Quote: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.

It's Victor Helstrom

Quote: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.

My Milestones

Quote: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 rougher road to the Finals. The Eastern Conference is stronger than the West currently in my opinion, and t have to face teams like Buffalo and Baltimore, two teams who excelled in the regular season, is not easy. I think the fact that Hamilton had such an easy time defeating the Renegades proves that everyone they faced along the way is tougher.

b. I would absolutely think that in the context of the league as it stands, and in the current sim engine, that building a team from the ground up is a much bigger accomplishment. Things like Free Agency and trading with rebuilders can keep a top team relevant for much longer than they might otherwise be.

c. A Renegade is obviously an amazing song by the band Styx that came out in 1979. A Steelhawk is obviously a knockoff steel type Pokémon, it probably can't even fly considering the size and weight it would have. Victor Helstrom, I'm not sure who he is but he sounds like he'd be Van Helsing's long lost cousin or something

d. I think a player that is severely underrated that is likely the best player to play for either franchise is White Goodman. He was a staple in Texas for a time, winning them a cup in Season 59 and solidifying the rebuild that they had started several seasons previous into a championship team. Goodman now is the backbone of the growing Patriotes and hopes to repeat the same success there.

Quote:13. Written, 3 TPE, Parody (150 words min.)
There has been some discussion on the forums but its always good to hear more opinions: Parity. Going back 6 seasons including this one there have been 4 teams in the finals: Buffalo, Chicago, Hamilton, and Texas. If you add New Orleans you can go back 8 seasons. 5 different teams for 8 straight finals. Is this an issue? Does it need to be fixed? Can it even be fixed? I'm interested to hear opinions, approaches, or just doom and gloom on whether you think this will change, or if we will still be talking about the same teams making the finals over and over in 5 seasons.

I think this is an easy one for me. I don't think the system, or the sim engine is broken, I believe there is a fundamental difference in how players build one specific teams, where players in free agency go, and general managers that make good or bad moves depending on the situation their specific team is in. Another topic to bring up is the instability some GM spots have had over the seasons. Many teams seem to have a turnover of about 10 seasons in terms of management, some less, some more. I think instability turns players, users, off to wanting to be on a team that may or may not have a specific path they've chosen, or that may have their plan uprooted by a change in management. The majority of the teams who have been consistent in the playoffs/finals have a solid grasp of player builds, have the locker room behind them, high morale, and solid management. It's hard to look at anything beyond that.

Quote:19. Written, 3 TPE, Pills 150 words min
Love it or hate it, that Pill PT (PT 2) was wild and may I say, genius. You've partnered up with the weird trench coat pill guy to design your own pills, with powers and drawbacks to sell to your fellow SHLers! How do you go about this, do you make really good pills to help your team? Trick Hamilton into taking some really shitty pills with the promise of incredible powers? Or do what I did and make a bunch of insane pills and watch the league go absolutely crazy trying to make sense of what the fuck I'm even talking about? Or just make a bunch of jelly beans?

Ok so this one is going to be a lot of fun so thank you Slash for putting this on the list of CW tasks. I would create a bunch of jelly beans that give powers without drawbacks, BUT there would also be ones that give no powers and have only drawbacks, and they look identical, so we have beanboozled, SHL edition.

Green: Lime Flavor - Increases your players reaction time five-fold
Green: Apple Flavor - Reduces your players reaction time five-fold

Blue: Berry Flavor - Allows your player to read minds
Blue: Cotton Candy Flavor - Allows every other player to read your mind

Yellow: Lemon Flavor - Allows the player to blink short distances, taking the puck with them
Yellow: Banana Flavor - Randomly rewinds time several seconds, placing you in a more compromised position

Red: Raspberry Flavor - Allows a power up shot, increasing the power dramatically after a short time (Think limit break)
Red: Watermelon Flavor - Causes a chance to "critically miss" a shot, breaking the players stick

Once you eat a jellybean of a flavor, you cannot gain powers from that color again, you're stuck with what you get.