S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

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Player Updaters
Player Updaters

#185

10-16-2021, 11:09 AM

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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.

corny

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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.

ahoy

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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.

Parity is a bit of a problem, it's true. This is something that seems to happen in a lot of sim leagues and it becomes a difficult problem. A lot of these teams got to where they are because they have good, dedicated GMs who have taken time to learn the sim engine, to do the research and draft well, and make good free agent decisions. Then you establish a good reputation and a good locker room environment and naturally people want to be a part of that. So it's easier for the good teams to recruit and keep people then it is for those teams that still need to prove themselves. And there's no good way to fix the parity problem without punishing GMs who are ultimately doing excellent work. So ultimately you just have to hope that other GMs take what those teams are doing as motivation, try to learn a bit from their systems and what they're doing, and work hard to build their own dynasties. Sure, it's a bit harder to do when you're not already established, but being able to crack the code is a great feeling. We had this problem in the SBA for many years, where one of two teams was winning the championship for many seasons. Now we've had new champions the last four or five seasons and it's great. People figured out how to beat the dynasties and we're in a better place. I think there's a lot of teams in the SHL who are right on the cusp of being in the conversation so this shouldn't be a problem much longer. (271 words.)

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15. Written, 2 TPE, The yearly IIHF task (100 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC if you care about that more. Will there be surprises? Will any players make their country proud? Who's gonna suck? Be bold!

Bold? I can only be so bold. I think a lot of the teams who were good last season will be good again. Canada and Japan will likely be up there right at the top. Unfortunately, my lovely Russian crew is in a bit of a rebuild so I don't know how good our showing is going to be. I hope to have another strong performance like I did last year. I guess I was a bit of a surprise because I would have earned people the most points in fantasy but very few people picked me (I didn't even pick me). Hopefully I don't have a bunch of people pick me this year only for me to be a disappointment. That would make me sad. (126 words.)

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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.

Not to be a suck up and all that, but I think you've been doing a really good job with the PTs. I'm really appreciating the creativity with the PTs and like that we're able to go beyond basic stuff like "Which team do you think is the most surprising this year and which is the biggest disappointment?" I've just answered those types of questions one too many times. I appreciate that you get us to think outside the box about our players, beyond their stats and what they do on the ice. I think the roleplaying aspect of sim leagues doesn't get the love it deserves. The people we create are more than hockey players! (116 words.)