Quote:1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.

Milestones are folded in with All-Star Week.

Link your Milestone claim as task 1 for up to 3 TPE towards your 8 total.
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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your ASW submission. This is done because the person who grades ASW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

+3 TPE from this post in the thread.

Quote:8. Written, 50 to 200+ words. The Teammate One
Tell me about your teammate who made the all star game! Who are they, why were they an obvious choice to make the All Star roster, and what do you expect from them this ASG? (If more than one of your teammates made the game, pick one of those players other than yourself. If you are the only player on your team selected for the all star game so far, write about your team's candidate for last man instead.)

Philippe Eko-eel, the pick for my team the Atlanta Inferno, has been to several all-star games. Does that mean he should be passed over for someone else on the team? Not at all. Not only is PEE a slimy star on defense, he’s the player of our GM, someone who is always present in the LR and willing to help people. Seriously, the amount of time hotdog has spent helping his players is incredible. Having his player be included in the All-star Game is not even close to fair recompense. It also helps that PEE is a top D in this league, and finished the second in D for points in S78. I expect PEE to continue his strong play in the ASG, and wouldn't be surprised to see him take home the MVP award.

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Quote:11. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Chirper Is Content
Often people Chirp only for money and don’t really check what others have been chirping about, but it doesn’t have to be so. Find one or few interesting Chirps from this weeks thread, that you could reply to, and tell us why you picked those. Do they raise interesting topics that you’d have something to say about? Or maybe they are just something funny that made you smile?

I thought this was an interesting chirp because the user Elad315 attached a picture of a jack'o'lantern. Is it one that he made? Is it just from the internet? I’m left with many questions. I’m also left wondering how the hell the tradition of carving pumpkins even started. Instead of looking it up on the internet, let me imagine a scenario in which it could have been come up with:

Hundreds of years ago, during the Salem Witch Trials, the inquisitors took it into their own hands to lop the heads off of the witches that they caught, tried, and found guilty. Sometimes the witch would escape before the execution could take place. In such cases, they would take a pumpkin and carve a face on it, using that pumpkin as the head of an effigy to carry out the mock execution. Maybe they thought that was good enough, and then the tradition stuck around from there.

There's also this chirp by user Spkris.
Michkov better than Bedard? Maybe. To be honest with you, it’s entirely possible that that happens. Matvei Michkov is clearly a skilled, dynamic player. He has potential to be a big-time scorer at the NHL level, and it would be unwise to put too much stock in draft position; it gets less sensible the further along you get away from the draft, too. Ask someone if they’d rather have Nikita Kucherov (58th overall in 2011) or Ryan Strome (5th overall in 2011). I think the biggest advantage Bedard has is playing at a more impactful position, which is how I’d describe center in relation to wing.

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