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*puolivalmiste* · 11-21-2024, 04:17 AM

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Here are this season's tasks for CW. The maximum is 8 TPE. Mix and match whatever tasks you desire, but the maximum TPE to be earned from this is 8.

The deadline is Sunday, December 1st at 11.59PM PST

Please, add at least the prompt number, wordcount and TPE gained to all of your answers; it makes it much easier to grade and track.

This PT is for SHL players and send-downs only. If your player is S80 or S81, that's not you.

One (1) affiliate claim from either PBE, WSBL, SSL, or the ISFL will be accepted for 3 TPE! *if you’re claiming this and have a different username on the affiliate's site then you need to state that in your post to get credit.*

Please feel free to PM with any questions or concerns.

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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.

CW TRIVIA LINK

Writing Prompts

For all written prompts you will gain 1 TPE for every 50 words written up to a 200 words / 4 TPE from single prompt.
Include at least prompt number, wordcount and TPE gained to each of your answers

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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Short Prompts

Gnabe Dabson leads in both goals and points while Tony Soprano is second for both. Is that enough to give offensive advantage to Philadelphia?

Cale Salad is currently 6 points ahead of next defencemen in points for these playoffs, if they keep it up could we see defenceman winning Anton Razov?

High end offensive talent is cool and all but Justin Time is ahead of BASE PACK on save%, goals against average and goals saved above average. Can Philadelphia solve them or is it Time for another Challenge Cup in San Francisco? 

San Francisco has more goals scored per games played than Philadelphia, mostly because of their depth scoring. Which players that aren’t part of first powerplay unit do you expect to have high impact in this series?  

Which team to miss out from the Finals was best in your opinion? Why them?

This time for J: Who you got? Who wins the Four Star Cup? Why?

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8. Written, 50 to 200+ words.

Both teams had to only face elimination in game during their journey to finals as San Francisco was taken to game seven by Calgary on second round, while Manhattan took Philadelphia to game 7 during their first round matchup. While both conference finals had multiple close matchups both teams should be coming to the finals being pretty confident to themselves. Both have also lost only one game at home so far, which would give advantage to Presidents’ Trophy winning San Francisco. But who do you think will end up lifting the Challenge Cup? Which team has the edge and why?

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words.

During their 20 seasons in league Philadelphia has never missed the playoffs. Which is impressive but still there are other teams with longer playoffs streaks, while other teams clean the house others try to stay afloat and do a retool while still staying in playoffs, both with varying successes. Out of last 5 Challenge Cup winners both Los Angeles and San Francisco missed playoffs about 6 seasons before they won their cup while New England has been in playoffs since S67. What in your opinion is best way to achieve success in SHL? Is it better to have high but shorter peak or should teams try to aim staying close to top but likely never reaching it for longer, potentially almost indefinitely? Can they somehow do both?

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10. Written, 50 to 200+ words. But I Thought You Were Tanking

For first time since league changed to 66 game schedule all teams in league finished with more than 30 points and it wasn’t by small margin as Edmonton who finished last ended up with 38 points, which would have been enough to make playoffs ten seasons ago. Do you think it shows change in mentality of teams when it comes to tanking? Maybe they just got lucky? Or are we seeing the impact of the changes to how draft order is determined?

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11. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Finals Roadtrip

Your team has scheduled a road trip to go see games 1 and 2 of the SHL finals between San Francisco and Philadelphia (or to four-star cup finals between those games if your player plays for either team). You’re in charge of officially setting up the trip. The only rule? You gotta go by bus! Where do you stop along the way? Which of your teammates are you most excited to go on a trip with? Do you end up missing game 1 and 2 because of the many stops between your team’s home city to San Francisco that you’ve planned? Does the bus end up breaking down at any point? How does the trip go? If you’re on a team playing in the finals, plan a trip to the first away games instead (by bus ofcourse, for teambuilding and fun).

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12. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Old Reliable IIHF Analysis

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 and how much do you expect them to change this time?

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13. Written, 50 to 200+ words. Five Nation Tournament

The only international tournaments in SHL are WJC and IIHF but in real life we have had Olympics, World Cups and now the 4 Nation tournament. What kind of tournaments besides of IIHF and WJC you’d like to see in SHL? How they would be different from the current tournaments? How often they would be played and would they be played instead of current tournaments or would both be held at the same time? Or would you think it would be instead better to restructure current tournaments?

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14. Written, 50 to 200+ words.- The Procrastinator Special!

Looks like [TEAM] won Season 79 Challenge Cup! So who won and why? What could the other team have done differently to change the result? What was your favorite part of the series?

TPE scale reminder:
50-99 words, 1 TPE
100-149 words, 2 TPE
150-199 words, 3 TPE
200+ words, 4 TPE

Graphics and Podcasts

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15. Graphic, 3 TPE, Series Recap

Create an image that recaps a series, which highlights an important player from it.

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16. Graphic, 3 TPE, You Wouldn’t Believe It

Create an image that shows craziest thing that Challenge Cup gets exposed to during the celebrations after finals are over.

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17. Graphic, 3 TPE, The Banner

Design a Challenge Cup/Four Star Cup Championship banner for one of the teams in the finals, like those which appear on the side of the site.

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18. Graphic, 3 TPE - The Procrastinator Special!

Congratulations, graphics-master procrastinator! Much like the written-word-loving procrastinator, you too have a special task! Create a post-series splash screen detailing the outcome of the series, or highlighting the player that you think should be playoff MVP. Include at least 3 stats!

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19. Podcast, 3 or 4 TPE

Record a mini-podcast on any of the below topics!

-The S79 Challenge Cup series

-The S79 Four Star Cup series

-An S79 IIHF preview

1 person Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 8 minutes or 4 TPE for 10 Minutes

2 person Mini-Pod: 3 TPE for 10 Minutes or 4 TPE for 15 Minutes

You can either post the direct link to your podcast or if you want the exceeding part to be graded for money then post link to thread you have posted on Podcast section under League Media.

NEW THIS SEASON! You can post your CW podcasts to Podcast section under League Media and get paid for length that exceeds requirement for 4 TPE, for example for 30 minutes two person podcast both participants would get 4 TPE for their CW and have exceeding 15 minutes graded under regular podcast pay scale as long as it meets regular podcast requirements. For Podcast to be eligible for TPE and not to be treated just as regular podcast following requirements needs to be met.
- Title needs to mention CW or Championship Week, for example you can add [CW podcast] at the end of the title.
- CW topic(s) need to be covered at the beginning of the podcast for 10 minutes (1 person) or 15 minutes (2 persons) after which other topics can also be talked about.

THIS IS DUE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST , AT 23:59 PST.

***cake307*** · 11-21-2024, 04:19 AM

CW Pass

***Canadice*** · 11-21-2024, 04:45 AM

GM PASS

***sliceruser*** · 11-21-2024, 04:46 AM

GM pass

the5urreal · 11-21-2024, 06:25 AM

Code:
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.

moist
+3 TPE

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Written, 50 to 200+ words each. Short Prompts

Gnabe Dabson leads in both goals and points while Tony Soprano is second for both. Is that enough to give offensive advantage to Philadelphia?

Cale Salad is currently 6 points ahead of next defencemen in points for these playoffs, if they keep it up could we see defenceman winning Anton Razov?

High end offensive talent is cool and all but Justin Time is ahead of BASE PACK on save%, goals against average and goals saved above average. Can Philadelphia solve them or is it Time for another Challenge Cup in San Francisco?

San Francisco has more goals scored per games played than Philadelphia, mostly because of their depth scoring. Which players that aren’t part of first powerplay unit do you expect to have high impact in this series? 

Which team to miss out from the Finals was best in your opinion? Why them?

This time for J: Who you got? Who wins the Four Star Cup? Why?

2. Absolutely not. In fact, I don’t think the Forge have an offensive advantage in this series at all. All you have to do is compare the players on the Pride and Forge and then compare the two teams as a whole. In both cases, I believe San Francisco has the advantage.

First, let’s look back at the regular season. The San Francisco Pride play in the Western Conference which is stronger than the Eastern Conference. That didn’t stop the Pride from being the best offensive team in the league, scoring the most goals in the league. For what it’s worth, they were also the best defensive team in the league as well, only allowing 203 goals against (giving them an absurd goal differential of +143). The Philadelphia Forge were no slouches on the offensive end, scoring 330 goals (second in the league). However, their defense was just average. Looking at the individual players, the Pride had three of the top ten players in points, led by Logan Webb. The Forge had Tony Soprano as their sole top ten point getter.

During their playoff runs, the Philadelphia Forge had a much easier run to the finals in the Eastern Conference, facing the eight seed Rage, fourth seed Barracudas, and 6th seed Inferno. The San Francisco Pride faced the Western Conference’s 8th seed Aurora, the 4th seed Dragons (finished the season with 1 fewer point than the Forge), and the 3rd seed Renegades (finished the season with two more points than the Forge).
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+4 TPE

4. Justin Time has consistently been one of the best goalies in the league even going back to his time with the Edmonton Blizzard. In San Francisco, Time has a much better defense in front of him which makes his numbers that much better. That being said, the Philadelphia Forge needs to solve the San Francisco Pride’s defense before they can solve Justin Time. Even if they do, I think it’s Time’s time once again.
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+1 TPE

retuperkele · 11-21-2024, 08:12 AM

Cw pass

***CapnCooper*** · 11-21-2024, 08:20 AM

CW Pass

***Fantobens*** · 11-21-2024, 08:29 AM

GM pass

***LeakyCink*** · 11-21-2024, 09:10 AM

GM Pass

By-Tor · 11-21-2024, 09:15 AM

1. Trivia (+3):

VW: Whew

6. (+3): I think Texas was the most talented team that missed the Finals. They have all the weapons and experience, but just can't get it done. It's the third season in a row now that they have made the Western Conference Final but have been struck down by a Californian team. It's bad luck. I really hope for their sake that they are able to nab at least a Finals or a Cup win before Winnipeg comes crashing through the door again in 5 seasons to retake their dominant form in the west. Texas is a very well built team, and I would hate to see them go through this sustained window of success with nothing to show for it. Believe me, it's not fun. I lived it in Winnipeg for too long until we finally won a Cup in 72. Texas has been one of the higher ranked teams in the Central and West for 8 seasons now, so to see them come up short again is rough.

10. (+2): I noticed this trend halfway through the season. It's very interesting, and I think it can be attributed to chance. Usually there is one team in a deep rebuild, but many of those teams are on the upswing from the gutter the past few seasons. You could say the skill is more evenly distributed, but I think it's just teams aren't TRYING to lose. In the past we've seen too many teams with an average TPE of like 500 that get steamrolled. They at least put out a decent roster now. I think in one or two seasons we will be back to seeing a bottom dweller when some top team decides to plunge into a rebuild.

Credit to enigmatic, Merica, tweedledunn, and jaypc8237 for sigs

*Ara* · 11-21-2024, 09:16 AM

CW Pass

***ghamss*** · 11-21-2024, 09:24 AM

HO pass

*Carpy48* · 11-21-2024, 09:28 AM

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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: redcarpet

+3 TPE

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9. Written, 50 to 200+ words.

During their 20 seasons in league Philadelphia has never missed the playoffs. Which is impressive but still there are other teams with longer playoffs streaks, while other teams clean the house others try to stay afloat and do a retool while still staying in playoffs, both with varying successes. Out of last 5 Challenge Cup winners both Los Angeles and San Francisco missed playoffs about 6 seasons before they won their cup while New England has been in playoffs since S67. What in your opinion is best way to achieve success in SHL? Is it better to have high but shorter peak or should teams try to aim staying close to top but likely never reaching it for longer, potentially almost indefinitely? Can they somehow do both?

I'm always in favor of different teams getting a chance to win the cup and I'm not a huge fan of teams trying to build a dynasty or something, but then again I have never been on that side so maybe that's where that comes from. A team just can't be good without any kind of rebuild or retool forever. Give others a chance. Then again, if you're smart you don't need to sell everyone and start a complete rebuild, sometimes a good retool can work, but you need to be able to plan ahead for many seasons as a GM, scout and draft well and then on top of everything be lucky that all the players you've drafted continue to earn and stick with the team. If you can't do that and you can't even get a rebuild done properly, most people you draft won't want to stay on your team. I think the ideal scenario for me is to build a team that has success for a while and then retools for a while so they can get back to the top sooner than with a full rebuild (I believe that's what Winnipeg is trying to do right now).

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10. Written, 50 to 200+ words. But I Thought You Were Tanking

For first time since league changed to 66 game schedule all teams in league finished with more than 30 points and it wasn’t by small margin as Edmonton who finished last ended up with 38 points, which would have been enough to make playoffs ten seasons ago. Do you think it shows change in mentality of teams when it comes to tanking? Maybe they just got lucky? Or are we seeing the impact of the changes to how draft order is determined?

With FHM tanking can be difficult. Sometimes FHM really does what it wants, so even if you want to tank deliberately, your bad team (on paper) suddenly wins against the best team in the league. Or if you're not taking and are trying to win, you'll suddenly lose against the worst team in the league. I can't speak for Edmonton, but I'm not really sure if the whole tanking strategy is even worth it anymore. Any team should try to win, because there's so much luck involved in everything these days and sometimes chemistry and even good coaching can help a team that's worse (on paper).

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+2 TPE

Fluw · 11-21-2024, 09:28 AM

Gm CW Pass

***boom*** · 11-21-2024, 09:32 AM

GM pass

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