Quote:3. Written, 3 TPE, It Gets the People Going! (150 words min.)
There’s been some great Stanley Cup Playoff marketing campaigns over the years. Lots of us probably know the “Because it’s the Cup” series of commercials, for example. Well for the S66 playoffs we’ve really turned on the money faucet and we want YOU to give us the next great playoff ad campaign. Tell me how you’d go about promoting the S66 SHL playoffs in a way that will have people talking about it for years to come.

Did I hear "unlimited budget"?

First thing first, we have to find the right music since it plays such an important role when watching something. I immediately hire Hans Zimmer to compose a custom song for the advert.

So as the ad begins, we hear a full symphony swelling as we see a person skating and shooting a puck. We can't quite make the person out but the song builds as it shows Danny DeVito wearing a custom SHL jersey. He slides to a stop, turns to the camera, and just winks. Suddenly a crash of cymbals and the camera pans away from DeVito to show a goalie at the other end of the ice. We can't make out who it is but suddenly they lift their mask. Taylor Swift. She puts the mask back down and faces off against Danny DeVito 1v1. Just as DeVito is about to shoot, it cuts to a black screen with the words. "Learn what happens, join the SHL!"

The ad is aired at the Super Bowl and ends up costing the league $5 million and we are forced to shut down. My bad, sorry.

[ 191 words ] +3 TPE

Quote:5. Written, 3 TPE, Secret Weapon (150 words min)
It’s never too early to start thinking about how you’re going to gain a competitive edge next season! How is your team going to go the extra mile to get wins next season? Is it a secret training regimen? Sneaky equipment modifications? Booby trapping the visiting teams’ locker room? Anything goes.

I feel like if it is a secret weapon/training then it shouldn't be discussed in the open like this. So we will be discussing this in hypotheticals.

Let's say, hypothetically or course, that we (the Winnipeg Aurora) aren't leading our division next season. Ben Jammin and stinky Chicago are ahead of us again. Then hypothetically, maybe some evidence finds its way into Jammin's account. Maybe, hypothetically, that said evidence suggests that Mr. Jammin has been doing some illegal testing. It would be a shame if they were disqualified. Hypothetically. Maybe it isn't Chicago but New Orleans who is in the way. Either way, someone is going down!

I also hear that SWAT'ing is pretty popular with the kids these days. Might be a good, hypothetical, backup plan should the first hypothetical plan not work.

Let's just say that I would be shocked if Winnipeg wasn't 1st our division next season. All above board of course.

[ 164 words ] +3 TPE

Quote:20. Written, 3 TPE, Jumble Up (150 words min.)
Take your SHL/SMJHL team’s name and enter it into an anagram generator (like this one: https://ingesanagram.com/) and generate a new team name! Choose one of the mixed-up results and tell me why it would be a fun choice for your franchise to rebrand to! Give me some jersey and logo ideas as well!

OK, don't blame me for the results because I followed the instructions and the anagrams were rather limiting for the Winnipeg Aurora. Most weren't even words I recognized and the only one that I did wasn't exactly something you'd name a team after but screw it. Let's create the team:

"Norwegian Rupia"

Now I was thinking "rupia" was like a derivative of Rupee or something when I looked it up. Boy oh boy was I wrong.

Dictionary description: "an eruption occurring especially in tertiary syphilis consisting of vesicles having an inflamed base and filled with serous purulent or bloody fluid which dries up and forms large blackish conical crusts".

Again, this is your fault for making me do this! So the team would obviously be located in a city in Norway, most likely Oslo being the most populated. However I'm not sure the city would welcome this team with open arms with that name. The logo would need to be like a volcano or something since medical gore wouldn't exactly be proper. Norway does have 2 active volcano's so that kind of works.

So there you have it. Just be thankful you didn't google it like I did.

[ 207 words ] +3 TPE

Quote:22. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Animal Rescue (150 words min.)
Your player has been asked to use some of their immense pro-athlete wealth to open up an animal rescue! Lucky for you, the type of animal was not specified, so it’s your call! What kind of animal does your player want to protect and why? Is it something you find cute? Something that actually needs help? Or do you just want a herd of llamas on hand to threaten your enemies with? As a graphic task, show me your player hard at work tending to whatever animals you’ve chosen.

Spack Jarrow isn't really known as being a lover of animals. At least people's pets. Although he wouldn't abuse or treat one poorly, he was never brought up with the idea that a pet was a good idea. On top of that, he has had issues with peoples pet monkeys over the years stealing things from him. When he was younger, a shipmate had a pet monkey and it created havoc all the time taking his gold coins and mocking him with them while climbing to the top of the ships rmast.

With the extinction of the bengal tiger, the little hairy nuisances are running amok and have overtaken many of Jarrow's favourite watering holes in the various tropical locations he visits. So Jarrow would like to bring the bengal tigers back and re-introduce them to the jungles to help cut back on the overrunning of the monkeys.

These tigers are vital to the health of the jungle in the areas where they are from and must be brought back to re-balance the ecosystem.

[ 180 words ] +3 TPE

Quote:23. Written, 2 TPE, Dreams (100 words min.)
Sticking with the “last prompt is just letting people write about themselves” idea, here we go! I’m curious to know what sort of things you hope for in the world! What are your dreams? Maybe that’s a dream job, a dream house, an opportunity for your kids. I don’t know! Whatever you want to write about. What do you hope for in the future?

Spack Jarrow has found great success in his professional life. Chasing the dream of becoming a professional athlete to owning his own business. He has never had much time to foster personal relationships because he always had to look out for himself and didn't have downtime to fraternize beyond an occasional bump in the night.

Although Spack is still young, the haunting loneliness is drowned out by alcohol anytime it starts to flare up and that feeling has been occurring at a rapid pace the older he gets. Even though he would likely never say it, a wife and children would be a welcome addition and something that would likely fill his life.

[ 114 words ] +2 TPE


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