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xjoverax · 12-28-2024, 12:56 PM

Graphic Option 2: Create an image of your player partying with a teammate at the Christmas party.

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***Benpachi*** · 12-28-2024, 01:36 PM

Written Task, Option 2

Planning a Christmas Party, especially at a work function, is a delicate affair requiring a keen mind and an anxious worldview to prepare for any and all eventualities.

First and foremost: liquor must be included, but not doled out in such quantities as anyone does anything questionable with a professional work colleague. There is a fine line between a couple of drinks and chatting merrily with the boss, and one-too-many drinks and fistfighting them in the parking lot.

When planning beverage and snack service, all tastes and dietary needs should be considered. Ensuring to include vegan/vegetarian options for food selections, as well as halal and kosher. For the younger generations, chicken tendies and diet pepsi are the traditional foods for celebratory meals.

To avoid confusion from the elderly in attendance, it is best to label the beverages accordingly:
Eggnog -> "Traditional, Masculine Christmas Eggnog"
Vegan Eggnog -> "WOKEnog"

To ensure a peaceful and merry evening, the key component to this successful Christmas Party is the Dunk Tank: anyone who picks a fight or decides to start politicizing, proselytizing, or soapboxing, will be seated on the dunk tank chair, topped with a santa hat, and all guests invited to throw baseballs at the target trigger. Such a deterrent means recidivism amongst party-poopers will remain low.

lemonoppy · 12-28-2024, 03:08 PM

Option 1: 166 words

Of course the story of the tie game dream is easy, Wingmate Roc only has one nightmare, losing in the playoffs, and this dream doesn't seem like a playoff dream because who's playing a playoff game in December? In this dream, Wingmate Roc relishes the 4 on 4, the quickness, the ability to leverage space, it's all right in wingmate roc's wheelhouse. Wingmate Roc will turn back into a forward for the dream, regaining his speed and ability to make offensive reads and will easily score the tie breaker. But the thing is, the refs in the dream are so impressed that they actually let them keep playing just so that they can see wingmate roc score a few more times.

Wingmate Roc will end the game with a triple hat trick, a hat trick of hat tricks if you will, as he dispatches the Atlanta Inferno who are easily known to be the worst team ever in the whole wide world.

***JBeckQuest*** · 12-28-2024, 03:38 PM

The Detriot Falcons this season need a lot of Christmas spirit to overcome the grief that comes from loss over loss on the ice surface. This is the exact reason why management thought it best to give Quazon Brosonchi the reigns when it came to this year's Christmas party. Being from the slums of Ireland, Quazon's eyes lit up at the prospect of planning a party with an unlimited budget. He would spare no expense. The theme of the party will be classy in the rough and tumble sort of way, with an abundance of fine whiskeys and cigars available. A shooting gallery of course, with the most accurate shot leaving the party with a new Rugar pistol. There would also be plenty of presents, with various games available to the attendees to be able to win them. The goal would be for everyone to leave with at least two high value gifts. (152)

Massive Coiler · 12-28-2024, 03:40 PM

Written Option 2
Parties are quite a good way for a team to bond. I was a fan of the rookie party in my youth. Fan of Super Bowl parties every season to distract from the slow and sad days when the year has dragged on and the playoffs just won't arrive. Every party has it's value, and as I age into a grizzled veteran of the league, the Christmas Party has now become one of the stronger ones. I allow everyone to bring as much family as humanly possible to the party, I want the youths, the siblings, the nephews and nieces. Bring them all so we can have the biggest most extravagant party for all ages. Some of the younger players can sneak a few more drinks than they should. But more importantly, they can see the ravages of age and family that weight down older players. Let it be a warning to them that this is where they're headed and to enjoy their youth and bachelor lifestyles. It's too late for us older folks, so the players on their ELC's have to live for us. I will personally go to each one and point it out if need be. This tends to make the younger players party harder and have bigger events that I don't have to plan and can attend without having to do anything myself.

Marshi · 12-28-2024, 04:14 PM

Shiny Rainbow is not the biggest party planner. That part usually goes to her twin Sugi. So she'd probably just try to copy her if put in charge of the teams christmas party. Including to aks her to do all the sweets to eat and drink for the party: Muffins, Coockies, Cake, Croissaints fo the french quebecois. She'd probably also get a huge chocolate fountain to combine with a big fruit buffett. Meanwhile the drinks served would be really special. Historic cacoa, so without sugar just pure cacao heated up with coconut milk and spices. Although i'm quite sceptical if her QCC Teammates would be big fans of that one. It's definetly something else. As for games Shiny Rainbow would acquire lots of consoles and Just dance games. That's what she and her friends used to play and she'd definetly try to get her teammates into it. But hopefully noone will get discouraged by the highscores that were already recorded by Sugi. That would be a bummer and a partykiller.

Tesla · 12-28-2024, 05:26 PM

Written Option 2

Management: I do not know why we keep giving you of all people these tasks, but that is clearly the fault of someone on my team. Just tell us what went wrong this time.

Agent Tesla: I must say I do not appreciate the distrust in my talents here. This was a simple Christmas party and I don't think it went poorly at all.

Management: You replaced the great lakes with eggnog, burned the stadium down so far into the ground it just left a smoldering crater, and somehow managed to accidentally curse every attendee to be haunted by a specter of their greatest fear.

Agent Tesla: That first one was seen as particularly festive, the second one was due to a mistake by the fireworks team, and the third is you intentionally misconstruing what happened.

Management: How is that misconstruing what happened?

Agent Tesla: That was the penalty for those who lost in musical chairs.

Management: What did the winner get?

Agent Tesla: To keep all of the singing and dancing chairs?

Management: Sigh. You'll rebuild the stadium before the next game?

Agent Tesla: I already have the best fairies of winter working on it.

Management: Then just get out of my office.

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***Valpix*** · 12-28-2024, 06:21 PM

Dejana Kaptina is a driven player that cares not for the calendar. Oh, it's the last day before Christmas break and she's facing off against an archrival in OT? Yeah, fuck playing nice and trying to just get off the ice for break. She doesn't celebrate Christmas anyway, so this is just another game for her to catch a defender with one eye on the Christmas tree and go for an easy opportunity. Build up speed in the defensive zone (because this is, after all, probably a three-on-three OT which...if i speak i am in big trouble), then hit top speed entering the offensive zone and dangling any defender or goalie that dares to even try to stop her. Celebrate the win now, so her teammates and friends can celebrate Christmas earlier! And so she can give the opposing team a nice lump of coal in the stocking.

***RAmenAmen*** · 12-28-2024, 07:24 PM

A 4-4 tie game in the 3rd? In my SHL? The number of goals is hardly surprising these days, but we rarely see close games anymore. The Pride have been rolling along lately despite the stiff competition from around the league, so I have to imagine we come out on top of this one. San Francisco has the league's best defense as we reach the halfway point in the season, allowing fewer goals than any other team, and the desiccated carcass of Justin Time (who regressed more than all but one user over the last year - Thanks Luke!) is still putting up respectable numbers in net. His form may not be what it once was, but I'm willing to bet that this one comes down to a couple ugly saves, followed by a quick breakout and a goal from one of the Pride's outstanding goalscorers. The team is young, fast, and determined to win another cup.

*Noruoficeland* · 12-28-2024, 08:01 PM

The spritely koala stares up in dread
Two teams clashing against each other, truly head to head
Incessant buzzing sends a shiver up his spine
But then he realizes- of course, how could he have been so blind?

For those animals like him, he needed to succeed
Who else but him would they look for someone to lead?
So, a special strategy the little koala would devise
Here, he would take a chance and roll those dice.

Speeding across the ice, his core burns
His stomach bounds and leaps- twists and turns
To save Christmas, he must slide and swerve
That ebony puck, which nears the curve.

He shoots, he scores, and the crowd blows a gasket
Rival team glares down- like they would throw a hatchet
Yet no boo or curse can bring this energetic little koala down
He knows he has won it for all in Carolina’s hometown.

(150 Words)

LambFish66 · 12-28-2024, 08:30 PM

Quote:
Your player is put in charge of helping plan the team Christmas party! What sort of games do they plan? What food and drink does your player decide to bring for the party? How does the party go with their teammates? Does anyone do anything wild at the party? If so, who? What happened to lead up to that event?

Lambert-Gill is definitely the go to teammate when it comes to hosting. He's always planning a variety of games for the night ranging from wacky board games, tons of minute to win it games, and then some extremely competitive video games. As for food and drinks, can never go wrong with appetizers such as nachos, wings, mozza sticks. And then to top it off, grilling some burgers on the bbq. Lambert-Gill has a full sized fridge just stocked with pretty much everything you could think of when it came to party drinks but always has to buy a bunch of bottles of boozy eggnog for the holiday season. Teammates loved the party and that one of last seasons rookies is already hosting a team party. Nobody gets too too crazy at these parties cause Lambert-Gill ensures everyone is safe to be able to see their families over the holiday break!

*UptownCord* · 12-28-2024, 11:31 PM

*Zerg* · 12-28-2024, 11:58 PM

Christmas Eve games are against the Collective Bargaining Agreement, so this is probably happening in Grzegorz's dreams, or perhaps after some grinch of a GM snuck a Christmas Eve game into said CBA. In any case, it's Grzegorz vs Justin, SoCal vs NorCal, Panthers vs Pride. The game is tied 0-0 despite both teams having 40+ shots on goal when the final horn sounds. Third period is over, this game is going to overtime and to the records books as one of the most intense goaltending duels ever witnessed on ice. It's time for 3 on 3 overtime. Derek Martin, Andren Akerson, and Elena Maximova go out for the Panthers. It's a strong trio, and Grzegorz has played with those forwards for a long time. Three vs three, they battle the Pride up and down the ice. Suddenly, the ref's arm goes up! Boarding on San Francisco! Grzegorz races to the bench, Oliver Castillon leaps over the boards like it's his first shift of the game, Maximova passes back to Martin for a rally, Martin boggles the puck, and it goes dead center across the Panther's goal line. The best goalie duel of all time, the Christmas Miracle in San Francisco and the Christmas Coal in Los Angeles, ends with an overtime own-goal. At least both goalies record the shutout, but Grzegorz has difficulty processing this event psychologically. How can you get a shutout but not a win? That shouldn't be teleologically possible. He gets no sleep that night, and is very tired when his two children (his wife has had two since he got married after S75) open presents the next morning.

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a_canuck · Yesterday, 12:28 AM

The Walleye would be having quite the party in Thunder Bay! Probably snowed in, not that anyone would care, the drinks would be flowing and the stories and games would be in full swing. Jack Ellul would have brought some Jack Daniels and would be sitting with his teammates sharing stories. As the night continued there would be a pot luck meal! There is nothing quite like celebrating with friends over a meal, especially when each person brings something that reminds them of home. Having come from the west coast Jack would have some Pacific salmon flown in for the occasion. As the evening drew to a close Jack would be right in the middle of things playing board games and cards with his teammates. Keeping his own at poker Jack's true talents would show when someone mentions that they brought crib. Finally, with a merry farewell people would begin to leave... only to find out that the snow had decided that the night should continue!

Schocar · Yesterday, 01:58 AM

Writing Prompt 1:
In a game so important, to be naughty's a chore. If you lose all of your games, your record's a bore. So as the clock ticked and made such a clatter, James Howlett dashed across the ice mad as a hatter. They'd go into shootouts! He'd flub the whole game! He'd have to crawl into the locker room, head hung in shame. No way he'd lose now, no way no how! He'd be up on that podium, taking a bow!

BAM

Went their center, knocked on the ice. He'd tried to stand in the way, but no dice. Then came the wingers, left and right. James breezed past easily, they put up no fight. Last were the defenders, then the goalie, then the net. To miss such a chance, all would regret. So James hit the puck, it soared through the air. The goalie made a dive, but the goal horns still blare. He'd won the whole game! The team was in shock. A goal made with point-two on the clock. So James was the hero, and the Dragons the winners. So grateful were they, that coach bought them all dinners.

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