S65 Championship Week

S65 Championship Week

Kyamprac
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06-22-2022, 01:28 AM (This post was last modified: 06-24-2022, 09:28 PM by Kyamprac. Edited 5 times in total.)

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Do You Touch It? (150 words min.)

In the NHL there’s a well known superstition that any team that touches their conference championship trophy won’t win the Stanley Cup. Are there any superstitions like that in the SHL playoffs? If so, what are they? Where do they come from? Does your team or your player believe in them? Why or why not?

In the Los Angeles locker room I think one of the most common superstitions lately has to do with whether or not everyone should watch the sims. There are some folks in there who swear that anytime they don't watch the stream we do amazing, but as soon as they turn it on we don't. For example, Accka said whenever he turns the games on we lose, and attributes Karsikko's success in the crease at least partially to not watching at all. So.. just to be safe some folks are avoiding the sims entirely and relying on the rest of the locker room to provide them with updates on what's happening. The rational side of me figures there's no way something like that could impact the sims, but you know. I don't think this is an uncommon practice for a few folks around sim leagues and why risk it when your team is on its way into the finals, right?

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7. 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.

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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 +3 TPE

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9. Graphic, 3 TPE, Unorthodox

Coach is super late for practice when someone you’ve never seen before shows up and says they’re the coach now. They don’t seem to know what hockey is, or even how to skate, and are just shouting instructions from the bench! Are they really the new coach? Weird! Show me your team doing a strange practice drill that someone who has never seen hockey before might come up with. The weirder the better!

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17. Written, 3 TPE, A Few Of Your Favourite Things (150 words min.)

Last season I asked why you chose your IIHF country, and this is somewhat similar but I’m specifically asking for non-hockey reasons now. What are some of your favourite things about the country your player is from? Are there special sights? Cities? Maybe it’s food? All of the above? Do a little research on the country and tell me what you like!

My player is from Canada (and also me personally). Hockey love stereotypes aside, there are so many other things to love about it. Geographically we have a bit of everything.. prairies, oceans, badlands, desert, wetlands, permafrost.. but the rocky mountains out west in particular are probably one of the world's most beautiful sights. Like we're talking postcard worthy. Having the opportunity to go and see it regularly and still be impressed every time really is something special. Also the food. It's not always the most fancy, but boy is it delicious. I have yet to introduce a person to poutine who didn't love it, and it can be pretty hard to beat real Canadian maple syrup. Also donairs - apparently they're not super popular everywhere else? but they're delicious too. There's plenty of other more practical things to love too. Sure it's not perfect, but being able to go visit a doctor without having to pay more than regular taxes is pretty sweet. Anyways there's lots more I could list but hooray I've made my word count.

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21. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Boss Fight (150 words min.)

Develop a video game boss fight based off of your team’s branding. Tell me what it looks like, what its strengths are, and most importantly– how you defeat it. ALTERNATIVELY for a graphic task, show me your player fighting the boss you’ve imagined.