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.

Verification: parksaeroyi

Quote:11a. 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.

This one is always a difficult question to answer because from what I can tell we don't have access to the individual scores of the finals games.

But I don't even need to know how scoring went to know the answer is Aaron Wilson. Not only is he one of the highest TPE players on the Cup winner, and a proven performer in the playoffs and overall, but it is my understanding that aaronwilson the user is the person that runs the testing for the Steelhawks. So much of success in this league comes from how the teams are able to make the most of the sim engine, so it’s hard to pick anyone else.

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.

Claim post (+3 TPE)

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.

Not only do I think it's a problem, but I think it's going to continue. As for why, there is always an incentive as a player to move to a successful team. As a result, you wind up with teams that achieve success being able to replicate that success.

I have no hope that anyone else is going to be successful in the next few seasons. Buffalo and Hamilton will make the semifinals for sure, and Texas and Chicago have the best chance in the west. These teams all have talented players, draft well, and from what I can tell, they all have active locker rooms. Most importantly, they know how to get the most out of their players from an engine standpoint.

That last point is so important. There is so much more than just stacking players with high TPEs: case in point, Toronto. We’ve had a high total TPE the last few seasons but haven’t been diligent with testing and tactics.. as a result, it’s been first round exits if we even make the playoffs at all. That’s with an active locker room and (IMO) good drafting.

I think this puts the league in a terrible spot, and something’s gotta give, because it's killing my passion and probably the passion of many others.

Quote:14. Written, 3 TPE, Upswing (150 words min.)
What team on the outside looking in do you believe will be the next to break into the playoffs? What team will be the next new team to break into the finals (other than the core 4 listed in the above task)? Who seems to be building and earning at a rate that they will be a scary team in the future? We have already seen some successful rebuilds in Texas, Toronto, and Tampa, and some unsuccessful ones as well. Who is on the right track?

I don't think any new teams will be breaking into the finals. Tampa Bay is building successfully, but it's hard to achieve success without experiencing success, paradoxically. The teams that win the most always have the best chance at picking up the best free agents, and they tend to draft well in the first place.

I think a lot of it depends on how Tampa Bay can figure out the ins-and-outs of the engine. Maybe if one of Buffalo or Hamilton drops off, then they can pick up the perennial contender status lost by the Stampede or Steelhawks.

I do take issue with calling Toronto a successful rebuild. Sure, we've put together a group of like minded people that have been dedicated the last few seasons to improving our players, and thus the team, but is that really what defines success? I think that's a question that can be answered differently by different people. We haven’t won a Challenge Cup, and aside from one season where we lost in the conference finals to Buffalo in Game 7 OT, we haven’t even come close.

Quote: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 very much appreciate having multiple questions to answer in PTs. If you're not feeling one of them, you can just go for the other, rather than racking your brain trying to figure out something that works for your the one that's stumping you.

As for if you're worth the 8 mil per season... the whole point of money in this kind of hobby is to give people an incentive to contribute to the health of the league. As PT Head, you're helping with something that is at the core of player participation, and as such I'd say you earn every digital penny.