S60 Championship Week

S60 Championship Week

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#302

08-15-2021, 11:49 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?

In the midst of the chaos plaguing the Simulation Hockey League, Michael Scarn had a rather pleasant time throughout the course of the season. Michael Scarn had to deal with some online internet scans, but nothing too badly and he only lost about $500,000 to scams this season which was far less than he usually does to internet scams in years past. Michael Scarn also opened up a new business in his down time as a side hustle to his hockey career and his second career as a branch manager. Michael Scarn opened up "Shoe La La", which is a store for shoes for the finer days of a gentleman's life, like the day of their wedding or if they are feeling particularly snazzy one day. Michael Scarn lost quite a lot of money on the business so far, but it is again not a bad time for Michael Scarn in his personal life.

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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.

For the SMJHL, I think that chaos might be a good practice by still allowing every team to make the playoffs. Seeding is still a very important part to any team's hopes of finding success in the postseason, so the regular season does still matter and creates some interesting competitive games between teams. However, by including everyone in the playoffs, you still allow teams in the SMJHL to stay interested through the course of their season thereby keeping player retention high since everyone always has something to play for until the very end of the season. This has been a good practice and will continue to be one if kept.

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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?

Had the league not changed to Franchise Hockey Manager 6 from Simon T Hockey Simulator, the course of the league and the style of management we have seen in the seasons since the change would be very different. Firstly, after the switch to Franchise Hockey Manager, the differences in ability between players became widely more pronounced, more than ever before by a wide magnitude. Teams like the Toronto North Stars were making the playoffs or being close to in STHS immediately became terrible upon the switch to Franchise Hockey Manager, as the switch over exposed their lack of true TPE talent on their roster. Ever since then, teams have started something of an arms race to acquire talent, as talent in players has become the true deciding factor in making a team click, rather than maybe team strategy or some other intangible that let teams get blessed by the RNG from Simon T.

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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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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?

Luke will have a wonderful time together at dinner with me. Luke is a great guy, and I can only imagine he looks as handsome and beautiful as Gritty in his profile picture. Luke and I will go dine at the world's finest restaurant and have cheesesteaks together. However, upon the end of our meal together, the authorities will bust into the restaurant and attempt to arrest us as criminals and accomplices who performed the heist. But we will then escape together and run away together and run off as fugitives to a new country and start a new life together.

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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)

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