S64 Championship Week

S64 Championship Week

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Player Updaters
Player Updaters

#167

05-05-2022, 01:08 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.

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Origin Story (150 words min.)

Everyone wants the Challenge cup… but how did it get here? Tell me the origin story of the Challenge Cup! Where did it come from? Who paid for it? Who forged it? What did it look like in Season 1 vs. now in Season 64? Has it changed a lot? Maybe it has been damaged?

The Challenge cup was named after Lord Cornelius J. Challenge, the third Duke of Pahrump, Nevada and a noted early champion of the sport of hockey. Being a part of a royal family in Nevada afforded him a great deal of wealth and luxury. Though it is usually pretty hot in Pahrump, the Duke was an avid traveler and regularly spent time in Canada, where he became acquainted with hockey. He wanted the sport to gain popularity in the United States and around the world so he invested a large portion of his considerable wealth into the league. Because of his generous investment which was invaluable to the success of the league, the SHL decided to name its coveted championship cup after Cornelius Challenge, who was delighted by this honor. It is a sturdy gold cup forged by someone local to the booming metropolis of Pahrump. Though it looks simple, it does contain details unique to the Challenge family, particularly with some designs in the interior of the cup. (169 words.)

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Cup Check (150 words min.)

Which league has the more prestigious cup in your opinion, the SHL or the SMJHL? Which cup is harder to win? A lot is said about the different skill sets required to GM in each league, so which do you personally think is tougher to manage? Is a trophy case with three Four Star Cups as cool as a trophy case with three Challenge Cups? Maybe you think it’s even cooler. Why?

As proud as I am of the Four Star Cup victory in my past, I think that the Challenge Cup is the most prestigious of the two. The SHL is the big leagues with all the toughest and most legendary players so simply put, the level of competition is going to be higher. One is also in the SHL many more years than the SMJHL so there is a greater variety of experience and types of players, making developing a championship team at the top level that much more difficult than in the SMJHL, where managers are dealing with less variance in TPE between players and can plan accordingly. Winning the Challenge Cup has also been made more difficult in recent years by the victories being dominated by a couple of powerhouse teams. One could argue that makes it easier in a way, since you just need to go to one of those teams in order to get your victory, but overall to me it makes winning the cup more of a finite resource. (174 words.)

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. Just link your Milestone claim below this task for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

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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.

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18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Did anything stand out to you about this season’s final series?

The playoffs were a little bit different than expected this year because neither Hamilton nor Texas were featured. It was lovely to see a recent expansion team like Atlanta build something great and make it all the way to the finals. However, Chicago is not too far removed from their last Challenge Cup and brought with them a greater amount of experience that seemed to come very much in handy. Overall, it was a great series and a nice change of pace. In the future I hope to see more of this (though hopefully with the Pride going all the way) and less Hamilton. As it should be. (108 words.)

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22. Written, 2 TPE, Be Nice (100 words min.)

I’ve seen this prompt used from time to time and I think the end of my first full season as PT director is as good of a time as any. Use this 100 words to give a compliment to someone in the community that you appreciate! Whether it’s a friend, a GM, a PT director, or one of those amazing folks that designed the card website– try to make someone smile with some kind words!

I guess I'll just take this moment to say nice things about my Pride teammates once again. Henrik and AgentSmith really set us up for success and Toast has been doing a nice job of continuing that work. It was so nice to not only get out of the first round of the playoffs, but to be part of a very competitive conference finals series. In addition to the GMs, you have to give props to all the players, especially those of us who have been patiently waiting for this day, knowing that there would be a long journey ahead of us but that the team had all the tools for success. I truly believe next season will be our year and I'm looking forward to it. (127 words.)