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*jeffie43* · 12-31-2022, 11:30 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.

Elric

+ 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.

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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?

I think that Manhattan coming into the series with a more balanced attack will be more beneficial against a similarly built team in the Seattle Argonauts. Although the team may not have that superstar that Lebedev was last season, it is more beneficial in the playoffs to have a more well rounded team so that the one player isnt focused and doesnt get shut down.

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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?

At the end of the day the sim is unpredictable. Especially this season we have seen a lot of upsets all over the SHL Playoffs with teams we may have considered to be superior to others and some even a shoe-in to win such as the Winnipeg Aurora. Especially with the lack of testing a lot of teams are going in blind and have no idea about a lot of the unknown factors in the sim.

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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?

I think both players will be able to perform at a very high level but I give Manning the slight edge considering how he performed in the regular season. Even after breaking the Regular Season record for points and goals in a season he has stepped it up in the playoffs after being last on his team in GF/60 and not being among the top in most advanced categories.

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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.

Unfortunately for the Manhattan Rage and the "Parity" complainers in the SHL wherever they are, I think the Seattle Argonauts are simply too powerful to be stopped in these playoffs. They have a really strong roster and the chemistry with one another to carry the team far. Although Manhattan is a strong team they just seem to lacking so far in these playoff finals.

+ 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?

I think it is very clear what Edward Elric's New Year Resolution is going to be considering the former 1st overall pick is getting called up soon, and by soon I mean this upcoming season as his SMJHL rights have expired after 4 strong seasons where he was able to show a diverse playstyle on 2 different teams, the Anchorage Armada and the Quebec City Citadelles. Next season, Edward Elric is getting called up to his SHL Team, the New England Wolfpack, where he plans on putting together a strong campaign for Rookie Of The Year against what appears to be one of the strongest rookie campaigns he has seen in a while against players like Skovgaard and Philippe Eko-Eel among many many others. He is hoping to be able to showcase his abilities that he once showed in an Anchorage Armada jersey where he was among the league's best goal scorers and managed to stay consistent as he saw volume increase and decrease.

+ 3 TPE

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Dream Series (150 words min.)

Many teams have rivals they'd love to trounce in a playoff series. Maybe you as a player have another specific player you'd love to beat to win the cup and lord it over them for the rest of their lives. Tell me who you'd love to play in a playoff series and why! Why would you love to beat this team or player? What would it mean to you or your team? Keep it friendly. 

I think one of the teams I would love to beat in the SHL Finals would have to be the Seattle Argonauts or the Chicago Syndicate really. Both have really strong teams that are capable of beating any other team and it would be super fun to face them in a playoff series in the Challenge Cup finals when the New England Wolfpack eventually get to that point, but for now we will have to settle for getting bounced by the Toronto North Stars unfortunately as we happen to be in one of the toughest divisions in the league, if not, the toughest. Similarly, I also used to play for the Seattle Argonauts and I would love to beat my former team in the playoffs after they traded my old player (Even though I asked out, we need the story line okay). Although I have never played for Chicago Syndicate I have a lot of people I dont like on the team like jnh and nhamlet and I really want to beat them up.

+ 3 TPE

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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.

SMJHL Milestones
+ 2 TPE

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23. Written, 2 TPE, Acrostic Poem

An acrostic poem is when you create a poem using every letter of a given word. For example:

Big

Ugly

Raving

Lunatic

Of

Kindness

This is my acrostic poem for Burlok. Write me an acrostic poem using your player's name!

Extravagant
Level-headed
Ruthless
Intelligent
Calm

+ 2 TPE

Nour is pretty hot ngl

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