S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

caltroit_red_flames
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S45 Challenge Cup Champion

#77

10-10-2021, 10:51 PM (This post was last modified: 10-11-2021, 04:10 PM by caltroit_red_flames.)

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PT Affiliation, 3 TPE

PBE PT

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1. 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.

Someone say something about a verification word? Victor Helstrom

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2. Written, 3 TPE, What if...? (150 words min.)

Pick a moment in SHL history to change. It could be something large, an expansion draft, sim engine change, or something smaller, like a trade or team punishment. Change something about this moment in the SHL and explain the impact the difference would make in how the league developed since that moment. (think Butterfly Effect)

I think one moment in history that would be cool to change would be the archetype changes when we switched to FHM. Instead of making it a free for all I think it would have been really cool for there to be new archetypes. Keep sniper, grinder, power forward, offensive forward, etc. but have minimums and maximums for each archetype. That way you can have people play as snipers without being overpowered and defensive forwards that are actually useful as shutdown players. I think this would have been huge for one big reason, it would stop super teams from forming. There isn't room on every team for 16 snipers. Players would have to choose their role and play it which means either you change your arch or have to get traded to a team that needs your role. That in turn means the super teams (Buffalo and Hamilton) would have to rebuild sooner because they can't stay at the top. That alone could be enough for the league expand more too. (171 words)

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6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. Hamilton was not taken to 7 games, Texas enjoyed two series sweeps, which team had the harder path to the final in your opinion?

b. Almost ten seasons ago, in S53, Hamilton enjoyed a 40 win season while Texas mustered a measly 9 wins. Now these two teams sit atop the season standings, and the playoff standings. Which is more impressive, to stay good for a decade, or to complete the rebuild and finally achieve greatness?

c. What is a renegade? What is a steelhawk? Who is Victor Helstrom from the CW trivia?

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

a.) I think Hamilton had the harder path to the finals simply because they had to play against Buffalo in the 2nd round. EDM and SFP were total pushovers for TEX and CHI is way past their prime. At least HAM had to go up against an actually good #1 seed in their 2nd round. Seems like there isn't a ton of competition in the west.
b.) I think finishing the rebuild is more impressive. Finishing a rebuild is really hard because good players end up wanting to leave to play for the already good teams before it's over. Staying good is obviously still an achievement but when you have players coming to you in FA that's a big help.
c.) A renegade is a person who betrays the group they claim to be a part of. I think it generally has to do with the military or some sort of armed conflict, kind of like a rebel. A steelhawk is a hawk that is made of steel. I have no clue who Victor Helstrom is though.
d.) In my opinion the best player to play for either team is Michael Scarn. Scarn spent the bulk of his career with Buffalo and then went to Hamilton in free agency. He's been one of best players in the entire SHL's history and his career isn't even over yet. He's the gold standard for power forwards in the league that all power forwards should model their game after.

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12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=119534

Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

Milestones +2 TPE

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21. Written, 2 TPE, Feed my back (its hungry) 100 words min

It's been 2 seasons now and I can always use constructive criticism. What have I done right regarding PTs? What have I done wrong? Was I doing something the wrong way and fixed it? Was I doing something the right way and fuck it up? Do I even deserve 8 mil a season? Any and all thoughts are welcome EXCEPT malicious posts. Do not attack me, or my work. If you have a problem with it, explain why. Don't just say it sucks and its stupid.

I think in general the way that you're doing things right now are great. I don't like all of the PTs that you come up with (the pill one was probably my least favorite) but at least what you post is actually interesting stuff for us to write about. I seriously doubt someone else would have come up with that PT so despite it being my least favorite I still recognize that it was an interesting new idea. I want to see more of that. In the minors it's fun to write about your player and flesh out their background and career goals. When you've been in the SHL for almost 30 seasons it's nice at some point to start writing about new and random stuff. Keep doing what you're doing!