S69 Championship Week

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

marco999
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03-12-2023, 10:29 PM (This post was last modified: 03-12-2023, 10:53 PM by marco999. Edited 2 times in total.)

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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.

verification word: kaapo
+3 TPE - 3/16

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Playoffs Shmayoffs (150 words min.)

Write about a time you didn't make the playoffs, and what you did to take your mind off it! Did you expect to miss the playoffs when it happened? Was it a shock? How did you take it? If you've never been on a team that missed the playoffs, tell me about an early exit you made instead.

I have been fortunate enough to never miss the playoffs in my SHL and SMJHL career, so I'll write about a couple of times early exits were not on the cards. It first happened in the SHL in S61 with the Edmonton Blizzard. We had a good squad and I was just a role player at that time, but I more than pulled my weigth on that third line. We were beaten in the Conference finals and that's the first time I tasted true defeat in the SHL playoffs. It then happened a couple more times more recently with the Winnipeg Aurora. Ever since I joined the Canadian team after exiting the rebuilding Blizzard, we've been on top of the league, but unfortunately, we still don't have a cup to show for it. We've only reached the Finals last season and the rest of the times qualify as disappointing exits. I'm still glad to be able to play on this wonderful team full of great people.

+3 TPE - 6/16

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Fire and Light (150 words min)

Last season I loved the anthropormorphic boats vs. bulls question because people came up with some really fun answers to read, so I'm going to ask it again with the Forge and the Aurora, even though these teams' have less concrete branding. Tell me who wins in a fight: an enormous god bear made of colourful rays of light, or a massive magma monster with a giant hammer. The arena and the rules of the fight can be whatever you desire. Get creative!

To be honest, I don't even think this one is close. Looking at this objectively, and that's kind of absurd given the task, there's no way on Earth that a magma monster with a giant hammer can beat a god bear made of ray of lights. The hammer would just pass through the bear, wouldn't it ? It would be tricky for the bear to defeat the magma monster, but let's get creative. I've played my fair share of Pokemon, so let's get into that world. The bear would be a Fairy/Normal Pokemon, given that it's a god and made of lights. The magma monster would be a Fire/Dark type. The bear would have a special ability that it would be impossible to hit him with a physical attack, rendering the hammer unusable. Fairy moves are super-effective against dark types,so there's no way this fight ends in the magma monster's favor, according to me. I'm glad my Pokemon knowledge helped me somewhere.

+3 TPE - 9/16

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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.

link +3 TPE - 12/16 TPE

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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! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Is it exciting to have two completely new teams meet in the finals? What did you like or not like about this season?

I don't think the playoffs went as expected, but let's not talk about the resim, everything about it has been said. I still think the Winnipeg Aurora would've made it to the finals anyway, but the same can't be said about the Philadelphia Forge. I don't think there were any glaring upsets in the playoffs, but I think the end result would have been different. Philadelphia had a giant wave of momentum from the start of the playoffs (that they didn't have in the original sim), so I think there would've been someone else representing the Eastern Conference. However, I can only speculate who it would've been, but I can guarantee that Winnipeg would've won. I'm not biased at all.

+2 TPE - 14/16 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.

A lot has changed in my life ever since I last wrote about it. First of all I graduated with my bachelors' degree in accounting and I'm really proud of that. I then started my Masters' degree immediately after! I've also decided to change jobs. My last job made me really unhappy and it impacted my quality of life, so I've decided to make the big move and find a new job that makes me more happy and that I like very much. If I could give some wise words at the end of my CW post, I'd say it's to find a job where you're happy, it makes so much difference in your life!

+2 TPE - 16/16