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.
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 sim attribute I would add to the SHL is Brain Toughness. Not Mental Toughness. How well do your mental stats work after getting your bell rung on the ice? This could interact with your stamina, strength, and balance, as those would affect how much temporary mental damage you would take, how long the effect would last in the game, how well you can resist the effects in the first place, etc. Brain Toughness would play a factor for clean and dirty hits. And it doesn't have to stop there - what if you get into a fight? Getting punched in the head during that fight can have consequences later on in the game if your opponent mops the ice with you, or if you do unto them what Mike Tyson did unto a lot of his opponents. Will it wear off during your 5-minute timeout in the box? Will you be ready to go when you take your first draw after the penalty? With long-term injuries turned off, this would only affect a player to the end of the game. Effects are cleared between games.
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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.
13. Graphic, 1 TPE, DALL-E? More like WINN-ING!
Since the ring task was unbelievably easy, I thought I’d try out another insanely easy graphics task. Try using OpenAI’s DALL E Mini to generate a Challenge Cup related image. It could be a championship ring, your player lifting the cup, a locker room celebration. Go nuts as long as you’re attempting to make it SHL related! The results will be weird, but it’s fun!
LINK: https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini
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16. Written, 2 TPE, Just Like Back Home (100 words min.)
Choose a dish from your IIHF federation and tell me about it! Does your player make it? A member of their family? What’s special about it to you?
I've gotta go with a classic that I can find surprisingly easy in joints around the SHL cities - bangers and mash. I'd usually help the boys make this comfort delight back on Ogre Street. It gave us good sustenance, though just getting good quality meat for it was a bit tough. I'd insist we only make it when we could make it right - no settling for just any old potatoes or sausages. This was almost sacrosanct, and we'd typically save it for when a special occasion happened. Something worth celebrating. These days, I do still try to keep to that old tradition. I've only had it three times since I came to the SHL - first goal, All-Rookie, and first playoff appearance. 'Twas more plentiful in Newfoundland, especially when we won the Four Star Cup.
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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 glad you've asked. I've been getting better since I had a panic attack about two months ago. It was rough for the first week after, though once I got with a doctor and he got me on a prescription, it's helped a ton with keeping cool during everyday stressful situations. There are still more uphill treks - a bit of depression here and there, struggles at work and with the people I work for, the ever-growing desire to find a good time and either take a vacation or at least a weekend to get the hell out of my droll-ass hometown...and reconsidering how I approach these sim leagues. About that time, I'd considered dropping out of the SHL and PBE entirely. I think I'm going to compromise and phase out of my updater jobs for both. Simplify things, as someone retiring from one of my clubs put it. I want to have fun with it. I want to do well. I just need a long break before I decide if I could handle a league job again.
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