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Thelastheraclid · 08-25-2022, 10:40 AM

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 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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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. I'm not sure many people would have seen this coming. Two teams that joined the league at the same time, both making the finals and competing against each other for their franchise-first cup. So... who do think wins it all? The first time to the Challenge Cup Seattle Argonauts, that have been dismantling higher seeded teams through their entire playoff run? Or the President's Trophy winning Atlanta Inferno that are back with a vengeance after a S64 Challenge Cup defeat?

The Atlanta Inferno have everything working for them. They got a taste of the Challenge Cup final last year so nerves will not be as big of an issue for them compared to Seattle. In addition to that, they were the best team in the league in season 66 hands down. They were running on all cylinders all season. Add in the home ice advantage aspect and it seems like a done deal already.
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d. Seattle's powerplay has been on fire contributing 14 goals up to this point, which comes out to almost 30% of their goals scored (50G total) in these playoffs. Atlanta on the other hand have managed just 5 power play goals, which is only 5% of their scoring (59G total). In your opinion-- is this a good thing for Seattle, or a good thing for Atlanta? Maybe a good thing for both? Do you think a dynamic team like Seattle that can capitalize on so many of their PP chances will lead to Atlanta playing scared-- worried about what might happen if they enter the box? Do you think a relentless Atlanta team that is so flush with even strength scoring is going to be too much for Seattle to take?

This is a good thing for Atlanta. A good power play is great but it is going to cool down eventually. It will cool down real quick against a team like Atlanta. Atlanta is getting consistent, reliable scoring. If Atlanta stays out of the box, a good chunk of Seattle’s offensive dries up.
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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.

The “Because it’s the Cup” commercials are great but they only appeal to people who are already fans of hockey. The commercials work because they show the amount of work and sacrifice that go into winning the Stanley Cup. If you are a person who has no connection or knowledge it does not mean much. For that reason, the S66 playoff commercials are taking the NHL Hitz route. Nothing but highlight clips of giant ass hits and knock out drag out fights. We will throw in a few nice goals here and there but the main draw will be the bone crushing action. Promote each series as an MMA fight or Bonestorm. This approach is going to bring in all the new fans. The brutality of hockey is what most laymen know and we need to lean into it to get viewership up. Get Limp Bizkit on the horn and get this project rolling rolling rolling rolling!
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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.

The Philadelphia Forge have a whole bag full of ideas about how to gain the competitive edge next season. First, we want to ensure that we will always have home ice advantage. To make sure that this happens, there is a two pronged approach. Each visiting locker room is going to be completely chock full with cheese steaks. When I say chock full, I mean it. There will barely be any room for visitors to move around. That intoxicating aroma will eventually be impossible to ignore and they will cave. They will be slow as hell once they are weighed down by all that cheese and bread. Once they leave the room, they will have to make it through a barrage of drunk as hell Philadelphians. The visiting team will have to dodge batteries and insults all the way to the ice. This will take both a physical and mental toll.
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6. Written, 3 TPE, Curse (150 words min.)

We’ve heard of the “President’s Trophy Curse” in which the top team of the regular season has a very hard time closing the deal in the playoffs and often ends up losing. If you could invent a curse and attach it to any other league event– what would it be and why? No Challenge Cup winner shall ever repeat? Anyone who wins the goal scoring title is doomed to 4% shooting next season? Get creative and give your curse a fun name!

We are going to be calling this curse the “Take a Penny, Leave a Penny Curse”. This is a floating curse. It will affect the current leading goal scorer and their team. Whenever there is a change in goal scoring leader, the curse will jump to them. The way the curse works is that for every goal scored by the current goal scoring leader, the opposing team will score a goal within one minute. In reality the TaPLaP Curse works for everyone. It will serve as a counterbalance against a team that is running away with a game but only if the hot hand is scoring. It does not actively hurt the players who is dealing with curse either. The team is still totally capable of winning games. Back and forth hockey is always exciting to see as well. The curse could end up affecting how teams run their tactics as well. Maybe a more balanced attack will work better with the curse in action.
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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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