S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

Aephino
SMJHL GM
"king" of the SHL

#255

08-15-2021, 06:49 PM

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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

Imagine being Buffalo or Hamilton
You're always at the top
You can't have fun or breathe or chill
Or else you'll get the chop

Imagine being Baltimore or Toronto
Just trying to be seen
Trying new things to get success
But you'll end up being green

Imagine being on Texas
Now that's a team on the up-and-up
The perfect mix of fun and competitive
It's time to win another cup

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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 got one full season in STHS before we made the switch to FHM. There are a few big questions to ask, but honestly I don't know if things would be better or worse. The first season with Detroit, we had the most points in regular season, but I think just got unlucky in playoffs. My player was the Top Rookie in the SMJHL and my build seemed to be working great. Then we switched to FHM and I was worried I wouldn't get the same production. Then it turns out FHM fuckin loved the power forward build and I dunked on the league in my sophomore year. Fast forward to my rookie season in SHL, and I won Top Rookie again! So, I think if we were in Simon or FHM, my player career would be comparable and I would be having good output regardless. However, I think winning cups seemed to be a whole lot flukier in Simon than FHM. I heard horror stories of just blowouts or comebacks where worse players somehow played better in the sim. So I would not want to go back and trade away my Four Star Cup, Challenge Cup, and IIHF Gold Medal just to roll the dice and hope my team gets lucky when it really matters.

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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. Buffalo certainly does. It always sucks having the most points in the regular season and not going on to win the Cup, or let alone not making the finals! Chicago... I think got a little lucky. On a different day, Texas could have beaten them. Obviously we lost in 5 games, but three of them were by one goal. Unbelievable.

b. Definitely Buffalo. On one hand, it is great that we are seeing more parity with teams like Texas and Chicago making these deep runs. However, continued success comes from a great set of managers and coaches, and the team as a whole. The players come and go, so the people who make the team successful are sometimes the real superstars.

c. I think Buffalo could have a more fun logo. With all the great logos in the league these days, I feel like Buffalo's is just a little dated. It looks like it would fit in better with a different sport, like soccer. Then again, I don't really like the Chicago logo. I think yellow and black is a good color combo, but the logo could use a revamp. It doesn't feel like a sports logo, let alone a hockey logo. Cool on its own, but not a good fit for Chicago.

d. I can't think of Buffalo without thinking of Monkey D Luffy. First of all, it's just a GOAT name. It's classic. It's iconic. Buffalo's success starts with a great leader and that's Monkey for sure. Then for seasons and seasons he backed it up consistently as one of the best players in the league. Maybe I haven't been around long enough to see other great players, but Monkey has to be up there for me.

CW TRIVIA LINK

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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.

verification: zipper

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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)

3 TPE