S69 Championship Week

S69 Championship Week Due: March 12th @ 11:59 PM (PST)

jbay7
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03-10-2023, 03:33 PM

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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.

darkness (+3 TPE, i hope)

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6. Written, 2 TPE, Haiku Highlights  (5 words min.)

Rather than giving you a task where you do something boring like "write about your season" using things like "sentences and punctuation" I figured I could instead ask you to write a haiku about how your season went! A haiku is a three line poem where the first line is five syllables, the second is seven, and the third line is five again.

Tons of time in Box
But then traded to Quebec
Now a J Winner
(+2 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.

+3 TPE https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3330589

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15. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Analysis (150 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! Tell me about your team! What are your expectations for your player? What teams are you watching out for this time around? Did last season's results surprise you?

While Jarrod Lakemore will technically be representing Great Britain in the IIHF, as a Junior player he'll see far more ice time on his WJC team, the British Isles team. The S68 draft class that Lakemore was a part of featured a healthy chunk of both British and Irish representatives, and this season they are all third year J players who are at the TPE cap for juniors, making this team very formidable. Two seasons ago, a very young British Isles team surprised everyone by finishing in second place following an upset of both UCORCAL and USA. This season they won't be sneaking up on anyone however, as they feature are fairly stacked roster that could very well be the one to finally dethrone DACH, who have dominated the WJC the past few seasons. This season and next season are the best chances for gold the team has had in some time and it would be a disappointment to not come away with gold in at least one of these seasons. (173 words, +3 TPE)

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17. Written, 3 TPE, Water Logged (150 words min.)

The ocean wants a voice! If you had to make an IIHF hockey team out of ocean critters, which ones would be the best for a hockey team and why? Build your team with the intent to win! You aren't just there for fun! I want a tactical analysis of the ice hockey ability of sea creatures!

Most ocean creatures, while obviously quite adept at swimming, generally do not spend much, if any time on ice, so teaching them to skate could present a problem. This means one of the more obvious choices would be an ocean going animal that is also at home on ice, which leads us to the first obvious inclusion: a penguin. Agile and at home gliding on ice, penguins will boast speed on ice that will simply be unmatched by other creatures and they would make excellent wingers, often leaking away on breakaways or gliding easily past defenders. They do lack size however, so they would be centered by a dolphin. Dolphins are extremely intelligent and likely will be quick to learn how to easily move around the ice and would be a great playmaker from the center position as they likely will be able to read the ice better than the other animals. On defense we'll post two polar bears to hold down the fort. Size, aggression, an angry streak, and familiarity with ice mobility makes the polar bear a fearsome sight, one very few would be capable of getting past. Finally, in goal is a blue whale. Probably won't be very mobile but at 100 meters and 30 tons, does it really matter? Nothing is getting past this guy. (228 words, +3 TPE)

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22. Written, 2 TPE, Hope and Hapiness (100 words min.)

I've asked this before, but since it may be my final time writing CW, I wanted to ask it again. It was one of my favourite questions to read responses to. Tell me something that happened recently that you enjoyed, something that brings you happiness, or something you have hope for in the future. It could be a huge thing like buying a house or a small thing like having fun with your lockerroom this season. I just want to give you a chance to write down something positive.

This season my player was traded from his first (and only, at the time) home, the St. Louis Scarecrows. This was the first locker room I had ever been a part of and was a team a felt a connection to as a team that had drafted me after I had fallen rather far in the player draft. Unfortunately after having a decent run and reaching the semi-finals in my first two seasons, this past season was very rough for St. Louis and the decision was made to enter a full rebuild, which meant most of the active players were traded for picks. I was one of the last to be traded so it was a bit sad to see my friends and teammates go, but eventually I found myself as the newest member of the QCC locker room. The people there were quite welcoming and helped me feel at home right away. Even better, we had a great run which ended in a championship, and now despite my bittersweet feelings about leaving St. Louis, I can't wait to try to defend our title in my last Junior season with QCC. (193 words, +2 TPE)