playoffs is a good one.

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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 think that if Mikhail Novikov were around in the STHS era, he wouldn’t stand out compared to any of the other players since there was not a lot of variance in statistics with the SHL and SMJHL. I reckon that having a more robust system with more options encourages player diversity. I’m not super stoked on the fact that you can essentially max out a player now, but it is an extreme improvement over what we had in STHS. Essentially, we are all still trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t. We have good ideas to the best of my knowledge, but I don’t think we have a phenomenal understanding (why we haven’t seen super dynasties or anything to the level of the Dragons long runs in S30-S40)

The fact of the passing exploit (sorry) in STHS made it a sim system that we couldn’t use, and even though I have a lot of positive memories surrounding STHS and what it brought to the site, I don’t think that the league would have grown into the robust league that it is today if we had continued to use it.

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13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

For me, it’s hard not to give the series MVP to Aron Hernadivic. He had a phenomenal showing throughout the entire playoffs, scoring a total of 27 points. He was extremely good at 5v5, scoring 12 goals and putting up 11 assists up at even strength. It’s hard to argue against the fact that the Stampede won the series, even though Martijn Westbroek did score more points, I think that winning the Challenge Cup overrides that.

Additionally, adding on that point: Hernadivic had a phenomenal plus minus rating of 16, showing that we has extremely good defensively too. It was really a clinic in being a key component to a key to help that team win the Challenge Cup. And as a member of the Stampede, I’m super pumped to see it.

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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)