S65 Championship Week

S65 Championship Week

CementHands
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06-23-2022, 01:55 PM (This post was last modified: 06-27-2022, 01:19 AM by CementHands. Edited 4 times in total.)

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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

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2. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. An LAP team that was disappointed in a S63 finals loss is back again to face a TBB team that has been hungry for their chance in the entire FHM era. Who are you taking as a winner and why?

I'm taking the LA team. (Also writing this after the final, whoops!) On paper I just felt that they were the better team. I think Tampa is in the same window as baltimore, and that window is hanging barely open, whereas LA I think is full of slightly more prime season players. Also tough to cheer for the other Florida team.

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b. Tampa Bay’s top forwards have been absolute power houses on this run, totalling 102 points across their top 6. If you’re LA, how do you line-match against two lines that are on an absolute tear?

Relatively easy. You play Maine Timber legend Sean Gatez against the top line, and he can probably coach whoever you put on against the other line. The guy is an absolute stud, and deserves a championship. Just like his render, he is destined for greatness and I expect to see him as an early ballot hall member.

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c. L.A.’s D pair of Kierkegaard and Kahnwald are maintaining a shocking 2 more GF/60 than GA/60, despite playing more than 21 minutes a game including PK time. If you’re Tampa Bay how do you get around these two? Hope to outlast them in endurance, or look to more depth scoring? 

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d. TBB’s roster has racked up many more shot blocks (294) than LAP has (188). Do you see this as a good thing? Is this an iron willed team that’s willing to lay down their bodies to get the job done, or do you think it paints a picture of a team that can’t maintain possession and has to find another way to keep the puck out. Maybe a bit of both?

Well this is a bit of both for sure. It shows a huge buy in to blocking shots (an area where I was told wasn't worth points, but look at who is in the finals? Maybe we don't know everything. I digress. If you are blocking shots, then there are shot attempts on you. If there is a shot attempt against you, blocking is the best solution, but it means you are allowing a shot attempt, and might be hemmed in.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, New Stat (150 words min.)

I work for the FHM dev team and I’m giving you, sweet user, the ability to add any stat you want to our player build system. Footwork? Sure! Stink level? Why not! Stomach capacity? Ok… I guess so! Tell me what stat you want to add, and how you imagine it’ll affect the sim.

A new stat that I would like to be able to dump delicious sweet tpe into is intelligence. We constantly hear about how prospects have “Hockey IQ” or something along a similar line. I think it would be great to be able to invest in things like this. Now what it might effect could be a huge range of things, like being able to pull off a smart pass when you realize the other team is going for a change, or a quick spin to go in on goal and back hand it top cheddar!
Secondary and I think I’ll keep coming back to something like this would be “fortitude” – essentially mental toughness. Now, I know we already have a mental attribute, but it is locked! I’m suggesting we unlock it which allows a ton more opportunity for player types, and this fortitude stat, or chill factor can be used as part of a formula for how icy they are in super important clutch situations, or how resistant they are to their opponents charming ways.

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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 - 2 TPE

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23. Written, 2 TPE, How Are You? (100 words min.)

Instead of asking you about other people this season, I figured I’d ask about you! How are you feeling? Take a couple of minutes to write about what’s going on in your life and how you’re feeling lately. I think taking the time to write things down helps me appreciate or understand them better, so maybe this could help you! Or you can just rant about your cat annoying you for 100 words and collect 2 TPE. I guess that works too.

I'm doing fine, thank you for asking. Things could be a lot worse, and I think it's good to give ourselves these kind of checks every once in a while. I have a good job with fantastic security, an amazing wife, and an amazing dog who refuses to show her age and is still a puppy at heart.
We've had some struggles, but we are pulling through. I've been focusing on our family finances a lot lately, and that's actually been helpful keep me centred. Things feel much more stable with a plan, and I'm learning things and putting together a plan that will help us get to where we want to go one small step at a time.