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*slothfacekilla* · 12-30-2022, 03:30 PM

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One (1) affiliate claim from either PBE,  WSBL, SSL, or the ISFL will be accepted for 3 TPE!

PBE PT

+3 TPE

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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. Manhattan comes into this series with a much more balanced attack than their previous playoff run carried by a scorching hot Lev Lebedev. This time around they have nearly seven players chugging along at a PPG clip. Is this a different beast than last season's Rage? Why or why not?

b. Seattle returns to the finals with a roster that's very similar to last season's champions. So why would they lose this time around? This squad has proven they can do it, so what's changed? Do you think this team can do it again?

c. The play of Max Manning for Seattle and Thomas Lind for Manhattan has been a key factor in their respective teams' playoff runs. Do you think they're both able to continue performing at the spectacular pace they have thus far, or do you think someone is able to figure out how to shut them down? Is that the key to this series?

d. With all that being said it's round two of SEA vs. MAN. Who wins this time? Regardless of any other stat in this series-- who do you think wins it and why? Last season Manhattan was the upstart without any experience, but here they are again to face the same behemoth Seattle team. Make your pick.

a. No I do not think that it is a different beast than last season's Rage because if you clearly look at their jerseys they still have the bull logo so they are indeed the same beast from last playoffs. Maybe if they changed their logo to something like an alligator I could agree that they are a different beast but with the consistency in logos I'm going to have to say that this is the same old Manhattan. (78 words)

b. Well certainly one thing that has changed from this season to last season is that last season it was Season 67 and this season it is Season 68. So that is a whole different season we have going right now. Also I haven't actually checked this but I imagine the players have different TPE levels than last season, so that's another thing that's changed. If they had the exact same playoff TPE that would be wild. I think they lose this time. (82 words)

c. I definitely knew that those two were having a great playoffs so I am definitely an expert that can answer if that will continue. I will say that both will continue their dominance! Despite the extra game tape for each team to see on each player they won't have an answer and both Lind and Manning will have great series for both of their teams being big keys for each. (70 words)

d. When SEA/MAN is around I would have to say that everyone wins because who doesn't love SEA/MAN? The people loved SEA/MAN so much last season that they are getting a whole new series of SEA/MAN to hopefully satiate their desires. I'm not sure if I can pick a specific winner when SEA/MAN is involved I am just glad I am here to enjoy all the SEA/MAN we've been getting the last two seasons. (79 words)

+4 TPE

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3. Written, 3 TPE, New Year New Me (150 words min.)

What is your player's New Years resolution? What aspect of their game do they want to work on in S69 to help them reach the finals next season? If they did make the finals this season, is it because of something they resolved to work on last season? If so, then what's next?

BASE PACK's New Years Resolution is to just do less like Paul Rudd's surfing instructor from Forgetting Sarah Marshall kept telling Jason Siegel's character (can you tell I remember character names well?). It seems like some goalies in the SHL do better with less TPE so I'm just going to tell him to do less in the crease when he is in the games. Maybe he is being too reactionary with his high level stats and is somehow moving out of the way of the puck? It is too bad he isn't in regression yet so I could make his TPE level worse and make his in game play better (hopefully). But his resolution this next season will definitely be to do less. I don't think I can afford much equipment next season so that should help do the trick! Either way hopefully he can play a bit better so that he is able to help the Philadelphia Forge win a playoff series! I thought we had it in the bag this season but Manhattan was too good, hopefully BASE PACK's resolution helps him in Season 69.

187 words, +3 TPE

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Boat Versus Bull (150 words min)

We aren't talking about some fake hockey league-- I'm asking for real. Who would win in a fight? A small navy of three living war boats with eyes, or a herd of 45 raging bulls (15 per boat). Battlefield is your choice. Create whatever scenario you like to back up your choice of winner. Tell me how it goes and why it goes that way.

So a battle between three living war boats with eyes and a herd of 45 raging bulls is really interesting, but tough because the boats would thrive in their natural habitat--water--and the herd of raging bulls would thrive in their natural habitat, the land. So I am going to level the playing field and say that they both have to fight in space since neither of them are even familiar with space I am pretty sure. The bulls could get some sort of space suits to keep them alive but that is about it. I imagine that they would just sort of float around in space and not be able to do much because they're bulls and in a vacuum. The boats could stay alive I imagine because in the end they are just boats, but I don't think they'd be able to move out there? I guess if they could somehow get close to the bulls they could bludgeon the bulls to death with oars or something. It would take a while but I guess the boats with eyes win this space battle.

184 words, +3 TPE

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17. Written, 3 TPE, Neutral Turf (150 words min.)

We simply cannot play in a host country any more, it's too big of an advantage for the home team. You're going to have to find the ideal location to host these international tournaments, and it cannot be in any existing country! Where do you take this season's IIHF tournaments to ensure neutral territory? Bonus points for any fun and exciting extra effects this location might have on the game of hockey.  

I enjoyed the space battle in my last answer that I'm sending the IIHF teams to space too because name another truly neutral setting you simply cannot. If the host country being home is too much of an advantage then we are going to have to avoid most of the countries in the world because these days the world population is a melting pot and players will have connections to other places through transfers, marriage, etc. So we have to get off of Earth! The players of course are going to get space suits so no one dies but we are going to put them into like a bubble hockey scenario so they are playing in a floating ice arena sort of situation. Only a limited number of people would be able to blast off and go see the games in person but we would make sure it wasn't the rich people who got to go but random die hard everyday fans who would win tickets through a lottery. The gravity would be a little wonky so the games would be pretty bizarro and fun to watch I am sure!

190 words, +3 TPE

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