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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6. Written, 3 TPE, You’re Weird (150 words min.)
During long playoff runs or exceptional mid-season winning streaks players have been known to do some crazy things in order to keep the luck going. What’s the weirdest superstition your player or someone in your locker room has? Did it actually work?
Speedwagon would say his has worked pretty well. Sure, the Rage the usual superstitions going on - no one shaved during their entire playoff run. The oddest one Speedwagon had during the Rage's 27-game postseason was that he had to have fresh tea during each intermission. And he had to drink it wearing his signature houndstooth stovepipe hat that he totally didn't take from a dead man one day. He'd only just started doing this during Season 67, where he found it helped him relax and feel at home in the locker room. In any locker room, even, The helmet comes off, the gloves come off, and the kettle goes on. And if the visitors' locker room didn't have a stove (both dressing rooms in Manhattan has one), he would find a plug, put it on a portable hot plate and do it that way. And he has to finish the cup before they return to the ice, though he's used to it enough and he doesn't need that big a cup.
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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.
13. Graphic, 1 TPE, crAIyon? More like CWaiyon!
In the spirit of the insanely easy ring task that stayed around forever, we can keep running this one! Try using OpenAI’s DALL E Mini (now known as crAIyon) 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! https://www.craiyon.com/
Next time...next time it will be mine...
Procrastinators
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18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Congratulations, procrastinator! Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! Seattle 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 results? How do you feel about season two of FHM 8?
The West played out about as expected. The East was chaos and I loved it, even considering that I'm biased about how it went. The Cup Finals were also a pleasant surprise as that series came down to the wire. I feel pretty good about this season, and that it felt like we have something here that can break the cycle of monotony. It felt like just about anyone semi-competitive at least can make a deep run at it. The best team will still always have the best chance, but this made it feel like it wasn't an inevitability. Just the chance was all we needed, and we ran with it as far as we could. I'm excited for what next season will bring.
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21. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Speedrunning (150 words min.)
Speedrunning is a huge movement in the video game world, and frankly I feel like the SHL is falling behind in this department. Pitch me a few different speedrun categories we could have in the SHL. Take it seriously! Or don’t! Is there any actual potential in this idea, or am I silly for suggesting it? As a graphic option, depict your player as a Twitch streamer going for a world record in the game of your choice!
The Turd Ferguson trophy is one of the most dubious individual honors in all of simulated sports, and one of the most hilarious. In seasons past, players would easily rack up 100+ PIM, an average of a minor penalty per game. In the first season of the FHM era, Season 53, Shaquille Derisraka had a charge sheet that totalled 178 PIM in 50 games - an average of 3.56 per game. 36 players had a fight win or loss on their records. Times have changed, though. Players have gotten better at cleaner checks and hits. Fewer fights break out - only 13 players were charged with fighting this season. The Season 67 Ferguson "winner," Rand'al Thor, topped the charts at 60 PIM, less than a minute a game, less than a minor every 2 games.
So how do we make speedrunning getting penalties fun these days? Welcome to the SHL Speedrun - 10-PIM category. The rules sound simple - be the first to rack up 10 PIM. And you could do that in one go by getting a misconduct or game misconduct riding another penalty. But to make it more of a challenge, only minors and double-minors count. We don't have near as many people racking them up like they used to, so we had to set the bar low. Still, it might be fun to see who's the first to break double digits without getting a major or worse.
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23. Written, 2 TPE, Say Something Nice (100 words min.)
I’m not sure when we did this last, so that probably means it’s a good time to bring back the positivity prompt! Tag some other folks on the site and let them know why you appreciate them! Could be a GM, a friend, a department head, anyone! The goal is to make someone happy.
@Citizen of Adraa This past season was great with you at the helm of the Rage. I've been happy to have you as a GM to support us along the way. You've deserved every bit of success you've achieved so far, and I hope we can rack up more along the way.
To all my other Rage teammates, y'all have been great and an uplifting bunch once again this past season. I've been so happy we've finally been able to get back near the top once more on the ice, though I've been plenty happy enough just to be with you regardless of how the games go in the sim. If we don't ever get another chance at the Cup, I can still be happy to have played with you and to still shoot the bull.
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