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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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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3304845

23. Written, 2 TPE, Acrostic Poem
An acrostic poem is when you create a poem using every letter of a given word. For example:

Igor:
Insanely Gnomdabbing Organic Roi

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.

Well, well, well. The time is upon us where we take sports logos and put them into an AI machine to see who would actually win. The scenario this time is set in the Simulation Hockey League where you have the Seattle Argonauts versus the Manhattan Rage. A couple of living boats with some eyeballs, maybe some cannons, versus a bunch of angry bulls. The exact number is 3 boats and 45 bulls. This one is a tough challenge as the locale dictates the strengths and weaknesses of both of these teams. If this challenge is held on water, the 'Nauts have the upper hand. They are much more agile in the water, know how to use it to their advantage. And let's be real, are bulls good swimmers? Even if they are, and even with all the rage they carry with them, how do they use it to their advantage? Adversely, if this was held on the land, the boats are sitting targets and can only rely on the radius of their gun turrets. If the bulls get too close too fast? Game over. Bulls win. (187 words)


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/





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. Lev Ledbev was a beast in their last run, however, it is hockey and you can't carry a team just with one player. Look at McJesus. It's just not possible. A team with 7 players that are on a point per game rate though? That's a team that's got depth and gumption. That's a team that really wants it. Let's so how this works out for them

b. Seattle can only lose if they get in the way of themselves. Poor goal tending, bad coaching decisions, all of these make a huge difference when you're in the biggest games of your career. Burn out and injuries can hurt a team as well. Two long cup runs mean less recovery time and prolonged stress over a period of time can lead to muscle atrophy as well. Don't mess up Seattle.

c. Max Manning and Thomas Lind both are beasts in their own regards. Will the opposite team take enough time to look at tapes and see if they can't find something that the other teams in the league haven't figure out yet? I doubt it. It's going to be simple hockey out there with these players. Play your strengths, be responsible in your own zone, and get pucks deep.

d. If we're going to have another series where the same two teams go and play each other in the finals. Let's at least hope it's going to be a one-for-one. Seattle won last year, let's get Manhattan a ring this year. This keeps fans from getting disengaged and bummed about pArItY in the league.