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peej2189 · 10-17-2021, 11:28 PM

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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.

CW TRIVIA LINK

Pog

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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)

Imagine with me, a world where the sim engine doesn't change. I join, as well as everyone in S54 to the old sim (STHS? the name alludes me at the moment). Now a majority of the population that joins will probably stick around, since they tend to like the community that has been created around the SHL. Those like me, will flutter away because they want to be able to watch their player play! Not just some text page. This causes massive shifts in future GM's for teams. Ace doesn't get fired from NEW, MCP doesn't get fired from TBB. There isn't a need for an expansion in the SMJHL and SHL due to the less players sticking around from this sim engine that just isn't quite it. However, even with all these things being the case (good or bad), the people that stick around throughout this boring sim engine; well, they become quite a tight nit community. The smaller group allows for all of them to talk amongst themselves more often than with this much larger group we have now.

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Draft Kings (150 words min.)

Pick a draft class in the SHL that you believe had the most impact on the SHL. It can be a consensus pick, like S36, 31, or 53, or an off-the-board one (S41?). Explain your reasoning to why this draft class impacted the league; Could be in a good way, or a bad way.

S50-55. Look at the top earners from these classes. Most of them are in some sort of position of importance in the SHL. They might be GM's or great strategists, maybe they are apart of the graders of varying kinds, even updaters or HO! While I did include a vast majority of the league by giving these 6 draft classes, I think it is important to highlight the fact that lots of us have gone through the revolving door and stuck around for quite some time. On top of that, we have some real damn characters within the class that don't have any positions at all (looking at you fitted). We have seen new heights in the possible TPE earned. We have also seen some crazy strategies pulled out and new ways to build a player. But most importantly, I think the people that have done the most for the league within the last little while comes from this set of players!

PRESENT

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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.

Well if it has to be anyone, it is Theo Morgan. This guy was an absolute monster, not just within the series but the entirety of the playoffs. They absolutely stomped on the throats of the Texas Renegades. Theo had nothing on their mind but pure destruction and dominance. Don't get me wrong, you could argue that Jobin deserves it more for keeping that net sealed up with two layers of bricks, but without the offensive powerhouse of Theo Morgan, it wouldn't have been a good showing for Hammy and the Steelhawks. Good job by both teams, hopefully next season we see two brand new faces though.

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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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=119534&pid=3120269#pid3120269

FUTURE

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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.

The lack of parity fucking sucks. I'll keep it a buck with you, it makes it incredibly boring to watch the playoffs and one by one the teams go down and we see the same god damn people going at it for a fake championship. It isn't fun for everyone else. But that is it isn't it, this is a game of winners and losers. No point in trying to rig the game in the favor of the losers honestly. Why would anyone work hard at getting high tpe performers and strategizing around them if that was the case? All we really should do is hope that people are willing to grind a bit harder for more TPE and take shit contracts to they can stay with the team that may have drafted them, or go to a team that needs their help in order to make a run for that cup.

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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'll keep it brief for the next team into the playoffs. Winnipeg. Now the next team that is going to find their way in the finals and win? Tampa Bay Barracuda BABY. The Cuda are chomping at the bit to kick asses and take names. Finally starting to peak at some crazy TPE levels there is no reason why this group of fishies can't come blasting down the doors of the finals and beating the pulp out of whoever their opponents are. The masterful GM's of Trella and DK are spending a lot of time in the strategy room with some up and comers analyzing and figuring out every weakness of the opposing teams. Soon it wont be a core of 4 teams making the finals, but one single team. The Barracuda will be a team to fear for quite some time. I know you see this from all of us TBB players every season, but I really think it'll happen this time.

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