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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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.

For the 66th season of the Simulation Hockey League, the committee for slogans, logos and merch went through a handful of slogans and logos for the Challenge Cup playoff run. However, there were only a few that made it to the top of the list and that are considered "game ready". First one being: "Are you up for the Challenge?" This forced players and fans alike to answer the question. Which, in itself, is a challenging question to answer. The 2nd slogan being: "FTC: For the Cup:" However, there were a few other leagues that ran similar solgans and it never really got past the legal pad of the committee member. What the last and final, and one that ended up being used was: "Create your own destiny" This resonated well with the staff, the test groups, the teams, the fans, the management, and was an easy was to kick off the season 66 playoff run of the Simulation Hockey League.

18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Did anything stand out to you about this season’s final series? Did the engine switch make a difference for you?

Well, well, well, well, well. That's 5 wells, or exactly how surprised I am that Atlanta Falcons, I mean Thrashers, I mean Inferno won the cup. It should be no surprise that by quietly drafting quality players and drafting with in the margins that a team like Atlanta went to the cup finals two years in a row, and won their first ever. Did the sim engine change from Fantasy Hockey Manager 6 to Fantasy Hockey Manager 8 have any influence in this decision? I'm not sure I say it did. Atlanta was a quality team before the change, and made a few select changes to stay competitive the following season. So it's not defintive that it did. If they win again next season, or in 3 seasons, that may be a different story.

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!

So Philadelphia has decided to rebrand, and looked to other cities to see if they could use the same lettering. Places like Fargo seemed to work, but the other 12 letters presented a huge challenge to come up with something that didn't include Hades or Hippo in it. While Hippos would be a cool logo and are very ferocious, what happens with the last 7 letters? That's just too many to figure out, and last time we checked there aren't any Hippos in Fargo. So, here's what the genius's over there pitched for the Philadelphia Rebrand: the Philadelphia Gofers. Yep. The Gofer(s). You see, there isn't a S in the OG Forge branding, so we're taking a bit of creative license here. Now, this may seem like it would be a good A or AA team name (looking at you Huntsville Trash Pandas), but for a Simulation Hockey League team name? It seems a bit absurd, but that's the way it goes sometimes. So, Go Gofers!

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?

What does the future hold? That's always the age old question. I've been in my line of work for around 16 years now. Which is crazy since I'm only 33. I started working in restaurants when I was 16 and never looked back. Now that I have over 15 years of experience, over 10 years of management experience, and 3+ years in a Partner type role. I'm ready to branch out and do my own thing. I'm tired of making other people money and putting all of my hard work and effor and expertise into not getting recognized for what I do on a daily basis. So, in the next 18-24 months I hopefully will opening my own venture.

7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 7 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.

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